Beverly D'Angelo, Eric Roberts, Jefferson White, Keith David Lend Star Power to 15th Art of Brooklyn Film Festival

NEW YORK - EntSun -- AoBFF Film Guide, Schedule and Tickets: https://aobff25.eventive.org/

2025 Highlights include:

The world premiere of 'Drink and Be Merry' opens the festival. Adam Volerich's first feature is set at a struggling New York dive bar in the days leading up to Christmas, 2019. Chet (Jefferson White, Yellowstone), a beleaguered bartender in a state of extended arrested development, must balance taking care of his misanthropic, aging regulars including Siobhan Fallon Hogan (Seinfeld, Saturday Night Live) and Delaney Williams (The Wire, Law and Order SVU), with his naive desires to muster some Christmas spirit.

More on EntSun News

• DivX Enhances AVI Playback Resources; Simplifies Guide to Playing AVI Files with DivX Software
• Ton-Up Records Announces New Campaign Featuring Playlist Series, "Press Play."
• Patrick Aloni Joins Historic Gold and Copper Discovery in Argentina with Multimillion-Dollar Stake
• Edtech Startup Young Commanders Launches 'Visionaries Without Sight' Collection Celebrating Blind and Visually Impaired Historical Figures
• RetroRock Rewind Celebrates Milestone with Show #300

The uproarious mockumentary 'Unfriendly Fire' is set In an alternate reality where America grapples with the consequences of a divisive war over escalating issues surrounding reproductive rights. The East Coast premiere of Richard Tucci's film stars Golden Globe nominee Beverly D'Angelo (National Lampoon's Vacation, Coal Miners Daughter) Oscar nominee Eric Roberts (Star 80, Runaway Train) and comedy legend Debra Wilson (Mad TV, Girl 6).

'Locally Sourced' is a block of shorts from Brooklyn filmmakers about to break big. AoBFF and Sundance alum Carlos Cardona's autobiographical 'Born to Lose', about a Latino punk rocker struggling to fit in the Hamptons, Jeremiah Kipp's 'Don't Pick Up' about a shoplifter unexpectedly attracted to a bookstore clerk stars Kathryn Erbe (Law and Order: Criminal Intent, Stir of Echoes) and Keith David (Platoon, Requiem for a Dream, Cloud Atlas).

More on EntSun News

• Goldstar Rehabilitation Celebrates 15 Years of Early Intervention Across Southeastern PA
• United States Congressional Candidate Peter Coe Verbica Unveils 25-Point Federal Plan to Help Make California Affordable Again
• D8Averse Launches D8Acapture: Disruptive Mobile-First App Transforms Utility Pole Data Collection
• Experience Trembling Firsthand with the New AgeMan® Tremor Simulator
• Mauro Schnaidman named as Managing Director in Miami, Florida

AoBFF features thematic blocks of exciting new short films featuring everything from offbeat comedies and heartbreaking dramas, to thrilling horror and cutting-edge experimental films. Films are screened in person, with streaming encore screenings available to watch from anywhere in the US.

The award-winning Art of Brooklyn is the only film festival with events across the entire borough. 2025 venues include Stuart Cinema, 100 Sutton, Film Noir Cinema, and AbelCine and the Tom Kane Theater at Industry City. For 15 seasons AoBFF has showcased exciting emerging creators and established voices, created innovative programming, hosted world-class artist talkbacks, and screened for enthusiastic audiences across Brooklyn — and the world.

The 2025 AoBFF runs June 1-13. Schedule, Film Guide and Tickets at aobff.org