March 9, 2020

By Aaron Simms

Inwood Film Festival Postponed Amid Coronavirus Precautions

In an abundance of caution over COVID-19 coronavirus, Columbia University, which includes the Campbell Sports Center (venue for the Inwood Film Festival), has updated their events policy to suspend non-essential events of more than 25 people for the upcoming week, this includes the Inwood Film Festival.

We are devastated to share this news with you however, Inwood Art Works will faithfully follow the university’s direction and postpone the film festival. We are now working through the difficulties of this unprecedented situation.

There are a growing number of cases being diagnosed in New York City. Amid cold and flu season it is prudent to take the side of caution. Inwood Art Works is committed to do our part to help protect staff, attendees and our Uptown community.

We’d like to emphasize that the festival has been postponed and not cancelled. IAW is committed to showcasing our hardworking and talented filmmakers and providing exciting arts programming for the community. Along with Columbia University and the staff at the Campbell Sport Center, we are exploring options to reschedule the Inwood Film Festival in late Spring 2020.  We will be reaching out to ticket holders with refund and possible transfer information as soon as we have more information.

For our filmmakers, attendees, partners and volunteers we will be making announcements soon updating everyone with new dates and activations. If you have already purchased a festival ticket please email us at info@inwoodartworks.nyc for options on transferring your tickets for the rescheduled date (TBD) or to request a full refund. Thank you for your understanding and continued support.