A throwback to a by-gone era that looks to the future, the Two Boots Pioneer Theater is a new but old-fashioned neighborhood movie theater. Mixing current independent and foreign films with special programs and retrospectives, THE PIONEER is a haven for filmmakers and film lovers alike.

Built in 1967 in the shell of a turn of the century fire station, Cinema Village is the oldest continuously operated cinema in Greenwich Village and one of the oldest continuously operated art cinemas in the city. As of 2001 the theater introduced digital video projection capabilities to accommodate and encourage independent filmmakers without requiring them or their distributors the burdon of the expensive conversion to celluloid.

A non profit, 50l(c)(3) cultural institution, chartered in New York State, Film forum began in 1970 as a venue for showcasing independent films. They present two complimentary film programs, one showcasing NYC theatrical premiers of independent cinema from the U.S. and around the world, and the other featuring both national and international classics, genre works and directors' retrospectives.

Designed to give emerging independent filmmakers the opportunity to show their work to the public. Screenings of a new short and a feature every Wednesday night at Anthology Film Archives in NYC. They have a series running in Los Angeles as well.

Operated by the Film Society of Lincoln Center, the state-of-the-art Walter Reade Theater (capacity: 268) presents a 363 day program each year featuring premieres of new films from an international roster of established and emerging directors.

Anthology Film Archives is an international center for the preservation, study, and exhibition of film and video with a particular focus on American independent and avant-garde cinema and its precursors found in classic European, Soviet and Japanese film. In addition to being a public movie theater, Anthology is a film museum, archive, research library, and art gallery. After 35 years in existence, Anthology remains the only non-profit organization of this type in New York.

Subway Cinema is the premier launching pad for Asian films in New York City. A film programming, exhibition, and marketing collective founded in 1999, Subway Cinema is committed to increasing exposure and appreciation for Asia's popular cinema, which has traditionally been overlooked by American film distributors. Also hosts the New York Asian Film Festival annually.

Founded in 1996, Rooftop Films features the best national and international independent underground films outdoors on the rooftops of New York every summer. Also functions as an indie distribution hub, production equipment loans and services provider, and educational venue for filmmakers and film fans.

Features classic silent film comedy, screening the movies of Chaplin, Keaton, Laurel & Hardy, Lloyd and more with live musical accompaniment and an introduction and Q&A with a film historian. Programs are presented on alternating Sunday afternoons from October through April every year, and are geared to the classic film fan as well as to families.