AMT Theater, the 99-seat award-winning Off-Broadway theater located at 354 West 45th Street, is set to host its inaugural International Film Festival from November 8-10. The festival comes at a time overlapping with historic events including the upcoming election, Kristallnacht and Veterans Day, showing the importance of films and how they highlight change through time. 

The weekend at AMT Theater will showcase 65 films and shorts, bringing together the artistic community locally and internationally. Each block during the festival will include an hour and 45 minutes of screening followed by a 15-minute Q&A.  

The full line up and tickets for purchase can be found here. Notable screenings include: 

*Featuring KATHRYN ERBE who also stars in Ashes & Ink, currently playing at AMT Theater* 

Louisa enters a children's bookshop to escape a humiliating day. When Chris, the sweet and lonely store manager, attempts an awkward flirt, it both excites and terrifies her, awakening old compulsions. Which is stronger? Love? Or the wild need to escape with the book in her purse? 

My Italian Secret tells a heroic story that was all but lost to history, until now. The film recounts how WWII bicycling idol Gino Bartali, physician Giovanni Borromeo and other Italians worked with Jewish leaders and high-ranking officials of the Catholic Church, risking their lives by defying the Nazis to save thousands of Italy's Jews.  

An elite group of US Soldiers continually guard the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington National Cemetery. They keep vigil every day, all day, without fail. Until the early 1960s, Tomb Guards had only been white men. Fred Moore became America's first Black Tomb Guard in 1961. 

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