Express your Independent Spirit, Join a Group!: Dutchess-Ulster Independents (DUI) is a collective of members soon to be interested in most things Independent…films, concerts, fundraisers and such….in Dutchess and Ulster Counties, most often, of course. Meetings will, most likely, be preceded or followed-up by food and drink, but perhaps we’ll just sneak Belgian Truffles into an event, being such strong willed folk. If your spirit is willing, this group is weak in its collective knees…to have yo …

As independent filmmakers, we know how hard it is to find a platform to screen our movies. This group will be a platform for indie filmmakers to screen their movies. The intention of this group is to help indie filmmakers to organize screenings,  to get more people for their screening and help them get some profit from tickets so they can keep making more movies.

Cinema & Cocktails is a new and vibrant cinéaste experience in the spirit of salons and international ciné-clubs. This gathering of serious film enthusiasts, independent filmmakers/artists and film lovers in general strives to create a networking community of filmgoers and makers while showcasing emerging, completed and influential finished work of all genres, stages of progress and styles. These convergences offer encounters for collaboration, connection and conversation over cocktails in a fri …