The 21st Annual Central Park Conservancy Film Festival is this week. Unless it rains, there will be a screening every night Monday through Friday.
The screening take place on the landscape area between Sheep Meadow and the 72nd Street Cross Drive. The movies are free and don't reservations or tickets. Just show up. The Central Park Conservancy will take donations. "Gates" open at 6:30pm with films starting around dusk, which is about 8pm.
The festival is presented by the Conservancy and National Geographic Documentary Films. The schedule is as follows:
Monday, August 12: Much Ado About Nothing
Special screening presented by The Public Theater
Tuesday, August 13: FLY
Q&A to follow with Directors Shaul Schwarz and Christina Clusiau
(Rain date for Fly will be August 14 in lieu of OceanXplorers)
(TV-MA)
Wednesday, August 14: OceanXplorers
(Fly will play on August 14 if canceled the previous night.)
(TV-PG)
Thursday, August 15: The Devil's Climb
(If Fly is screened on Wednesday, an episode of OceanXplorers will be shown ahead of The Devils Climb.)
(TV-14)
Friday, August 16: Billy and Molly: An Otter Love Story
(TV-G)