The Yonkers Film Festival 2022 In Review
A summary of the films featured in this annual event taking place in Westchester.

A modest girl, Nastya, who recently came to one of the largest silk factories in Ukraine, fell in love with the foreman and motorcycle racer Gnat Kolyada. After leaving the beautiful Hannah, Gnat proposes to Nastya — and soon the brigade celebrates the wedding. After the birth of their son, the young family begins to experience the first difficulties: Nastya finds it difficult to cope with school, work and household, and Gnat finds solace with Hannah. But the brigade is on Nastya's side. And so, when Gnat leaves the family to sort out his own feelings, the funny Antoska settles into their apartment...
A summary of the films featured in this annual event taking place in Westchester.
Haven't you heard? There's a new horror subgenre: cerebral gore, that's probably been around for decades and we're now just starting to talk about it.
These openly gay Hollywood figures risked so much by being honest about their sexuality: judgment, loss of employment, hate – even violence and death.
Madres takes place in the 70’s following a Hispanic married couple who move to a migrant farming community. Diana, who is pregnant, starts to become suspicious of their new environment after she and the women around her develop strange symptoms. Could it be a curse, a sickness, or something else?
Praising Black representation and condemning the power structures that suppress it, a mother delivers an impassioned speech to her distant son.
One of the reasons I love watching movies is that, much like books, they serve as windows into other times and different places. Productions from around the world offer valuable insights into the history and culture of their respective countries. And just like literature, cinema can help us understand the present by showing us the past.