logo_NFRThis just in—Steve Weiss, the director of No Festival Required Independent Cinema, has been appointed programmer to Film Bar, the new independent movie theater/bar coming soon to downtown Phoenix:


Film Bar will screen new, classic and cult independent films by local, national and international filmmakers in a microcinema setting (approximately 60-80 seats), while offering beer and wine with a warm and comfortable atmosphere. Scheduled to open to the public in late November, Film Bar will be the first 1st run cinema in downtown Phoenix since the closing of the Palms Theater in 1981. See cinematreasures.org

No Festival Required Independent Cinema, has, since 2002, programmed indie screenings in traditional art venues such as the Phoenix Art Museum, Mesa Arts Center, Detroit Film Center and local art-spaces Modified Arts, Paper Heart, Chyro Arts, Space 55 and most recently, the Metro Arts Theater.


Weiss plans to continue his programming of rare, independent films in other venues throughout the Valley.

For more info see nofestivalrequired.wordpress.com.