A Night of Cinema brought together an impressive lineup of films from emerging and established creators.

Here, you’ll find a recap of the films featured throughout the previous year's showcase.

A Night Of Cinema 2025

  • Across The Blue Line By Dominic Goodie

    When his teenage goddaughter is abducted by a violent sex-trafficking ring, a retired cop with nothing left to lose crosses the line between justice and vengeance as he tears through the city’s criminal underworld in a desperate attempt to save her.

    Across the Blue Line is a gritty, emotional, character-driven action thriller about the lengths an ordinary man will go to protect family.

    This story blends raw urban realism, violent retribution, and emotional trauma, exploring how far a former cop will push himself — and how deep the scars of survival can run.

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  • Movie poster for 'Friend Zone' showing two women shaking hands with a man smiling, with a city skyline in the background and pink sky. The poster includes text and a ring with a diamond.

    Friend Zone By Rachel Garrett

    Relationships gets complicated when female creative’s best friend/ex-boyfriend proposes to his new love. Is she curious, still in love or the art of being friend zoned? 

    Friend Zone at Its Best is a dramedy that explores the messy, hilarious, and painful reality of trying to stay friends with the one person you never truly got over.

    Told through sharp dialogue, awkward humor, and honest relationship dynamics, the series follows Rose, an artist who broke up with her long-term friend-turned-boyfriend Derrick after overhearing something that shattered her trust. Now, she’s forced to exist in his orbit as he moves on—fast—with someone new.

    The show leans into themes of emotional confusion, adult friendships, longing, boundaries, and the chaos of unresolved love.

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  • Movie poster for 'D.Wize Guys' featuring two men with sunglasses, one bald with a beard and the other with glasses and a mustache, against a dark, splattered background. The poster includes text about the film's theme, cast, crew, release date in 2023, and social media handle.

    D-WiseGuys By Joshua Coates

    Two street‑hardened brothers, Philly and Agostino, run a smooth but dangerous money‑collection operation. What begins as a routine night of pickups spirals into chaos when Philly gets a small paper cut—just enough blood to mark the $100 bill he places on a bar counter. When the bill mysteriously “disappears,” the bar’s shady patrons laugh it off. Philly and Agostino don’t.

    D’Wize Guys blends dark humor, street‑level grit, and explosive violence into a story about loyalty, impulse, and the unpredictable consequences of crossing the wrong men.

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The Tara Theatre marquee sign advertising a film called "Sinners 70MM" and "A Night of Cinema" with decorative star graphics, against a background of a sunny sky and trees.
People standing and walking outside a Taco Bell restaurant with a large sign, some holding phones, and a person standing in the foreground next to a friend zone sign.
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The image shows an audience watching a movie in a dark theater. The movie scene on the screen features a man with a beard and a woman with dark hair, engaged in a conversation outdoors.
Group of people engaged in conversation at an indoor event, with framed movie posters on the wall behind them.
The image shows a movie screen at Tara Theatre displaying the title 'A Night of Cinema' with a film reel icon. There is a person with curly hair and earrings on the screen, and the date and time are 4:44 PM.
A man and woman standing together, smiling for a photo at an event. The woman is wearing a colorful, patterned dress and the man is in a gray polo shirt. Behind them are posters and a robotic arm on display.
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