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Currently underway at Brooklyn’s BAMcinématek is one of the finest-curated film festivals of the year. BAMcinemaFest brings the best of American independent cinema, from favorites at Sundance and SXSW to new discoveries. Along with their feature line-up, they also premiere a handful of shorts and we’re pleased to debut the first trailer for a promising one coming this week.

Innards, directed by Tyler Rubenfeld, follows a former child actor (Frank Mosley) as he reconnects with his twin brother to discuss a role they once shared — as the lead in the titular schlocky, shot-on-video cannibal film. Ahead of a premiere before Most Beautiful Island at BAMcinemaFest on Wednesday, June 21, check out the preview below which intrigues with evocative imagery across just a few shots.

Innards screens with Most Beautiful Island at BAMcinemaFest on Wednesday, June 21. Get tickets here.

If one wants to experience the best independent cinema the year has to offer this summer, one of your best bets is the well-curated line-up at Brooklyn’s BAMcinémaFest. They’ve now unveiled this year’s slate for the festival running from June 14-25, including some of of my favorite films of the year thus far (A Ghost Story, Golden Exits, Columbus, Marjorie Prime, and Landline) as well as highly-anticipated others (the SXSW hit Gemini and Stephen Cone‘s Princess Cyd come to mind).

“I’m incredibly proud of the program our team has put together,” says Gina Duncan, Associate Vice President, Cinema. “From the endearing comedy The Big Sick to the micro-budget Princess Cyd and Lemon, the audacious first feature from Janicza Bravo, the line-up truly reflects the breadth of American independent cinema today. Other highlights include the world premiere of Jim McKay’s, En el Séptimo Día an...

“A young woman waits out the night in a twilight state, where dreams, memories, revisited and reenacted events intermingle. She tries her best to parse truth from embellishment, reflecting on her relationship with the man sleeping soundly beside her,” reads the synopsis for Wake Me When I Leave, an intriguing new independent psychological horror feature from Tyler Rubenfeld.

We’re pleased to present the first trailer for the film, which is available to stream for free for the next few weeks on Fandependent. Shot by rising cinematographer Paul Taylor and produced by friend of the site Christopher Bell, it looks like a compelling trip into a subconscious state. Check out the exclusive trailer below, backed by Tomemitsu‘s Easy, and the great poster, for the film starring Michael Fentin (star of Slamdance winner Driftwood), Adam Barrie, Greg Steinbruner, Zahra Zubaidi, and Jenna D’Angelo.

Jill and Todd, a young couple,...