BAMcinemaFEST, Brooklyn’s new summer showcase of American film festival favorites culled from Sundance, SXSW and elsewhere, begins tonight with a screening and party for Don’t Let Me Drown. I’ll be away (at SilverDocs, then LAFF, then on an off-the-grid vacation) during much of the fest, but we’ve previously covered many of the new films screening. Including, in the order in which they screen:

• Children of Invention (screening Thursday night and Saturday afternoon)
• Brock Enright: Good Times Will Never Be the Same (screening Thursday night and next Wednesday)
• You Won’t Miss Me (screening Friday and Tuesday night)
• Humpday (screening Saturday night and Sunday afternoon)
• Beeswax (screening Sunday evening)
• Sorry, Thanks (screening Wednesday night)
• The Exploding Girl (screening next Thursday night)

Next weekend, the Fest moves into a wave of rep programming, starting with the annual BAM takeover, an all night movie marathon/party this time featuring four programs and the unlikely juxtaposition of Hou Hsiao-hsien with Diana Ross, demonlover with Look Who’s Talking Too. Choices, choices. There’s more info at the BAM site.