WORLD PREMIERE For his entire career neurologist Daniel Gibbs found the poor prognosis of Alzheimer’s patients daunting. Now, with his own diagnosis, he commits himself to researching and writing about his symptoms. – Samah Ali The first screening will be followed by a Q&A with filmmakers and special guests. This film contains the following accessibility options […]
In Costa Rica addresses are described by landmarks, rather than numbers and street names. A filmmaker returns to Costa Rica to learn the origin of this cultural practice. – DeWitt Davis The first screening will be followed by a Q&A with filmmakers and special guests. This film contains the following accessibility options for viewers:Closed Captioning for […]
Writer Hanna Asefaw uses a model of the council housing flat her Eritrean family lived in in Oslo to memorialize its diverse community, which was ultimately destroyed by the building’s privatization. – DeWitt Davis The first screening will be followed by a Q&A with filmmakers and special guests. All in-person screening venues provide sound amplification headphones […]
NEW YORK PREMIERE The ubiquitous cultural cachet of Star Wars is under attack, not by an intergalactic warlord, but from 1978’s absurdly campy “Star Wars Holiday Special.” The program aired a single time on CBS, never to be shown again, and is considered one of the worst pieces of Star Wars media ever made. Despite […]
WORLD PREMIERE A covert exchange of text messages is artfully edited into a story of caregiving and unlikely alliances. – DeWitt Davis The first screening will be followed by a Q&A with filmmakers and special guests. All in-person screening venues provide sound amplification headphones upon request with venue management. IFC Center can also provide a […]
NEW YORK PREMIERE In this surreal and inventive stop-motion animated story, a bear named Jesus abducts the narrator’s mother from their reservation. – Anita Raswant The first screening will be followed by a Q&A with filmmakers and special guests. This film contains the following accessibility options for viewers:Closed Captioning for in-person screenings at IFC Center […]
WORLD PREMIERE In 2015, three young Muslims were murdered in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. 36 SECONDS documents the heartbreaking aftermath in that community, and reflects on what it means to be Muslim in the American South, where the country’s gun laws and Islamophobia intersect. Through the devastation and heartbreak of the film emerges a portrait […]
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A unique profile on end-of-life doula Virginia Chang as she guides, supports, and accompanies clients and their loved ones in the transition from life to death. – DeWitt Davis The first screening will be followed by a Q&A with filmmakers and special guests. All in-person screening venues provide sound amplification headphones upon request with venue management. […]
One Japanese artist’s loving homage to the Indigenous people who took care of the land before her. – Anita Raswant The first screening will be followed by a Q&A with filmmakers and special guests. All in-person screening venues provide sound amplification headphones upon request with venue management. IFC Center can also provide a T-Coil loop for […]