October 10, 2024

SHORTS: LET’S EAT

Dine on these delicious food films. – Samah Ali The first screening will be followed by a Q&A with filmmakers and special guests. This film contains the following accessibility options for viewers:All in-person screening venues provide sound amplification headphones upon request with venue management. IFC Center can also provide a T-Coil loop for compatible devices. […]

October 10, 2024

The Last Observers

NY PREMIERE Lennart and Karin are dedicated observers at their manual weather station in Sweden. They reflect on their life’s work as the station faces automation. – 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 […]

October 10, 2024

Mama’s Sundry

NY PREMIERE A garden teaching sustainability, and producing fresh fruit for the surrounding neighborhoods, Mama’s Sundry welcomes you into the heart of the community – Samah Ali 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 […]

October 10, 2024

Usugilix Awakun

NY PREMIERE After the death of a community member from eating traditional Unangax food, one woman begins researching toxic algal blooms that are impacting local food supplies. – Samah Ali This film contains the following accessibility options for viewers:Closed Captioning for in-person screenings at IFC Center and Village East by AngelikaClosed Captioning for online screenings […]

October 10, 2024

THE BATTLE FOR LAIKIPIA

NYC PREMIERE A prescient and urgent documentary that shows how climate change can directly lead to conflict; when resources dwindle, battles arise. In Laikipia, Kenya, the ranchers, mostly white descendants of British colonizers, and local nomadic pastoralists find themselves adrift when drought hits the land they share. Tensions that have been kept at bay for […]

October 17, 2023

HEAVEN RAIN FLOWS SWEETLY

WORLD PREMIERE After wildfires force her to leave her home in Oregon, a young filmmaker reconnects with the rituals and the landscapes of her maternal tribe in Himalayan China. In a poetic and contemplative revisiting of her family and her ancestors’ history, director Shasha Li reflects on their animistic traditions while visiting her childhood hometown, […]

October 17, 2023

SHORT LIST SHORTS: UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL

A collection of profiles about dynamic people. – Samah Ali This film contains the following accessibility options for viewers:Closed Captioning for in-person screenings at IFC Center and Village East by AngelikaClosed Captioning for online screenings All in-person screening venues provide sound amplification headphones upon request with venue management. IFC Center can also provide a T-Coil […]

October 17, 2023

Between Earth & Sky

NYC PREMIERE The story of one professor’s career researching the rainforest canopy, where she was hurt, and where she also healed. –Samah Ali 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 online screenings All in-person screening venues provide […]

October 17, 2023

SHORT LIST SHORTS: THE KIDS ARE ALRIGHT

Documentaries about the beauties and hardships of youth. – Samah Ali This film contains the following accessibility options for viewers:Closed Captioning for in-person screenings at IFC Center and Village East by AngelikaDescriptive Audio for in-person screenings at IFC Center and Village East by AngelikaClosed Captioning for online screenings All in-person screening venues provide sound amplification […]

October 17, 2023

Puffling

NEW YORK PREMIERE Young women on a remote island off Iceland help lost puffins, who easily lose their bearings. – 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 in-person screenings at IFC Center and Village East by […]