NEW YORK PREMIERE A 50-something queer man who always had issues with his looks, David becomes obsessed with the idea of changing his eye color. When he finds a company that can perform this surgery, he believes has finally found solace. Vacillating between destructive vanity and admirable resilience, David is a fascinating subject in a […]
WORLD PREMIERE In this exploration of sacrifice, we see how love endures as Antonio’s sister moves to Texas to take care of him after he loses his sight. – 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 […]
INTERNATIONAL PREMIERE A close-knit family bond over food, mahjong, and a prime minister. – 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 compatible devices.
NEW YORK PREMIERE A daughter animates her parent’s experience fleeing Vietnam after years of their silence desperately trying to forget the war. – 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 Center can […]
WORLD PREMIERE Survivor of a Uyghur internment camp has an opportunity to confront a former guard from his camp but must consider the effect on his children, who witnessed his arrest. – 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 […]
WORLD PREMIERE One of the world’s youngest elite rock climbers, Ashima Shiraishi spent her formative years breaking numerous age-based climbing milestones, spurred on by her number one fan and coach, her father, Poppo a retired Butoh dancer and avant-garde performer with no formal climbing experience. When these New Yorkers travel to South Africa to conquer […]
NEW YORK PREMIERE A genderqueer person navigates the end of high risk pregnancy, first-time parenthood, and the biases against their identity. – 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 […]
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 […]
Filmmaker Ondi Timoner has won two grand prizes at Sundance (for Dig! and We Live in Public) and this year receives DOC NYC’s Robert and Anne Drew Award for observational filmmaking. Her latest film is deeply personal chronicling the final days of her 92-year-old father, Eli, as he chooses to end his own life (legally, […]
“You are now entering my universe. I am the lens, the subject, the authority.” So begins the narration of filmmaker Rebeca “Beba” Huntt in this stunning debut that traces her coming of age in New York City. As the child of a Dominican father and a Venezuelan mother, Beba crosses through multiple cultures as she […]