October 10, 2024

Gioncarlo Valentine: Exposures

WORLD PREMIERE This film revels in the lushness of Gioncarlo Valentine’s photography, where tenderness is on full display. 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 AngelikaDescriptive Audio for […]

October 10, 2024

House of Aama: Threads of Legacy

WORLD PREMIERE House of Aama’s approach to fashion is anchored in personal archives, Black folklore, and storytelling. 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 AngelikaDescriptive Audio for in-person […]

October 10, 2024

LEFT BEHIND

This film was part of the 2024 DOC NYC Festival.  NYC PREMIERE – Left Behind illuminates the struggles of NYC schoolchildren with dyslexia, following a diverse group of parents who, frustrated by the lack of support, founded the Literacy Academy Collective. Driven by the stark reality that 1 in 5 people are dyslexic and nearly […]

October 10, 2024

SHORTS: NEW YORK NEW YORK

Our beloved city through the eyes of many. – Samah Ali The first screening will be followed by a Q&A with director and producer Joshua Charow, 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 […]

October 10, 2024

Keeper

WORLD PREMIERE When Flynn, a single father in the Bronx, receives his cancer diagnosis, he must give up the one thing that brings him healing: beekeeping. – 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 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

THE MOTHER OF ALL LIES

US Premiere A poetic, riveting, and cathartic exploration of the lies and misrememberings of director Asmae El Moudir’s family, surrounding the Casablanca Bread Riots of 1981. The period of repression known in Morocco as the “Years of Lead” is hardly ever discussed. Narratives of trauma, loss, and love are recovered here through exquisite re-enactments played […]

October 17, 2023

NAME ME LAWAND

Lawand is a deaf 5-year-old boy from Iraq whose extraordinary family goes to great lengths to move to England and enroll him at the Royal School for the Deaf Derby. There, he learns British Sign Language (BSL) and begins to blossom. But will the British government allow Lawand to stay and continue his education? Filmmaker […]

October 17, 2023

SHORT LIST SHORTS: NEW BEGINNINGS

These shorts document the process of starting over, capturing what we leave behind and what the future holds. – 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 […]

October 17, 2023

Nina & Irena

NYC PREMIERE As her 90th birthday approaches, Nina divulges the story behind her sister’s disappearance during the Holocaust. – 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 […]