October 13, 2022

Favorite Daughter

NYC PREMIERE Set within the close confines of a Tribeca apartment, three generations of women comically shelter-in-place together during the COVID-19 pandemic. – Robert John Torres This screening will be followed by a Q&A with Director/Cinematographer/Producer Dana Reilly.  This film contains the following accessibility options for viewers:Closed Captioning for online screenings All in-person screening venues […]

October 13, 2022

Still Waters

NYC PREMIERE Aurora Brachman’s touching short features her mother as she shares an unexpected and difficult moment in her childhood. – Samah Ali This film contains the following accessibility options for viewers:Descriptive Audio for in-person screenings at IFC Center and Cinepolis ChelseaClosed Captioning for online screenings All in-person screening venues provide hearing impaired listening devices […]

October 13, 2022

Bendix: Site Unseen

NYC PREMIERE A portrait of the owner of the Bendix Diner, a blind single father of three, with extensive sneaker and cologne collections. – Dewitt Davis This screening will be followed by a Q&A with Director Anthony Scalia.  All in-person screening venues provide hearing impaired listening devices upon request with venue management. All guests & […]

October 13, 2022

1402 Pork n’ Bean Blue

NYC PREMIERE The photographer Roscoè B. Thické reminisces on the people, places, and culture of his Miami childhood and the indelible mark it left on his artwork. – Robert John Torres This screening will be followed by a Q&A with Director Juan Luis Matos.  This film contains the following accessibility options for viewers:Closed Captioning for […]

October 13, 2022

How Do You Measure a Year?

NYC PREMIEREA father films his daughter every year on her birthday, asking her the exact same questions, capturing the moving, tender journey from childhood to womanhood. – Robert John Torres This screening will be followed by a Q&A with Director/Producer Jay Rosenblatt.  This film contains the following accessibility options for viewers:Closed Captioning for in-person screenings […]

October 13, 2022

Creating Things

WORLD PREMIERE Two brothers use thoughtful interview fragments, pieces of art, and various family mementos to explore the legacy of their father and what he left behind. – Robert John Torres This screening will be followed by a Q&A with Directors Bryan Simpson and Taylor Simpson.  All in-person screening venues provide hearing impaired listening devices […]

October 13, 2022

El Bastón

WORLD PREMIERE Two filmmakers, one mother and one son, find answers and strength in the struggles of Indigenous Nasa in Cauca, Colombia as they document their journeys decades apart. – Samah Ali This screening will be followed by a Q&A with Director Nemo Allen. All in-person screening venues provide hearing impaired listening devices upon request […]

October 13, 2022

The Return

NYC PREMIERE In the aftermath of the sudden death of her father, a writer-director attempts to process her complicated relationship the only way she knows how: by making a film. – Robert John Torres All in-person screening venues provide hearing impaired listening devices upon request with venue management. All guests & staff will be required […]

October 13, 2022

The Family Statement

NYC PREMIERE The extremely private Sackler family, maker of Oxycontin, are put on the hot seat for their impact in the opioid crisis. – Samah Ali This film contains the following accessibility options for viewers:Closed Captioning for in-person screenings at IFC Center and Cinepolis ChelseaClosed Captioning for online screenings All in-person screening venues provide hearing […]

October 13, 2022

3 Promises

US PREMIERE After leaving home as a teenager, Mohamed made three promises to his mother. The moment he arrived he broke one — and here began his tumultuous coming of age abroad. – Samah Ali This screening will be followed by a Q&A with Director/Producer Mohamed Shalaby. This film contains the following accessibility options for […]