NYC PREMIERE Director Chad Sogas reflects on his juvenile rat tail and unravels an unexpected journey of self-healing from depression. – Samah Ali This screening will be followed by a Q&A with Director Chad Sogas. This screening is part of the SHORTS PROGRAM: CARETAKERS This film contains the following accessibility options for viewers:Closed Captioning for online […]
NYC PREMIERE A poetic meditation on family and its interaction with incarceration. – DeWitt Davis This screening will be followed by a Q&A with Director Mariah Barrera and film subject Robert Barrera. This screening is being played as part of the SHORTS PROGRAM: SOUNDSCAPES All guests & staff will be required to comply with our Health […]
NYC PREMIERE How can hemp help heal and restore land? Two sisters in upstate New York seek to blaze a new trail in regenerative farming through the cultivation of this controversial plant. – Elyse Wang This screening will be followed by a Q&A with Director Chiara Hollender and Producer Lauren Nolan. This screening is being played […]
NYC PREMIERE A family considers a new livelihood when their olive grove harvest yields less and less each year. – Samah Ali This screening will be followed by a Q&A with Director Manuel Marini. This screening is being played as part of the SHORTS PROGRAM: OUR IMPACT/OUR CRISIS All guests & staff will be required to […]
NYC PREMIERE While exploring a lesbian community in Alabama this film reveals the importance of found family and intentional community living. – Elyse Wang This screening will be followed by a Q&A with Directors Anna Andersen and Gabriella Canal. This screening is being played as part of the SHORTS PROGRAM: SHE STORIES This screening is co-presented […]
WORLD PREMIERE Frantic, chaotic, and full of energy, Zunzuncito captures childhood in a film – Elyse Wang This screening will be followed by a Q&A with Director Elle Rose Rinaldi and Co-Cinematographer Kyra Chen . This screening is being played as part of the SHORTS PROGRAM: PROFILES All guests & staff will be required to […]
NYC PREMIERE The early mornings of a Pacific Northwest community come alive to the sounds of Nuxalk Radio, in this day-in-the-life look at a radio station preserving the Indigenous language. – Samah Ali This screening will be followed by a Q&A with Producer Jessica Hallenbeck. This screening is being played as part of the SHORTS PROGRAM: […]
US PREMIERE An exquisite and piercing essay film about the director’s father, one of the most recognized Korean artists of his generation. Kim Tschang-Yeul’s fascinations and brilliant obstinacy become a fertile landscape to explore the relationship between a father and a son while reflecting on their differences in culture, age, and temperament. Following the traces […]
US PREMIERE A Chicago couple pushes through the trials and tribulations of opening a business in the middle of a pandemic in a portrait of a Filipino restaurant finding its roots during a turbulent time. – Samah Ali This screening will be followed by a Q&A with Director Kerri Pang. This screening is being played as […]
NYC PREMIERE During the pandemic, filmmaker William Zhang’s family begs him to leave behind the devastated film industry in the U.S. and return to China, but what does returning mean for his identity and his ability to be who he is? – DeWitt Davis This screening will be followed by a Q&A with Director William J. […]