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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Six fathers of diverse backgrounds gather for a weekend of fishing, and sharing ideas of how to better support their beloved trans children. – 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 […]
NEW YORK PREMIERE In this gem of minimalist and poetic magnetism, filmmaker Oskar Alegría and adorable donkey Paolo embark on a journey to bring provisions to the last shepherd of the Andia Mountains. Retracing the seasonal route his grandfather made with his flock, Alegría collects a trove of memories from a disappearing world, embodied in […]
NYC PREMIERE As each generation ages, the need to record family history before it is forever lost increases in urgency. Filmmaker Beth Lane’s maternal family tree held a truly extraordinary story of an entire family of seven siblings who escaped Nazi Germany and managed to stay together until reaching safety in America. Told with wit, […]
NEW YORK PREMIERE Yousef Srouji’s childhood in Palestine wasn’t something that he and his parents spoke of as a family, so when he found a box of his mother’s home videos from the early 2000s, an especially perilous and tumultuous period in the West Bank, the tapes became a means for remembering and comprehending a […]