NEW YORK PREMIERE In Mexico, Margarita searches for answers to her daughter’s death and discovers Paulina’s voice can echo the struggles of a movement. – 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 […]
The outcomes of war go beyond the physical. These short documentaries capture the far-ranging implications of modern warfare. Boat People | Directors: Thao Lam, Kjell Boersma | Producers: Justine Pimlott, Jelena PopovicNEW YORK PREMIERE A daughter animates her parent’s experience fleeing Vietnam after years of their silence desperately trying to forget the war. – SA […]
This program captures the shifting currents when we forge a new outlook on life. I See You | Director: Adam Weingrod | Producer: Kobi MizrahiINTERNATIONAL PREMIERE After 25 years of blindness, Dan gets a chance to see his wife and children for the very first time. It may also be his last. – AR (Israel, […]
WORLD PREMIERE Nigel and Dayna are a happy couple with a young family when they encounter a nightmare scenario: their baby, Emily, experiences a frightening seizure. But what comes next is truly Kafkaesque. After Emily is rushed to the hospital and stabilized, a doctor claims that her episode could only be the result of severe […]
WORLD PREMIERE Shari Lewis was a dancer, singer, and magician but is best known as the ventriloquist behind sock puppets Charlie Horse, Hush Puppy and, of course, Lamb Chop. This lively doc charts the life, loves, and career hits and misses of this spunky perfectionist, who forever changed the face of children’s television. Featuring ventriloquists […]
NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE A grandfather teaches his grandson the ins and outs of farming, and makes mistakes along the way. – Samah Ali 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 online screenings All in-person screening venues provide sound […]
NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE Can people truly change? In Hanka Nobis’s engrossing observational film, she follows a 22-year-old Polish man named Antek as he goes from membership in a far-right, anti-LGBTQ group called The Brotherhood to, four years later, joining his girlfriend for a Gay Pride march he formerly protested against. What happens to Antek in those […]
NEW YORK PREMIERE Three generations of family members change their last names to unify their bloodline, on paper and in their hearts. –– Samah Ali 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 […]
NEW YORK PREMIERE On Alaska’s remote St. Lawrence Island in the Bering Sea, shy teenager Agra Chris Apassingok is the best hunter in his village, but warming seas have made the annual whale hunt, which supplies food and resources for his village for most of the year, that much tougher. When he proudly shares a […]
INTERNATIONAL PREMIERE Growing up, filmmaker Fernanda Roth Faya knew Neirud as her “aunt,” a family member close to her grandmother. What Faya uncovers after Neirud’s death is a mysterious and colorful life, from her time as a wrestler and circus performer to her secret and complicated love triangle. Neirud is a fascinating story about race […]