NEW YORK PREMIERE The ubiquitous cultural cachet of Star Wars is under attack, not by an intergalactic warlord, but from 1978’s absurdly campy “Star Wars Holiday Special.” The program aired a single time on CBS, never to be shown again, and is considered one of the worst pieces of Star Wars media ever made. Despite […]
WORLD PREMIERE Oscar winner James Ivory began his storied career making documentaries in India. While screening one at India’s Consulate in New York City, he met his life and business partner, Ismail Merchant. As Merchant Ivory Productions, they made 44 films, including such classics as Howard’s End, A Room with a View, and The Remains of […]
NYC PREMIERE After discovering the work of Oscar Torres, her once world-famous queer filmmaker cousin, Victoria Linares journeys down a path of kindred self-discovery. Through reconstructions of Torres’ intimate memories living under the authoritarian regime of Trujillo in 1950s Dominican Republic, Linares creates a world between fiction and fact, casting her family in these reenactments […]
US PREMIERE Filmmaker and projectionist Rob Murphy’s jubilant love letter to film projection and cinema. In the age of digital projection, cinema on film is a rarity, in SPLICE HERE, film projectionists step out of the shadows to recount their tales of Cinerama projection, explosive nitrate film shows, and lost film prints. After Quentin Tarantino […]
NYC PREMIERE Giuseppe Tornatore (Cinema Paradiso) crafts a portrait of the legendary composer Ennio Morricone. With a treasure trove of footage and interviews with directors, screenwriters, musicians, songwriters, critics and collaborators including Hans Zimmer, Bernardo Bertolucci, Oliver Stone, Quentin Tarantino, and Bruce Springsteen, the film is an extraordinary tribute to the man and his legacy. […]
NYC PREMIERE What do two film-obsessed brothers do to solve a family mystery? Using every video format imaginable, they make a movie as they travel thousands of miles looking for their missing (step)mom. Stitching together 25 years of home videos and filling the gaps in the archive with play, SAM NOW is a mosaic of […]
WORLD PREMIERE Young women comment on the 100-year-old trope of the movie-makeover: from 1920s silent films through the present day. – Dewitt Davis This screening will be followed by a Q&A with Director Sue Ding. All in-person screening venues provide hearing impaired listening devices upon request with venue management. All guests & staff will be […]
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 […]
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 […]
WORLD PREMIERE A documentary filmmaker talks us through the steps of his latest project — a wooden stool. – Dewitt Davis This screening will be followed by a Q&A with Director Joe Stankus. All in-person screening venues provide hearing impaired listening devices upon request with venue management. All guests & staff will be required to […]