October 10, 2024

The Cleaning Lady

WORLD PREMIERE Marisol returns to Mexico hoping to reconnect with the family she left decades ago when she crossed the US border. – 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 […]

October 10, 2024

SHORTS: INSIDE AND OUT

These powerful shorts identify the borders and institutions that divide us. – 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: All in-person screening venues provide sound amplification headphones upon request with venue management. IFC Center can also provide […]

October 10, 2024

Beneath the Same Sky

WORLD PREMIERE A Hispanic border agent considers his role in a system that keeps people like him on one side, while others risk their lives for a better future in the United States. – Samah Ali The first screening will be followed by a Q&A with filmmakers and special guests. This film contains the following […]

October 10, 2024

The Past Is Waiting Up Ahead

WORLD PREMIERE New Yorker Javier Zamora recounts his migration story from El Salvador to the US and its impact on his life. – 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 […]

October 10, 2024

SHORTS: THE PEOPLE VS.,

Stories about those who fight for a better future for all. – Samah Ali The first screening will be followed by a Q&A with director Hannah Rosenzweig, film subject Jamal Holtz, director John Ortiz, director Tom Clement, filmmakers and special guests. This film contains the following accessibility options for viewers: All in-person screening venues provide […]

October 10, 2024

Jerhy

NY PREMIERE The murder of Indigenous leader Jerhy Rivera exposes the threats facing Costa Rica’s Land Back 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 Center and Village East by […]

October 10, 2024

We are on the map

US PREMIERE The underserved Bogota neighborhood of La Estrella was only recently mapped on Google’s Street View. The residents share what that means to them. – DeWitt Davis 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. […]

October 10, 2024

Edel Rodriguez: Freedom is a Verb

NYC PREMIERE A Cuban-American artist renowned for his children’s books and satiric magazine covers creates a vivid political memoir via a graphic novel. 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 and Village […]

October 12, 2023

WE ARE FIRE! (DRAW FOR CHANGE)

INTERNATIONAL PREMIERE Maremoto (Mar) is a young illustrator in Mexico City struggling to make sense of a town where 11 women are murdered daily, and 95,000 people have gone missing, with no one held accountable. Her feminist drawings support her community in dealing with the emotional trauma left by the femicides and galvanize them to […]

October 12, 2023

UNSEEN

NYC PREMIERE Pedro’s dream is to earn a degree in social work and support his family and community, but as an undocumented immigrant who is legally blind he faces legal challenges and uncertainty. Set Hernandez crafts this compelling portrait of a remarkable individual pursuing a better life with deliberately blurry visuals and a heightened soundscape that […]