NYC PREMIERE Two women create a custom furniture and woodworking business as they build a life together in the heart of Indiana. – Dewitt Davis This screening will be followed by a Q&A with Director Ashely Davidson. All in-person screening venues provide hearing impaired listening devices upon request with venue management. All guests & staff […]
NYC PREMIERE In the aftermath of the sudden death of her father, a writer-director attempts to process her complicated relationship the only way she knows how: by making a film. – Robert John Torres All in-person screening venues provide hearing impaired listening devices upon request with venue management. All guests & staff will be required […]
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 family in Texas grapples with their decision to move out of the state to keep their transgender teenage son, Noah, safe. – Dewitt Davis Courtesy of NBC News This screening will be followed by a Q&A with Director/Producer Matthew Kwiecincki. All in-person screening venues provide hearing impaired listening devices upon request with […]
WORLD PREMIERE Seeking to uncover the origins of the rabid homophobia of the conservative church, a gay seminary scholar and a straight activist make a shocking discovery: In 1946 an erroneous translation of the term “homosexual” in the Bible that has been weaponized against the LGBTQIA+ community ever since. Director Rocky Roggio uses her own […]
WORLD PREMIERE Chelly Wilson was a Christmas-celebrating Jewish grandma, a lesbian who married men, and a proud owner of porn theaters in 1970s NYC. Through audio recordings, Chelly recounts her pre-war escape from Greece up through her unlikely motherhood and rise to wealth as a shrewd businesswoman on “The Deuce,” aka New York’s infamous 42nd […]
NYC PREMIERE A newly released trans woman shares stories of life incarcerated in a male prison. – Dewitt Davis This film contains the following accessibility options for viewers:Closed Captioning for online screenings All in-person screening venues provide hearing impaired listening devices upon request with venue management. All guests & staff will be required to comply […]
DOC NYC Alumni and 2021 Best Short Winner captures the tender story of Nasir as he opens up to his family about his transition. – Samah Ali Courtesy of L.A. Times Studios This film contains the following accessibility options for viewers:Closed Captioning for in-person screenings at IFC Center and Cinepolis ChelseaDescriptive Audio for in-person screenings […]
Three stories about land, laws and traditions, that show us the meaning of home. (Total Running Time: 67 MIN) Dear Noah: Pages From a Family Diary | Director: Matthew Kwiecinski, Christine NguyenA family in Texas grapples with their decision to move out of the state to keep their transgender teenage son safe. Courtesy of NBC […]
Setting the standard for modern marketing as we know it, Coded unpacks illustrator J.C. Leyendecker’s advertisements that animated his male partner and became an easter egg of queer coding in art. This screening will be followed by a Q&A with Director Ryan White. This short is part of the program SHORTLIST BLOCK #4: COMPLICATED HISTORIES […]