October 10, 2024

SURVEILLED

WORLD PREMIERE Produced by Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative journalist Ronan Farrow, the film uncovers the insidious ways in which our daily lives are being surveilled by the state. In a gripping chase, Farrow travels across the world following breadcrumbs and finally exposing a dark world of spywares, hacking, and peddling of private information, where activists and […]

October 10, 2024

THE FABULOUS GOLD HARVESTING MACHINE

US PREMIERE In the harsh climate of the Chilean Tierra Del Fuego, Toto has labored for 40 years in the gold mines. The work is arduous, and after suffering a stroke at age 60, he fears his working days are numbered. With his father’s health and financial future at risk, his cowboy son, Jorge, devises […]

October 10, 2024

ETERNAL YOU

NYC PREMIERE When the AI tool Project December opened to the public, writer Joshua Barbeau pursued a bold and morally questionable goal: using the application to “speak” with his fiancee who had died 8 years before. The success of this morbid experiment attracted a rush of other users who hoped to imbue their deceased loved […]

October 10, 2024

MOSES – 13 STEPS

NYC PREMIERE For nine years, nine months and nine days, track superstar Edwin Moses went unbeaten in the notoriously difficult 400-meter hurdles.The Olympic champion devised his method while a physics major at Morehouse College, calculating the appropriate steps needed to dominate the event. Featuring interviews with fellow Morehouse alums Samuel L. Jackson and Spike Lee, […]

October 10, 2024

SHORTS: CLIMATE COUNTDOWN

Three short documentaries about the ticking clock of our climate crisis. – 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

The Last Observers

NY PREMIERE Lennart and Karin are dedicated observers at their manual weather station in Sweden. They reflect on their life’s work as the station faces automation. – 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 […]

October 10, 2024

SHORTS: HIDDEN HISTORIES

Discover the illuminating backstories of various touchstones in our culture. – Samah Ali   The first screening will be followed by a Q&A with film subject Gay Talese, 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 […]

October 12, 2023

TOTAL TRUST

US PREMIERE A disturbing look at surveillance technology—its prevalence, abuse, and the stifling effect on those whose lives are monitored by the Chinese government. The title nods to a claim made by Chinese officials in the early days of the pandemic that most of their population trust the government, even as the film spotlights the efforts […]

October 12, 2023

TIME BOMB Y2K

NYC PREMIERE As many remember, 1999 presented a strange existential crisis in which we didn’t know what the next year and the new millennium would bring. Well-traveled on the festival circuit, this archival time capsule captures the unprecedented frenzy of Y2K just as the internet begins to transform the world. – Bedatri Choudhury  The first […]

October 12, 2023

THE KIND STRANGER

INTERNATIONAL PREMIERE A stranger on the internet whispers while running a hairbrush slowly through her hair, and viewers find themselves immersed in a sudden tingly serotonin boost. ASMR influencers are part of the cultural landscape, providing a unique source of care to others remotely.This documentary demystifies one of the stranger phenomena to capture our collective attention. […]