October 12, 2023

Friendly Fridges

INTERNATIONAL PREMIERE The new heart of the community is popping up in every neighborhood–in the shape of refrigerators. – Samah Ali 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 also provide a T-Coil […]

October 12, 2023

Fitting

INTERNATIONAL PREMIERE This short explores the intimate process of the creation of a prosthesis, and the relationship between the amputee and prosthetist. – DeWitt Davis 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 […]

October 12, 2023

Fleshwork

NEW YORK PREMIERE Meat processors at a butcher shop contemplate their lives and their work. – DeWitt Davis 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 AngelikaClosed Captioning for […]

October 12, 2023

FANNY: THE OTHER MENDELSSOHN

NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE This documentary illuminates the overlooked life of a remarkable composer, Fanny Mendelssohn. Born in 1800’s Berlin, hindered by societal constraints on women, her talents remained buried until feminist scholars uncovered her impressive body of work. Overshadowed by her brother Felix, she was confined at home while he soared to fame. The film, punctuated […]

October 12, 2023

Empress Nicole the Great

INTERNATIONAL PREMIERE Nicole, an iconic drag activist, mediates on her legacy as she continues to champion LGBTQ+ rights and highlights the challenges the community still faces. – 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 […]

October 12, 2023

Dictionary of Emotions in a Time of War

NEW YORK PREMIERE One woman’s powerful daily journal of atrocities during the war on Ukraine. – 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 also provide a T-Coil loop for compatible […]

October 12, 2023

Daughter of the Sea

NEW YORK PREMIERE A hypnotic film about a woman’s return home to Mara Island, where generations of women support their families by free-diving to harvest sea life from the ocean floor. – 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 […]

October 12, 2023

DALTON’S DREAM

NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE Singer Dalton Harris, winner of The X-Factor in 2018, shares an emotional journey of self-acceptance against the backdrop of a fickle music industry. The film follows Harris over three years as he moves from Jamaica to London to capitalize on his newfound fame, while hiding his sexual identity and battling anxiety and depression. […]

October 12, 2023

DANCING ON THE EDGE OF A VOLCANO

NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE After an explosion in the port of Beirut destroys a large part of Lebanon’s capital, a crew of filmmakers decides to continue to shoot their film in a life-affirming effort of resistance. Working against all odds, amidst the collapse of the city and the collapse of the economy during Covid, this chosen family […]

October 12, 2023

Conceiving Our Future

NEW YORK PREMIERE Some view having children as a necessary chapter in the human experience; others are concerned the decision is self-serving. – Samah Ali 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 […]