Academy Award-nominee Lucy Walker focuses on one day in California’s 2018 megafire season to discover why these infernos are growing more common. Contrasting the experiences of wealthy Malibu in the southern end of the state with middle class Paradise in the north, Walker mixes personal reportage with history to deliver an in-depth understanding. The result, […]
When the coronavirus first became news in January 2020, filmmaker Nanfu Wang was visiting her family in China. In this penetrating film essay, she seeks to understand how governments shaped information about the pandemic both in China and the United States, making decisions with far-reaching ramifications. She skillfully weaves a wide range of sources to […]
When 12 young soccer players and their coach were trapped by monsoon floods inside a cave in Thailand, the world watched for 16 days as reporters gave updates from outside the rescue zone. Now we gain a perspective that no journalist could capture, through the eyes of Thai and international rescue divers and never-before-seen footage. […]
Winner of the Best Documentary Feature Award at the Tribeca Film Festival, Ascension is an impressionistic portrait of China’s industrial supply chain that depicts a thriving capitalism in a communist state. The film unfolds in three parts, its focus shifting from factory workers, to an aspirational middle class, and finally to the hedonistic elites at […]
NYC PREMIERE This tender documentary carefully features personal stories shared between strangers on a Bay Area abortion hotline. – Samah Ali This film is playing as part of the Shorts Program: Lamenting Loss This film contains the following accessibility options for viewers:Closed Captioning for in-person screenings at IFC Center and Cinepolis ChelseaClosed Captioning for online screenings […]
NYC PREMIERE Director Sophy Romvari grapples with a family death in this bittersweet meta-documentary following her journey in unpacking grief. – Samah Ali This screening will be followed by a Q&A with Director Sophy Romvari. This film is playing as part of the Shorts Program: Lamenting Loss This film contains the following accessibility options for viewers:Closed […]
NYC PREMIERE A South Korean immigrant couple chooses to return home during the pandemic, but they are soon faced with the question: What is home now? – DeWitt Davis This screening will be followed by a Q&A with Director Yeon Park and film subject Jonghyun Kim. This screening is being played as part of the Shorts […]
NYC PREMIERE To Juha Leiviskä, architecture is a way of experiencing light— a philosophy which he demonstrates time and time again in his breathtaking architectural creations. –Elyse Wang This short will screen as part of the SHORTS PROGRAM: THE ARTISTS All guests & staff will be required to comply with our Health & Safety protocols […]
NYC PREMIERE Artist Glen Eden curates a collection of photos and objects, all of which have something in common with him: his name. In the process, he explores what a name means. – DeWitt Davis This screening will be followed by a Q&A with Director Rebecca Blandón. This short will screen as part of the SHORTS […]
NYC PREMIERE Feelings of Invisibility explores the art of Anne K. Abbott, an artist born with cerebral palsy, who focuses on subverting commonly held misconceptions of living with a disability while celebrating creative activism, sexuality, and agency. – Elyse Wang This screening will be followed by a Q&A with Director Charmaine Kachibaia, Cinematographer Nickoloz Kachibaia and […]