NYWIFT Industry Screening + Q&A: ‘The Novice’
A college freshman joins her university's rowing team and undertakes an obsessive physical and psychological journey to make it to the top varsity boat, no matter the cost.
A conversation with writer & director Lauren Hadaway and star Isabelle Fuhrman, led by NYWIFT Board Member Gretchen McGowan.
READ MORENYWIFT Industry Screening + Q&A: ‘Passing’
Irene Redfield (Tessa Thompson), a refined, upper-class 1920s woman, finds breezy refuge from a hot summer day in the grand tearoom of New York City's Drayton Hotel. Across the room, she spots a blond woman staring her down.
A conversation with director Rebecca Hall and star Ruth Negga, moderated by NYWIFT Board Member, Kuye Youngblood.
NYWIFT Industry Screening + Q&A: ‘Lynching Postcards: Token of a Great Day’
Lynching Postcards: Token of a Great Day provides a look at the history of lynchings in America as commemorated through souvenir postcards. A conversation with Director Christine Turner and Executive Producer Sheila Nevins.
READ MORENYWIFT Industry Screening + Q&A: ‘Found’
In Amanda Lipitz's documentary film Found
Join us for a screening of Found screening from November 5th through 9th, followed by a conversation on November 9th at 4pm ET with director and writer Amanda Lipitz and producer Anita Gou.
READ MORENYWIFT Industry Screening + Q&A: ‘Rita Moreno: Just A Girl Who Decided To Go For It’
Join us for a screening of Rita Moreno: Just A Girl Who Decided To Go For It from Friday, October 29th through Monday, November 1st. Followed by a pre-recorded conversation with subject Rita Moreno and Director Mariem Pérez Riera. Moderated by NYWIFT Executive Director, Cynthia Lopez.
Rita Moreno: Just A Girl Who Decided To Go For It illuminates the humor and the grace of Moreno, as well as lesser-known struggles faced on her path to stardom, including pernicious Hollywood sexism and abuse, a toxic relationship with Marlon Brando, and serious depression a year before she emerged an Oscar winner. Moreno’s talent and resilience triumphed over adversity, as she broke barriers, fought for representation and forged the path for new generations of artists.
READ MORENYWIFT Industry Screening + Q&A: ‘What Breaks The Ice’
Join us for a screening of What Breaks The Ice screening from October 21st through 26th, followed by a conversation with Rebecca Eskreis. Moderated by NYWIFT Board Member, Gretchen McGowan.
Two girls, from different worlds, form a deep and unlikely friendship in the sweltering summer heat of 1998. Their fun and carefree days quickly turn cold as they find themselves at the center of a mysterious murder.
READ MORENYWIFT Industry Screening + Q&A: ‘Jacinta’
Join us for a screening of Jacinta from October 7th through 11th, followed by a Q&A with Documentary Photographer and Filmmaker, Jessica Earnshaw and subject, Jacinta. Moderated by NYWIFT Program Manager, Barbara G Vásconez.
Shot over three years, the film begins at the Maine Correctional Center where Jacinta, 26, and her mother Rosemary, 46, are incarcerated together, both recovering from drug addiction. With unparalleled access and a gripping vérité approach, director Jessica Earnshaw paints a deeply intimate portrait of mothers and daughters and the effects of trauma over generations.
NYWIFT Industry Screening + Q&A: ‘LFG’
Join us for a screening of LFG, followed by a conversation with director/producers Andrea Nix Fine and Sean Fine.
LFG is a no-holds-barred, inside account of the U.S. women’s soccer team’s ongoing fight for equal pay as told by Megan Rapinoe, Jessica McDonald, Becky Sauerbrunn, Kelley O’Hara, Sam Mewis and others. In 2019, the players filed a class-action, gender discrimination lawsuit against the U.S. Soccer Federation, three months before the FIFA Women’s World Cup, which sets the stage for LFG.
NYWIFT Women’s Film Preservation Fund’s SPOTLIGHT: Presents Groundbreaking Documentaries of the 1970s: Betty Tells Her Story & The Wobblies
The Women’s Film Preservation Fund (WFPF) is supporting these two groundbreaking films for nomination to this year’s National Film Registry. We believe these films have made a crucial contribution to American cinema and deserve a spot on the list.
Please join us for this special program of two WFPF preserved films followed by a panel conversation with directors Liane Brandon and Deborah Shaffer. Moderated by award-winning documentarian Mirra Bank.
READ MORENYWIFT Industry Screening: ‘Materna’ + Q&A
A closely observed psychological portrait of four women, whose lives are bound together by an incident on the New York City subway.
Join us for a screening of Materna screening from August 9th through 11th, followed by a conversation with Producer Liz Cardenas, Producer Emily McEvoy, and Actor / Co-Writer / Exec Producer Assol Abdullina. Moderated by NYWIFT Program Manager, Barbara Vasconez.
READ MORENYWIFT Industry Screening + Q&A: ‘The Letter Room’
Nominated for an Oscar® in the Live Action Short Film category, The Letter Room follows an empathetic corrections officer (Oscar Isaac) who finds escape in the deeply personal letters written to an inmate on death row. Co-starring Alia Shawkat. Followed by a pre-recorded conversation with the creative team Elvira Lind, Sofia Sondervan, and Gena Konstantinakos. Moderated by NYWIFT Board President, Jamie Zelermyer.
READ MORENYWIFT Industry Screening: ‘Enemies of the State’ Screening + Q&A
An average American family becomes entangled in a bizarre web of espionage and corporate secrets when the U.S. government targets the family's hacker son. Join us for a screening of this new documentary feature, followed by a conversation with Director Sonia Kennebeck. Moderated by NYWIFT Program Manager, Barbara Vásconez.
READ MORENYWIFT Industry Screening: ‘Emily @ The Edge of Chaos’ Screening + Q&A
A custom blend of insight and humor, provocation and inspiration, personal stories and social commentary from comedian Emily Levine.
Join us for a screening of Emily @ The Edge of Chaos screening from July 16th through 19th, followed by a conversation with the creative team Thea Kerman, Miriam cutler, Stephen Shroyer, Jeff Shroyer and Ed Chiodo on July 19th at 4pm EST.
READ MORENYWIFT Industry Screening: ‘The Land of Azaba’ + Q&A with Greta Schiller and Andrea Weiss
A feature documentary on the subject of ecological restoration and the relationship between climate change and bio diversity loss. Set in the Campanarios de Azaba Nature Reserve in western Spain.
Join us for a screening of The Land of Azaba screening from July 9th, 2021 through July 12th. Followed by a conversation with Directors Greta Schiller and Andrea Weiss. Moderated by NYWIFT Program Manager, Barbara Vasconez.
READ MORENYWIFT Industry Screening + Q&A: ‘Holler’
Hoping to pay for college, a determined young woman lands a dangerous job working in a scrap metal yard during a brutal winter. With her goal in sight, she soon finds herself torn between a promising future and the family she would leave behind.
Join NYWIFT for a screening of Holler followed by a Q&A with Writer / Director, Nicole Riegel. Moderated by NYWIFT Board Member, Joyce Pierpoline.
READ MORENYWIFT Industry Screening: ‘Julia Scotti: Funny That Way’ Screening + Q&A
Decades ago, Julia Scotti performed as Rick Scotti, and appeared on bills with Jerry Seinfeld and Chris Rock. Now, the trans comedian returns to the stage as “the crazy old lady of comedy,” in this tender, funny, and triumphant comeback story.
Join NYWIFT for a screening of Julia Scotti: Funny That Way followed by a Q&A with Director & Producer, Susan Sandler and Comedian, Julia Scotti. Moderated by Tracy E. Gilchrist, Editor in chief of The Advocate
READ MORENYWIFT Industry Screening: ‘In the Same Breath’ Screening + Q&A
Join NYWIFT for a screening of In the Same Breath followed by a Q&A with Nanfu Wang (Director, Producer), NYWIFT Member Carolyn Hepburn (Producer), Jialing Zhang (Producer), Julie Goldman (Producer), and Christopher Clements (Producer).
In the Same Breath recounts the origin and spread of the novel coronavirus from the earliest days of the outbreak in Wuhan to it s rampage across the United States. In a deeply personal approach, Wang, who was born in China and now lives in the United States, explores the parallel campaigns of misinformation waged by leadership and the devastating impact on citizens of both countries.
NYWIFT Talks: NYWIFT Goes to the Oscars: ‘Feeling Through’
Join NYWIFT for a screening of the Academy Award Nominee for Best Narrative Short, Feeling Through. Followed by a Q&A with 1st Assistant Director and NYWIFT Member, Catriona Rubenis-Stevens.
Feeling Through, the first film to star a DeafBlind actor, is a coming of age story that follows Tereek, a teen wandering the streets of New York, desperate for a place to crash when he encounters Artie, a DeafBlind man in need of help getting home. From an awkward meeting between strangers emerges an intimate bond, and a journey that forever changes Tereek.
