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When Depression, an African American woman in her 30s, finds herself overwhelmed by life's challenges, her three friends—Anger, Grief, and Pain—arrive unexpectedly to help her confront her struggles.

In this feature drama set on an American college campus, a Freshman Girl wakes up after a drunken campus party and discovers she may have been sexually assaulted. She remembers nothing.

In April 1997, Martin Thomas, a popular Kansas City church minister, pled guilty to the murder of a man who he once knew. Never revealing why he took the man’s life, Martin’s family was shattered and left with unanswered questions.

The Adventures of Becktron and Sally Slappers is a 30-minute 3-D animated series. The series smashes stereotypes by presenting two protagonists who spotlight the importance of female friendship, women scientists, and strong, diverse role models for the next generation.

Afterthought tells four interwoven stories of women working to commemorate the COVID-19 pandemic. The film memorializes individuals lost and communities changed by the pandemic and asks universal questions about shared trauma, memory, and healing.

A Holocaust Journey: Lessons We Learned presents a group of students who traveled to Berlin/Poland with the aim of trying to comprehend the reality of the Holocaust.

A feature documentary about women in politics in the post suffrage era.

Meet four young women who tell the stories of their struggles to escape poverty and pave the road for others to follow.

AmeRican Poet Tato Laviera tells the story of a prolific poet, playwright, and community activist from the Lower East Side.

Madagascar’s ecosystem is one of the most threatened on the planet.

A young researcher aboard an interplanetary mission gets a brief chance to observe the subject of her academic obsession up close, a species on the brink of extinction: humans.

An independent film that tells the story of those who fled Europe escaping the Nazi terror to find refuge in an unlikely destination: Ecuador, a small South American country barely known at the time.

An intimate portrait of Setsuko Thurlow, a passionate, 85 year-old woman who survived the atomic bomb in Hiroshima.

A horrific murder of a 15 year old boy riles a small town community, exposes deep fault lines, and leads to the 1999 convictions of four Native boys based on questionable evidence.

The pilot introduces Drea’s exhausting and emotionally charged fertility journey with her husband Tristan. The couple’s bond is tested as they navigate societal expectations and personal heartbreak.

In a prosperous suburb in 1986, New Jersey, an 11-year-old girl discovers her father is a child molester and has been using her as bait. Will she protect him or tell the truth in this heartbreaking true story?

The story follows Katherine, a widow in the twilight years of her life. Her new eccentric roommate, Wanda, seeks retirement and redemption. Both tales come to a head when her estranged daughter comes calling on her doorstep.

Beautiful Pasadena tells the story of a marriage in crisis at the start of the economic collapse in 2008.

What people can do and talk about in the bedroom? Creativity has no limit in this anthology series.

This 30 minute series celebrates strong, opinionated women and emphasizes that we don’t need to agree (or even like each other) to peacefully co-exist. All we need to do is find common ground and laugh about it!

Black Enuf* is an animated documemoir that takes a playful approach to heavier questions of identity, difference, and self-acceptance.

Black Voters Matter chronicles Cliff, April and LaTosha’s rise from aspiring acolytes to game changing civil right leaders as the founders of the Black Voters Matter Fund (BVMF).

After nearly drowning, a young aspiring Latinx musician loses her vision and struggles to keep her restaurant job with a boss driven to get rid of her. Blindsight is about making this gap between reality and perception palpable by focusing on the act of seeing, and the mysteriousness of that.

Teenage Rylie buckles under the weight of her PTSD, and forces herself on a journey to find where the painful parts of her were born and now live.

A survivor of the deadliest day in Mt. Everest’s lurid history, journalist and adventure-filmmaker Michael Churton returns to the Himalayas to pay respects to the past and rediscover what was lost.

By Your Side is a dramatic, coming-of-age short film about an adolescent girl that is an aspiring cam model, in hopes of following her famous mother's footsteps.

NYC party-girl, Jane, forms an unlikely camaraderie with the owner of a rural bowling alley and his son; but an afternoon of drinking and bowling reveals her true reason for being there, which drives them into unsettling terrain. It’s about how asking an impossible question can lead to healing, even if you don’t get the answer you’re looking for.

Calli, 40, goes to her vacation family to celebrate her father’s retirement party. Over the weekend, she must help Christine, her hated stepmother, make the party a success, while silently dealing with the repercussions of an unwanted pregnancy.

CALLIOPE is a character-driven drama about fear, abandonment, finding one's strength, and the power of forgiveness against a backdrop of hope. For Calliope, living life as a people-pleaser seemed easier than living life as a warrior. But once she’s diagnosed with breast cancer, the world as she knows falls apart.

CAP is a father-son love story set in Los Angeles and inspired by true events. This two part story explores the devastating effects of gun violence on a family.

Caroline’s Wedding explores the immigrant experience and the struggles of a hard-working Haitian family adjusting to a new life in Brooklyn in the 1990s.

cataclysm.begins is a LGBTQ+ centric YA sci-fi dystopian series set in a not-so-distant dystopian future about a pair of queer teenage twins coming of age during a traumatic time in their life.

A young Japanese-American woman returning home, after the attack of Pearl Harbor, to her grandfather an Edo kite maker living on his celery farm in Southern California.

An elderly couple spend their time collecting and inventorying chairs only to be overcome by the very objects that give their lives meaning.

Established by Dana Offenbach and Terry Lawler to give women screenwriters of short films an opportunity to have their work produced.

Natalie Reuss will direct, produce and shoot a poetic, observational film about the ancient Italian hill town, Civita di Bagnoregio (Civita).

Create a 10 minute award-winning documentary about Daniel Barvin, his family experience with ALS and FTD and his mission to educate the world about genetic testing. A heroic story of bravery and patient advocacy, that will help start a movement.

THE CO-OP: THE KIDS OF DORIE MILLER explores New York City’s first desegregated housing cooperative – named for Black WWII hero, Doris “Dorie” Miller.

Over the course of twenty-five years, Creatively Speaking has become the leading, curated film series offering a diverse forum that highlights independent film by and about women and people of color.

When a first-time volunteer accompanies undocumented refuges through their court appearances, she learns first-hand how America’s broken immigration system breeds racial injustice that destroys lives.

After 40 years of patronage, a spicy New York Jewish widow and the tightly wound Chinese restauranteur who served her family every Christmas, find themselves drawn into an unexpected late-in-life romance.

Feature-length experimental documentary reimagines this countercultural festival, known as the Rainbow Gathering, as a psychedelic trip to another planet

Dust highlights the tragedy of the people who relive 9/11 and deal with its deadly legacy on a daily basis.

The Ecuadorian Film Festival in NY, EFFNY, brings some of the best and latest Ecuadorian films to the Ecuadorian community and film aficionados in New York City.

Edith Prentiss: Hell on Wheels examines the life and advocacy of this feared, fierce, and fair advocate who, ironically, is a very private person.

In this feature documentary film, producer and director Eric Crabb Moon steps in front of the camera to become to subject alongside his wife Laura.

A short film about another side of Blackness. A coming of age story about the demons that haunt us.

In Feel Memory, artist Viviane Silvera combines live action with stop-motion made out of thousands of hand-painted stills (approximately 50,000).

Through running the diner Victor tries to establish his masculinity, while Nick follows, resulting in a huge argument and Nick looking over his sperm donor files, pondering if this really could be his father.

This is a love story. Between a Seamstress and her own Right Hand.

The film uniquely contrasts the public achievements of a great artist, Wen-Ying Tsai, with the private life of an absentee father, through the gentle and loving lens of his own son.

An aging blues singer returns to the stage 17 years after music broke his heart. Frank Bey’s incredible journey reaches a climactic year as he overcomes the loss of his backing band to record his dream album in Nashville.

Ghost Light: Reclaiming Theater in the Age of AIDS, an eight-part television documentary series, examines the impact of the AIDS crisis on the theater industry and community.

A Native American woman and a Black man walk into a bar taking refuge from the “die-in” protests at Grand Central over police brutality. With the pub deserted and bartender strangely absent, these two strangers have their run of the place. But as the liquor starts to flow, so do some inconvenient truths.

This mixed-media limited docu-series, Good Jazz Back to You, follows an eclectic batch of female instrumentalists active in New York’s bustling, yet elusive, jazz scene.

The ABFF Greenlighters Academy is an educational incubator program for college students with an interest in pursuing corporate careers in film, television and new media.

GRIEF: A COMEDY is a short film about a woman’s first day back to work after bereavement leave which uses laughter to initiate conversations around how to exist in the world while mourning as well as how to support those processing loss.

Honolulu is a dark comedy about Yuki, a 12-year-old with a vivid fantasy life, who complicates her already morose beach vacation with her father and grandmother.

I Am Kathy explores being transgender and undergoing gender affirming surgery in America.

I AM SO LUCKY follows the plight of Maddison, a 30-something broke singleton who believes nabbing a rich, handsome man will fix all of her problems.

This bilingual feature-length documentary follows Cristina’s natural hair journey while exploring how Anti-Black bias manifests on the bodies and psyches of Latine Afro-descendant women.

The Injured Body examines racism though the lens of micro-aggressions – slights, slips of the tongue, or intentional offenses that accumulate over a lifetime.

In this compelling and deeply personal documentary, filmmaker Heather Greer turns the camera on herself in an attempt to heal from her mother’s decades-long depression and eventual suicide in the New York City subway on Mother's Day in 2008.

In the Dark follows Nina Kristoff, a prestigious New York Times reporter specializing in sex crimes, back to her native South Africa where she covers the brutal gang rape of an eight-year-old girl.

On August 21, 2017 a Total Solar Eclipse crossed the length of the United States from the Oregon coast to North Carolina.

Caroline and Barb, two older actresses and rivals, unexpectedly bump into each other at the Drama Book Shop after many years, both preparing for an upcoming audition.

Twenty-five year old nanny and aspiring writer Sophie can’t believe her luck when she lands a gig babysitting for the daughter of her favorite author, Linda Carson.

Eve, a young woman recovering from an eating disorder, returns to her quiet Jewish community, only to find her town’s new rabbi promoting a mysterious, life-changing diet drink. As the drink’s influence spreads, she must confront her own struggles and uncover the truth before it consumes her and her community.

We've all heard about sexism in Hollywood, but sometimes it's hard to see. In the documentary “Just Ad Man” the point is brought to life through talented but struggling director, Jody Lauren Miller.

When Sabrina ropes her ex-girlfriend Andy into meeting postbreakup, she attempts to revive their love with a life altering secret.

A story of the Kianda Foundation through the eyes of its’ graduates, current students, and educators. An important and vivid story of commitment, contribution, equality, and community.

A politically ambivalent Manhattan doctor is sucked into the politics of money when his mother's death leads him to discover he's the heart of a government conspiracy to control health care costs.

Kingfish is a feature film that fans of The Goonies and Stand By Me will love. The story takes us to Montauk, NY, where a small fishing community is being overrun by real estate developers and wealthy vacationers.

“A family of animated precocious grade-school bugs confront bullying and the stigmas of being from “the wrong side of the tracks” while pursuing their dreams of becoming all-star basketball players.

Their farm failing, the lives of Dex and Marla Clayton begin to unravel after a traumatic loss. A young neighbor, Parker, approaches Marla for help and opens the door for a new life for Marla.

A documentary telling Dennis Schleicher's story, sharing his journey as his book, “Is He Nuts? Why a gay man would become a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter-day Saints"

Left Bank is a hybrid feature documentary about the four women who served as the cornerstones of success for Irish author, James Joyce. The film reframes history for the first time–telling the true story from the women’s point of view.

New York Women in Film and Television is proud to serve as fiscal agent for the Lights! Camera! Access! 2.0 Initiative by The Loreen Arbus Foundation and EIN SOF Communications.

After learning of the war in Ukraine, a Michigan writer races to finish the script about love & vodka to bring back the One who got away.

In a Post-Roe America where theocracy reigns, a renowned butcher meets the political predator responsible for her daughter's beta and exacts bloody revenge, igniting a revolution.

In her own words, comedian Gilda Radner looks back and reflects on her life and career.

Luke and Emma is a semi-autobiographical short film based on two young individuals in 1986 rural America.

Nobody escapes from blood and thunder in Colombia, and definitely not in the archipelago of San Andres. The Raizal people are excruciatingly persecuted by their government.

The film tells the story of Vietnam through the perspective of the soldiers who went missing, their families who suffered and the people who wore their bracelets.

Award-Winning Bullying Script, Missy’s Voice, will be produced as a feature-length film. It will make a statement, "be kind."

From Dawn Scibilia, the director of the Emmy Award winning documentary HOME, Mrs M is a documentary about Belle Moskowitz, former political strategist to NY Governor Al Smith. She exercised power in a feminine way, not wanting to be a threat to the men in the room, she sat in the corner of cabinet meetings, knitting.

This short (15 minute) film comedy set in 1941 The Bronx, New York is a window into the world of a loving Jewish family during World War II.

A 16-year old with dreams of rock stardom, has become the “special friend” of Schwartzey, a powerful music producer with a penchant for teenage girls who promises to make her dreams come true.

This film explores what public education meant to South Bronx Latino maverick educator, Pedro Santana, and what he, in turn, meant to public education.  

Produced and directed by Erin Harper and Lily Vakili, My Wild Heart: The Art of Nader Gholi Vakili details the life of Nader Vakili, an Iranian-American plant pathologist with a gift for wood sculptures.

In Pennsylvania, the portrait of small town America is changing.

The New York WILD Film Festival showcases a spectrum of topics, from exploration and adventure to wildlife and the environment, bringing all things WILD to one of the most urban cities in the world.

The OKAY Initiative is a movement to normalize talking about emotional and mental health.

One Oh! One is a web series and podcast for young women interested in pursuing careers in the Film and Television Industry.

Taking the viewer from composer, David Amram’s classical roots through his friendship with Jack Kerouac and the Beats, and continue to the present day.

Ovid, New York is an anthology feature film made up of seven chapters, inspired by Roman author Ovid’s sweeping mythological poem, The Metamorphoses.

Park Slope Moms is a dark comedy series created and produced by NYWIFT member, Alexandra Foucard and directed by NYWIFT member and Primetime Emmy winner Annetta Marion.

The project designed to help storytellers get their projects from script to screen, helping in three ways: producing shorts workshops and a festival to connect filmmakers in industry experts and opportunities.

The POETRY UNITES series reveals how much Americans have in common when they open up through their love of poetry.

Portrait is an 8-minute dark psychological comedy. The film contributes something new by playing with an age-old artist-and-muse dynamic.

When a quirky Intimacy Coordinator seeks certification for her unique love & relationship practice, "Purses & Floors Creative Therapy," her dysfunctional clients put her qualifications - and sanity - to the test!

When a documentary on competitive speed puzzlers resonates with a film director, a quirky hobby becomes a tool for mental health and conversations around it.

Queen Idia of the great Benin Kingdom in the Midwestern part of Nigeria is the only child of her parents. She uses everything in her arsenal - Wit, Guts, Strength, Mystical powers and a mother's love to achieve her Goal.

Queen of the Desert is a story about a racist long-distance trucker who picks up a young African American hitchhiker.

Our award winning series, QUEENS pays homage to the working-class people and neighborhoods of that borough and New York City.

A little girl defying many stereotypes. A mother intent on raising an independent child. Follow the journey of renowned French tap dancer Roxane Butterfly and her daughter Zuly who has Down syndrome.

A dark comedy about a single mother and former Literary It Girl who discovers that her unflattering current reality is the subject of a hot filmmaker’s newest project. As Ramona faces up to her disappointments and wrecked friendships, she finds true creative power and is finally ready to become her best self.

A documentary exploring the life and music of late Jazz musician Jon Lucien who is rediscovered by a New York woman Linnette Harrigan in a record collection after the passing of her mother. The rediscovery sets her out on a journey to find truth about Lucien who was also a distant relative.

The 1937 hit film Stage Door was based on The Rehearsal Club, a residence for young struggling actresses in NYC. See the stories of the club's residents and the times in which they lived.

“SALTWATER” delves into themes of death, love, identity, and cultural assimilation, weaving a poignant narrative centered around Caribbean American children navigating their heritage and a new environment.

Against the backdrop of Purim in Los Angeles, an Orthodox Jewish teen spends his first night alone guarding a body awaiting burial and ends up fighting for his own life.

An eerie scream from a woman being attacked penetrates the meat packing district while busy New Yorker's question their consciences about taking action.

Drawing from a rich international community of filmmakers, Social Cinema selects the nonfic films that best dramatize our country’s social and political issues and previews them for a diverse and influential audience.

Social Cinema joins forces with New America’s distinctive community to engage audiences in a well-rounded exploration of the issues at the heart of today’s most compelling documentary films.

An opportunity has presented itself for them to reclaim their stolen innocence through finding their voice and speaking the truth.

A timely and soul-stirring full-length documentary which tells the story of a centuries-old, paved-over African-American cemetery in the “forgotten borough” of New York City.

A deeply moving documentary about homeless man Roosevelt Wilkerson, whose passion for carving walking sticks connects him to a world beyond the streets and launches him on an incredible journey.

While I was in Berlin, I was handed a flyer for a "Stolpersteinverlegung". A Stolperstein is an art piece, a single memorial for an individual victim of the Nazis.

The Story of Olivia serves as a beacon of inspiration, gumption and pure unadulterated joy for the next generation waiting to come aboard – breaking down the barriers of invisibility experienced by women over thousands of years.

In 1957, Hope Sullivan moved her five young children to South Korea, where they became the first American dependent family living there after the Korean War.

Super Fire Woman And Her Sparks is a talk show hosted by Super Fire Woman that celebrates people with unique challenges to show case their talent.

Stella is just a normal teenager. She parties, fights with her parents and does, well, whatever she wants. Except there is one problem, Stella is a seventeen-year-old on a hit TV show.

Set in 1964 Haiti, during the reign of François Duvalier, Ti Zwazo (Little Bird) tells the story of Rene, and his family as they navigate the dangers of political unrest. Ti Zwazo is a moving exploration of love, resilience, and sacrifice in the face of political turmoil, highlighting a family’s unwavering hope and determination to survive.

This story offers a window into how society relates to our elders, especially those with cognitive impairment.

TO THE FIREFLIES is a narrative feature film that, through a mix of live-action and magical realism animation, reveals the power of creativity and imagination to heal.

Three Tulsa City Council members from vastly different walks of life, belief systems, educational, cultural, and racial backgrounds grapple with the historic decision of whether to grant reparations to survivors and descendants of the 1921 Race Massacre.

Violet must face the news from her mother's hospice nurse that her mother's feet are turning blue, a sign that she is transitioning into the end of her life.

Silent film urging the people to stop for a few minutes and ask themselves, “What is it that they are chasing so much while they don’t spend enough time with their family?"

A family stricken by the death of its matriarch copes over a game of spades that provides more than just friendly competition.

An interabled queer couple confronts their individual relationship with intimacy and desire when they spend the night together for the first time.

Untitled Creede Documentary (UCD) will be an intimate, cinematic immersion into this living, breathing microcosm of our country in these times, brought into vivid view through the hyper-focused lens of a tiny town where residents with fundamentally different opinions and points of view bump up against each other daily.

Ursula is a dark comedy short film that takes place in a near-future, hand-me-down world of extreme drought, blinding daylight, dark interiors, and an overpopulation of flies.

A High Plains, neo-gothic story of a city-slicker reporter hunting out a scoop in a brutal, gruesome, rural landscape.

Aspiring actress Vicky Price is, essentially, an affirmation chanting doormat. With a roommate who’s trying to “nice guy” his way into her pants, a fuck-buddy who’s more interested in his followers than a relationship, and a controlling step-sister walking all over her aspirations to be a legitimate actress, it’s no surprise that Vicky can’t catch a break in Hollywood.

The Visible Poetry Project strives to make poetry accessible, exploring how we can recreate and experience poems through the medium of film.

Immerse yourself in the extraordinary lives of the Sisters of Rosary Hill who care for their "guests" who come for their last waltz, with remarkable impact.

TV Pilot Dramedy that explores the world of Skilled Nursing Facilities, seeking to bring discussion and knowledge to the public concerning the care and wellbeing of elderly patients, especially those with forms of dementia such as Alzheimer’s and Vascular Dementia.

This is about victim blaming from the point of view of real sexual assault survivors.

White Rose, a theatrical and streaming feature documentary, will use innovative cinematic techniques to tell a stunning historical story which addresses those very timely questions.

Women and Hollywood educates, advocates, and agitates for gender diversity in Hollywood and the global film industry. The site was founded in 2007 by Melissa Silverstein.

Memories of the 80th anniversary of the start of World War II, which ran from 1st September 1939 to 2nd September 1945.

Rebecca Byerly tells a powerful story about three seemingly ordinary – yet truly extraordinary – women who run the world's longest, most mountainous ultra-marathons.

Short Film Lab: Women’s Empowerment Digital Storytelling Through STEAM education