NYWIFT WFPF Screenings: ‘Yudie’ and ‘Spirit to Spirit: Nikki Giovanni’
Two films preserved by NYWIFT’s Women’s Film Preservation Fund are screening at DCTV’s Firehouse Cinema on June 24th at 7:30 PM.
YUDIE and SPIRIT TO SPIRIT: NIKKI GIOVANNI
Two classic short documentaries directed by NYWIFT Member Mirra Bank
NYWIFT 2025 Annual Member Meeting + Meet the Board Candidates
It’s that time of year again — NYWIFT will soon elect our 2025-2026 Board of Directors! For the occasion, we are holding a special NYWIFT Annual Member Meeting where members can meet the candidates.
Enjoy lite bites and cocktails at Manhattan Neighborhood Network!
Then, you will have the opportunity to hear brief remarks from board candidates, ask questions, and mix & mingle. The candidates will be announced soon.
All NYWIFT members – and future members! – are welcome and encouraged to attend to mix, mingle and get to know our dynamic and talented members and leaders in an informal setting. We hope to see you there.
NYWIFT Co-Hosts ‘Ride or Die’ at the 2025 Tribeca Festival
Join Tribeca Festival & NYWIFT as we proudly co-host screenings of Ride or Die, Co-Produced and Cast by NYWIFT Member Lois Drabkin!
When Paula (Briana Middleton), a young Midwesterner who dreams of a fresh start in California, runs into Sloane (Stella Everett), her secret high school crush who has her demons, the chemistry is electric. What starts as a casual reunion between two high school classmates quickly evolves into something deeper when they make a spontaneous decision to road-trip across the country together. However, unforeseen consequences make their journey more perilous, transforming their whirlwind romance into a tense thriller.
NYWIFT Co-Hosts ‘Marlee Matlin: Not Alone Anymore’ at the 2025 Tribeca Festival
Join Tribeca Festival & NYWIFT as we proudly co-host screenings of Marlee Matlin: Not Alone Anymore, Executive Produced by NYWIFT Member Ruth Ann Harnisch!
In filmmaker, actress and writer Shoshannah Stern’s debut documentary, she explores the life of the most influential deaf actor of her generation, Marlee Matlin. Launching into the Hollywood stratosphere at age 19 with her Academy Award®-winning performance in Children of a Lesser God, Matlin became a household name with just one film under her belt. A richly deserved honor for her raw and immersive performance, the recognition also came with a tidal wave of responsibility and layered expectations from both the hearing and deaf communities that Matlin had to contend with while hiding painful secrets in her personal life.
NYWIFT Co-Hosts ‘We Are Pat’ at the 2025 Tribeca Festival
Join Tribeca Festival & NYWIFT as we proudly co-host screenings of We Are Pat, NYWIFT Member Ruth Ann Harnisch!
Pat, the evasive, androgynous SNL character played byJulia Sweeney, was a ubiquitous presence in the pop culture ether of the 1990s. As a kid, filmmaker Ro Haber grappled with a strange obsession with Pat — a character whose popularity hinged on them making others wildly uncomfortable with their refusal to adhere to strict gender lines. Both time and their identity moved forward and yet, even as an adult, Haber’s preoccupation remained.
NYWIFT Co-Hosts ‘Maintenance Artist’ at the 2025 Tribeca Festival
Join Tribeca Festival & NYWIFT as we proudly co-host screenings of Maintenance Artist, directed, written, and produced by NYWIFT Member Toby Perl Freilich!
1979, New York City. At their work site, sanitation workers give their undivided attention to a woman who’s stopped by for a visit. They listen to her speak, but stand with their arms folded. “Good morning! My name is Mierle Laderman Ukeles. I’m a maintenance artist. I feel that you hold up the whole city in your hands with your unending work. I think it’s time for the public to hear what New York City feels like, from the side of the people that keep it alive, every single day.” With that, Ukeles initiated one of her most ambitious and socially-conscious works — pursuing the idea that acts of individual social maintenance, including sanitation work, could be deemed a form of performance art.
NYWIFT Member Screening: Building Bombs
NYWIFT is proud to co-present the New York Premiere of the 4K restoration of Building Bombs (1990) at DCTV as part of the NYWIFT Member Screening Series!
NYWIFT Member Kirsten Larvick is the restoration producer. The screening will be introduced by Academy Award–nominated actor and activist Jane Alexander. Panel discussion to follow.
This Academy Award-nominated documentary revisits the glory days of the atomic age, its legacy of nuclear weapons waste, and its troubling questions still unanswered. Insider stories and rare archival footage reveal the inner workings of one of the world’s largest nuclear bomb plants and its toll on the environment and human hearts.
The Women’s Film Preservation Fund of NYWIFT at Restored and Rediscovered: A Film Preservation Festival
Join us on Sunday, May 18, 2025, at the Jacob Burns Film Center in Pleasantville, NY, for a day dedicated to celebrating restored cinematic treasures—both beloved classics and newly rediscovered gems. As part of the festival’s second edition, Restored and Rediscovered spotlights the importance of film preservation and the vital work of organizations like the Women’s Film Preservation Fund (WFPF) of New York Film & Television (NYWIFT).
READ MORENYWIFT Virtual Hangout with WIFTA – April 2025
Gather together online with your NYWIFT colleagues at our April 29th virtual speed networking mixer. We will be joined by our Southern friends from Women in Film & Television Atlanta (WIFTA)! Come ready to share creative ideas, suggestions, and contact info for further engagement.
We will begin the evening with a ten-minute salon conversation to discuss WIFTA's latest opportunities and initiatives, followed by about 90 minutes of speed networking, during which you will be randomly paired off with other attendees to network one-on-one.
This is a great opportunity for NYWIFT members to network with their WIFT sisters.
NYWIFT hangouts are a safe space to ask entertainment related questions, seek advice, employment and other industry opportunities. Prep your elevator pitch and get ready to make connections! As always, all members are welcome and encouraged to attend and mix, mingle.
NYWIFT at the 2025 Winter Film Festival: Fundraising Panel, Mixer, and Screening
Join NYWIFT at the 2025 Winter Film Festival!
Meet your fellow NYWIFT members at the 13th Annual Winter Film Festival and celebrate the work of NYC women filmmakers! NYWIFT is proud to co-present a panel on film fundraising and fiscal sponsorship, plus a networking mixer and film screening.
NYWIFT Night Out with HRTS – February 2025
Are you a member of New York Women in Film & Television? Interested in becoming one? Join us for our next NYWIFT Night Out, where we are thrilled to meet up with our friends at Hollywood Radio & Television Society to foster further connection.
The NYWIFT Night Out is a safe space to ask entertainment related questions, seek advice, employment and other industry opportunities. Bring your business cards and get ready to make connections!
As always, all NYWIFT members are welcome and encouraged to attend and mix, mingle and get to know our dynamic and talented members and staff in an informal setting.
NYWIFT Member Screening: Obsessed with Light
The NYWIFT Member Screening Series is proud to co-present the NY Theatrical Premiere of Sabine Krayenbühl and Zeva Oelbaum's Obsessed with Light in partnership with Macklowe Gallery!
Featuring a Q&A with Oelbaum, Krayenbühl and Linda Murray (Jerome Robbins Dance Division of the NYPL), moderated by Norton Owen (Jacob’s Pillow). Reception to follow.
Obsessed with Lightis a meditation on light and the enduring obsession to create. The film pulls back the curtain on Loïe Fuller, a wildly original performer who revolutionized the visual culture of the early 20th century. But it is not a bio-pic. Creating a dialogue between the past and the present, the documentary delves into the astonishing influence Fuller’s work has on contemporary culture including artists like Red Hot Chili Peppers, Taylor Swift, Bill T. Jones, Shakira and William Kentridge, among many others. In the process, the film uncovers commonalities that connect these creative luminaries to Fuller and each other.
NYWIFT Co-Presents Two Films at 2024 Urbanworld Festival
New York Women in Film & Television is proud to once again co-present several films at the Urbanworld Film Festival! Both films feature the work of NYWIFT members.
READ MORENYWIFT Virtual Hangout with WIFT Jamaica
Gather together online with your NYWIFT colleagues at our October 24th virtual speed networking mixer. We will be joined by our friends from Women in Film and Television Jamaica (WIFTJA)! Come ready to share creative ideas, suggestions, and contact info for further engagement.
We will begin the evening with a ten-minute salon conversation to discuss WIFTJA’s latest opportunities and initiatives, followed by about 90 minutes of speed networking, during which you will be randomly paired off with other attendees to network one-on-one. This is a great opportunity for NYWIFT members to network with their WIFT sisters.
NYWIFT hangouts are a safe space to ask entertainment related questions, seek advice, employment and other industry opportunities. Prep your elevator pitch and get ready to make connections! As always, all members are welcome and encouraged to attend and mix, mingle.
NYWIFT Industry Screening: The Body Politic
NYWIFT is proud to present an Industry Screening of The Body Politic at DCTV, co-presented by our partners at POV and Black Public Media.
This NY Premiere Screening will be followed by a Q&A with the filmmakers and subjects, moderated by NYWIFT Board President and BPM Executive Director Leslie Fields-Cruz, as well as a reception.
NYWIFT Creative Showcase: Members at the 2024 SOHO International Film Festival
The NYWIFT Member Screening Series comes to SOHO International Film Festival with a selection of five short films showcasing talented members of the New York Women in Film & Television community in key creative roles. Showcase screening followed by a conversation with the artists.
READ MORENYWIFT Night Out Networking Mixer – September 2024
Are you a member of New York Women in Film & Television? Interested in becoming one? Join us for our next NYWIFT Night Out! The NYWIFT Night Out is a safe space to ask entertainment related questions, seek advice, employment and other industry opportunities. Bring your business cards and get ready to make connections! As always, all NYWIFT members are welcome and encouraged to attend and mix, mingle and get to know our dynamic and talented members and staff in an informal setting.
READ MORENYWIFT Co-Presents Films at the 47th Annual Asian American International Film Festival
New York Women in Film & Television is proud to co-present four films at the 47th Annual Asian American International Film Festival, which takes place August 1-11, 2024 in New York City and online.
This year's festival features a captivating array of films that delve into themes of love, relationships, grief, and complex emotions. In addition to a stellar lineup of films, the festival will feature exclusive panels, receptions, and VIP events, providing unique opportunities to connect with industry professionals and fellow film enthusiasts.
