NYWIFT 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 MORENew York City Artist Corp Grants Information Workshop – Be Ready for Cycles 2 and 3!!
City Artist Corps Grants will distribute one-time $5,000 grants to more than 3,000 working NYC artists – including filmmakers – who will engage the public with arts activities across New York City’s five boroughs beginning this July. In conversation with Leslie Fields-Cruz.
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 MORETribeca Film Festival & NYWIFT Co-Present: ‘I Carry You with Me’
Join Tribeca Film Festival & NYWIFT on June 15th as we proudly co-present a screening of I Carry You with Me.
I Carry You with Me, Academy-Award® nominee and NYWIFT member Heidi Ewing’s luminous, moving debut as a narrative filmmaker, follows a tender romance between Iván and Gerado, spanning decades. Starting in provincial Mexico and continuing as first Iván, then Gerardo, journey towards sharing a life together in New York City. The film, winner of two awards at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival, is an intimate love story, as well as a soulful rumination on family, sacrifice, regret, and ultimately, hope.
Tribeca Film Festival & NYWIFT Co-Present: ‘The Sit In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show’
Join Tribeca Film Festival & NYWIFT on June 19th as we proudly co-host a screening of The Sit In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show. The Sit-In is an exhilarating documentary about a rare moment when truth and justice entered the living rooms (and bedrooms) of middle-class America.
Although three of the five TV segments are now lost, director NYWIFT Member Yoruba Richen pieces together the programs through archival photographs and footage, as well as contemporary interviews with historians, politicians and activists, including Whoopi Goldberg and Norman Lear. Indeed, the film captures a chaotic time in American history, drawing inescapable parallels with the Black Lives Matter movement.
NYWIFT Talks & In Creative Company Discuss with EVP, Specials, Music Programming and Music Strategy for BET Networks, Connie Orlando
On this week's NYWIFT Talks, join us as we talk to Connie Orlando (EVP, Specials, Music Programming and Music Strategy for BET Networks) about pulling off the impossible with pivoting the BET awards to a virtual presentation in 2020 and what it looks like in shifting back towards in person events this year and beyond. This conversation will be moderated by Co-Founder and Head of Programming at In Creative Company Mara Webster.
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 Talks Reel Works
On this week's NYWIFT Talks, join the team behind Reel Works Co-Founder, Senior Director of Education and Programming Stephanie Walter Williams, Director of Workforce and External Partnerships Keisha Katz to discuss 20 years of Reel Works and the impact they have made by providing platforms for the underserved community while inspiring others to follow a similar path.
This conversation will be moderated by NYWIFT Board Member, Flo Mitchell-Brown.
NYWIFT 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 MORE“Power Pitching Virtually and In-Person…,Every Time, Every Situation”
This workshop is all about pitching...whether it's for your services, an informational session, a networking event, or pitching your film/television project. What does it really take to make a powerful pitch? How can you make virtual pitching as powerful as in-person? What are the pitfalls to avoid at all cost? How can you master the art of pitching with your own style, personality and brand?
Certified Career Coach/Talent Agent Consultant/NYWIFT member Jim Arnoff will give you the career coach's top tips for pitching with conviction and results
NYWIFT Talks with Tonya McCornell of the NYWIFT Mom’s Network
On this week's NYWIFT Talks, join us for a conversation with founder of MOM Film Fest and the Mom's Network for NYWIFT, Tonya McCornell. Moderated by Maud Kersnowski-Sachs.
We will discuss the challenge for mothers balancing career and family while working within the demanding and competitive television and film industry.
NYWIFT Talks with Provincetown Film Society’s Blythe Frank and Lisa Viola
On this week's NYWIFT Talks, join us for a conversation with Executive Producer of Provincetown Film Society, Blythe Frank Artistic Director, Lisa Viola to discuss this year's Provincetown Film Festival taking place from June 16-25. We will be discussing the festivals shift from in-person to virtual to multidimensional as they take on a hybrid approach this year and how the global pandemic affected the festival.
This conversation will be moderated by NYWIFT Board Member, Gretchen McGowan.
NYWIFT Talks & In Creative Company Discuss Current/Future State of Film Industry in NYC with Lesli Klainberg and Eugene Hernandez
On this week’s NYWIFT Talks, we discuss NYFF 2021, Film at Lincoln Center Virtual Cinema, and what to expect from the current/future state of film in NY and the industry. Panelists include Lesli Klainberg (Executive Director of Film at Lincoln Center) and Eugene Hernandez (Director of the New York Film Festival and Publisher of Film Comment at Film at Lincoln Center).
The conversation will be moderated by Co-Founder and Head of Programming at In Creative Company Mara Webster.
NYWIFT 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.
Owning It Skill Share in Partnership with NYWIFT and WIF
Join The Gotham’s Owning It program in partnership with NYWIFT and WIF for a community skill share. Looking for a certain skillset to help complete your project? Willing to offer your skills to support a fellow creative? At the Skill Share you’ll barter and exchange skills, learn best practices for bartering, and spend time networking with attendees.
READ MOREThe Business of Adaptations for Film and TV – Spring 2021
Savvy industry professionals love to leverage their time and efforts by capitalizing on a story that can be adapted into many forms.
Learn from this experienced panel of agents, attorneys, managers, producers, and writers about ways to locate common sources for your story or script and the power and pitfalls of working with adaptations for your project.
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.
