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Hellenic Film Society x NYWIFT Co-Present ‘.Dog’ and ‘Patchwork’

Join Hellenic Film Society & NYWIFT on September 30 as we proudly co-host a screening of .Dog and Patchwork         .Dog 2021 | 95 minutes | New York Premiere In Greek with English subtitles Cast: Andreas Konstantinou (Father), Dimitris Kitsos (Dimitris), Nikos Zeginoglou (Nick), Antonia Charalampous (Andi), Anna Yiagiozi (director of hostel)...

How to Go Where Angels Fear to Tread: Fair Use of Copyright, Trademark and Rights of Publicity with Moses Singer LLP

Intellectual property experts from Moses Singer will explain the legally permissible ways in which producers can use copyrighted works, trademarks and names, likenesses and individual  personas without incurring liability for infringement. Elizabeth A. Corradino, David Rabinowitz and Toby Butterfield will address fair use of both copyrighted works and trademarks, and non-commercial or otherwise permissible references to famous (and non-famous) individuals. The panel will discuss the limits of these concepts, and ways to mitigate risk when relying on them.

NYWIFT & Showtime Industry Screening: ‘Nothing Compares’

Join Showtime & NYWIFT for a free screening of Nothing Compares on Thursday, September 22nd, 2022 at IFC Center. Followed by a Q&A with Director Kathryn Ferguson and NYWIFT member Beth Levison to follow.

NY Latino Film Festival x NYWIFT Present Latinos and the Streaming War

A conversation about meaningful LatinX representation on both sides of the camera and how it drives viewership. Panelists will discuss new data that shows how Latino-led content serves Latino audiences while attracting new ones. Panelists: Stacie M. de Armas (SVP of Diverse Intelligence & Initiatives, Nielsen), Alberto Ferreras (Director), Bianca Marroquin (Actress) Moderated By: Cynthia...

NYWIFT at the 30th Annual Hamptons International Film Festival

New York Women in Film & Television is delighted to join with the Hamptons International Film Festival (October 7 – 16, 2022) and return in person for our Annual Sunday Brunch and co-present the Women Calling the Shots short film showcase on Sunday, October 9th at 12pm ET!

NYWIFT @ Woodstock Film Festival: Women in Film: Then and Now

When Festival Founder Meira Blaustein and noted Critic Thelma Adams programmed their "Amazing Women in Film" panel for the first time in 2004, the morning events were the B-side of the male-heavy producer's panel that followed. The audience was all women. And they were curious and engaged. Over the years, the panel gathered notable high profile women directors, producers and actors. And we began a dialogue that started in that quiet corner at Utopia Studios, and then blossomed with each new year, becoming part of a wave of advocacy for the women's gaze in the media. Where did we come from, how far have we gotten, and what can we manifest for the future? That's the goal of this now popular panel that began in relative obscurity and fought to be heard.

NYWIFT Co-Presents 2022 Gotham Week Conference: The Politics of Filmmaking in the U.S.

Join us on Wednesday, September 21st at 2:30pm ET for a co-presentation of 2022 Gotham Week Conference: The Politics of Filmmaking in the U.S. Featuring Oscar-nominated filmmaker Tia Lessin and Emmy-nominated filmmaker Emma Pildes, the directors of The Janes, to learn how they shaped the storytelling around the history of reproductive rights, and to discuss the tangible impact that documentary filmmaking can have on culture and law.

NYWIFT Member Screening: The Bengali

An unlikely quest takes an African-American woman from New Orleans across deep divides of culture to India, in search of her family’s past. Her journey sparks a boldly different encounter between East and West. As she searches for the truth in the tales she grew up with, a surprising story unfolds of the first South Asians in the U.S. who married African-American women. It evokes the richness and wonder of families stretching across time and place, looking for where they come from.

NYWIFT x Rooftop Films Present: Portrait of a Lady on Fire

France, 1770. Marianne, a painter, is commissioned to do the wedding portrait of Héloïse, a young woman who has just left the convent. Héloïse is a reluctant bride to be and Marianne must paint her without her knowing. She observes her by day, to paint her secretly.

Please join New York Women in Film & Television (NYWIFT) and Rooftop Films for an in-person screening of Portrait of a Lady of Fire on August 10th starting at 7:30PM ET. 

100% of all net proceeds (less only actual production costs)  will be donated to the National Network of Abortion Funds.

NYWIFT Industry Screening x Music Box Films Presents ‘Medusa’

By day, young women show religious devotion through purity and perfection. By night, they form a vigilante girl gang, roving the streets of Brazil to punish sinners. When an attack goes wrong, Mari is forced to confront her inner demons. Followed by a Q&A with director, Anita ROCHA DA SILVEIRA. Moderated by journalist, Jourdain Searles.

NYWIFT Talks with Executive Director John Carson Woo of Asian CineVision, Inc

On this week’s NYWIFT Talks, we speak with Executive Director at Asian CineVision, Inc, John Carson Woo to discuss the upcoming 2022 Asian American International Film Festival. This conservation will be moderated by NYWIFT Board Member, Sibyl Reymundo-Santiago.

NYWIFT x Rooftop Films Present: ‘Dos Estaciones’

Please join New York Women in Film & Television (NYWIFT) and Rooftop Films for an in-person screening of Dos Estaciones on June 29th starting at 8PM EST. 

In the bucolic hills of the Jalisco Highlands, iron-willed businesswoman María García fights the impending collapse of her tequila factory.

NYWIFT x Rooftop Films Present: ‘Riotsville, USA’

Please join New York Women in Film & Television (NYWIFT) and Rooftop Films for an in-person screening of Riotsville, USA on Saturday, August 13th, 2022 starting at 9 pm. Short Film to play before feature, Black Mayonnaise

Welcome to Riotsville USA, a turning point in American history where the protest movements of the late 1960s came into conflict with increasingly militarized police departments. Focusing on unearthed military training footage of Army-built model towns called “Riotsvilles,” where military and police were trained to respond to civil disorder in the aftermath of the Kerner Commission created by President Lyndon B. Johnson, director Sierra Pettengill’s kaleidoscopic all-archival documentary reconstructs the formation of a national consciousness obsessed with maintaining law and order by any means necessary. Drawing insight from a time similar to our own, Riotsville USA pulls focus on American institutional control and offers a compelling case that if the history of race in America rhymes, it is by design.

NYWIFT x Rooftop Films Present: ‘Rooftop Shots: Closing Night 2022’

Please join New York Women in Film & Television (NYWIFT) and Rooftop Films for an in-person screening of Rooftop Shots: Closing Night 2022 on Thursday, August 25th, 2022 starting at 7:30pm. 

NYWIFT x Rooftop Films Present: New York Non Fiction Program

Please join New York Women in Film & Television (NYWIFT) and Rooftop Films for an in-person screening of their signature New York Non Fiction Program on July 1st, 2022 at 9 PM. Doors open at 7:30 PM.

For more than two decades, Rooftop Films has presented their annual New York Non Fiction Program, a night of new short documentaries made by and about New Yorkers. And every year, the screening is one of their biggest and most exhilarating of the year, bringing together uniquely-unforgettable-but-perhaps-previously-overlooked characters and situations. With live music before and after the screening, and an after-party by the Historic Chapel to end the night, this year’s show might be the greatest one yet.

NYWIFT at 2022 Tribeca Festival

NYWIFT is headed to the 2022 Tribeca Film Festival! We're excited to co-present the selected films listed below. Happy Festival!  The festival takes place June 8 – 19, 2022 virtually and live in New York. Tickets and packages can be purchased from the official website. You can click on each title for the festival schedule and tickets to the incredible projects featuring work by NYWIFT members. Projects below are sorted by competition category.

NYWIFT 2022 Finance Institute: Day 3: Finance for Your Business

Welcome to the NYWIFT 2022 Finance Institute! Gain fresh insights from some of today’s leading experts in the industry and position your projects for optimum success. Hear from industry professionals who have successfully funded their projects, incorporated their businesses, and even learn about how to file taxes under your new business. During this three-part finance institute, panelists will provide insider perspectives and frank advice on what it takes to get your business started.

NYWIFT 2022 Finance Institute: Day 2: Finance for Yourself

Welcome to the NYWIFT 2022 Finance Institute! Gain fresh insights from some of today’s leading experts in the industry and position your projects for optimum success. Hear from industry professionals who have successfully funded their projects, incorporated their businesses, and even learn about how to file taxes under your new business. During this three-part finance institute, panelists will provide insider perspectives and frank advice on what it takes to get your business started.