NYWIFT Co-Presents with Film Forum Screening/Q&A of ‘April’
NYWIFT is proud to co-present with Film Forum an in-person screening of April followed by a conversation with director Dea Kulumbegashvili.
Under the deep blue, portentous sky of the rugged Georgian countryside, Nina, an OB/GYN with both heroic and dark impulses, faces malpractice charges brought by an aggressive husband whose child died during delivery. Meanwhile, it is an open secret that she provides illegal abortions to village women.
Dea Kulumbegashvili’s sophomore work plumbs the outer limits of feminist empathy and the stark realities of patriarchal control of women’s bodies in a modern-day medical system.
Women Arts Day 2025
In celebration of Women's History Month, the Women in the Arts & Media Coalition continues its yearly Women Arts Day--in collaboration with member organizations, including SAG-AFTRA, WomenArts, NYWIFT, and the School of Visual Arts BFA Film Department.
This year's screening will be Lilly the dramatic feature film starring Patricia Clarkson, John Benjamin Hickey and Thomas Sadoski, followed by a discussion with the film’s star, Patricia Clarkson and Rebecca Damon of SAG AFTRA. Networking reception to follow.
NYWIFT Co-Presents with The Smithsonian Screening/Q&A of ‘Rez Ball’
NYWIFT is proud to co-present with The Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian an in-person screening of the Netflix film Rez Ball followed by a conversation with director Sydney Freeland.
READ MORENYWIFT Industry Screening: “Zurawski v Texas” at NYU
Join NYWIFT for a screening of the film Zurawski v Texas. The critically acclaimed documentary film that shadows three women facing life-threatening pregnancy complications who were denied abortions under Texas’ unforgiving abortion bans, as they work with a fearless attorney to sue Texas. The film chronicles the dire impact of losing access to life-saving reproductive care.
Followed by a post-screening discussion with Director Maisie Crow, moderated by NYWIFT CEO Cynthia Lopez.
NYWIFT x Hellenic Film Society Co-Present ‘Animal’
Join NYWIFT & Hellenic Film Society as we proudly co-host a screening of Animal on March 9, 2025 at 3pm ET at THe Museum of the Moving Image.
READ MORENYWIFT 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 2024 Hamptons Brunch & 20th Annual Short Film Showcase
NYWIFT is delighted to partner again with the Hamptons International Film Festival (HIFF) for our Annual Brunch and co-present the Filmmakers Calling the Shots short film showcase – all in celebration of the outstanding achievements by women and nonbinary filmmakers at the festival. Join us on Saturday, October 5, 2024!
READ MORENYWIFT Co-Presents with Film Forum Screening/Q&A of ‘Girls Will Be Girls’
NYWIFT is proud to co-present with Film Forum an in-person screening of Girls Will Be Girls!
16-year-old Mira crashes headfirst into teenage love, her country’s oppression of female sexual agency, and her own mother’s stifled desires in this stellar debut feature from Shuchi Talati that won the World Cinema Audience Award at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival.
NYWIFT WFPF Presents “New York Through Her Lens” at the Jacob Burns Film Center
New York Through Her Lens, highlights four films shot in and around New York City, at key locations central to the films’ subjects and stories. These works utilize a variety of approaches including animation, dance and performance, and single, hand-held camera storytelling techniques, all of which expand on the documentary form. Preserved with support from the Women’s Film Preservation Fund and its partners.
READ MORE“Kiss Grandmama Goodbye” New York Restoration Premiere at BAM
Debra Robinson’s touching coming of age drama Kiss Grandmama Goodbye (1980) and her beloved documentary about black women in comedy, I Be Done Been Was Is (1984) will screen on April 24th, 2024, at BAM (Brooklyn Academy of Music) with the filmmaker in attendance.
Beautiful new 4K restoration of Kiss Grandmama Goodbye was preserved by the Academy Film Archive and the Women’s Film Preservation Fund of New York Women in Film & Television.
“One Hand Don’t Clap” Screening at BAM
The beautiful new 4K restoration of NYWIFT Member Kavery Kaul’s award-winning 1988 documentary One Hand Don’t Clap chronicling the titans of calypso and soca music will enjoy its one week run opening March 8th, 2024, at the Brooklyn Academy of Music.
March 8th, 7:00PM screening with introduction by Consul General of Trinidad & Tobago, J. Andre Laveau and post Q&A with filmmaker Kavery Kaul.
March 9th 7:00PM screening includes post Q&A with filmmaker Kavery Kaul.
NYWIFT’s Science in Motion Screening Series: ‘Space: The Longest Goodbye’
Join NYWIFT on Wednesday, September 11, 2024 for a screening of Space: The Longest Goodbye followed by a conversation with director Ido Mizrahy, producer Valda Witt, and astronuat Cady Coleman. Moderated by NYWIFT CEO Cynthia Lopez. Stay after the Q&A for a book signing with Dr. Cady Coleman for her new book, "Sharing Space: An Astronaut's Guide to Mission, Wonder, and Making Change".
Space: The Longest Goodbye is a groundbreaking documentary that follows a psychologist tasked with protecting future crew members from the mental toll that the three year journey to Mars would take.
NYWIFT’s Science in Motion Screening Series: ‘To the End’
Join NYWIFT on Tuesday, February 6, 2024 for a screening of To The End followed by a conversation with director Rachel Lears and producer Sabrina Schmidt Gordon. Moderated by NYWIFT Board Member, Kim Jackson.
Filmed over four years of hope and crisis, To the End captures the emergence of a new generation of leaders and the movement behind the most sweeping climate change legislation in U.S. history.
NYWIFT’s Science in Motion Screening Series: ‘My Love Affair with Marriage’
Join NYWIFT Tuesday, February 20, 2024 for a screening of My Love Affair with Marriage followed by a conversation with director Signe Baumane.
Set in Eastern Europe, the award winning animated film, My Love Affair with Marriage tackles issues of gender, domestic violence, and fantasy as a woman journeys toward independence and liberation.
NYWIFT’s Science in Motion Screening Series: ‘Every Body’
Join NYWIFT on Tuesday, February 27, 2024 for a screening of Every Body followed by a conversation with director Julie Cohen.
Every Body is a revelatory exploration of the lives of intersex people. The film tells the stories of three individuals who have moved from childhoods marked by shame, secrecy, and non-consensual surgeries to thriving adulthoods after each decided to set aside medical advice to keep their bodies a secret and instead came out as their authentic selves.
NYWIFT’s Science in Motion Screening Series: ’93Queen’
Join NYWIFT on Tuesday, March 5, 2024 for a screening of 93Queen followed by a conversation with director Paula Eiselt. Moderated by NYWIFT President's Circle Chair, Jamie Zelermyer.
Set in the Hasidic enclave of Borough Park, Brooklyn, 93QUEEN follows a group of tenacious Hasidic women who are smashing the patriarchy in their community by creating the first all-female volunteer ambulance corps in New York City. With unprecedented — and insider — access, 93QUEEN offers up a unique portrayal of empowered women who are taking matters into their own hands to change their own community from within.
NYWIFT’s Science in Motion Screening Series: ‘Chilly & Milly’ & ‘Over-Flow’
Join NYWIFT on Tuesday, March 12, 2024 for a screening of two short films, Chilly and Milly and Over-Flow followed by a conversation with Over-Flow director Elizabeth Ramjit.
Chilly & Milly is an animated documentary about a devoted caretaker, her chronically ill husband, and the power of undying love.
Over-Flow is a documentary that explores accountability in the Caribbean nation where a lack of environmental regulations and a culture of littering exacerbated the natural disaster.
NYWIFT Industry Screening: ‘Plan C’ at NYU
Join NYWIFT at NYU for an Industry Screening of Plan C, a documentary that features the Plan C campaign activists and providers who began to mail abortion pills during the pandemic, continuing their critically important work in the face of crumbling reproductive rights and access across the US. Screening will be followed by a discussion with director Tracy Droz Tragos, Professor of Law at University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School Kate Shaw, and NYU School of Law, Reproductive Justice Clinic Sarah Wheeler. Moderated by NYWIFT CEO Cynthia Lopez.
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