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 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 Co-Presents ‘Lilly’ Premiere Screening/Q&A
Join NYWIFT on May 9, 2025 for the Theatrical Premiere of LILLY at Quad Cinema followed by conversation with writer/director Rachel Feldman, producer Allyn Stewart, and NYWIFT CEO Cynthia Lopez.
READ MORENYWIFT 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.
