On May 3 at 6.30pm, we will be screening Disaster Capitalism, a powerful documentary on a six-year investigation by a best-selling journalist and author, Antony Lowenstein, into how aid dollars are spent. The film tracks the ramifications of disaster capitalism in Afghanistan, Haiti, and Papua New Guinea.
THE ABSENT STONE A film by Sandra Rozental & Jesse Lerner (La piedra ausente, Mexico/USA, 82 min. In Spanish with English subtitles) New York Premiere! Q&A with co-director Sandra Rozental In 1964, the largest carved stone of the Americas was moved from the town of San Miguel Coatlinchan
One of the best films of the year —Amy Taubin, Artforum “Adriana Barraza gives a masterful performance.” —Eric Kohn, IndieWire “Spellbinding… The film is as sublime as it is subtle.” —Gary Kramer, Film International EVERYTHING ELSE A film by Natalia Almada (Todo lo demás, Mexico/USA, 98 min. In Spanish
KK de La Vida, an online MA student in the Media Studies program, is excited to present “Liquid Plasticity: A Movement Prayer” at Yale Divinity School’s Graduate Conference on Religion and Ecology this Thursday, April 19, 2018. “Liquid Plasticity” is the second live iteration of “Reality
The Museum of Jewish Heritage – A Living Memorial to the Holocaust presents “116 Cameras “for film and post-screening discussion on Thursday, April 19, 2018 at 7:00pm. The post-screening discussion features Auschwitz survivor, Eva Schloss, and director, Davina Pardo. 116 Cameras With Auschwitz survivor Eva Schloss and director Davina Pardo April 19, 2018
NELSON FREIRE A film by João Moreira Salles (Brazil, 2003, 102 min. In Portuguese with English subtitles) “In films such as Noticias de Uma Guerra Particular, Joao Moreira Salles has demonstrated a keen interest in examining the dark underbelly of Brazilian society. But in this, his
Irish Screen America is presenting a special NYC screening and director Q&A of The Drummer and The Keeper onMonday, April 16th at Scandinavia House (58 Park Avenue New York, NY 10016) and New School students are invited. With the code ISA2018 students can get tickets at a discounted price of
Cinema | ‘The Green Book Chronicles’: Screening and Discussion with Calvin Alexander Ramsey Thursday, April 5, 2018 – 6:30 pm to 8:00 pm $10 general / $5 members and students The Theater at MAD TICKETS Co-produced by Calvin Alexander Ramsey and Becky Wible Searles (director), the
MY LAST FAILURE A film by Cecilia King (Mi último fracaso, Cecilia Kang, Argentina, 2016, 61 min. In Spanish with English subtitles New York Premiere! “There are many films piercing through Cecilia King’s first feature; there’s a film about a family (her sister, her mother, her aunt,
De Colores, a film by Luz Zamora, will be shown this Thursday, March 15, in BAM as part of a series called Through Her Eyes, curated by Michelle Materre. Click here for more info, and to purchase tickets. Click here to watch the trailer. THE STORY Aura has
The Fifth Edition of SR Socially Relevant™ Film Festival NY opens next Friday MARCH 16–22, 2018 CINEMA VILLAGE 22 East 12th Street (Between University Place and Fifth Avenue) Purchase tickets here. Accreditations for Press and Industry are available on the website. The Mission of the SR Socially Relevant™ Film Festival
The New School is delighted to host acclaimed Lebanese filmmaker Mai Masri for a screening of her new award-winning film 3000 Nights and a special 3-hour masterclass showcasing her documentary film practices. Mai Masri’s extraordinary body of films deal with cinematic approaches to understanding the contested lives of children
SMS Alum and Chilean filmmaker Gustavo Letelier is premiering his LGBTQ film “Shining Moon” at Cinema Village March 9-16. There will be a Q&A with the director at 7PM after the March 9th showing. Renato (RICARDO HERRERA) a jobless gay actor is offered the dream role
PRO-TV, in partnership with The Gathering For Justice, would like to invite you to a special screening of Baltimore Rising, an HBO documentary film about the social justice movement in Baltimore following the death of Freddie Gray. The film will be followed by a Q & A with
Neighboring Scenes: New Latin American Cinema February 28 – March 4, 2018 Film Society of Lincoln Center Presented by the Film Society of Lincoln Center and Cinema Tropical. Organized by Carlos A. Gutiérrez and Cecilia Barrionuevo. Now in its third year, Neighboring Scenes is the Film Society’s
Celebrated contemporary Argentinian author Ricardo Piglia is the subject of Andrés Di Tella’s fascinating portrait film 327 Cuadernos (327 Notebooks). Rejecting a conventional style, Di Tella created a more intimate approach by encouraging his friend’s recollections about his life and art by asking him to look
Doc Fortnight 2018: MoMA’s International Festival of Nonfiction Film and Media February 15 – 26 The Museum of Modern Art Latin American films co-presented by Cinema Tropical Doc Fortnight, MoMA’s annual international festival of nonfiction film, returns for its 17th year with 12 days of innovative approaches to documentary filmmaking. Featuring
To celebrate the global launch of VICE’s latest film, The Third Industrial Revolution: A Radical New Sharing Economy VICE and NYU are hosting a special screening and panel this Friday. The film lays out a new economic vision for a sustainable future, as told by Jeremy Rifkin. Vice
Doc Fortnight 2018: MoMA’sInternational Festival ofNonfiction Film and Media February 15–26, 2018 The Museum of Modern Art Doc Fortnight, MoMA’s annual international festival of nonfiction film, returns for its 17th year with 12 days of innovative approaches to documentary filmmaking. Featuring a diverse assortment of features
In collaboration with Critical & Visual Studies at Pratt Institute, we would like to announce Shapes of Freedom a talk by Carlos Motta. Carlos is a New York based internationally recognized multimedia artist originally from Columbia. In 2015, Carlos Motta countered binary norms by inviting
Experimental Animations by Jane Aaron Screening this weekend in NYC 1 PM 5 experimental animations by Jane Aaron “joyful and pure art that is uniquely cinematic” Sunday, February 4, 2018 @ 1 PM Quad Cinema 34 W 13th Street NYC https://quadcinema.com/film/Independent-Frames-Program-4-Introspection/ on-line streaming: https://experimentalanimationsbyjaneaaron.vhx.tv/
CINEMA TROPICAL FESTIVAL 2018 February 2 – 4, 2018 Museum of the Moving Image Cinema Tropical, in partnership with Museum of the Moving Image, present the 2018 edition of the Cinema Tropical Festival, celebrating the year’s best Latin American films. The festival will feature the winners of the 8th
Monday, January 29, 7:15pm Anthology Film Archives 32 Second Avenue (at 2nd Street), New York City (212) 505-5181 / www.anthologyfilmarchives.org Presented as part of If You Can Screen It There: Premiering Contemporary Latin American Cinema co-presented by Anthology Film Archives and Cinema Tropical. Programmed by Matías Piñeiro and Carlos A. Gutiérrez.
During the month of February Filmatique is partnering with Unifrance to present a diverse selection of works competing in the 8th annual My French Film Festival, presided over by Jury President Paolo Sorrentino. Exploring themes of isolation, loneliness and exile amid the experiences of immigrants and successful
During the month of January, Filmatique is hosting four films from exciting new voices in South America. Featuring the works of three female filmmakers, three feature debuts and official Foreign Language Oscar submissions from Peru, Paraguay and Bolivia, Filmatique’s New South American Cinema series portrays the shifting
This week Cinema Tropical has two special New York City premieres from Chile and from Brazil! Cinema Tropical is presenting the local premiere of the winner of the Grand Jury Prize for Best Film at the Berlinale’s Generation 14+, the Chilean Plants. The debut feature by Roberto Doveris, “a sexually souped-up
Cinema Tropical’s monthly series ‘If You Can Screen It There’ is back this week with the U.S. Premiere of Fernanda Romandía‘s debut feature Pacífico. “A quiet and modest charmer…which uses the world’s largest geographical feature as backdrop for a delicate wisp of a sun-kissed, seaside tale” (The Hollywood
Want the chance to screen at the 9th Annual NYC Indie Film Festival? Submit your film today! The 9th Annual NYC Indie Film Festival will run May 7 – 13, 2018 and will screen over 300 indie films, as well as host panels, live shows, after parties,
Please join the Center for the Humanities on Wednesday, November 15th at 6:30 pm for “Culture Capture: A Screening of The Violence of a Civilization Without Secrets,” a screening and discussion with filmmakers Adam and Zack Khalil and artist Jackson Polys on their recent collaboration The Violence of a Civilization Without Secrets in the James Gallery at the Graduate Center, CUNY. Anne Spice (Anthropology, The Graduate Center, CUNY)
Doc Studies presents Monday, November 6 at 1 PM Kellen Auditorium, Ground Floor, 66 Fifth Avenue PERSONS OF INTEREST By Alison Maclean and Tobias Perse 2004, 63 min. Screening and Q & A with filmmaker ALISON MACLEAN One of the significant documentaries of the 2004 Sundance