The Future of Film is Female is committed to screenings works by women and non-binary filmmakers in cinemas! Look below to see what’s playing…
NEZOUH
Directed by Soudade Kaadan (2022)
May 2 | 7:15pm | Nitehawk Cinema Williamsburg
Intro by Yasmina Tawil, Director of Film Programming, Arab Film & Media Institute. Part of the Arab Women in the Arts Showcase.
THE EDGE OF EVERYTHING
May 21 | 7pm | Nitehawk Cinema Williamsburg
Q&A with directors Sophia Sabella & Pablo Feldman and actor Sierra McCormick
New York Premiere!
FINDING BEAST
Directed by Olivia Accardo
*A FOFIF supported short online exclusive!
THUMB
Directed by Alexandra Pechman
*A FOFIF supported short online exclusive!
PAST EVENTS
HUMANE
April 24 | 7pm | IFC Center
Q&A with writer/director Caitlin Cronenberg
THE FEELING THAT THE TIME FOR DOING SOMETHING HAS PASSED
Directed by Joanna Arnow
April 23 | Preview Screening | Nitehawk Cinema
WE GROWN NOW
April 18 | 6:45pm | Film Forum
Preview screening. Q&A with writer/director Minhal Baig.
SWEET DREAMS
April 12 | 6:45pm | Metrograph
Q&A with writer/director Ena Sendijarević
HOLLYWOOD 90028
Directed by Christina Hornisher
April 10 | Restoration New York Premiere | Nitehawk Cinema
I LIKE MOVIES
Directed by Chandler Levack
April 8 | New York Premiere | Nitehawk Cinema
WHITE ROOM (1990)
Directed by Patricia Rozema
April 7 | 7:15pm | Roxy Cinema, NY
Q&A with Rozema
SHADOWS OF CHANGE: WOMEN OF HORROR IN 2014
Friday, March 29 - Thursday, April 4, 2024
IFC Center, New York
WITH LOVE AND A MAJOR ORGAN
PREVIEW SCREENING
Directed by Kim Albright
March 28 | 9:30pm | Roxy Cinema
Q&A with Kim Albright, Julia Lederer, Anna Maguire
VALLEY GIRL
Directed by Martha Coolidge
March 23 | 7pm | Tomorrow Theater, PAMCut in Portland
BYE BYE TIBERIAS
Directed by Lina Soualem
March 12 | 7:15pm | Nitehawk Cinema Williamsburg
Q&A with Palestinian poet Hala Alayan
BE PRETTY AND SHUT UP! / SOIS BELLE ET TAIS-TOI
Directed by Delphine Seyrig (1981)
March 7 | 7:15pm | Nitehawk Cinema Williamsburg
International Women’s Day Screening
TOKYO POP
Directed by Fran Rubel Kuzui
March 8 | 4pm | Tomorrow Theater, PAMCut in Portland OR
Restoration screening
NOT A PRETTY PICTURE
Directed by Martha Coolidge (1975)
February 27 | 7:30pm | Nitehawk Cinema Williamsburg
Restoration screening
Short film: ALPHA KINGS by Tsakas and Enrique Pedraza Botero
THE VELVET VAMPIRE
Directed by Stephanie Rothman - Restoration screening
February 13 | 7:30pm | Nitehawk Cinema Williamsburg
With the short film HOW TO CATFISH YOUR EX by FOFIF filmmaker Madeline Mack
MAKING MR. RIGHT
Directed by Susan Seidelman
February 18 | 2:15pm | Metrograph
Q&A with Seidelman and Caryn Coleman, The FOFIF
HOW TO HAVE SEX
FREE ADVANCED screening with director Molly Manning Walker and actor Mia McKenna-Bruce | Presented with MUBI
February 1 | 8:15pm screening | IFC Center
ALL DIRT ROADS TASTE OF SALT
Written and directed by Raven Jackson
January 20 and January 21 | 12:15pm | Nitehawk Cinema Prospect Park
Recorded introduction by writer/director Raven Jackson (FOFIF Filmmaker)
SOMETIMES I THINK ABOUT DYING (LA)
EARLY ACCESS SCREENING with The FOFIF
January 16 | 7pm | AMC Grove 14
Q&A with David Merheje, Katy Wright-Mead, Stefanie Abel Horowitz, and Keven Armento. Moderated by Jessie Barr.
SOMETIMES I THINK ABOUT DYING (NY)
EARLY ACCESS SCREENING with The FOFIF
January 16 | 7pm | Angelika
Q&A with director Rachel Lambert
EARTH MAMA
January 9 | 7pm | MoMA (part of The Contenders)
Q&A with director Savanah Leaf
ARTIE SHAW: TIME IS ALL YOU’VE GOT
January 7 | 7:40pm | Film Forum
Q&A with director Brigitte Bergman
Academy Award® Winner, Best Documentary 1986
The FOFIF at PAMCut’s Tomorrow Theater
PORTLAND FRIENDS!
December 14: PIAFFE and PERPETRATOR with Jennifer Reeder
December 15: EARTH MAMA and OUR FATHER, THE DEVIL
Tomorrow Theater in Portland
BEST. CHRISTMAS. EVER!
PRIVATE & FREE SCREENING HOSTED BY THE FOFIF
Q&A with director Mary Lambert
Complimentary popcorn and drink!
December 6 | Seating at 7pm, Screening at 7:30pm
*limited availablity
FOFIF Filmmaker Screening
Nikki Taylor Roberts, Jalena Keane-Lee, Abby Harri, Ruhi Radke, Ivete Lucas, Jaelyn Ellis, Kristine Gerolaga, Erin Vassilopolous
November 30 | 7:30pm | Museum of Modern Art
Introduction by FOFIF’s Caryn Coleman and Q&A with filmmakers
FOUR DAUGHTERS
Directed by Kaouther Ben Hania
November 15 | 7:30pm | Nitehawk Cinema
Introduction by Yasmina Tawill, Director of Programs for Arab Film and Media Institute
RHYMES FOR YOUNG GHOULS
Written and directed by Jeff Barnaby
Recorded introduction by casting director Rene Hayes (KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON)
November 14 | 7:30pm | Nitehawk Cinema
SATRANIC PANIC
New York PREMIERE
Virtual introduction by writer/director Alice Mao Mackay
November 8 | 7:30pm | Nitehawk Cinema
SUSPIRIA
CELEBRATING DARIA NICOLODI’S AUTHORSHIP
October 25, 2023 | 7:30pm | Nitehawk Cinema
Screening with the short film NO OVERNIGHT PARKING by Meg Swertlow
The FOFIF SHORTS PROGRAM
September 20, 2023 | 7pm | Nitehawk Cinema WB
Q&A with filmmakers
BLUE RUIN x GREEN ROOM
With editor Julia Bloch.
Presented by ACE at Metrograph
September 15, 2023
PERPETRATOR
Written and directed by Jennifer Reeder
August 29 | 7pm | IFC Center
Preview screening / introduced by The FOFIF
PIAFFE
Directed by Ann Oren
August 25 | 7pm | Quad Cinema
Q&A with Ann Oren
EARTH MAMA
Written and directed by Savanah Leaf
August 26, 2023 | 11am | Nitehawk Cinema
Introduction by Savanah Leaf and casting directors Geraldine Barron, Salome Oggenfuss, and Abby Harri.
BAD THINGS
Exclusive Brooklyn screening. Q&A with writer/director Stewart Thorndike.
August 26, 2023 | 6:45pm | Nitehawk Cinema (Williamsburg)
BLOCKERS with KAY CANNON!
Special screening of one of our favorites with Kay Cannon in conversation.
July 26 | 6:45pm | Nitehawk Williasmburg
GIRLS MAKE MOVIES
Book signing and talk for kids of all ages!
July 29 | 1 - 3pm | Hey Kids Comics!
GIVE ME AN A
Q&A with filmmakers | Intro & benefit for New York Abortion Access Front.
July 18 | 6:45pm | Nitehawk Williamsburg
THE FUTURE OF FILM IS FEMALE: PART 4
June 15 - June 30 | Museum of Modern Art
Full program NOW AVAILABLE.
TIME OF MOULTING
PREVIEW SCREENING. Q&A with writer/director Sabrina Mertens.
June 6 | 7:30pm | Nitehawk Cinema
FALCON LAKE
Special Q&A screenings with filmmaker Charlotte Le Bon
June 2 (8:45pm) and June 3 (7:15pm) | Metrograph
WHO’S SCARE NOW? Feeling the Power of Gender and Fear
Panel discussion at Tribeca Festival with Jennifer Reeder, Kate Siegel, and Stewart Thorndike with FOFIF’s Caryn Coleman.
Sunday, June 11 at 2pm
WE MIGHT AS WELL BE DEAD
PREVIEW SCREENING. Q&A with director Natalia Sinelnikova
May 22 | 7:30pm | Nitehawk Cinema Williamsburg
QUEENS OF THE QING DYNASTY
Directed by Ashley McKenzie
May 4 | 6:30pm | Metrograph
Q&A with McKenzie and star Sarah Walker.
REBELLION
Directed by Maia Kenworthy & Elena Sánchez Bellot
April 24 | Nitehawk Cinema | 7:30pm | Intro
NAKED GARDENS
Directed by Ivete Lucas & Patrick Bresnan
April 2 | 6:30pm | Nitehawk Cinema Prospect Park
Q&A with Ivete Lucas
THE FIVE DEVILS
Directed by Léa Mysius
March 15 | 6:30pm | Nitehawk Cinema (Prospect Park)
Recorded introduction by Sally Dramé. Presented with MUBI.
FUGUE
Q&A with Agnieszka Smoczynska (THE LURE, SILENT TWINS)
March 8 / 7:30pm / Nitehawk Cinema
GIVE ME PITY
PREVIEW SCREENING. Q&A with star Sophie von Haselberg & Cole Escola
February 23 / 7:30pm / Nitehawk Cinema
SPIDER BABY
Jack Hill (1968). Part of our two-film celebration of “The Black Guy Dies First: Black Horror Cinema from Fodder to Oscar.”
February 27 / 7:30pm / Nitehawk Cinema (Williamsburg)
ATTACK THE BLOCK
Joe Cornish (2011). Part of our two-film celebration of “The Black Guy Dies First: Black Horror Cinema from Fodder to Oscar.”
February 28 / 6:30pm / Nitehawk Cinema (Prospect Park)
The FOFIF is in Los Angeles!
Our screenings of ATTACK THE BLOCK and SPIDER BABY, in celebration of “The Black Guy Dies First: Black Horror Cinema from Fodder to Oscar”, screens at the American Cinematheque. Intro by Mark Harris!
HUESERA
PREVIEW SCREENING. Q&A with director Michelle Garza Cervera.
February 7 / 6:30pm / Nitehawk Cinema (Prospect Park)
PRINCE ACHMED
Director Lotte Reiniger (1931)
KID FRIENDLY SCREENING. February 4 & 5 / Brunch / Nitehawk Cinema
Join The FOFIF and Hey Kids Comics for a screening of the first animated feature film!
BABY RUBY
PREVIEW SCREENING. Q&A with director Bess Wohl.
February 1 / 7:30pm / Nitehawk Cinema
THE AMERICAN DREAM AND OTHER FAIRY TALES
Q&A with directors Abigail Disney and Kathleen Hughes
January 30 / 7:30pm / Nitehawk Cinema
ALCARRÀS (Carla Simón)
An Exclusive MUBI x FOFIF Event
FREE PREVIEW SCREENING. Thursday January 5 at 7PM / Quad Cinema (34 W 13th St). Snacks and beverages will be provided.
LITTLE WOMEN (1994)
Virtual introduction by director Gillian Armstrong plus giveaways, candy, and a drink special.
LAND OF DREAMS
Q&A with writer/director Shirin Neshat
November 29, 2022 at Nitehawk Prospect Park
THE HITCH-HIKER
NOIR NOVEMBER with Ida Lupino
November 15, 2022 at Nitehawk Cinema Williamsburg
PIGGY
Preview screening of Carlota Pereda’s debut feature
October 12, 2022 at Nitehawk Cinema Williamsburg
SORORITY HOUSE MASSACRE
Directed by Carol Frank.
October 3 at Nitehawk Cinema Williamsburg
RIOTSVILLE, U.S.A.
PREVIEW SCREENING / Q&A with director Sierra Pettengill
September 12 at Nitehawk Cinema Williamsburg
THE FUTURE OF HORROR IS FEMALE
Mafu Cage, Jennifer’s Body, Prevenge, Raw, You Are Not My Mother, She Dies Tomorrow, The Babadook, A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night, Amulet, Violation, Censor, Knives and Skin.
PORTRAIT OF A LADY ON FIRE
Special screening with NEON, Rooftop Films, LetterBoxd, Film Fatales, Passerby, NYWIFT, and The FOFIF. 100% of proceeds will go to the National Network of Abortion Funds.
YOU’RE INVITED
July 26 at 7pm / MoMA TH2. Celebrate our FOFIF filmmakers and help support what we do with this private and exclusive screening!
NOT OKAY: WOM SCREENING
July 27 at 7pm / Nitehawk Cinema Williamsburg. Join us for a special, private screening of Quinn Shephard’s new film NOT OKAY. Featuring a Q&A with Shephard and Zoe Deutch, moderated by Meredith Alloway.
BORN IN FLAMES
JUNE 21 at Nitehawk Cinema. Part of the series BE GAY, DO CRIME. Introduced by Shayna Maci Warner.
BITTERBRUSH
JUNE 16 at Nitehawk Cinema. Directed by Emelie Mahdavian. Preview screening with director Q&A.
THE SURROGATE
JUNE 15 at Nitehawk Cinema. Directed by Jeremy Hersh. Presented with The Gotham. Q&A with Hersh, Jasmine Batchelor, Mia Cioffi Henry, Cecilia Delgado, Lauren Tanchum, Julie Christeas and Taylor Hess.
CIVILIZED PEOPLE (CIVILISEES)
MAY 26 at Nitehawk Cinema. Directed by Randa Chahal Sabbag. Presented with the The Arab Film and Media Institute (AFMI) as part of their Arab Women in the Arts program. Also screening is The FOFIF supported short film Dress Up by Karina Dandashi.
APRIL 26 at Nitehawk Cinema. Preview screening of Charline Bourgeois-Tacquet’s buoyant French comedy.
ON THE DIVIDE
APRIL 13 at Nitehawk Cinema. Includes Q&A with filmmakers Maya Cueva and Leah Galant along with Justine Dowden (BK Forge).
COW
APRIL 7 at Nitehawk Cinema. Preview screening of Andrea Arnold’s first documentary with her debut short film MILK (1998).
THE GOOD INTENTIONS (LAS BUENAS INTENCIONES)
Directed by Ana Garcia Blaya. First U.S. screening! Includes a Q&A with writer/director, Blaya.
YOU ARE NOT MY MOTHER
Directed by Kate Dolan. Special PREVIEW screening. Includes a virtual “10 Questions With…” introduction by Dolan.
EVE’S BAYOU
INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY SCREENING! Directed by Kasi Lemmons. 35mm screening presented with ADVENTURES IN BLACK CINEMA on March 8th at Nitehawk Prospect Park.
FAREWELL AMOR
Directed by Ekwa Msangi. Special alumni screening presented with THE GOTHAM. Q&A with Ekwa Msangi (writer/director), Huriyaah Muhammad (producer), and Kia Brooks (The Gotham). March 16th at Nitehawk Prospect Park.
SUPERIOR
THE SKY IS EVERYWHERE
We are presenting a special post-Valentine’s Day screening of Josephine Decker’s (a FOFIF MoMA alum) new film.
IN THE CUT
The FOFIF presents a special 35mm screening of Jane Campion’s underrated film from 2003. Introduction by critic, writer, and comedian Jourdain Searles.
TEST PATTERN
We’re back at Nitehawk Cinema to present another ICYMI, multiple Gotham Award nominee, TEST PATTERN on 11/23. We will be there to introduce and there will be an in person conversation with Shatara Michelle Ford and cast member Will Brill.
NEVER RARELY SOMETIMES ALWAYS
We present a special ICYMI screening of Eliza Hittman’s increasingly relevant 2020 film, NEVER RARELY SOMETIMES ALWAYS, at Nitehawk Cinema on 11/18. We will be in conversation with Hittman & you can donate to The Lilith Fund!
KNOCKING
We are back in the cinema! Our first in-person screening is a preview of Frida Kempff’s KNOCKING (Sundance 2021) at Nitehawk Cinema on 10/5. There will be a giveaway and sales benefit The FOFIF!
JENNIFER’S BODY
The FOFIF is celebrating our favorite holiday, Halloween, with Karyn Kusama’s JENNIFER’S BODY. Screening with Kristine Gerolaga’s short, CONCEALER & with special surprise treats in store! Ticket sales benefit The FOFIF!
WATCH OUR VIRTUAL CONVERSATIONS
ON THE DIVIDE post-screening conversation featuring directors Maya Cueva and Leah Galant with Justine Dowden (BK Forge). Nitehawk Cinema (April 2022)
Watch all of our The Future of HORROR is Female conversations in one place! Filmmakers include Karyn Kusama, Jennifer Reeder, Kate Dolan, Emma Tammi, Prano Bailey Bond and MORE!
THE FUTURE OF HORROR IS FEMALE: PART FOUR with Ashlee Blackwell, Kate Robertson, Lisa Dreyer, Samantha Aldana, and A.K. Espada (NIGHTSTREAM, October 2021)
The Future of Horror is Female: Part 5 with Frida Kempff (KNOCKING). Karen Cinorrre (MAYDAY) and Madeleine Sims-Fewer (VIOLATION). (October 2021)
Panel: The Future of HORROR is Female with Karyn Kusama, Jennifer Reeder, and Prano Bailey-Bond (June 2021)
The FOFIF and Peace is Loud present a conversation for the short documentary, ALE LIBRE with Maya Cueva and Alejandra Pablos.
The FOFIF Presents: A Filmmaker Conversation with Nicole Riegel (HOLLER) and Ekwa Msangi (FAREWELL AMOR). (June 2021)
A conversation with the filmmakers included in guest-curated Black Film Space Shorts Program on The FOFIF STREAMING: Felicia Pride, Nicole Taylor-Roberts, Sherryle Jackson, Courtney Smith, Haley Anderson, and Stefanie Philpott. (February 2021)
The FOFIF in conversation with director of DELPHINE & CAROLE, Callisto McNulty.
THE FUTURE OF FILM IS FEMALE: PART 3 at MoMA: Now you can watch all nineteen of our conversations with all of the filmmakers in our series. Click on the image to watch, enjoy, and learn!
Panel THIS FILM KILLS FASCISM: FILMMAKING FOR CIVIC ENGAGEMENT with Peace is Loud and panelists Maya Cueva, Crystal Kayiza, Elizabeth Lo, Darcy Heusel and Opal H. Bennett.
The Future of Film is Female in conversation with SHE DIES TOMORROW writer/director AMY SEIMITZ and star KATE LYN SHEIL.
Panel: The Future of (Horror) Film is Female with Meredith Alloway, Laci Dent, Catherine Fordham, Natalie Erika James. Moderated by: Megan Leonard. Special Guests: Jourdain Searles and Liane Cunje.
Panel THE FUTURE OF HORROR IS FEMALE 2 for NIGHTSTREAM with Mariama Diallo, Nikyatu Jusu, Laura Moss, Laura Casabe, Jordan Crucchiola, & Alexandra Heller-Nicolas. Moderated by Meredith Alloway.
A conversation with the co-writer and director of SONG WITHOUT A NAME (Canción sin nombre) Melina León about her debut feature with Bora Kim, director of HOUSE OF HUMMINGBIRD.
Conversation about GUTTERPUNKS with KT Tunstall (Executive Producer), Sophie Kennedy Clark (Cast and Producer), and Amanda Zemke (Editor).
The Future of Film is Female in conversation with YES, GOD, YES writer/director KAREN MAINE.
THE FUTURE OF FILM IS FEMALE: PART 3
Museum of Modern Art
10 features paired with 10 short films - all with filmmaker talks!