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10/14/2026

Announcing the 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟳 𝗨𝗡𝗗𝗢 𝗙𝗘𝗟𝗟𝗢𝗪𝗦!

The fourth iteration of the fellowship welcomes filmmakers Beatriz Santiago Muñoz, Ben Russell, Lee Anne Schmitt, and Simon Liu alongside writers Almudena Escobar López, Jacqueline Feldman, Tung-Hui Hu and Phil Coldiron.  We’re delighted to share these talented pairs and can’t wait to delve into the exciting and ambitious research they’re dreaming up.

𝗕𝗘𝗔𝗧𝗥𝗜𝗭 𝗦𝗔𝗡𝗧𝗜𝗔𝗚𝗢 𝗠𝗨Ñ𝗢𝗭 | 𝗔𝗟𝗠𝗨𝗗𝗘𝗡𝗔 𝗘𝗦𝗖𝗢𝗕𝗔𝗥 𝗟Ó𝗣𝗘𝗭
How might filmmaking become a way of inventing rather than representing aesthetic experiences? Their research begins with a simple proposition: that cinema’s political potential may lie less in what it shows than in the forms of relation, collaboration, shared perception, and social relations it makes possible.

𝗕𝗘𝗡 𝗥𝗨𝗦𝗦𝗘𝗟𝗟 | 𝗝𝗔𝗖𝗤𝗨𝗘𝗟𝗜𝗡𝗘 𝗙𝗘𝗟𝗗𝗠𝗔𝗡 How can nonfiction take on the revolutionary project of making time—even now—livable for all? Filmmaker Ben Russell and writer Jacqueline Feldman train their attention on documentary film’s capacity, amidst a shattering of possibilities for solidarity and encounter, to restore to lived time its relational, durational potential.  𝗟𝗘𝗘 𝗔𝗡𝗡𝗘 𝗦𝗖𝗛𝗠𝗜𝗧𝗧 | 𝗧𝗨𝗡𝗚-𝗛𝗨𝗜 𝗛𝗨
What can the intimate details of everyday life reveal about the systems that shape our world? Their research turns to domestic life and its intimate landscapes as indexes of the collapse of larger systems in the present.   𝗦𝗜𝗠𝗢𝗡 𝗟𝗜𝗨 | 𝗣𝗛𝗜𝗟 𝗖𝗢𝗟𝗗𝗜𝗥𝗢𝗡
What if the mirror documentary cinema holds up to reality were more like a funhouse? Their research approaches the documentary image as a site of opacity and distortion, one capable of producing truths irreducible to language. They asks how disorientation might become a means of deeply felt engagement rather than passive spectatorship.

The 𝗨𝗡𝗗𝗢 𝗙𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽 is generously funded by 𝗝𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗙𝗶𝗹𝗺𝘀 [ Ford Foundation ]. Tremendous gratitude to our partner doclisboa iff! We will debut the research from this group this week at the 2026 DocLisboa Filmmaking Seminar. Click through to read the full proposals at the 🔗 𝗶𝗻 𝗕𝗜𝗢!

10/13/2026

𝗧𝗛𝗨𝗥𝗦, 𝗢𝗖𝗧 𝟮𝟮 — 𝟳:𝟯𝟬𝗣𝗠 ✂️🎞️

Join us for a special screening and conversation with filmmaker and animator Kelly Sears [Kelly Sears], kicking off our upcoming workshop 𝗨𝗡𝗘𝗔𝗦𝗬 𝗔𝗥𝗥𝗔𝗡𝗚𝗘𝗠𝗘𝗡𝗧𝗦: 𝗖𝗢𝗟𝗟𝗔𝗚𝗘, 𝗔𝗡𝗜𝗠𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 & 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗔𝗥𝗖𝗛𝗜𝗩𝗘!

Seasons vanish mid-frame, a telephoto lens reveals a spirit dimension, and a cross-species rebellion takes shape!

Moving between documentary and speculative fiction, Sears creates uncanny worlds where familiar images take on strange new lives. Spanning nearly two decades of her practice, this program brings together films that cut, layer, and reanimate archival and original imagery, transforming thousands of photographic and filmic fragments into unexpected narratives.

What happens when images are pulled from their original contexts and made to tell entirely different stories? Through collage and experimental animation, Sears opens up new ways of looking at the past, unsettling received histories and imagining alternate futures.

Following the screening, Sears will join writer, educator, and editor Catherine Taylor for a conversation. Come through!

🎟️ 𝗧𝗜𝗖𝗞𝗘𝗧𝗦 🔗 𝗜𝗡 𝗕𝗜𝗢!

10/12/2026

𝗦𝗨𝗡, 𝗢𝗖𝗧 𝟭𝟴 — 𝟳:𝟯𝟬𝗣𝗠 ✨

Enter the universe of three mujra dancers in Pakistan as they dodge state censors and violence to vie for stardom.

We’re thrilled to join forces with our friends at 犄角旮旯nooks & crannies for a special Q***r History Month screening of Saad Khan’s [ Saad Khan ] SHOWGIRLS OF PAKISTAN [ Showgirls Of Pakistan ], presented alongside Khajistan and Decrim NY!

Moving through the Punjabi theater industry, the film follows three women navigating state censorship, violence, desire, and the pursuit of fame. Weaving together intimate vérité, phone calls, social media streams, and home videos, Khan brings us into a world of extraordinary performers determined to make their own rules, onstage and off.

Following the screening, we’ll be joined by director Saad Khan and art director and co-editor Joey Chriqui [ joey chriqui ] for a conversation about the film and their work with Khajistan, the New York-based archive and press dedicated to preserving censored, banned, and overlooked print and audiovisual culture from the Middle World.

We’ll also have a special selection of Khajistan publications and merch available throughout the evening, with the event raising funds for DecrimNY and their work to decriminalize, decarcerate, and destigmatize s*x trades in New York.

Come through!

𝗧𝗜𝗖𝗞𝗘𝗧𝗦 🔗 𝗜𝗡 𝗕𝗜𝗢!

10/07/2026

TOMORROW, 𝗧𝗛𝗨𝗥𝗦, 𝗢𝗖𝗧 𝟴 — 𝟳:𝟯𝟬𝗣𝗠

𝗪𝗘’𝗥𝗘 𝗦𝗜𝗖𝗞 𝗧𝗢 𝗗𝗘𝗔𝗧𝗛 𝗢𝗙 𝗔𝗟𝗟 𝗧𝗛𝗜𝗦 𝗡𝗢𝗡𝗦𝗘𝗡𝗦𝗘 returns with round four: 𝘋𝘐𝘝𝘈𝘚 𝘋𝘌 𝘔𝘈𝘚 𝘔𝘜𝘌𝘙𝘛𝘈𝘚. 💀🌼✨

We’re so excited to add another poet and diva into the mix for this special night — 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗮 𝗖𝗿𝗮𝘄𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗱 [ Marisa Crawford ]! And to share that we will have a community ofrenda — A true diva never really dies, does she?

It’s time to invoke those merely departed from this plane, them baddies in our bones, keeping us keeping the flame. We, the nearly departed, will lay the marigolds on the altar together. Literally! Bring through objects, amulets, and spells to commemorate divas in their lives to add to the mix.

This night is curated by poet 𝗖𝗵𝗿𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗟𝗮𝗿𝘂𝘀𝘀𝗼 [ ] and writer/curator 𝗥𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗲𝗹 𝗥𝗮𝗸𝗲𝘀 [ Rachael Rakes ]and it merges live performance, reading, sound, and moving image — not quite a reading, not quite performance, not ekphrasis. WS2DOATN is a porous encounter between words, images, and whatever slips through.

Featuring:
— Readings by poets 𝗗𝗼𝗿𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗮 𝗟𝗮𝘀𝗸𝘆 [ Dorothea Lasky ], 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗮 𝗖𝗿𝗮𝘄𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗱 [ Marisa Crawford ] & 𝗛𝗮𝗳𝗶𝘇𝗮𝗵 𝗚𝗲𝘁𝗲𝗿 [ Hafizah Augustus Geter ]
— A screening of 𝘚𝘖𝘔𝘌𝘞𝘏𝘌𝘙𝘌 𝘖𝘕𝘓𝘠 𝘞𝘌 𝘒𝘕𝘖𝘞 by 𝗝𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗲 𝗠𝗰𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗻 [ Jesse McLean ]
— A screening of 𝘗𝘖𝘚𝘚𝘐𝘉𝘓𝘠 𝘐𝘕 𝘔𝘐𝘊𝘏𝘐𝘎𝘈𝘕 by 𝗖𝗲𝗰𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗮 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗱𝗶𝘁 [ Cecelia Condit ]

Come through 🕯️🕯️

𝗚𝗥𝗔𝗕 𝗧𝗜𝗖𝗞𝗘𝗧𝗦 🔗 𝗜𝗡 𝗕𝗜𝗢

10/06/2026

New workshop alert! 𝗖𝗔𝗠𝗘𝗥𝗔 𝗠𝗜𝗡𝗜𝗦𝗧𝗥𝗬: 𝗟𝗘𝗡𝗦-𝗕𝗔𝗦𝗘𝗗 𝗘𝗡𝗖𝗢𝗨𝗡𝗧𝗘𝗥𝗦 📸

𝗡𝗢𝗩 𝟭𝟯–𝟭𝟱, join filmmaker and photographer 𝗞𝗵𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗸 𝗔𝗹𝗹𝗮𝗵 [Khalik Article] for a three-day workshop exploring lens-based storytelling as a practice of presence, connection, and encounter.

Across street photography, portraiture, and poetic documentary, Khalik has developed a fiercely original approach to image-making grounded in close attention to the people he photographs and films. Over the weekend, he’ll unpack the intricacies of his method—both material and spiritual—and introduce participants to the philosophy he calls the “Camera Ministry.”

What does it mean to truly see another person? How can a camera become a means for connection rather than simply a tool for observation? How do intuition, repetition, proximity, conversation, trust, and vulnerability enter into the making of an image?

Through screenings, conversations, hands-on exercises, and a creative feedback session, we’ll think closely about the relationships that form on either side of the lens and the responsibilities that come with making images of others.

Khalik will be joined by an incredible group of artists expanding the conversation around what happens when a camera mediates an encounter: filmmaker and cinematographer 𝗦𝗵𝗲𝘃𝗮𝘂𝗻 𝗠𝗶𝘇𝗿𝗮𝗵𝗶 [Shevaun Mizrahi] will discuss her transition from cinematographer to director and the meeting of magical realism and vérité in her work, while legendary hip-hop photographer and cultural archivist 𝗝𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗹 𝗚𝗦 [Jamil GS] will reflect on photography as a form of cultural memory.

Come ready to look closely, make images, share work, and reconsider what can happen when picking up a camera becomes an act of attention to another person and the world around you.

Early Bird Registration ends 𝗡𝗢𝗩 𝟳 — register early to get $55 off! 𝗥𝗘𝗚𝗜𝗦𝗧𝗘𝗥 🔗 𝗜𝗡 𝗕𝗜𝗢

10/05/2026

This 𝗧𝗛𝗨𝗥𝗦, 𝗢𝗖𝗧 𝟴 — 𝟳:𝟯𝟬𝗣𝗠

𝗪𝗘’𝗥𝗘 𝗦𝗜𝗖𝗞 𝗧𝗢 𝗗𝗘𝗔𝗧𝗛 𝗢𝗙 𝗔𝗟𝗟 𝗧𝗛𝗜𝗦 𝗡𝗢𝗡𝗦𝗘𝗡𝗦𝗘 returns with round four: 𝘋𝘐𝘝𝘈𝘚 𝘋𝘌 𝘔𝘈𝘚 𝘔𝘜𝘌𝘙𝘛𝘈𝘚. 💀🌼✨

Our shape-shifting multimedia series curated by poet 𝗖𝗵𝗿𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗟𝗮𝗿𝘂𝘀𝘀𝗼 [ ______kiki___________ ] and writer/curator 𝗥𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗲𝗹 𝗥𝗮𝗸𝗲𝘀 [ ] merges live performance, reading, sound, and moving image — not quite a reading, not quite performance, not ekphrasis. WS2DOATN is a porous encounter between words, images, and whatever slips through.

A true diva never really dies, does she? It’s October. It’s time to invoke those merely departed from this plane, them baddies in our bones, keeping us keeping the flame. We, the nearly departed, will lay the marigolds on the altar together. Literally, bring your objects, amulets, and spells along. 🕯️

Featuring:
— Readings by poets 𝗗𝗼𝗿𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗮 𝗟𝗮𝘀𝗸𝘆 [ ] & 𝗛𝗮𝗳𝗶𝘇𝗮𝗵 𝗚𝗲𝘁𝗲𝗿 [ ]
— A screening of 𝘚𝘖𝘔𝘌𝘞𝘏𝘌𝘙𝘌 𝘖𝘕𝘓𝘠 𝘞𝘌 𝘒𝘕𝘖𝘞 by 𝗝𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗲 𝗠𝗰𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗻 [ ]

Each edition begins with a phrase and lets it turn, unravel, and reassemble through fragments, feelings, artworks, live interventions, and the particular urgencies of the moment.

𝗚𝗥𝗔𝗕 𝗧𝗜𝗖𝗞𝗘𝗧𝗦 🔗 𝗜𝗡 𝗕𝗜𝗢

10/01/2026

This 𝗦𝗨𝗡, 𝗢𝗖𝗧 𝟰 — 𝟳:𝟯𝟬𝗽𝗺 Join us for a special evening with filmmaker and artist 𝗖𝗮𝗿𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗗𝗲́𝗼𝗱𝗮𝘁 [ ], bringing together three films that move between ethnography and fabulation, archival research and critical theory to reckon with the spectral lives of images and the histories of violence that continue to haunt them.

We’ll be screening 𝘓𝘈𝘕𝘋𝘚𝘓𝘐𝘋𝘌𝘚 (2020), 𝘜𝘕𝘋𝘌𝘙 𝘛𝘏𝘌 𝘚𝘒𝘠 𝘖𝘍 𝘛𝘏𝘌 𝘍𝘌𝘛𝘐𝘚𝘏𝘌𝘚 (2023), and Déodat’s newest work, 𝘕𝘖𝘚𝘛𝘙𝘈 𝘔𝘌𝘔𝘖𝘙𝘐𝘈 (2026).

Across these works, Déodat moves through colonial archives, personal genealogies, myth, dance, and landscape to trace the enduring imaginaries of slavery, colonialism, fascism, and Empire, while asking how histories erased or distorted by dominant narratives might be encountered otherwise.

Following the screening, Déodat will be joined by writer, researcher, and film programmer 𝗬𝗮𝘀𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗮 𝗣𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗲 [ ] for a conversation around their shared interests in African and Afro-diasporic expressive cultures, aesthetic remembrance, and the politics of camera-based technologies.

Come through!

𝗧𝗜𝗖𝗞𝗘𝗧𝗦 🔗 𝗜𝗡 𝗕𝗜𝗢

09/30/2026

This 𝗙𝗥𝗜, 𝗢𝗖𝗧 𝟮 — 𝟳:𝟯𝟬𝗽𝗺

Join us for a special screening and conversation with essay filmmaker 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗹𝗶𝗲 𝗦𝗵𝗮𝗰𝗸𝗹𝗲𝘁𝗼𝗻 [.shackleton], kicking off our upcoming workshop weekend!

We’ll be screening two of Shackleton’s recent films: 𝘊𝘈𝘔𝘌𝘙𝘈 𝘛𝘌𝘚𝘛 (𝘒𝘐𝘕𝘎 𝘊𝘈𝘋𝘉𝘜𝘙𝘠), a documentary readymade that turns a routine camera test into an investigation of a mysterious mid-century Cadbury’s commercial preserved in family lore, alongside 𝘡𝘖𝘋𝘐𝘈𝘊 𝘒𝘐𝘓𝘓𝘌𝘙 𝘗𝘙𝘖𝘑𝘌𝘊𝘛, his ingenious account of the true crime documentary he tried and failed to make.

Winner of the NEXT Innovator Award at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival, 𝘡𝘖𝘋𝘐𝘈𝘊 𝘒𝘐𝘓𝘓𝘌𝘙 𝘗𝘙𝘖𝘑𝘌𝘊𝘛 reconstructs Shackleton’s unrealized film beat by beat, using vacant Bay Area landscapes, stylized re-enactments and his own wry narration to turn an abandoned project into a playful critique of true crime and its familiar conventions.

Following the screening, Shackleton will be in conversation with David Osit [ ] about first-person filmmaking, documentary persona, and what becomes possible when a filmmaker’s own perspective and personality become part of the method. TIX at the 🔗 IN BIO!

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