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The Philip K Dick Film Festival Showcases Sci-Fi From Around the World


Few authors have been as mind bending and reality altering as Philip K Dick. From Ubik, to Man in the High Castle, to Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep, Dick has left a permanent mark on science and speculative fiction. Now the Philip K Dick Film Festival showcases films and series reflecting his vision for strange science fiction. Running April 2 to the 6th with online events and screenings in NYC, the Philip K Dick Film Festival is an international cavalcade of sci-fi cinema and documentaries.

The festival opens with the world premiere of the new sci-fi series The Unseen Realm, starring Edward James Olmos, Keir Dullea, Clancy Brown, Margot Kidder and Matt Modine in a series of shorts that span strange worlds.

With directors from around the world, the international sci-fi shorts block features works from Canada, the UK, France, Mexico, Portugal, India, and more. Also screened will be the world premiere of Memories of the Future from director Vanessa Ly. In the near future, a visionary scientist recalls his creation of the first androids—perfect replicas of deceased children. Centuries later, on a remote island, a small community of these childandroids lives in isolation, untouched by the world that made them until the arrival of a lone human teenager, setting a journey in motion. The documentary Sex Robot Madness examines how as Big Tech shifts its focus from the attention economy to the emerging “intimacy economy,” the question arises: Are we ready for customizable lovebots designed to push our most primal buttons?

To learn more, go to: https://www.thephilipkdickfilmfestival.com/

The Philip K Dick Film Festival
April 2 - 6, 2025

NYC and Online

New Directors/New Films 2025 at MoMA & Lincoln Center

 

Presented my MoMA and Film at Lincoln Center, New Directors/New Films 2025 showcases bold visions from new and emerging directors. Running April 2 to the 13th at MoMA Titus theater and Lincoln Center’s Walter Reade Theater, ND/NF showcases 24 features and nine short films, including 20 North American or U.S. premieres.

Films being shown include CycleMahesh in which  a young cyclist’s flabbergasting efforts to reach home form the foundation of a stirring docu-fiction about the great lengths we go for freedom. In Lesson Learned students, parents, and teachers are put under the microscope in Bálint Szimler’s thrilling, novelistic view of school life. Sad Jokes is about Joseph—a gay filmmaker and father to a young child whose work-life balance inspires little confidence, as he grapples with fatherhood and writing comedy.

Previous ND/NF luminaries include Ryûsuke Hamaguchi, Hou Hsiao-hsien, Kelly Reichardt, Pedro Almodóvar, Souleymane Cissé, Jia Zhangke, Spike Lee, Lynne Ramsay, Michael Haneke, Wong Kar-wai, Agnieszka Holland, Denis Villeneuve, Luca Guadagnino, and many others.

To learn more, go to: https://www.newdirectors.org/

New Directors/New Films 2025
April 2 - 13, 2025.

Film at Lincoln Center Walter Reade Theater
165 W 65th Street
New York, NY 10023

MoMA
11 West 53 Street, Manhattan
New York, New York, 10019

17th Annual ReelAbilities Film Festival Honors "Wicked" Actress & Showcases Films From Around the World

Don't Look Away

The 17th annual ReelAbilities Film Festival is a disability-focused fest with an international tableau of cinema. Running April 3 to the 9th in NYC, the RAFF features over 30 films from around the world. The festival opens with a special event at The Shed with an appearance by Marissa Bode (Wicked), who will receive the festival’s Spotlight Award in recognition of her groundbreaking contributions to disability representation on screen. 

The opening night film is the NY premiere of the film The Trouble With Mr. Doodle. From the makers of Exit Through the Gift Shop, Waiting for Sugarman and Man on Wire, this documentary reveals the world of Sam Cox, better known as Mr. Doodle. His compulsive doodling turned him into a global sensation, with social media videos amassing millions of views and revealing the intricate complexity between creativity and chaos.

Making its world premiere at the fest is the documentary An Unquiet Mind. Shattering common myths about OCD through the interweaving stories of Vinay and Natasha, a reality far more complex than perfectionism or repetition is revealed. As the camera follows their daily lives at work and home, we witness their raw struggles with intrusive thoughts and difficulty relating their experiences to others.

Don’t Look Away follows Corey as he navigates daily life, career, and relationships while challenging common assumptions about facial differences. Through candid conversations and everyday moments, Corey shares his perspective on identity, connection, and the complexities of human interaction and his passion for film.

Special events during the festival include an Industry Summit that looks at topics of accessibility, inclusion and representation in all aspects of the film and performing arts industries, panel discussions with the filmmakers, a comedy night, and more.

To learn more, go to: https://reelabilities.org/newyork

ReelAbilities Film Festival
April 3 - 9, 2025

Various Venues in NYC

Socially Relevant Film Festival NY Tells Stories From Around the World


Film has the power to reflect the world around it and give voice to those without one. And that is the heart of the Socially Relevant Film Festival. The 12th edition of SR Socially Relevant Film Festival NY runs March 11 to 16 in NYC and opens at the National Arts Club and screenings at Cinema Village.  The Mission of the SR Film Festival is to spotlight filmmakers who tell compelling, socially relevant, human-interest stories without resorting to violence or violent forms of storytelling. SRFF believes in the power of film to raise awareness of social problems.

The official selection of documentaries includes films on combating disease (Rare), feminist restaurants (A Culinary Uprising: The Story of Bloodroot), the people of Beirut (We Never Left), and more. The festival also includes the Voices of Canada selection of films, with five works from Canadian filmmakers, with the US premiere of Calmer Waters, a documentary about the first quadriplegic woman in Quebec to give birth.

Narrative features include Love & Vodka, about an aspiring screenwriter who falls in love with a Ukranian woman trying to survive the Russian attacks on the country, the political drama Widowbird, and the women’s health dramedy Lady Parts.

Festival Founding Artistic Director Nora Armani says "Twelve years have speeded by. We are proud to have had the opportunity to present over 750 socially relevant films from 40 countries. The work of talented and dedicated filmmakers has offered us the bonus of learning about the human condition and filmmaking while engaging with an audience as a first step toward raising awareness of social issues. We could not have done it without the valuable support of our sponsors, partners, and friends." SRFF was founded by Actress/ Filmmaker Nora Armani in 2013 in response to the proliferation of violence and violent forms of storytelling in media and entertainment. Following a family tragedy that cost the lives of two of her dearest and nearest, namely her cousin Vania and uncle Jack Exerjian, Armani founded the festival to commemorate them meaningfully.

To learn more, go to: https://www.ratedsrfilms.org/

Socially Relevant Film Festival NY
March 11 - 16

Various venues in NYC

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