Get ready for an unforgettable experience at the 9th Annual Imagine This Women's International Film Festival (ITWIFF)! From September 19 to September 29, 2024, we’re bringing the spotlight to independent and aspiring women filmmakers from around the world. This is your chance to be part of a celebration that champions creativity, diversity, and the powerful voices of women in film. ?

Dive into the cinematic excitement with our in-person festival, featuring thrilling screenings at two iconic New York City venues: LOOK Cinemas at 657 W 57th St, New York, NY 10019, and the Maysles Documentary Center at 343 Malcolm X Blvd, New York, NY 10027. For those who can’t join us live, our online festival will be available on September 29, 2024, so you can enjoy the magic from anywhere!

Schedule Of Events:

Thursday, September 19, 2024

12:00 AM - Festival Start

12:00 PM - The Goat
Hadyia a pregnant eleven years old orphan escapes from her village after having been forced to marriage. She takes the road to freedom alone
Location: LOOK Dine-In Cinemas W57

4:00 PM - Shorts Program One
Jules
Art, Joy, Protest
AQUÍ Y ALLÁ
blackbird
Love Photosynthesis
BLYTH
Wabi-Sabi
Jamila
Vida
Location: LOOK Dine-In Cinemas W57

6:15 PM - Shorts Program Two
The Way It Was
SAFE
Ash
The Fish Collectors
Salma
My Human Experience: Episode #1
The Midnight Hour
And The Ocean Agreed
Nana and The Black Monarchy
Moonstruck
Location: LOOK Dine-In Cinemas W57

Friday, September 20, 2024

10:00 AM - M on the Bund
In late 2021, M on the Bund announced it would be closing its doors after twenty-three years. The restaurant had led a fine-dining..
Location: Maysles Documentary Center

12:00 PM - Everyday Dignity
Documentary by Ida Does about anti-racism pioneer Philomena Essed, who wrote a groundbreaking book on everyday racism forty years ago..
Location: Maysles Documentary Center

4:45 PM - Shorts Program Three
Girl with the Grey Eyes
Fruits and Veggies That Help your Projections
Dinner at 67
Infrallon
Mira's Eyes
Blue Hour
Lilla Sol - Endless Summer
The Fuscos
Superman Doesn't Steal
Scaredy Cat
Location: LOOK Dine-In Cinemas W57

7:00 PM - Shorts Program Four
Fruit Loops
One Story at a Time: Celeste Lecesne
Remembering
When Beverly Met Reita
Desync
Sister Wives
Always Wear Comfortable Shoes
The Runt
Seahawks Throwback
Location: LOOK Dine-In Cinemas W57

Saturday, September 21, 2024

1:00 PM - Isabel's Garden
Career-driven Maya Carlile is focused on landing a lead anchor role at her television network. Her world is upended when her husband Diego..
Location: LOOK Dine-In Cinemas W57

4:45 PM - Shorts Program Five
Nay So
Lantern's Light
Fortune Cookie
Monk Fruit
Claude
Dinner Party Dictator
Sock It To Me
Jason
The House My Mother Left
Mo Brown's Bodega - 'Bodega Frenzy
Location: LOOK Dine-In Cinemas W57

7:00 PM - Shorts Program Six
The Stairs
Typical?
Jackrabbit Homestead
Sugar
Flying Bird's Diary
S?B?N
The Self-Love Act
Location:  LOOK Dine-In Cinemas W57

9:15 PM - Pigalle
In two intertwining stories on Pigalle’s boulevard, an aging trans sex worker sets out to win a beauty pageant; while an emotionally abused waitress.
Location: LOOK Dine-In Cinemas W57

Sunday, September 22, 2024

12:00 PM - Shorts Program Seven
Black Band Tee
Pleats
THE TOWER
Undrown
Beyond the Herd
Vodou
The Stardust Motel
Arroz Leche Y Powerball
Location: LOOK Dine-In Cinemas W57

2:15 PM - Freedom Hair
Based on the inspiring, true story of Melony Armstrong, a mother who works at a shelter for battered women decides to start a natural hair..
Location: LOOK Dine-In Cinemas W57

4:30 PM - Shorts Program Eight
In Waves
Extraction
Sink
I'm not a robot
Darcine's Day
MARLA
Two Less
Mother
Smile4Kime
Location: LOOK Dine-In Cinemas W57

Monday, September 23, 2024
11:59 PM - End of In-Person Festival

Date: September 19-22, 2024

Location: Various Venues in New York, NY 10282

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