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The Future of Film is Female presents “Lyle”

The first Pride was a riot. Heading towards the fifty-fifth anniversary of the Stonewall Inn riot gives us the opportunity to reflect on how far queer rights have come, and what’s left to achieve. It’s all intersectional with gender equity, a quiet revolution we fight at The Future of Film is Female, and so it’s an honor to present a selection of three essential, truly independent queer films from the past ten years in celebration of this month and the…

Hope Against Experience by Naeem Mohaiemen

After an illuminating conversation between filmmakers Mila Turajlić and Naeem Mohaiemen during the New York-run of Mila’s documentary diptych: Scenes from the Labudović Reels: Non-Aligned + Ciné-Guerrillas at Anthology Film Archives this year, we invited Naeem to write something personal in relation to Mila’s films and his own work on the eve of her diptych’s premiere on OVID.tv. Born in Belgrade, Yugoslavia, Mila is an award-winning filmmaker and visual artist whose documentary works draw on the intersection of personal and national memories. Her…

Thomas Heise (1955 – 2024)

We are deeply saddened to learn of documentary filmmaker Thomas Heise’s sudden death at age 68. His internationally acclaimed film Heimat is a Space in Time, released by Icarus Films in 2019, is an understated epic that brilliantly marries the written word, image, and sound design.

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A reference to Japanese Kamikaze pilots (on ‘God’s wind’) – is the story of an American-born young man of mixed parentage, whose father was part of a bombing mission that destroyed his Japanese mother’s village and killed her entire family during World War II. Although his father discovers this horrible coincidence when he meets his wife after the war, he keeps this realization secret until he has a breakdown.

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Piolo Pascual portrays two characters in this fractured tale exposing the seedy underbelly of the city that surrounds him. William, a drug addict, tries to reconnect his ties with people close to him. Slowly, as night falls, he learns that there is no one left to trust, not even himself. Philip, who works as a bodyguard for a mayor’s son, thinks his boss considers him family. After a shooting incident, he discovers his real worth to his boss.

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Adela, a former radio personality, celebrates her 80th birthday alone in the slums of Manila, longing for her family and the stability of years gone by. Mundane events take on heightened meaning as Adela gauges her life against those of the sea of humanity.

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A family man’s encounter with a beautiful woman develops into a mutual fascination, where fantasy coalesces with reality.

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After discovering deepfake pornography of herself circulating online, American college student Taylor dives headfirst into the underground world of deepfakes, uncovering a growing culture of men terrorizing women—influencers, classmates, friends. More than just a cautionary tale, Another Body transforms the deepfake technology weaponized against Taylor into a tool that allows her to tell her story and reclaim her identity.

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Living in the US illegally for over 20 years, the filmmaker takes an Amtrak train from LA to NYC during a critical moment of hostility against migrants in the country he has come to know as home. Lacking the papers that would allow him to board a flight, Revereza evades Immigration Customs Enforcement by going offline but turning his camera on, with the dreams and thoughts of others flickering among his moving images.

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Featuring an acclaimed soundtrack by Munro Melano and the End, this provocative polemic challenges audiences with never-before-seen artifacts of censorship from the vaults of the Australian National Archives containing thousands of celluloid scraps: scenes that were cut by government censors from films imported into the country between the years of 1958–1971. Peppered through this collection are banned scenes from some of the most influential directors in history, including Godard, Polanski, Bergman, Varda, and Fellini.

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In the heart of Paris, a prestigious high school takes a daring bet: the integration of a group of talented hip-hop dancers from working-class neighborhoods and diverse backgrounds. Rookies follows the new students over the academic year, alternating between the pressures of the classroom and the kinetic energy of the dance floor. In between, students speak frankly about the challenges they face: many come from broken families, have faced poverty, abuse, and personal loss. Through dance, they hope to break the cycle of deprivation.

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