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SCREENINGS
WUTI champions outstanding work directed by women+ and under–represented voices. Our screenings range from premieres & exclusive first looks to rediscovered classics.
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RECENT
THE BLACK SEA
12.17.24
Directors – Crystal Moselle & Derrick B. Harden
Advanced Screening with
DERRICK B. HARDEN & CRYSTAL MOSELLE
The Film: A charismatic barista from Brooklyn, who drops everything to meet up with a woman in Bulgaria. He finds himself stranded without a return fare or passport, the only Black man in Sozopol.
All Happy Families
12.07.24
Director – Haroula Rose
Co-hosted a Screening with
American Cinematheque featuring
HAROULA ROSE, PRODUCER MICHAEL SHANNON & CAST
The Film: A funny and touching movie with an outstanding cast, relatable characters, and excellent music.
11.24.24
Director: Elizabeth Sankey
Advanced Screening with
RUMER WILLIS, PAULA JAMES-MARTINEZ, JESSICA HUNDLEY & more
(Mubi)
WITCHES
The Film: An emotional exploration of the profound connections between postpartum mental health and the history and portrayal of witches in western society and popular culture.
NIGHT BITCH
11.20.24
Director – Marielle Heller
Premiere Support with
MARIELLE HELLER & AMY ADAMS
(Searchlight Pictures)
The Film: A woman (Amy Adams) pauses her career to be a stay-at-home mom. Feeling isolated from her artistic identity and resentful of what she sees as the expectation to be friends with other mothers, her domesticity soon takes a surreal turn.
no one asked you
11.07.24
Director – Ruth Leitman
Opening Weekend Support with
RUTH LEITMAN & LIZZ WINSTEAED
(Jolt.Film)
The Film: This funny & inspiring doc follows comedian Lizz Winstead and her band of merry disruptors, as they cross the country supporting indie abortion clinics.
LA COCINA
11.01.24
Director – Alonso Ruizpalacios
Advanced Screening with
ALONSO RUIZPALACIOS & CAST
(Willa)
The Film: In the heart of a bustling Times Square kitchen, dreams and desperation collide as the back-of-house staff each chase the elusive American dream. When money goes missing from the till, the spotlight falls on Pedro (Briones), a passionate dreamer entangled in a tumultuous love affair with Julia (Mara), a waitress grappling with her own commitments.
BLINK TWICE
08.20.24
Director – Zoë Kravitz
Advanced Screening
(Amazon MGM Studios)
The Film: Zoë Kravitz’s directorial debut explores power dynamics. Tech billionaire Slater King (Channing Tatum) invites cocktail waitress Frida (Naomi Ackie) to join him on his private island. When strange things happen and Frida realizes she needs to uncover the truth if she wants to make it out alive.
LAST SUMMER
06.28.24
Director – Catherine Breillat
Opening Weekend Support
(Sideshow / Janus)
The Film: Anne is an attorney who has plateaued in her marriage to Pierre, father to troubled 17-year-old Theo, from a previous marriage. When Pierre leaves town, Anne and Théo find themselves in the throes of an unexpected and lustful affair. Music by Kim Gordon.
IF THESE WALLS COULD TALK 2
06.07.24
Director – Martha Coolidge
Pride Screening with
MARTHA COOLIDGE
The Film: This iconic anthology, tells the stories of three lesbian couples set in the same house over different decades. Martha Coolidge’s story “1972” stars Chloë Sevigny as Amy, a “butch” lesbian drawn to Linda at a local bar (Michelle Williams.) Linda’s feminist community cannot square Amy’s gender identity with the women’s liberation they subscribe to.
“NEW RULES”
Talks series
Navigating Film’s Unfixed Future.
In Partnership with WePresent, WUTI poses the tough questions to some of the film industry’s most exciting new voices in order to learn from both their success and failures, and gain their perspective on where the film industry is headed.
FINDing YOUR AUDIENCE
We dissect the changing state of film distribution and question how to find your audience. Featuring Molly Manning Walker (How to Have Sex), Janicza Bravo (Zola), Head of Creative at Film4 Farhana Bhula (How to Have Sex, All of Us Strangers) and Graham Fulton, co-CEO of distribution company Conic.
IP & originality
We question whether the film industry relies too heavily on existing IP and discuss how to get your story to resonate with an audience, as well as how to protect your ideas. Featuring Crystal Moselle (The Wolfpack, Skate Kitchen), Amrou Al-Kadhi (Layla) and Octavia Peissel, independent producer and lWes Anderson collaborator (Asteroid City, The French Dispatch).
FUNDING
We ask how the landscape has changed and examine the challenges and opportunities that this may present. With Charlotte Regan (Scrapper), producer Joy Gharoro-Akpojotor (Blue Story), and Rich Peppiatt (Kneecap). We hear firsthand how they funded their films and what they learnt from the process.
WATCHLISTS
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WUTI is an organization dedicated to championing the work of women and non-binary filmmakers. We work to increase the visibility of women+ led stories through screenings, bespoke events and media. Since our founding in 2015 we have cultivated a vibrant, passionate community that share our belief in the transformative power of representative storytelling.