Screening + Discussion

Filmed before the pandemic, Pawel Lozinski’s revelatory documentary was shot entirely from his balcony in Warsaw. Director in person—December 2!

Lozinski’s first major work, following Henryk Greenberg, a Polish-born American who lost much of his family in the Holocaust, plus a celebrated, delicate short study of familial love.

In and around his own apartment in Warsaw, Łoziński explores a year in the lives of his neighbors; plus an intimate portrait of the filmmaker’s own cleaning lady, a single mother who left her native Ukraine seeking a better life.

A political media advisor puts out a call for neophyte applicants for political candidacy, and hundreds apply in this dynamic, entertaining, and implicitly damning snapshot of opportunistic populism in action.

Lozinski captures patients in an oncology clinic where they receive chemotherapy. The context and location engender profound reflections and wide-ranging conversation, each frame teeming with life, light, and humor.

On 12/4, Paweł Łoziński introduces the touching film he made with his father, Marcel, documenting a road trip from Warsaw to Paris.

Lozinski’s unwaveringly intimate work documents a triangular psychotherapeutic encounter between a daughter, a mother, and a therapist.

Stan Brakhage made almost 400 films over 51 years, varying in lengths from nine seconds to four and a quarter hours. His finest films are not his best known, according to Fred Camper, who curated this selection screening 1/14.

Available once again, only on 16mm per Camper’s wishes, these films demonstrate that Camper is not only one of our most invaluable film critics but also a formidable artist. Screening 1/14.

Mark Alice Durant, author of the book Maya Deren: Choreographed for Camera, will present a program exploring Deren’s life and work on 4/22.

This year's program reflects the diverse voices from contemporary Arab filmmakers based in the U.S. or in the larger diaspora who create works that challenge how the region has historically been mapped, presented, and represented.