Events

Designer and activist Kenneth Cole and Emmy and Tony Award-winning director Dori Berinstein in attendance for a Q&A following the film with BIFF Board Member Mary Mott. 

France has been living alone in her apartment since the death of her husband.

When 250 cyclists embark on a profound journey, retracing the liberation path of a 10-year-old Holocaust survivor from Auschwitz-Birkenau to Krakow, Poland, their odyssey provides a stunning parallel for Humankind’s equally perilous journey from dehumanization to empathy – just as our species is now traveling down the most dangerous stretch of all.

Bob Mackie: Naked Illusion traces the life of the fashion icon on screen and off, highlighting Mackie’s global impact on TV, film, Broadway and concert stages and within fashion and popular culture.

The Makings of Curtis Mayfield, directed by and featuring Grammy Award winning musical artist and actor, H.E.R., explores the legacy and deep musical and cultural influence of singer, songwriter, guitarist, producer, and entrepreneur Curtis Mayfield.

A Beautiful Imperfection tells the empowering story of Lucia, Giacomo Casanova’s only great love, who leaves Italy for Amsterdam after her face has been disfigured by smallpox.

Paralyzed by her life wrangling cattle in Alberta, Canada, Charlotte jumps into her Ford Bronco, flees her over-controlling husband, and lands back in her childhood Park Avenue apartment where she takes refuge with her mother Kit.

Edward, a novelist saddled with caring for his elderly mother, finally finds himself on the brink of literary success.

Special Tribute Event featuring an intimate conversation between multi-award-winning actor Brian Cox (Succession, The Escapist, L.I.E., the Bourne trilogies, E Truscan Smile) and his wife, actress, director, and producer Nicole Ansari-Cox.

Presented in partnership with New York International Children’s Film Festival

By telling the human stories behind the entire value chain that gives life to the Spanish wine with the greatest international projection, Rioja, Land of the Thousand Wines portrays a currently blooming wine region underpinned by the talent and the work of the new generations of winemakers that operate side by side with the region’s historic wineries.

Tokito chronicles the 540-day journey of maverick Michelin-starred Chef Yoshinori Ishii as his team transforms a historic Japanese restaurant into an innovative auberge dining experience in Tokyo.

This is the story of an extraordinary boy born into an ordinary family in an unremarkable English town and how a childhood passion threatened to take over his life, his home, and his mind.

In 1987, Marlee Matlin became the first Deaf actor to win an Academy Award and was thrust into the spotlight at 21 years old.