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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
5.5.25
Director - Hala Matar
Advanced Screening with
HALA MATAR & DARYL WEIN
ELECTRA
Film: Two journalists travel to the lush Italian villa of a famous musician and his partner for an interview, but all is not as it seems and the trip spirals into deceit and deadly betrayals.
Matar is the first female Bahraini filmmaker in history to make a feature film.
JANE AUSTIN WRECKED MY LIFE
5.5.25
Director and Writer – Laura Piani
Advanced Screening with
CAMILLE RUTHERFORD
Film: Agathe (Camille Rutherford) is a hopelessly clumsy yet charming young woman, who works in the legendary Shakespeare & Co. bookshop in Paris. While she dreams of being a successful writer, and of experiencing love akin to a Jane Austen novel, she finds herself desperately single and plagued by writers block.
JULIE KEEPS QUIET
4.4.25
Director - Leonardo Van Dijl
Advanced Screening
Film: As the star player at an elite tennis academy, Julie’s life revolves around the game she loves. When her coach falls under investigation and is suddenly suspended, all of the club’s players are encouraged to speak up. But Julie decides to keep quiet.
The Film: Nicole Kidman is the meticulous Nancy Vandergroot, a teacher and homemaker whose picture-perfect life with her community pillar husband and son in a tulip-filled Holland, Michigan tumbles into a twisted tale. Nancy and her friendly colleague become suspicious of a secret, only to discover nothing in their lives is what it seems.
3.25.25
Director - Mimi Cave
Advanced Screening
Holland
The Film: For the first time, Maria Schneider’s story takes center stage in Palud’s sensitive biopic, exploring the making of the Last Tango in Paris and her treatment at the hands of Bertolucci & Brando (Matt Dillon)
3.24.25
Director – Jessica Palud
Advanced Screening
BEING MARIA
3.14.25
Featuring Filmakers:
Cara Stricker, Jackie Bao, Jazmin Garcia, Lucy McRae & Sean Frank
DJs : Alix Brown, Ana Calderon, Bec Adams, Daisy O’Dell, Dana Boulos
WUTI WONDERLAND
An amazing night of film, director conversations & dance floor classics.
12.17.24
Directors – Crystal Moselle & Derrick B. Harden
Advanced Screening with
DERRICK B. HARDEN & CRYSTAL MOSELLE
THE BLACK SEA
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.
12.07.24
Director – Haroula Rose
Co-hosted a Screening with
American Cinematheque featuring
HAROULA ROSE, PRODUCER MICHAEL SHANNON & CAST
All Happy Families
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.
11.20.24
Director – Marielle Heller
Premiere Support with
MARIELLE HELLER & AMY ADAMS
(Searchlight Pictures)
NIGHT BITCH
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.
11.07.24
Director – Ruth Leitman
Opening Weekend Support with
RUTH LEITMAN & LIZZ WINSTEAED
(Jolt.Film)
no one asked you
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.
11.01.24
Director – Alonso Ruizpalacios
Advanced Screening with
ALONSO RUIZPALACIOS & CAST
(Willa)
LA COCINA
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.
08.20.24
Director – Zoë Kravitz
Advanced Screening
(Amazon MGM Studios)
BLINK TWICE
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.
06.28.24
Director – Catherine Breillat
Opening Weekend Support
(Sideshow / Janus)
LAST SUMMER
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
Curated watchlists for thematic viewing inspiration
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BEST FRIENDS
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ABOUT
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.