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forging bonds between passionate film lovers and pioneering filmmakers

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. 

WUTI WONDERLAND

05.17.24
Salon & Dance Party

The WUTI fundraiser, helping us to continue championing independent cinema directed by women+.  A program of poetry and short films was followed by a dance party with music from Mia Moretti, Ana Calderon and Cara Stricker. With support from The Hill venue and Yola Mezcal.

GIRLFRIENDS

The Film: Before "Francis Ha” there was “Girlfriends.” This wry and radically honest vision of female friendship became a touchstone for an entire sub-genre of films about young women trying to make it in the big city. In its insistent focus on a woman whose identity isn’t solely determined by her relationships with men, “Girlfriends” isn’t just thrilling — it’s radical. 

03.26.24
Director – Claudia Weill
Screening with
CLAUDIA WEILL

05.03.24
Director: Ena Sendijarević
Opening Weekend Support
(DEKANALOG)

SWEET DREAMS

The Film: Set on an Indonesian island in the waning years of Dutch colonialism, the plantation is thrown into chaos when the patriarch dies, willing his estate to his illegitimate son, that he bore with his Indigenous housekeeper.

03.19.24
Director – Alice Rohrwacher
Advanced Screening with Intro From
ALICE ROHRWACHER
(NEON)

la chimera

The Film: A marvelous and magical tale that possesses that rare something that makes you believe movies hold magic. Staring Josh O’Connor & Isabella Rossellini. Everyone has their own Chimera, something they try to achieve but never manage to find. For the thieves the Chimera means the dream of easy wealth. For Arthur, the Chimera looks like the woman he lost.

WE GROWN NOW

04.19.24
Director: Minhal Baig
Opening Weekend Support
(Sony Picture Classics)

The Film: In 1992 Chicago, as Michael Jordan solidifies himself as champion, a story of two young legends in their own right begins. Wide-eyed best friends Malik and Eric traverse the city, looking to escape the mundaneness of school and the hardships of public housing. Their unbreakable bond is challenged when tragedy shakes their community just as they are learning to fly.

SHAYDA

03.01.24
Director – Noora Niasari
Opening Weekend Support
(Sony Picture Classics)

The Film: A poetic vérité portrayal of courage, compassion and the healing properties of community. A brave Iranian mother, finds refuge in a women’s shelter with her 6 year old daughter. They take solace in Nowruz (Persian New Year) the rituals and new beginnings, but when her estranged husband re-enters their lives, their path to freedom is jeopardized.

The Film: A sensitive drama posing nuanced questions about love and mortality, led by two extraordinary performances from VICKY KRIEPS & GASPARD ULLIEL. When a young woman find out she has a rare lung condition her life is turned upside down. Through her reckoning with lost futures she ultimately finds a sensitivity for life.

02.13.24
Director – Emily Atef
Screening with
EMILY ATEF
(Strand Releasing)

PLUS QUE JAMAIS

02.01.24
Director – Maryam Keshavarz
UK premiere with
MARYAM KESHAVARZ
& CAST
(Sony Picture Classics)

THE PERSIAN VERSION

The Film: A vibrant coming of age musical about a mother and daughter coming to terms with their dual Iranian and American identities.

ALL DIRT ROADS
TASTE OF SALT

02.20.24
Director – Raven Jackson
Screening with
RAVEN JACKSON
(A24)

The Film: A poetic look into Black family life in the South. This stunningly lyrical work is a decades-spanning exploration across a woman's life in Mississippi. The feature debut from award-winning poet, photographer and filmmaker Raven Jackson is a haunting and richly layered portrait, a beautiful ode to the generations of people and places that shape us.

  • Opening Weekend Support
    Location – Laemmle Royal


  • Screening

    Featuring – Claudia Weill
    Location – The Aster


  • Screening

    Featuring – with special intro from Alice Rohrwacher (Director)
    Location – Laemmle Royal


  • Opening Weekend Support
    Location – Laemmle Royal


  • Screening
    Featuring – Emily Atef (Director)
    Location – The Aster

  • UK premiere
    Featuring – Maryam Keshavarz (Director) & Cast
    Location – Fulham Road Picturehouse

  • Special Screening
    Featuring – Raven Jackson (Director)
    Location – The Aster

  • Opening Weekend Screening Support
    Location – AMC The Grove

  • Opening Weekend Tastemaker Screening
    Featuring Molly Manning Walker (Director)
    Location – Alamo Drafthouse
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  • Talent – Katie Burrell (Director)
    Location – The Aster

  • Deep dive into Collective Art Book & Film
    Featuring Harper Simon & Geneva Jacuzzi
    Location – The Aster

  • Screening
    Featuring - Sebastian Silva (Director)
    Location – The Aster
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  • Talent – Maryam Keshavarz (Director)
    Location – The Aster
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  • Screening
    Featuring - Karina Longworth (Host of ‘You Must Remember This’ Podcast)
    Location – The Aster

  • WUTI Curation – 2 days of films & talks
    Location – Los Angeles Theatre
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  • An evening of music and talks with women creators
    Location – The Aster
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  • Halloween Screening & Book Preview
    Featuring – Anna Biller (Director)
    Location – The Aster

  • Talent – Sophie Compton & Reuben Hamlyn (Directors) / Elizabeth Woodward (Producer)
    Location – Laemmle Royal
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  • Advanced Screening
    Location – The Aster

  • Talent – Lina Lyte Plioplyte (Director) & Pegah Farahmand (Producer)
    Location – The Aster
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  • Talent – April Napier (Costume Designer)
    Location – The Aster
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  • Talent – Sandi Tan (Director)
    Location – The Aster
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  • Talent – Savanah Leaf (Director)
    Location – The Aster
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  • Talent – Alicia Silverstone (Actor) & Imran J. Khan (Director)
    Location – The Aster

  • Talent – A panel discussing A.I was hosted with Parag K. Mital, Nicole Mcdonald & Nora N. Khan
    Location – The Aster

  • Talent – Nida Manzoor (Director) & Priya Kansara (Actor) hosted by Nina Gregory (NPR)
    Location – The Aster
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  • Talent – Mandy Khan (Poet)
    Location – The Aster
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  • Talent – Alice Gu (Director)
    Location – The Aster
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  • Talent – Nathalie Morris (Curator)
    Location – The Aster

  • Talent – Sara Dosa (Director), Shane Boris (Producer)
    Location – AMC The Grove
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  • Talent – Ondi Timoner (Director)
    Location – The Aster

  • Talent – Fatima Al Qadiri (Composer), Summer Bowie (Autre Magazine)
    Location – The Aster

  • Talent – Patricia Rozema (Director)
    Location – The Aster

  • Talent – Sarah Solemani (Creator/Writer), Steve Coogan (Creator/Writer)
    Location – The Aster

  • Talent – Crystal Moselle (Curator)
    Location – The Aster

  • Holiday Party
    Talent – DJ Dana Boulos
    Location – The Aster

  • Talent – Maximilla Lukacs (Director), Jennifer Rose (Choreographer)
    Location – The Aster

  • Location – The Aster

  • Talent - Rebeca Huntt
    Location – The Aster

  • Talent - Kasey Elise Walker (Director)
    Location – The Aster

  • Talent - Nina Menkes (Director)
    Location – The Aster

  • Talent - Dina Amer (Director)
    Location – Laemmle

  • Talent - Alex Prager (Director)
    Location – The Aster

  • Talent - Rebeca Huntt
    Location – DGA Theater

  • Talent - Janicza Bravo (Presenter)
    Location – The Aster

  • Talent - Maryam Keshavarz (Director)
    Location – The Aster

  • Talent - Julia Elihu (Director)
    Location – The Aster

  • Location – The Aster