Working on It: Session 1
Day one of work-in-progress presentation and discussions.
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Bonjour Tristesse
Opening NightDurga Chew-Bose’s modern adaptation of Françoise Sagan’s 1954 novel starring Lily McInerny, Claes Bang, and Chloë Sevigny opens the 14th annual First Look on 3/12, with director Chew-Bose and McInerny in person.
Working on It: Session 2
Day two of work-in-progress presentations and discussions and multimedia performances.
Park (Taman-taman)
In this intricately improvised whatsit, Indonesian immigrants Asri and Hasan convene every day at twilight hour, in the heart of Taiwan’s oldest city. Director So Yo-hen in person!
Israel Palestine on Swedish TV 1958-1989
Showcase ScreeningWorking from thousands of hours of footage catalogued in the vaults of Sweden’s national television service, archival chronicler Göran Hugo Olsson unspools a rigorously cool and steely account of the Israeli Palestinian conflict. Director Olsson in person on 3/13.
Desert of Namibia
Yoko Yamanaka’s second feature follows mercurial 21-year-old Kana, who vacillates among suitors, priorities, and moods.
Working on It: Session 3
Day three of work-in-progress presentations and discussions and live performances.
The Fifth Shot of La Jetée
Dominique Cabrera discovers that Chris Marker’s 1962 sci-fi film La Jetée, made the same year that Algeria gained independence from French colonial rule, might also be an inadvertent historical document of her own family. Screens 3/14.
First Sight: 2025 Award-Winning Shorts from the Jonathan B. Murray Center for Documentary Journalism
For the eighth consecutive year, First Look presents Jury award–winning graduate and undergraduate student films from the Jonathan B. Murray Center.
When the Phone Rang
Showcase ScreeningOn a Friday morning in 1992, eleven-year-old Lana (Ilincic) receives a phone call about a death in the family, a life-changing event in sync with the fracturing of Yugoslavian history and identity. Director Iva Radivojevic in person!
Sanctuary Station + Unstable Rocks
Shot on high-contrast black-and-white 16mm film and Super 16, this incandescent work weaves a rough, hallucinatory patchwork of encounters with women, old and young, solitary and collective. Director Brigid McCaffrey will appear in person.
Access Mornings at MoMI
Free Access Mornings at MoMI are dedicated to families with children on the autism spectrum and give families an exclusive opportunity to explore exhibitions and participate in workshops that begin at 11:00 a.m. before public hours begin.