FLEFF 2025 Films and Events, by Date

pre-Festival special event: Conversations Across Screen Cultures: Ulises Mejias – 7:00pm, Zoom (FREE) more details

The White House Effect (Bonni Cohen / Pedro Kos / Jon Shenk, USA, 2024, 97 mins) – 6:00pm, ticketed screening at Cinemapolis, Ithaca, NY more details WITH FILMMAKER Q&A (joining us via Zoom)

Little, Big, and Far (Jem Cohen, USA / Austria, 2024, 121 mins) – 8:30pm, ticketed screening at Cinemapolis, Ithaca, NY more details

Human Flowers of Flesh (Helena Wittmann, France / Germany, 2022, 106 mins) – 1:00pm, ticketed screening at Cinemapolis, Ithaca, NY more details WITH FILMMAKER Q&A (joining us via Zoom) 

Skin of Glass (Denise Zmekhol, USA / Brazil, 2023, 89 mins) – 3:30pm, ticketed screening at Cinemapolis, Ithaca, NY more details WITH FILMMAKER Q&A (joining us via Zoom)

With Peter Bradley (Alex Rappoport, USA, 2023, 85 mins) – 6:15pm, ticketed screening at Cinemapolis, Ithaca, NY more details WITH FILMMAKER Q&A

Snow Leopard (Pema Tseden, China, 2023, 109 mins) – 8:30pm, ticketed screening at Cinemapolis, Ithaca, NY more details WITH PRE-SCREENING INTRODUCTION

The Stand (Christopher Auchter, Canada, 2024, 95 mins) – 1:00pm, ticketed screening at Cinemapolis, Ithaca, NY more details WITH FILMMAKER Q&A (joining us via Zoom)

Ithaca Murals: A Community Conversation – 3:30pm, FREE event at Cinemapolis, Ithaca, NY more details WITH FILMMAKER Q&A

A Thousand Pines (Sebastián Díaz / Noam Osband, USA, 2023, 77 mins) – 6:00pm, ticketed screening at Cinemapolis, Ithaca, NY more details WITH FILMMAKER Q&A (joining us via Zoom) 

My Stolen Planet (Farahnaz Sharifi, Germany / Iran, 2024, 82 mins) – 8:30pm, ticketed screening at Cinemapolis, Ithaca, NY more details

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Youth (Hard Times) (Wang Bing, China, 2024, 227 mins) – 7:30pm, ticketed screening at Cinemapolis, Ithaca, NY more details WITH PRE-SCREENING INTRODUCTION

Lyd (Rami Younis / Sarah Ema Friedland, Palestine / UK / USA, 2023, 79 mins) – 7:30pm, ticketed screening at Cinemapolis, Ithaca, NY more details

Shorts in Focus: 'Border Dwellers' (Cathy Lee Crane, US, 2025, 19 mins) – 7:30pm, FREE screening at Cinemapolis, Ithaca, NY more details WITH FILMMAKER Q&A

Once Upon a Time in a Forest (Virpi Suutari, Finland, 2024, 93 mins) – 6:00pm, ticketed screening at Cinemapolis, Ithaca, NY more details WITH POST-SCREENING DISCUSSION

The Invisible Doctrine: The Secret History of Neoliberalism (& How It Came to Control Your Life) (Peter Hutchison / Lucas Sabean, USA, 2025, 75 mins) – 8:30pm, ticketed screening at Cinemapolis, Ithaca, NY more details WITH FILMMAKER Q&A

Bring Them Home (Ivan MacDonald / Ivy MacDonald / Daniel Glick, USA, 2024, 85 mins) – 1:00pm, ticketed screening at Cinemapolis, Ithaca, NY more details WITH FILMMAKER Q&A (joining us via Zoom)

Borderland I The Line Within (Pamela Yates, USA, 2024, 110 mins) – 3:30pm, ticketed screening at Cinemapolis, Ithaca, NY more details WITH FILMMAKER Q&A

Single-Use Planet (Steve Cowan, USA, 2024, 59 mins) – 6:30pm, ticketed screening at Cinemapolis, Ithaca, NY more details WITH FILMMAKER Q&A (joining us via Zoom) 

Sleep With Your Eyes Open (Nele Wohlatz, Brazil / Taiwan / Argentina / Germany, 2024, 97 mins) – 8:30pm, ticketed screening at Cinemapolis, Ithaca, NY more details

A Time to Yell: More Than a Statue (Daniel B. Levin / Eric Newman, USA, 2024, 68 mins) – 1:00pm, FREE event at Cinemapolis, Ithaca, NY more details WITH FILMMAKER Q&A (joining us via Zoom)

Tigre Gente (Elizabeth Unger, USA, 2021, 93 mins) – 3:30pm, ticketed screening at Cinemapolis, Ithaca, NY more details WITH FILMMAKER Q&A 

Let Them Be Naked (Jeff Garner, USA, 2024, 104 mins) – 6:00pm, ticketed screening at Cinemapolis, Ithaca, NY more details WITH FILMMAKER Q&A 

The Echo (Tatiana Huezo, Mexico / Germany, 2023, 102 mins) – 8:45pm, ticketed screening at Cinemapolis, Ithaca, NY more details

Apple Cider Vinegar (Sofie Benoot, Belgium / Netherlands, 2024, 80 mins) – 6:30pm, ticketed screening at Cinemapolis, Ithaca, NY more details WITH POST-SCREENING DISCUSSION

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The Legend of the Vagabond Queen of Lagos (The Agbajowo Collective, Nigeria / Germany / South Africa / USA, 2024, 101 mins) – 7:30pm, ticketed screening at Cinemapolis, Ithaca, NY more details WITH PRE-SCREENING INTRODUCTION AND POST-SCREENING DISCUSSION

Youth (Homecoming) (Wang Bing, China, 2024, 152 mins) – 7:30pm, ticketed screening at Cinemapolis, Ithaca, NY more details WITH PRE-SCREENING INTRODUCTION

Arts in Movement: Panel Discussion of FLEFF 2025's New Media Exhibition – 12:00pm, Zoom (FREE) more details

¿Are We There Yet?: Compassionate Explorations with Issues of Immigration (Thomas Hoebbel, USA, 2024, 75 mins) – 6:00pm, FREE screening at Cinemapolis, Ithaca, NY more details WITH FILMMAKER Q&A

A New Kind of Wilderness (Silje Evensmo Jacobsen, Norway, 2024, 84 mins) – 8:30pm, ticketed screening at Cinemapolis, Ithaca, NY more details

A Conversation with Arthur Groys (Ithaca City of Asylum Artist Protection Fund Fellow) – 1:00pm, FREE event at Cinemapolis, Ithaca, NY more details

Video Essay Shorts – 3:30pm, FREE screening at Cinemapolis, Ithaca, NY more details WITH FILMMAKER Q&A (joining us via Zoom) 

Farming While Black (Mark Decena, USA, 2023, 75 mins) – 6:00pm, ticketed screening at Cinemapolis, Ithaca, NY more details 

The End of St. Petersburg (Vsevolod Pudovkin, Soviet Union, 1927, 90 mins) – 8:30pm, ticketed screening at Cinemapolis, Ithaca, NY more details WITH LIVE MUSICAL ACCOMPANIMENT AND PRE-SCREENING INTRODUCTION