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Week of April 23rd
Omaha. “Intimate in its scope, yet emotionally monumental, this debut feature by director Cole Webley... resonates for how spontaneously the interactions seem to unfold, as if sparked by reality in front of the camera” (Variety).
Cole Webley, Director
Anthon Johnson, Associate Producer
Christopher Bear, Composer
Sunday Kennedy, Casting Director
Preston Lee, Producer / Unit Production Manager
Scott James, Co-Producer
Cortni Wimberley, Production Designer
Paul Meyers, Cinematographer
Meg Morman, Casting Director
Jaideep Shukla, Editor
Teo Santos, Actor
Ricky. This all-too-familiar premise might lend itself to melodrama, but “Ricky” emerges as a marvelously understated examination of one man’s struggle to achieve stability” (IndieWire).
Rabia Sultana, Co-producer
Simon TaufiQue, Producer / Composer
Ramfis Myrthil, Producer
James Cole Jr., EP
Audra Gooch, Assistant Costume Designer
Frida Fitter, Art Director
Avy Kaufman, Casting Director
Jason Hightower, Co-Producer
Jonathan Sanford, Additional Music
Alia Ssemakula, Costume Supervisor
Kaja Dunn, Intimacy Coordinator
Antoinette Tomlinson, Sound Mixer
Two Women. “Despite a few missteps, the two women behind “Two Women” have overall crafted a frothy, sexy, thoroughly hilarious comedy about that eternal seven-year itch” (RogerEbert.com).
Branko Neskov, Re-Recording Mixer
Louisa Schabas, Art Director / Production Designer
Julien Tremblay, Post-production Supervisor
Philippe Brault, Composer
Week of April 9th
The Travel Companion. “A commentary on the fragility of male ego and the hilarious indignities of making art in New York City” (Filmmaker Mag).
Alex Mallis, Director
Travis Wood, Director
Weston Auburn, Producer
Mermaid. “A hybrid of a horror film, a twisted and doomed romance, a satire on American spiritual emptiness, and a tale of a schmuck who has failed in life but believes that caring for someone (or something) might redeem him” (RogerEbert.com).
Sara McFarlane, Executive Producer
Allie Leone, Production Designer
Grant Elder, Re-Recording Mixer / Supervising Sound Editor
Trudie Storck, Key Makeup Effects Artist
Hunting Matthew Nichols. “Mixes true-crime tropes with found-footage horror… a found-footage film that [feels’] like a documentary of today” (Vancouver Sun).
Markian Tarasiuk, Director
Lucy McNulty, Producer
Mack Gordon, Executive Producer
Ginger Broatch, Production Coordinator
Matt Drake, Supervising Sound Editor
Andrew Mccann Smith, Co-Producer
Week of April 2nd
DJ Ahmet. “With every perfectly timed joke, including those involving Ahmet’s missing sheep, one’s admiration for [director Georgi] Unkovski’s artistic vision grows given the tonal feat he accomplishes” (Variety).
Michal Reich, Editor
Dusica Vuksanovic, Makeup/Prosthetics Designer
Week of March 26th, 2026
Kontinental ‘25. “A sharp, unforgiving satire about life, death and the politics of learned hopelessness, among other weighty subjects” (NYT).
Marius Panduru, Cinematographer
Dan Wechsler, Executive Producer
Our Hero, Balthazar. “Alternately disturbing and brutally funny, and ending with the sort of capper that perfectly encapsulates its provocative ethos, this marks an auspicious directorial debut for Oscar Boyson” (THR).
Melissa Chapman, Music Supervisor
Isaac Lewis, First Assistant Director
Sam Mannetti, Associate Producer
DJ Jiang, Executive Producer
She Dances. “Steve Zahn and [his real-life] daughter Audrey share a sweet pas de deux… Director Rick Gomez and his cast are locked in, crafting a film that is both intimately personal and powerful (The Wrap).
Alyssa Schroeter, Executive Producer
Fantasy Life. “It isn’t hyperbole to say that Amanda Peet gives the performance of a lifetime… Her luminous return in Matthew Shear’s lightly comic drama about two people at a crossroads reminds that her fearlessness has been sorely missed” (Variety).
David Belizario, Assistant Editor
Emily Rucker, Casting Assistant
Christopher Bear, Music
Katie Fleming, Production Designer
Emily McCann Lesser, Producer (p.g.a.)
Samantha Rattner, Costume Designer
Steve Giammaria, Re-Recording Mixer
Week of March 19th, 2026
Tow. “In its modest way, Tow sends a powerful message about how many of us have more in common with a person sleeping in a car than we do the billionaires we’ve been conditioned to admire” (THR).
Liz Toonkel, Production Designer
Pamela May, Hair Department Head
Touch Me. “[The film] has a visual flair and a carnal power within an immersive world that doesn’t waver” (RogerEbert.com).
Addison Heimann, Director / Writer / Producer
Drew Tekulve, Colorist
David Lawson, Producer
Dustin Supencheck, Cinematographer
Carissa McQueen, Script Supervisor
Josh Russell, Special Makeup Effects Artist
Lili Soto, DIT
Kelsey Talton, Key Grip
Late Shift. “In its cool, propulsive procedural tracking of ward activity, Late Shift quite sufficiently makes its point regarding the monumental challenge and value of Floria’s work [as a nurse], and that of thousands like her” (Variety).
Hansjörg Weissbrich, Editor
Denis Séchaud, Foley Recording Engineer
Kathleen Moser, Foley Editor
Week of March 12th, 2026
Slanted. “Its vociferous take on the angsts and trauma people of color experience while living in majority culture shows a remarkable amount of thoughtfulness” (RogerEbert.com).
Shirley Song, Composer
Michelle Li, Costume Designer
Naomi Smith, Set Decorator
Ryan Chan, Editor
Erin Chaney, Key Makeup Artist
Ying-Te Julie Chen, Production Designer
Parker Mays, Producer
Amy Wang, Writer / Director / Producer
Ed Wu, Director Of Photography
Mark Ankner, Producer
Keith Harris, Actor
Nathan Ruyle, Re-Recording Mixer / Sound Designer / Supervising Sound Editor
Ethan Bloom. A coming-of-age comedy that explores how “faith isn’t about choosing sides—it’s about honoring all the messy, beautiful pieces of who we are” (Variety).
Tawni Tamietti, Casting Director
Dan Abrusci, Sound Mixer
Week of March 5th, 2026
The Bride! “A maniacal assemblage of ’30s musicals, ’40s noirs, 19th century literature and 21st century ideology. Every wacky second, you’re well aware how perilously close it is to falling apart at the seams” (LA Times).
Madison Bopp, Costume
She Dances. “A sweet, sincere viewing experience that occasionally transcends its status as an off-the-rack road trip dramedy” (IndieWire).
Alyssa Schroeter, Executive Producer
Week of February 26, 2026
Space Cowboy. “Carving a career out of ‘Kids, don’t try this at home’ extremes, freefall cinematographer Joe Jennings pushes the envelope — and defies disbelief — in this entertaining documentary” (Variety).
Marah Strauch, Director / Producer.
Tyler Measom, Producer
Eric Bruggemann, Editor
Tony Johansson, Cinematographer
Richard Valenzuela, Executive Producer
Kevin Senzaki, Sound Department
Jacki St. Thomas, Festival Publicist
Brian Goetz, Finishing Editor
K-POPS! “Undeniably made with love—love for music, pop culture, family, and the variety we can find in this magical world” (RogerEbert.com).
Juefang Zhang, Co-Producer
Ryan Folsey, Editor
Eric Tu, Co-producer
Bradley Rubin, Production Designer
Josh Aude, Re-Recording Mix Technician
Katia Najera, Set Designer
Claire Koonce, Casting Director
Dreams. “The film’s quietly disturbing power lies in how Michel Franco packages his U.S.-Mexico border metaphor into an addictive and destructive love story as sharply wrought as the movie’s grander political concerns” (IndieWire).
Moises Chiver, Actor / Associate Producer
Yeyo Cervantes, Additional Boom Operator
Laura D’Augello, Additional Crew
For Worse. “For Worse might be a tiny step among its kind, but it still feels like a leap for its thoughtful auteur [Amy Landecker], ultimately celebrating new beginnings as an ageless milestone” (Variety).
Jenica Bergere, Producer
Abbie Vance, Production Designer
Jason Gallagher, Editor
Brittney Swan, Property Master
Roland N. Thai, Supervising Sound Editor
Valerie Stadler, Producer
Marla Black, Associate Producer
James Portolese, Producer
Kim Preston, Additional Still Photographer
Sasha Dylan Bell, Additional Still Photographer
Idiotka. “Director Nastasya Popov explores the American Dream through a reality TV competition… there’s a spunk about it that’s totally delightful” (Austin Chronicle).
Ian Hultquist, Composer
Beso Kacharava, Supervising Foley Editor
Leo Blumberg-Woll, Co-Producer
Ross Shenker, Associate Casting Director
Russell Kahn, Consulting Producer
Taylor Mason, Editor
Ghost Elephants. “Werner Herzog has once again shown his flair – his genius, perhaps – for locating passionate quests and obsessions at the limits of the imaginable” (Guardian).
Karol Martesko-Fenster, CEO, Abramorama
Week of February 19, 2026
Cold Storage. “Think “Goosebumps” for adults… weird, messy, and a genuinely good time” (IndieWire).
Alessio Ciattini, Dailies - Technical Manager - Kiwii Srl
Lisa Service, Assistant to Mr. Liam Neeson
Billy Preston: That’s The Way God Planned It. “As tough a life as Preston had, the music that buoys this chronicle is a constant source of joy” (NYT).
Carmen Delaney, Cinematographer
Caryn Capotosto, Executive Producer
Scott Hanson, Editor
Chris Jenkins, Sound Designer
Ernesto Lomeli, Cinematographer
Kelsey Koenig, Co-executive Producer
Lauren Haber, Co-Executive Producer
Noah Brunson-Cline, Graphics Producer
K. Nicole Mills, Associate Producer
Jenny Raskin, Executive Producer
Matt Brunson-Cline, Lead Creative
Jerry Henry, Cinematographer
By Design. “A fascinatingly designed and overtly theatrical daydream that wonders whether the world treats a nice chair better than a human woman” (AV Club).
Patrick Jones, Cinematographer
Mireia Vilanova, Co-Producer
Taylor Rowley, Music Supervisor
Anjélica Vasquez, Art Director
Josh Aude, Re-Recording Mixer
Benjamin Shearn, Editor
Terra Gutmann-Gonzalez, Camera Operator
Jamie Parreno, VFX Producer
Cameron Mcmanus, Visual Effects Producer
Matt Lathrom, Visual Effects Producer: New Compositions
Riccardo Maddalosso, Executive Producer
Redux Redux. “In dipping their toes into the multiverse, the McManus Brothers largely manage to get the best of two worlds, delivering a strong genre entry with the bones of a tender indie about trauma” (Variety).
Alan Gwizdowski, Director of Photography
Michael McGarry, Producer
2DIE4. The Abdala Brothers haven’t just made a racing film, they’ve redefined what’s possible in the Imax format (Portrait member Karol Martesko-Fenster, in Deadline).
André Abdala, Director
Salomão Abdala, Director
Oscar Nominated Short Films. Congratulations to the many Portrait members with nominated shorts this year. The full slate of Live Action, Animated, and Documentary shorts hit theaters for a limited run this weekend — this is your chance to make an informed decision in your Oscar betting pool.
Week of February 12, 2026
Wuthering Heights. “Go bats--t or go home. Fennell chooses the former, and flawed or not, this drunk-on-pheromones take is all the better for it” (Rolling Stone).
Marisa Clayton-Rivera, Executive In Charge Of Post Production
Chris Lyons, Makeup Department
Nirvana the Band the Show the Movie. “So affable, so good-natured, so modest—just so gosh-darned charming—that it’s difficult not to crack at least a little bit of a smile while watching it” (AV Club).
Luca Tarantini, Camera Operator
Nikolay Michaylov, csc, Second Unit Director of Photography
Hanna Puley, Costume Design
Chris Perez, Attorney
Sydney Lloyd, Associate Producer
Ben Shane, Producer
Victoria Lean, Producer
Kerry Noonan, Production Design
Ben Petrie, Actor
Broken Bird. “With an unerring but sardonic sense of how death presses in on us all, this is a promisingly pungent debut from Mitchell” (Guardian).
Dusica Vuksanovic, Special Makeup Effects Artist
Paul Kampf, Actor / Producer
Emily Rice, Composer
Mark Pennell, Producer
Step Back, Doors Closing. “Leaves one hopeful about people and an upcoming generation who knows what’s what and can handle” (Film Threat).
Geri Courtney-Austein, Actor
Week of February 5, 2026
Starman. “A documentary about space exploration that puts you in touch with your inner wide-eyed child. It’s the intergalactic meditation as blissed-out mind-bender” (Variety).
Chris Perez, Production And Clearance Counsel
Chad Smith, Colorist
Coll Anderson, Supervising Sound Editor
Keith Haviland, Producer
Lindy Jankura, Editor
Whistle. Corin Hardy’s film “puts a pleasingly freaky spin on a familiar horror tale” (Gizmodo).
Shalini Agarwal, Production Sound Mixer
Nadja. “This triumph of low-budget filmmaking will shimmer for a week at Brooklyn Academy of Music” (NYT)
Ed Talavera, camera operator
Rob Featherstone, second assistant camera
Amy Hobby, producer
Kate Phelan, best boy grip
Week of January 28th, 2026
Natchez. “With so many engaging voices on offer, [Director] Suzannah Herbert wisely chooses to let the locals tell the story rather than providing any explicit narration of her own” (Slant)
Suzannah Herbert, Director / Writer
Darcy McKinnon, Producer
Paying for It. “[The film] displays a maturity and thoughtfulness all too rare when focusing on a subject like this… letting acts of intimacy take place in real time, no matter how awkward, short, or unsexy they may initially be” (RogerEbert.com).
Heather Gardner, Head of Music Supervision + Licensing at Vapor Music
Anna Catley, Editor
Aeschylus Poulos, producer
Week of January 15th, 2026
Shuffle. “Benjamin Flaherty’s blistering, intimate takedown of the loopholes and leeches turning the already delicate recovery industry into an exploitation mill” (AV Club).
Scott Paskoff, Producer
Carra Greenberg, Producer
Deepfaking Sam Altman. “If a well-trained AI can capture the essence of a subject, as Sam Altman has argued, then an LLM trained on Altman should basically be him, right?” (THR).
Adam Bhala Lough, Director / Executive Producer
Luke Kelly Clyne, Producer
Gavin Brivik, Composer
Chris Perez, Attorney
Christian Vazquez, Co-executive Producer
Joey Lyons, Producer
Amanda Dolan, Publicist
Alex MacKenzie, Editor
Sheepdog. “A soldier finds out that his own war is far from over in [this] stirring drama” (Collider).
Rob Haworth, Property Master
Lynn K. D’Angona, Producer
Week of January 8th, 2026
All That’s Left of You. “With a compassionate, observant look at generational trauma, [Cherian Dabis’] third feature is a meaningful contribution toward Palestinian narratives” (Variety). In theaters January 9th.
Tony Copti, Executive Producer
Tarek Abu Ghoush, Boom Operator
Farah Tbaileh, Production Manager
Edriss Essoussi, DIT: Greece Unit
Jiries Copti, Executive Producer
Paul Rischer, Sound Editor
Marco Müller, Camera
Mathias Schwerbrock, Line Producer
OBEX. “Eraserhead meets The Legend of Zelda in a black-and-white, cicada-plagued sci-fi trip” (IndieWire). In theaters January 9th.
Emma Hannaway, Producer
Holding Liat. “Director Brandon Kramer does an impressive job revealing the personal and geopolitical aspects of a heartbreaking true story” (THR). In theaters January 9th.
Mehar Gujral, Audio Post Producer
Marilyn Ness, Consulting Producer
Tristan Baylis, Sound Department
Jeff Spivack, Audio Post Producer
Lance Kramer, Producer
Brandon Kramer, Director / Producer
Andrés Marthe, Sound Department
Nathan Hasz, Sound Department
Nat Jencks, Colorist
Alexandra Shiva, Producer
James Doolittle, Post Production Producer
The Pitt: Season 2. “Avoiding the sophomore slump, it’s the most harrowingly realistic medical show on TV—and, also, the most empathetic” (The Daily Beast). Premieres on HBO January 8th.
Gavin Brivik, Composer
Pablo Pollaci, Composting Supervisor: Ingenuity Studios
Johnathan O’Neil, Actor
Roland N. Thai, Sound Effects Editor | 15 Episodes • 2025
Lyn Paolo, Costume Designer
Aymae Sulick, Camera And Electrical Department
Caitlin Nunes, Art Department Pa
Week of December 11th, 2025
Dust Bunny. “Designed as a horror movie for the entire family, the film has its scares, but it’s just too wacky and too much fun to be disturbing” (TheWrap). In theaters Dec. 12th.
Sean Mulligan, Music Supervisor
Is This Thing On? “It’s an unassuming comic drama that sneaks up on you, its emotional honesty fueled by gorgeous performances of unimpeachable naturalness from Will Arnett and Laura Dern” (THR). In theaters Dec. 19th.
Sarah Warne, Composer
Avatar: Fire and Ash. “Stranger, scarier and more spiritual than Way of Water, it closes out this trilogy brilliantly” (Esquire). In theaters Dec.19th.
Dmitry Novikov, Data Wrangler
Matthew Berger, Production Assistant
The Plague. “This is a film that harnesses its many offbeat and potent powers in service of a unique strain of reassurance. I left feeling lighter” (IndieWire). In theaters Dec 24th.
Lexi Tannenholtz, Executive Producer
December 4th, 2025
Cover-Up. “Laura Poitras’s Seymour Hersh documentary is a thrilling ode to journalism” (The Guardian).
Mia Cioffi Henry, Director Of Photography
Rosemead. “Lucy Liu plays a desperate mother in a harrowing portrait of the Asian American mental health crisis” (THR).
Stacey Rice, Casting Director
Gwen Capistran, Stills Photographer
Joseph Krings, Editor
WTO/99. “Some documentaries just feel like a sock in the jaw. Ian Bell’s fiery and explosive archival picture WTO/99 is that kind of film” (RogerEbert.com).
Alex Megaro, Producer/Editor
Debra Mcclutchy, Archival Producer
Happy Holidays. “A piercing, realistic family drama, the inflection points of which reveal deep cultural and political dimensions surrounding gender and ethnicity” (Variety).
Frida Marzouk, Cinematographer
Tony Copti, Producer
Jiries Copti, Line Producer / Producer
Endless Cookie. “A zany, rambling, bustling portrait of a big family’s cramped, loving, chuckling life in icy Shamattawa” (AV Club).
Alex Ordanis, Producer
Sydney Cowper, Editor
Daniel Bekerman, Producer
Week of November 20th, 2025
Cutting Through Rocks. “Sara Khaki and Mohammadreza Eyni’s precisely lensed film follows Sara Shahverdi, the first councilwoman in the history of her remote village” (IndieWire).
Sara Khaki, Director / Producer / Editor
Mohammadreza Eyni, Director / Producers / Editor / Cinematographer
Karim Sebastian Elias, Composer
Mike Pilgram, Board member Andrew Berends Fund
Judith Helfand, Executive Producer / Editing Consultation
Zodiac Killer Project. “Charlie Shackleton gets at the heart of what makes these [true crime] docs so successful on both a psychological and schematic level. He deconstructs the genre but also manages to deepen it” (THR).
Charlie Shackleton, Director / Producer
Xenia Patricia, Cinematographer
Jeremy Warmsley, Composer
Charlotte Cook, Executive Producer
Time Travel is Dangerous! “The Eighties aesthetic runs throughout, and spiritually, [the film] is something of an 8-bit charmer, full of practical effects and the anything-goes wackiness that engined action-comedies of the era” (Austin Chronicle).
Hillary Shakespeare, Writer / Producer
Chris Reading, Director / Writer
Out Of Plain Sight. From the Los Angeles Times and Pulitzer Prize-finalist Rosanna Xia, “a cinematic exposé of an environmental disaster lurking just off the coast of Southern California.” (LA Times).
Mehar Gujral, Audio Post Coordinator
Tristan Baylis, Re-recording Mixer / Supervising Sound Editor
Jeff Spivack, Audio Post Producer
Andrés Marthe, Supervising Sound Editor / Sound Designer
Nathan Hasz, Chief Audio Engineer
Ai Miyatake, Sound Effects Editor
Week of November 12th, 2025
Come See Me in the Good Light. “A slick, heartfelt portrait of two artists and soulmates going through the worst life has to offer and feeling every moment” (RogerEbert.com).
Berenice Chavez, Editor
Joe Lewis, Executive Producer
Grace Oathout, Co-Producer
Dominique Hessert, Producer
Galia Gichon, Executive Producer
Lauren Haber, Executive Producer
Stephen Derluguian, Colorist
Rebuilding. “Loath as I am to label anything as “the movie people need right now,” it’s hard to think of Max Walker-Silverman’s “Rebuilding” in any other terms” (IndieWire).
Elliott Whitton, Executive Producer
Juliana Barreto Barreto, Production Designer
Lizzie Donelan, Costume Designer
Nat Jencks, Colorist
Alanna Dempewolff-Barrett, Art Director
Ashley Treadaway, Makeup Dept. Head
Citizen Sleuth. “Riveting and unnerving as it is uncompromising, Citizen Sleuth is a must-see for true crime fans” (Mashable).
Nathan Ruyle, Re-recording Mixer / Sound Designer / Supervising Sound Editor
Serious People. “Work-life balance takes on new meaning in this witty, absurdist grindset satire” (IndieWire).
Ben Mullinkosson, Director / Writer
Nicholas Bupp, Cinematographer
Selena y Los Dinos. “This definitive doc about Selena feels comprehensive and illuminating” (Variety).
Isabel Castro, Director
Lorena Duran, Cinematographer
Cassandra Giraldo, Additional Cinematography
Alma Herrera-Pazmiño, Additional Editor
Daniel Torres, Producer
David Blackman, Producer
Kendall Marianacci, Associate Producer
Camilo Lara, Music
Tom Paul, Re-Recording Mixer / Sound Designer
Week of November 6th, 2025
Nuremberg. “Backed by a roster of powerhouse performances led by Russell Crowe, Rami Malek and Michael Shannon… it could be an award-season contender” (THR).
Jeremy Zimmermann, Casting Director
Train Dreams. “Bearing echoes of Kelly Reichardt’s 2019 film First Cow, Train Dreams taps into the rough-hewn pioneer poetry of individualism and brutality in a vast wilderness” (FT).
Molly Hans, Script Supervisor
Melisa Jusufi, Set Decorator
Alexandra Schaller, Production Designer
Avy Kaufman, Casting Director
Daniel Schaefer, Location Scout
Alfred Hsing, Actor
Bryan Gosline, Additional Camera Operator
Clementine Quittner, Vp: Film
I Wish You All the Best. “What [director Tommy] Dorfman and company achieve here is the laying of a new groundwork for the queer cinematic language” (Austin Chronicle).
Chelsea Davenport, Line Producer
David Tabbert, Costume Designer
Sarah Beth Shapiro, Editor
Lucy Gargiulo, Makeup Designer/Dept. Head
Jen Dunlap, Production Designer
Alexander Viola, Director of Photography
Doreen Wilcox Little, Executive Producer
Brad Oberhofer, Composer
Arleen Chavez, Hair Department Head
Caterpillar. “Caterpillar holds a cunning mirror up to technology’s effect on everyday life, where we are bombarded with images of ourselves whether we like it or not” (IndieWire).
Matthew Cherchio, Producer
Raymond David Taylor, Lead Principal Subject
Liza Mandelup, Director / Producer
Melissa Chapman, music supervisor
Annie Pearlman, music supervisor
Quino Pinero, Sound Recordist
Jennie Bedusa, Co-Executive Producer
Ryan Billia, Re-Recording Mixer
Peter Hujar’s Day. “One of the best films of the year is just two people talking… A masterpiece” (Vulture).
Fletcher Wolfe, B Camera Operator
Jordan Drake, Producer
Alex Ashe, Director of Photography
Shuli Huang, BTS Camera Operator
Ellis Fox, Executive Producer
Masha Zhak, Actor / Assistant Director / Property Master
Corin Taylor, Executive Producer at Blink
Jonah Disend, Producer
Chansopheak Tong, Hair & Makeup Artist
Laura Burns, Hair Designer
Alex Mitow, Associate Producer
Pauline Glomaud-Murmann, Stand-In
Megan Marquis, Finishing Executive
All That We Love. “An honest glimpse into how loss sticks with us” (The Wrap).
Amanda Wing Yee Lee, Costume Designer
Rebecca Green, Producer
Jonathan Duffy, producer
Molly Hans, Script Supervisor
Jillian Cainghug, Set Costumer
Week of October 30th, 2025
Hallow Road. “A sensationally scary thriller not only for the surprises it packs but also for the metaphor it makes about parenting” (Mashable).
Kit Fraser, Cinematographer
Babak Anvari, Director / Executive Producer
Laura Jennings, Editor
Natalie O’Connor, Production Design Additional Photography UK
Niamh Fagan, Executive Producer: Screen Ireland
If You See Something. “A beautiful and heartbreaking film that marks Iraqi director Oday Rasheed’s American debut” (Woodstock).
Soojin Chung, Editor
Danny Vecchione, Cinematographer
Joseph Stephans, Producer
Cheyenne Ford, Production Designer
Jess Jacobs, Writer
Ribal Haj, Property Master
Emily McCann Lesser, Associate Producer
Adam Levin, Location Management
Stella Bouzakis, Makeup Designer
Olivia Mastrangelo, Production Coordinator
Champions of the Golden Valley. “A plucky ski club in Afghanistan highlights the ‘fullness’ of refugees’ lives” (Aspen Public Radio).
Zach Ingrasci, Executive Producer
Chris Temple, Executive Producer
Ben Sturgulewski, Director / Cinematographer / Editor
Katie Stjernholm, Producer
Elizabeth Stiff, Executive Producer
Baktash Ahadi, Producer
Justin Lacob, Executive Producer
Doug Blush, Executive Producer
Jacki St. Thomas, Additional Crew
Week of October 23rd, 2025
Shelby Oaks. “Shelby Oaks was obviously written by a critic, one with a near-legendary knowledge of the pop culture archives” (Indie Wire).
Jason Wald, VP of Acquisitions & Production at NEON
Sarah Colvin, Director of Acquisitions & Business Affairs at NEON
Phillip Rios, Scenic
Louie La Vella, associate producer
Alabama Blonde, Casting Assistant
Jon Michael Simpson, Actor
Emily Bennett, Actor
Eric D. Martin, Camera And Electrical Department
Trevor Macy, Executive Producer
Ashleigh Snead, Producer
Aaron B. Koontz, Producer
Queens of the Dead. “A zombie farce that wears its bedazzled heart on its sleeve” (Variety)
Natalie Metzger, Producer
In Our Blood. Documentarian Pedro Kos’ first fiction feature is “a murky mystery of disappearances in a southwestern community”(Variety).
Camilo Monsalve, Cinematographer
Fernando Stutz, Editor
Gil Talmi, Composer
Carlos Corral CAS, Boom Operator
Mistress Dispeller. “[Director] Elizabeth Lo gets participants to be extraordinarily open about their messy affairs as she follows a woman who helps spouses remove lovers from their partners’ lives” (The Guardian).
Nathan Ruyle, Sound Designer
Emma D. Miller, Producer
Kelsey Koenig, Executive Producer
Elizabeth Lo, Director / Producer / Cinematographer
William Hsieh, Dialogue Editor
Paula Froehle, Executive Producer
Charlotte Munch Bengtsen, Editor
Robert Arnold, Colorist
Jenny Raskin, Executive Producer
Lauren Haber, Co-executive Producer
Dahee Kim, Sound Effects Editor
Nobody Wants This. “The millennial crowd-pleasers return with a second helping of their sizzling romcom … and it’s just as much of a pleasure” (The Guardian).
Erin Naifeh, First Assistant Camera: “A” Camera
Aaron Smith, B Camera/Steadicam Operator / A Camera/Steadicam Operator
Julianne Loof, Art Director
Adrian Peng Correia, Cinematographer
Catherine Cloutier, Editor/Assistant Editor
Stefania Rosini, Still Photographer
Joanna Leeds, Adr Voice Casting
Michelle Chung, Makeup Department
Mike Dumin, First Assistant Camera
Week of October 16th, 2025
If I Had Legs I’d Kick You. “Wrenching and at times suffocating, [the film] is a howl of maternal desperation spiked with jagged humor” (NYT).
Melissa Chapman, Music Supervisor
Annie Pearlman, Music Supervisor
Nat Jencks, Colorist
Kyra Boselli, Art Director
Pamela May, Hair Department Head
Richard Doyle, Producer
Shani Ankori, Marketing/PR
Carmen Navis, Production Designer
Chris Curich, Key Hair Stylist
Elizabeth Warn, Costume Designer
Rita Walsh, Co-Producer
William Kalinoski, Visual Effects: Exodus FX
Conor Hannon, Producer
Tatiana Bears, Co-Producer
Frankenstein. “[Guillermo] Del Toro’s love for the grotesque and the abject is sincere and passionate, and there are scenes in Frankenstein that play like thesis statements for the director’s entire career.
Craig MacLellan, Sound Department
Sebastien Dumond, Additional Crew
Blue Moon. “A witty, salacious biopic... Richard Linklater could attract award buzz for [Ethan] Hawke’s witty, theatrical performance” (IndieWire).
Sandra Adair, Editor
Graham Reynolds, Composer
Sabrina Lantos, Still Photographer
Katie Ballard, Personal Wigmaker: Ethan Hawke
Matt Lennon, Dialogue Editor
Week of October 9th, 2025
Kiss of the Spider Woman. “[Diego] Luna and [Jennifer] Lopez are great, but this is Tonatiuh’s movie -- he takes a role that could easily be a caricature… and grounds it with depth and soul” (NPR).
Susan J Chen, Assistant Editor / VFX Editor / Photographer
Scott Chambliss, Production Designer
Jessica Caldrello, Casting Director
Christy Falco, Makeup Artist
Steve Loff, Additional Crew
Ric Schnupp, Sound Department
Will Felker, 1st Assistant Accountant
Ayana Baraka, Camera And Electrical Department(B Camera)
Benny C. Medina, Producer
Rehema Trimiew, Camera And Electrical Department
Elaine Goldsmith-Thomas, Executive Producer
Kevin Michael Brennan, Shady Mocambo Man
Matt Sullivan, Music Producer / Music Supervisor / Vocal Producer
Mr. K. “Succeeds as both an homage to Kafka’s fascination with the absurdity of life… and as a sumptuous and surreal feast for the eyes” (IndieWire).
Dries Phlypo, Producer
Maarten Janssens, Editor
Pieter Van Campe, Underwater Camera Operator
The Dating Game. “In an openly phony world, who cares about being genuine? The Dating Game captures that idea in deceptively chilling fashion” (Vulture).
Chad Cannon, Composer
Ken Pelletier, Executive Producer
James Costa, Producer
Mette Cheng Munthe-Kaas, Producer
Bolun Zhang, Additional Music Composer
John Farbrother, Editor
Justine Jacob, Legal Counsel
Tom Chr. Lilletvedt, Editorial Department
Yao King, Producer
Hello Beautiful. “Captures a universal experience for many women who find themselves on the receiving end of a cancer diagnosis” (Cinemacy).
Alecia Orsini, Line Producer
Feifei Ling, Unit Production Manager
Terrence Hayes, Cinematographer
Week of October 2nd, 2025
Bone Lake. “A film that feels like a European relationship drama for about an hour before exploding in remarkably blood” (RogerEbert.com).
Anjoum Agrama, Editor
Edgar Rosa, Line Producer
Jamie Ember, Casting Director
The Librarians. “Filmmaker Kim A. Snyder’s illuminating documentary offers a rattling look at coordinated efforts to ban books. More importantly, it introduces viewers to the everyday and increasingly vital heroes pushing back” (Variety).
Jana Edelbaum, Producer
Derek Wiesehahn, Cinematographer
Maria Gabriela Torres, Editor
Ruth Ann Harnisch, Executive Producer
Cynthia Kane, Producer
Paulius Kontijevas, Cinematographer
Beesham A Seecharan, Co-Executive Producer
Amy Bench, Cinematographer
Claire Demere, Co-Executive Producer
Sally Volkmann, Editorial Department
Jack M Youngelson, Story Consultant
Kate Garwood, Executive Producer
Katrina Fairlee, Sound Mixer / Sound Recordist
Joy Reed, Additional Editor
Sabine Hoffman, Editorial Consultant
Paul Hsu, Re-Recording Mixer / Supervising Sound Design
She Loved Blossoms More. “An all-too-rare treasure, a sumptuous beast that both dazzles the eye and joyfully, playfully and willfully befuddles the brain” (RWFJ.org).
Elena Vardava, Production Designer.
Are We Good? The film’s spare style “gives the doc a scrappiness that not only reflects Maron’s disposition, but also captures grief’s wayward turns” (THR).
Tammy Chu, Archival Producer
Tim Rummel, Executive Producer
Natalie Ancona, Editor
Derek Boonstra, Editor
Tyler James Proctor, Sound Department
Ethan Goldman, Producer
Jordan McNeile, Cinematographer
Sean Bradley, Executive Producer
Sara Newens, Consulting Editor
The Ice Tower. “Dreamily strange it might be… this movie had me gripped with its two outstanding lead performances -- from Marion Cotillard and newcomer Clara Pacini” (Guardian).
Nassim Gordji-Tehrani, Editor
Satisfied. “The doc intertwines [Renee] Goldsberry’s home videos and her never-before-seen iPhone footage of early “Hamilton” workshops” (Variety).
M. Watanabe Milmore, ACE, Editor
Jules Rico, assistant camera
Vasilios Sfinarolakis, Cinematographer
Ruella Rouf, Associate Producer / Co-Editor
Andrew C. Robbins, Executive Producer
Week of September 24th, 2025
Brides. “Nadia Fall‘s debut feature seems on the surface like a hot-button provocation, but it’s surprisingly humane and good-humored in its attempt to understand the individual lives behind a sensational headline issue” (Variety).
Amy Gardner, Executive Producer
Will Cook, Dailies Colourist
Chiara Giavarini, Co-Executive Producer
Stephen Kelliher, Executive Producer
Susan Simnett, Executive Producer
Ivan Ferrandes, Location Manager: Italy Unit
Safiyya Ingar, Cast
Strange Journey: The Story of Rocky Horror. “Spaces of transgression and safety have never been more important… [Strange Journey] offers that same playground for its viewers to experience” (RogerEbert.com).
Giosuè Greco, Composer
Warren Kommers, Cinematographer
Nolan Peacock, Associate Producer
Kirk Johnson, Co-Executive Producer
Week of September 18th, 2025
Predators. “Osit’s brilliant, subtly needling film leaves us unnerved and alert, but not certain of our convictions -- an outcome, perhaps, that more true-crime programming should pursue” (Variety).
David Osit, Director / Producer / Director of Photography / Editor
Nicolas Staffolani, Editor
Jamie Gonçalves, Producer
Charlie Shackleton, Additional Editor
Molly Gilula, Supervising Producer
Kellen Quinn, Producer
Sarah Johnsrude, Associate Editor
Gabi Kislat, Camera Operator
Wolfgang Held, Additional Cinematography
Paul Corley, Music Editor
David Teague, Editor Consultant
Plainclothes. “A movie that comes from a place of empathy for the constraints queer men had to work around in the pre-Grindr era… a moving story told with sensitivity” (THR).
Ethan Palmer, DOP
Erik Vogt-Nilsen, Editor
Nat Jencks, Colorist
Paul Toohey, Sound Mixer
Simone Palanker, Hair Department Head / Hair Stylist
Emily Wells, Composer
Celine Rahman, Assistant Costume Designer
April Kelley, Co-Producer
Peter Davis, Music Supervisor
Will Felker, Music Supervisor
Mehar Gujral, ADR Coordinator
Chain Reactions. “Exploration of our inexplicable attraction to horror is the true theme of the brilliantly titled Chain Reactions” (IndieWire).
Alexandre O. Philippe, Director / Writer
Robert Muratore, Co-Producer
Kerry Deignan Roy, Producer
The Summer Book. “Attentive to characterful details of accent and posture, [Glenn] Close plays this tender-tough old bird beautifully, resisting twinkly sentimentality” (Variety).
Alex Orlovsky, Producer
Jussi Rautaniemi, Editor
Kevin Loader, Producer
Chris Lyons, Special Effects Teeth
Arttu Jekkonen, Foley Editor
Micke Nyström, Re-Recording Mixer / Sound Designer
Speak. “Speak is so rousing and audience-friendly, it plays like the nonfiction equivalent of Bend It Like Beckham or A League of Their Own” (Variety). SPEAK. opens Sept 19th for a special one-week run at Firehouse Cinema in New York City.
Guy Mossman, Director / Producer / Cinematographer
Cassandra Giraldo, Additional Cinematography
Osei Essed, Original Score
Alex Bohs, Additional Editor
Abby Ellin, Executive Producer
Roland Kassis, Impact Producer
Lisa Hepner, Executive Producer
Liz Kineke, Casting Producer
Stephanie Sunata, Impact Producer
Sean Bradley, Executive Producer
James Costa, Additional Crew
Josh Gad, executive producer
Orly Ravid, Co-Producer
Week of September 11th, 2025
Gwen Capistran, Stills Photographer
Lisa Ciuffetti, Producer
Dennis Masel, Executive Producer
Will Curry, Composer
Jeffrey Seemann, Assistant Director
Abigail Esmena, Actor / Extras Casting
Cole Payne, Producer
Audra Todd, Location Manager
Zoe Eisenberg, Director / Writer / Producer
Kali Kasashima, Editor
Gill Holland, Executive Producer
Kanoa Goo, Actor
Mitzi Akaha, Actor
Alison Week, Filmmaker / Creative Producer
Sunfish (& Other Stories on Green Lake).
Sierra Falconer, Director / Writer
Marcus Patterson, Cinematographer
Ruth Araujo, Costume Designer
Brian Steckler, Composer
Chelsi Johnston, Editor
Nick Loud, Co-Producer
Chris Loud, Co-Producer
Grant Ellison, Producer
Kate Lord Schnepf, UPM
Kareem Tabsch, Director / Producer
Konstantia Kontaxis, Producer / Editor
Ed Talavera, Cinematographer
Annie Pearlman, Music Supervisor
Melissa Chapman, Music Supervisor
David Altrogge, Director
Elise Andert, Screenwriter / Story Producer
Michael Hartnett, Cinematographer
Chent Steinbrink, Editor
Stephen Turselli, Producer
Week of September 3rd, 2025
The Baltimorons.
Jordan Seigel, Music
Jon Bregel, Cinematographer
John Clifton, Post Production Supervisor
Twinless.
Mélé Egbe, Hair Stylist
Viviana Zarragoitia, Executive Producer
Shannon Deao, Makeup Artist
Alyssa Roehrenbeck, Production Supervisor / Unit Production Manager
Priscilla Elliott, Production Designer
Nikola Boyanov, Editor
Philip Anderson, Camera Operator
Erin Orr, Costume Designer
Joe Rynearson, Property Master
Chris Luciano, Data Operator
The Threesome.
Cloe Skodnek, Art Director
Camille Gladney, Assistant Property Manager
Nihal Dantluri, DIT
Autumn Dea, Editor
Allan McLeod, Actor
Sing Yam, Cinematographer
Chris Savage, First Assistant Camera
The Cut.
Thomas Fanning, Producer
James Harris, Producer
Stuart Michael Thomas, Composer
Adam Karasick, Producer
Mikayla Campbell, Executive Producer
Riefenstahl.
Fabiana Cardalda, Senior Colourist
Democracy Noir
Heino Deckert, Producer
Week of August 21st, 2025
A Little Prayer.
Madeline Little, associate producer / associate producer: sound post
Nicole Cerro, Key Makeup Artist
Caught Stealing.
Hailei Call, Key Hair Stylist
Griffin in Summer.
Aaron Crosby, Costume designer
Bobby Hoppey, Seasoned Developer / Story Analyst
William BRITT CAS, sound mixer
Kelsey Charter, assistant costume designer
Justin Sarceno, Visual Effects Supervisor
Tory Harder, post-production assistant
Felipe Vara de Rey AEC, Cinematographer
Tinā.
Luke Haigh, Editor
The Roses.
Ray Wooldridge, Costume Supervisor
Dan Anderson, Draughtsperson: Dailies
Love, Brooklyn.
Davone Alexis, Editorial Department
Liz Niles, Executive Producer
Roman Hankewycz, Colorist
Martim Vian, Cinematographer
Sara McFarlane, Executive Producer
Motel Destino.
Fernando Loureiro, Executive Producer
Week of August 14th, 2025
Americana
Chase Heard, Hair Department Head
Nigel Bluck, Cinematographer
Anastasia Cummings, script supervisor
Angelique Midthunder, Casting director
Bavand Karim, Executive Producer
Madeline McCue, Makeup Department Head
Sam Trounce, Post Production Executive
Highest 2 Lowest
Joseph Winterbotham, Sound Effects Editor
Lisa Cossrow, Assistant Production Manager
East of Wall
Caitlin Gold, Executive Producer
Haley Strode, Actor
Naia Cucukov Richards, Executive Producer
Shannon Moss, Producer
Wittney Horton, Casting
Went Up the Hill
Christian Debney, Executive Producer
Hanan Townshend, Composer
Jonathan Hairman, Executive Producer
Kirsty Griffin, Still Photographer
Kristina Ceyton, Producer
Philip Hunt, Executive Producer
Samantha Jennings, Producer
The Knife
Alejandro Mejía AMC, Director of Photography
Mary Bonney, Production Supervisor
Matthew Rachamkin, Co-Executive Producer
Happyend
Bill Kirstein, Cinematographer
Ema Ryan Yamazaki, Executive Producer
Kazuko Shingyoku, Script Supervisor
Week of August 6th, 2025
It's Never Over, Jeff Buckley
Mandy Chang, Producer
Jennie Bedusa, Producer
Lisa Savage, Archival Producer
Wolfgang Held, Cinematographer
Jenna Rosher, Cinematographer
Alex Takats, Cinematographer
Boys Go to Jupiter
Peisin Yang Lazo, Producer
Tavi Gevinson, Actor
Eva Victor, Actor
Julian Glander , Director / Producer
Sudan, Remember Us
Sol Guy, Associate Producer
Sketch
Megan Stacey, Cinematographer
Matthew Sterling, Post Production Supervisor
Madison Braun, Production Designer
Randa Newman, Actor
Week of July 30th, 2025
Souleymane's Story
Sandrine Denis, Key Makeup Artist
Architecton
Heino Deckert, Producer
Ainara Vera, Editor
Charlotte Hailstone, Co-Producer
The Naked Gun
Kaylynn Farnan, Graphic Designer
To Kill A Wolf
Adam Lee, Producer / Cinematographer
Joseph Restaino, Executive Producer
Harvest
David Bowtle-McMillan, Production Sound Mixer
Jaclyn Martinez, Still Photographer
Jack Thomas-O'Brien, Co-Executive Producer
The Sparrow in the Chimney
Kathleen Moser, Dialogue Editor
Ick
Samuel Laskey, Writer
Dan Koontz, Writer
David Weldon, Director of Photography
Beso Kacharava, Supervising Foley Editor
Maggie M. Bailey, Intimacy Coordinator
Week of July 24th, 2025
Oh, Hi!
Evan Moore, Executive Producer
Sabina Friedman-Seitz, Executive Producer
Sean O'Connor, Producer
April Lasky, Production Designer
Marcello Dubaz, Sound Designer
Kyra Boselli, Art Director
Julie Robinson, Script Supervisor
Gwen Capistran, Still Photographer
Shoshana
Anthony Unwin, Costume Designer
Jorge Alarcón, Dialogue Editor
2000 Meters to Andriivka
Michelle Mizner, Producer / Editor
Jennifer Hast, Publicist
David Magdael, Publicist
The A-Frame
Cole Payne, Producer
Brandt Hackney, Cinematographer
Jessica Arthur, Costume Designer
Jeffrey Seemann, Unit Production Manager
Abigail Esmena, Casting Director
Audra Todd, Location Manager
Bryan Houston, Still Photographer
Folktales
Mary Lisio, Executive Producer
Jenny Raskin, Executive Producer
Christina Gonzalez, Producer
Kari Anne Moe, Co-Producer
Lars Erlend Tubaas Øymo, Director of Photography
Tor Edvin Eliassen, Cinematographer
T. Griffin, Composer
Blair French, Additional Music
Nathan Punwar, Editor
Victor Artesona, Associate Editor
Nicole Ayr, Post Production Coordinator
Shani Ankori, Marketing/PR
Elizabeth P.W., Assistant Composer
Diciannove
Francesco Melzi d’Eril, Producer
Lennard Ortmann, Line Producer
Last Swim
Kelly Peck, Executive Producer
Ruby Walden, Executive Producer
Bailey Frances, Casting Assistant
James Thomas (JT), Steadicam Operator: Dailies
Looking for teams behind creative work featured before the week of July 24, 2025? You’ll find those lists directly in those prior newsletters.

