Field of Vision

WATCH NOW on Field of Vision: Sandcastles by Carin Leong As Singapore imports sand for urban expansion, a ghost town bearing its name lies buried underneath sand on the other side of the world.

LIGHT OF THE SETTING SUN by Vicky Du A Chinese family’s multigenerational trauma unfolds across time, place, and identity. Turning the camera inward, filmmaker Vicky Du traces her family’s mental illness back to the Chinese Communist Revolution of 1949.

Light of the Setting Sun will be available to watch on @IndependentLens starting next week! The film premieres next Monday, May 18, at 10/9c, and will be available to stream on the @PBS app through August 15. Watch the trailer now at: 🔗 pbs.org/independentlen…

Riotsville, U.S.A. is now streaming on The Criterion Channel! Watch @riotsvilleusa now on @Criterion at: 🔗 criterionchannel.com/videos/riotsvi…

Nuestra Tierra opens this Friday, May 1, at @FilmForumNYC! For showtimes and tickets, visit: 🔗 filmforum.org/film/our-land

JARIPEO by Efraín Mojica A journey to Michoacán’s hypermasculine rodeos descends into the subconscious of memory, queer desire, and longing, leading to a reckoning with the wounds and beauty of a home left behind. (New York Premiere)

WHISPERS IN MAY by Dongnan Chen In the Liangshan Mountains, 14-year-old Qihuo and her friends set out to find a skirt for her rite of passage. What begins as a small quest drifts into a suspended space of childhood, where time slows and the world is vast. (New York Premiere)

Whispers in May and Jaripeo will both have their New York premieres this weekend at the Margaret Mead Film Festival! Congratulations to both of our film teams! Get tickets now at: 🔗 amnh.org/explore/margar… ⬇️

AFTERLIVES by Kevin B. Lee Afterlives is a desktop documentary that critically engages with the historical and digital traces of extremist propaganda, questioning how images of violence circulate, mutate, and persist.

Afterlives will have its New York premiere at Prismatic Ground 2026! The film will screen on April 30 at @DCTVny's Firehouse Cinema and will be followed by a Q&A with director Kevin B. Lee. Congratulations to the entire film team! Get tickets now at: 🔗 dctvny.org/s/firehouse-fi…

Get tickets now at: 🔗 barnesfoundation.org/whats-on/exhib…

Now on view | 'Freedom Dreams' featuring works by Field of Vision Fellow and alum Ja’Tovia Gary and Field of Vision alums Garrett Bradley and Tourmaline Tourmaline AMERICA and the 'Freedom Dreams' exhibition are now on view at the Barnes Foundation through August 9! ⬇️

SIX MONTHS IN A PINK AND BLUE BUILDING by Bruno Santamaría Razo The day Bruno turns 11, his growing feelings for his best friend clash with the announcement that his father has HIV. 30 years later, Bruno films, reimagining what he could not perceive as a child. (World Premiere)

Six Months in a Pink and Blue Building has been selected for the 65th Semaine de la Critique of Cannes! We're honored to be supporting Bruno Santamaría Razo’s fiction debut. Congratulations to the entire film team on their world premiere! #sldc2026 #Cannes2026⬇️

JARIPEO by Efraín Mojica & Rebecca Zweig A journey to Michoacán’s hypermasculine rodeos descends into the subconscious of memory, queer desire, and longing, leading to a reckoning with the wounds and beauty of a home left behind. (New Docs)

WHISPERS IN MAY by Dongnan Chen In the Liangshan Mountains, 14-year-old Qihuo sets out to find a skirt for her rite of passage. What begins as a small quest drifts into a suspended space of childhood, where time slows and the world is vast. (North American Premiere – New Docs)

Four Field of Vision-supported films will be screening at the 2026 Full Frame Documentary Film Festival next week! Congratulations to all four of our film teams headed to @FullFrame! 👏⬇️

Winners for the 2025 #PeabodyAwards will be announced on May 31. For the full list of nominees, visit: 🔗 peabodyawards.com/awards/nominee…

Predators by David Osit has been nominated for the 86th Annual @PeabodyAwards in the Documentary category! A massive congratulations to the entire film team – and a congratulations to all the documentary nominees, including Field of Vision alum Matt Wolf's Pee-Wee as Himself! ⬇️