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Bringing the best in documentary, foreign and independent cinema to American screens since 1988.

New York, NY
Joined February 2009
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This past weekend Zeitgeist Films co-founders Nancy Gerstman and Emily Russo were honored with the Legacy Award at Hamptons Doc Fest. For the ceremony we compiled this montage of some of the highlights of our past 37 years of distributing documentaries.
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MONK IN PIECES has been held over @IFCCenter by popular demand! Don’t miss it (or if you’ve already seen it please tell your friends!) The film also opens @laemmle_royal in Los Angeles today. Pictured: Meredith Monk, the filmmakers and friends outside the IFC Center last Friday.
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A PHOTOGRAPHIC MEMORY returns to New York screens twice this week with Q&As with the filmmaker and special guests! Don't miss this beautiful film @NewPlazaCinema and @nitehawkcinema.
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If you're in Chicago do not miss this beautiful documentary @filmcenter. Tickets here: siskelfilmcenter.org/photogr…
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Don't miss Rachel Elizabeth Seed in person this Thursday, Saturday and Monday in Los Angeles for Q&As with special guests about her beautiful new film.
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Winner of the Truer Than Fiction Award at the 2025 Film Independent Spirit Awards and a New York Times Critic’s Pick, A PHOTOGRAPHIC MEMORY opens in Los Angeles this week as part of @laemmle Theaters Culture Vulture series.
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Zeitgeist Films retweeted
HOLY COW from our partners at @zeitgeistfilms is a New York Times Critic's Pick! Manohla Dargis says: "The low-key charms of the coming-of-age story Holy Cow emerge gradually but steadily." Opens this weekend at @filmforumnyc! nytimes.com/2025/03/27/movie…
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Zeitgeist Films retweeted
HOLY COW (via @KinoLorber & @zeitgeistfilms) "a blend of playfulness and sincerity, the film captures the complexities of human desperation, inviting audiences to both admire and despise the multiple missteps - you'll love to hate him, but miss him...." ioncinema.com/reviews/louise…
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Zeitgeist Films retweeted
PLUS - Show your HOLY COW ticket stub or confirmation at @MurraysCheese Bleecker Street shop and get a FREE small wedge of Comté with purchase of $25 or more, through April 3!
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Zeitgeist Films retweeted
To fête HOLY COW’s opening day, we are selling specialized @MurraysCheese snack boxes with Comté at our concession🧀 and the @Comte_USA will be giving away complimentary Comté beanies to ticket holders in the lobby before tonight’s 6:30 show! 🔔 🎟️ buff.ly/KuHoxKd
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#LizaDocFilm comes to Bedford, NY! ⁦@BedfordPlayHse⁩
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Saw the wonderful documentary Liza: A Truly Terrific Absolutely True Story about Liza Minnelli last night at @TheTaraAtlanta Review on my website: lastonetoleavethetheater.com
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Zeitgeist Films retweeted
This coming Mon, Mar 3 at 8pm, Liza Minelli and Robert De Niro in Martin Scorsese's 1977 NEW YORK, NEW YORK — screening in #35mm. (And opening Fri Mar 7, the documentary LIZA — and Mon, Mar 10 at 3:10pm + 8pm, CABARET.) > bit.ly/NEW-YORK-NEW-YORK-35m…
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