Event Organisers

Zeitgeist

Zeitgeist isn't a venue you go to. It's a film distributor that's been quietly shaping what independent and foreign cinema looks like in the U.S. since 1988. Founded in a single New York office, they've put out over 200 films, including early work from Todd Haynes, Christopher Nolan, and Laura Poitras. If you've ever caught a documentary that stuck with you for days, there's a real chance it came through them. Their catalog reads like a who's who of filmmakers you pretend to know at dinner parties: Agnès Varda, Jia Zhang-ke, Abbas Kiarostami, Derek Jarman. They're also the reason you've seen movies like Bill Cunningham New York and The Corporation. Five of their films got Oscar nominations, and one, Nowhere in Africa, actually won Best Foreign Language Film back in 2003. Since 2017, they've been working with Kino Lorber, which means they're still putting out notable stuff like Studio 54 and What Is Democracy? It's not a place with a bar or a dance floor. It's a legacy, and honestly, th…