FILM & TV

Ingrid (Julianne Moore) and Martha (Tilda Swinton) were close friends in their youth, when they worked together at the same magazine. Ingrid went on to become an autofiction novelist while Martha became a war reporter, and they were separated by the circumstances of life. After years of being out of touch, they meet again in an extreme but strangely sweet situation.

The Room Next Door

The opening film of AFI Fest in 2014, A Most Violent Year centers around an ambitious immigrant in New York City fighting to protect his business and family during 1981, the most dangerous year in the city's history.

A Most Violent Year

When Colin Warner is wrongfully convicted of murder, his best friend, Carl King, devotes his life to proving Colin's innocence.

Crown Heights

A day in the life of Leo and his daughter, Molly, as he floats through alternate lives he could have lived, leading Molly to wrestle with her own path as she considers her future.

The Roads Not Taken

A young Brooklyn couple heads to an upstate cabin to unplug from their phones and reconnect with each other. Blissfully unaware of their surroundings, they are left to their own devices as the planet falls under attack.

Save Yourselves!

An intersectional narrative of two families in Brooklyn and the unraveling of unspoken unhappiness that occurs when a young foreign girl spending time abroad upsets the balance on both sides.

Golden Exits

A successful "house tuner" in New York City, who calibrates the sound in people's homes in order to adjust their moods, meets a client with a problem he can't solve.

The Sound of Silence

An analyst uncovers information that could destroy his employer in this drama about an investment bank in the early days of the 2008 financial crisis.

Margin Call

Tensions rise when an emotionally fragile woman spends one week with her best friend from childhood.

Queen of Earth

Wendy (Michelle Williams), a near-penniless drifter, is traveling to Alaska in search of work, and her only companion is her dog, Lucy. Already perilously close to losing everything, Wendy hits a bigger bump in the road when her old car breaks down and she is arrested for shoplifting dog food. When she posts bail and returns to retrieve Lucy, she finds that the dog is gone, prompting a frantic search for her pet.

Wendy and Lucy

After a collision with a shipping container at sea, a resourceful sailor (Robert Redford) finds himself, despite all efforts to the contrary, staring his mortality in the face.

All Is Lost

In the frozen woods of an isolated Maine logging town, one woman's tragic mistake shatters the balance of the community, resulting in profound and unexpected consequences.

Bluebird

Gina, an American flight attendant, falls in with a Parisian bartender on a layover only to find herself tangled in a web of deception, delusion and unrequited amour fou.

Thirst Street

When a self-obsessed novelist (Jason Schwartzman) has problems with his novel and his girlfriend (Elisabeth Moss), he seeks refuge in his mentor's cottage where the peace and quiet allow him to focus on his favorite subject - himself.

Listen Up Philip

Cryptozookeepers try to capture a Baku, a dream-eating hybrid creature of legend, and start wondering if they should display these beasts or keep them hidden and unknown.

Cryptozoo

An earthquake causes a high school to float into the sea, where it slowly sinks like a shipwreck.

My Entire High School Sinking Into the Sea

Returning to his hometown, US Marine Nelson Sanchez finds himself trapped by the violent past he had tried to escape.

11:55

As expectant father Mark (Daniel London) and nomadic Kurt (Will Oldham) travel by car and foot into the woods in search of some secluded hot springs, their fumbling attempts to reconnect keep butting up against the limits of their friendship and the reality of how much their paths have diverged since their shared youth.

Old Joy

Three Nuyorican sisters navigate the daunting life challenges of single motherhood, career, and family while finding humor and solace within the bond of sisterhood.

Allswell in New York

A look at the art of Spalding Gray who drew from real life experience to create a compelling and deeply personal series of monologues.

And Everything Is Going Fine

In his first New York City-set documentary in nearly a decade, filmmaker and provocateur Abel Ferrara uses the experience of one longtime cinema owner to chart the vast changes to the city’s theatrical landscape.

The Projectionist

Ex-con Francine has difficulty adjusting to life in a small lakeside town until she begins working with animals, though she finds herself growing increasingly isolated from the community and embracing forms of antisocial behavior.

Francine

Aurelie, 13, dreams about getting a perm so that she can finally fit in at her small-town Virginia school. Things soon go incredibly wrong when her clueless parents bring her to a beauty school to save a few bucks.

Permanent

When a former high school hero returns home to find no one cares about him anymore, he becomes obsessed with solving a mysterious local death to prove he’s still cool. The film premiered during the 2018 SXSW Film Festival.

Most Likely to Murder

The lives of three lonely strangers intersect while commuting on New York's 1 and 9 subway lines.

Adrift in Manhattan

Released in 1996 on PBS, “The United States of Poetry” breathes life into the poetry that surrounds us every day. Strikingly photographed, this five-part series travels from coast to coast, from poet laureates to up and comers, giving viewers a new look at the spoken word.

The United States of Poetry

Golden Lion

2024 New York Film Festival

(Feature Film)

Winner, Best Film, Best Actor (Oscar Isaac), and Best Actress (Jessica Chastain)

2014 National Board of Review Awards

Nominee, Best Screenplay (J.C. Chandor), Best Editing (Ron Patane), and Best Supporting Female (Jessica Chastain)

2015 Film Independent Spirit Awards

2014 Whistler Film Festival

Nominee, Best Supporting Actress (Jessica Chastain)

2015 Golden Globe Awards

2014 Gotham Independent Film Awards

2014 National Board of Review Awards,2015 Film Independent Spirit Awards,2014 Whistler Film Festival,2015 Golden Globe Awards,2014 Gotham Independent Film Awards

Winner, Audience Award - Dramatic; Nominee, Grand Jury Prize - Dramatic

2017 Sundance Film Festival

2018 HUMANITAS Prize

Nominee, Best Supporting Male (Nnamdi Asomugha)

2018 Film Independent Spirit Awards

Nominee, Outstanding Actress (Natalie Paul) and Outstanding Supporting Actor (Nnamdi Asomugha)

2018 NAACP Image Awards

Winner, Outstanding Independent Feature and Outstanding Actress (Natalie Paul)

2018 Black Reel Awards

Winner, Best Independent Film and Breakout Performance (LaKeith Stanfield); Nominee, Best Picture

2017 African-American Film Critics Association (AAFCA)

2017 Sundance Film Festival,2018 HUMANITAS Prize,2018 Film Independent Spirit Awards,2018 NAACP Image Awards,2018 Black Reel Awards,2017 African-American Film Critics Association (AAFCA)

2020 Berlin International Film Festival

2020 La Roche-sur-Yon International Film Festival

2020 Berlin International Film Festival,2020 La Roche-sur-Yon International Film Festival

2020 Sundance Film Festival

Nominee, Best Motion Picture - Official Fantàstic Competition

2020 Sitges Film Festival

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Winner, Best Actor (Adam Horovitz); Nominee, Best Film

2017 Las Palmas de Gran Canaria International Film Festival

2017 Denver Film Festival

2017 Philadelphia Film Festival

2017 Bergen International Film Festival

2017 Sundance Film Festival,2017 Las Palmas de Gran Canaria International Film Festival,2017 Denver Film Festival,2017 Philadelphia Film Festival,2017 Bergen International Film Festival

2019 Sundance Film Festival

2019 San Francisco International Film Festival

2020 Americana Film Festival

2019 Sundance Film Festival,2019 San Francisco International Film Festival,2020 Americana Film Festival

Nominee, Best Writing (Original Screenplay)

2012 Academy Awards

2011 Berlin International Film Festival

Winner, Best First Feature and Robert Altman Award; Nominee, Best First Screenplay

2012 Film Independent Spirit Awards

2011 Gotham Independent Film Awards

2011 Nantucket Film Festival

Winner, Top 10 Independent Films and Best Debut Director

2011 National Board of Review Awards

2012 Academy Awards,2011 Berlin International Film Festival,2012 Film Independent Spirit Awards,2011 Gotham Independent Film Awards,2011 Nantucket Film Festival,2011 National Board of Review Awards

Winner, Palm Dog (Lucy); Nominee, Prix Un Certain Regard

2008 Cannes Film Festival

2009 AFI Awards

Nominee, Best Feature and Best Female Lead (Michelle Williams)

2009 Film Independent Spirit Awards

2008 Chicago International Film Festival

2008 Gijón International Film Festival

2008 National Board of Review Awards

2008 Cannes Film Festival,2009 AFI Awards,2009 Film Independent Spirit Awards,2008 Chicago International Film Festival,2008 Gijón International Film Festival,2008 National Board of Review Awards

2014 Academy Awards

Winner, Best Original Score (Alex Ebert); Nominee, Best Actor (Robert Redford)

2014 Golden Globes

2014 BAFTA Awards

Nominee, Best Feature, Best Director (J.C. Chandor), Best Cinematography (Frank G. DeMarco & Peter Zuccarini), and Best Male Lead (Robert Redford)

2014 Film Independent Spirit Awards

2013 Gotham Independent Film Awards

Winner, Jury Special Prize; Nominee, Grand Special Prize

2013 Deauville Film Festival

2014 Academy Awards,2014 Golden Globes,2014 BAFTA Awards,2014 Film Independent Spirit Awards,2013 Gotham Independent Film Awards,2013 Deauville Film Festival

2013 Tribeca Film Festival

Winner, Best Actress (Amy Morton, Louisa Krause, Emily Meade, & Margo Martindale) and Special Jury Ecumenical Award; Nominee, Crystal Globe

2013 Karlovy Vary International Film Festival

2013 Montreal Festival du Nouveau Cinéma

2013 Chicago International Film Festival

Nominee, Best North American Independent Film

2013 Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival

2013 Stockholm Film International Festival

2013 Tribeca Film Festival,2013 Karlovy Vary International Film Festival,2013 Montreal Festival du Nouveau Cinéma,2013 Chicago International Film Festival,2013 Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival,2013 Stockholm Film International Festival

2017 Tribeca Film Festival

2017 Denver International Film Festival

Winner, Outstanding Actress (Lindsay Burdge); Nominee, Best Film

2017 Oldenburg Film Festival

Nominee, Best Film, Best Director (Nathan Silver), Best Actor (Damien Bonnard), and Best Actress (Lindsay Burdge)

2018 Riviera International Film Festival

2017 Tribeca Film Festival,2017 Denver International Film Festival,2017 Oldenburg Film Festival,2018 Riviera International Film Festival

2014 Sundance Film Festival

Winner, Special Jury Prize; Nominee, Golden Leopard Award

2014 Locarno International Film Festival

Honorable Mention, Pinkenson Award - Innovation in Storytelling

2014 Philadelphia Film Festival

2015 Istanbul International Film Festival

2015 IndieLisboa International Independent Film Festival

2014 Sundance Film Festival,2014 Locarno International Film Festival,2014 Philadelphia Film Festival,2015 Istanbul International Film Festival,2015 IndieLisboa International Independent Film Festival

2021 Sundance Film Festival

Winner, Special Mention for Best Film - Generation 14plus; Nominee, Grand Prix - Generation 14plus

2021 Berlin International Film Festival

2021 Sitges Film Festival

2022 Film Independent Spirit Awards

2021 Florida Film Festival

2021 Fantasia Film Festival

Winner, Special Mention - Best Feature Film; Nominee, Narcisse Award - Best Feature Film

2021 Neuchâtel International Fantastic Film Festival

2021 Annecy International Animated Film Festival

2021 Sundance Film Festival,2021 Berlin International Film Festival,2021 Sitges Film Festival,2022 Film Independent Spirit Awards,2021 Florida Film Festival,2021 Fantasia Film Festival,2021 Neuchâtel International Fantastic Film Festival,2021 Annecy International Animated Film Festival

Nominee, Crystal Bear - Generation 14plus

2017 Berlin International Film Festival

Nominee, Audience Award - American Independents

2016 AFI Fest

2017 Cleveland International Film Festival

2017 Americana Film Festival

2017 Buenos Aires International Festival of Independent Cinema

2017 Berlin International Film Festival,2016 AFI Fest,2017 Cleveland International Film Festival,2017 Americana Film Festival,2017 Buenos Aires International Festival of Independent Cinema

2017 RiverRun International Film Festival

2016 Aspen Filmfest

2016 Seattle International Film Festival

2016 Los Angeles Film Festival

,2017 RiverRun International Film Festival,2016 Aspen Filmfest,2016 Seattle International Film Festival,2016 Los Angeles Film Festival

2006 Rotterdam International Film Festival

2008 Film Independent Spirit Awards

2006 Sarasota Film Festival

2006 Gotham Awards

2007 Film Independent Spirit Awards

Nominee, Best Original Screenplay (Jonathan Raymond & Kelly Reichardt)

2007 Chlotrudis Awards

2006 Rotterdam International Film Festival,2008 Film Independent Spirit Awards,2006 Sarasota Film Festival,2006 Gotham Awards,2007 Film Independent Spirit Awards,2007 Chlotrudis Awards

2022 Tribeca Film Festival

2010 Copenhagen International Documentary Festival

,2010 Copenhagen International Documentary Festival

2020 Gijón International Film Festival

Official Selection, Documentary Competition

2019 Tribeca Film Festival

2020 Gijón International Film Festival,2020 Americana Film Festival,2019 Tribeca Film Festival

2012 SXSW Film Festival

Nominee, Breakthrough Director (Brian M. Cassidy & Melanie Shatzky)

2012 Gotham Independent Film Awards

2012 Sarasota Film Festival

2012 Buenos Aires International Festival of Independent Cinema

2012 Deauville Film Festival

2012 SXSW Film Festival,2012 Gotham Independent Film Awards,2012 Sarasota Film Festival,2012 Buenos Aires International Festival of Independent Cinema,2012 Deauville Film Festival

2007 Indianapolis International Film Festival

2007 Palm Beach International Film Festival

Winner, Best Director (Alfredo Rodriguez de Villa)

2007 San Diego Film Festival

2007 Sundance Film Festival

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Washington Square Films has produced Emmy, Peabody, and Indie Spirit Award-winning and Academy Award nominated films. They have premiered at every major film festival including Cannes, Berlin, and fourteen at Sundance.

WSF's projects have 4 Academy Award nominations, 2 Emmy nominations (1 win), 9 Independent Spirit Award nominations (1 win), and 2 Peabody Award wins. The company has premiered 14 films at Sundance and numerous others at major festivals including Cannes, Berlin, Toronto, Tribeca, and New York.