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I Carry You with Me

Q&A with director Heidi Ewing on Aug. 18

2020. 111 m. Heidi Ewing. Sony Pictures Classics. US/Mexico. English/Spanish with subtitles. Rated R.

Based on a true story, this decades-spanning romance begins in Mexico between an aspiring chef and a teacher. Their lives restart in incredible ways as societal pressure propels them to embark on a treacherous journey to NYC with dreams, hopes, and memories in tow. The first fiction feature from award-winning documentary filmmaker Heidi Ewing (Folktales), I Carry You With Me is an intimate epic, following a gay partnership beyond borders and against all odds. In her New York Times Critics’ Pick review, Jeannette Catsoulis praised the film for how it “understands immigrant longing as more complex and elusive than economic imperative.” Winner of two prizes at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival and selected to the 2020 New York Film Festival.

Presented alongside Out There: Pride.

"The overall feeling here is ethereal, dreamy, moody, memory-like — a more user-friendly Terence Malick vibe. It is a gorgeous film, and one that deserves to be seen on a giant screen."
David Fear, Rolling Stone
"Ravishing and unshakable, Ewing's authentic film feels like the crossbreed between a painful memory and a hopeful dream about a place, a relationship and a fight for acceptance that's not political but entirely humanistic."
Carlos Aguilar, Remezcla

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Q&A with director Heidi Ewing

Q&A with director Heidi Ewing

Tuesday, Aug. 18 2026, 7:00

  • Heidi Ewing is the owner of Loki Films, a New York-based production company founded by Ewing and frequent directing partner Rachel Grady. She is known for observational cinema and has been lauded for shining a light on unknown worlds in a highly visual and original style. Ewing has enjoyed an illustrious career as an Academy Award nominated documentary film director (Jesus Camp) and has recently expanded into narrative work. She wrote and directed her first scripted feature, I Carry You With Me, which won two awards at Sundance 2020 and was released by Sony Pictures Classics. Past films include Love Fraud (Showtime), One Of Us (Netflix), 12th & Delaware (HBO/Peabody Award), Detropia (POV/Emmy win), Norman Lear: Just Another Version Of You (American Masters), The Boys of Baraka (PBS) and Endangered (HBO/Emmy nominated). Her documentary feature Folktales (directed with Grady) premiered at Sundance 2025 and was released in theaters by Magnolia Pictures.

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