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Martin DiCicco

Martin DiCicco is a New York-based director and cinematographer whose debut feature, All That Passes By Through a Window That Doesn't Open (2017), won the Regard Neuf Award at Visions du Réel, the Cinematic Vision Award at the Camden International Film Festival, and the Artistic Merit Prize at Taiwan's IDF. His short Here There Is No Earth (2018), about a tragedy on the Turkish-Armenian border, pr…

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Heightened Scrutiny

Heightened Scrutiny · 2025

Heightened Scrutiny

MovieDocumentary

Amid the surge in anti-trans legislation that Chase Strangio battles in the courtroom, he must also fight against media bias, exposing how the narratives in the press influence public perception and the fight for transgender rights.

Husk

Four men, stalled car, cornfields, and scarecrows. Is that a house in the distance?

FEUERWERK

FEUERWERK · 2026

A baby boy is born, and eight years later, he holds a firework for too long. A dizzying, explosive Purge-like tradition unfolds across decades of New Year’s in Berlin. People dance, kiss and vomit on the streets. Dogs tremble in bathroom corners. A planet fades into oblivion. But how much longer can this once-chaotic city of fun and freedom keep the fire going?

Local One

Local One · 2025

MovieDocumentary

An exploration into the first days of the strike at two Amazon warehouses in New York City.

Union

MovieDocumentary

Up against one of the most powerful companies on the planet, a group of Amazon workers embark on an unprecedented campaign to unionize their warehouse in Staten Island, New York.

When the Phone Rang

When the Phone Rang · 2025

When the Phone Rang

Through an intimate reconstruction of an important phone call, When The Phone Rang investigates dislocation and the nature of remembering. In the protagonist's eleven year old mind the phone call erases her entire country, history and identity and hides its existence in books, films and memories of those born before 1995.

Picket Line

Picket Line · 2017

MovieDocumentary

One week before Donald Trump was elected, 700 workers—many of whom were Trump supporters—walked out of the Momentive chemical plant in Waterford, NY, sparking a 105-day strike. In the wake of his win, the striking workers reflect on the election and Trump's advocacy for union-busting legislation.

David Harvey and the City

David Harvey and the City · 2020

David Harvey and the City

MovieDocumentary

David Harvey discusses the spatial aspects of capital, his work in the US, and the development of Hudson Yards.

Filmography

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Heightened Scrutiny

Heightened Scrutiny · 2025

Heightened Scrutiny

MovieDocumentary

Amid the surge in anti-trans legislation that Chase Strangio battles in the courtroom, he must also fight against media bias, exposing how the narratives in the press influence public perception and the fight for transgender rights.

Director of Photography

Husk

Four men, stalled car, cornfields, and scarecrows. Is that a house in the distance?

Cinematography

FEUERWERK

FEUERWERK · 2026

A baby boy is born, and eight years later, he holds a firework for too long. A dizzying, explosive Purge-like tradition unfolds across decades of New Year’s in Berlin. People dance, kiss and vomit on the streets. Dogs tremble in bathroom corners. A planet fades into oblivion. But how much longer can this once-chaotic city of fun and freedom keep the fire going?

Director of Photography

Local One

Local One · 2025

MovieDocumentary

An exploration into the first days of the strike at two Amazon warehouses in New York City.

Producer

Union

MovieDocumentary

Up against one of the most powerful companies on the planet, a group of Amazon workers embark on an unprecedented campaign to unionize their warehouse in Staten Island, New York.

Director of Photography

When the Phone Rang

When the Phone Rang · 2025

When the Phone Rang

Through an intimate reconstruction of an important phone call, When The Phone Rang investigates dislocation and the nature of remembering. In the protagonist's eleven year old mind the phone call erases her entire country, history and identity and hides its existence in books, films and memories of those born before 1995.

Director of Photography

Picket Line

Picket Line · 2017

MovieDocumentary

One week before Donald Trump was elected, 700 workers—many of whom were Trump supporters—walked out of the Momentive chemical plant in Waterford, NY, sparking a 105-day strike. In the wake of his win, the striking workers reflect on the election and Trump's advocacy for union-busting legislation.

Director of Photography

David Harvey and the City

David Harvey and the City · 2020

David Harvey and the City

MovieDocumentary

David Harvey discusses the spatial aspects of capital, his work in the US, and the development of Hudson Yards.

Director of Photography

TikTok Never Dies

TikTok Never Dies · 2026

TikTok Never Dies

MovieDocumentary

When TikTok faces a nationwide ban, three influencers fight for their livelihoods, their voices, and the First Amendment. As their efforts advance to the Supreme Court, questions swirl around the stakes, power, and control of the future of social media.

Director of Photography

Here There Is No Earth

Here There Is No Earth · 2018

Here There Is No Earth

MovieDocumentary

A 35-year-old shepherd wandered over the border from the Turkish district of Kars into Armenia to retrieve his animal. In this haunting, desolate landscape, the borders are invisible, but fatal.

Director

All That Passes by Through a Window That Doesn't Open

All That Passes by Through a Window That Doesn't Open · 2017

All That Passes by Through a Window That Doesn't Open

MovieDocumentary

While labourers from Azerbaijan are working on the construction of a new high-speed train line intended to bring glory to future generations, in Armenia, a station master has spent 20 years awaiting the return of the trains beyond a closed border, in an abandoned depot.

Director

POV

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Cinematography