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Lynne Sachs is a Memphis-born, Brooklyn-based filmmaker. Her work explores the intricate relationship between personal observations and broader historical experiences by weaving together text, collage, painting, politics and layered sound design. Her latest film, <a href="https://www.lynnesachs.com/2025/10/22/every-contact-leaves-a-trace/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Every Contact Leaves a Trace</a>, will have its West Coast premiere on April 29 at the San Francisco International Film Festival, where she will receive the prestigious <a href="https://sffilm.org/event/pov-award-lynne-sachs-every-contact-leaves-a-trace/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Persistence of Vision Award</a>. Following this, Lynne will present Every Contact Leaves a Trace as part of <a href="https://www.prismaticground.com/year-six/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Prismatic Ground</a> at Anthology Film Archives on May 3. closing day of the festival). Sachs has made more than 50 films, both features and shorts (including Film About a Father Who, Tip of My Tongue, Your Day is My Night, Investigation of a Flame, and Which Way is East) which have screened at New York Film Festival, Sundance, Oberhausen, Viennale, BAMCinemaFest, Vancouver Film Festival, DocLisboa and many others nationally and internationally. She received a Guggenheim Fellowship in the Arts. In 2019, Tender Buttons Press published Lynne’s first collection of poetry, Year by Year Poems. (Photo by La Nación.)

Lynne Sachs

Film

In Celebration of the Darkness: What Can Happen When the Lights Are Out

Film About A Father Who