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DIRECTOR Allen Burnett
PRODUCER Braelan Murray
The Second Baptist Church of Santa Ana celebrates its 100th year of service and endeavors to remain a beacon of hope and unity within the bitterly divided American landscape.
DIRECTOR Allen Burnett
PRODUCER Braelan Murray
DIRECTOR Nicholas Oscoff
PRODUCERS Nicholas Oscoff, Stash Slionski, Chris Panizzon, Shira Lazar
1893: YEAR OF THE YOGI is the untold origin story that traces the popularity of yoga in America back to a single event with the arrival of Swami Vivekananda.
DIRECTOR Nicholas Oscoff
PRODUCERS Nicholas Oscoff, Stash Slionski, Chris Panizzon, Shira Lazar
DIRECTOR Michael Millard
producer
35000 WATTS charts the wild journey of visionaries and rebels on college campuses across America who changed the course of music history and made an indelible imprint on our culture.
DIRECTOR Michael Millard
producer
DIRECTOR Shaina Ghuraya
PRODUCERS K. Giselle Johnson, Jack Walterman
When an Indian family comes up with a scheme to get their disabled daughter married off, she uses the wedding as her chance to enact violent (yet still tasteful) revenge.
DIRECTOR Shaina Ghuraya
PRODUCERS K. Giselle Johnson, Jack Walterman
DIRECTOR Julian Alvarez
PRODUCERS Emmi Shockley, Rebecca Mendoza Mejia, Jess Gabor
Generations after a global environmental collapse, a young boy raised on the sea discovers a map and begins a voyage to a mythical place once known as “land.”
DIRECTOR Julian Alvarez
PRODUCERS Emmi Shockley, Rebecca Mendoza Mejia, Jess Gabor
DIRECTOR Francine Zuckerman
PRODUCERS Francine Zuckerman, Sally Blake
Alma Rosé is born into a musical elite family at the turn of the century Vienna but her life changes when she’s interned in Auschwitz. To save her life and the lives of many others, Alma becomes the conductor of the Auschwitz women's orchestra. This is the story of Alma, the women she saves and their offspring.
DIRECTOR Francine Zuckerman
PRODUCERS Francine Zuckerman, Sally Blake
DIRECTOR Aaron Davidman
PRODUCERS Aaron Davidman, Dylan Kussman
An Iraq War veteran returns home to a family he no longer recognizes and a divided America plagued by gun violence. Once proud, then broken, the wounded warrior now must wage a different kind of battle to find healing for himself and redemption for his nation.
DIRECTOR Aaron Davidman
PRODUCERS Aaron Davidman, Dylan Kussman
DIRECTOR Sreemoyee Singh
PRODUCER Sreemoyee Singh
Inspired by Iranian cinema’s beauty and poetry, an Indian filmmaker journeys to Iran chasing the source of such impossible hope despite the stringent censorship of the Islamic Regime. Alongside filmmakers like Jafar Panahi, activists, and regular women, her camera captures the simmering anxieties, fears, hopes and dreams of a nation on the verge of a revolution.
DIRECTOR Sreemoyee Singh
PRODUCER Sreemoyee Singh
DIRECTOR Edgar Pablos
PRODUCERS Dan Moore, Sheri Leigh Myers, Edgar Pablos, Carol Bidault De L'Isle, Jeffrey Wetzel
An ex-con single mom exploits a mysterious glitch on her television. But her dark past threatens to derail the Angel Lady’s new life with her son.
DIRECTOR Edgar Pablos
PRODUCERS Dan Moore, Sheri Leigh Myers, Edgar Pablos, Carol Bidault De L'Isle, Jeffrey Wetzel
DIRECTOR Trevor Zhou
PRODUCER Trevor Zhou
A man returns to his hometown, Ann Arbor, Michigan, after twenty years and reconnects with his former best friend who never left. Over the course of a single night, a nostalgic walk turns complicated as they reconcile their attraction to each other, their cultural differences and how the years apart have changed them.
DIRECTOR Trevor Zhou
PRODUCER Trevor Zhou
DIRECTOR Jimi Okubanjo
PRODUCERS Jimi Okubanjo, Joanne Butcher
ARISE FIREBIRD tells the stories of 3 seasoned women of color pushed out of the corporate world due to toxic sexism and racism and how they rebuilt their lives and careers on their own terms.
DIRECTOR Jimi Okubanjo
PRODUCERS Jimi Okubanjo, Joanne Butcher
DIRECTOR Jeremiah Alexis Verdecias
PRODUCERS Peggy Callahan, Lisa McCarthy
The Goodness Tour travels to Poland and Ukraine to bring art therapy to war refugees. In addition the film interviews international experts breaking down the science of Expressive Arts Therapy.
DIRECTOR Jeremiah Alexis Verdecias
PRODUCERS Peggy Callahan, Lisa McCarthy
DIRECTORS Molly Bernstein, Philip Dolin
PRODUCERS Alicia Sams, Molly Bernstein, Philip Dolin
A feature-length documentary film that explores the life and career of cartoonist Art Spiegelman and the ground-breaking impact of his Pulitzer Prize-winning graphic novel Maus, which tells the story of his father’s survival of the Holocaust and his own struggle to come to terms with this legacy.
DIRECTORS Molly Bernstein, Philip Dolin
PRODUCERS Alicia Sams, Molly Bernstein, Philip Dolin
DIRECTOR Stephen Purvis
PRODUCERS Chris Hilsabeck, Stephen Purvis
Forty-three years after the largely forgotten shooting at Murchison Junior High School in Austin, Texas the survivors share their experiences and journeys toward healing.
DIRECTOR Stephen Purvis
PRODUCERS Chris Hilsabeck, Stephen Purvis
DIRECTOR Brett Lopinsky
PRODUCERS Elly Crowell, Stanley Opalka
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER Erin Brennan
An average girl sets out on an extraordinary ocean adventure to overcome her fear of open water, learn to freedive, and fulfill a lifelong dream of swimming with wild orcas.
DIRECTOR Brett Lopinsky
PRODUCERS Elly Crowell, Stanley Opalka
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER Erin Brennan
DIRECTOR Amy Omar
PRODUCERS Petrus van Staden, Karine Benzaria, Amy Omar
Deceived by the promise of happiness and fulfillment in America, a Turkish immigrant housewife engages in a one-sided telephone conversation with a mysterious Turkish man, as she attempts to rediscover her identity.
DIRECTOR Amy Omar
PRODUCERS Petrus van Staden, Karine Benzaria, Amy Omar
DIRECTORS Sarah Teale, Nela Wagman, Jack Wareham
PRODUCERS Sarah Teale, Nela Wagman
How did the bagel travel from the shtetls of Poland to the streets of New York to the rest of the world? And what does this say about Jewish assimilation?
DIRECTORS Sarah Teale, Nela Wagman, Jack Wareham
PRODUCERS Sarah Teale, Nela Wagman
DIRECTOR Kate Way
PRODUCERS Jenn Wiggin, Tom Wiggin, Allyson Rice
Students in a South Carolina coastal town collide with the book-banning frenzy in the U.S. when 97 books are banned from their school libraries. The students become national anti-censorship activists.
DIRECTOR Kate Way
PRODUCERS Jenn Wiggin, Tom Wiggin, Allyson Rice
DIRECTOR Mark Steenbarger
PRODUCER Tai Payne
A modern day, vulnerable teenage girl experiences delusion, broken trust, and questions of self-worth as a result of being coerced and manipulated by a subculture seeking to exploit her.
DIRECTOR Mark Steenbarger
PRODUCER Tai Payne
DIRECTOR Dea Gjinovci
PRODUCERS Dea Gjinovci, Emmanuelle Lepers
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER Maida Lynn
co-producer Ilir Hasanaj
25 years after a brutal war, a filmmaker and her father return to the village of Makermal, Kosovo, to make a film based on the father’s childhood memories. Confronted with painful facts from the past, they attempt to heal and regain hope with the villagers, blurring the boundaries between reality and fantasy.
DIRECTOR Dea Gjinovci
PRODUCERS Dea Gjinovci, Emmanuelle Lepers
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER Maida Lynn
co-producer Ilir Hasanaj
DIRECTOR Shantel Hansen
PRODUCERS Shantel Hansen, Dean Blandino, Cyd Zeigler
In their quest for NFL glory, a diverse group of high school and college football officials in California weather attacks on the field while trying to balance life off it.
DIRECTOR Shantel Hansen
PRODUCERS Shantel Hansen, Dean Blandino, Cyd Zeigler
DIRECTOR Alex Takats
PRODUCERS Alex Takats, Tévan Wilson
With only nine fluent Elders remaining, the Haíɫzaqv First Nation is racing to teach the next generation their Indigenous language. Hopeful and intimate, BELLA BELLA is an observational documentary that reveals what it’s like growing up in a community fighting for its future.
DIRECTOR Alex Takats
PRODUCERS Alex Takats, Tévan Wilson
DIRECTOR Thomas A. Walsh
PRODUCER Thomas A. Walsh
Ben Carré was called "The first true artist of American film." Born before film existed it was his destiny to define Art Direction for the silent cinema.
DIRECTOR Thomas A. Walsh
PRODUCER Thomas A. Walsh
DIRECTOR Kevin Patrick Allen
PRODUCER Eric Frith
When a beloved football player commits murder suicide, his orphaned children search for peace in the absence of answers.
DIRECTOR Kevin Patrick Allen
PRODUCER Eric Frith
DIRECTOR R.J. Glass
PRODUCERS Amanda Freedman, Daniel Leighton
line producer Cindy Zhang
When strangers arrive at her toddler’s birthday party, an expectant mother confronts her son’s unexpected popularity.
DIRECTOR R.J. Glass
PRODUCERS Amanda Freedman, Daniel Leighton
line producer Cindy Zhang
festival client
DIRECTOR Corin Sherman
PRODUCERS Allison Tate, Corin Sherman
BIG BOYS is a coming-of-age story about Jamie, a teenage boy who develops a crush on his older cousin Allie’s boyfriend on a family camping trip.
DIRECTOR Corin Sherman
PRODUCERS Allison Tate, Corin Sherman
DIRECTOR Tracie Laymon
PRODUCERS Tracie Laymon, Sean Mullin, Tina Carbone, Edgar Rosa
Suddenly abandoned by her narcissistic father, a people-pleasing young caretaker unexpectedly befriends a grieving, childless man with the same name as her father on Facebook. Inspired by a true story.
DIRECTOR Tracie Laymon
PRODUCERS Tracie Laymon, Sean Mullin, Tina Carbone, Edgar Rosa
DIRECTORS Margaret Irwin, Stephen Hale
PRODUCERS Margaret Irwin, Stephen Hale
A story of compassion in the face of deadly silence, THE BODY OF CHRIST HAS AIDS examines the contradictory ways Christianity responded to the AIDS crisis. This is a deeply personal story of one of the most tragic decades in American history.
DIRECTORS Margaret Irwin, Stephen Hale
PRODUCERS Margaret Irwin, Stephen Hale
DIRECTOR Kristy Guevara-Flanagan
PRODUCER Helen Hood Scheer
BODY PARTS is a Sundance-supported documentary feature exploring the female body in Hollywood media—often hyper-sexualized, under attack, exploited on and off screen. The film examines how actresses protect their bodies, how studios push back, how unions fight for better standards, and how to portray sexuality without exploit in the post #MeToo era.
DIRECTOR Kristy Guevara-Flanagan
PRODUCER Helen Hood Scheer
DIRECTOR Lucas Veltrie
PRODUCERS Lucas Veltrie, Patrick Mullen, Eliza McKenna
A Native American Woman, named Tayen, is thrust into a criminal underworld when unknown assailants begin to hunt her boyfriend, Sam, over his involvement in drug trafficking.
DIRECTOR Lucas Veltrie
PRODUCERS Lucas Veltrie, Patrick Mullen, Eliza McKenna
DIRECTORS Denzel Whitaker, Quincy G. Ledbetter
PRODUCERS Yuki Maekawa-Ledbetter, Ramfis Myrthil
Consulting Producer Johnny Starke
When a newly famous music producer visits his hometown, he battles the guilt of abandoning his past and the bitterness of an old friend.
DIRECTORS Denzel Whitaker, Quincy G. Ledbetter
PRODUCERS Yuki Maekawa-Ledbetter, Ramfis Myrthil
Consulting Producer Johnny Starke
DIRECTOR Chris Farina
PRODUCER Chris Farina
An inspiring portrait of the Bridge Ministry, a camp where men with serious addiction issues have their lives transformed through job-training, and psychological and spiritual mentoring.
DIRECTOR Chris Farina
PRODUCER Chris Farina
DIRECTORS Ori Segev, Noah Dixon
PRODUCERS Drew Johnson, Alexander Hyde
The Bulldog is an observational documentary that follows the residents of East Palestine, Ohio.
DIRECTORS Ori Segev, Noah Dixon
PRODUCERS Drew Johnson, Alexander Hyde
DIRECTOR Tom J Stern
PRODUCER Noa Durban
This movie will tell the amazing story of pioneering art-punk band, Butthole Surfers. Director Tom Stern will reveal the hole truth and nothing butt about the band and its members.
DIRECTOR Tom J Stern
PRODUCER Noa Durban
DIRECTOR Damon Davis
PRODUCER Chris Renteria
A death row inmate accepts a plea deal for a crime after 30 years of maintaining complete innocence. Now, an activist that once fought for his release is faced with the moral dilemma of whether the fight was in vain.
DIRECTOR Damon Davis
PRODUCER Chris Renteria
DIRECTOR John Maringouin
PRODUCER Sean Gillane
An intimate look into America’s most progressive criminal justice reformer, Chesa Boudin, as he and his office face the most well-funded opposition to a District Attorney’s policies in US history.
DIRECTOR John Maringouin
PRODUCER Sean Gillane
DIRECTOR Neelu Bhuman
PRODUCER Neelu Bhuman
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS Andrew Nicholson, Marc Smolowitz, Hariharan Krishnan, Yvonne Sanders-Hamilton, Ferry Jele, Rahul Bhuman
Set in India and South Africa, CHIRAKU (WING) is India’s first transman pilot’s story of hope and defiance.
DIRECTOR Neelu Bhuman
PRODUCER Neelu Bhuman
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS Andrew Nicholson, Marc Smolowitz, Hariharan Krishnan, Yvonne Sanders-Hamilton, Ferry Jele, Rahul Bhuman
DIRECTOR Efe Kabba
PRODUCERS Efe Kabba, Elle Kurata, Nanda Saboia
On a back-to-school shopping trip, an angsty tween struggling with her body image attempts to drive away her eccentric aunt, who’s making her life more miserable.
DIRECTOR Efe Kabba
PRODUCERS Efe Kabba, Elle Kurata, Nanda Saboia
DIRECTOR Douglas Ross
PRODUCERS Douglas Ross, Richard Chang
American Gilded Age activist Wong Chin Foo—a then-famous speaker and prolific writer in the mainstream press—champions citizenship and equality as anti-Asian bigotry culminates in the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882, and forges a path for today’s Asian Americans to claim their rightful place in a “more perfect union” and reclaim whitewashed history.
DIRECTOR Douglas Ross
PRODUCERS Douglas Ross, Richard Chang
DIRECTORS Cassidy Friedman, Amber Allen-Peirson
PRODUCER Cassidy Friedman
Producer Apo Bazidi
Racism comes in many forms. CLARITY follows the story of Clarity, a single mother who exposes the dangers of quiet racism for both black and white residents of a homogenous and proudly liberal county while fighting to liberate herself, her family, and her community.
DIRECTORS Cassidy Friedman, Amber Allen-Peirson
PRODUCER Cassidy Friedman
Producer Apo Bazidi
DIRECTOR Vanessa Wells
PRODUCER Polly Fryer
Three extraordinary women from three different generations grapple with the future for both the planet and themselves, as their scientific research in Antarctica discovers changes that signal huge global climate challenges ahead.
DIRECTOR Vanessa Wells
PRODUCER Polly Fryer
DIRECTORS Brian Kaufman, Mark Kurlyandchik
PRODUCERS Kathy Kieliszewski, Steve Byrne, Nicole Avery Nichols
For 30 years, soft-spoken chef Jimmy Lee Hill has run a highly regarded culinary training program out of a prison in Coldwater, Mich., offering incarcerated men a renewed sense of purpose through the craft of fine dining — everything from foie gras to lobster. COLDWATER KITCHEN follows Chef Hill and three of his students — one facing a life sentence, another battling an opioid addiction, and a third returning to the city where he once dealt drugs — as they navigate the woes of incarceration and the difficulties of transitioning back into society.
DIRECTORS Brian Kaufman, Mark Kurlyandchik
PRODUCERS Kathy Kieliszewski, Steve Byrne, Nicole Avery Nichols
DIRECTORS Alyssa Fedele, Zachary Fink
PRODUCER Davis Coombe
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER Steve James
A teenage cowboy, haunted by a tragic family legacy, risks it all to go pro in the dangerous sport of bull riding.
DIRECTORS Alyssa Fedele, Zachary Fink
PRODUCER Davis Coombe
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER Steve James
DIRECTOR Liz Manashil
PRODUCERS Clara Bijl, Alrik Bursell
After losing her future kid’s adoption papers to a drug dealer, a good-natured woman must team up with her selfish neighbor, quirky college friend, and shroom-enthusiast landlady to recover them before it’s too late.
DIRECTOR Liz Manashil
PRODUCERS Clara Bijl, Alrik Bursell
DIRECTOR Mary Jane Doherty
PRODUCER Mary Jane Doherty
The search for gravitational waves, a story with a payoff that arrives thirty years later. It seems men began the journey, but women brought home the prize.
DIRECTOR Mary Jane Doherty
PRODUCER Mary Jane Doherty
DIRECTOR Adam Wilder
PRODUCER Olivia Wilder
Breaking with tradition, a dying Japanese Zen Master hands his power over to a young ambitious American student who becomes entangled with abuses of sex, money and power.
DIRECTOR Adam Wilder
PRODUCER Olivia Wilder
DIRECTOR Rayan Farzad
PRODUCER Petrus van Staden
co-producer Apoorva Charan
A day at an Iranian governmental office spirals out of control when a male customer with ulterior motives is unhappy with the passport photo taken by a female employee.
DIRECTOR Rayan Farzad
PRODUCER Petrus van Staden
co-producer Apoorva Charan
DIRECTOR Sarah T. Schwab
PRODUCERS Brian Long, Sarah T. Schwab, Cardinal Flix, Inc., Emily Fouraker, Without-a-Net Productions, Lori Singleton, Mia Salvaterra
After being bullied at school, a pregnant teen's family sets out to move from the city to the countryside, unexpectedly revealing a coveted secret of her past that threatens the fresh start they seek. "Crybaby Bridge" explores the urban legend of a mother and child, but the sinister phenomenon may be more than just folklore.
DIRECTOR Sarah T. Schwab
PRODUCERS Brian Long, Sarah T. Schwab, Cardinal Flix, Inc., Emily Fouraker, Without-a-Net Productions, Lori Singleton, Mia Salvaterra
DIRECTORS Kim Longinotto, Franky Murray Brown
PRODUCER Lorine Plagnol
A young gay man from rural Jamaica searches for love and acceptance after winning one of the world’s top talent competitions.
DIRECTORS Kim Longinotto, Franky Murray Brown
PRODUCER Lorine Plagnol
DIRECTOR Manuela Dalle
PRODUCERS Manuela Dalle, Jean Martin
DANCING IN A-YARD is a feature documentary about young, ex-gang members finding redemption and hope within a contemporary dance class. Hardened criminals don’t dance in prison but these guys do… and it’s beautiful, funny and heart-wrenching to watch.
DIRECTOR Manuela Dalle
PRODUCERS Manuela Dalle, Jean Martin
DIRECTOR Molly Loftus
PRODUCERS Molly Loftus, Emily Mansfield
A young witch mourning her sister’s death creates a monster whose unrequited affection sends her on a quest for meaning.
DIRECTOR Molly Loftus
PRODUCERS Molly Loftus, Emily Mansfield
DIRECTOR Anne Landsman
PRODUCERS Anne Landsman, Susan Margolin
Two Palestinian girls who ride and train horses must brave the forces of occupation and negotiate cultural and institutional restrictions to pursue their dreams.
DIRECTOR Anne Landsman
PRODUCERS Anne Landsman, Susan Margolin
Co-Founders Jamie Shor, Sky Sitney
DC/DOX is a new documentary film festival showcasing powerful, timely stories in our nation’s capital. DC/DOX brings together innovative visions, bold voices, and truth seekers in celebration of documentary cinema.
Co-Founders Jamie Shor, Sky Sitney
DIRECTOR Scott Braucht
PRODUCER Kanani Koster
The legendary late 80s drag queen Doris Fish and her fabulous journey to starring, writing and producing the Sundance cult classic, Vegas in Space.
DIRECTOR Scott Braucht
PRODUCER Kanani Koster
DIRECTOR Andrew Brame
PRODUCER Josefina Garcia
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER Spike Lee
When a young woman discovers she’s pregnant, she makes one last attempt to get help for her fiancé, a military veteran suffering from PTSD and prone to violence.
DIRECTOR Andrew Brame
PRODUCER Josefina Garcia
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER Spike Lee
PRODUCERS The D-Word, Film in Mind, and Move the Needle Films
Providing best practice guidance on mental health and well-being in the documentary field.
PRODUCERS The D-Word, Film in Mind, and Move the Needle Films
DIRECTOR William Davis
PRODUCER Janet Nearhood
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS Quantum Leap Productions, Inc.
co-producers Kristin Atwell, Teri Morrison
As a decades-long drought pushes the American West to alarming water shortages, the threat of water scarcity in the state of Arizona is motivating citizens to create water certainty through cooperation and conservation.
DIRECTOR William Davis
PRODUCER Janet Nearhood
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS Quantum Leap Productions, Inc.
co-producers Kristin Atwell, Teri Morrison
DIRECTOR Philip Harrison
PRODUCER Philip Harrison
Gay history pioneer, activist and artist Jonathan Ned Katz, now in his 80s, looks back on his storied life in the gay liberation movement in NYC with vulnerability, wisdom, deep love and sardonic wit, while questioning his relevance in the modern LGBTQ+ world.
DIRECTOR Philip Harrison
PRODUCER Philip Harrison
DIRECTOR Danielle Beckmann
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS Raji Ahsan, Danielle Beckmann
producer entities Aremay Studios, Brooklyn Quarter
After getting fired from his waiter gig, Samesh—a millennial jazz singer about to give up—masquerades as a therapist to pay the rent, unexpectedly leading to a personal breakthrough.
DIRECTOR Danielle Beckmann
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS Raji Ahsan, Danielle Beckmann
producer entities Aremay Studios, Brooklyn Quarter
PRODUCERS Doug Block, Peter Gerard, Erica Ginsberg, Marjan Safinia
A global peer-to-peer community for documentary professionals.
PRODUCERS Doug Block, Peter Gerard, Erica Ginsberg, Marjan Safinia
DIRECTORS Alvaro Furloni, Mario Furloni
CO-DIRECTOR Mario Furloni
PRODUCERS Helena Sardinha, Rafael Thomaseto
Every night, a young captor and his old prisoner replay a cycle of release, escape and recapture.
DIRECTORS Alvaro Furloni, Mario Furloni
CO-DIRECTOR Mario Furloni
PRODUCERS Helena Sardinha, Rafael Thomaseto
DIRECTOR Sascha Just
PRODUCER Sascha Just
The life and times of jazz pianist Ellis Marsalis Jr., patriarch of the Marsalis Music Family, whose standards of music excellence transcended racial injustices, taught a cadre of young jazz stars, and from his hometown New Orleans changed modern jazz.
DIRECTOR Sascha Just
PRODUCER Sascha Just
festival client
DIRECTOR Jean Carlomusto
PRODUCERS Shanti Avirgan, Jean Carlomusto
Agility, persistence and passionate inquiry have driven Esther Newton’s survival as a butch lesbian, octogenarian athlete, and groundbreaking scholar whose life’s work has influenced generations of LGBTQ activists and scholars.
DIRECTOR Jean Carlomusto
PRODUCERS Shanti Avirgan, Jean Carlomusto
DIRECTOR Amy Taylor
PRODUCERS Rowena Pedrena, Amy Taylor
Post apocalypse, a woman distrustful of humanity encounters a man on the verge of suicide and grudgingly allows him to accompany her on a quest to scatter her friend’s ashes.
DIRECTOR Amy Taylor
PRODUCERS Rowena Pedrena, Amy Taylor
DIRECTORS Nate Houghteling, Yoav Attias
PRODUCERS Stephanie Yuen, Joanne Shen, Sarah Sherman
Fault Lines is a feature-length documentary that shines a light on the housing crisis, connecting human stories with the big policy ideas driving this issue.
DIRECTORS Nate Houghteling, Yoav Attias
PRODUCERS Stephanie Yuen, Joanne Shen, Sarah Sherman
DIRECTOR Lindsey Hagen
PRODUCERS Lindsey Hagen, Aaron Schurman
A pilot shares her story of how she overcame childhood trauma by taking to the sky.
DIRECTOR Lindsey Hagen
PRODUCERS Lindsey Hagen, Aaron Schurman
DIRECTOR Mathieu Faure
PRODUCER Mathieu Faure
At 85-years old, former film editor Jocelyne Bourgeois is goaded, coaxed, and challenged by her persistent filmmaker grandson to face her true identity. They embark together to the places she has avoided since World War II, putting back the scenes she edited out of her life. A race against the clock after Bourgeois has been diagnosed with Alzheimer's.
DIRECTOR Mathieu Faure
PRODUCER Mathieu Faure
DIRECTOR Brian Vernor
PRODUCERS Jordan Hruska, Heather Frank
Renowned Danish furniture designer and artist Chris Halstrøm explores California’s iconic residential architecture and historic design idealism while critiquing the social impact of the built environment and defining a contemporary vision of socially conscious design.
DIRECTOR Brian Vernor
PRODUCERS Jordan Hruska, Heather Frank
DIRECTOR Zoë Rae
PRODUCERS Laura D’Augello, Zoë Rae, Sara McFarlane
A houseparty somewhere in Brooklyn. Whose apartment is this anyway?
DIRECTOR Zoë Rae
PRODUCERS Laura D’Augello, Zoë Rae, Sara McFarlane
DIRECTORS Andrew Shea, Melissa Shea
PRODUCERS Andrew Shea, Melissa Shea
A dawn to dusk portrait of a community that unites once a year to celebrate the values that bind together the disparate elements and points of view of a classic Midwestern American small town.
DIRECTORS Andrew Shea, Melissa Shea
PRODUCERS Andrew Shea, Melissa Shea
DIRECTOR Kevin Carlock
PRODUCER Kevin Carlock
Two students are endangered by a history project on a document that implicates Thomas Jefferson’s plagiarism of the Declaration of Independence.
DIRECTOR Kevin Carlock
PRODUCER Kevin Carlock
DIRECTORS Jen Rainin, Rivkah Beth Medow
The Producers Circle is a vehicle to bring donors together to incubate films and build community with artists, activists, and creatives all focused on changing the narrative for LGBTQ+ women.
DIRECTORS Jen Rainin, Rivkah Beth Medow
DIRECTOR Alan Brown
PRODUCERS Alan Brown, Jacob Bittens, Agathe David-Weill
In this contemporary, queer reimagining of the ravishing1969 French cult classic La Piscine, four former friends and lovers reunite on a hot summer weekend, reigniting long-simmering attractions, passions, and regrets.
DIRECTOR Alan Brown
PRODUCERS Alan Brown, Jacob Bittens, Agathe David-Weill
DIRECTORS Jonathan Bogarín, Elan Bogarín
PRODUCERS Jonathan Bogarín, Elan Bogarín, Diane Quon, Bob Moore
THE FUTURISTS is a sci-fi documentary about real-life Latinx visionaries who are creating the world of tomorrow.
DIRECTORS Jonathan Bogarín, Elan Bogarín
PRODUCERS Jonathan Bogarín, Elan Bogarín, Diane Quon, Bob Moore
DIRECTOR Tanim Yousuf
PRODUCERS Patrick Hamm, Arif Yousuf
Amena’s son was illegally trafficked by boat from southern Bangladesh. She teams up with trafficking survivor Abdus to retrace her son's steps, exposing the impact of human trafficking on those left behind.
DIRECTOR Tanim Yousuf
PRODUCERS Patrick Hamm, Arif Yousuf
DIRECTOR Jeffrey Schwarz
PRODUCERS Lotti Pharris Knowles, Jeffrey Schwarz
The backstage drama behind SHOWGIRLS, one of the most notorious and provocative films of all time.
DIRECTOR Jeffrey Schwarz
PRODUCERS Lotti Pharris Knowles, Jeffrey Schwarz
DIRECTOR Celia C. Peters
PRODUCERS Gabrielle Glore, Celia C. Peters
When Brandy unveils the game-changing algorithm she’s created, she has a terrifying mental break; as she fights to stay sane, she’s yanked into a cosmic dilemma that threatens her humanity.
DIRECTOR Celia C. Peters
PRODUCERS Gabrielle Glore, Celia C. Peters
DIRECTOR Sharidan W-Sotelo
PRODUCERS Sharidan W-Sotelo, Randy Gardner
World Champion pairs figure skater and two-time Olympian, Randy Gardner, goes solo with this raw, riveting expose of his life.
DIRECTOR Sharidan W-Sotelo
PRODUCERS Sharidan W-Sotelo, Randy Gardner
DIRECTOR Louie Schwartzberg
PRODUCER Louie Schwartzberg
An epic journey forty years in the making, GRATITUDE REVEALED takes us on a transformational, cinematic experience of how to live a more meaningful life full of Gratitude.
DIRECTOR Louie Schwartzberg
PRODUCER Louie Schwartzberg
DIRECTOR Alexis Lloyd
PRODUCERS Alexis Lloyd, Molly Conners
When newcomer Alexis joins a group therapy session and plans to write a TV series about it, the groups members are thrown into charged waters that will change them forever.
DIRECTOR Alexis Lloyd
PRODUCERS Alexis Lloyd, Molly Conners
DIRECTORS Hannah Dweck, Yael Luttwak
PRODUCERS Hannah Dweck, Yael Luttwak
GUEST HOUSE is a feature documentary that follows the stories of three women in a re-entry house as they attempt to acclimate to life after being released from incarceration and battle addiction.
DIRECTORS Hannah Dweck, Yael Luttwak
PRODUCERS Hannah Dweck, Yael Luttwak
DIRECTOR Felicity Morland
PRODUCERS Robert Fantinatto, Felicity Morland, Aki Takabatake
Discover the art form of hand-drawn animation, its rise, fall, challenges, and resurgence, as it evolves through new styles and approaches, in efforts from a diverse cast of animators.
DIRECTOR Felicity Morland
PRODUCERS Robert Fantinatto, Felicity Morland, Aki Takabatake
DIRECTOR Benedikt Just
PRODUCER Tobias Siebert
A small group of acclaimed researchers deliver evidence of the unbelievable: Our heart is not a pump. Now only one question remains. Why do we have a heart?
DIRECTOR Benedikt Just
PRODUCER Tobias Siebert
DIRECTOR Talon Reed Cooper
On the night of their mother’s funeral, two estranged siblings reconnect in their childhood treehouse and discover she was the one keeping them apart.
DIRECTOR Talon Reed Cooper
DIRECTOR David Kittredge
PRODUCERS Jim Fall, David Kittredge, Travis Stevens
The true story of how John Boorman made a big-budget sequel to THE EXORCIST, and how his surreal and unconventional film became a legendary disaster.
DIRECTOR David Kittredge
PRODUCERS Jim Fall, David Kittredge, Travis Stevens
DIRECTOR Nick Harwood
PRODUCER Jake Agger
A young woman spends the weekend looking after a secluded mansion, unaware that she may be embroiled in a series of mysterious disasters and her own imminent demise.
DIRECTOR Nick Harwood
PRODUCER Jake Agger
DIRECTOR Karlie Hustle
PRODUCER Dan Eason
High Touch is a story about human connection in the wake of modern capitalism, and the fleeting clarity that accompanies serious illness. Karlie Hustle redefines success after a life-altering cancer diagnosis, only to emerge from treatment isolated from her community support system in a global pandemic.
DIRECTOR Karlie Hustle
PRODUCER Dan Eason
DIRECTOR Marzena Grzegorczyk
PRODUCERS Marzena Grzegorczyk, Mateusz William Gugalka
A tense, feature-length documentary thriller about judicial ethos and accountability, set in contemporary Poland.
DIRECTOR Marzena Grzegorczyk
PRODUCERS Marzena Grzegorczyk, Mateusz William Gugalka
DIRECTOR Ashlei Payne
PRODUCERS Talor Stone, Ashlei Payne
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS Ashlei Payne, Talor Stone
Director of Photography Ashlei Payne
An intimate portrait of the world's northernmost indigenous people as they struggle to continue their traditions in a rapidly changing world.
DIRECTOR Ashlei Payne
PRODUCERS Talor Stone, Ashlei Payne
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS Ashlei Payne, Talor Stone
Director of Photography Ashlei Payne
festival client
DIRECTORS Rivkah Beth Medow, Jen Rainin
PRODUCERS Rivkah Beth Medow, Jen Rainin
A Broadway performer becomes a mother, braiding rhythm and grief and time and joy on her path to connect with her profoundly disabled son.
DIRECTORS Rivkah Beth Medow, Jen Rainin
PRODUCERS Rivkah Beth Medow, Jen Rainin
DIRECTOR Angeliki Aristomenopoulou
PRODUCERS Rea Postolides, Yuri Averof, Vicky Miha
20-year-old Constantina comes from a conservative Greek island. To define her queer identity and overcome social stereotypes hinges on two allies: her family and her art.
DIRECTOR Angeliki Aristomenopoulou
PRODUCERS Rea Postolides, Yuri Averof, Vicky Miha
festival client
DIRECTOR Brian J. Smith
PRODUCERS Jeremy Truong, Joe Conforti
What if you really did put all the gays on an island? In this vibrant portrait of queer paradise Fire Island Pines, past and present blur as the iconic beach town bands together to celebrate its legacy and redefine itself for a new, inclusive era.
DIRECTOR Brian J. Smith
PRODUCERS Jeremy Truong, Joe Conforti
DIRECTOR Nick Beaulieu
PRODUCER Nick Beaulieu
Upon his father’s diagnosis of late-stage cancer, the director attempts to reconnect with his conservative dad amidst an exploration of racism, faith, and self-examination in racially segregated Omaha, Nebraska
DIRECTOR Nick Beaulieu
PRODUCER Nick Beaulieu
DIRECTOR Jennifer M. Kroot
PRODUCERS Brian Benson, Gerry Kim
field producer Christine Yoo
HUNKY JESUS traces the legacy of the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, who’ve used humor and shock value to expose the forces of bigotry and guilt that chain the human spirit.
DIRECTOR Jennifer M. Kroot
PRODUCERS Brian Benson, Gerry Kim
field producer Christine Yoo
DIRECTOR Vea Mafile’o
PRODUCERS Jasmin Dos Santos, Patrick Thomsen
When a young Samoan woman enters therapy she must navigate a series of alter egos protecting her from painful childhood memories.
DIRECTOR Vea Mafile’o
PRODUCERS Jasmin Dos Santos, Patrick Thomsen
DIRECTOR Andrew Shea
PRODUCERS Cindy McCreery, Barbara Morgan, Andrew Shea, Camille Scioli Chambers
Estranged adult siblings reconnect under stressful, emotional circumstances where they realize, no matter how distant they have grown, they’ll always be a part of each other.
DIRECTOR Andrew Shea
PRODUCERS Cindy McCreery, Barbara Morgan, Andrew Shea, Camille Scioli Chambers
DIRECTOR DeDe Drake
PRODUCERS Jenna Marie Johnson, Emma West
A short film about a short pregnancy, we follow Dana as she grapples with having to end her non-viable pregnancy, ultimately choosing an unorthodox route to acceptance.
DIRECTOR DeDe Drake
PRODUCERS Jenna Marie Johnson, Emma West
DIRECTOR Seckeita Lewis
PRODUCERS Seckeita Lewis, Brandon Lewis, Milan Chakraborty
When a man's fast food addiction leads to morbid obesity and Type 2 diabetes, he finds unexpected friendship in a widowed fry cook who helps him find life outside of the greasy bag.
DIRECTOR Seckeita Lewis
PRODUCERS Seckeita Lewis, Brandon Lewis, Milan Chakraborty
DIRECTOR Jenny Deller
PRODUCERS Jenny Deller, Joe Guest, Olivia Kavanaugh
On the cusp of a pivotal promotion, a once-successful theater professor has 24 hours to rescue her new play, save her marriage, and win over a notoriously malicious playwright.
DIRECTOR Jenny Deller
PRODUCERS Jenny Deller, Joe Guest, Olivia Kavanaugh
DIRECTOR Kathryn Shasha
PRODUCER Kathryn Shasha
Although the IUD has been considered a safe and effective form of birth control, women across the globe continue to make claims of misdiagnosed side effects and deteriorating health. Is there a connection being missed between the IUD and its side effects and is the public adequately informed?
DIRECTOR Kathryn Shasha
PRODUCER Kathryn Shasha
DIRECTOR Leslie Askew
PRODUCER Turlough White
Delve into the extraordinary life of Phillis Wheatley Peters, the first globally recognized African-American female poet. The film explores her remarkable resilience, quest for freedom, and her lasting legacy.
DIRECTOR Leslie Askew
PRODUCER Turlough White
DIRECTOR Christine Leuthold
PRODUCER Steven Ullman
Magic happens when unhoused people move into “forever homes” where their hopes and dreams can flourish. It’s about the courage it takes and the support partners that make it possible.
DIRECTOR Christine Leuthold
PRODUCER Steven Ullman
DIRECTOR Jonathan Knight
PRODUCERS Jonathan Knight, Le Datta Denise Grimes
A white man's genealogy reveals a past with a surprising twist—several black communities founded by slaves his family once owned—which leads him to Kentucky in search of answers.
DIRECTOR Jonathan Knight
PRODUCERS Jonathan Knight, Le Datta Denise Grimes
DIRECTOR Jennifer Lane
PRODUCERS Jennifer Lane, David Hollander
For a fleeting moment in time, The Diggers manifested a collective dream of society based on art, poetry, mutual aid, and love.
DIRECTOR Jennifer Lane
PRODUCERS Jennifer Lane, David Hollander
DIRECTOR Michelle Boyaner
PRODUCERS Michelle Boyaner, Barbara Green
A feature-length documentary that provides an intimate look at the relationships between aging parents and the adult children who care for them, examining the challenges they face and the solutions they discover along the way.
DIRECTOR Michelle Boyaner
PRODUCERS Michelle Boyaner, Barbara Green
DIRECTOR Dave Kabbe
PRODUCERS Dave Kabbe, Sarah Padbury
Trapped in a horrid, animated asylum, a disabled orphan discovers a beautiful, real world outside the gate that he wasn’t meant to see.
DIRECTOR Dave Kabbe
PRODUCERS Dave Kabbe, Sarah Padbury
DIRECTOR Saila Kariat
PRODUCERS Saila Kariat, Jeff Allard, Bernard Stewart
A teenage white sister and black adopted brother struggle to maintain their close relationship amidst their harsh Christian Fundamentalist home and brutal reform school.
DIRECTOR Saila Kariat
PRODUCERS Saila Kariat, Jeff Allard, Bernard Stewart
DIRECTOR James Parker
PRODUCERS James Parker, Juliet Grable
In one of America’s most remote frontiers, climate activism took courage. Now, in the face of worsening health, Jim Walls is intent on saving the place he calls home.
DIRECTOR James Parker
PRODUCERS James Parker, Juliet Grable
DIRECTOR Nicola Zavaglia
PRODUCERS Nicola Zavaglia, Kamel Khalifa
China 1972. A forbidden fruit. Nixon nudges the door open. Three months later, Joan Cohen lands in Beijing with her own forbidden fruit—artistic freedom—and ignites an artistic revolution.
DIRECTOR Nicola Zavaglia
PRODUCERS Nicola Zavaglia, Kamel Khalifa
DIRECTOR Mark Rosman
PRODUCERS Mark Rosman, John Duffy
After busy widowed father Miles puts his teen daughter into a drug rehab, he’s forced to attend their mandatory parent workshop and face his own role in this “family disease”.
DIRECTOR Mark Rosman
PRODUCERS Mark Rosman, John Duffy
PRODUCERS Andrew Sugerman, Jay Paul Deratany
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER Jennifer Wyatt
A determined and spirited young man born with Down syndrome overcomes hardships and stigmas to become the first person with this disability to play and score in a college football game, redefining what it means to be a true champion.
PRODUCERS Andrew Sugerman, Jay Paul Deratany
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER Jennifer Wyatt
DIRECTOR Kim DiVincenzo
PRODUCER Kim DiVincenzo
director of photography Adam Mikaelian
LABOR OF LOVE charts the incredible decade-long journey to turn Graves Lighthouse into a vacation home in the middle of the ocean.
DIRECTOR Kim DiVincenzo
PRODUCER Kim DiVincenzo
director of photography Adam Mikaelian
DIRECTOR KATHERINE DUDAS
PRODUCERS CARLY CHRISTOPHER, ELISABETH NESS, GIOVANNIE CRUZ
When the New Republic of Texas mandates that women procreate by 35 or be euthanized, four career-driven "thirty-something" besties go into hiding on a remote ranch in Nowhere, TX. Unable to homestead via YouTube, can they find the balls to survive in a world that wants them dead?
DIRECTOR KATHERINE DUDAS
PRODUCERS CARLY CHRISTOPHER, ELISABETH NESS, GIOVANNIE CRUZ
DIRECTOR Luke Willis
PRODUCER Luke Willis
Lady Like is a docu-fiction film that follows the story of Rex Wheeler and his drag persona, Lady Camden, as they work together to save Rex’s inner child who is lonely and broken after a troubled and traumatic childhood.
DIRECTOR Luke Willis
PRODUCER Luke Willis
festival client
DIRECTOR Cecilia Aldarondo
PRODUCERS Cecilia Aldarondo, Ines Hofmann Kanna
A kaleidoscopic portrait of Puerto Rico in the wake of Hurricane María, LANDFALL investigates a storm of much greater magnitude: the economic crisis crippling the island long before María arrived.
DIRECTOR Cecilia Aldarondo
PRODUCERS Cecilia Aldarondo, Ines Hofmann Kanna
DIRECTORS Alyn Darnay, Kareem Awadalla
CO-DIRECTOR
PRODUCER Kareem Awadalla
line producer Craig Cox
The untold story of the covert and perilous operation that facilitated the mass migration of Middle Eastern Jews to Israel in the 1940s-1950s, revealed exclusively by a former Zionist leader.
DIRECTORS Alyn Darnay, Kareem Awadalla
CO-DIRECTOR
PRODUCER Kareem Awadalla
line producer Craig Cox
DIRECTOR Casey Cooper Johnson
PRODUCERS Casey Fenton, Antoneta Kastrati, Casey Cooper Johnson
Three friends reunite for a backpacking trip on Mt. Shasta, but when one introduces hallucinogens into the mix, their weekend descends into psychedelic madness and a quest for alien contact.
DIRECTOR Casey Cooper Johnson
PRODUCERS Casey Fenton, Antoneta Kastrati, Casey Cooper Johnson
DIRECTOR Sharon Thompson
PRODUCERS Kate Horsfield, B. Ruby Rich, Sharon Thompson
The mission of the LESBIAN HOME MOVIE PROJECT (LHMP), to preserve lesbian amateur moving images, was inspired by the discovery of school teacher Ruth Storm's 1888-1981 16 mm reels. Ten years and over 400 films and tapes later, LHMP is still at it.
DIRECTOR Sharon Thompson
PRODUCERS Kate Horsfield, B. Ruby Rich, Sharon Thompson
DIRECTOR Michelle Boyaner
PRODUCERS Michelle Boyaner, Barbara Green, Wendy Zipes Hunter, Katie Ford, Heather Spooner
During the Covid-19 Pandemic Lockdown, Artist Heather Spooner created The Letter League, an adult pen pal program, which resulted in heartfelt, humorous and poignant stories of connection and humanity.
DIRECTOR Michelle Boyaner
PRODUCERS Michelle Boyaner, Barbara Green, Wendy Zipes Hunter, Katie Ford, Heather Spooner
DIRECTOR Sarah T. Schwab
PRODUCERS Brian Long, Charlene Giannetti, Sarah T. Schwab, Florencia Lozano
A suburban New Jersey family struggles with the death of their 19 year-old son following an overdose of heroin laced with fentanyl.
DIRECTOR Sarah T. Schwab
PRODUCERS Brian Long, Charlene Giannetti, Sarah T. Schwab, Florencia Lozano
DIRECTOR Hayden McComas
PRODUCERS Hayden McComas, Amanda Creighton, Greg Ray, Jon Leon-Guerrero, Ashleigh Kubokawa
A cancer survivor, a school teacher, and a handicapped activist discover that powerlifting might hold the key to accessing untapped realms of human potential and accomplishing dreams the world around them dismissed as impossible.
DIRECTOR Hayden McComas
PRODUCERS Hayden McComas, Amanda Creighton, Greg Ray, Jon Leon-Guerrero, Ashleigh Kubokawa
DIRECTOR Aaron Bear
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS Aaron Bear, Chris Panizzon
A Light In Cañon City, shines upon courageous individuals navigating the labyrinth of incarceration in Colorado. They emerge with wisdom, vulnerability, and an unwavering desire for personal and communal healing.
DIRECTOR Aaron Bear
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS Aaron Bear, Chris Panizzon
DIRECTOR Rachel Feldman
PRODUCERS Allyn Stewart, Simone Pero, Kelly Ashton, Kerianne Flynn, Jyoti Sarda, Christine Schwarzman, Julie Kaufman, Rachel Feldman, J. Todd Harris
LILLY is a feature drama in production based on the remarkable life of Lilly Ledbetter, a tire factory supervisor who endured 20 years of discrimination, harassment and unequal pay, who took her fight to the U.S. Supreme Court and Congress. President Obama named the Fair Pay Act after Lilly, transforming her into a national icon.
DIRECTOR Rachel Feldman
PRODUCERS Allyn Stewart, Simone Pero, Kelly Ashton, Kerianne Flynn, Jyoti Sarda, Christine Schwarzman, Julie Kaufman, Rachel Feldman, J. Todd Harris
LILLY is a feature drama in production based on the remarkable life of Lilly Ledbetter, a tire factory supervisor who endured 20 years of discrimination, harassment and unequal pay, who took her fight to the U.S. Supreme Court and Congress. President Obama named the Fair Pay Act after Lilly, transforming her into a national icon.
DIRECTOR Richard Nield
PRODUCER Richard Nield
Two refugees who lost limbs in civil war establish a wheelchair basketball team for their new nation. Renewed conflict puts their lives at risk, but they are determined to succeed.
DIRECTOR Richard Nield
PRODUCER Richard Nield
DIRECTORS Sarah Teale, Carin Van Der Donk
PRODUCERS Sarah Teale, Carin Van Der Donk
A documentary about empowerment through drumming in Salvador, Brazil with Dida, the first black, female samba reggae drum line and Fogo Azul, an all-woman, non-binary drumming group in New York.
DIRECTORS Sarah Teale, Carin Van Der Donk
PRODUCERS Sarah Teale, Carin Van Der Donk
DIRECTOR Karen Jungblut
Commemorative events in September 2022 in Londorf, Germany, with descendants of former Jewish residents engaging in a meaningful conversation with descendants of local generations of all ages.
DIRECTOR Karen Jungblut
DIRECTOR Meital Cohen Navarro
PRODUCER Meital Cohen Navarro
Sensing her time is near, Elizabeth Mann, 97, struggles to finish her final painting as the memories of her family and her time in the Auschwitz extermination camps flood come flooding in.
DIRECTOR Meital Cohen Navarro
PRODUCER Meital Cohen Navarro
DIRECTOR Joe Gantz
PRODUCER Joe Gantz
LOVE AND SORROW is the true story of four Jewish teenagers coming of age, falling in love, losing everything, and surviving the many brutal and harrowing events during the Holocaust.
DIRECTOR Joe Gantz
PRODUCER Joe Gantz
DIRECTOR Maggie Contreras
PRODUCER Neil Berkeley
A feature length documentary following a group of international women as they prepare for and perform in the Paris Philharmonic’s La Maestra competition for female orchestra conductors. Personal stories of survival, passion and perseverance are woven together with the drama and excitement of this one of a kind event created to break yet another glass ceiling for women.
DIRECTOR Maggie Contreras
PRODUCER Neil Berkeley
DIRECTOR Gabrielle Barlatier
PRODUCERS Cyn Hilaire, Xavier Dubose
When she continues to be rejected from medical school, a first-generation Haitian American decides to become a makeup artist, and all hell breaks loose.
DIRECTOR Gabrielle Barlatier
PRODUCERS Cyn Hilaire, Xavier Dubose
DIRECTOR Sofia Rodriguez
PRODUCERS Sofia Rodriguez, Camila Flores
In modern day Rapa-Nui/Easter Island, young Marahoro finds in an ancient holler the strength to confront his father's harshness and to pursue his calling from the voices of the sea.
DIRECTOR Sofia Rodriguez
PRODUCERS Sofia Rodriguez, Camila Flores
DIRECTORS Thomas A. Walsh, Libby Woolems
PRODUCERS Thomas A. Walsh, Libby Woolems
Serving the worldwide community of cinematic storytellers and designers by providing a secure home in perpetuity for Hollywood’s last remaining studio research library.
DIRECTORS Thomas A. Walsh, Libby Woolems
PRODUCERS Thomas A. Walsh, Libby Woolems
DIRECTOR Jeffrey Schwarz
PRODUCERS John Boccardo, Jeffrey Schwarz
Gay men are being murdered in 1970s New York City…a crusading journalist is desperate to warn his readers…a famous Hollywood director is looking to make his next thriller. This is the true story behind the controversial film Cruising, which ignited furious protests by gay activists and yet is now considered a classic by many who once despised it. But few realize that behind the film lay a true crime far darker, more fascinating, and more revealing, than any Hollywood screenplay.
DIRECTOR Jeffrey Schwarz
PRODUCERS John Boccardo, Jeffrey Schwarz
festival client
DIRECTOR Louie Psihoyos
PRODUCERS Peggy Callahan, Mark Monroe
Sharing stories from their extraordinary lives, His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Archbishop Desmond Tutu are living paragons of how to live with Joy in troubled times.
DIRECTOR Louie Psihoyos
PRODUCERS Peggy Callahan, Mark Monroe
DIRECTOR Kristin Atwell Ford
PRODUCER Kristin Atwell Ford
In 1962, a pregnant young mother, Sherri Chessen, discovers the pill she is taking causes severe fetal anomalies. She is thrust into an international media storm for seeking an abortion.
DIRECTOR Kristin Atwell Ford
PRODUCER Kristin Atwell Ford
DIRECTOR Merced Elizondo
PRODUCERS Helena Sardinha, Rafael Thomaseto, Alan Hodge
Maribel has been mourning the tragic loss of her mother by secretly attending the funerals of strangers, but her inability to move on finally catches up with her.
DIRECTOR Merced Elizondo
PRODUCERS Helena Sardinha, Rafael Thomaseto, Alan Hodge
DIRECTOR Juliette Bouquerel
PRODUCER Juliette Bouquerel
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER
An 80-year-old former art teacher from New York City transforms a barren Arizona ranch and its Mexican borderlands into an ecological haven by regenerating its natural ecosystem and inspiring hope in a socially tense migratory corridor and beyond borders.
DIRECTOR Juliette Bouquerel
PRODUCER Juliette Bouquerel
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER
DIRECTOR Emily Everhard
PRODUCER Sharvari Bhat
Agatha (70s) feels invisible to the world. After a handsome dance instructor piques her interest, Agatha is determined to take a lesson with him despite having two-left feet.
DIRECTOR Emily Everhard
PRODUCER Sharvari Bhat
DIRECTOR Lisa Klein
PRODUCERS Leslie Silver, Doug Blush
NO HOME HERE details the stories of Sacramento’s most compelling unsheltered individuals and emphasizes how the homeless crisis is a heartbreaking, yet solvable, problem.
DIRECTOR Lisa Klein
PRODUCERS Leslie Silver, Doug Blush
DIRECTOR Ruth Leitman
PRODUCERS Rachel Rozycki, Andrea Raby
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS Ruth Leitman, Hallee Adelman, Caryn Capotosto
co-executive producer Chandra Jessee, Rebecca Lichtenfeld
The Daily Show co-creator Lizz Winstead and her merry band of activists battle misogyny with comedy over six years on the frontlines of the escalating war over Roe v. Wade.
DIRECTOR Ruth Leitman
PRODUCERS Rachel Rozycki, Andrea Raby
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS Ruth Leitman, Hallee Adelman, Caryn Capotosto
co-executive producer Chandra Jessee, Rebecca Lichtenfeld
DIRECTOR Catriona Rubenis-Stevens
PRODUCER Catriona Rubenis-Stevens
producer Laura Scarano
In the glittery ‘90s, a rambunctious Jersey Drag Queen and her best Judy go to extreme lengths to realize their dream of opening their own artistic sanctuary!
DIRECTOR Catriona Rubenis-Stevens
PRODUCER Catriona Rubenis-Stevens
producer Laura Scarano
DIRECTORS Stefano Da Frè, Laura Pellegrini
PRODUCERS Stefano Da Frè, Laura Pellegrini
co-producer Julia Bolt
After a mysterious & renowned graffiti tag called SAMO© propelled artist Jean-Michel Basquiat to stardom, his creative other half was left behind. This is Al Diaz’s story.
DIRECTORS Stefano Da Frè, Laura Pellegrini
PRODUCERS Stefano Da Frè, Laura Pellegrini
co-producer Julia Bolt
DIRECTOR Jessica Makinson
PRODUCER Katya Alexander
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER Jessica Makinson
In a climate-change-scarred Los Angeles, 25 years from now, a renegade in her 60's, must defend herself against an intruder, the tragedy leads her to seek refuge in The Hive.
DIRECTOR Jessica Makinson
PRODUCER Katya Alexander
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER Jessica Makinson
DIRECTOR Iram Parveen Bilal
PRODUCERS Abid Aziz Merchant, Apoorva Bakshi
A school teacher in rural Pakistan becomes a viral sensation overnight when she accidentally unleashes her unabashed opinions on social media. This newfound fame as an unlikely influencer comes with its own challenges as she has to navigate archaic mindsets, secret identities and raising her ten-year-old son in a world where women's right to taking space, physical or online, is a constant challenge.
DIRECTOR Iram Parveen Bilal
PRODUCERS Abid Aziz Merchant, Apoorva Bakshi
DIRECTOR Tom Curitore
PRODUCER Tom Curitore
A young queer man is forced to come to terms with a hatred for his tight-lipped gay ex-NYPD father when he learns of his father’s critical HIV diagnosis.
DIRECTOR Tom Curitore
PRODUCER Tom Curitore
DIRECTOR Yoelle Gulko
PRODUCER Lea Despotis
When a young filmmaker hits rock bottom in the YouTube rabbithole, she is determined to repair her relationship with her phone and finds her voice in a digital wellbeing movement.
DIRECTOR Yoelle Gulko
PRODUCER Lea Despotis
DIRECTOR George Nierenberg
PRODUCERS George Nierenberg, Susan Margolin
From director George T. Nierenberg comes a moving and thought-provoking documentary examining the human costs of untreated sleep apnea affecting as many as one billion people worldwide. Interweaving four stories, OUT OF BREATH documents the compelling struggles of patients, the emotionally fraught effects on their families, and the hope that comes with seeking treatment.
DIRECTOR George Nierenberg
PRODUCERS George Nierenberg, Susan Margolin
DIRECTOR Pascal Giacomini
PRODUCER Carine Fabius
While documenting the explosion of art happening in a Haitian slum, the filmmaker takes viewers into the post-earthquake art scene, an exploration of Haiti’s love affair with Vodou, its revolutionary history, local music, and lots of art.
DIRECTOR Pascal Giacomini
PRODUCER Carine Fabius
DIRECTOR Daniel Raim
Unveiling Yasujiro Ozu’s legacy through his personal diaries, letters, and interviews, the documentary delves into his life, creative process, and lasting impact on filmmaking.
DIRECTOR Daniel Raim
DIRECTOR Karine Barclais
DIRECTOR Chris Farina
For twenty-eight years, the Virginia Pep Band was loved by students, begrudgingly supported by administrators, and reviled by some alumni. Sports, humor, and culture collided, resulting in the Band's demise.
DIRECTOR Chris Farina
DIRECTOR Femke Huurdeman
PRODUCER Blanca Balleste
After a couple arrives in a plaster workshop, an unsuccessful artist creates her best work yet; a sculpture that immortalizes the lovers forever.
DIRECTOR Femke Huurdeman
PRODUCER Blanca Balleste
DIRECTOR Hasan Hadi
PRODUCER Leah Chen Baker
While people struggle to survive under sanctions in Saddam’s Iraq, nine-year-old Saeed must use his wits to bring the mandatory cake to celebrate President Saddam's birthday or face the consequences—prison or death.
DIRECTOR Hasan Hadi
PRODUCER Leah Chen Baker
Co-Founders Hussain Currimbhoy, Lucy Mukerjee, Themba Bhebhe, Paul Struthers
Programmers of Colour Collective (POC2) are film festival programmers who are POCs, women and TSLGBTQ+*. Our objective is to advocate for a more inclusive programming pool worldwide.
Co-Founders Hussain Currimbhoy, Lucy Mukerjee, Themba Bhebhe, Paul Struthers
DIRECTOR Tosin Morohunfola
PRODUCERS Tosin Morohunfola, Christopher Commons
When a progressive, midwestern pastor’s life is threatened by extremists, she must fight to reclaim her pulpit as a skeptical FBI Agent races to uncover the terrorists before an attack.
DIRECTOR Tosin Morohunfola
PRODUCERS Tosin Morohunfola, Christopher Commons
DIRECTOR Jenni Olson
PRODUCER Jenni Olson
Lyrical, digressive and innovative in scope and form, Jenni Olson’s latest 16mm essay film portrays the urban landscapes of California and Minnesota as it unfolds an ambitious cinematic treatise.
DIRECTOR Jenni Olson
PRODUCER Jenni Olson
DIRECTOR Maryam L’Ange
PRODUCER Amy Poncher
An unexpected death amidst a wedding grips an Iranian-American immigrant family with a moral dilemma.
DIRECTOR Maryam L’Ange
PRODUCER Amy Poncher
DIRECTOR David Goodall
PRODUCER Eric Michael Kochmer
Seven river activists, devastated forty years earlier by the drowning of the Stanislaus River behind a boondoggle dam, must rekindle their trust in each other for one last chance to revive the river, and their broken hearts.
DIRECTOR David Goodall
PRODUCER Eric Michael Kochmer
DIRECTOR Nazrin Choudhury
PRODUCERS Nazrin Choudhury, Sara McFarlane
A young mother from Arkansas is forced to travel across state lines in search of an urgent and necessary abortion.
DIRECTOR Nazrin Choudhury
PRODUCERS Nazrin Choudhury, Sara McFarlane
DIRECTORS Artemis Shaw, Prashanth Kamalakanthan
PRODUCER Artemis Shaw
Struggling with new parenthood and stalling careers, Kallia and Ram’s lives are thrown into chaos when Kallia’s blind mother goes on a mission to exorcize the family from the evil eye.
DIRECTORS Artemis Shaw, Prashanth Kamalakanthan
PRODUCER Artemis Shaw
DIRECTOR Chris Paine
PRODUCERS Alyx Asakawa, Mark Monroe
RISE OF THE ELECTRIC CAR wraps up the trilogy begun with Who Killed the Electric Car? (2006) and Revenge of the Electric Car (2011) as EVs step into the global limelight.
DIRECTOR Chris Paine
PRODUCERS Alyx Asakawa, Mark Monroe
DIRECTOR Jennifer Lane
PRODUCERS Jennifer Lane, David Hollander, Joseph Cashiola, Arne Glimcher
An in-depth look at the career of iconoclastic artist Robert Irwin, whose investigations into the nature of perception have radically expanded the possibilities of what art can be.
DIRECTOR Jennifer Lane
PRODUCERS Jennifer Lane, David Hollander, Joseph Cashiola, Arne Glimcher
DIRECTOR Victor Ilyukhin
PRODUCER Olga Lvoff
Raised in exile abroad over generations, the new Romanovs choose to re-connect to their royal Russian heritage.
DIRECTOR Victor Ilyukhin
PRODUCER Olga Lvoff
DIRECTOR Nick Lane
PRODUCER Connor Williams
Mild-mannered insurance salesman, Romesh, becomes an unwitting internet sensation, thrusting him into the spotlight and challenging his relationships as his ego balloons to epic proportions.
DIRECTOR Nick Lane
PRODUCER Connor Williams
DIRECTOR Karina E. Turner
PRODUCERS Craig Colvin, Amanda Erlanson
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER Karina E. Turner
When Yoshi Kubo is evicted from his California farm under the WWII Japanese exclusion order and confined in a bleak internment camp, he takes an unconventional stand against oppression.
DIRECTOR Karina E. Turner
PRODUCERS Craig Colvin, Amanda Erlanson
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER Karina E. Turner
DIRECTOR Pedro Kos
PRODUCER Ina Fichman
RUFUS: HE LOVED will discover who Rufus Wainwright really is, how he's been shaped, how he's survived, and where he's going.
DIRECTOR Pedro Kos
PRODUCER Ina Fichman
DIRECTOR David Gutnik
PRODUCERS Olha Beskhmelnytsina, Sam Bisbee, Stacey Reiss
With their country at war, Ukrainian artists embark on a quest of faith, identity and resistance.
DIRECTOR David Gutnik
PRODUCERS Olha Beskhmelnytsina, Sam Bisbee, Stacey Reiss
DIRECTOR Erica Milsom
PRODUCER Todd Shaiman
Ryzo Studio’s RELEASE THE BEAST is an animated comedy exploring anger, bullying, and the triumph of self-reflection. It tells the story of Aaron, an introverted teenage gamer, whose inner rage, personified by multiple versions of his gaming character Stan, concocts a revenge plan after Aaron is humiliated by the school bully.
DIRECTOR Erica Milsom
PRODUCER Todd Shaiman
DIRECTOR Alex Burunova
PRODUCERS Rafael Thomaseto, Helena Sardinha, Kyle Stroud
Satisfaction is a love story that breaks down gender stereotypes and constraints of the traditional sexual identity. A woman takes revenge against her partner as they attempt to escape "old sins" on a Greek island off-season.
DIRECTOR Alex Burunova
PRODUCERS Rafael Thomaseto, Helena Sardinha, Kyle Stroud
DIRECTOR Tzvetana Denkova
PRODUCERS Megan Jordan, Tzvetana Denkova
Stefan moves into the Bulgarian enclave in suburban Tennessee, where comical rivalries, suspicions, and hijinks conspire to come between him and his American Dream.
DIRECTOR Tzvetana Denkova
PRODUCERS Megan Jordan, Tzvetana Denkova
DIRECTOR David Hughes Duke
PRODUCERS Chris Moser, David Hughes Duke
This public television documentary will blend narrative and music performance to explore how the people who came to be known as the Scotch-Irish or Scots-Irish have influenced democracy in America.
DIRECTOR David Hughes Duke
PRODUCERS Chris Moser, David Hughes Duke
DIRECTOR Paula Andrea González-Nasser
PRODUCERS Ryan Martin Brown, Matthew Romanski, Paula Andrea González-Nasser
Over the course of one day, Sofia—a television location scout—hustles to find the right spaces for an upcoming shoot. In the process, she connects and interacts with a handful of strangers who let her into their homes.
DIRECTOR Paula Andrea González-Nasser
PRODUCERS Ryan Martin Brown, Matthew Romanski, Paula Andrea González-Nasser
DIRECTOR Laj P. Waghray
PRODUCER Laj P. Waghray
Using a diminishing bird habitat as a focal point, SEARCHING FOR SPARROWS documents the efforts of four citizens working in diverse fields in current-day Hyderabad, India, who are engaged in trying to reverse the impact of rapid urbanization on the environment.
DIRECTOR Laj P. Waghray
PRODUCER Laj P. Waghray
DIRECTOR Jamie Meltzer
PRODUCER Annie Marr
Weaving together observational vignettes, SHIFTED LANDSCAPES examines the pervasive effects of the climate crisis on the environmental, cultural and psychological landscapes of California.
DIRECTOR Jamie Meltzer
PRODUCER Annie Marr
DIRECTOR Scott Hamilton Kennedy
PRODUCER Scott Hamilton Kennedy
SHOT IN THE ARM is a documentary about the complex and intertwined worlds of public health, vaccines, vaccine safety, and the search for truth.
DIRECTOR Scott Hamilton Kennedy
PRODUCER Scott Hamilton Kennedy
DIRECTORS Jeff Nucera, Jonathan Ruane
PRODUCERS Jeff Nucera, Jonathan Ruane
A serious look into the absurd world of Tight & Nerdy—the first and only burlesque troupe devoted to the music of “Weird Al” Yankovic.
DIRECTORS Jeff Nucera, Jonathan Ruane
PRODUCERS Jeff Nucera, Jonathan Ruane
DIRECTOR Eric Branco
PRODUCERS Salma Qarnain, Roderick Lawrence
A Black couple’s strength is tested when the ambitious husband, a star defense attorney at a white-shoe law firm, is thrust into a controversial stand-your-ground case that may require the ultimate sacrifice.
DIRECTOR Eric Branco
PRODUCERS Salma Qarnain, Roderick Lawrence
DIRECTOR Emilie Upczak
PRODUCER John Otterbacher
In the near future, amidst a major water and energy crisis, a Native botanist working for the Department of the Interior is sent on a rafting trip down the Colorado River through Grand Canyon with two developers.
DIRECTOR Emilie Upczak
PRODUCER John Otterbacher
DIRECTORS Jared Corwin, Benjamin Sharpe?
SILVER LAKE SHORTS is a monthly, free (submissions and admissions) screening series featuring Los Angeles filmmakers aimed at boosting the local independent film scene.
DIRECTORS Jared Corwin, Benjamin Sharpe?
DIRECTOR Dea Gjinovci and Antoine Goldet
PRODUCER Chachi Hauser
Sisters Act follows fearless religious sisters forming a network to end sexual slavery, counterbalancing the dark and abusive rings of traffickers who exploit women internationally.
DIRECTOR Dea Gjinovci and Antoine Goldet
PRODUCER Chachi Hauser
DIRECTOR Eme Eidson
PRODUCER Eme Eidson
SLOW FASHION is a documentary about how western fashion designers work with women weavers and block print artisans in Mexico, Laos and India, moving away from a profits-first colonialist way of doing business to a more just and equal, people-first, collaborative one.
DIRECTOR Eme Eidson
PRODUCER Eme Eidson
DIRECTOR Scott Crawford
PRODUCER Paul Rachman
Punk rock icon Joe Keithley runs for re-election as a councilman in his Canadian hometown. Can he win and continue to make a difference?
DIRECTOR Scott Crawford
PRODUCER Paul Rachman
DIRECTOR Leigha Kingsley
PRODUCERS Leigha Kingsley, Morgan Newton
THE SPIRIT OF WOMEN takes an intimate look at the trailblazing women who are changing the entire landscape for females in the male-dominated world of whiskey and bourbon.
DIRECTOR Leigha Kingsley
PRODUCERS Leigha Kingsley, Morgan Newton
DIRECTOR Lauren Ludwig
PRODUCERS Matthew Andrews, Jeffrey Simon, Jer Adrianne Lelliott, Kaia Ferari
On her way out of town forever, Dina—fast-talkin’ queer rebel cowgirl—makes a surprise stop so she and her beloved Bev can escape the pious throttle of their small town church.
DIRECTOR Lauren Ludwig
PRODUCERS Matthew Andrews, Jeffrey Simon, Jer Adrianne Lelliott, Kaia Ferari
DIRECTOR Sarah T. Schwab
PRODUCERS Brian Long, Sarah T. Schwab, Megan Smith-Harris
An elderly woman is faced with a life/death decision after her husband, a man who has been diagnosed with a terminal heart disease, informs her that he will spend his final days alone in order to spare her the emotional distress of watching him die. The 17-year old neighbor boy, who acts as their surrogate son, is contemplating his own life choices, which become influenced by the couple’s circumstance.
DIRECTOR Sarah T. Schwab
PRODUCERS Brian Long, Sarah T. Schwab, Megan Smith-Harris
DIRECTOR Christia Crocker
PRODUCERS Christia Crocker, Heather Konowal
After their parent’s death, Katie Behnan cares for her sister Megan, with early onset Alzheimer’s. As the disease progresses, it takes a physical, emotional, and social toll.
DIRECTOR Christia Crocker
PRODUCERS Christia Crocker, Heather Konowal
DIRECTOR Carol McCann
PRODUCER Michael Lesser
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER Alan Ball
In a rural Nebraska town, a woman and her granddaughter go in search of a suit, a seemingly simple task that is revealed to have a much more monumental purpose.
DIRECTOR Carol McCann
PRODUCER Michael Lesser
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER Alan Ball
DIRECTOR Robyn Hussa Farrell and Tim Farrell
PRODUCER Robyn Hussa Farrell and Timothy Farrell
The true story of a woman who suffered severe childhood trauma resulting in multiple personality disorder as seen on video from treatment sessions with the psychiatrist who helped her heal.
DIRECTOR Robyn Hussa Farrell and Tim Farrell
PRODUCER Robyn Hussa Farrell and Timothy Farrell
DIRECTOR Julie Rubio
PRODUCERS Julie Rubio, Jennifer Wallace
TAMARA traces the life and adventures of renowned art deco painter Tamara de Lempicka, exploring the mysteries behind her self-created public image, secrets she kept and her complex legacy.
DIRECTOR Julie Rubio
PRODUCERS Julie Rubio, Jennifer Wallace
DIRECTOR Brad Alexander
As the drug Fentanyl makes headlines killing youth all around the world, the Noriega family grapples with the death of their son, and makes new ground preserving his legacy.
DIRECTOR Brad Alexander
DIRECTOR Claire Weissbluth
PRODUCERS Claire Weissbluth, Jesse Dodd, Ryan Troy
A journey through a year in the life of three family farms cultivating cannabis, food and community in the pursuit of a regenerative future.
DIRECTOR Claire Weissbluth
PRODUCERS Claire Weissbluth, Jesse Dodd, Ryan Troy
DIRECTOR Marah Strauch
PRODUCERS Marah Strauch, Eric Bruggemann
Theresienstadt was a “model” concentration camp for Jewish artists created by the Nazi regime. Terezin will be a personal investigation by the great-granddaughter of a holocaust victim. The filmmaker will seek to answer what is real and what is propaganda in the filmic archives left behind by her grandmother's killers.
DIRECTOR Marah Strauch
PRODUCERS Marah Strauch, Eric Bruggemann
DIRECTOR Emily Mkrtichian
PRODUCER Emily Mkrtichian
In a disputed territory between Armenia and Azerbaijan, a painter invites four women into her studio—a politician, an Olympic-hopeful athlete, a domestic violence activist, and a woman who disarms land mines for a living. Through intimate conversations, each woman shares their personal hardships, as well as their imaginations, desires and dreams for the future. As their stories unfold, the artist begins work on a series of transformative portraits.
DIRECTOR Emily Mkrtichian
PRODUCER Emily Mkrtichian
DIRECTOR Evangelo Gasos
PRODUCER Liliana Kawase
THREADS aims to document the voices of artists from different generations, weaving a polyphony of experiences and thought in the artistic fashion world.
DIRECTOR Evangelo Gasos
PRODUCER Liliana Kawase
DIRECTOR Dan Eason
PRODUCERS Dan Eason, Karlie Hustle
Paul is a deaf skater among mostly hearing friends at Burnside Skatepark. Often lost in translation, the Burnside community bands together to support him.
DIRECTOR Dan Eason
PRODUCERS Dan Eason, Karlie Hustle
DIRECTOR Angelo J. Guglielmo
PRODUCERS Susan Talbot, Lannette Turrichi
After Josh Nowlan survives the deadly wrath of a mass shooting while watching The Dark Knight Rises, he must battle the ghost of James Holmes long after he leaves the theater.
DIRECTOR Angelo J. Guglielmo
PRODUCERS Susan Talbot, Lannette Turrichi
DIRECTOR Meagan Adele Lopez
PRODUCERS Meagan Adele Lopez, Samantha Mitchell
They were professionally trained childhood actors; destined to be stars. None of them made it. Twenty years later, one woman goes back to Baltimore to find out what happened to their dreams.
DIRECTOR Meagan Adele Lopez
PRODUCERS Meagan Adele Lopez, Samantha Mitchell
DIRECTOR Greyson Horst
PRODUCERS Emmi Shockley, Philly Hughes, Kara Bartek
A lonely gay singer-songwriter learns how to ask for what he wants in life through a newfound romance with an honest and communicative married couple.
DIRECTOR Greyson Horst
PRODUCERS Emmi Shockley, Philly Hughes, Kara Bartek
DIRECTOR Peter Quandt
PRODUCER IKE ROFE
TIMETRACKER follows Jack Powers, a brilliant 60-year-old man recently released from a 33-year federal prison stay, 22 of which were spent in solitary confinement. As the story unfolds, Jack navigates post-carceral life, wandering the American West in a rehabbed RV looking for a better life and a sense of peace with his past.
DIRECTOR Peter Quandt
PRODUCER IKE ROFE
DIRECTOR Jeremy Redleaf
PRODUCER Jeremy Redleaf
When two wellness gals who aren’t well get kicked out of an ayahuasca ceremony, they encounter a series of upstate weirdos who accidentally give them what they desperately need.
DIRECTOR Jeremy Redleaf
PRODUCER Jeremy Redleaf
DIRECTOR Lynnex Auguste
PRODUCER Chris Auguste
Wives, Lynnex & Chris, investigate Queer Herstories along California’s coast to restore narrative balance to documented Histories. Well-rounded, inclusive discussions about Aliens, Ghosts, and Emotional Regulation ensue atop engaging AfroPop cinematography.
DIRECTOR Lynnex Auguste
PRODUCER Chris Auguste
DIRECTOR David Liver
PRODUCER François Combin
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS Samara Kupferberg, Edgar Seligman
assistant producers Jessica Wolfson, Paul Lovelace
Amidst presidential rants and blaring TV news, the outrageously inspiring story of counterculture icon, proto-punk-superstar, and radical lover, Tuli Kupferberg, narrated by Thurston Moore and Tuli Kupferberg!
DIRECTOR David Liver
PRODUCER François Combin
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS Samara Kupferberg, Edgar Seligman
assistant producers Jessica Wolfson, Paul Lovelace
DIRECTOR Fiona Lloyd-Davies
PRODUCER Nick Stuart
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER Cynthia Kane
The story of the unquenchable power of the human spirit, offering crucial lessons and hope, told by a town that withstood a brutal 3 year siege during the Bosnian War.
DIRECTOR Fiona Lloyd-Davies
PRODUCER Nick Stuart
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER Cynthia Kane
DIRECTOR D.W. Young
PRODUCER Judith Mizrachy
UNCROPPED rediscovers the work of New York photographer James Hamilton, one of the great chroniclers of the cultural history of America over the last half century.
DIRECTOR D.W. Young
PRODUCER Judith Mizrachy
DIRECTOR Tommy Hyde
PRODUCERS Aaron Woolf, Tommy Hyde
co-producer Kyra Schaefer
The curiously optimistic tale of Doug Butler—a hardscrabble Vermont dairy farmer who risks losing the only home he's ever known to chase his dreams of dog mushing in Alaska.
DIRECTOR Tommy Hyde
PRODUCERS Aaron Woolf, Tommy Hyde
co-producer Kyra Schaefer
DIRECTOR Cathy R. Fischer
A character-driven documentary about people who have made the controversial decision to tattoo their grandparents’ concentration camp numbers on their own bodies. The film is directed by Cathy R Fischer, the child and grandchild of Holocaust survivors.
DIRECTOR Cathy R. Fischer
DIRECTOR Marlene “Mo” Morris
PRODUCERS Jed Riffe, Nicole SOLIS-SISON, Marlene “Mo” Morris
When ICE threatens 700,000 fellow Dreamers, Luis Cortes Romero fights back — and becomes the first undocumented attorney to argue a case at the Supreme Court. A charismatic immigration attorney and DACA recipient, Luis risks his own safety to join a powerful and highly visible legal team. Their stunning Supreme Court win fortifies a growing, vigorous and urgent campaign for compassionate immigration reform with a pathway to citizenship.
DIRECTOR Marlene “Mo” Morris
PRODUCERS Jed Riffe, Nicole SOLIS-SISON, Marlene “Mo” Morris
DIRECTORS Annette King, Ishmael Azeli
PRODUCER Annette King
field producer Ivanovitch Ingabire
Showcasing the true perseverance of the human spirit, UNMASKED: REAL HEROES, UNTOLD STORIES is a limited docuseries profiling changemakers from Africa who challenge systemic marginalization and forge a path to social change in their own communities; but can their grassroot disruption truly help those they intend to serve?
DIRECTORS Annette King, Ishmael Azeli
PRODUCER Annette King
field producer Ivanovitch Ingabire
DIRECTOR Candice Fox
PRODUCER Candice Fox
For years, desperate parents unknowingly sent their troubled teens to an abusive boarding school inspired by one of the most dangerous cults in American history.
DIRECTOR Candice Fox
PRODUCER Candice Fox
DIRECTOR Francisco “Paco” Zamudio
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER Francisco “Paco” Zamudio
Illustrators Daniel Corzo, Priscila Vergara
From infancy to adulthood, a young girl struggles to overcome a crippling disorder that only few can see and even fewer understand.
DIRECTOR Francisco “Paco” Zamudio
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER Francisco “Paco” Zamudio
Illustrators Daniel Corzo, Priscila Vergara
DIRECTOR Tim Tsai
PRODUCERS Kristin Lesko, Tim Tsai
In rural California, a small community of Black and Lantinx families strive for their own vision of what the town’s original founders sought to build over a century ago.
DIRECTOR Tim Tsai
PRODUCERS Kristin Lesko, Tim Tsai
DIRECTOR Lizzy Fowler
PRODUCER Vickie Curtis
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS Brian Radford, Doug Robinson
Director of Photography Pete Alton
From Traumatic Brain Injury to triumphant recovery, Lizzy's experiences lead her into a deep exploration of Flow State, merging personal resilience with scientific revelations.
DIRECTOR Lizzy Fowler
PRODUCER Vickie Curtis
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS Brian Radford, Doug Robinson
Director of Photography Pete Alton
DIRECTOR Jennifer Lane
PRODUCERS Jennifer Lane, David Hollander
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER David Koh
Cinematorgrapher
Against all odds, Russian-Jewish immigrant Louise Nevelson transforms herself from a cultural outsider in a man’s world into one of the most famous American artists of all time.
DIRECTOR Jennifer Lane
PRODUCERS Jennifer Lane, David Hollander
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER David Koh
Cinematorgrapher
DIRECTORS Jeane Phan Wong, Jimmy Nguyen
PRODUCERS Jes Vu, Tracy Chitupatham, Jeane Phan Wong
Created by Vietnam War refugees for the global Vietnamese diaspora, variety show Paris by Night, faces an uncertain future as the founder’s grandchildren transform it for a modern audience.
DIRECTORS Jeane Phan Wong, Jimmy Nguyen
PRODUCERS Jes Vu, Tracy Chitupatham, Jeane Phan Wong
DIRECTOR Peter Fitzgerald
PRODUCER Christopher Racster
consulting producer Daniel Karslake
From their first outing in nun drag in 1979 to today, The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence have broken barriers in LGBTQ+ representation, AIDS advocacy and human rights activism.
DIRECTOR Peter Fitzgerald
PRODUCER Christopher Racster
consulting producer Daniel Karslake
DIRECTOR Sura Mallouh
PRODUCERS Sura Mallouh, Laura Poitras, Yoni Golijov
Two friends uncover a conflict that divides their already embattled community. Told from all sides with unprecedented access, this observational film unfolds in real-time.
DIRECTOR Sura Mallouh
PRODUCERS Sura Mallouh, Laura Poitras, Yoni Golijov
DIRECTOR Sandra Luckow
PRODUCERS Sandra Luckow, Kat Vecchio
associate producer Paul Calandrino
VANISHING: A LOVE STORY is about award-winning novelist Cai Emmons and her loving, open-hearted journey towards death. As she struggles to “do it right” and on her own terms, she creates powerful and lasting reminders that she was here.
DIRECTOR Sandra Luckow
PRODUCERS Sandra Luckow, Kat Vecchio
associate producer Paul Calandrino
DIRECTOR Gus Holwerda
PRODUCERS Jason Spisak, Lyndsey Waugh, Luke Holwerda, Gus Holwerda
A group of renegade cowboys on the trail of lost treasure become cursed and must escape from an unending darkness filled with ghostly visions of their past and future.
DIRECTOR Gus Holwerda
PRODUCERS Jason Spisak, Lyndsey Waugh, Luke Holwerda, Gus Holwerda
DIRECTOR Rolla Selbak
PRODUCER Julie Bersani
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER Cherien Dabis
A young Palestinian man living in Jerusalem must save his family when a mythical Ghouleh (female demon) from his grandmother’s folktales appears in his townand threatens his family’s home.
DIRECTOR Rolla Selbak
PRODUCER Julie Bersani
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER Cherien Dabis
DIRECTOR Rob Smat
PRODUCERS Michael Orion Downing, Thomas Kutzler
When a shooter committed mass murder in an El Paso Wal-Mart last year, a small yet powerful movement began in Wal-Mart's corporate offices to enact meaningful change in the wake of the tragedy, spearheaded by an entry-level employee. The results led to the most meaningful gun reforms in the decade since Sandy Hook.
DIRECTOR Rob Smat
PRODUCERS Michael Orion Downing, Thomas Kutzler
DIRECTOR William Breittholz
PRODUCER Soratchabhumi H. Sukkasem
An assistant to a late-night show host seeks refuge when her boss threatens to have her take part in the show’s popular but morally questionable segment.
DIRECTOR William Breittholz
PRODUCER Soratchabhumi H. Sukkasem
DIRECTOR Cheryl Isaacson
PRODUCERS Caitlyn Durkin, Keren Southall, Danielle Chiefetz
Today is Una’s last day in the AI-controlled distribution station, an involuntary retirement that tears her away from her surrogate daughter and the woman she loves. Now, Una has only moments to convince a suspicious newcomer to help ignite a rebellion.
DIRECTOR Cheryl Isaacson
PRODUCERS Caitlyn Durkin, Keren Southall, Danielle Chiefetz
DIRECTOR Sheryl Glubok
PRODUCERS Iana Dontcheva, Sheryl Glubok
With 40 in the rearview mirror, a mother of two gets a career-making offer. All she has to do is chaperone a narcissistic literary legend 350 miles to an awards ceremony in Telluride. What could possibly go wrong?
DIRECTOR Sheryl Glubok
PRODUCERS Iana Dontcheva, Sheryl Glubok
DIRECTOR Juan Felipe Zuleta
PRODUCERS Chad Shields, Masha Leonov, Henry Rincon, Leland Frankel, Juan Felipe Zuleta
At the superstitious fringes of South America, a pair of siblings must survive the inhumanity of civil war—and a deteriorating grip on reality—to investigate the disappearance of their mother.
DIRECTOR Juan Felipe Zuleta
PRODUCERS Chad Shields, Masha Leonov, Henry Rincon, Leland Frankel, Juan Felipe Zuleta
DIRECTOR Adriana Torres
PRODUCER Carole Lowe
Fans of the television series Wynonna Earp, known as Earpers, are considered the most cohesive, generous and loving fandom in the world. Let’s celebrate them.
DIRECTOR Adriana Torres
PRODUCER Carole Lowe
DIRECTOR Jennifer Wallace
PRODUCER Scott Gracheff
DIRECTOR Yael Bridge
PRODUCERS JEREMY FLOOD, MARS VERRONE, YAEL BRIDGE, YONI GOLIJOV
With 340,000 UPS workers ready to strike this summer, the Teamsters union could make history with the largest work stoppage seen in generations. This documentary intimately follows President Sean O’Brien and rank-and-file workers in New York, California, and Kentucky as they put everything on the line to win better working conditions.
DIRECTOR Yael Bridge
PRODUCERS JEREMY FLOOD, MARS VERRONE, YAEL BRIDGE, YONI GOLIJOV
DIRECTOR Jonathan Olshefski
PRODUCER Elizabeth Day
WITHOUT ARROWS is a feature length documentary that follows three generations of the Fiddler family over the course of ten years
DIRECTOR Jonathan Olshefski
PRODUCER Elizabeth Day
DIRECTORS Liza Donnelly, Kathleen Hughes
PRODUCERS Judith Mizrachy, Liza Donnelly
Women Laughing is a documentary about the diverse women cartoonists who have graced the pages of The New Yorker from the first issue to the present day, as well as a fun, insightful journey into how women’s humor reflects their struggles.
DIRECTORS Liza Donnelly, Kathleen Hughes
PRODUCERS Judith Mizrachy, Liza Donnelly
DIRECTOR Rosalie Miller
PRODUCER Clementine Briand
Queer, femme performance-artist, Jody Kuehner, seeks connection with audiences as she confronts her own existential dread through her comedy alter-ego, Cherdonna Shinatra.
DIRECTOR Rosalie Miller
PRODUCER Clementine Briand
DIRECTOR Matthew Bardugone
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER Ayse Reyering
At a time when homophobia is on the rise, how do LGBTQ+ people find self-love?
DIRECTOR Matthew Bardugone
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER Ayse Reyering
DIRECTOR Sara Robin
PRODUCER Stephanie Stender
Your Attention Please follows several people on their radical journey to overcome the addictive pull of the attention economy in order to think, feel, and connect deeply again.
DIRECTOR Sara Robin
PRODUCER Stephanie Stender