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100yearsofhope
100 Years Of Hope

DIRECTOR Allen Burnett
PRODUCER Braelan Murray

Documentary Feature
100 Years Of Hope

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

1893yearoftheyogi
1893: Year of the Yogi

DIRECTOR Nicholas Oscoff
PRODUCERS Nicholas Oscoff, Stash Slionski, Chris Panizzon, Shira Lazar

Documentary Feature
1893: Year of the Yogi

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

35000watts
35000 Watts
The Story of College Radio

DIRECTOR Michael Millard
producer

Documentary Feature
35000 Watts
The Story of College Radio

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

agg
Agg

DIRECTOR Shaina Ghuraya
PRODUCERS K. Giselle Johnson, Jack Walterman

Narrative Feature
Agg

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

ahoy
Ahoy!

DIRECTOR Julian Alvarez
PRODUCERS Emmi Shockley, Rebecca Mendoza Mejia, Jess Gabor

Narrative Short
Ahoy!

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

allbeforeyou
All Before You

DIRECTOR Annemarie Jacir
PRODUCERS Ossama Bawardi, Philistine Films, AKA Blad Films

Narrative Feature
All Before You

Palestine under the British Mandate. The backdrop is a shifting world that will lead to the start of World War II.

DIRECTOR Annemarie Jacir
PRODUCERS Ossama Bawardi, Philistine Films, AKA Blad Films

almarose
Alma Rosé

DIRECTOR Francine Zuckerman
PRODUCERS Francine Zuckerman, Sally Blake

Documentary Feature
Alma Rosé

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

americansolitaire
American Solitaire

DIRECTOR Aaron Davidman
PRODUCERS Aaron Davidman, Dylan Kussman

Narrative Feature
American Solitaire

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

towardhappyalleys
And, Towards Happy Alleys
(Be Kucheye Khoshbakht)

DIRECTOR Sreemoyee Singh
PRODUCER Sreemoyee Singh

Documentary Feature / Film Essay
And, Towards Happy Alleys
(Be Kucheye Khoshbakht)

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

angellady
Angel Lady

DIRECTOR Edgar Pablos
PRODUCERS Dan Moore, Sheri Leigh Myers, Edgar Pablos, Carol Bidault De L'Isle, Jeffrey Wetzel

Narrative Feature
Angel Lady

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

annarbor
Ann Arbor

DIRECTOR Trevor Zhou
PRODUCER Trevor Zhou

Narrative Feature
Ann Arbor

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

arisefirebird
Arise Firebird
Transcending Workplace Trauma

DIRECTOR Jimi Okubanjo
PRODUCERS Jimi Okubanjo, Joanne Butcher

Documentary Feature
Arise Firebird
Transcending Workplace Trauma

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

artislife
Art is Life

DIRECTOR Jeremiah Alexis Verdecias
PRODUCERS Peggy Callahan, Lisa McCarthy

Documentary Short
Art is Life

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

artspiegelman
Art Spiegelman
Disaster Is My Muse!

DIRECTORS Molly Bernstein, Philip Dolin
PRODUCERS Alicia Sams, Molly Bernstein, Philip Dolin

Documentary Feature
Art Spiegelman
Disaster Is My Muse!

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

theaustinschoolshooting
The Austin School Shooting

DIRECTOR Stephen Purvis
PRODUCERS Chris Hilsabeck, Stephen Purvis

Documentary Feature
The Austin School Shooting

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

averageerin
Average Erin

DIRECTOR Brett Lopinsky
PRODUCERS Elly Crowell, Stanley Opalka
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER Erin Brennan

Documentary Feature
Average Erin

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

aysegulontuesdays
Ayşegül on Tuesdays

DIRECTOR Amy Omar
PRODUCERS Petrus van Staden, Karine Benzaria, Amy Omar

Narrative Short
Ayşegül on Tuesdays

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

thebagel
The Bagel
An Immigrants Story

DIRECTORS Sarah Teale, Nela Wagman, Jack Wareham
PRODUCERS Sarah Teale, Nela Wagman

Documentary Feature
The Bagel
An Immigrants Story

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

bannedtogether
Banned Together

DIRECTOR Kate Way
PRODUCERS Jenn Wiggin, Tom Wiggin, Allyson Rice

Documentary Feature
Banned Together

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

beautyhealingfilm
Beauty, Healing, Film

DIRECTOR Mark Steenbarger
PRODUCER Tai Payne

Episodic - Narrative
Beauty, Healing, Film

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

thebeautyofthedonkey
The Beauty of the Donkey

DIRECTOR Dea Gjinovci
PRODUCERS Dea Gjinovci, Emmanuelle Lepers
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER Maida Lynn
co-producer Ilir Hasanaj

Documentary Feature
The Beauty of the Donkey

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

behindthestripes
Behind the Stripes

DIRECTOR Shantel Hansen
PRODUCERS Shantel Hansen, Dean Blandino, Cyd Zeigler

Documentary Feature
Behind the Stripes

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

bellabella
Bella Bella

DIRECTOR Alex Takats
PRODUCERS Alex Takats, Tévan Wilson

Documentary Short
Bella Bella

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

bencarre
Ben Carré
A Parisian in Hollywood

DIRECTOR Thomas A. Walsh
PRODUCER Thomas A. Walsh

Documentary Feature / Film Essay
Ben Carré
A Parisian in Hollywood

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

beneaththeshadow
Beneath the Shadow

DIRECTOR Kevin Patrick Allen
PRODUCER Eric Frith

Documentary Feature
Beneath the Shadow

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

bennyssecondbirthday
Benny’s Second Birthday

DIRECTOR R.J. Glass
PRODUCERS Amanda Freedman, Daniel Leighton
line producer Cindy Zhang

Narrative Short
Benny’s Second Birthday

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

bigboys
Big Boys

DIRECTOR Corin Sherman
PRODUCERS Allison Tate, Corin Sherman

Narrative Feature
Big Boys

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

bobtrevinolikesit
Bob Trevino Likes It

DIRECTOR Tracie Laymon
PRODUCERS Tracie Laymon, Sean Mullin, Tina Carbone, Edgar Rosa

Narrative Feature
Bob Trevino Likes It

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

thebodyofchristhasaids
The Body of Christ Has AIDS

DIRECTORS Margaret Irwin, Stephen Hale
PRODUCERS Margaret Irwin, Stephen Hale

Documentary Feature
The Body of Christ Has AIDS

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

bodyparts
Body Parts

DIRECTOR Kristy Guevara-Flanagan
PRODUCER Helen Hood Scheer

Documentary Feature
Body Parts

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

bombay
Bombay

DIRECTOR Lucas Veltrie
PRODUCERS Lucas Veltrie, Patrick Mullen, Eliza McKenna

Narrative Short
Bombay

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

brandnew
Brand New

DIRECTORS Denzel Whitaker, Quincy G. Ledbetter
PRODUCERS Yuki Maekawa-Ledbetter, Ramfis Myrthil
Consulting Producer Johnny Starke

Narrative Short
Brand New

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

bridgeministry
A Bridge To Life

DIRECTOR Chris Farina
PRODUCER Chris Farina

Documentary Feature
A Bridge To Life

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

thebulldog
The Bulldog

DIRECTORS Ori Segev, Noah Dixon
PRODUCERS Drew Johnson, Alexander Hyde

Documentary Feature
The Bulldog

The Bulldog is an observational documentary that follows the residents of East Palestine, Ohio.

DIRECTORS Ori Segev, Noah Dixon
PRODUCERS Drew Johnson, Alexander Hyde

thebuttholesurfersmovie
The Butthole Surfers Movie

DIRECTOR Tom J Stern
PRODUCER Noa Durban

Documentary Feature
The Butthole Surfers Movie

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

chainofrocks
Chain of Rocks

DIRECTOR Damon Davis
PRODUCER Chris Renteria

Documentary Feature
Chain of Rocks

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

chiraku
Chiraku (Wing)

DIRECTOR Neelu Bhuman
PRODUCER Neelu Bhuman
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS Andrew Nicholson, Marc Smolowitz, Hariharan Krishnan, Yvonne Sanders-Hamilton, Ferry Jele, Rahul Bhuman

Documentary Feature
Chiraku (Wing)

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

chockfulluntilempty
Chock Full Until Empty

DIRECTOR Efe Kabba
PRODUCERS Efe Kabba, Elle Kurata, Nanda Saboia

Narrative Short
Chock Full Until Empty

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

citizenwong
Citizen Wong

DIRECTOR Douglas Ross
PRODUCERS Douglas Ross, Richard Chang

Documentary Feature
Citizen Wong

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

clarity
Clarity

DIRECTORS Cassidy Friedman, Amber Allen-Peirson
PRODUCER Cassidy Friedman
Producer Apo Bazidi

Documentary Feature
Clarity

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

theclimatecanary
The Climate Canary

DIRECTOR Vanessa Wells
PRODUCER Polly Fryer

Documentary Feature
The Climate Canary

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

coldwaterkitchen
Coldwater Kitchen

DIRECTORS Brian Kaufman, Mark Kurlyandchik
PRODUCERS Kathy Kieliszewski, Steve Byrne, Nicole Avery Nichols

Documentary Feature
Coldwater Kitchen

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

coloradokid
Colorado Kid

DIRECTORS Alyssa Fedele, Zachary Fink
PRODUCER Davis Coombe
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER Steve James

Documentary Feature
Colorado Kid

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

thecomeup
The Come Up

DIRECTOR Liz Manashil
PRODUCERS Clara Bijl, Alrik Bursell

Narrative Feature
The Come Up

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

cosmiccoda
Cosmic Coda

DIRECTOR Mary Jane Doherty
PRODUCER Mary Jane Doherty

Documentary Feature
Cosmic Coda

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

thecostofenlightenment
The Cost of Enlightenment

DIRECTOR Adam Wilder
PRODUCER Olivia Wilder

Documentary Feature
The Cost of Enlightenment

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

crimson
Crimson

DIRECTOR Rayan Farzad
PRODUCER Petrus van Staden
co-producer Apoorva Charan

Narrative Short
Crimson

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

crybabybridge
Crybaby Bridge

DIRECTOR Sarah T. Schwab
PRODUCERS Brian Long, Sarah T. Schwab, Cardinal Flix, Inc., Emily Fouraker, Without-a-Net Productions, Lori Singleton, Mia Salvaterra

Narrative Feature
Crybaby Bridge

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

daltonsdream
Dalton’s Dream

DIRECTORS Kim Longinotto, Franky Murray Brown
PRODUCER Lorine Plagnol

Documentary Feature
Dalton’s Dream

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

dancinginayard
Dancing in A-Yard

DIRECTOR Manuela Dalle
PRODUCERS Manuela Dalle, Jean Martin

Documentary Feature
Dancing in A-Yard

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

darknessuponmyfancy
Darkness Upon My Fancy

DIRECTOR Molly Loftus
PRODUCERS Molly Loftus, Emily Mansfield

Narrative Short
Darkness Upon My Fancy

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

daughtersofthewind
Daughters of the Wind

DIRECTOR Anne Landsman
PRODUCERS Anne Landsman, Susan Margolin

Documentary Feature
Daughters of the Wind

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

dcdox
DC/DOX

Co-Founders Jamie Shor, Sky Sitney

Film Festival
DC/DOX

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

deardoris
Dear Doris

DIRECTOR Scott Braucht
PRODUCER Kanani Koster

Documentary Feature
Dear Doris

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

dissonance
Dissonance

DIRECTOR Andrew Brame
PRODUCER Josefina Garcia
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER Spike Lee

Narrative Short
Dissonance

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

documentality
DocuMentality

PRODUCERS The D-Word, Film in Mind, and Move the Needle Films

Organization
DocuMentality

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

downriver
Downriver

DIRECTOR William Davis
PRODUCER Janet Nearhood
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS Quantum Leap Productions, Inc.
co-producers Kristin Atwell, Teri Morrison

Episodic - Documentary
Downriver

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

drsam
Dr. Sam

DIRECTOR Danielle Beckmann
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS Raji Ahsan, Danielle Beckmann
producer entities Aremay Studios, Brooklyn Quarter

Narrative Short
Dr. Sam

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

d-word
The D-Word

PRODUCERS Doug Block, Peter Gerard, Erica Ginsberg, Marjan Safinia

Organization
The D-Word

A global peer-to-peer community for documentary professionals.

PRODUCERS Doug Block, Peter Gerard, Erica Ginsberg, Marjan Safinia

eldorado
Eldorado

DIRECTORS Alvaro Furloni, Mario Furloni
CO-DIRECTOR Mario Furloni
PRODUCERS Helena Sardinha, Rafael Thomaseto

Narrative Short
Eldorado

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

ellis
Ellis

DIRECTOR Sascha Just
PRODUCER Sascha Just

Documentary Feature
Ellis

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

esthernewtonfilm
Esther Newton Made Me Gay

DIRECTOR Jean Carlomusto
PRODUCERS Shanti Avirgan, Jean Carlomusto

Documentary Feature
Esther Newton Made Me Gay

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

everythingsfine
Everything’s Fine!

DIRECTOR Amy Taylor
PRODUCERS Rowena Pedrena, Amy Taylor

Narrative Feature
Everything’s Fine!

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

fightorflight
Fight or Flight

DIRECTOR Lindsey Hagen
PRODUCERS Lindsey Hagen, Aaron Schurman

Documentary Short
Fight or Flight

A pilot shares her story of how she overcame childhood trauma by taking to the sky.

DIRECTOR Lindsey Hagen
PRODUCERS Lindsey Hagen, Aaron Schurman

thefinalcut
The Final Cut

DIRECTOR Mathieu Faure
PRODUCER Mathieu Faure

Documentary Feature
The Final Cut

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

findingform
Finding Form

DIRECTOR Brian Vernor
PRODUCERS Jordan Hruska, Heather Frank

Documentary Short
Finding Form

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

finishhim
Finish Him

DIRECTOR Zoë Rae
PRODUCERS Laura D’Augello, Zoë Rae, Sara McFarlane

Narrative Short
Finish Him

A houseparty somewhere in Brooklyn. Whose apartment is this anyway?

DIRECTOR Zoë Rae
PRODUCERS Laura D’Augello, Zoë Rae, Sara McFarlane

flagday
Flag Day

DIRECTORS Andrew Shea, Melissa Shea
PRODUCERS Andrew Shea, Melissa Shea

Documentary Feature
Flag Day

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

footnotes
Footnotes

DIRECTOR Kevin Carlock
PRODUCER Kevin Carlock

Narrative Feature
Footnotes

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

franklyspeakingfilms
Frankly Speaking Films Producers Circle

DIRECTORS Jen Rainin, Rivkah Beth Medow

Fund
Frankly Speaking Films Producers Circle

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

friendsandfoes
Friends and Foes

DIRECTOR Alan Brown
PRODUCERS Alan Brown, Jacob Bittens, Agathe David-Weill

Narrative Feature
Friends and Foes

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

thefuturists
The Futurists

DIRECTORS Jonathan Bogarín, Elan Bogarín
PRODUCERS Jonathan Bogarín, Elan Bogarín, Diane Quon, Bob Moore

Documentary Feature
The Futurists

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

ghostboat
Ghost Boat

DIRECTOR Tanim Yousuf
PRODUCERS Patrick Hamm, Arif Yousuf

Documentary Feature / Film Essay
Ghost Boat

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

goddess
Goddess
The Fall and Rise of Showgirls

DIRECTOR Jeffrey Schwarz
PRODUCERS Lotti Pharris Knowles, Jeffrey Schwarz

Documentary Feature
Goddess
The Fall and Rise of Showgirls

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

godspeed
Godspeed

DIRECTOR Celia C. Peters
PRODUCERS Gabrielle Glore, Celia C. Peters

Narrative Feature
Godspeed

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

gofigure
Go Figure
The Randy Gardner Story

DIRECTOR Sharidan W-Sotelo
PRODUCERS Sharidan W-Sotelo, Randy Gardner

Documentary Feature
Go Figure
The Randy Gardner Story

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

gratituderevealed
Gratitude Revealed

DIRECTOR Louie Schwartzberg
PRODUCER Louie Schwartzberg

Documentary Feature
Gratitude Revealed

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

group
Group

DIRECTOR Alexis Lloyd
PRODUCERS Alexis Lloyd, Molly Conners

Hybrid Narrative Feature
Group

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

guesthouse
Guest House

DIRECTORS Hannah Dweck, Yael Luttwak
PRODUCERS Hannah Dweck, Yael Luttwak

Documentary Feature
Guest House

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

handdrawndocumentary
Hand-Drawn: Documentary

DIRECTOR Felicity Morland
PRODUCERS Robert Fantinatto, Felicity Morland, Aki Takabatake

Documentary Feature
Hand-Drawn: Documentary

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

theheartrevolution
The Heart Revolution

DIRECTOR Benedikt Just
PRODUCER Tobias Siebert

Documentary Feature
The Heart Revolution

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

henryskingdom
Henry’s Kingdom

DIRECTOR Talon Reed Cooper

Narrative Short
Henry’s Kingdom

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

heretics
Heretics

DIRECTOR David Kittredge
PRODUCERS Jim Fall, David Kittredge, Travis Stevens

Documentary Feature
Heretics

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

hiddentrails
Hidden Trails

DIRECTOR Nick Harwood
PRODUCER Jake Agger

Narrative Short
Hidden Trails

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

hightouch
High Touch!

DIRECTOR Karlie Hustle
PRODUCER Dan Eason

Documentary Short
High Touch!

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

hijackingthetruth
Hijacking the Truth
Where the Law Ends

DIRECTOR Marzena Grzegorczyk
PRODUCERS Marzena Grzegorczyk, Mateusz William Gugalka

Documentary Feature
Hijacking the Truth
Where the Law Ends

A tense, feature-length documentary thriller about judicial ethos and accountability, set in contemporary Poland.

DIRECTOR Marzena Grzegorczyk
PRODUCERS Marzena Grzegorczyk, Mateusz William Gugalka

hilakihimi
Hila Kihimi

DIRECTOR Ashlei Payne
PRODUCERS Talor Stone, Ashlei Payne
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS Ashlei Payne, Talor Stone
Director of Photography Ashlei Payne

Documentary Short
Hila Kihimi

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

holdingmoses
Holding Moses

DIRECTORS Rivkah Beth Medow, Jen Rainin
PRODUCERS Rivkah Beth Medow, Jen Rainin

Documentary Short
Holding Moses

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

holyhumanangel
Holy Human Angel

DIRECTOR Angeliki Aristomenopoulou
PRODUCERS Rea Postolides, Yuri Averof, Vicky Miha

Documentary Feature
Holy Human Angel

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

ahouseisnotadisco
A House Is Not A Disco

DIRECTOR Brian J. Smith
PRODUCERS Jeremy Truong, Joe Conforti

Documentary Feature
A House Is Not A Disco

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

howmuchsleephaveyoulost
How Much Sleep Have You Lost?

DIRECTOR Nick Beaulieu
PRODUCER Nick Beaulieu

Documentary Feature
How Much Sleep Have You Lost?

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

hunkyjesus
Hunky Jesus

DIRECTOR Jennifer M. Kroot
PRODUCERS Brian Benson, Gerry Kim
field producer Christine Yoo

Documentary Short
Hunky Jesus

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

iamnotyourduskymaiden
I Am Not Your Dusky Maiden

DIRECTOR Vea Mafile’o
PRODUCERS Jasmin Dos Santos, Patrick Thomsen

Narrative Short
I Am Not Your Dusky Maiden

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

illbethere
I’ll Be There

DIRECTOR Andrew Shea
PRODUCERS Cindy McCreery, Barbara Morgan, Andrew Shea, Camille Scioli Chambers

Narrative Feature
I’ll Be There

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

imnothere
I’m Not Here

DIRECTOR DeDe Drake
PRODUCERS Jenna Marie Johnson, Emma West

Narrative Short
I’m Not Here

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

impossible
ImPossible

DIRECTOR Seckeita Lewis
PRODUCERS Seckeita Lewis, Brandon Lewis, Milan Chakraborty

Narrative Feature
ImPossible

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

theimposter
The Imposter

DIRECTOR Jenny Deller
PRODUCERS Jenny Deller, Joe Guest, Olivia Kavanaugh

Narrative Feature
The Imposter

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

innerudiagnosed
Inner U Diagnosed

DIRECTOR Kathryn Shasha
PRODUCER Kathryn Shasha

Documentary Feature
Inner U Diagnosed

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

insearchofphilliswheatleypeters
In Search of Phillis Wheatley Peters

DIRECTOR Leslie Askew
PRODUCER Turlough White

Hybrid Documentary Feature
In Search of Phillis Wheatley Peters

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

inthenameofhope
In the Name of Hope

DIRECTOR Christine Leuthold
PRODUCER Steven Ullman

Documentary Feature
In the Name of Hope

Magic happens when unhoused people move into “forever homes” where hopes and dreams can flourish…about the courage it takes and the support partners that make it possible.

DIRECTOR Christine Leuthold
PRODUCER Steven Ullman

invented
Invented
Before You Were Born

DIRECTOR Jonathan Knight
PRODUCERS Jonathan Knight, Le Datta Denise Grimes

Documentary Feature
Invented
Before You Were Born

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

itsfreebecauseitsyours
It’s Free Because It’s Yours

DIRECTOR Jennifer Lane
PRODUCERS Jennifer Lane, David Hollander

Documentary Feature
It’s Free Because It’s Yours

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

itsnotaburden
It’s Not a Burden
The Humor and Heartache of Raising Elderly Parents

DIRECTOR Michelle Boyaner
PRODUCERS Michelle Boyaner, Barbara Green

Documentary Feature
It’s Not a Burden
The Humor and Heartache of Raising Elderly Parents

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

izidor
Izidor
Real Boy for a Day

DIRECTOR Dave Kabbe
PRODUCERS Dave Kabbe, Sarah Padbury

Animated Short - Narrative
Izidor
Real Boy for a Day

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

jesusland
Jesus Land

DIRECTOR Saila Kariat
PRODUCERS Saila Kariat, Jeff Allard, Bernard Stewart

Narrative Feature
Jesus Land

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

thejimwallsstory
The Jim Walls Story

DIRECTOR James Parker
PRODUCERS James Parker, Juliet Grable

Documentary Short
The Jim Walls Story

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

joancohen
Joan Cohen
Painting The Chinese Dream

DIRECTOR Nicola Zavaglia
PRODUCERS Nicola Zavaglia, Kamel Khalifa

Documentary Feature
Joan Cohen
Painting The Chinese Dream

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

keepcomingback
Keep Coming Back

DIRECTOR Mark Rosman
PRODUCERS Mark Rosman, John Duffy

Narrative Feature
Keep Coming Back

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

kickinit
Kickin’ It

PRODUCERS Andrew Sugerman, Jay Paul Deratany
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER Jennifer Wyatt

Narrative Feature
Kickin’ It

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

laboroflove
Labor of Love
The Restoration of Graves Light

DIRECTOR Kim DiVincenzo
PRODUCER Kim DiVincenzo
director of photography Adam Mikaelian

Documentary Feature
Labor of Love
The Restoration of Graves Light

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

ladykingsoftexas
Lady Kings of Texas

DIRECTOR KATHERINE DUDAS
PRODUCERS CARLY CHRISTOPHER, ELISABETH NESS, GIOVANNIE CRUZ

Narrative Feature
Lady Kings of Texas

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

ladylike
Lady Like

DIRECTOR Luke Willis
PRODUCER Luke Willis

Documentary Feature
Lady Like

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

landfall
Landfall

DIRECTOR Cecilia Aldarondo
PRODUCERS Cecilia Aldarondo, Ines Hofmann Kanna

Documentary Feature
Landfall

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

thelastexodus
The Last Exodus

DIRECTORS Alyn Darnay, Kareem Awadalla
CO-DIRECTOR
PRODUCER Kareem Awadalla
line producer Craig Cox

Documentary Feature
The Last Exodus

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

thelemuriancandidate
The Lemurian Candidate

DIRECTOR Casey Cooper Johnson
PRODUCERS Casey Fenton, Antoneta Kastrati, Casey Cooper Johnson

Narrative Feature
The Lemurian Candidate

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

lhmp
Lesbian Home Movie Project (LHMP)

DIRECTOR Sharon Thompson
PRODUCERS Kate Horsfield, B. Ruby Rich, Sharon Thompson

Organization
Lesbian Home Movie Project (LHMP)

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

letterleaguedoc
Letter League Documentary

DIRECTOR Michelle Boyaner
PRODUCERS Michelle Boyaner, Barbara Green, Wendy Zipes Hunter, Katie Ford, Heather Spooner

Documentary Short
Letter League Documentary

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

lifeafteryou
Life After You

DIRECTOR Sarah T. Schwab
PRODUCERS Brian Long, Charlene Giannetti, Sarah T. Schwab, Florencia Lozano

Narrative Feature
Life After You

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

lifted
Lifted

DIRECTOR Hayden McComas
PRODUCERS Hayden McComas, Amanda Creighton, Greg Ray, Jon Leon-Guerrero, Ashleigh Kubokawa

Documentary Feature
Lifted

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

lilly_sac
Lilly - Social Action Campaign

Narrative Feature
Lilly - Social Action Campaign

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.

lionsandtigers
Lions & Tigers

DIRECTOR Richard Nield
PRODUCER Richard Nield

Documentary Feature
Lions & Tigers

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

livingloud
Living Loud

DIRECTORS Sarah Teale, Carin Van Der Donk
PRODUCERS Sarah Teale, Carin Van Der Donk

Documentary Short
Living Loud

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

londorfhouse
Londorf House – A Commemorative Initiative

DIRECTOR Karen Jungblut

Educational Initiative
Londorf House – A Commemorative Initiative

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

lostalone
Lost Alone

DIRECTOR Meital Cohen Navarro
PRODUCER Meital Cohen Navarro

Documentary Feature
Lost Alone

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

loveandsorrow
Love and Sorrow

DIRECTOR Joe Gantz
PRODUCER Joe Gantz

Narrative Feature
Love and Sorrow

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

maestra
Maestra

DIRECTOR Maggie Contreras
PRODUCER Neil Berkeley

Documentary Feature
Maestra

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

makeupandmedicine
Makeup & Medicine

DIRECTOR Gabrielle Barlatier
PRODUCERS Cyn Hilaire, Xavier Dubose

Narrative Short
Makeup & Medicine

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

marahoro
Marahoro

DIRECTOR Sofia Rodriguez
PRODUCERS Sofia Rodriguez, Camila Flores

Narrative Short
Marahoro

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

themichelsonlibraryfund
The Michelson Library Fund

DIRECTORS Thomas A. Walsh, Libby Woolems
PRODUCERS Thomas A. Walsh, Libby Woolems

Organization
The Michelson Library Fund

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

mineshaft
Mineshaft
The Cruising Murders

DIRECTOR Jeffrey Schwarz
PRODUCERS John Boccardo, Jeffrey Schwarz

Documentary Feature
Mineshaft
The Cruising Murders

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

missionjoy
Mission: Joy
Finding Happiness in Troubled Times

DIRECTOR Louie Psihoyos
PRODUCERS Peggy Callahan, Mark Monroe

Documentary Feature
Mission: Joy
Finding Happiness in Troubled Times

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

misssherri
Miss Sherri
My Mother's Abortion

DIRECTOR Kristin Atwell Ford
PRODUCER Kristin Atwell Ford

Documentary Series (Short Form)
Miss Sherri
My Mother's Abortion

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

themourningof
The Mourning Of

DIRECTOR Merced Elizondo
PRODUCERS Helena Sardinha, Rafael Thomaseto, Alan Hodge

Narrative Short
The Mourning Of

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

natureismyteacher
Nature Is My Teacher

DIRECTOR Juliette Bouquerel
PRODUCER Juliette Bouquerel
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER

Documentary Feature
Nature Is My Teacher

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

noexperiencenecessary
No Experience Necessary

DIRECTOR Emily Everhard
PRODUCER Sharvari Bhat

Narrative Short
No Experience Necessary

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

nohomehere
No Home Here

DIRECTOR Lisa Klein
PRODUCERS Leslie Silver, Doug Blush

Documentary Feature
No Home Here

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

norules
No Rules

DIRECTOR Catriona Rubenis-Stevens
PRODUCER Catriona Rubenis-Stevens
producer Laura Scarano

Narrative Feature
No Rules

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

nothinglessthanwild
Nothing Less Than Wild
The Graffiti Works of Al Diaz & Jean Michel Basquiat

DIRECTORS Stefano Da Frè, Laura Pellegrini
PRODUCERS Stefano Da Frè, Laura Pellegrini
co-producer Julia Bolt

Documentary Feature
Nothing Less Than Wild
The Graffiti Works of Al Diaz & Jean Michel Basquiat

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

okaythehive
OKAY (The Hive)

DIRECTOR Jessica Makinson
PRODUCER Katya Alexander
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER Jessica Makinson

Narrative Short
OKAY (The Hive)

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

oneofakind
One of A Kind
Wakhri

DIRECTOR Iram Parveen Bilal
PRODUCERS Abid Aziz Merchant, Apoorva Bakshi

Narrative Feature
One of A Kind
Wakhri

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

ourman
Our Man

DIRECTOR Tom Curitore
PRODUCER Tom Curitore

Episodic - Narrative
Our Man

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

oursubscriptiontoaddiction
Our Subscription to Addiction

DIRECTOR Yoelle Gulko
PRODUCER Lea Despotis

Documentary Short
Our Subscription to Addiction

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

outofbreath
Out of Breath

DIRECTOR George Nierenberg
PRODUCERS George Nierenberg, Susan Margolin

Documentary Feature / Film Essay
Out of Breath

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

outofchaos
Out of Chaos
An Artist's Journey in Haiti

DIRECTOR Pascal Giacomini
PRODUCER Carine Fabius

Documentary Feature
Out of Chaos
An Artist's Journey in Haiti

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

ozu
The Ozu Diaries

DIRECTOR Daniel Raim

Documentary Feature
The Ozu Diaries

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

pavillonafriques
Pavillon Afriques

DIRECTOR Karine Barclais

Initiative
Pavillon Afriques

Promotion platform for African films.

DIRECTOR Karine Barclais

pepbanned
Pep Banned
The Rise and the Fall of the University of Virginia Pep Band

DIRECTOR Chris Farina

Documentary Feature
Pep Banned
The Rise and the Fall of the University of Virginia Pep Band

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

plastered
Plastered

DIRECTOR Femke Huurdeman
PRODUCER Blanca Balleste

Narrative Short
Plastered

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

thepresidentscake
The President’s Cake

DIRECTOR Hasan Hadi
PRODUCER Leah Chen Baker

Narrative Feature
The President’s Cake

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

programmersofcolourcollective
Programmers Of Colour Collective (POC2)

Co-Founders Hussain Currimbhoy, Lucy Mukerjee, Themba Bhebhe, Paul Struthers

Organization
Programmers Of Colour Collective (POC2)

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

thepulpit
The Pulpit

DIRECTOR Tosin Morohunfola
PRODUCERS Tosin Morohunfola, Christopher Commons

Narrative Feature
The Pulpit

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

thequietworld
The Quiet World

DIRECTOR Jenni Olson
PRODUCER Jenni Olson

Documentary Feature / Film Essay
The Quiet World

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

raz
RĀZ

DIRECTOR Maryam L’Ange
PRODUCER Amy Poncher

Narrative Short
RĀZ

An unexpected death amidst a wedding grips an Iranian-American immigrant family with a moral dilemma.

DIRECTOR Maryam L’Ange
PRODUCER Amy Poncher

reclaimingestanislao
Reclaiming Estanislao

DIRECTOR David Goodall
PRODUCER Eric Michael Kochmer

Narrative Feature
Reclaiming Estanislao

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

redwhiteandblue
Red, White and Blue

DIRECTOR Nazrin Choudhury
PRODUCERS Nazrin Choudhury, Sara McFarlane

Narrative Short
Red, White and Blue

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

removaloftheeye
Removal of the Eye

DIRECTORS Artemis Shaw, Prashanth Kamalakanthan
PRODUCER Artemis Shaw

Narrative Feature
Removal of the Eye

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

thereturn
The Return

DIRECTOR Marina Alofagia McCartney
PRODUCERS Alex Lovell, Eldon Booth

Narrative Short
The Return

When Lupesina answers the call of her ancestors, she must prove her worthiness as a Samoan woman or stay stuck in the inbetween.

DIRECTOR Marina Alofagia McCartney
PRODUCERS Alex Lovell, Eldon Booth

riseoftheelectriccar
Rise of the Electric Car

DIRECTOR Chris Paine
PRODUCERS Alyx Asakawa, Mark Monroe

Documentary Feature
Rise of the Electric Car

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

adesertofpurefeeling
Robert Irwin: A Desert Of Pure Feeling

DIRECTOR Jennifer Lane
PRODUCERS Jennifer Lane, David Hollander, Joseph Cashiola, Arne Glimcher

Documentary Feature
Robert Irwin: A Desert Of Pure Feeling

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

romanovrising
Romanov Rising

DIRECTOR Victor Ilyukhin
PRODUCER Olga Lvoff

Documentary Series (Short Form)
Romanov Rising

Raised in exile abroad over generations, the new Romanovs choose to re-connect to their royal Russian heritage.

DIRECTOR Victor Ilyukhin
PRODUCER Olga Lvoff

romeshgoesviral
Romesh Goes Viral

DIRECTOR Nick Lane
PRODUCER Connor Williams

Animated Short - Narrative
Romesh Goes Viral

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

rowdontdrift
Row Don’t Drift

DIRECTOR Karina E. Turner
PRODUCERS Craig Colvin, Amanda Erlanson
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER Karina E. Turner

Documentary Feature
Row Don’t Drift

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

rufus
Rufus
He Loved

DIRECTOR Pedro Kos
PRODUCER Ina Fichman

Documentary Feature
Rufus
He Loved

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

ruleoftwowalls
Rule of Two Walls

DIRECTOR David Gutnik
PRODUCERS Olha Beskhmelnytsina, Sam Bisbee, Stacey Reiss

Documentary Feature
Rule of Two Walls

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

ryzoinitiatives
Ryzo Initiatives

DIRECTOR Erica Milsom
PRODUCER Todd Shaiman

Initiative
Ryzo Initiatives

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

satisfaction
Satisfaction

DIRECTOR Alex Burunova
PRODUCERS Rafael Thomaseto, Helena Sardinha, Kyle Stroud

Narrative Feature
Satisfaction

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

thescentoflinden
The Scent of Linden

DIRECTOR Tzvetana Denkova
PRODUCERS Megan Jordan, Tzvetana Denkova

Narrative Feature
The Scent of Linden

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

scotsirish
The Scots-Irish
A Musical Journey

DIRECTOR David Hughes Duke
PRODUCERS Chris Moser, David Hughes Duke

Documentary Feature
The Scots-Irish
A Musical Journey

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

thescout
The Scout

DIRECTOR Paula Andrea González-Nasser
PRODUCERS Ryan Martin Brown, Matthew Romanski, Paula Andrea González-Nasser

Narrative Feature
The Scout

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

searchingforsparrows
Searching for Sparrows

DIRECTOR Laj P. Waghray
PRODUCER Laj P. Waghray

Documentary Feature
Searching for Sparrows

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

shiftedlandscapes
Shifted Landscapes

DIRECTOR Jamie Meltzer
PRODUCER Annie Marr

Documentary Feature
Shifted Landscapes

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

shotinthearm
Shot in the Arm

DIRECTOR Scott Hamilton Kennedy
PRODUCER Scott Hamilton Kennedy

Documentary Feature
Shot in the Arm

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

showgals
Showgals

DIRECTORS Jeff Nucera, Jonathan Ruane
PRODUCERS Jeff Nucera, Jonathan Ruane

Documentary Feature
Showgals

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

silentpartner
Silent Partner

DIRECTOR Eric Branco
PRODUCERS Salma Qarnain, Roderick Lawrence

Narrative Feature
Silent Partner

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

silt
Silt

DIRECTOR Emilie Upczak
PRODUCER John Otterbacher

Narrative Feature
Silt

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

silverlakeshorts
Silver Lake Shorts

DIRECTORS Jared Corwin, Benjamin Sharpe?

Organization
Silver Lake Shorts

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?

sistersact
Sisters Act

DIRECTOR Dea Gjinovci and Antoine Goldet
PRODUCER Chachi Hauser

Documentary Feature
Sisters Act

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

slowfashion
Slow Fashion
The Culture of Sustainability

DIRECTOR Eme Eidson
PRODUCER Eme Eidson

Documentary Feature
Slow Fashion
The Culture of Sustainability

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

somethingbetterchange
Something Better Change

DIRECTOR Scott Crawford
PRODUCER Paul Rachman

Documentary Feature
Something Better Change

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

thespiritofwomen
The Spirit of Women

DIRECTOR Leigha Kingsley
PRODUCERS Leigha Kingsley, Morgan Newton

Documentary Feature
The Spirit of Women

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

spitmeout
Spit Me Out

DIRECTOR Lauren Ludwig
PRODUCERS Matthew Andrews, Jeffrey Simon, Jer Adrianne Lelliott, Kaia Ferari

Narrative Short
Spit Me Out

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

astageoftwilight
A Stage of Twilight

DIRECTOR Sarah T. Schwab
PRODUCERS Brian Long, Sarah T. Schwab, Megan Smith-Harris

Narrative Feature
A Stage of Twilight

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

starlingstreet
Starling Street

DIRECTOR Christia Crocker
PRODUCERS Christia Crocker, Heather Konowal

Narrative Short
Starling Street

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

thesuit
The Suit

DIRECTOR Carol McCann
PRODUCER Michael Lesser
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER Alan Ball

Narrative Short
The Suit

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

sylviathewoodnymph
Sylvia The Wood Nymph

DIRECTOR Robyn Hussa Farrell and Tim Farrell
PRODUCER Robyn Hussa Farrell and Timothy Farrell

Documentary Feature
Sylvia The Wood Nymph

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

tamara
Tamara

DIRECTOR Julie Rubio
PRODUCERS Julie Rubio, Jennifer Wallace

Documentary Feature
Tamara

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

tellmeabouttomorrow
Tell Me About Tomorrow

DIRECTOR Brad Alexander

Documentary Short
Tell Me About Tomorrow

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

tendingthegarden
Tending the Garden

DIRECTOR Claire Weissbluth
PRODUCERS Claire Weissbluth, Jesse Dodd, Ryan Troy

Documentary Feature
Tending the Garden

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

terezin
Terezin

DIRECTOR Marah Strauch
PRODUCERS Marah Strauch, Eric Bruggemann

Documentary Feature
Terezin

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

therewastherewasnot
There Was, There Was Not

DIRECTOR Emily Mkrtichian
PRODUCER Emily Mkrtichian

Documentary Feature
There Was, There Was Not

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

threads
Threads

DIRECTOR Evangelo Gasos
PRODUCER Liliana Kawase

Documentary Series (Short Form)
Threads

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

throughmyboard
Through My Board

DIRECTOR Dan Eason
PRODUCERS Dan Eason, Karlie Hustle

Documentary Feature
Through My Board

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

throughthedarknight
Through the Dark Night

DIRECTOR Angelo J. Guglielmo
PRODUCERS Susan Talbot, Lannette Turrichi

Documentary Feature
Through the Dark Night

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

throughtheeyesofothers
Through the Eyes of Others

DIRECTOR Meagan Adele Lopez
PRODUCERS Meagan Adele Lopez, Samantha Mitchell

Documentary Feature / Film Essay
Through the Eyes of Others

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

throuple
Throuple

DIRECTOR Greyson Horst
PRODUCERS Emmi Shockley, Philly Hughes, Kara Bartek

Narrative Feature
Throuple

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

timetracker
Timetracker

DIRECTOR Peter Quandt
PRODUCER Chris Kelley

Documentary Feature
Timetracker

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 Chris Kelley

transcendent
Transcendent

DIRECTOR Jeremy Redleaf
PRODUCER Jeremy Redleaf

Narrative Feature
Transcendent

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

triedandtrue
Tried & True

DIRECTOR Lynnex Auguste
PRODUCER Chris Auguste

Episodic - Documentary
Tried & True

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

unconquered
Unconquered
Goražde City of Heroes

DIRECTOR Fiona Lloyd-Davies
PRODUCER Nick Stuart
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER Cynthia Kane

Documentary Feature
Unconquered
Goražde City of Heroes

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

uncropped
Uncropped

DIRECTOR D.W. Young
PRODUCER Judith Mizrachy

Documentary Feature
Uncropped

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

underdog
Underdog

DIRECTOR Tommy Hyde
PRODUCERS Aaron Woolf, Tommy Hyde
co-producer Kyra Schaefer

Documentary Feature / Film Essay
Underdog

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

undertheirskin
Under Their Skin
Tattoos of Memory and Resilience

DIRECTOR Cathy R. Fischer

Documentary Feature
Under Their Skin
Tattoos of Memory and Resilience

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

unmasked
Unmasked
Real Heroes, Untold Stories

DIRECTORS Annette King, Ishmael Azeli
PRODUCER Annette King
field producer Ivanovitch Ingabire

Documentary Series (Short Form)
Unmasked
Real Heroes, Untold Stories

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

unreformed
Unreformed
Survivors of CEDU

DIRECTOR Candice Fox
PRODUCER Candice Fox

Documentary Feature
Unreformed
Survivors of CEDU

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

untitledagirlsjourney
Untitled: A Girl’s Journey

DIRECTOR Francisco “Paco” Zamudio
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER Francisco “Paco” Zamudio
Illustrators Daniel Corzo, Priscila Vergara

Animated Short - Documentary
Untitled: A Girl’s Journey

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

untitledallensworthproject
Untitled Allensworth Project

DIRECTOR Tim Tsai
PRODUCERS Kristin Lesko, Tim Tsai

Documentary Feature
Untitled Allensworth Project

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

untitledflowstateproject
Untitled Flow State Project

DIRECTOR Lizzy Fowler
PRODUCER Vickie Curtis
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS Brian Radford, Doug Robinson
Director of Photography Pete Alton

Documentary Feature
Untitled Flow State Project

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

untitledlouisenevelsondocumentary
Untitled Louise Nevelson Documentary

DIRECTOR Jennifer Lane
PRODUCERS Jennifer Lane, David Hollander
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER David Koh
Cinematorgrapher

Documentary Feature
Untitled Louise Nevelson Documentary

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

parisbynight
Untitled Paris by Night Documentary

DIRECTORS Jeane Phan Wong, Jimmy Nguyen
PRODUCERS Jes Vu, Tracy Chitupatham, Jeane Phan Wong

Documentary Feature
Untitled Paris by Night Documentary

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

thesistersfilm
Untitled Sisters Film
Less Bitter, More Glitter

DIRECTOR Peter Fitzgerald
PRODUCER Christopher Racster
consulting producer Daniel Karslake

Documentary Feature
Untitled Sisters Film
Less Bitter, More Glitter

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

untitledsurahmallouhproject
Untitled Sura Mallouh Project

DIRECTOR Sura Mallouh
PRODUCERS Sura Mallouh, Laura Poitras, Yoni Golijov

Documentary Feature
Untitled Sura Mallouh Project

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

vanishing
Vanishing
A Love Story

DIRECTOR Sandra Luckow
PRODUCERS Sandra Luckow, Kat Vecchio
associate producer Paul Calandrino

Documentary Feature
Vanishing
A Love Story

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

thevastlonesome
The Vast Lonesome

DIRECTOR Gus Holwerda
PRODUCERS Jason Spisak, Lyndsey Waugh, Luke Holwerda, Gus Holwerda

Narrative Feature
The Vast Lonesome

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

thevisitor
The Visitor

DIRECTOR Rolla Selbak
PRODUCER Julie Bersani
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER Cherien Dabis

Narrative Feature
The Visitor

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

walkout
Walkout

DIRECTOR Rob Smat
PRODUCERS Michael Orion Downing, Thomas Kutzler

Documentary Feature
Walkout

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

walktheplank
Walk the Plank

DIRECTOR William Breittholz
PRODUCER Soratchabhumi H. Sukkasem

Narrative Short
Walk the Plank

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

weareseeds
We Are Seeds

DIRECTOR Cheryl Isaacson
PRODUCERS Caitlyn Durkin, Keren Southall, Danielle Chiefetz

Narrative Short
We Are Seeds

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

welcometothefishbowl
Welcome to the Fishbowl

DIRECTOR Sheryl Glubok
PRODUCERS Iana Dontcheva, Sheryl Glubok

Narrative Feature
Welcome to the Fishbowl

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

wewereborndead
We Were Born Dead
(Nacimos Muertos)

DIRECTOR Juan Felipe Zuleta
PRODUCERS Chad Shields, Masha Leonov, Henry Rincon, Leland Frankel, Juan Felipe Zuleta

Narrative Feature
We Were Born Dead
(Nacimos Muertos)

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

wheretheygowego
Where They Go, We Go

DIRECTOR Adriana Torres
PRODUCER Carole Lowe

Documentary Feature
Where They Go, We Go

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

whodowehavehere
Who Do We Have Here?

DIRECTOR Jennifer Wallace
PRODUCER Scott Gracheff

Documentary Feature
Who Do We Have Here?

DIRECTOR Jennifer Wallace
PRODUCER Scott Gracheff

whomovesamerica
Who Moves America

DIRECTOR Yael Bridge
PRODUCERS JEREMY FLOOD, MARS VERRONE, YAEL BRIDGE, YONI GOLIJOV

Documentary Feature
Who Moves America

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

withoutarrows
Without Arrows

DIRECTOR Jonathan Olshefski
PRODUCER Elizabeth Day

Documentary Feature
Without Arrows

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

womenlaughing
Women Laughing

DIRECTORS Liza Donnelly, Kathleen Hughes
PRODUCERS Judith Mizrachy, Liza Donnelly

Documentary Short
Women Laughing

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

worthmysalt
Worth My Salt

DIRECTOR Rosalie Miller
PRODUCER Clementine Briand

Documentary Short
Worth My Salt

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

youmustbeproud
You Must Be Proud

DIRECTOR Matthew Bardugone
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER Ayse Reyering

Documentary Feature
You Must Be Proud

At a time when homophobia is on the rise, how do LGBTQ+ people find self-love?

DIRECTOR Matthew Bardugone
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER Ayse Reyering

yourattentionplease
Your Attention Please

DIRECTOR Sara Robin
PRODUCER Stephanie Stender

Documentary Feature
Your Attention Please

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