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DIRECTOR Allen Burnett
PRODUCER Braelan Murray
The Second Baptist Church of Santa Ana celebrates its 100th year of service and endeavors to remain a beacon of hope and unity within the bitterly divided American landscape.
DIRECTOR Allen Burnett
PRODUCER Braelan Murray
DIRECTOR Maclovia Martel
PRODUCER Maclovia Martel
During conversations over tea, a 103-year-old French-Jewish woman reveals how after helping hundreds evade the Nazis, she became a spy, infiltrating enemy lines to glean intel that helped end WWII.
DIRECTOR Maclovia Martel
PRODUCER Maclovia Martel
DIRECTOR Nicholas Oscoff
PRODUCERS Nicholas Oscoff, Stash Slionski, Chris Panizzon, Shira Lazar
1893: YEAR OF THE YOGI is the untold origin story that traces the popularity of yoga in America back to a single event with the arrival of Swami Vivekananda.
DIRECTOR Nicholas Oscoff
PRODUCERS Nicholas Oscoff, Stash Slionski, Chris Panizzon, Shira Lazar
DIRECTOR Michael Millard
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
DIRECTOR Gary Jaffe
PRODUCERS Emily McCann Lesser, Olivia Mastrangelo
Five queer nerds gather at a lake house for an epic fantasy role-playing game, but they’re really playing a high-stakes game of desire, sex, and love—especially as best friends Justin and Danny teeter on the edge of a terrifying plunge into romance.
DIRECTOR Gary Jaffe
PRODUCERS Emily McCann Lesser, Olivia Mastrangelo
DIRECTOR Ludwig Hurtado
PRODUCER Cami Buckman
As the Olympic Games descend on Los Angeles, tenants band together to resist evictions, revealing the global legacy of displacement and gentrification tied to the event. Through the gripping lens of those living it, this documentary exposes the human cost of the Olympic spotlight.
DIRECTOR Ludwig Hurtado
PRODUCER Cami Buckman
DIRECTOR Julian Alvarez
PRODUCERS Emmi Shockley, Rebecca Mendoza Mejia, Jess Gabor
Generations after a global environmental collapse, a young boy raised on the sea discovers a map and begins a voyage to a mythical place once known as “land.”
DIRECTOR Julian Alvarez
PRODUCERS Emmi Shockley, Rebecca Mendoza Mejia, Jess Gabor
DIRECTOR Annemarie Jacir
PRODUCERS Ossama Bawardi, Philistine Films, AKA Blad Films
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
DIRECTOR Francine Zuckerman
PRODUCERS Francine Zuckerman, Sally Blake
Alma Rosé is born into a musical elite family at the turn of the century Vienna but her life changes when she’s interned in Auschwitz. To save her life and the lives of many others, Alma becomes the conductor of the Auschwitz women's orchestra. This is the story of Alma, the women she saves and their offspring.
DIRECTOR Francine Zuckerman
PRODUCERS Francine Zuckerman, Sally Blake
DIRECTOR Aaron Davidman
PRODUCERS Aaron Davidman, Dylan Kussman, Josh Close
Josh Close stars as an American soldier struggling to make sense of civilian life when he is confronted with the complexities of gun violence in his hometown.
DIRECTOR Aaron Davidman
PRODUCERS Aaron Davidman, Dylan Kussman, Josh Close
DIRECTOR Edgar Pablos
PRODUCERS Dan Moore, Sheri Leigh Myers, Edgar Pablos, Carol Bidault De L'Isle, Jeffrey Wetzel
An ex-con single mom exploits a mysterious glitch on her television. But her dark past threatens to derail the Angel Lady’s new life with her son.
DIRECTOR Edgar Pablos
PRODUCERS Dan Moore, Sheri Leigh Myers, Edgar Pablos, Carol Bidault De L'Isle, Jeffrey Wetzel
DIRECTOR Trevor Zhou
PRODUCER Trevor Zhou
A man returns to his hometown, Ann Arbor, Michigan, after twenty years and reconnects with his former best friend who never left. Over the course of a single night, a nostalgic walk turns complicated as they reconcile their attraction to each other, their cultural differences and how the years apart have changed them.
DIRECTOR Trevor Zhou
PRODUCER Trevor Zhou
DIRECTOR Jeremiah A. Verdecias
PRODUCER Lisa McCarthy
For over a decade, The Goodness Tour has brought their self taught art therapy modalities of painting, music, and film worldwide. “Art is Life,” interweaves on-site footage from Goodness Tours in Jordan, Ukraine, Cuba, and the Bahamas with global expert interviews, exploring the science and techniques behind how Art can transform the Mind.
DIRECTOR Jeremiah A. Verdecias
PRODUCER Lisa McCarthy
DIRECTORS Molly Bernstein, Philip Dolin
PRODUCERS Alicia Sams, Molly Bernstein, Philip Dolin
A feature-length documentary film that explores the life and career of cartoonist Art Spiegelman and the ground-breaking impact of his Pulitzer Prize-winning graphic novel Maus, which tells the story of his father’s survival of the Holocaust and his own struggle to come to terms with this legacy.
DIRECTORS Molly Bernstein, Philip Dolin
PRODUCERS Alicia Sams, Molly Bernstein, Philip Dolin
DIRECTOR Beatrice Becette
PRODUCER Beatrice Becette
As the 80th anniversary of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bombings approaches, two friends—and descendants of survivors and soldiers on opposite sides of the war—embark on a shared journey to understand the trauma on both sides, revealing new perspectives on the nuclear age.
DIRECTOR Beatrice Becette
PRODUCER Beatrice Becette
DIRECTOR Stephen Purvis
PRODUCERS Chris Hilsabeck, Stephen Purvis
Forty-three years after the largely forgotten shooting at Murchison Junior High School in Austin, Texas the survivors share their experiences and journeys toward healing.
DIRECTOR Stephen Purvis
PRODUCERS Chris Hilsabeck, Stephen Purvis
DIRECTOR Kate Way
PRODUCERS Jenn Wiggin, Tom Wiggin, Allyson Rice
Students in a South Carolina coastal town collide with the book-banning frenzy in the U.S. when 97 books are banned from their school libraries. The students become national anti-censorship activists.
DIRECTOR Kate Way
PRODUCERS Jenn Wiggin, Tom Wiggin, Allyson Rice
DIRECTOR Dea Gjinovci
PRODUCERS Dea Gjinovci, Emmanuelle Lepers
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER Maida Lynn
co-producer Ilir Hasanaj
25 years after a brutal war, a filmmaker and her father return to the village of Makermal, Kosovo, to make a film based on the father’s childhood memories. Confronted with painful facts from the past, they attempt to heal and regain hope with the villagers, blurring the boundaries between reality and fantasy.
DIRECTOR Dea Gjinovci
PRODUCERS Dea Gjinovci, Emmanuelle Lepers
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER Maida Lynn
co-producer Ilir Hasanaj
DIRECTOR Shantel Hansen
PRODUCERS Shantel Hansen, Dean Blandino, Cyd Zeigler
In their quest for NFL glory, a diverse group of high school and college football officials in California weather attacks on the field while trying to balance life off it.
DIRECTOR Shantel Hansen
PRODUCERS Shantel Hansen, Dean Blandino, Cyd Zeigler
DIRECTOR Thomas A. Walsh
PRODUCER Thomas A. Walsh
Ben Carré was called "The first true artist of American film." Born before film existed it was his destiny to define Art Direction for the silent cinema.
DIRECTOR Thomas A. Walsh
PRODUCER Thomas A. Walsh
DIRECTOR Kevin Patrick Allen
PRODUCER Eric Frith
When a beloved football player commits murder suicide, his orphaned children search for peace in the absence of answers.
DIRECTOR Kevin Patrick Allen
PRODUCER Eric Frith
DIRECTOR Felix Mack
PRODUCER Felix Mack
Unearthing never-before-seen historical archives, Felix Mack traces the lineage of trans history in BEYOND THE TIPPING POINT. This documentary shines a light on the communities where trans people find themselves and each other.
DIRECTOR Felix Mack
PRODUCER Felix Mack
DIRECTOR Daniel R. Small
BLACK BOX FUTURES peers into the void of philosophical problems in relation to an effort to generate a human message to other extraterrestrial intelligences that will be launched into interstellar space. Serving as a framework for the message, the documentary will also be included as content as part of the mission.
DIRECTOR Daniel R. Small
DIRECTOR Tracie Laymon
PRODUCERS Tracie Laymon, Sean Mullin, Tina Carbone, Edgar Rosa
Suddenly abandoned by her narcissistic father, a people-pleasing young caretaker unexpectedly befriends a grieving, childless man with the same name as her father on Facebook. Inspired by a true story.
DIRECTOR Tracie Laymon
PRODUCERS Tracie Laymon, Sean Mullin, Tina Carbone, Edgar Rosa
DIRECTORS Margaret Irwin, Stephen Hale
PRODUCERS Margaret Irwin, Stephen Hale
A story of compassion in the face of deadly silence, THE BODY OF CHRIST HAS AIDS examines the contradictory ways Christianity responded to the AIDS crisis. This is a deeply personal story of one of the most tragic decades in American history.
DIRECTORS Margaret Irwin, Stephen Hale
PRODUCERS Margaret Irwin, Stephen Hale
DIRECTOR Kristy Guevara-Flanagan
PRODUCER Helen Hood Scheer
BODY PARTS is a Sundance-supported documentary feature exploring the female body in Hollywood media—often hyper-sexualized, under attack, exploited on and off screen. The film examines how actresses protect their bodies, how studios push back, how unions fight for better standards, and how to portray sexuality without exploit in the post #MeToo era.
DIRECTOR Kristy Guevara-Flanagan
PRODUCER Helen Hood Scheer
DIRECTOR Lucas Veltrie
PRODUCERS Lucas Veltrie, Patrick Mullen, Eliza McKenna
A Native American Woman, named Tayen, is thrust into a criminal underworld when unknown assailants begin to hunt her boyfriend, Sam, over his involvement in drug trafficking.
DIRECTOR Lucas Veltrie
PRODUCERS Lucas Veltrie, Patrick Mullen, Eliza McKenna
DIRECTOR Chris Farina
PRODUCER Chris Farina
An inspiring portrait of the Bridge Ministry, a camp where men with serious addiction issues have their lives transformed through job-training, and psychological and spiritual mentoring.
DIRECTOR Chris Farina
PRODUCER Chris Farina
DIRECTORS Ori Segev, Noah Dixon
PRODUCERS Drew Johnson, Alexander Hyde
The Bulldog is an observational documentary that follows the residents of East Palestine, Ohio.
DIRECTORS Ori Segev, Noah Dixon
PRODUCERS Drew Johnson, Alexander Hyde
DIRECTOR Tom J Stern
PRODUCER Noa Durban
This movie will tell the amazing story of pioneering art-punk band, Butthole Surfers. Director Tom Stern will reveal the hole truth and nothing butt about the band and its members.
DIRECTOR Tom J Stern
PRODUCER Noa Durban
DIRECTOR Femke Huurdeman
PRODUCER Blanca Balleste
After a couple arrives in a plaster workshop, an unsuccessful artist creates her best work yet; a sculpture that immortalizes the lovers forever.
DIRECTOR Femke Huurdeman
PRODUCER Blanca Balleste
DIRECTOR Damon Davis
PRODUCER Chris Renteria
A death row inmate accepts a plea deal for a crime after 30 years of maintaining complete innocence. Now, an activist that once fought for his release is faced with the moral dilemma of whether the fight was in vain.
DIRECTOR Damon Davis
PRODUCER Chris Renteria
DIRECTOR Neelu Bhuman
PRODUCERS Neelu Bhuman, Jillian Schlesinger
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER
Young Muslim aviator Adam Harry dreams of defying all odds to become the first-ever trans commercial pilot of Indian origin.
DIRECTOR Neelu Bhuman
PRODUCERS Neelu Bhuman, Jillian Schlesinger
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER
DIRECTORS Cassidy Friedman, Amber Allen-Peirson
PRODUCER Cassidy Friedman
Producer Apo Bazidi
Racism comes in many forms. CLARITY follows the story of Clarity, a single mother who exposes the dangers of quiet racism for both black and white residents of a homogenous and proudly liberal county while fighting to liberate herself, her family, and her community.
DIRECTORS Cassidy Friedman, Amber Allen-Peirson
PRODUCER Cassidy Friedman
Producer Apo Bazidi
DIRECTOR Vanessa Wells
PRODUCER Polly Fryer
Three extraordinary women from three different generations grapple with the future for both the planet and themselves, as their scientific research in Antarctica discovers changes that signal huge global climate challenges ahead.
DIRECTOR Vanessa Wells
PRODUCER Polly Fryer
DIRECTOR Caroline Post
PRODUCER Caroline Post
COACH takes an introspective look at the sport of rowing by interviewing the head coaches of women’s collegiate programs, and asks, why do you coach?
DIRECTOR Caroline Post
PRODUCER Caroline Post
DIRECTORS Brian Kaufman, Mark Kurlyandchik
PRODUCERS Kathy Kieliszewski, Steve Byrne, Nicole Avery Nichols
For 30 years, soft-spoken chef Jimmy Lee Hill has run a highly regarded culinary training program out of a prison in Coldwater, Mich., offering incarcerated men a renewed sense of purpose through the craft of fine dining — everything from foie gras to lobster. COLDWATER KITCHEN follows Chef Hill and three of his students — one facing a life sentence, another battling an opioid addiction, and a third returning to the city where he once dealt drugs — as they navigate the woes of incarceration and the difficulties of transitioning back into society.
DIRECTORS Brian Kaufman, Mark Kurlyandchik
PRODUCERS Kathy Kieliszewski, Steve Byrne, Nicole Avery Nichols
DIRECTOR Liz Manashil
PRODUCERS Clara Bijl, Alrik Bursell
After losing her future kid’s adoption papers to a drug dealer, a good-natured woman must team up with her selfish neighbor, quirky college friend, and shroom-enthusiast landlady to recover them before it’s too late.
DIRECTOR Liz Manashil
PRODUCERS Clara Bijl, Alrik Bursell
DIRECTOR Kate Steiker-Ginzberg and Fábio Erdos
PRODUCERS Kate Steiker-Ginzberg, Fábio Erdos, and Alyse Shorland
An immersive, verite style film, COMING HOME follows one man—sentenced at 15 to spend the rest of his life in prison—as he fights to change how our society addresses harm and healing, and grapples with the responsibilities of an extraordinary second chance.
DIRECTOR Kate Steiker-Ginzberg and Fábio Erdos
PRODUCERS Kate Steiker-Ginzberg, Fábio Erdos, and Alyse Shorland
DIRECTOR Nicole Noren
PRODUCERS Tamara Leitner, Keith Malloy, Andrew Schoneberger, Soraya Simi, Brett Williams
Thirty-nine people embarked on a dive trip off the coast of California. Only five made it back alive.
DIRECTOR Nicole Noren
PRODUCERS Tamara Leitner, Keith Malloy, Andrew Schoneberger, Soraya Simi, Brett Williams
DIRECTOR Mary Jane Doherty
PRODUCER Mary Jane Doherty
The search for gravitational waves, a story with a payoff that arrives thirty years later. It seems men began the journey, but women brought home the prize.
DIRECTOR Mary Jane Doherty
PRODUCER Mary Jane Doherty
festival client
DIRECTORS Kim Longinotto, Franky Murray Brown
PRODUCER Lorine Plagnol
A young gay man from rural Jamaica searches for love and acceptance after winning one of the world’s top talent competitions.
DIRECTORS Kim Longinotto, Franky Murray Brown
PRODUCER Lorine Plagnol
DIRECTOR Manuela Dalle
PRODUCERS Manuela Dalle, Jean Martin
DANCING IN A-YARD is a feature documentary about young, ex-gang members finding redemption and hope within a contemporary dance class. Hardened criminals don’t dance in prison but these guys do… and it’s beautiful, funny and heart-wrenching to watch.
DIRECTOR Manuela Dalle
PRODUCERS Manuela Dalle, Jean Martin
DIRECTOR Anne Landsman
PRODUCERS Anne Landsman, Susan Margolin
Two Palestinian girls who ride and train horses must brave the forces of occupation and negotiate cultural and institutional restrictions to pursue their dreams.
DIRECTOR Anne Landsman
PRODUCERS Anne Landsman, Susan Margolin
DIRECTOR Leena Pendharkar
PRODUCERS Jane Kelly Kosek, Pallavi Sastry, Keertana Sastry
After getting laid off from his job of over 35 years, Dandekar goes on a meaning-of-life journey, searching for his beloved ’87 Volvo that was traded away by his well-intentioned family. Along the way, he learns to grieve what once was, and move forward.
DIRECTOR Leena Pendharkar
PRODUCERS Jane Kelly Kosek, Pallavi Sastry, Keertana Sastry
Co-Founders Sky Sitney, Jamie Shor
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 Sky Sitney, Jamie Shor
DIRECTOR Scott Braucht
PRODUCERS Janique L Robillard, Jess Mills, Kanani Koster
A raucous love letter to an unsung innovator—drag icon Doris Fish, a visionary advocate for a gender continuum and creative force behind queer cult classic Vegas in Space.
DIRECTOR Scott Braucht
PRODUCERS Janique L Robillard, Jess Mills, Kanani Koster
DIRECTOR Aaron Levinson
PRODUCERS Natalie Jesionka, Dan Wechsler
A film about people and the records that collect them.
DIRECTOR Aaron Levinson
PRODUCERS Natalie Jesionka, Dan Wechsler
DIRECTOR Andrew Brame
PRODUCER Josefina Garcia
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER Spike Lee
When a young woman discovers she’s pregnant, she makes one last attempt to get help for her fiancé, a military veteran suffering from PTSD and prone to violence.
DIRECTOR Andrew Brame
PRODUCER Josefina Garcia
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER Spike Lee
DIRECTORS Annette M. King, Ivanovitch Ingabire
PRODUCER Annette M. King
Living at a refugee camp in Malawi her entire life, Divine Mugisha aims to address the mental health issues plaguing her community. Despite facing poverty and despair, she sets out to leave the camp for the first time to study psychology and defy the odds to lead a cause to serve her camp.
DIRECTORS Annette M. King, Ivanovitch Ingabire
PRODUCER Annette M. King
PRODUCERS The D-Word, Film in Mind, and Move the Needle Films
Providing best practice guidance on mental health and well-being in the documentary field.
PRODUCERS The D-Word, Film in Mind, and Move the Needle Films
DIRECTOR Philip Harrison
PRODUCER Philip Harrison
Gay history pioneer, activist and artist Jonathan Ned Katz, now in his 80s, looks back on his storied life in the gay liberation movement in NYC with vulnerability, wisdom, deep love and sardonic wit, while questioning his relevance in the modern LGBTQ+ world.
DIRECTOR Philip Harrison
PRODUCER Philip Harrison
DIRECTOR Danielle Beckmann
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS Raji Ahsan, Danielle Beckmann
producer entities Aremay Studios, Brooklyn Quarter
After getting fired from his waiter gig, Samesh—a millennial jazz singer about to give up—masquerades as a therapist to pay the rent, unexpectedly leading to a personal breakthrough.
DIRECTOR Danielle Beckmann
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS Raji Ahsan, Danielle Beckmann
producer entities Aremay Studios, Brooklyn Quarter
PRODUCERS Doug Block, Peter Gerard, Erica Ginsberg, Marjan Safinia
A global peer-to-peer community for documentary professionals.
PRODUCERS Doug Block, Peter Gerard, Erica Ginsberg, Marjan Safinia
DIRECTOR Lindsey Ruggles
PRODUCERS Ian M. Adelson, RJ Brown
Following a devastating loss, a woman and her wife leave the city for a one-week stay at a lake house upstate. However, when she meets a mysterious woman who lives next door, her marriage, and her mind begin to unravel.
DIRECTOR Lindsey Ruggles
PRODUCERS Ian M. Adelson, RJ Brown
DIRECTOR Sascha Just
PRODUCER Sascha Just
The life and times of jazz pianist Ellis Marsalis Jr., patriarch of the Marsalis Music Family, whose standards of music excellence transcended racial injustices, taught a cadre of young jazz stars, and from his hometown New Orleans changed modern jazz.
DIRECTOR Sascha Just
PRODUCER Sascha Just
festival client
DIRECTOR Jean Carlomusto
PRODUCERS Shanti Avirgan, Jean Carlomusto
Agility, persistence and passionate inquiry have driven Esther Newton’s survival as a butch lesbian, octogenarian athlete, and groundbreaking scholar whose life’s work has influenced generations of LGBTQ activists and scholars.
DIRECTOR Jean Carlomusto
PRODUCERS Shanti Avirgan, Jean Carlomusto
DIRECTOR Amy Taylor
PRODUCERS Rowena Pedrena, Amy Taylor
Post apocalypse, a woman distrustful of humanity encounters a man on the verge of suicide and grudgingly allows him to accompany her on a quest to scatter her friend’s ashes.
DIRECTOR Amy Taylor
PRODUCERS Rowena Pedrena, Amy Taylor
DIRECTORS Nate Houghteling, Yoav Attias
PRODUCERS Stephanie Yuen, Joanne Shen, Sarah Sherman
Fault Lines is a feature-length documentary that shines a light on the housing crisis, connecting human stories with the big policy ideas driving this issue.
DIRECTORS Nate Houghteling, Yoav Attias
PRODUCERS Stephanie Yuen, Joanne Shen, Sarah Sherman
DIRECTOR Lindsey Hagen
PRODUCERS Lindsey Hagen, Aaron Schurman
A pilot shares her story of how she overcame childhood trauma by taking to the sky.
DIRECTOR Lindsey Hagen
PRODUCERS Lindsey Hagen, Aaron Schurman
DIRECTOR Joy Bronson
PRODUCER Joy Bronson
THE FIGHT TO FIGHT follows the journey of the first women who prove they have what it takes to integrate the all-male U.S. Army combat units. It is the untold story of heroic women battling to earn their place on the frontlines.
DIRECTOR Joy Bronson
PRODUCER Joy Bronson
DIRECTOR Mathieu Faure
PRODUCER Mathieu Faure
At 85-years old, former film editor Jocelyne Bourgeois is goaded, coaxed, and challenged by her persistent filmmaker grandson to face her true identity. They embark together to the places she has avoided since World War II, putting back the scenes she edited out of her life. A race against the clock after Bourgeois has been diagnosed with Alzheimer's.
DIRECTOR Mathieu Faure
PRODUCER Mathieu Faure
DIRECTORS Andrew Shea, Melissa Shea
PRODUCERS Andrew Shea, Melissa Shea
A dawn to dusk portrait of a community that unites once a year to celebrate the values that bind together the disparate elements and points of view of a classic Midwestern American small town.
DIRECTORS Andrew Shea, Melissa Shea
PRODUCERS Andrew Shea, Melissa Shea
DIRECTORS Gabriel Jace Long, Razzi Schlosser
PRODUCERS Gabriel Jace Long, Razzi Schlosser, Jeff Kardesch
Perched above the teeming streets of New York City; a shut-in man feuds with a flower delivery truck driver until the promise of a beautiful woman plants seeds of new possibility within him.
DIRECTORS Gabriel Jace Long, Razzi Schlosser
PRODUCERS Gabriel Jace Long, Razzi Schlosser, Jeff Kardesch
DIRECTOR Kevin Carlock
PRODUCER Kevin Carlock
Two students must solve the clues and reconcile with their demanding professor to beat a desperate grad student to a shocking historical discovery.
DIRECTOR Kevin Carlock
PRODUCER Kevin Carlock
DIRECTORS Jen Rainin, Rivkah Beth Medow
The Producers Circle is a vehicle to bring donors together to incubate films and build community with artists, activists, and creatives all focused on changing the narrative for LGBTQ+ women.
DIRECTORS Jen Rainin, Rivkah Beth Medow
DIRECTOR Marlene “Mo” Morris
PRODUCERS Jed Riffe, Nicole SOLIS-SISON, Marlene “Mo” Morris
When ICE threatens 700,000 fellow Dreamers, Luis Cortes Romero fights back, becoming the first undocumented attorney to argue a case at the Supreme Court. Set for release amidst this volatile election year and ongoing DACA threats, this timely documentary is more urgent than ever.
DIRECTOR Marlene “Mo” Morris
PRODUCERS Jed Riffe, Nicole SOLIS-SISON, Marlene “Mo” Morris
DIRECTOR Christine Leuthold
PRODUCER Steven Ullman
Magic happens when unhoused people move into “forever homes” where their hopes and dreams can flourish. It’s about the courage it takes and the support partners that make it possible.
DIRECTOR Christine Leuthold
PRODUCER Steven Ullman
DIRECTORS Jonathan Bogarín, Elan Bogarín
PRODUCERS Jonathan Bogarín, Elan Bogarín, Diane Quon, Bob Moore
THE FUTURISTS is a sci-fi documentary about real-life Latinx visionaries who are creating the world of tomorrow.
DIRECTORS Jonathan Bogarín, Elan Bogarín
PRODUCERS Jonathan Bogarín, Elan Bogarín, Diane Quon, Bob Moore
DIRECTOR Ben Spilling
PRODUCER Amber Tordoff-Gibson
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS Matt DesLauriers, Julian Cautherley
The definitive documentary on the history of Generative Art.
DIRECTOR Ben Spilling
PRODUCER Amber Tordoff-Gibson
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS Matt DesLauriers, Julian Cautherley
DIRECTOR Tanim Yousuf
PRODUCERS Patrick Hamm, Arif Yousuf
Amena’s son was illegally trafficked by boat from southern Bangladesh. She teams up with trafficking survivor Abdus to retrace her son's steps, exposing the impact of human trafficking on those left behind.
DIRECTOR Tanim Yousuf
PRODUCERS Patrick Hamm, Arif Yousuf
DIRECTOR Alicia J. Rose
PRODUCER Lara Cuddy
GIRLS IN TROUBLE TV is a feminist digital series exploring women in the Hebrew Bible and their enduring relevance to life today. In each episode, host Alicia Jo Rabins explores a Biblical woman’s story through storytelling, animation, interviews with Jewish diasporic leaders, and a music video.
DIRECTOR Alicia J. Rose
PRODUCER Lara Cuddy
DIRECTOR Jeffrey Schwarz
PRODUCERS Lotti Pharris Knowles, Jeffrey Schwarz
The backstage drama behind SHOWGIRLS, one of the most notorious and provocative films of all time.
DIRECTOR Jeffrey Schwarz
PRODUCERS Lotti Pharris Knowles, Jeffrey Schwarz
DIRECTOR Celia C. Peters
PRODUCERS Gabrielle Glore, Celia C. Peters
When Brandy unveils the game-changing algorithm she’s created, she has a terrifying mental break; as she fights to stay sane, she’s yanked into a cosmic dilemma that threatens her humanity.
DIRECTOR Celia C. Peters
PRODUCERS Gabrielle Glore, Celia C. Peters
DIRECTOR Louie Schwartzberg
PRODUCER Louie Schwartzberg
An epic journey forty years in the making, GRATITUDE REVEALED takes us on a transformational, cinematic experience of how to live a more meaningful life full of Gratitude.
DIRECTOR Louie Schwartzberg
PRODUCER Louie Schwartzberg
DIRECTOR Alexis Lloyd
PRODUCERS Alexis Lloyd, Molly Conners
When newcomer Alexis joins a group therapy session and plans to write a TV series about it, the groups members are thrown into charged waters that will change them forever.
DIRECTOR Alexis Lloyd
PRODUCERS Alexis Lloyd, Molly Conners
DIRECTOR Felicity Morland
PRODUCERS Robert Fantinatto, Felicity Morland, Aki Takabatake
Discover the art form of hand-drawn animation, its rise, fall, challenges, and resurgence, as it evolves through new styles and approaches, in efforts from a diverse cast of animators.
DIRECTOR Felicity Morland
PRODUCERS Robert Fantinatto, Felicity Morland, Aki Takabatake
DIRECTOR Dyana Winkler
PRODUCERS Tiffany Fisher-Love, Yama Cibulka, Emily McCann Lesser
A Hawaiian dream vacation takes a hilariously sinister turn, when two influencers push the island to its breaking point, unleashing sweet revenge on the world’s worst tourists.
DIRECTOR Dyana Winkler
PRODUCERS Tiffany Fisher-Love, Yama Cibulka, Emily McCann Lesser
DIRECTOR Benedikt Just
PRODUCER Tobias Siebert
A small group of acclaimed researchers deliver evidence of the unbelievable: Our heart is not a pump. Now only one question remains. Why do we have a heart?
DIRECTOR Benedikt Just
PRODUCER Tobias Siebert
festival client
DIRECTOR Sam Feder
PRODUCERS Amy Scholder, Sam Feder, Paola Mendoza
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS Laverne Cox, S. Mona Sinha, Ruth Ann & William Harnisch, Lisa Freeman, Sara Hinkle
Amid the surge in anti-trans legislation that Chase Strangio battles in the courtroom, he must also fight against media bias, exposing how narratives in the press influence public perception and the fight for transgender rights.
DIRECTOR Sam Feder
PRODUCERS Amy Scholder, Sam Feder, Paola Mendoza
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS Laverne Cox, S. Mona Sinha, Ruth Ann & William Harnisch, Lisa Freeman, Sara Hinkle
DIRECTOR Talon Reed Cooper
On the night of their mother’s funeral, two estranged siblings reconnect in their childhood treehouse and discover she was the one keeping them apart.
DIRECTOR Talon Reed Cooper
DIRECTOR David Kittredge
PRODUCERS Jim Fall, David Kittredge, Travis Stevens
The true story of how John Boorman made a big-budget sequel to THE EXORCIST, and how his surreal and unconventional film became a legendary disaster.
DIRECTOR David Kittredge
PRODUCERS Jim Fall, David Kittredge, Travis Stevens
DIRECTOR Karlie Hustle
PRODUCER Dan Eason
High Touch is a story about human connection in the wake of modern capitalism, and the fleeting clarity that accompanies serious illness. Karlie Hustle redefines success after a life-altering cancer diagnosis, only to emerge from treatment isolated from her community support system in a global pandemic.
DIRECTOR Karlie Hustle
PRODUCER Dan Eason
DIRECTOR Ashlei Payne
PRODUCERS Talor Stone, Ashlei Payne
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS Ashlei Payne, Talor Stone
Director of Photography Ashlei Payne
An intimate portrait of the world's northernmost indigenous people as they struggle to continue their traditions in a rapidly changing world.
DIRECTOR Ashlei Payne
PRODUCERS Talor Stone, Ashlei Payne
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS Ashlei Payne, Talor Stone
Director of Photography Ashlei Payne
festival client
DIRECTORS Rivkah Beth Medow, Jen Rainin
PRODUCERS Rivkah Beth Medow, Jen Rainin
A Broadway performer becomes a mother, braiding rhythm and grief and time and joy on her path to connect with her profoundly disabled son.
DIRECTORS Rivkah Beth Medow, Jen Rainin
PRODUCERS Rivkah Beth Medow, Jen Rainin
DIRECTOR Kathryn Lauritzen
PRODUCERS Sue Dyson, Kathryn Lauritzen
HORSES AND THE SCIENCE OF HARMONY features the story of Bubby Upton, a rising star in 3-day eventing who suffered a catastrophic spinal injury yet bravely fought to get back in the saddle to do what she loves—ride. The film explores the connections between horse and rider through the eyes of Bubby and the lens of cutting-edge science.
DIRECTOR Kathryn Lauritzen
PRODUCERS Sue Dyson, Kathryn Lauritzen
festival client
DIRECTOR Jennifer M. Kroot
PRODUCERS Brian Benson, Gerry Kim
field producer Christine Yoo
HUNKY JESUS traces the legacy of the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, who’ve used humor and shock value to expose the forces of bigotry and guilt that chain the human spirit.
DIRECTOR Jennifer M. Kroot
PRODUCERS Brian Benson, Gerry Kim
field producer Christine Yoo
DIRECTOR Vea Mafile’o
PRODUCERS Jasmin Dos Santos, Patrick Thomsen
When a young Samoan woman enters therapy she must navigate a series of alter egos protecting her from painful childhood memories.
DIRECTOR Vea Mafile’o
PRODUCERS Jasmin Dos Santos, Patrick Thomsen
DIRECTOR Talia Rodgers
PRODUCERS Talia Rodgers, Christina Radburn
In the 1950s, the Rodgers family moved to Los Angeles, escaping the South but facing redlining. Today, the Great Migration’s descendants break redlining’s legacy, creating opportunities and reclaiming their power.
DIRECTOR Talia Rodgers
PRODUCERS Talia Rodgers, Christina Radburn
DIRECTOR DeDe Drake
PRODUCERS Jenna Marie Johnson, Emma West
A short film about a short pregnancy, we follow Dana as she grapples with having to end her non-viable pregnancy, ultimately choosing an unorthodox route to acceptance.
DIRECTOR DeDe Drake
PRODUCERS Jenna Marie Johnson, Emma West
DIRECTOR Seckeita Lewis
PRODUCERS Seckeita Lewis, Brandon Lewis, Milan Chakraborty
When a man's fast food addiction leads to morbid obesity and Type 2 diabetes, he finds unexpected friendship in a widowed fry cook who helps him find life outside of the greasy bag.
DIRECTOR Seckeita Lewis
PRODUCERS Seckeita Lewis, Brandon Lewis, Milan Chakraborty
DIRECTOR Jenny Deller
PRODUCER Jenny Deller
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
PRODUCER Jenny Deller
DIRECTOR Alina Gorlova
PRODUCERS Nick Stuart, Tom Whitter, Cynthia Kane
Young people in their 20’s stand up for truth and a free press, risking careers and lives, heading to Kyiv to work for the English language Kyiv Independent online newspaper.
DIRECTOR Alina Gorlova
PRODUCERS Nick Stuart, Tom Whitter, Cynthia Kane
DIRECTOR Kathryn Shasha
PRODUCER Kathryn Shasha
Although the IUD has been considered a safe and effective form of birth control, women across the globe continue to make claims of misdiagnosed side effects and deteriorating health. Is there a connection being missed between the IUD and its side effects and is the public adequately informed?
DIRECTOR Kathryn Shasha
PRODUCER Kathryn Shasha
DIRECTOR Leslie Askew
PRODUCER Turlough White
Delve into the extraordinary life of Phillis Wheatley Peters, the first globally recognized African-American female poet. The film explores her remarkable resilience, quest for freedom, and her lasting legacy.
DIRECTOR Leslie Askew
PRODUCER Turlough White
DIRECTOR Julianknxx
PRODUCER Debo Amon
In a world where Black people are subject to the myths of the Western imagination, the embrace of the fantastic takes on a singular resonance, as a means to challenge the status quo and explore the possibilities of Black being.
DIRECTOR Julianknxx
PRODUCER Debo Amon
DIRECTOR Lizzy Fowler
PRODUCERS Vickie Curtis, Steven Siig, Lizzy Fowler
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS Doug Robinson, Brian Radford
Director of Photography Pete Alton
A Traumatic Brain Injury leads a filmmaker into a deep exploration of Flow State, where personal resilience merges with scientific revelation.
DIRECTOR Lizzy Fowler
PRODUCERS Vickie Curtis, Steven Siig, Lizzy Fowler
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS Doug Robinson, Brian Radford
Director of Photography Pete Alton
DIRECTOR Jonathan Knight
PRODUCERS Jonathan Knight, Le Datta Denise Grimes
A white man's genealogy reveals a past with a surprising twist—several black communities founded by slaves his family once owned—which leads him to Kentucky in search of answers.
DIRECTOR Jonathan Knight
PRODUCERS Jonathan Knight, Le Datta Denise Grimes
DIRECTOR Michelle Boyaner
PRODUCERS Michelle Boyaner, Barbara Green
A feature-length documentary that provides an intimate look at the relationships between aging parents and the adult children who care for them, examining the challenges they face and the solutions they discover along the way.
DIRECTOR Michelle Boyaner
PRODUCERS Michelle Boyaner, Barbara Green
DIRECTOR Dave Kabbe
PRODUCERS Dave Kabbe, Sarah Padbury
Trapped in a horrid, animated asylum, a disabled orphan discovers a beautiful, real world outside the gate that he wasn’t meant to see.
DIRECTOR Dave Kabbe
PRODUCERS Dave Kabbe, Sarah Padbury
DIRECTOR Saila Kariat
PRODUCERS Saila Kariat, Ged Dickersin
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, Ged Dickersin
DIRECTOR Hazel McKibbin
PRODUCER Symptoms Studio and Cardinal Flix
JOHN is a romantic thriller following, Nineteen-year-old Calvin’s chance encounter with thirty-five-year-old John leads to a fiery tryst at John’s remote family cabin. But by morning, John has vanished without a trace. Desperate for answers, Calvin contacts John’s sister, Ali. As the three converge, family secrets unravel and Calvin soon realizes he’s tangled in an alluring web of deceit and desire—where nothing is as expected.
DIRECTOR Hazel McKibbin
PRODUCER Symptoms Studio and Cardinal Flix
DIRECTOR Mark Rosman
PRODUCERS Mark Rosman, David Wulf
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, David Wulf
PRODUCERS Andrew Sugerman, Jay Paul Deratany
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER Jennifer Wyatt
A determined and spirited young man born with Down syndrome overcomes hardships and stigmas to become the first person with this disability to play and score in a college football game, redefining what it means to be a true champion.
PRODUCERS Andrew Sugerman, Jay Paul Deratany
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER Jennifer Wyatt
DIRECTORS Alyssa Fedele, Zachary Fink
PRODUCER Davis Coombe
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER Steve James
A teenage cowboy, haunted by a tragic family legacy, risks it all to go pro in the dangerous sport of bull riding.
DIRECTORS Alyssa Fedele, Zachary Fink
PRODUCER Davis Coombe
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER Steve James
DIRECTOR Kim DiVincenzo
PRODUCER Kim DiVincenzo
director of photography Adam Mikaelian
LABOR OF LOVE charts the incredible decade-long journey to turn Graves Lighthouse into a vacation home in the middle of the ocean.
DIRECTOR Kim DiVincenzo
PRODUCER Kim DiVincenzo
director of photography Adam Mikaelian
DIRECTOR Katherine Dudas
PRODUCERS Carly Christopher, Elisabeth Ness, Giovannie Cruz
Four Austin city gals are living their best lives in 2032—until Texas secedes from the Union, and being "childless women over 35" makes them wanted criminals! Their solution: hide out on an off-the-grid homestead. After all, how hard could ranch life be?
DIRECTOR Katherine Dudas
PRODUCERS Carly Christopher, Elisabeth Ness, Giovannie Cruz
DIRECTOR Luke Willis
PRODUCER Luke Willis
Lady Like is a docu-fiction film that follows the story of Rex Wheeler and his drag persona, Lady Camden, as they work together to save Rex’s inner child who is lonely and broken after a troubled and traumatic childhood.
DIRECTOR Luke Willis
PRODUCER Luke Willis
DIRECTOR Jeffrey Schwarz
PRODUCERS Jeffrey Schwarz, Sasha Alpert
In 1973, Americans were introduced to Lance Loud, breakout star of the landmark PBS documentary series An American Family. LANCE OUT LOUD! explores Loud’s colorful life and how he became the first reality television star.
DIRECTOR Jeffrey Schwarz
PRODUCERS Jeffrey Schwarz, Sasha Alpert
DIRECTORS Alyn Darnay, Kareem Awadalla
CO-DIRECTOR
PRODUCER Kareem Awadalla
line producer Craig Cox
The untold story of the covert and perilous operation that facilitated the mass migration of Middle Eastern Jews to Israel in the 1940s-1950s, revealed exclusively by a former Zionist leader.
DIRECTORS Alyn Darnay, Kareem Awadalla
CO-DIRECTOR
PRODUCER Kareem Awadalla
line producer Craig Cox
DIRECTOR Casey Cooper Johnson
PRODUCERS Casey Fenton, Antoneta Kastrati, Casey Cooper Johnson
Three friends reunite for a backpacking trip on Mt. Shasta, but when one introduces hallucinogens into the mix, their weekend descends into psychedelic madness and a quest for alien contact.
DIRECTOR Casey Cooper Johnson
PRODUCERS Casey Fenton, Antoneta Kastrati, Casey Cooper Johnson
DIRECTOR Sarah T. Schwab
PRODUCERS Brian Long, Charlene Giannetti, Sarah T. Schwab, Florencia Lozano
A suburban New Jersey family struggles with the death of their 19 year-old son following an overdose of heroin laced with fentanyl.
DIRECTOR Sarah T. Schwab
PRODUCERS Brian Long, Charlene Giannetti, Sarah T. Schwab, Florencia Lozano
DIRECTOR Rachel Feldman
PRODUCERS ALLYN STEWART, KELLY ASHTON, KERIANNE FLYNN, JYOTI SARDA, SIMONE PERO, J TODD HARRIS, CHRISTINE SCHWARZMAN, JULIE KAUFMAN, RACHEL FELDMAN
Based on the remarkable true story of Lilly Ledbetter, LILLY chronicles how a poor, Alabama tire factory supervisor transforms into a national hero.
DIRECTOR Rachel Feldman
PRODUCERS ALLYN STEWART, KELLY ASHTON, KERIANNE FLYNN, JYOTI SARDA, SIMONE PERO, J TODD HARRIS, CHRISTINE SCHWARZMAN, JULIE KAUFMAN, RACHEL FELDMAN
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, Congress and all the way to The White House. President Obama named his first piece of legislation the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, transforming her into a national icon.
DIRECTORS Sarah Teale, Carin Van Der Donk
PRODUCERS Sarah Teale, Carin Van Der Donk
A documentary about empowerment through drumming in Salvador, Brazil with Dida, the first black, female samba reggae drum line and Fogo Azul, an all-woman, non-binary drumming group in New York.
DIRECTORS Sarah Teale, Carin Van Der Donk
PRODUCERS Sarah Teale, Carin Van Der Donk
DIRECTOR Jennifer Lane
PRODUCERS Jennifer Lane, David Hollander
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER David Koh
Cinematorgrapher
An 80 minute archival documentary collage brings sculptor Louise Nevelson’s world to life. Interviews with contemporary artists, writers and designers celebrate Nevelson’s enduring influence on art and culture.
DIRECTOR Jennifer Lane
PRODUCERS Jennifer Lane, David Hollander
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER David Koh
Cinematorgrapher
DIRECTOR Ani Mercedes
Looky Looky Pictures connects the power of film with the power of people, by helping filmmakers reach their films most passionate audience through powerful partnerships, teaching filmmakers, and impactful social change campaigns.
DIRECTOR Ani Mercedes
DIRECTORS Helene Kvale, Adam Briscoe
PRODUCERS Helene Kvale, Adam Briscoe, Cynthia Kane, Nicholas Stuart
A woman kills her four daughters, her mother and herself. Decades later, the discovery of a child’s loom breaks the silence that endures when women’s bodies become battlefields of war.
DIRECTORS Helene Kvale, Adam Briscoe
PRODUCERS Helene Kvale, Adam Briscoe, Cynthia Kane, Nicholas Stuart
DIRECTOR Meital Cohen Navarro
PRODUCER Meital Cohen Navarro
Sensing her time is near, Elizabeth Mann, 97, struggles to finish her final painting as the memories of her family and her time in the Auschwitz extermination camps flood come flooding in.
DIRECTOR Meital Cohen Navarro
PRODUCER Meital Cohen Navarro
DIRECTOR Doug Pray
PRODUCERS Stephanie Meurer, Ashley York, Doug Pray
A musical journey and an open conversation about gun violence and gun rights in America, with Ketch Secor, David Greene, and Old Crow Medicine Show.
DIRECTOR Doug Pray
PRODUCERS Stephanie Meurer, Ashley York, Doug Pray
PRODUCER Chris McNeany
As a husband and wife re-establish their lives after the death of her mother, they navigate living with her father and authentically accepting their bisexuality.
PRODUCER Chris McNeany
DIRECTOR Courtney Miller
PRODUCERS Alixx Schottland, Scott Rosenfelt
A homeless teenage girl and her mom are living on the streets until a performing arts school rescues the talented singer despite her mother’s fears, alcoholism and past demons.
DIRECTOR Courtney Miller
PRODUCERS Alixx Schottland, Scott Rosenfelt
DIRECTOR Jason Laurits
PRODUCER Jason Laurits
Lonely Antoinette thinks she’s been saved from misery when her favorite Hollywood personality, Blake de Troy, a professional guest-star desperate for a comeback, crashes in the Florida swamps near her home. But don’t meet (or kidnap) your idols.
DIRECTOR Jason Laurits
PRODUCER Jason Laurits
DIRECTOR Gabrielle Barlatier
PRODUCERS Cyn Hilaire, Xavier Dubose
When she continues to be rejected from medical school, a first-generation Haitian American decides to become a makeup artist, and all hell breaks loose.
DIRECTOR Gabrielle Barlatier
PRODUCERS Cyn Hilaire, Xavier Dubose
DIRECTOR Sofia Rodriguez
PRODUCERS Sofia Rodriguez, Camila Flores
In modern day Rapa-Nui/Easter Island, young Marahoro finds in an ancient holler the strength to confront his father's harshness and to pursue his calling from the voices of the sea.
DIRECTOR Sofia Rodriguez
PRODUCERS Sofia Rodriguez, Camila Flores
DIRECTORS Allyson Rice, Jennifer Wiggin, Tom Wiggin
PRODUCERS Allyson Rice, Jennifer Wiggin, Tom Wiggin
MEE-OW, THE FUNNIEST SHOW YOU’VE NEVER HEARD OF celebrates 50 years of Northwestern University’s improv/comedy show, giving rise to performers like Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Seth Meyers, Ana Gasteyer, and Dermot Mulroney.
DIRECTORS Allyson Rice, Jennifer Wiggin, Tom Wiggin
PRODUCERS Allyson Rice, Jennifer Wiggin, Tom Wiggin
DIRECTOR Briar March
PRODUCERS Briar March, Alyx Duncan
MEMENTO MORI embarks on a profound journey into the universal experience of death, asking “how does one die well?” Through a blend of documentary, music, and magical realism, this genre-defying film explores societal attitudes toward mortality as characters navigate ancient rituals and modern dilemmas within a changing world.
DIRECTOR Briar March
PRODUCERS Briar March, Alyx Duncan
DIRECTORS Thomas A. Walsh, Libby Woolems
PRODUCERS Thomas A. Walsh, Libby Woolems
Serving the worldwide community of cinematic storytellers and designers by providing a secure home in perpetuity for Hollywood’s last remaining studio research library.
DIRECTORS Thomas A. Walsh, Libby Woolems
PRODUCERS Thomas A. Walsh, Libby Woolems
DIRECTOR Jeffrey Schwarz
PRODUCERS John Boccardo, Jeffrey Schwarz
Gay men are being murdered in 1970s New York City…a crusading journalist is desperate to warn his readers…a famous Hollywood director is looking to make his next thriller. This is the true story behind the controversial film Cruising, which ignited furious protests by gay activists and yet is now considered a classic by many who once despised it. But few realize that behind the film lay a true crime far darker, more fascinating, and more revealing, than any Hollywood screenplay.
DIRECTOR Jeffrey Schwarz
PRODUCERS John Boccardo, Jeffrey Schwarz
festival client
DIRECTOR Louie Psihoyos
PRODUCERS Peggy Callahan, Mark Monroe
Sharing stories from their extraordinary lives, His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Archbishop Desmond Tutu are living paragons of how to live with Joy in troubled times.
DIRECTOR Louie Psihoyos
PRODUCERS Peggy Callahan, Mark Monroe
DIRECTOR Kristin Atwell Ford
PRODUCER Kristin Atwell Ford
In 1962, a pregnant young mother, Sherri Chessen, discovers the pill she is taking causes severe fetal anomalies. She is thrust into an international media storm for seeking an abortion.
DIRECTOR Kristin Atwell Ford
PRODUCER Kristin Atwell Ford
DIRECTOR Jamin Mears
PRODUCER John Trefry
Ten years after a civil war fractured America, a former soldier turned smuggler is thrust into a perilous mission to transport a mysterious body, forcing him to confront his darkest failures and fight for a sliver of redemption.
DIRECTOR Jamin Mears
PRODUCER John Trefry
DIRECTOR Catherine Legge
PRODUCERS Catherine Legge, Diana Warme
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS Catherine Legge, Susanne Reber
In 1993 a Louisiana town framed an innocent man. Now the truth reveals the murder never happened. It’s a phenomenon called moral panic. Will he still be executed? Or freed?
DIRECTOR Catherine Legge
PRODUCERS Catherine Legge, Diana Warme
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS Catherine Legge, Susanne Reber
DIRECTOR Nick Beaulieu
PRODUCER Nick Beaulieu
Upon his father’s diagnosis of cancer, filmmaker Nick Beaulieu attempts to reconnect with his conservative dad amidst an exploration of racism, faith, and political division in his hometown of Omaha, Nebraska.
DIRECTOR Nick Beaulieu
PRODUCER Nick Beaulieu
DIRECTOR Yumna Patel
PRODUCERS Akram Al-Waara, Ossama Bawardi
co-producer Zaid Assi
Devastated by the war in Gaza, a Palestinian mother and her two surviving children seek medical treatment in America, leaving behind their family in Gaza and Egypt. In their grief and despair, they find unexpected hope in the support of a Palestinian-American family in Texas and a chance to rebuild their lives.
DIRECTOR Yumna Patel
PRODUCERS Akram Al-Waara, Ossama Bawardi
co-producer Zaid Assi
DIRECTOR Ruth Leitman
PRODUCERS Rachel Rozycki, Andrea Raby
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS Ruth Leitman, Hallee Adelman, Caryn Capotosto
co-executive producer Chandra Jessee, Rebecca Lichtenfeld
The Daily Show co-creator Lizz Winstead and her merry band of activists battle misogyny with comedy over six years on the frontlines of the escalating war over Roe v. Wade.
DIRECTOR Ruth Leitman
PRODUCERS Rachel Rozycki, Andrea Raby
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS Ruth Leitman, Hallee Adelman, Caryn Capotosto
co-executive producer Chandra Jessee, Rebecca Lichtenfeld
DIRECTOR Catriona Rubenis-Stevens
PRODUCER Catriona Rubenis-Stevens
producer Laura Scarano
In the glittery ‘90s, a rambunctious Jersey Drag Queen and her best Judy go to extreme lengths to realize their dream of opening their own artistic sanctuary!
DIRECTOR Catriona Rubenis-Stevens
PRODUCER Catriona Rubenis-Stevens
producer Laura Scarano
DIRECTORS Stefano Da Frè, Laura Pellegrini
PRODUCERS Stefano Da Frè, Laura Pellegrini
co-producer Julia Bolt
After a mysterious & renowned graffiti tag called SAMO© propelled artist Jean-Michel Basquiat to stardom, his creative other half was left behind. This is Al Diaz’s story.
DIRECTORS Stefano Da Frè, Laura Pellegrini
PRODUCERS Stefano Da Frè, Laura Pellegrini
co-producer Julia Bolt
DIRECTOR Jessica Makinson
PRODUCER Katya Alexander
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER Jessica Makinson
In a climate-change-scarred Los Angeles, 25 years from now, a renegade in her 60's, must defend herself against an intruder, the tragedy leads her to seek refuge in The Hive.
DIRECTOR Jessica Makinson
PRODUCER Katya Alexander
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER Jessica Makinson
DIRECTOR Iram Parveen Bilal
PRODUCERS Abid Aziz Merchant, Apoorva Bakshi
A school teacher in rural Pakistan becomes a viral sensation overnight when she accidentally unleashes her unabashed opinions on social media. This newfound fame as an unlikely influencer comes with its own challenges as she has to navigate archaic mindsets, secret identities and raising her ten-year-old son in a world where women's right to taking space, physical or online, is a constant challenge.
DIRECTOR Iram Parveen Bilal
PRODUCERS Abid Aziz Merchant, Apoorva Bakshi
DIRECTOR Daniel Fish
PRODUCER Alix Madigan-Yorkin
A young girl, desperate to liberate her family from the grip of her tyrannical father, a police officer, leads her siblings and abused mother on a journey to what she prays will be freedom.
DIRECTOR Daniel Fish
PRODUCER Alix Madigan-Yorkin
DIRECTOR Larin Viller Sullivan
PRODUCER Larin Viller Sullivan
A new generation of drag kings is on the rise, despite the lack of representation on drag’s biggest stages. THE OTHER DRAG discovers the history and imagines a radical future in which kings step into the spotlight, creating paths of resistance, community and self-expression while blazing a path for a more inclusive and diverse drag culture.
DIRECTOR Larin Viller Sullivan
PRODUCER Larin Viller Sullivan
DIRECTOR Alan Brown
PRODUCERS Alan Brown, Jacob Bittens, Agathe David-Weill
In this contemporary, queer variation on the French classic La Piscine, four former friends and lovers reunite on a hot summer weekend, reigniting long-simmering passions and regrets.
DIRECTOR Alan Brown
PRODUCERS Alan Brown, Jacob Bittens, Agathe David-Weill
DIRECTOR Yoelle Gulko
PRODUCER Lea Despotis
When a young filmmaker hits rock bottom in the YouTube rabbithole, she is determined to repair her relationship with her phone and finds her voice in a digital wellbeing movement.
DIRECTOR Yoelle Gulko
PRODUCER Lea Despotis
DIRECTOR Lisa Klein
PRODUCERS Leslie Silver, Lisa Klein, Doug Blush
OUT HERE chronicles the poignant quest of a Sacramento social worker on the front lines of the homelessness crisis who attempts to help unhoused individuals through empathy and interpersonal connection.
DIRECTOR Lisa Klein
PRODUCERS Leslie Silver, Lisa Klein, Doug Blush
DIRECTOR George Nierenberg
PRODUCERS George Nierenberg, Susan Margolin
From director George T. Nierenberg comes a moving and thought-provoking documentary examining the human costs of untreated sleep apnea affecting as many as one billion people worldwide. Interweaving four stories, OUT OF BREATH documents the compelling struggles of patients, the emotionally fraught effects on their families, and the hope that comes with seeking treatment.
DIRECTOR George Nierenberg
PRODUCERS George Nierenberg, Susan Margolin
DIRECTOR Pascal Giacomini
PRODUCER Carine Fabius
While documenting the explosion of art happening in a Haitian slum, the filmmaker takes viewers into the post-earthquake art scene, an exploration of Haiti’s love affair with Vodou, its revolutionary history, local music, and lots of art.
DIRECTOR Pascal Giacomini
PRODUCER Carine Fabius
DIRECTOR Daniel Raim
Unveiling Yasujiro Ozu’s legacy through his personal diaries, letters, and interviews, the documentary delves into his life, creative process, and lasting impact on filmmaking.
DIRECTOR Daniel Raim
DIRECTOR Sav Rodgers
PRODUCER Rob Cousineau
In a surreal, perpetual night world, a mythical pancake thief and her timid sidekick rob diners, discovering the chaotic truths of identity, friendship, and notoriety.
DIRECTOR Sav Rodgers
PRODUCER Rob Cousineau
DIRECTOR William Davis
PRODUCER Janet Nearhood
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS Quantum Leap Productions, Inc.
co-producers Kristin Atwell, Teri Morrison
As a decades-long drought pushes the American West to alarming water shortages, the threat of water scarcity in the state of Arizona is motivating citizens to create water certainty through cooperation and conservation.
DIRECTOR William Davis
PRODUCER Janet Nearhood
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS Quantum Leap Productions, Inc.
co-producers Kristin Atwell, Teri Morrison
DIRECTOR Karine Barclais
PAVILLON AFRIQUES showcases African and diaspora filmmakers to a global audience, creating international collaborations and welcoming creatives from over 60 countries at the Cannes Film Festival since 2019.
DIRECTOR Karine Barclais
DIRECTOR Chris Farina
For twenty-eight years, the Virginia Pep Band was loved by students, begrudgingly supported by administrators, and reviled by some alumni. Sports, humor, and culture collided, resulting in the Band's demise.
DIRECTOR Chris Farina
DIRECTOR Hossein Martin Fazeli
PRODUCERS Beth Fraikorn, Hossein Martin Fazeli, Jack Silberman
What do you get when you combine Gandhi, Che Guevara, Al Capone and a 5’3” illiterate woman fighting for justice? Phoolan Devi. This is her story.
DIRECTOR Hossein Martin Fazeli
PRODUCERS Beth Fraikorn, Hossein Martin Fazeli, Jack Silberman
DIRECTOR Joshua Bennett
PRODUCER Joshua Bennett
The compelling life story of Ron Aikens, a Philadelphia-born musician, whose journey from near music-stardom to incarceration in 1974 takes an unexpected twist as he finds success as a member of prison band, Power of Attorney—only to face continued struggles and hardship upon his release in 1976. Now, with one last shot at redemption through music, Ron’s story captures the power of second chances and the transformative nature of art.
DIRECTOR Joshua Bennett
PRODUCER Joshua Bennett
Co-Founders Hussain Currimbhoy, Lucy Mukerjee, Themba Bhebhe, Paul Struthers
Programmers of Colour Collective (POC2) are film festival programmers who are POCs, women and TSLGBTQ+*. Our objective is to advocate for a more inclusive programming pool worldwide.
Co-Founders Hussain Currimbhoy, Lucy Mukerjee, Themba Bhebhe, Paul Struthers
DIRECTOR Tosin Morohunfola
PRODUCERS Tosin Morohunfola, Christopher Commons
When a progressive, midwestern pastor’s life is threatened by extremists, she must fight to reclaim her pulpit as a skeptical FBI Agent races to uncover the terrorists before an attack.
DIRECTOR Tosin Morohunfola
PRODUCERS Tosin Morohunfola, Christopher Commons
DIRECTOR Jenni Olson
PRODUCER Jenni Olson
Lyrical, digressive and innovative in scope and form, Jenni Olson’s latest 16mm essay film portrays the urban landscapes of California and Minnesota as it unfolds an ambitious cinematic treatise.
DIRECTOR Jenni Olson
PRODUCER Jenni Olson
DIRECTOR Jeanne C. Finley
PRODUCER Jeanne C. Finley
In the face of climate-fueled wildfire, a Sierra Foothills community passes 50 years of innovative sustainability to the next generation while collectively stitching their stories of challenge and celebration into an 85-foot tapestry, one tiny stitch at a time.
DIRECTOR Jeanne C. Finley
PRODUCER Jeanne C. Finley
DIRECTOR Brandt Johnson
PRODUCER Brandt Johnson
A grammar guru takes her pop-up grammar advice stand on a road trip across all 50 US states to show that comma fights can bring us closer together in a divided time.
DIRECTOR Brandt Johnson
PRODUCER Brandt Johnson
DIRECTOR Nazrin Choudhury
PRODUCERS Nazrin Choudhury, Sara McFarlane
A young mother from Arkansas is forced to travel across state lines in search of an urgent and necessary abortion.
DIRECTOR Nazrin Choudhury
PRODUCERS Nazrin Choudhury, Sara McFarlane
DIRECTOR Marina Alofagia McCartney
PRODUCERS Alex Lovell, Eldon Booth
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
DIRECTOR Kevin McLaughlin
PRODUCER Kevin McLaughlin
It was The Summer of Love. But in Newark, New Jersey, there was only strife. See how one city spent 50 years trying to recover from its worst week ever. Call it a riot, a rebellion, or uprising-by any name, it was a costly tragedy that offers many lessons today.
DIRECTOR Kevin McLaughlin
PRODUCER Kevin McLaughlin
DIRECTOR Chris Paine
PRODUCERS Alyx Asakawa, Mark Monroe
RISE OF THE ELECTRIC CAR wraps up the trilogy begun with Who Killed the Electric Car? (2006) and Revenge of the Electric Car (2011) as EVs step into the global limelight.
DIRECTOR Chris Paine
PRODUCERS Alyx Asakawa, Mark Monroe
DIRECTOR Jennifer Lane
PRODUCERS Jennifer Lane, David Hollander, Joseph Cashiola, Arne Glimcher
An in-depth look at the career of iconoclastic artist Robert Irwin, whose investigations into the nature of perception have radically expanded the possibilities of what art can be.
DIRECTOR Jennifer Lane
PRODUCERS Jennifer Lane, David Hollander, Joseph Cashiola, Arne Glimcher
DIRECTOR Victor Ilyukhin
PRODUCER Victor Ilyukhin
Surviving the infamous massacres of their family the Romanovs escape and live low-profile lives outside Russia. “The world’s best-kept secret”, the new generation of Romanov Princes explore identity in exile, what it means to live with and embody history, and the transmission of values to their son, the only Romanov boy of the next generation.
DIRECTOR Victor Ilyukhin
PRODUCER Victor Ilyukhin
DIRECTOR Nick Lane
PRODUCER Connor Williams
Mild-mannered insurance salesman, Romesh, becomes an unwitting internet sensation, thrusting him into the spotlight and challenging his relationships as his ego balloons to epic proportions.
DIRECTOR Nick Lane
PRODUCER Connor Williams
DIRECTOR Karina E. Turner
PRODUCERS Craig Colvin, Amanda Erlanson
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER Karina E. Turner
When Yoshi Kubo is evicted from his California farm under the WWII Japanese exclusion order and confined in a bleak internment camp, he takes an unconventional stand against oppression.
DIRECTOR Karina E. Turner
PRODUCERS Craig Colvin, Amanda Erlanson
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER Karina E. Turner
DIRECTOR Pedro Kos
PRODUCER Ina Fichman
RUFUS: HE LOVED will discover who Rufus Wainwright really is, how he's been shaped, how he's survived, and where he's going.
DIRECTOR Pedro Kos
PRODUCER Ina Fichman
DIRECTOR David Gutnik
PRODUCERS Olha Beskhmelnytsina, Sam Bisbee, Stacey Reiss
With their country at war, Ukrainian artists embark on a quest of faith, identity and resistance.
DIRECTOR David Gutnik
PRODUCERS Olha Beskhmelnytsina, Sam Bisbee, Stacey Reiss
DIRECTOR Erica Milsom
PRODUCER Todd Shaiman
Ryzo Studio’s RELEASE THE BEAST is an animated comedy exploring anger, bullying, and the triumph of self-reflection. It tells the story of Aaron, an introverted teenage gamer, whose inner rage, personified by multiple versions of his gaming character Stan, concocts a revenge plan after Aaron is humiliated by the school bully.
DIRECTOR Erica Milsom
PRODUCER Todd Shaiman
DIRECTOR Jim Merkel
CO-DIRECTOR Deborah Shaffer
PRODUCERS Santhi Rajasekhar, Jim Merkel
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS Susan Cutting, Jane Dwinell
Recovering military engineer travels into former “enemy” territory, Cuba, Kerala and Slovenia, returning with uplifting women-led societal solutions that could save the world-on-the-brink his 12-year-old son will inherit.
DIRECTOR Jim Merkel
CO-DIRECTOR Deborah Shaffer
PRODUCERS Santhi Rajasekhar, Jim Merkel
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS Susan Cutting, Jane Dwinell
DIRECTOR David Hughes Duke
PRODUCERS Chris Moser, David Hughes Duke
This public television documentary will blend narrative and music performance to explore how the people who came to be known as the Scotch-Irish or Scots-Irish have influenced democracy in America.
DIRECTOR David Hughes Duke
PRODUCERS Chris Moser, David Hughes Duke
DIRECTOR Paula Andrea González-Nasser
PRODUCERS Ryan Martin Brown, Matthew Romanski, Paula Andrea González-Nasser
Over the course of one day, Sofia—a television location scout—hustles to find the right spaces for an upcoming shoot. In the process, she connects and interacts with a handful of strangers who let her into their homes.
DIRECTOR Paula Andrea González-Nasser
PRODUCERS Ryan Martin Brown, Matthew Romanski, Paula Andrea González-Nasser
DIRECTOR Lindsay Kent
PRODUCERS Lindsay Kent, Lauren Harris
Six women circumnavigate Great Britain unassisted in a 10x2m rowboat, braving tides and weather in a 2000-mile journey to capture cutting-edge data and spotlight ocean conservation.
DIRECTOR Lindsay Kent
PRODUCERS Lindsay Kent, Lauren Harris
DIRECTOR Laj P. Waghray
PRODUCER Laj P. Waghray
Using a diminishing bird habitat as a focal point, SEARCHING FOR SPARROWS documents the efforts of four citizens working in diverse fields in current-day Hyderabad, India, who are engaged in trying to reverse the impact of rapid urbanization on the environment.
DIRECTOR Laj P. Waghray
PRODUCER Laj P. Waghray
festival client
DIRECTOR Kimberly Reed
PRODUCER Kimberly Reed
When Zooey Zephyr was expelled from the Montana House of Representatives for speaking on a bill banning transgender medical care, she made a nearby bench her “office.” Director Kimberly Reed’s cameras land next to Zooey, capturing shocking, funny, and joyous events.
DIRECTOR Kimberly Reed
PRODUCER Kimberly Reed
The SEED&SPARK PATRONS CIRCLE is a group of professionals and activists supporting innovative creators through Seed&Spark crowdfunding. Patrons contribute $5,000+ to the fund, and Seed&Spark distributes funds in the form of $500-$2500 grants directly to projects that align with Patron's values, focusing on social justice issues like gender equity, reproductive rights, racial equity, LGBTQ+ rights, economic justice, climate change, and tech justice. The group helps amplify stories driving narrative change.
DIRECTOR Jamie Meltzer
PRODUCER Annie Marr
Weaving together observational vignettes, SHIFTED LANDSCAPES examines the pervasive effects of the climate crisis on the environmental, cultural and psychological landscapes of California.
DIRECTOR Jamie Meltzer
PRODUCER Annie Marr
DIRECTOR Scott Hamilton Kennedy
PRODUCER Scott Hamilton Kennedy
SHOT IN THE ARM is a documentary about the complex and intertwined worlds of public health, vaccines, vaccine safety, and the search for truth.
DIRECTOR Scott Hamilton Kennedy
PRODUCER Scott Hamilton Kennedy
DIRECTORS Jeff Nucera, Jonathan Ruane
PRODUCERS Jeff Nucera, Jonathan Ruane
A serious look into the absurd world of Tight & Nerdy—the first and only burlesque troupe devoted to the music of “Weird Al” Yankovic.
DIRECTORS Jeff Nucera, Jonathan Ruane
PRODUCERS Jeff Nucera, Jonathan Ruane
DIRECTOR Eric Branco
PRODUCERS Salma Qarnain, Roderick Lawrence
A Black couple’s strength is tested when the ambitious husband, a star defense attorney at a white-shoe law firm, is thrust into a controversial stand-your-ground case that may require the ultimate sacrifice.
DIRECTOR Eric Branco
PRODUCERS Salma Qarnain, Roderick Lawrence
DIRECTOR Emilie Upczak
PRODUCERS John Otterbacher, Emilie Upczak, Lisa Yellow Eagle, Christi Cooper
In the very near-future, as a severe drought devastates the Southwest and puts 40 million people in an unprecedented water and energy crisis, Emery, a botanist working with the Bureau of Reclamation, is sent to monitor a new hydroelectric project along the Colorado River corridor. As the group enters the Grand Canyon by boat, Emery confronts the environmental impacts of the project, while conducting her own research on the Tamarisk Beetle and being frequented by memories from the past that provide clues for the river’s future.
DIRECTOR Emilie Upczak
PRODUCERS John Otterbacher, Emilie Upczak, Lisa Yellow Eagle, Christi Cooper
DIRECTOR Eme Eidson
PRODUCER Eme Eidson
SLOW FASHION is a documentary about how western fashion designers work with women weavers and block print artisans in Mexico, Laos and India, moving away from a profits-first colonialist way of doing business to a more just and equal, people-first, collaborative one.
DIRECTOR Eme Eidson
PRODUCER Eme Eidson
DIRECTOR Leigha Kingsley
PRODUCERS Leigha Kingsley, Morgan Newton
THE SPIRIT OF WOMEN takes an intimate look at the trailblazing women who are changing the entire landscape for females in the male-dominated world of whiskey and bourbon.
DIRECTOR Leigha Kingsley
PRODUCERS Leigha Kingsley, Morgan Newton
DIRECTOR Lauren Ludwig
PRODUCERS Matthew Andrews, Jeffrey Simon, Jer Adrianne Lelliott, Kaia Ferari
On her way out of town forever, Dina—fast-talkin’ queer rebel cowgirl—makes a surprise stop so she and her beloved Bev can escape the pious throttle of their small town church.
DIRECTOR Lauren Ludwig
PRODUCERS Matthew Andrews, Jeffrey Simon, Jer Adrianne Lelliott, Kaia Ferari
DIRECTOR Christia Crocker
PRODUCERS Christia Crocker, Heather Konowal
After their parent’s death, Katie Behnan cares for her sister Megan, with early onset Alzheimer’s. As the disease progresses, it takes a physical, emotional, and social toll.
DIRECTOR Christia Crocker
PRODUCERS Christia Crocker, Heather Konowal
DIRECTOR Robyn Hussa Farrell and Tim Farrell
PRODUCER Robyn Hussa Farrell and Timothy Farrell
The true story of a woman who suffered severe childhood trauma resulting in multiple personality disorder as seen on video from treatment sessions with the psychiatrist who helped her heal.
DIRECTOR Robyn Hussa Farrell and Tim Farrell
PRODUCER Robyn Hussa Farrell and Timothy Farrell
DIRECTOR Brad Alexander
As the drug Fentanyl makes headlines killing youth all around the world, the Noriega family grapples with the death of their son, and makes new ground preserving his legacy.
DIRECTOR Brad Alexander
DIRECTOR Marah Strauch
PRODUCERS Marah Strauch, Eric Bruggemann
Theresienstadt was a “model” concentration camp for Jewish artists created by the Nazi regime. Terezin will be a personal investigation by the great-granddaughter of a holocaust victim. The filmmaker will seek to answer what is real and what is propaganda in the filmic archives left behind by her grandmother's killers.
DIRECTOR Marah Strauch
PRODUCERS Marah Strauch, Eric Bruggemann
DIRECTOR Emily Mkrtichian
PRODUCER Emily Mkrtichian
In a disputed territory between Armenia and Azerbaijan, a painter invites four women into her studio—a politician, an Olympic-hopeful athlete, a domestic violence activist, and a woman who disarms land mines for a living. Through intimate conversations, each woman shares their personal hardships, as well as their imaginations, desires and dreams for the future. As their stories unfold, the artist begins work on a series of transformative portraits.
DIRECTOR Emily Mkrtichian
PRODUCER Emily Mkrtichian
DIRECTOR Dan Eason
PRODUCERS Dan Eason, Karlie Hustle
Paul is a deaf skater among mostly hearing friends at Burnside Skatepark. Often lost in translation, the Burnside community bands together to support him.
DIRECTOR Dan Eason
PRODUCERS Dan Eason, Karlie Hustle
DIRECTOR Angelo J. Guglielmo
PRODUCERS Susan Talbot, Lannette Turrichi
After Josh Nowlan survives the deadly wrath of a mass shooting while watching The Dark Knight Rises, he must battle the ghost of James Holmes long after he leaves the theater.
DIRECTOR Angelo J. Guglielmo
PRODUCERS Susan Talbot, Lannette Turrichi
DIRECTOR Meagan Adele Lopez
PRODUCERS Meagan Adele Lopez, Samantha Mitchell
They were professionally trained childhood actors; destined to be stars. None of them made it. Twenty years later, one woman goes back to Baltimore to find out what happened to their dreams.
DIRECTOR Meagan Adele Lopez
PRODUCERS Meagan Adele Lopez, Samantha Mitchell
DIRECTOR Peter Quandt
PRODUCER IKE ROFE
TIMETRACKER follows Jack Powers, a brilliant 60-year-old man recently released from a 33-year federal prison stay, 22 of which were spent in solitary confinement. As the story unfolds, Jack navigates post-carceral life, wandering the American West in a rehabbed RV looking for a better life and a sense of peace with his past.
DIRECTOR Peter Quandt
PRODUCER IKE ROFE
DIRECTOR Allison Berg
PRODUCERS Allison Berg, Jen Chaiken, Susan Margolin
50 years after Rocky Horror Picture Show premiered, the show continues to serve as a flashpoint for a new generation seeking identity and recognition, one pair of fishnets at a time. Kenny Starling’s new drag theater in rural Wyoming embodies Rocky Horror’s message of freedom of expression and sexual liberty.
DIRECTOR Allison Berg
PRODUCERS Allison Berg, Jen Chaiken, Susan Margolin
DIRECTOR Jeremy Redleaf
PRODUCER Jeremy Redleaf
When two wellness gals who aren’t well get kicked out of an ayahuasca ceremony, they encounter a series of upstate weirdos who accidentally give them what they desperately need.
DIRECTOR Jeremy Redleaf
PRODUCER Jeremy Redleaf
DIRECTOR Lynnex Auguste
PRODUCER Chris Auguste
Wives, Lynnex & Chris, investigate Queer Herstories along California’s coast to restore narrative balance to documented Histories. Well-rounded, inclusive discussions about Aliens, Ghosts, and Emotional Regulation ensue atop engaging AfroPop cinematography.
DIRECTOR Lynnex Auguste
PRODUCER Chris Auguste
DIRECTOR Bryn Woznicki
PRODUCERS Katie Hacala, Katie Hall
20 years after leaving a troubled teen facility, three women reunite to confront the traumatizing experience and work through the lasting impact of the destructive institution. Together, they vow to face memories that haunt them to this day, break dangerous cycles of behavior, and put the work in towards becoming the supportive adults they so desperately needed as children.
DIRECTOR Bryn Woznicki
PRODUCERS Katie Hacala, Katie Hall
DIRECTOR Julie Rubio
PRODUCERS Julie Rubio, Jennifer Wallace
THE TRUE STORY OF TAMARA LEMPICKA traces the life and adventures of renowned art deco painter Tamara de Lempicka, exploring the mysteries behind her self-created public image, secrets she kept and her complex legacy.
DIRECTOR Julie Rubio
PRODUCERS Julie Rubio, Jennifer Wallace
DIRECTOR David Liver
PRODUCER François Combin
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS Samara Kupferberg, Edgar Seligman
assistant producers Jessica Wolfson, Paul Lovelace
Amidst presidential rants and blaring TV news, the outrageously inspiring story of counterculture icon, proto-punk-superstar, and radical lover, Tuli Kupferberg, narrated by Thurston Moore and Tuli Kupferberg!
DIRECTOR David Liver
PRODUCER François Combin
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS Samara Kupferberg, Edgar Seligman
assistant producers Jessica Wolfson, Paul Lovelace
DIRECTOR Werner Herzog
PRODUCERS Amanda Miller, Andrew Linsk, Charlotte Delagournerie, Emmanuel Bernard
Based on Werner Herzog’s best selling novel, THE TWILIGHT WORLD tells the true story of Hiroo Onoda, a World War II Japanese intelligence officer who refused to surrender and continued to fight a personal, fictitious war in the jungles of the Philippines. For thirty years. Part fictionalized history, part drama and part dream log, the film is a meditation on the nature of reality, the illusion of time, and the conflict between the external world and our inner lives.
DIRECTOR Werner Herzog
PRODUCERS Amanda Miller, Andrew Linsk, Charlotte Delagournerie, Emmanuel Bernard
DIRECTOR Fiona Lloyd-Davies
PRODUCER Nick Stuart
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER Cynthia Kane
The story of the unquenchable power of the human spirit, offering crucial lessons and hope, told by a town that withstood a brutal 3 year siege during the Bosnian War.
DIRECTOR Fiona Lloyd-Davies
PRODUCER Nick Stuart
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER Cynthia Kane
DIRECTOR D.W. Young
PRODUCER Judith Mizrachy
UNCROPPED rediscovers the work of New York photographer James Hamilton, one of the great chroniclers of the cultural history of America over the last half century.
DIRECTOR D.W. Young
PRODUCER Judith Mizrachy
DIRECTOR Tommy Hyde
PRODUCERS Aaron Woolf, Tommy Hyde
co-producer Kyra Schaefer
The curiously optimistic tale of Doug Butler—a hardscrabble Vermont dairy farmer who risks losing the only home he's ever known to chase his dreams of dog mushing in Alaska.
DIRECTOR Tommy Hyde
PRODUCERS Aaron Woolf, Tommy Hyde
co-producer Kyra Schaefer
DIRECTOR Brandon Kapelow
PRODUCER Laurel Thomson
A firefighter in rural America undergoes ketamine-assisted psychotherapy in an attempt to resolve his work-related PTSD.
DIRECTOR Brandon Kapelow
PRODUCER Laurel Thomson
DIRECTOR Cathy R. Fischer
A character-driven documentary about people who have made the controversial decision to tattoo their grandparents’ concentration camp numbers on their own bodies. The film is directed by Cathy R Fischer, the child and grandchild of Holocaust survivors.
DIRECTOR Cathy R. Fischer
DIRECTORS Annette King, Ishmael Azeli
PRODUCER Annette King
field producer Ivanovitch Ingabire
Showcasing the true perseverance of the human spirit, UNMASKED: REAL HEROES, UNTOLD STORIES is a limited docuseries profiling changemakers from Africa who challenge systemic marginalization and forge a path to social change in their own communities; but can their grassroot disruption truly help those they intend to serve?
DIRECTORS Annette King, Ishmael Azeli
PRODUCER Annette King
field producer Ivanovitch Ingabire
DIRECTOR Tim Tsai
PRODUCERS Kristin Lesko, Tim Tsai
In rural California, a small community of Black and Lantinx families strive for their own vision of what the town’s original founders sought to build over a century ago.
DIRECTOR Tim Tsai
PRODUCERS Kristin Lesko, Tim Tsai
DIRECTORS Jeane Phan Wong, Jimmy Nguyen
PRODUCERS Jes Vu, Tracy Chitupatham, Jeane Phan Wong
Created by Vietnam War refugees for the global Vietnamese diaspora, variety show Paris by Night, faces an uncertain future as the founder’s grandchildren transform it for a modern audience.
DIRECTORS Jeane Phan Wong, Jimmy Nguyen
PRODUCERS Jes Vu, Tracy Chitupatham, Jeane Phan Wong
DIRECTOR Peter Fitzgerald
PRODUCER Christopher Racster
consulting producer Daniel Karslake
From their first outing in nun drag in 1979 to today, The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence have broken barriers in LGBTQ+ representation, AIDS advocacy and human rights activism.
DIRECTOR Peter Fitzgerald
PRODUCER Christopher Racster
consulting producer Daniel Karslake
DIRECTOR Yael Bridge
PRODUCERS JEREMY FLOOD, MARS VERRONE, YAEL BRIDGE, YONI GOLIJOV
A mosaic portrait of the Teamster labor union’s massive campaign to organize 350,000 UPS workers across the United States in a collective fight for dignity and safety on the job.
DIRECTOR Yael Bridge
PRODUCERS JEREMY FLOOD, MARS VERRONE, YAEL BRIDGE, YONI GOLIJOV
DIRECTOR Sura Mallouh
PRODUCERS Sura Mallouh, Laura Poitras, Yoni Golijov
Two friends uncover a conflict that divides their already embattled community. Told from all sides with unprecedented access, this observational film unfolds in real-time.
DIRECTOR Sura Mallouh
PRODUCERS Sura Mallouh, Laura Poitras, Yoni Golijov
DIRECTOR Sandra Luckow
PRODUCERS Sandra Luckow, Kat Vecchio
associate producer Paul Calandrino
VANISHING: A LOVE STORY is about award-winning novelist Cai Emmons and her loving, open-hearted journey towards death. As she struggles to “do it right” and on her own terms, she creates powerful and lasting reminders that she was here.
DIRECTOR Sandra Luckow
PRODUCERS Sandra Luckow, Kat Vecchio
associate producer Paul Calandrino
DIRECTOR Gus Holwerda
PRODUCERS Jason Spisak, Lyndsey Waugh, Luke Holwerda, Gus Holwerda
A group of renegade cowboys on the trail of lost treasure become cursed and must escape from an unending darkness filled with ghostly visions of their past and future.
DIRECTOR Gus Holwerda
PRODUCERS Jason Spisak, Lyndsey Waugh, Luke Holwerda, Gus Holwerda
DIRECTOR Rolla Selbak
PRODUCER Julie Bersani
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER Cherien Dabis
A young Palestinian man living in Jerusalem must save his family when a mythical Ghouleh (female demon) from his grandmother’s folktales appears in his townand threatens his family’s home.
DIRECTOR Rolla Selbak
PRODUCER Julie Bersani
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER Cherien Dabis
DIRECTOR Rob Smat
PRODUCER Kyle Hrabe
After a mass shooter took over twenty lives at an El Paso Walmart in 2019, one employee led a revolution from within the company, one which changed the gun conversation forever.
DIRECTOR Rob Smat
PRODUCER Kyle Hrabe
DIRECTOR Mark Steenbarger
PRODUCER Tai Payne
A modern day, vulnerable teenage girl experiences delusion, broken trust, and questions of self-worth as a result of being coerced and manipulated by a subculture seeking to exploit her.
DIRECTOR Mark Steenbarger
PRODUCER Tai Payne
DIRECTOR Cheryl Isaacson
PRODUCERS Caitlyn Durkin, Keren Southall, Danielle Chiefetz
Today is Una’s last day in the AI-controlled distribution station, an involuntary retirement that tears her away from her surrogate daughter and the woman she loves. Now, Una has only moments to convince a suspicious newcomer to help ignite a rebellion.
DIRECTOR Cheryl Isaacson
PRODUCERS Caitlyn Durkin, Keren Southall, Danielle Chiefetz
DIRECTOR Sheryl Glubok
PRODUCERS Iana Dontcheva, Sheryl Glubok
With 40 in the rearview mirror, a mother of two gets a career-making offer. All she has to do is chaperone a narcissistic literary legend 350 miles to an awards ceremony in Telluride. What could possibly go wrong?
DIRECTOR Sheryl Glubok
PRODUCERS Iana Dontcheva, Sheryl Glubok
DIRECTOR Adriana Torres
PRODUCER Carole Lowe
Fans of the television series Wynonna Earp, known as Earpers, are considered the most cohesive, generous and loving fandom in the world. Let’s celebrate them.
DIRECTOR Adriana Torres
PRODUCER Carole Lowe
DIRECTOR Kit Dale
PRODUCERS Kit Dale, Becca Buckalew, Will Hirschfeld
Rick Dale, a prodigious, but unmotivated ex Jiu Jitsu champion, aspires to become a best-selling author, but his success hinges on the woman he is desperately trying to avoid.
DIRECTOR Kit Dale
PRODUCERS Kit Dale, Becca Buckalew, Will Hirschfeld
DIRECTOR Leone DiSantis
PRODUCERS Katherine Croft, Laura Burhenn, Lavinia Jones Wright, Leone DiSantis
After their sleazy boss turns up dead, a disorderly group of trans friends get caught up in a midwestern small-town drug ring and decide if now is their chance to stake claim or get out for good.
DIRECTOR Leone DiSantis
PRODUCERS Katherine Croft, Laura Burhenn, Lavinia Jones Wright, Leone DiSantis
DIRECTOR Stefano Da Fre
PRODUCER Laura Pellegrini
WIRED TO KILL? is a thought-provoking docudrama that delves into the minds of convicted school shooters, exploring the frontal lobe and brain damage that may contribute to their violent behavior. Through a unique blend of documentary footage and dramatized reenactments, this ?lm aims to understand the complexities of school shootings and potentially prevent future tragedies.
DIRECTOR Stefano Da Fre
PRODUCER Laura Pellegrini
DIRECTOR Jonathan Olshefski
PRODUCER Elizabeth Day
WITHOUT ARROWS is a feature length documentary that follows three generations of the Fiddler family over the course of ten years
DIRECTOR Jonathan Olshefski
PRODUCER Elizabeth Day
DIRECTORS Liza Donnelly, Kathleen Hughes
PRODUCERS Liza Donnelly, Judith Mizrachy
In Women Laughing, New Yorker cartoonist Liza Donnelly tells the little-known story of the women cartoonists who have worked for the iconic magazine from the first issue to the present day. A dynamic exploration of the craft, Donnelly draws—and laughs—with her colleagues, as they demonstrate the power of women’s humor.
DIRECTORS Liza Donnelly, Kathleen Hughes
PRODUCERS Liza Donnelly, Judith Mizrachy
DIRECTOR Rosalie Miller
PRODUCER Clementine Briand
Queer, femme performance-artist, Jody Kuehner, seeks connection with audiences as she confronts her own existential dread through her comedy alter-ego, Cherdonna Shinatra.
DIRECTOR Rosalie Miller
PRODUCER Clementine Briand
DIRECTOR Matthew Bardugone
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER Ayse Reyering
At a time when homophobia is on the rise, how do LGBTQ+ people find self-love?
DIRECTOR Matthew Bardugone
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER Ayse Reyering
DIRECTOR Sara Robin
PRODUCER Dan Kennedy
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 Dan Kennedy
festival client
A group of women denied abortions, even at the brink of death, band together with a fearless attorney to sue the state of Texas in an extraordinary effort to regain their rights and reproductive futures—not only for themselves but millions of others.