The money earned by 11-year-olds Sonam and Tashi for doing prayers is only enough to share one small Coke. Sonam is lucky to even get a sip before Tashi, the monastery bully, drinks the entire bottle....YarneAndrew Krakower | 19 min
The majority of people serving food in U.S. restaurants are paid a federal sub-minimum wage of only $2.13 an hour and are forced to depend on tips to feed themselves and their...WAGING CHANGE Abby Ginzberg | 61 min
The vinyl record renaissance over the past decade has brought new fans to a classic format and transformed our idea of a record collector: younger, both male and female, multicultural. This same revival...VINYL NATIONKevin Smokler, Christopher Boone | 92 min
TURNING SCHOOL INSIDE OUT is a documentary about what happens when one school purchases a parcel of adjacent land and commits itself to figure out how to use that land to improve student learning and...TURNING SCHOOL INSIDE OUTChris Hardee | 20 min
In 1956, four years before Jane Goodall ventured into the world of chimpanzees and seven years before Dian Fossey left to work with mountain gorillas, 23-year-old biologist Anne Innis Dagg made an...The Woman Who Loves GiraffesAlison Reid | 83 min
The State of Texas vs Melissa explores the life journey of Melissa Lucio, the first Hispanic woman to be sentenced to death in the state of Texas. For ten years she has been awaiting her fate, and now...THE STATE OF TEXAS VS MELISSASabrina Van Tassel | 98 min
What's going to happen when these though times get worse and there are more robbers than bars?...THE ROBBERYAlfonso Díaz | 9 min
A young shaman in search of the eternal light discovers a moth who holds the secret of transcendence. The shaman goes on a quest to join the moth and its flock, discovering ultimate reality....The Return of the MothBrian C O'Malley, Daniel A Penengo | 5 min
The New Corporation reveals how the corporate takeover of society is being justified by the sly rebranding of corporations as socially conscious entities. From gatherings of corporate elites in Davos, to...THE NEW CORPORATIONJoel Bakan, Jennifer Abbott | 106 min
Two Irish drug dealers, Jacko and his much-maligned sidekick Niallser, drag a captured cockney rival into an abandoned shed in the depths of rural Ireland. A stash of cocaine has gone missing, supplies are...The Cocaine FamineSam McMullen, Brian Martin | 13 min
Cats. You either love them or hate them. What happens when the one who doesn't love them takes things a bit too far?...The Cat TailLaina Barakat | 3 min
A mother tries to reconnect with her estranged son during the holidays....THE BEST GIFTAndrew T. Horng | 7 min
Bruce Franks Jr. is a 34-year-old battle rapper, Ferguson activist and state representative from St. Louis, Missouri. Known as Superman to his constituents, he is a political figure the likes of which...ST. LOUIS SUPERMAN Sami Khan, Smriti Mundhra | 28 min
Ricky and his family have been fighting an uphill battle against debt since the 2008 financial crash. An opportunity to wrestle back some independence appears with a shiny new van and the chance to run a...SORRY WE MISSED YOUKen Loach | 100 min
Marion would like to go sledding on “the” hill of her childhood. She brings her brother to the mountain in order to find it once more....SledgeMickaël Dupré | 13 min
Valerie has a job to do, but Todd is playing games. And there is something lurking in the night that doesn't like to lose. With a surreal take on the analog, neon backdrop of the1980's, Shiny Diamonds...SHINY DIAMONDSSeth Chatfield, Toni Nagy | 6 min
A young man finds his lost twin sister through a Torii gate, the frontier between the living and the sacred worlds....SayōnaraAurélien DOUAY, Aaron KUBCZAK, Elodie NANEIX, Loona VAN-POUCKE | 5 min
Hillevi, a young viking warrior, faces Jörmungand, the World-Serpent....RagnarökChristophe Sarraco, Pauline Lavelle, Hadrien Augier, Théo Blanchard, Hugo Fredouiel | 5 min
At 88 years-old, Audrey Flack holds a unique place in the history of contemporary art in America. Feminist, rebel, mother, painter, sculptor and teacher, Audrey’s often controversial 40-year career evolved...Queen of Hearts: Audrey FlackDeborah Shaffer, Rachel Reichman (Co-Director) | 75 min
José is a pizza deliverer. His last order is a small margarita for apartment dweller Edu. An apparently innocent request, with two ways of understanding, leads to a test of wills and whether the customer...PizzaIñaki Rikarte, Aitor de Kintana | 8 min
A woman must bring together her dysfunctional family to fulfill her father’s last wish....PAPPY HOURNell Teare | 10 min
The story revolves around an unemployed man who concedes defeat in the face of a series of unfortunate events in his life. Unable to cope with the pressure surrounding his circumstances, he decides to end...Oor UyirPradeep Selvam | 17 min
For decades, the life of American Jazz musician Billy Tipton was framed as the story of an ambitious woman passing as a man in pursuit of a music career. In NO ORDINARY MAN, Tipton’s story is re-imagined...No Ordinary ManAisling Chin-Yee, Chase Joynt | 84 min
Eric Masterson is no ordinary birdwatcher. An immigrant himself from Ireland to New England, he's fallen in love with bird migration - and specifically with a little-known wonder of the world that happens...NightsongsMatthew Myer Boulton, Elizabeth Myer Boulton | 5 min
A machine that breaks time, a kidnapped therapist. A short examination on the origins of the negentropic birth of the universe....Meet Your HaymakerJames Claibourne Gillum | 8 min
Deep into a forest, a gathering of wild animals start a nocturnal opera, conducted by a squirrel....MaestroFlorian Babikian, Victor Caire | 2 min
Four farmers from the Monadnock Region in New Hampshire share their experiences from receiving money from the Farm Fund funded by the Monadnock Food Co-op and the Cheshire County Conservation District....LOCALLY ROOTEDGreg Pregent | 10 min
Right now, soil might be the last thing on your mind. But in a moment when the future of our planet and humankind is at stake, nothing may be more important than regenerating the ground beneath us. We’re...KISS THE GROUNDJoshua Tickell, Rebecca Harrell Tickell | 84 min
The story of mountain rescue duo, Salami and Parmesan, as their attempts to rescue a skier stranded on the top of an imposing mountain, do not go to plan. Hors Piste is a riotous six-minute animation,...HORS PISTELéo Brunel, Camille Jalabert, Loris Cavalier, Oscar Malet | 6 min
GUNDA chronicles the unfiltered lives of a mother pig, a flock of chickens, and a herd of cows with masterful intimacy. Using stark, transcendent black and white cinematography and the farm's ambient...GUNDAVictor Kossakovsky | 92 min
Led by Gay Chorus Conductor Dr. Tim Seelig and joined by The Oakland Interfaith Gospel Choir; the tour brings a message of music, love and acceptance to communities and individuals confronting intolerance....Gay Chorus Deep SouthDavid Charles Rodrigues | 100 min
Freaks of Nurture is an animated short about a neurotic mother-daughter relationship inspired by the filmmaker’s own unorthodox upbringing with her single-parent mom, who is also a foster parent and dog...FREAKS OF NURTURE Alexandra Lemay | 6 min
An intimate and epic journey into the female experience of war. The story of Waad al-Kateab's life through five years of the uprising in Aleppo, Syria as she falls in love, gets married and gives birth to...For SamaWaad Al-Kateab, Edward Watts | 100 min
Five Elizabeths is an experimental short film and film / movement / sound composition about family legends, matrilineal mythology, and the psychic shadow of the military industrial complex. Filmed on the...Five ElizabethsJasmine Dreame Wagner | 17 min
Today, 91% of our fish is imported and the U.S. is flooded with six billion tons of imported seafood. Consumers across America eat blissfully unaware of where their seafood is from or the dire consequences...FISH & MEN: THE HIGH COST OF CHEAP FISHDarby Duffin, Adam Jones | 85 min
The origin story behind one of Broadway's most beloved musicals, Fiddler on The Roof, and its creative roots in early 1960s New York, when "tradition" was on the wane as gender roles, sexuality, race...Fiddler: A Miracle of MiraclesMax Lewkowicz | 96 min
FANDANGO AT THE WALL follows Multi Grammy Award winners Arturo O’Farrill and Kabir Sehgal, as they prepare to record a live album at the U.S.-Mexico border wall. The project is inspired by the annual...FANDANGO AT THE WALL Varda Bar-Kar | 93 min
ENTANGLED chronicles the efforts to protect North Atlantic right whales from extinction, the impacts of those efforts on the lobster industry, and how the National Marine Fisheries Service has struggled to...ENTANGLEDDavid Abel, Andy Laub | 75 min
After falling asleep on the London underground, a man finds himself mysteriously spirited into the desert where he follows an illusive trail of a failed love affair. Through the exploration of song...DEADMAN’S REACHQuentin VIEN | 11 min
When Joy Buolamwini’s makes the startling discovery that most facial recognition software does not accurately see dark-skinned faces or women, she is forced to reckon with bias encoded in algorithms, the...CODED BIASShalini Kantayya | 90 min
Trans athletes have to work harder than their cisgender peers in order to thrive in their field while also having the courage and resilience to face daily harassment and discrimination. The kids in this...CHANGING THE GAMEMichael Barnett | 95 min
In 2002, a young American couple, Matthew and Naomi, travel to the arctic mountains of Norway. After pulling over during a snowstorm, they wake up trapped in their SUV, buried underneath layers of snow and...CENTIGRADEBrendan Walsh | 127 min
Twelve-year-old Binti and her father, Jovial, are undocumented immigrants from the Congo, who have lived in Belgium since Binti was a baby. She dreams of living a normal life and aspires to be an online...BintiFrederike Migom | 90 min
Before Kandinsky, Mondrian, and Klee made a name for abstraction in visual art, another artist had already beat them to their discovery. But until very recently, her name was absent from the history books....Beyond the Visible: Hilma af KlintHalina Dyrschka | 93 min
After 40-years of codependent marriage, a husband makes a life changing decision to ensure that he will never have to endure another waking moment with his wife....BETTER HALFPete Johnson, Adam Jones | 22 min
Bring me your mistakes" is the invitation Ohio tattoo artist Billy Joe White makes. A timely look at racism in contemporary America, Beneath the Ink reveals the possibility for change in one Appalachian...BENEATH THE INK Cy Dodson | 13 min
A story of loss, love and hope. Told with great heart, and warm humor, this film shines a light on the plight of a small rural community where the people are the heroes....BELLBIRDHamish Bennett | 95 min
Narrated by Jodie Foster, Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché is a documentary about the first female filmmaker, Alice Guy-Blaché, which explores the heights of fame and financial success she...Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-BlachéPamela B. Green | 103 min
Outside of Wrigley Field, a group of die-hard Cubs fans have attended years of games and only rarely entered the park. They spend the innings on the corner of Waveland and Kenmore in the hopes of catching...BALLHAWKSSamantha Sanders | 10 min
Nestled between a beautiful lake and the Himalayas, Ashmina, 13, lives with her family at the outskirts of Pokhara Nepal, paragliding capital of the world. The remote and traditional town is also a busy...AshminaDekel Berenson | 15 min
Jill must put one foot in front of the other to move through her grief, and with connection she discovers that every mile has a story....As OneDavid Spaltro | 15 min
Dealing with what comes naturally isn’t easy, especially for animals. Five animals meet regularly to discuss their inner angst in a group therapy session led by Dr. Clement, a canine psychotherapist. But...ANIMAL BEHAVIOURAlison Snowden, David Fine | 14 min
Jerusalem-born trauma expert Ofra Bloch forces herself to confront her personal demons in a journey that takes her to Germany, Israel and Palestine. Set against the current wave of fascism and...AFTERWARDThe Jonathan Daniels AwardOfra Bloch | 95 min
As Great Britain’s forces were stretched thin during World War II, Winston Churchill’s Special Operations Executive (SOE) began to enlist women as spies. Their daunting mission: conduct sabotage and build...A CALL TO SPY Lydia Dean Pilcher | 123 min
Demetre Papageorgiou grew up as the oldest child of George and Cynthia, Greek immigrants, who settled in the Midwest. All of that changed when Demetre got a call from a man named Chris Bone of Dallas,...9 DegreesKalim Armstrong & Demetre Papageorgiou | 12 min
Marc and Marta are celebrating their “monthiversary” with a romantic dinner. Things start to take an awkward turn when the subject of social media comes up....#SuperinloveCurro Bernabeu | 10min
