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Explore the complete Festival program, including narrative and documentary features, short films and short film programs, special events, panels, parties, and more. Use the filters to find exactly what you’re looking for.


Human Ties, J. Kim & Sharon Tucci Italian Focus, Oscar-Qualifying Shorts Competition, The Immigrant Experience, Women In Film Spotlight

Tiramisu

Film Tiramisu Directed by Katerina Munis In the aftermath of ICE raids, a temperamental Italian chef must bargain for help in his kitchen from…
Human Rights Spotlight, Human Ties, International Spotlight, Leon & Mary Strauss Documentary Spotlight, Spotlight on Inspiration Documentary Competition, Women In Film Spotlight

Traces

Film Traces Directed by Alisa Kovalenko, Marysia Nikitiuk Traces shines a light on Ukrainian women who, after surviving conflict-related sexual violence (CRSV) and torture during Russia’s…
Animation Spotlight, Asian Focus, Cinema For Students Program, Human Ties, International Spotlight, Oscar-Qualifying Shorts Competition

Trading Cards

Film Trading Cards Directed by Radheya Jang An enigmatic man journeys back in time to find his younger self, seemingly to revisit the nostalgia of…
Asian Focus, International Spotlight, Oscar-Qualifying Shorts Competition

Unbroken Reins

Film Unbroken Reins Directed by Udi Zaken On the vast Kazakh steppe, a young boy named Nurzhigit finds joy and purpose in caring for horses,…
Human Ties, International Spotlight, Oscar-Qualifying Shorts Competition, Spanish-Language Focus, Women In Film Spotlight

Under the Sun

Film Under the Sun Directed by Isabel Barajas On a vacation, 10-year-old Elisa wants her mother to teach her to swim, but Claudia's incessant work calls…
Cinema For Students Program, Human Ties, International Spotlight, Oscar-Qualifying Shorts Competition

Visiting Time

Film Visiting Time Directed by Sebastian Szewczykowski Ula wants to see her deceased son. Together with Dorothy, his girlfriend, she deceives the receptionist to get…
American Indie Spotlight, Human Ties, New Filmmakers Forum

Wake

Film Wake Directed by Devon M. Schwartz Four estranged siblings deal with difficult relatives and an anxious funeral director at their father's wake, where family…
American Indie Spotlight, Cinema For Students Program, Human Rights Spotlight, Human Ties, Oscar-Qualifying Shorts Competition, The Immigrant Experience, Women In Film Spotlight

Water Cooler

Film Water Cooler Directed by Emma V.F. The Trump administration has turned immigration courts into deportation traps. As ICE agents wait to arrest their targets…
Cinema For Students Program, Fine Arts Spotlight, Human Ties

We Are The Shaggs

Film We Are The Shaggs Directed by Ken William Kwapis WE ARE THE SHAGGS is a music documentary about The Shaggs, an all-girl band that created some of…
Human Ties, International Spotlight, Oscar-Qualifying Shorts Competition

WEGWERF!

Film WEGWERF! Directed by Cole Edwards An anti-AI in the arts comedy. A hospice workers gets more than he bargained for cleaning the room…
American Indie Spotlight, Human Rights Spotlight, Human Ties, Leon & Mary Strauss Documentary Spotlight, QFest LGBTQ Spotlight, Race In America: The Black Experience, Spotlight on Inspiration Documentary Competition

What Will I Become?

Film What Will I Become? Directed by Lexie Bean, Logan Rozos Winner of the Amnesty International Film Award at the Berlin International Film Festival, What Will I Become? explores…
Human Rights Spotlight, International Spotlight, Spanish-Language Focus, Spotlight on Inspiration Documentary Competition, The Immigrant Experience, Women In Film Spotlight

While You Return

Film While You Return Directed by Leonor Zúniga A woman in exile fights to free her husband, a political prisoner in Nicaragua, while caring for their…

While You Return / Who Trains My Hand To War

Program While You Return / Who Trains My Hand To War When You Return A woman in exile fights to free her husband, a political prisoner in Nicaragua, while...
Cinema For Students Program, Human Rights Spotlight, Human Ties, International Spotlight, Oscar-Qualifying Shorts Competition, Spotlight on Inspiration Documentary Competition, Women In Film Spotlight

Who Trains My Hands To War

Film Who Trains My Hands To War Directed by Caroline Gaio Founding a social Muay Thai project in the North Zone of Rio de Janeiro, Mestre BG and his…
Studio Spotlight

Wild Horse Nine

Film Wild Horse Nine Directed by Martin McDonagh Sometimes you've got to do a terrible thing for the greater good.
Leon & Mary Strauss Documentary Spotlight

Wild Inside

Film Wild Inside Directed by Penny Lane On February 2, 2023, Flaco — a male Eurasian eagle-owl, the largest species of owl in the world...
Human Rights Spotlight, Human Ties, Leon & Mary Strauss Documentary Spotlight, Spotlight on Inspiration Documentary Competition, The Immigrant Experience

Wood Street

Film Wood Street Directed by Caron Creighton Two unhoused men turned community leaders— John and LaMonté —organize their neighbors in the face of displacement, addiction,…
Workshops

WORKSHOP – Missouri Stories Scriptwriting Fellowship Alumni Panel

Special Event WORKSHOP – Missouri Stories Scriptwriting Fellowship Alumni Panel Moderated by Missouri Film Office Director Andrea Sporcic Klund. Come meet St. Louis based Missouri Stories fellowship winners....
Workshops

WORKSHOP – You CAN Have It All: The Rise of the Multi-Hyphenate Filmmaker

Special Event WORKSHOP – You CAN Have It All: The Rise of the Multi-Hyphenate Filmmaker The idea that you must focus on a single discipline to achieve artistic success is officially dead. Today’s...
Human Rights Spotlight, Human Ties, International Spotlight, Oscar-Qualifying Shorts Competition, Spotlight on Inspiration Documentary Competition

Worldless

Film Worldless Directed by Amin Nakhi Worldless tells the personal story of an Iranian filmmaker whose search for a better life becomes a difficult…
American Indie Spotlight, Human Ties, Leon & Mary Strauss Documentary Spotlight, Spotlight on Inspiration Documentary Competition, Women In Film Spotlight

Yo (Love is a Rebellious Bird)

Film Yo (Love is a Rebellious Bird) Directed by Anna Fitch, Banker White Anna spends a decade obsessively building a detailed 1/3-scale version of her friend’s house after losing her. It’s…

Yo (Love Is A Rebellious Bird) / Are We Breaking Up?

Program Yo (Love Is A Rebellious Bird) / Are We Breaking Up? Yo (Love Is A Rebellious Bird) Anna spends a decade obsessively building a detailed 1/3-scale version of her...