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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 Rights Spotlight, Human Ties, International Spotlight, Oscar-Qualifying Shorts Competition

Close Your Eyes Hind

Film Close Your Eyes Hind Directed by Amir Zaza When tank fire kills her family, six-year-old Hind Rajab is left alone in a shattered car. Trapped and…

CLOSING NIGHT AWARDS PARTY!!

Special Event CLOSING NIGHT AWARDS PARTY!! After 11 days of escaping from your couch to support over 200 incredible films from around the world,...
Studio Spotlight

Club Kid

Film Club Kid Directed by Jordan Firstman A hard-partying New York City club promoter sees his whirlwind lifestyle upended by the arrival of the 10-year-old...
ARCHIVAL, Cinema For Students Program, Human Rights Spotlight, Human Ties, Oscar-Qualifying Shorts Competition, Spotlight on Inspiration Documentary Competition, The Immigrant Experience

Come to See Me at Oglala

Film Come to See Me at Oglala Directed by Mary Heather Carver, William T. Horner This is a 1987 interview of William Horn Cloud, a renowned traditional Oglala Lakota singer, historian, philosopher, and…
Cinema For Students Program, Environmental Focus, Fine Arts Spotlight, Human Ties, International Spotlight, Oscar-Qualifying Shorts Competition, Spotlight on Inspiration Documentary Competition, Women In Film Spotlight

Couture To the Max

Film Couture To the Max Directed by DORI Berinstein COUTURE TO THE MAX" shines a light on an extraordinary young designer who inspires us to dream boldly…
Animation Spotlight, Cinema For Students Program, Human Ties, Oscar-Qualifying Shorts Competition

Creature Mountain

Film Creature Mountain Directed by Loring Weisenberger Creature Mountain is the first chapter of a feature film (currently in production) that tells the tale of…
Human Rights Spotlight, Leon & Mary Strauss Documentary Spotlight

Crime & Parody

Film Crime & Parody Directed by Will Thwaites After an amateur comedian is thrown in jail for political satire, The Onion joins his fight for free…
American Indie Spotlight, Fine Arts Spotlight, Human Ties

Crystal Cross

Film Crystal Cross Directed by Richie james Follin A quirky Christian singer and a suicidal dad drive cross-country, forging an unlikely bond through bad decisions, bizarre…
Human Rights Spotlight, Human Ties, Leon & Mary Strauss Documentary Spotlight, Race In America: The Black Experience, Women In Film Spotlight

Cycle

Film Cycle Directed by Laura Dyan Kezman, William Howell CYCLE pierces the silence surrounding police violence through the death of Ty’rese West, a Black teenager killed by…
1992, American Indie Spotlight

Daughters of the Dust

Film Daughters of the Dust Directed by Julie Dash In 1902, a Gullah family on the Sea Islands off South Carolina decide whether to migrate to the...
Animation Spotlight, Cinema For Students Program, Oscar-Qualifying Shorts Competition, Women In Film Spotlight

Dear Upstairs Neighbors

Film Dear Upstairs Neighbors Directed by Connie He A young woman desperate for a good night’s sleep is kept awake by her exceedingly noisy neighbors. As…
Environmental Focus, Human Rights Spotlight, International Spotlight, Oscar-Qualifying Shorts Competition

Degree of Certainty

Film Degree of Certainty Directed by Simon Schneider It’s 1982, and Jackson Miller, a young risk analyst at one of the biggest US oil companies, fears…

Documentary Shorts 1 – Unseen

Program Documentary Shorts 1 – Unseen

Documentary Shorts 2 – Limbo

Program Documentary Shorts 2 – Limbo

Documentary Shorts 3 – Archive

Program Documentary Shorts 3 – Archive

Documentary Shorts 4 – Defiance

Program Documentary Shorts 4 – Defiance

Documentary Shorts 5 – Witness

Program Documentary Shorts 5 – Witness

Documentary Shorts 6 – Belonging

Program Documentary Shorts 6 – Belonging

Documentary Shorts 7 – Noise

Program Documentary Shorts 7 – Noise

Documentary Shorts 8 – IS THIS AMERICA/THIS IS AMERICA

Program Documentary Shorts 8 – IS THIS AMERICA/THIS IS AMERICA

Documentary Shorts 9 – Memories

Program Documentary Shorts 9 – Memories
Animation Spotlight, Cinema For Students Program, Human Ties, International Spotlight, Oscar-Qualifying Shorts Competition

Dog Ear

Film Dog Ear Directed by P√©ter V√°cz After witnessing his parents' violent fight, eleven-year-old Berci struggles with his anger and emotions, finding a way to…
Human Ties, Oscar-Qualifying Shorts Competition

Dropping Off

Film Dropping Off Directed by Ian Scott McGregor, Will Mayo Shot almost entirely on security cameras and iPhones, Dropping Off follows Thom, an aspiring musician gigging as a…
American Indie Spotlight, Cinema For Students Program, Human Rights Spotlight, Human Ties, Race In America: The Black Experience, Women In Film Spotlight

Dust

Film Dust Directed by Swisyzinna Dust explores how one tragic event reverberates through the lives of several people across generations. When a young…