October 6, 2016

PLEASE REMEMBER ME

Special offer: 5 for $5 sale on this film ends at midnight, Nov 5. NYC PREMIERE In this tender and sensitively observed portrait, octogenarians Feng and Lou have been inseparable for over 40 years, but aging and illness threaten their deep bond. Since Lou was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s, Feng has been her steadfast caretaker, but he’s growing increasingly […]

October 6, 2016

THE PEACEMAKER

NYC PREMIERE Padraig O’Malley is legendary among the international human rights community for being a negotiator in crisis zones from Northern Ireland to Kosovo to Iraq. He funds his efforts as the co-owner of a bar in Cambridge, Massachusetts. But he also struggles with addictions to alcohol and work. We meet Padraig in the third […]

October 6, 2016

DIVING INTO THE UNKNOWN

US PREMIERE After a diving expedition in an underwater cave results in tragedy, two Finnish divers seem forever lost. Unable to recover their remains safely, authorities call off their investigation and bar further diving. Determined to honor their fallen comrades and bring closure to their families, surviving team members plan a dangerous covert operation to […]

October 6, 2016

BEZNESS AS USUAL

US PREMIERE During the rise of tourism in Tunisia in the 1970s, young local men from poor families would romance European women. It was their business – or “bezness” – in the local parlance. Filmmaker Alex Pitstra was born from such a union and raised by his mother in The Netherlands. As he seeks to […]

October 6, 2016

SWIM TEAM

NYC PREMIERE Demonstrating the power of inclusion to transcend disability, Lara Stolman’s triumphant film profiles members of the Jersey Hammerheads, a competitive swim team made up of a diverse group of teens on the autism spectrum, based in the state with the highest rate of autism in the country. Through training and competition, star athletes […]

October 6, 2016

SUPERGIRL

NYC PREMIERE Naomi seems like a typical Orthodox Jewish preteen, but she happens to be the strongest girl in the world. Since breaking a powerlifting world record at the age of nine, her fame has spread from her northern New Jersey community around the globe. Supergirl follows Naomi over several years as she remains determined […]

October 6, 2016

ON THE MAP

NYC PREMIERE On the Map recounts how Tel Aviv’s underdog Maccabi basketball team toppled the Soviet Red Army team in 1977. The “miracle on hardwood”  put Israel on the map in international sports. Filmmaker Dani Menkin (39 Pounds of Love) gains vivid interviews with the team’s players and NBA luminaries Bill Walton and David Stern. […]

October 6, 2016

CHASING THE WIN

NYC PREMIERE There’s only one way to win a race and a million ways to lose it. When Kinsale King comes out of nowhere to claim the Dubai Golden Shaheen, the American thoroughbred and his trainer, Carl O’Callaghan, become instant celebrities. Kinsale’s owner, Patrick Sheehy, had taken a risk on Carl, a rookie trainer who […]

October 6, 2016

BUNKER77

NYC PREMIERE With a name and biography so outrageous they sound fictional, Bunker Spreckels is the perfect candidate for a documentary portrait. Born the heir to a sugar fortune, Spreckels became Hollywood royalty as a young boy when his mother married Clark Gable. In the 1960s, he defied family expectations by embracing the emerging surf […]

October 6, 2016

CHEER UP

US PREMIERE It’s not easy being the coach of the Ice Queens, Finland’s worst cheerleading team. Determined to start her girls on the path to success, Miia travels from the Arctic Circle to Texas to observe the sport’s world champions and replicate their methods back home. But this is no real-life Bring It On: Miia […]