INTERNATIONAL PREMIERE Witness explores the personal, political, and cultural ramifications of going viral. Directors Yasmine Mathurin, Amar Wala, and Carol Nguyen follow people who chose to document what they saw, whether in rage, fear, or amusement, and reflect on the staggering but fleeting attention that changed their lives. This series of six short episodes tells […]
WORLD PREMIERE This four-part docuseries delves into the creative lives of five emerging Black artists from the U.S. and Canada as they open up about complexities of navigating the art world that aren’t often acknowledged. Sleek filmmaking pairs with insights from Black art experts, as each artist shares their lived experience and illuminates their practice […]
NEW YORK PREMIERE In South Africa, Sharon-Rose Khumalo and Dimakatso Sebidi, two intersex individuals, find strength and support in each other, while tackling their society’s misunderstanding and prejudices about their bodies. – Jaie Laplante “A call for empathy and understanding – in the end, difference is what you make of it.” (Screen) The first screening […]
INTERNATIONAL PREMIERE Maremoto (Mar) is a young illustrator in Mexico City struggling to make sense of a town where 11 women are murdered daily, and 95,000 people have gone missing, with no one held accountable. Her feminist drawings support her community in dealing with the emotional trauma left by the femicides and galvanize them to […]
INTERNATIONAL PREMIERE Seniors from around the country hold back the hands of Father Time by taking on the elegant sport of synchronized swimming. Sue, Ellen, Cris, Luther, Monica, and Joyce find themselves pushing their physical boundaries in preparation for the annual U.S. Masters Artistic Swimming Championship. While some go for gold and others simply for […]
NYC PREMIERE Pedro’s dream is to earn a degree in social work and support his family and community, but as an undocumented immigrant who is legally blind he faces legal challenges and uncertainty. Set Hernandez crafts this compelling portrait of a remarkable individual pursuing a better life with deliberately blurry visuals and a heightened soundscape that […]
WORLD PREMIERE This portrait of photographer James Hamilton, one of the great chroniclers of the cultural history of America, goes well beyond his creative and technical process. Through the stories behind his work at Harper’s Bazaar, The New York Observer, and The Village Voice about his iconic portraits and assignments —from Patti Smith, Liza Minnelli, Lou […]
NYC PREMIERE As each generation ages, the need to record family history before it is forever lost increases in urgency. Filmmaker Beth Lane’s maternal family tree held a truly extraordinary story of an entire family of seven siblings who escaped Nazi Germany and managed to stay together until reaching safety in America. Told with wit, […]
US PREMIERE A disturbing look at surveillance technology—its prevalence, abuse, and the stifling effect on those whose lives are monitored by the Chinese government. The title nods to a claim made by Chinese officials in the early days of the pandemic that most of their population trust the government, even as the film spotlights the efforts […]
WORLD PREMIERE While on assignment filming orphaned street kids in Mongolia, NYC-based cinematographer Martina Radwan feels drawn to help three of the kids escape their dead-end situations. Is it a Westerner’s savior complex? Or something deeper? Martina helps Baaskaa, Baani, and Nassa toward achieving their own dreams, and despite mistakes, misunderstandings and confusion over many years, […]