October 8, 2019

SHORTS: PUNK!

On bucking the system. (TOTAL RUNNING TIME: 78 MIN) Deborah Harry Does Not Like Interviews | Director: Meghan Fredrich Blondie’s Deborah Harry endures years of superficial and demeaning questions from journalists before turning the tables. (USA, 17 MIN) The Art of Making Money: This Guy Has Balls | Director: Nathan Truesdell A man attempts to use his handmade art […]

October 8, 2019

SHORTS: WAYS OF SEEING

A moment in time, captured in these observational docs. (TOTAL RUNNING TIME: 87 MIN) Easter Snap | Director: RaMell Ross An examination of five men who resurrect the homestead ritual of hog processing in the Deep South. (USA, 14 MIN) Ataguttak the Hunter | Director: Uncredited In the remote hamlet of Arivat, Nunavut, trace Ataguttak’s coming of age as […]

October 8, 2019

SHORTS: THICKER THAN WATER

Family, in all its forms. (TOTAL RUNNING TIME: 89 MIN) Lowland Kids | Director: Sandra Winther As climate change erases the Louisiana coast, the last two teenagers on Isle de Jean Charles fight to stay on an island that’s been their family home for generations. (USA, 22 MIN) A Childhood on Fire | Director: Jason Hanasik When Nick Hurndon […]

October 8, 2019

ANBESSA

NYC PREMIERE Mo Scarpelli’s creative documentary focuses on a lonely, imaginative Ethiopian boy named Asalif. Displaced by condo developments, Asalif and his mother struggle to make ends meet. With sweeping camera work and light-filled frames, the film gently probes the young boy’s interior world as he processes isolation and displacement. Creating an alternative identity as a […]

October 8, 2019

ATAGUTTAK THE HUNTER

In the remote hamlet of Arivat, Nunavut, trace Ataguttak’s coming of age as his elder brother teaches him to hunt caribou. 

October 8, 2019

BOB OF THE PARK

2019 SHORT DOCUMENTARY WINNER Meet Robert “Birding Bob” DiCandido. Friendly Central Park bird walk leader to some, archnemesis to others. 

October 8, 2019

CONSCIENCE POINT

NYC PREMIERE As one of America’s wealthiest communities has developed around them in Southampton, NY, the indigenous Shinnecock Nation of Eastern Long Island fights to maintain both their time-honored traditions and their land. After suffering years of indignation by the presence of Shinnecock Hills Golf Club, a regular host of the US Open, the Nation’s leaders […]

October 8, 2019

HONEYLAND

In the remote mountains of Macedonia, beekeeper Hatidze tends to her hives using ancient techniques and following the golden rule for sustainable honey cultivation: take half, but leave half for the bees. When an itinerant Turkish family moves in next door, Hatidze’s peaceful existence—and nature’s delicate balance—is threatened. This visually stunning film was the winner […]

October 8, 2019

KIFARU

NYC PREMIERE Three young Kenyans face the daunting task of protecting Sudan, the last male northern white rhino in the world. Targeted by relentless poachers, Sudan, his daughter Najin and granddaughter Fatu require constant protection. James, Jacob and JoJo, under pressure from their community and at risk of violence from criminals, maintain their humor and […]