October 8, 2019

PIER KIDS

NYC PREMIERE Caught up in the precariousness of survival and self-preservation, homeless queer and trans youth of color hang out at Christopher Street Pier, forging their own chosen family. Genuine and charming, these eloquent youth must contend with overwhelming amounts of homophobia and abuse. As real as it gets, and with intimate, immersive access to the […]

October 8, 2019

SANGUINE

A visual exploration of two chronically ill children and the daily challenges associated with their diseases.

October 8, 2019

SHORTS: DRAWING DOCS

Real life, animated. (TOTAL RUNNING TIME: 74 MIN) Dani | Director: Lizzy Hogenson 30-year old Danielle delivers her grim breast cancer prognosis to her mother, Violeta.  (USA, 9 MIN) Conception 2: Matt and Richard | Directors: Margaret Cheatham Williams, Maya Edelman A biracial gay couple raises twin sons. (USA, 5 MIN) Love Lost, and Found | Director: Richard […]

October 8, 2019

SHORTS: I FOUGHT THE LAW

Stories about facing authorities and the criminal justice system. (TOTAL RUNNING TIME: 77 MIN) Weedman | Director: Brian Scully A cannabis activist opens a marijuana-themed cafe across from Trenton’s City Hall to test the city’s weed laws—with unexpected consequences. (USA, 18 MIN) The Sunny Side Up | Director: Peter Kilmartin Both Sunny and Peter served on death row for […]

October 8, 2019

SHORTS: LOVE & KINK!

Full hearts, charged beds.(TOTAL RUNNING TIME: 83 MIN) That Joke Isn’t Funny Anymore | Director: Hannah CurrieCan Lindsay’s love for her husband, Paul, sustain her through the trauma of his brain injury? (UK, 12 MIN) Bodies | Director: Tegan Clancy A look at the connection between self-love and body image through four women and their art. (AUSTRALIA, 9 […]

October 8, 2019

SHORTS: MY NAME IS…

Characters in profile. (TOTAL RUNNING TIME: 90 MIN) Bird’s Eye! | Director: Morgan Albrecht Petra Leary, a skater girl with no formal education, claims her place as one of the top aerial photographers in the world.  (NEW ZEALAND, 7 MIN) Lorrie Goulet: Spirit Into Stone | Director: Lucy Adams An observational portrait of a 94-year-old sculptor. (USA, 12 MIN) […]

October 8, 2019

SOME MILLION MILES

Meet Chico, Alice and Misty, Alabama natives whose lives have been shaped by meth use, in this meditation on loss and the search for redemption.

October 8, 2019

THAT JOKE ISN’T FUNNY ANYMORE

Can Lindsay’s love for her husband, Paul, sustain her through the trauma of his brain injury?(UK, 12 MIN)

October 8, 2019

THE GRAND UNIFIED THEORY OF HOWARD BLOOM

WORLD PREMIERE Howard Bloom spent much of the 1970s and ’80s as the publicist for iconic musicians including Michael Jackson, Prince, Joan Jett, Run DMC and Aerosmith. When a rare disease left him housebound for 15 years, Bloom reinvented himself as an author, publishing several books on evolutionary psychology and humanity’s role in the universe. Now, […]

October 8, 2019

THE LAST CONVERSATION

A son makes a surprising discovery on his elderly parents’ answering machine.