AN UNCERTAIN FUTURE
In Austin, Texas, two expectant mothers—one undocumented and one US citizen—must contend with increased ICE raids and mounting hostility towards immigrants under President Trump.
Health and Wellness
HOW TO MAKE A PEARL
Some people seem to live in a figurative darkness. Due to a medical condition, John Kapellas exists in literal darkness. For ten years he has been confined to his apartment suffering from photosensitivity. Both a visual artist and a musician, John’s creativity is the engine propelling him through a seemingly endless night. In How to […]
INSIGHT
InSight sheds light on the stunning extra-sensory abilities manifest in children who practice a groundbreaking meditation technique taught at a holistic medical center in Bogotá, Colombia. Santiago Aviles teaches Extra Ocular Vision (EOV) which creates new synaptic connections and re-wires the brain. It enables individuals to enhance their creative output, foster mindfulness, and become more […]
IRIDESCENCE
After being diagnosed with breast cancer in 2015, Elodie turned her suffering and fears into a creative fight against the disease and the debilitating effects of the treatments used. Her latest work, Iridescence, is the personal story of her fight with cancer and the way she found to deal with the disease in a creative […]
RICHARD TWICE
Richard Atkins, the singer and songwriter of the early 70’s California psychedelic folk duo Richard Twice, was on his way to stardom and a huge success with his first debut album when he mysteriously walked away from it all.
SKULL FRACTURE OR ‘AREN’T YOU RATHER YOUNG TO BE WRITING YOUR MEMOIRS?’
A story which emerges and crashes within the narrow, inventive, and organic confines of the memory. A story about a skull that brakes and needs healing. Like the past which has to be patched back together, both for the young and the old. How do we see an experience in the light of another? How […]
SLEEP WITH ME
A podcast that puts people to sleep, the man who creates it, and the insomniacs who are eternally grateful.
32 PILLS: MY SISTER’S SUICIDE
NYC PREMIERE . Years after the suicide of her sister Ruth, a talented but troubled artist, director Hope Litoff tries to make sense of her loss. Renting a studio, Hope begins a meticulous forensic investigation of the belongings Ruth left behind, filling the space with her artwork, diaries, datebooks and a pharmacy’s worth of prescription-drug bottles. […]
ASK THE SEXPERT
NYC PREMIERE Dr. Mahinder Watsa, a 93-year-old retired gynecologist, is India’s foremost ‘sexpert.’ His daily newspaper column in the Mumbai Mirror dispenses practical, often humorous advice in response to some common and sometimes decidedly unusual questions about sex. Despite his popularity, Dr. Watsa is not without critics, who accuse him of contributing to the decline […]
ATOMIC HOMEFRONT
NYC PREMIERE Oscar® -nominated filmmaker Rebecca Cammisa (Which Way Home, Sister Helen) explores the atomic secrets of St. Louis, Missouri, documenting the history of a uranium processing center. The film investigates how government and corporate negligence led to the illegal dumping of Manhattan Project radioactive waste throughout North County neighborhoods. We witness the power of […]