LOVE LETTERS FROM EVEREST
A long-distance love story unfolds via letters exchanged during the 1956 Everest expedition.
Science and Technology
SEA OF SHADOWS
When Mexican drug cartels and Chinese traffickers target the rare and valuable totoaba fish in the Sea of Cortez, they also decimate the population of the vaquita, the world’s smallest whale. Environmental activists, marine biologists and undercover investigators join forces on a desperate mission to expose this black-market ring and save the vaquita from almost […]
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 […]
SHORTS: EARTH LAB
Science is all around us. (TOTAL RUNNING TIME: 85 MIN) Let’s Go to Antarctica! | Director: Gonzaga Manso Carlos is a human being who, at this very moment, is on a holiday in Antarctica. (SPAIN, 5 MIN) Solvable: Electrifying India | Director: Sam Eaton A solar power grid brings expansion and elevation to a rural Indian village. (USA, 11 […]
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 […]
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) […]
THE BLESSED ASSURANCE
Every winter off the Georgia coast, fishermen reel in jellyfish from the same waters where shrimp once flourished.
THE ELEPHANT QUEEN
2019 SHORT LIST: CINEMATOGRAPHY AWARD This extraordinary portrait of African elephants focuses on the matriarch Athena as she leads her extended family on an epic journey in search of water. The sensitive story appeals to all ages with suspense, humor and hope. The stunning cinematography captures a whole ecosystem, from the majestic giant tusked mammals […]
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, […]
THE STORY OF PLASTIC
NYC PREMIERE Plastic, a seemingly indispensable product, has wrought all sorts of innovations, but at what cost? The plastic industry’s success depends on consumers discarding the product and purchasing new items, creating an endless supply of litter that lingers forever. Filmmaker Deia Schlosberg’s incredibly detailed investigation into the plastic-production pipeline will shock, horrify and forever […]