Experiences in the melting pot. Satellite Baby (USA, 9 min., Jenny Schweitzer) uncovers the consequences of a Chinese immigrant daycare alternative. A Resident Alien (USA/Spain, 18 min., Naiara Eizaguirre-Paulos) evaded Honduran drug cartels but may be forced back home. The Absentees (UAE, 10 min, Tanya Daud) are stuck in a no-man’s land. A Romanian Olympian […]
NYC PREMIERE Curt features 50-year-old competitive surfer, Curt Harper, diagnosed with autism as a child who maintained his child-like love for surfing and became a beloved fixture in the Southern California surf scene.
Stories for the whole family. Cone Phones (USA, 6 min., Heidi Gelover) snap, crackle and pop in a city playground. Avery’s twin brother, Xander, is her Little Hero (USA, 10 min., Marcus McDougald, Jennifer Medvin). An Emirati boy dreams of being the first claymation artist from his homeland in Made of Clay (UAE, 10 min., […]
US PREMIERE Now a yoga teacher in the US, Ella Cojocaru, a former Olympian gymnast, recalls her defection from Bucharest on the eve of the Romanian revolution.
Julio Saucé, an undocumented, Ecuadorian New Yorker, struggles to makes ends meet, all while running 80 miles a week to train for the biggest race in the world, the New York City Marathon.
US PREMIERE In Mexico, the war between good and evil has been waged each week for decades, thrilling generations of fans with the spectacle of Lucha Libre. Real-life superheroes and villains, these masked wrestlers work tirelessly to entertain their legions of fans. Gaining unprecedented access to the largest Lucha federations, Alex Hammond and Ian Markiewicz […]
US PREMIERE Demolishing stereotypes while avoiding wrecking their cars, the Speed Sisters are the Middle East’s first all-female race-car team. Demonstrating high-octane talent, and the marketing savvy to draw attention to their camera-friendly lineup, this diverse, engaging group competes in Palestine’s makeshift motor sports circuit across the West Bank, overcoming Israeli checkpoints and restrictive societal […]
WORLD PREMIERE Chinatown Fair opened as a penny arcade on Mott Street in 1944. Over the decades, the dimly lit gathering place, known for its tic-tac-toe playing chicken, became an institution, surviving turf wars between rival gangs, changing tastes and the explosive growth of home gaming systems like Xbox and Playstation that shuttered most other […]
NYC PREMIERE Pete Weber: Bowling’s first rock star, or it’s greatest embarrassment? This film is followed by BOUNCE: HOW THE BALL TAUGHT THE WORLD TO PLAY
NYC PREMIERE In this wide-ranging and buoyant essay film, Jerome Thélia explores the universal appeal of play as realized in the ubiquity and versatility of the ball. Observing its popularity across time, language, nation and even species, the film’s intriguing multidisciplinary survey of historians, evolutionary biologists, psychologists and sports commentators reveals the ball’s simple, yet […]