FINDING HOME
Finding Home follows Brandon, a Shanghainese lawyer, who left his family and country due to his sexual orientation, as he navigates his new life as a gay immigrant in Los Angeles.
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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 […]
LITTLE FIEL
Little Fiel is a short documentary with stop motion animation about unending civil war. It is based on childhood memories of a renowned Mozambican artist Fiel dos Santos who grew up during the 16-year civil war – another proxy war sustained by conflicting foreign powers. Fiel created eight figures representing his father, mother, five brothers […]
OUR NEW PRESIDENT
Our New President explores the cult of Trump through fake news, showing Russia’s fawning appreciation.
SEARCHING FOR WIVES
Patha, a truck driver from South India embarks on his search for love in Singapore through the use of a portrait of himself.
SMALL TALK
An exploration of dreams in Havana, Cuba.
LA LECTORA
In one of the most famous cigar factories in Cuba, there is one person whose role in the cigar-rolling process is vital, yet not so well-known and documented. La Lectora takes a look at the long-standing tradition of having a reader in the factory, and at the influence this reader has on the life of […]
WAITING FOR HASSANA
In 2014, the extremist organization Boko Haram kidnapped 276 teenage girls from a town in northeastern Nigeria. Waiting for Hassana is a harrowing first-person account of one girl’s escape from captivity and a heart-wrenching lament for her closest friend Hassana — one of the many girls still unaccounted for.
6 WEEKS TO MOTHER’S DAY
WORLD PREMIERE Nestled in a remote jungle in Thailand is a unique school that is home for 150 underprivileged and orphaned children. The students of the democratic Children’s Village have as much voice as their teachers, participating in council meetings to make key decisions about their education and community, gaining empowerment in the process. As […]
AMAZONA
NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE In this skillfully constructed personal film, director Clare Weiskopf explores motherhood and its place on the spectrum between personal freedom and parental responsibility. While expecting her own first child, Clare visits her mother Val in the Amazon region of Colombia in order to heal the wounds of the past and make sense […]