LOVE LETTERS FROM EVEREST
A long-distance love story unfolds via letters exchanged during the 1956 Everest expedition.
Youth
LOWLAND KIDS
As climate change erases the Louisiana coast, the last two teenagers on Isle de Jean Charles fight to stay on an island that’s been their family home for generations.
MACK WRESTLES
Mack Beggs, a gifted wrestler from Euless, Texas, struggles against the outside forces that stigmatize transgender athletes. Courtesy of ESPN Films.
MONOWI
Elsie Eiler is the sole inhabitant of Monowi, America’s smallest town, where the mayor, treasurer, secretary, chairman of the board and tavern owner are all the same person.
MOTHER
NYC PREMIERE In Thailand, Pomm serves as a caregiver to elderly Europeans with Alzheimer’s disease, sent abroad to take advantage of relatively low-cost health care. Separated from her own children as she supports them financially from afar, Pomm builds a powerful connection with new patient, Maya. This nuanced portrait of love, family obligation and sacrifice collectively […]
MY DADS, MY MOMS AND ME
INTERNATIONAL PREMIERE In 2007, following the legalization of gay marriage in Canada, director Julia Ivanova followed three families venturing into the world of gay parenthood. She captured the unique struggles they faced, detailing the intricacies of adoption, surrogacy and co-parenting, as well as the more universal, mundane aspects of raising children. Returning 12 years later, Ivanova […]
PAHOKEE
NYC PREMIERE In rural southern Florida, Na’Kerria, Jocabed, Junior, and BJ anxiously prepare for life outside Pahokee High School. Collaborating with these personable teenagers, filmmakers Ivete Lucas and Patrick Bresnan follow them throughout their senior year, navigating small triumphs and difficult tragedies along the way. As the teens complete several rites of passage, including glorious […]
PARIS STALINGRAD
US PREMIERE Paris is a beloved tourist destination, but this film shows us a side of the city most of us will never see. Director Hind Meddeb and co-director Thim Naccache train their cameras on the community of refugees sleeping in the streets in the district called Stalingrad in 2016. Most prominent is a refugee […]
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 […]
RINGSIDE
NYC PREMIERE Two young men strive to define their destiny in Chicago’s South Side in this poignant chronicle. Kenny and Destyne dream of boxing greatness, charting very different paths towards their shared goal. Kenny quickly moves into the pressure cooker of semi-pro competitions, while Destyne is imprisoned for a petty crime. Filmed over the course […]