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- DirectorJay RosenblattStarsMark AthitakisRuth BrombergWendy NewmanA mind-boggling coincidence leads the filmmaker to track down his fifth grade class and fifth grade teacher to examine their memory of and complicity in a bullying incident 50 years ago.
- DirectorJoanna QuinnStarsMenna TrusslerBrendan CharlesonJoanna QuinnBeryl's back in "Affairs of the Art", which showcases one family's eccentric yet endearing obsessions with everything from drawing to screw threads and pet taxidermy.
- DirectorHugo CovarrubiasIngrid is working in the Chilean Intelligence Directorate (DINA) in 1975. Her relationship with her dog, her body, her fears and frustrations reveal a grim fracture in her mind and in an entire country.
- DirectorAnton DyakovA massive boxer and a graceful ballerina face moral dilemmas: she spurns her ballet master; he rejects dishonest victory. The romance defies odds, leading to an unpredictable future as they leave their worlds behind.
- DirectorMaria BrendleStarsAlina TurdumamatovaNurbek Esengazy UuluMadina TalipbekA young Kyrgyz woman is kidnapped and forced to marry. A drama about the desire for freedom in the clutches of a tradition.
- DirectorK.D. DávilaStarsErick LopezDoreen CalderonDaniel Edward MoraA young man's life is suddenly and inexplicably derailed, as he finds himself at the mercy of automated "justice."
- DirectorMartin Strange-HansenStarsRasmus HammerichCamilla BendixOle BoisenHenrik wants to sing a song for his wife. It has to be today, it has to be now. It's a question of life, death and karaoke.
- DirectorTadeusz LysiakStarsAnna DzieduszyckaDorota PomykalaSzymon Piotr WarszawskiA woman with limited hopes toils in a rundown motel in rural Poland, as a maid. Will the repeated visits of an interesting man, a truck driver, change the loneliness of her situation?
- DirectorSkye FitzgeraldStarsAida AlsadeeqOmeima Essa Salem AbdullahMekkia MahdiFilmed from inside two of the most active therapeutic feeding centers in Yemen, HUNGER WARD documents two female health care workers fighting to thwart the spread of starvation against the backdrop of a forgotten war. The film provides an unflinching portrait of Dr. Aida Alsadeeq and Nurse Mekkia Mahdi as they try to save the lives of hunger-stricken children within a population on the brink of famine.
- DirectorBryan BuckleyStarsEstefanía TellezGabriela RamírezVerónica ZúñigaSARIA explores the unimaginable hardships faced by young female orphans at the Virgen de La Asuncion Safe Home in Guatemala, leading up to the tragic fire which claimed 41 of their lives in 2017. We follow the story of two inseparable orphaned sisters - Saria 12, and her sister Ximena 14, as they fight against mounting daily physical abuse at the very institution designed to protect them. In the sisters' desperation for survival, they devise a daring plan of escape for all the orphans to find freedom in America.
- DirectorFrank StiefelStarsTom WudlA brilliant but tortured 56-year-old artist channels her depression and anxiety into her work.
- DirectorLaura CheckowayEdith and Eddie, ages 96 and 95, are America's oldest interracial newlyweds. Their love story is disrupted by a family feud that threatens to tear the couple apart.
- DirectorElaine McMillion SheldonStarsJan RaderPatricia KellerNecia FreemanThree women fight to break the cycle one life at a time.
- DirectorThomas LennonWhat does it take to build a world-class French restaurant? What if the staff is almost entirely men and women just out of prison? What if most have never cooked or served before, and have barely two months to learn their trade? We follow the hectic launch of Edwins restaurant in Cleveland. In this improbable setting, with its mouth-watering dishes and its arcane French vocabulary, we discover the challenges of men and women finding their way after their release. We come to know three trainees intimately, as well as the restaurant's founder, who is himself haunted by his time in jail. These men and women all have something to prove, and all struggle to launch new lives, an endeavor as pressured and perilous as the ambitious restaurant launch of which they are a part.
- DirectorKate DavisStarsBreaion KingBryan RichterTraffic Stop tells the story of Breaion King, a 26-year-old African-American school teacher from Austin, Texas, who was stopped for a routine traffic violation that escalated into a dramatic arrest. Caught on police dashcams, King was pulled from her car by the arresting officer, repeatedly thrown to the ground and handcuffed. En route to jail in a squad car, she engaged in a revealing conversation with her escorting officer about race and law enforcement in America. The documentary juxtaposes dashcam footage with scenes from King's everyday life, offering a fuller portrait of the woman caught up in this unsettling encounter.
- DirectorJan LachauerJakob SchuhBin-Han ToStarsTamsin GreigDominic WestRob BrydonTwo half-hour animated films based on the much-loved rhymes written by Roald Dahl and illustrated by Quentin Blake.
- DirectorChris OvertonStarsRachel FieldingPhilip YorkRachel ShentonA deaf 6-year-old girl named Libby lives in a world of silence until a caring social worker teaches her to use sign language to communicate.
- DirectorReed Van DykStarsShinelle AzorohJohn BrockusMichael BrownInspired by an actual 911 call placed during a school shooting incident in Atlanta, Georgia.
- DirectorKevin Wilson Jr.StarsL.B. WilliamsJoshua WrightDane RhodesAt 2:30AM on August 28, 1955 in the most racially divided state in the country, 64 year-old Mose Wright tries to protect his 14 year-old nephew Emmett Till from two racist killers out for blood. Based on the true story of the 1955 murder of Emmett Louis Till.
- DirectorDerin SealeStarsJosh LawsonDamon HerrimanJessica WrenThe delusional patient of a psychiatrist believes he is actually the psychiatrist. As they each attempt to treat each other the session gets out of control.
- DirectorKatja BenrathStarsAdelyne WairimuAbdiwali FarrahBarkhad AbdirahmanFor a decade Kenya has been targeted by terrorist attacks of the Al-Shabaab. An atmosphere of anxiety and mistrust between Muslims and Christians is growing. Until in December 2015, Muslim bus passengers showed that solidarity can prevail.
- DirectorOrlando von EinsiedelStarsDana AbedTia AlkerdiKhalid FarahAs daily airstrikes pound civilian targets in Syria, a group of indomitable first responders risk their lives to rescue victims from the rubble.
- DirectorDaphne MatziarakiStarsDJ ExpressChristos SapounasGiorgos TsagarellisA coast guard captain on a small Greek island is suddenly charged with saving thousands of refugees from drowning at sea.
- DirectorDan KraussStarsMonica BhargavaJessica ZitterWitness the wrenching emotions that accompany end-of-life decisions as doctors, patients and families in a hospital ICU face harrowing choices.
- DirectorKahane CoopermanStarsKathleen DrohanJoseph FeingoldRegina FeingoldA 91-year-old Holocaust survivor donates his violin to an instrument drive, changing the life of a 12-year-old schoolgirl from the Bronx and unexpectedly, his own.
- DirectorMarcel MettelsiefenWatani - My Homeland is the story of one family's fight and struggle to survive the Syrian Civil War. Having lost her husband, the mother makes the heart achingly painful decision to leave her homeland, in search of safety and a brighter future for her children. Filmed over three years, the film chronicles the family's journey from the front-line in Aleppo, to a little town in Germany. Escaping the chaos and terror of their war torn homeland becomes a catalyst for a different kind of struggle; the struggle to understand your past and accept your present, to adapt to a new life, to hold on to hope, and the idea of belonging to a homeland.
- DirectorTheodore UshevStarsCaroline DhavernasThe tale of a girl who could see the past and the future simultaneously and respectively with each eye, but never the present.
- DirectorAndrew CoatsLou Hamou-LhadjStarsGreg DykstraNick PiteraSteve PurcellA weathered Sheriff returns to the remains of an accident he has spent a lifetime trying to forget. With each step forward, the memories come flooding back. Faced with his mistake once again, he must find the strength to carry on.
- DirectorRobert ValleyThe brutally honest story of Robert's turbulent relationship with a self-destructive, yet charismatic friend from childhood, who cries out for help from a military hospital in China and sets Rob on a wild ride to get him home to Vancouver.
- DirectorKristóf DeákStarsDorka GáspárfalviDorottya HaisZsófia Szamosi'Sing' is a childhood drama with a lot of music, set in 1990s Budapest, Hungary. Inspired by a true story, it follows an award winning school choir and the new girl in class who just might uncover the ugly secret behind their fame.
- DirectorSelim AzzaziStarsHassam GhancyNajib OudghiriStéphane PerrichonDuring the 90s, Algerian terrorism reaches France. Two men. Two identities. One battle.
- DirectorTimo von GuntenStarsJane BirkinJulie DrayManuela BiedermannA touching story between a lonely woman and a TGV train driver.
- DirectorAske BangStarsMalene Beltoft OlsenPrince Yaw AppiahVibeke HastrupA volunteer at a housing shelter falls for a Ghanaian refugee.
- DirectorJuanjo Giménez PeñaStarsLali AyguadéNicolas RicchiniVicente GilLuna and Diego are the parking lot security guards. Diego does the night shift, and Luna works by day.
- DirectorGabriel Osorio VargasAn old, lonesome bear tells the story of his life through a mechanical diorama.
- DirectorRichard WilliamsTaking place 2,400 years in the past, Prologue depicts a brutal battle between two teams of Spartan and Athenian warriors.
- DirectorDon HertzfeldtStarsJulia PottWinona MaeSara CushmanA little girl is taken on a mind-bending tour of her distant future.
- DirectorBenjamin ClearyStarsMatthew NeedhamChloe PirrieEric RichardA man whose lush inner thoughts are rendered mute by a crippling stutter feels isolated from the world despite a flourishing online relationship.
- DirectorPatrick VollrathStarsSimon SchwarzJulia PointnerMarion RottenhoferA divorced father picks up his eight-year-old daughter Lea. It seems pretty much like every second weekend, but after a while Lea can't help feeling that something isn't right. So begins a fateful journey.
- DirectorBasil KhalilStarsMaria ZreikHuda Al ImamShady SrourThe silent routine of 5 Nuns living in the West Bank wilderness is disturbed when an Israeli settler family breaks down right outside the convent just as the Sabbath comes into effect.
- DirectorHenry HughesStarsLayla AlizadaNavid NegahbanLexi PearlOn her first day in Afghanistan, an interpreter for the US Army is forced to deliver the child of an enemy bomb-maker.
- DirectorJamie DonoughueStarsLum VeseliAndi BajgoraMelihate QenaThe friendship of two boys is tested to its limits as they battle for survival during the Kosovo war.
- DirectorSharmeen Obaid-ChinoyStarsAsad JamalSabaA woman in Pakistan sentenced to death for falling in love becomes a rare survivor of the country's harsh judicial system.
- DirectorDavid DargBody Team 12 is tasked with collecting the dead at the height of the Ebola outbreak. These body collectors have arguably the most dangerous and gruesome job in the world. Yet despite the strain they emerge as heroes while the film explores their philosophy and strength.
- DirectorCourtney MarshChau, a 16-year-old boy living in a Vietnamese peace camp for kids disabled by Agent Orange, battles with the reality of his dream to one day become a professional clothing designer.
- DirectorAdam BenzineStarsClaude LanzmannMarcel OphülsStuart LiebmannClaude Lanzmann discusses the long and difficult process of researching, shooting, editing and presenting his groundbreaking and influential documentary Shoah (1985).
- DirectorDee Hibbert-JonesNomi TalismanStarsBill BabbittWhen Bill Babbitt realizes his brother Manny has committed a crime he agonizes over his decision to call the police. Living Condition: Bill's Story is an animated account of his decision to support and help his brother in the face of war, crime and capital execution.