First-time director Sara Nodjoumi teams with her husband and co-director Till Schauder to uncover the story of her father, seminal modern artist Nickzad “Nicky” Nodjoumi, who fled Iran after the vandalization of his 1980 exhibition criticizing the Iranian Revolution. Decades later, with Iran once again embroiled in protests,…

This revelatory and chilling documentary follows three courageous subjects who have risked their lives to speak truth to power in Putin’s Russia: a whistleblower from inside Russia's poison program as he attempts to escape; Vladimir Kara-Murza, a prominent political activist standing trial for treason with the support of his…

Courageous South Korean pastor Seungeun Kim acts as a guide for those risking their lives to flee the oppression of North Korea, a land they grew up believing was a paradise. When a family of five—including small children and an elderly grandmother—contacts Kim for help, he embarks with them on a treacherous journey into the…

In this timely and revelatory political thriller, Academy Award® winner Laura Poitras (ALL THE BEAUTY AND THE BLOODSHED, HIFF 2023) and Emmy Award® winner Mark Obenhaus trace the explosive career of Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter Seymour Hersh. Urgent and deeply reported, COVER-UP is both a portrait of a...

In his debut feature, two-time Academy Award®-winning director Ben Proudfoot and executive producers Michelle and Barack Obama dazzle with a cinematic message about the essential role of filmmaking in protecting a healthy democracy. When Kwame Nkrumah, Ghana’s first democratically elected leader, was overthrown in a military...