This definitive portrait of Paul Simon follows the Grammy Award®-winning musical artist inside the studio as he makes his new album ''Seven Psalms,'' while also looking back on his unparalleled six-decade career. Six-time HIFF alum and Academy Award® winner Alex Gibney (TAXI TO THE DARK SIDE, CITIZEN K, CRAZY NOT INSANE)…

Academy Award® nominee Bradley Cooper takes up the complicated life of legendary conductor and composer Leonard Bernstein (Cooper), digging beyond his musical brilliance to tenderly chronicle his lifelong relationship with Felicia Montealegre Cohn Bernstein (Academy Award nominee® Carey Mulligan).

Mary Heilmann ranks amongst the most influential American abstract painters of her generation, revered for her unique approach to color and form. Now in her 80s, Heilmann still questions how her creative practice coexists within a highly commercialized art world. Director Matt Creed offers an intimate and vivid experience that…

In a Mexican border town plagued by neglect, corruption, and violence, frustrated teacher Sergio (Eugenio Derbez, CODA) experiments with inventive new methods to break through his students’ apathy and unlock their curiosity and potential. Based on a true story, RADICAL is a playful and honest look at how children can discover…

For generations of New Yorkers, no three words evoke iconic live music like 'Ron Delsener Presents'—the words that preceded the name of every major act playing New York, from the Beatles at Forest Hills Tennis Stadium to David Bowie at Carnegie Hall and Patti Smith at the Palladium. Director Jake Sumner pulls back the curtain…

The architect of 1963’s momentous March on Washington, Bayard Rustin (Emmy Award® winner Colman Domingo, ''Euphoria'') was one of our country’s greatest unsung activists and organizers. He challenged authority, and never apologized for who he was, what he believed, or who he loved. He made history, and in turn, he was…

Feminist sex educator Shere Hite created controversy with her 1976 bestseller ''The Hite Report,'' an expansive survey of women revealing intimate details about their sexual pleasure. From filmmaker Nicole Newnham (CRIP CAMP) and narrated by Dakota Johnson (FIFTY SHADES OF GREY), the documentary admiringly dives into Hite's…

A pedestrian sets off on a nine-day walk from Brooklyn to…

Academy Award®-winning documentarian Errol Morris (THE THIN BLUE LINE) pulls back the curtain on the storied life and career of former British spy David Cornwell—better known as John le Carré, author of classic espionage novels ''The Spy Who Came in from the Cold'' and ''Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy.'' Spanning six decades, from…

Directors Petter Ringbom and Marquise Stillwell vividly bring to life the dynamic story of Nellie Mae Rowe, the daughter of a former slave who made brilliant art in obscurity for her entire life, until she met wealthy gallerist Judith Alexander. By mixing traditional documentary techniques with animations and scripted scenes…