Documentary Short
Short Films
11 min
New York Premiere
Experience a day in the life of an Arizona reproductive health clinic trying to navigate the turbulent aftermath of the 2022 Dobbs…
Directed By Kristy Guevara-Flanagan
Documentary Short
Short Films
18 min
New York Premiere
A portrait of a Deaf activist and his formerly incarcerated daughter, who build new bonds through their experiences in the criminal justice…
Directed By Amy Bench, Annie Silverstein
Documentary Short
Compassion Justice & Animal Rights, Short Films
22 min
US Premiere
Happy the elephant was captured as a baby and has been confined for the past 40 years. An historic court case examines the question: is she also a…
Directed By Laura Rindlisbacher
Documentary Short
Short Films
32 min
Over the course of two years, Elisabeth Epps works to abolish cash bail in Colorado and put an end to the criminalization of…
Directed By Geeta Gandbhir, Samantha (Sam) Knowles
Documentary Feature
World Cinema Documentary
85 min
Venus Xtravaganza emerged as a global trans icon after being featured as a glamorous "ball walker" in the groundbreaking 1991 documentary PARIS IS BURNING. Before the film's release, Venus was tragically murdered at the age of 23. Her killer was never found. Now, decades later, I'M YOUR VENUS picks up a trail gone cold as her…
Directed By Kimberly Reed
Narrative Feature
World Cinema Narrative
136 min
Legendary Brazilian auteur Walter Salles’ (CENTRAL STATION, THE MOTORCYCLE DIARIES) first narrative feature in over a decade follows the close-knit Paiva family in 1971 Rio de Janeiro as they navigate the tightening grip of a military dictatorship. When a violent and arbitrary act by the government threatens their life…
Directed By Walter Salles
Narrative Feature
Spotlight
93 min
World Premiere
When a hard-working Alabama factory supervisor discovers that her company has been paying her half of what her male counterparts received for 20 years, she begins a historic fight towards justice. Academy Award nominee Patricia Clarkson fiercely portrays the remarkable life of fair pay activist Lilly Ledbetter, who battles for…
Directed By Rachel Feldman
Documentary Feature
Opening Night
114 min
East Coast Premiere
MARTHA is the definitive documentary on Martha Stewart, as told by the icon herself. From her early start on Wall Street to the launch of the lifestyle empire that made her the original influencer, Academy Award Nominee R.J. Cutler (THE SEPTEMBER ISSUE) traces Stewart’s meteoric rise to success and the controversies and…
Directed By RJ Cutler
Narrative Feature
World Cinema Narrative
120 min
New York Premiere
A young widow now desperate to support herself, Santosh (Shahanna Goswam) accepts an opportunity to inherit her late husband’s job as a police officer in the rural badlands of India. Quickly taken under the wing of a charismatic and commanding older female inspector, she begins an investigation into a brutal murder that plunges…
Directed By Sandhya Suri
Documentary Feature
Documentary Competition
102 min
World Premiere
TELL THEM YOU LOVE ME explores the extraordinary story of university professor Anna Stubblefield who becomes embroiled in a controversial affair with Derrick Johnson, a non-verbal man with cerebral palsy. After Anna says she unlocked Derrick's mind from his body by teaching him to communicate using a keyboard, a relationship…
Directed By Nick August-Perna