Panels and Events
A Conversation With...
60 min
During his distinguished career spanning seven decades, musician Paul Simon has produced an unparalleled body of work, including timeless masterpieces such as "Bridge Over Troubled Water," "Sounds of Silence," and "Graceland." Venerated as one of the greatest songwriters of all time and “popular music’s premier poet...
Documentary Short
Short Films
18 min
Discover the origins of the hand games that young Black girls have played for generations, and their influence on music, dance, and community across the American creative…
Directed By Michèle Stephenson, Joe Brewster
Documentary Feature
World Cinema Documentary
108 min
World Premiere
For one extraordinary week in February 1972, the revolution WAS televised when John Lennon and Yoko Ono co-hosted the massively popular Mike Douglas Show. John and Yoko invited a radical yet approachable vision of the future into the homes of everyday Americans through frank conversations with counterculture icons such as Chuck…
Directed By Erik Nelson
Narrative Feature
Spotlight
133 min
Through liberating song, dance, and bold visuals, EMILIA PÉREZ follows the interconnected journeys of four remarkable women in Mexico, each pursuing her own happiness. The fearsome cartel leader Emilia (Karla Sofía Gascón) enlists Rita (Zoe Saldaña), an unappreciated lawyer stuck in a dead-end job, to help fake her death and…
Directed By Jacques Audiard
Narrative Feature
Spotlight
117 min
Celebrated American painter Tarrell (Andre Holland, MOONLIGHT) excavates beauty from the anguish of his youth through his art, keeping past wounds at bay. His joyful life with his wife Aisha (Audra Day) and their young son is interrupted when his estranged father La’Ron (John Earl Jelks) returns home, desperate to reconcile.…
Directed By Titus Kaphar
Documentary Feature
Centerpiece
209 min
New York Premiere
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)…
Directed By Alex Gibney
Documentary Feature
World Cinema Documentary
104 min
Bruce David Klein's electrifying documentary focuses on the dazzling but complex period of Liza Minnelli's life in the 1970s after the tragic death of her mother, Judy Garland. Over these years, Liza seeks out extraordinary mentors: Kay Thompson, Fred Ebb, Charles Aznavour, Halston, and Bob Fosse, who help her transform from a…
Directed By Bruce David Klein
Narrative Feature
World Cinema Narrative
105 min
New York Premiere
In 1990s Cuba, 18-year-old Gustavo (Eros de la Puente) idolizes his rebellious older brother Paco (Héctor Medina) and his punk bandmates. To escape their extreme poverty, they do the now unthinkable: deliberately inject themselves with HIV in order to live at a well-funded government-run sanatorium. There, they discover an…
Directed By Michael Schwartz, Tyler Nilson
Narrative Feature
Closing Night
127 min
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).
Directed By Bradley Cooper