Narrative Feature
Spotlight
89 min
New York Premiere
In A LITTLE PRAYER, an extraordinary ensemble cast brings empathy and witty charm to a deeply personal tale of complex family dynamics. In a small Southern town in North Carolina, Bill (Academy Award® nominee David Strathairn) begins to suspect his son is having an affair. He is caught between an urge to protect his…
Directed By Angus MacLachlan
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
Narrative Short
Short Films
16 min
US Premiere
In 1992, as Colombia faces an era of drug violence, car bombs, and daily power outages, a young mother in Bogotá receives an opportunity in the US and must decide between her dreams and her…
Directed By Esteban Pedraza
Narrative Short
Short Films
15 min
International Premiere
Flipping the ''Essex Girl'' trope, this coming-of-age film explores Black British girlhood and magical female friendships in 2009…
Directed By Yero Timi-Biu
Narrative Short
Short Films
28 min
Starring and produced by world-renowned ballerina and African-American icon Misty Copeland, this movement-based piece seeks to highlight intergenerational struggles and the effects of the housing…
Directed By Lauren Finerman
Documentary Feature
World Cinema Documentary
110 min
US Premiere
In this riveting exploration of rebellion, memory, and sisterhood, Academy Award®-nominated Tunisian director Kaouther Ben Hania reconstructs the story of Olfa Hamrouni and her four daughters, two of whom were radicalized by Islamic extremists. By casting professional actresses to play Olfa and the missing daughters, Ben Hania…
Directed By Kaouther Ben Hania
Narrative Feature
Spotlight, Views from Long Island
119 min
In her debut as a writer-director, actress Jennifer Esposito (''Blue Bloods,'' SUMMER OF SAM, CRASH) brings late 1980s Staten Island to vivid life through the lens of Rose Larusso (Emily Bader), an inquisitive young girl who discovers her father (Domenick Lombardozzi) is an emerging mafia kingpin. Rose’s growing desire to break…
Directed By Jennifer Esposito
Narrative Short
Short Films
20 min
New York Premiere
Two siblings learn a painful lesson when one secretly pursues the other into the woods in search of an elusive mountain…
Directed By Meryl Jones
Narrative Short
Short Films
10 min
A loving grandma (halmoni) reluctantly agrees to buy pot for her grandson. But pay full price?…
Directed By A. Lauren Lee
Narrative Short
Short Films
15 min
New York Premiere
Six women come to a…
Directed By Aemilia Scott