Documentary Feature
Documentary Competition
Jury selection for Best Documentary Feature OVERSEAS, directed by Sung-a Yoon Director Sung-a Yoon receives a $3,000 cas (…)
Documentary Feature
Documentary Competition
107 min
Alonso Ruizpalacios’ inventive, genre-bending documentary takes us deep into the Mexican police force. Following famil (…)
Directed By Alonso Ruizpalacios
Documentary Feature
Documentary Competition
93 min
For decades, Muslim brothers Saud and Nadeem have tirelessly devoted their lives to the quixotic effort of protecting bl (…)
Directed By Shaunak Sen
Documentary Feature
Documentary Competition
74 min
East Coast Premiere
In 1933, as German modern artists were increasingly persecuted by the rising Nazi Party, painter Paul Klee escaped to Switzerland, where a mysterious disease wreaked havoc on his body and profoundly changed his artwork. After being diagnosed with the same rare and life-threatening disease, now known as systemic scleroderma,…
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Directed By Ken August Meyer
Documentary Feature
Documentary Competition
97 min
Following her Best Documentary win at this year’s Tribeca Film Festival, alumni filmmaker Jessica Kingdon (COMMODITY C (…)
Directed By Jessica Kingdon
Documentary Feature
Documentary Competition
121 min
East Coast Premiere
First-time co-directors Christopher Sharp and journalist Moses Bwayo tell the story of Bobi Wine, the musician-turned-po (…)
Directed By Christopher Sharp, Moses Bwayo
Documentary Feature
Documentary Competition
83 min
50 miles north of New York City lies the town of Monroe, where one of the fastest-growing Hasidic communities in the cou (…)
Directed By Jesse Sweet
Documentary Feature
Documentary Competition
109 min
After a deadly fire in a Bucharest nightclub killed dozens, Romania’s government pledged that the 100+ citizens left i (…)
Directed By Alexander Nanau
Documentary Feature
Documentary Competition
93 min
• WINNER: Special Jury Prize for Artistic Vision for director Alla Kovgan In the past century of choreography, Merce (…)
Directed By Alla Kovgan
Documentary Feature
Documentary Competition
104 min
At the time of his death in May 2017, a mere four months after the inauguration of Donald Trump, Former Fox News head Ro (…)
Directed By Alexis Bloom
Documentary Feature
Documentary Competition
On Monday, October 9, we will screen the Documentary Competition Award winners, selected by our esteemed jury: the award (…)
Documentary Feature
Documentary Competition
TBD min
Discover thrilling new talent in our prestigious Competition section. Each year, the HIFF Awards honor emerging filmmake (…)
Short Film Program
Documentary Competition, Short Film Programs
72 min
Featuring an array of powerful subjects, the Short Documentary Competition honors new and distinctive voices in documentary filmmaking. The winner will receive a $1000 cash prize and qualify for consideration at the Academy Awards® for Best Documentary Short…
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Documentary Feature
Documentary Competition
90 min
Told through a mix of animation and archival footage in order to protect the anonymity of the protagonist, FLEE follows (…)
Directed By Jonas Poher Rasmussen
Documentary Feature
Documentary Competition
90 min
Amidst the unsustainable expansion of Thailand’s fishing market, the global fishing industry has engaged in the illega (…)
Directed By Shannon Service, Jeffrey Waldron
