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As Long as We Can, Kristy Guevara-Flanagan, 2024, United States, 11 minutes, English
Experience a day in the life of an Arizona reproductive health clinic trying to navigate the turbulent aftermath of the 2022 Dobbs decision. Amidst the chaos of changing regulations and national debate, the clinic struggles to stay open and serve its clients
with warmth and understanding.

El Cine es un Viaje / Cinema Is a Journey, Uli Stelzner, Pepe Orozco Recinos, 2023, Guatemala, 61 minutes, Spanish, Ixil, Quiché
A team of local human rights film festival organizers travels by bus for a month through Guatemala to screen films in remote villages. For many, it is the first time they have seen cinema on a big screen. Dozens, sometimes hundreds of attentive and eager eyes see their own reflection through unprecedented cinematic images of violence, exclusion and stagnation. Watch Trailer

The First Film, Piyush Thakur, 2023, India, 24 minutes, Hindi
In a small town in 1960s India, cinema is believed to corrupt women and young minds. Devi, a 14-year-old girl, dreams of watching a film in the theatre. Her neighbor, Mohan, is a 14-year-old boy and a cinephile. Every night, he narrates stories from his favorite films for her. One day, an unforeseen incident offers Devi an unexpected opportunity. Watch Trailer

The Flowers Stand Silently, Witnessing Theo Panagopoulos, 2024, United Kingdom, 17 minutes, English, Arabic
When a Palestinian filmmaker based in Scotland unearths a rarely seen Scottish film archive of Palestinian wildflowers, he decides to reclaim the footage. This tender film essay questions the role of image-making as a tool of both testimony and violence when connected to entanglements between people and the land. Watch Trailer

Following Harry, Susanne Rostock, 2024, United States, 90 minutes, English
Legendary artist and Civil Rights leader Harry Belafonte embarks on a deeply personal and reflective journey throughout the last twelve years of his life while inspiring the next generation of entertainers and activists to disrupt injustice and strive for impactful change. Watch Trailer

Free Leonard Peltier, Jesse Short Bull, David France, 2025, United States, 110 minutes, English
Half a century ago, the US government put Leonard Peltier in prison for murder. This year, he’s now home–but not yet pardoned, and still innocent.

I’m Your Venus, Kimberly Reed, 2024, United States, 85 minutes, English
Venus Xtravaganza emerged as a global trans icon after being featured in the groundbreaking 1991 documentary Paris Is Burning. Venus was murdered before that film’s release. I’m Your Venus picks up the story of a trail gone cold as her two families—biological and ballroom—come together to seek answers and celebrate her legacy. Watch Trailer

En Milles Pétales / In Thousand Petals, Louise Bongartz, 2024, Belgium, 10 minutes, French
A young married woman collects the sweet memories of her romance. On closer inspection, she leaves bits of herself behind. Watch Trailer

Life After, Reid Davenport, 2025, Canada, United States, 99 minutes, English
In 1983, a disabled Californian woman named Elizabeth Bouvia sought the “right to die,” igniting a national debate about autonomy, dignity and the value of disabled lives. After years of courtroom trials, Bouvia disappeared from public view. Disabled director Davenport investigates what happened to Bouvia and her story’s disturbing relevance today.

My Stolen Planet, Farahnaz Sharifi, 2024, Germany, Iran, 82 minutes, Farsi
Farah, an Iranian woman, is forced to migrate to her private planet to be free. She buys other people’s memories in the form of super 8mm films and records and archives her own to create an alternative history of Iran. Watch Trailer

Never Too Old, Patty Jen Arndt, Stash Wislocki, 2024, United States, 5 minutes, English
At one time Libby James held more running records than Flo-Jo and Usain Bolt combined, yet most likely you have never heard of her. She is considered the grandmother of women’s competitive running, despite not having started running until she was 35. Libby is proof that you can be almost famous—and still lead a fulfilling life.

Projecting Protest, Tom Clement, 2024, United States, 22 minutes, English
Activists from across the political spectrum wield unsanctioned light projection as a tool for dissent, raising new questions about free speech in the digital era. Watch Trailer

Qotzuñi: People of the Lake, Gastón Zilberman, Michael Salama, 2024, Argentina, United States, 12 minutes, Spanish, Quechua
Bolivia’s Lake Poopó has evaporated, and the Uru-Murato community faces the cultural and economic consequences of what it means to be Qotzuñis, People of the Lake. Watch Trailer

Salah Elmur: Fixing Time, Matteo Lonardi, 2024, 12 minutes, United States, Arabic, English
Salah Elmur’s dreamlike paintings, inspired by his photographic archive, reflect his struggles with censorship, violence and the inability to return to his beloved home in Sudan. Watch Trailer

Separated Errol Morris, 2024, United States, 93 minutes, English, Spanish
Merging narrative vignettes of one migrant family’s plight of familial separation with hard-hitting interviews with government officials, the film paints a jaw-dropping picture of the state-sponsored crisis of cruelty, as hundreds of families remain separated today. Watch Trailer

Simme Tutt’uno (We are all one), Alice Franchi, 2023, Italy, United Kingdom, 25 minutes, Italian
Amidst the educational and material poverty consequent to the government’s negligence, a district of Naples works to promote cultural growth and give the youth of the area the means and freedom to be authors of their future.

Songs of Slow Burning Earth, Olha Zhurba, 2024, Ukraine, Denmark, Sweden, France, 95 minutes, Ukrainian, Russian
Reflective observations of Ukraine in wartime are interwoven with eyewitness accounts to contemplate the ultimate tragedy: the normalization of war. Watch Trailer

Sotong, Zinc Chew, 2024, Malaysia, 25 minutes, Bahasa Melaysia, English
Two years after Malaysia authorities raided a Halloween party, four fierce drag queens revisit the fallout of that night as they continue to perform underground and nurture the Malaysian drag scene in all its beauty, joy, and pain.

The Story of Ne Kuko, Festus Toll, 2023, Netherlands, 25 minutes, Lingala, French, Kikongo
The story of how the power statue of Chief Ne Kuko was stolen should not be forgotten. This nkisi stands, trapped behind glass, in a European museum. The history behind this mysterious statue connects restitution activist Mwazulu Diyabanza to the
small village of Kikuku in the mountains of Boma, Democratic Republic of Congo. Watch Trailer

Tailor Made, Quan Luong, 2024, Canada, 12 minutes, English
Tam Nguyen is a refugee from Vietnam who came to Canada in the ‘80s as part of the Vietnamese “boat people.” He uses his masterful tailoring skills to craft a new life for himself and many others. Watch Trailer

Toxicily, François-Xavier Destors, Alfonso Pinto, 2023, Italy, France, 52 minutes, Italian
Sicily is home to a post-industrial wasteland where one of Europe’s largest petrochemical complexes has poisoned the land, air and people for decades. Once a promise of economic salvation, the refineries have left behind a toxic legacy. Nonetheless, residents and activists endure, resist and fight for justice in a land caught between survival and devastation. Watch Trailer

Who’s Afraid of Nathan Law?, Joe Piscatella, 2024, Hong Kong, United Kingdom, United States, 86 minutes, English Nathan Law.

A leader of Hong Kong’s Umbrella Revolution at age 21. The youngest lawmaker ever elected in Hong Kong at age 23. “Most Wanted” under the government’s National Security Law at age 26. The film is an intimate portrait of Hong Kong’s most famous dissident telling the story of what happens to freedom when an authoritarian power goes unchecked. Watch Trailer

Wild Coast Warriors, Nick Chevallier, Guido Zanghi, Leigh Wood, 2024, Spain, United Kingdom, South Africa, 55 minutes, English, Xhosa
For centuries, Indigenous people have lived sustainably while resisting invaders on South Africa’s Wild Coast. The amaMpondo people embark in a David-and-Goliath court case against Shell, ultimately succeeding in halting oil and gas exploration to win ongoing protection for their ocean and culture. Watch Trailer

As Long as We Can, Kristy Guevara-Flanagan, 2024, United States, 11 minutes, English
Experience a day in the life of an Arizona reproductive health clinic trying to navigate the turbulent aftermath of the 2022 Dobbs decision. Amidst the chaos of changing regulations and national debate, the clinic struggles to stay open and serve its clients
with warmth and understanding.

El Cine es un Viaje / Cinema Is a Journey, Uli Stelzner, Pepe Orozco Recinos, 2023, Guatemala, 61 minutes, Spanish, Ixil, Quiché
A team of local human rights film festival organizers travels by bus for a month through Guatemala to screen films in remote villages. For many, it is the first time they have seen cinema on a big screen. Dozens, sometimes hundreds of attentive and eager eyes see their own reflection through unprecedented cinematic images of violence, exclusion and stagnation. Watch Trailer

The First Film, Piyush Thakur, 2023, India, 24 minutes, Hindi
In a small town in 1960s India, cinema is believed to corrupt women and young minds. Devi, a 14-year-old girl, dreams of watching a film in the theatre. Her neighbor, Mohan, is a 14-year-old boy and a cinephile. Every night, he narrates stories from his favorite films for her. One day, an unforeseen incident offers Devi an unexpected opportunity. Watch Trailer

The Flowers Stand Silently, Witnessing Theo Panagopoulos, 2024, United Kingdom, 17 minutes, English, Arabic
When a Palestinian filmmaker based in Scotland unearths a rarely seen Scottish film archive of Palestinian wildflowers, he decides to reclaim the footage. This tender film essay questions the role of image-making as a tool of both testimony and violence when connected to entanglements between people and the land. Watch Trailer

Following Harry, Susanne Rostock, 2024, United States, 90 minutes, English
Legendary artist and Civil Rights leader Harry Belafonte embarks on a deeply personal and reflective journey throughout the last twelve years of his life while inspiring the next generation of entertainers and activists to disrupt injustice and strive for impactful change. Watch Trailer

Free Leonard Peltier, Jesse Short Bull, David France, 2025, United States, 110 minutes, English
Half a century ago, the US government put Leonard Peltier in prison for murder. This year, he’s now home–but not yet pardoned, and still innocent.

I’m Your Venus, Kimberly Reed, 2024, United States, 85 minutes, English
Venus Xtravaganza emerged as a global trans icon after being featured in the groundbreaking 1991 documentary Paris Is Burning. Venus was murdered before that film’s release. I’m Your Venus picks up the story of a trail gone cold as her two families—biological and ballroom—come together to seek answers and celebrate her legacy. Watch Trailer

En Milles Pétales / In Thousand Petals, Louise Bongartz, 2024, Belgium, 10 minutes, French
A young married woman collects the sweet memories of her romance. On closer inspection, she leaves bits of herself behind. Watch Trailer

Life After, Reid Davenport, 2025, Canada, United States, 99 minutes, English
In 1983, a disabled Californian woman named Elizabeth Bouvia sought the “right to die,” igniting a national debate about autonomy, dignity and the value of disabled lives. After years of courtroom trials, Bouvia disappeared from public view. Disabled director Davenport investigates what happened to Bouvia and her story’s disturbing relevance today.

My Stolen Planet, Farahnaz Sharifi, 2024, Germany, Iran, 82 minutes, Farsi
Farah, an Iranian woman, is forced to migrate to her private planet to be free. She buys other people’s memories in the form of super 8mm films and records and archives her own to create an alternative history of Iran. Watch Trailer

Never Too Old, Patty Jen Arndt, Stash Wislocki, 2024, United States, 5 minutes, English
At one time Libby James held more running records than Flo-Jo and Usain Bolt combined, yet most likely you have never heard of her. She is considered the grandmother of women’s competitive running, despite not having started running until she was 35. Libby is proof that you can be almost famous—and still lead a fulfilling life.

Projecting Protest, Tom Clement, 2024, United States, 22 minutes, English
Activists from across the political spectrum wield unsanctioned light projection as a tool for dissent, raising new questions about free speech in the digital era. Watch Trailer

Qotzuñi: People of the Lake, Gastón Zilberman, Michael Salama, 2024, Argentina, United States, 12 minutes, Spanish, Quechua
Bolivia’s Lake Poopó has evaporated, and the Uru-Murato community faces the cultural and economic consequences of what it means to be Qotzuñis, People of the Lake. Watch Trailer

Salah Elmur: Fixing Time, Matteo Lonardi, 2024, 12 minutes, United States, Arabic, English
Salah Elmur’s dreamlike paintings, inspired by his photographic archive, reflect his struggles with censorship, violence and the inability to return to his beloved home in Sudan. Watch Trailer

Separated Errol Morris, 2024, United States, 93 minutes, English, Spanish
Merging narrative vignettes of one migrant family’s plight of familial separation with hard-hitting interviews with government officials, the film paints a jaw-dropping picture of the state-sponsored crisis of cruelty, as hundreds of families remain separated today. Watch Trailer

Simme Tutt’uno (We are all one), Alice Franchi, 2023, Italy, United Kingdom, 25 minutes, Italian
Amidst the educational and material poverty consequent to the government’s negligence, a district of Naples works to promote cultural growth and give the youth of the area the means and freedom to be authors of their future.

Songs of Slow Burning Earth, Olha Zhurba, 2024, Ukraine, Denmark, Sweden, France, 95 minutes, Ukrainian, Russian
Reflective observations of Ukraine in wartime are interwoven with eyewitness accounts to contemplate the ultimate tragedy: the normalization of war. Watch Trailer

Sotong, Zinc Chew, 2024, Malaysia, 25 minutes, Bahasa Melaysia, English
Two years after Malaysia authorities raided a Halloween party, four fierce drag queens revisit the fallout of that night as they continue to perform underground and nurture the Malaysian drag scene in all its beauty, joy, and pain.

The Story of Ne Kuko, Festus Toll, 2023, Netherlands, 25 minutes, Lingala, French, Kikongo
The story of how the power statue of Chief Ne Kuko was stolen should not be forgotten. This nkisi stands, trapped behind glass, in a European museum. The history behind this mysterious statue connects restitution activist Mwazulu Diyabanza to the
small village of Kikuku in the mountains of Boma, Democratic Republic of Congo. Watch Trailer

Tailor Made, Quan Luong, 2024, Canada, 12 minutes, English
Tam Nguyen is a refugee from Vietnam who came to Canada in the ‘80s as part of the Vietnamese “boat people.” He uses his masterful tailoring skills to craft a new life for himself and many others. Watch Trailer

Toxicily, François-Xavier Destors, Alfonso Pinto, 2023, Italy, France, 52 minutes, Italian
Sicily is home to a post-industrial wasteland where one of Europe’s largest petrochemical complexes has poisoned the land, air and people for decades. Once a promise of economic salvation, the refineries have left behind a toxic legacy. Nonetheless, residents and activists endure, resist and fight for justice in a land caught between survival and devastation. Watch Trailer

Who’s Afraid of Nathan Law?, Joe Piscatella, 2024, Hong Kong, United Kingdom, United States, 86 minutes, English Nathan Law.

A leader of Hong Kong’s Umbrella Revolution at age 21. The youngest lawmaker ever elected in Hong Kong at age 23. “Most Wanted” under the government’s National Security Law at age 26. The film is an intimate portrait of Hong Kong’s most famous dissident telling the story of what happens to freedom when an authoritarian power goes unchecked. Watch Trailer

Wild Coast Warriors, Nick Chevallier, Guido Zanghi, Leigh Wood, 2024, Spain, United Kingdom, South Africa, 55 minutes, English, Xhosa
For centuries, Indigenous people have lived sustainably while resisting invaders on South Africa’s Wild Coast. The amaMpondo people embark in a David-and-Goliath court case against Shell, ultimately succeeding in halting oil and gas exploration to win ongoing protection for their ocean and culture. Watch Trailer

As Long as We Can, Kristy Guevara-Flanagan, 2024, United States, 11 minutes, English
Experience a day in the life of an Arizona reproductive health clinic trying to navigate the turbulent aftermath of the 2022 Dobbs decision. Amidst the chaos of changing regulations and national debate, the clinic struggles to stay open and serve its clients
with warmth and understanding.

El Cine es un Viaje / Cinema Is a Journey, Uli Stelzner, Pepe Orozco Recinos, 2023, Guatemala, 61 minutes, Spanish, Ixil, Quiché
A team of local human rights film festival organizers travels by bus for a month through Guatemala to screen films in remote villages. For many, it is the first time they have seen cinema on a big screen. Dozens, sometimes hundreds of attentive and eager eyes see their own reflection through unprecedented cinematic images of violence, exclusion and stagnation. Watch Trailer

The First Film, Piyush Thakur, 2023, India, 24 minutes, Hindi
In a small town in 1960s India, cinema is believed to corrupt women and young minds. Devi, a 14-year-old girl, dreams of watching a film in the theatre. Her neighbor, Mohan, is a 14-year-old boy and a cinephile. Every night, he narrates stories from his favorite films for her. One day, an unforeseen incident offers Devi an unexpected opportunity. Watch Trailer

The Flowers Stand Silently, Witnessing Theo Panagopoulos, 2024, United Kingdom, 17 minutes, English, Arabic
When a Palestinian filmmaker based in Scotland unearths a rarely seen Scottish film archive of Palestinian wildflowers, he decides to reclaim the footage. This tender film essay questions the role of image-making as a tool of both testimony and violence when connected to entanglements between people and the land. Watch Trailer

Following Harry, Susanne Rostock, 2024, United States, 90 minutes, English
Legendary artist and Civil Rights leader Harry Belafonte embarks on a deeply personal and reflective journey throughout the last twelve years of his life while inspiring the next generation of entertainers and activists to disrupt injustice and strive for impactful change. Watch Trailer

Free Leonard Peltier, Jesse Short Bull, David France, 2025, United States, 110 minutes, English
Half a century ago, the US government put Leonard Peltier in prison for murder. This year, he’s now home–but not yet pardoned, and still innocent.

I’m Your Venus, Kimberly Reed, 2024, United States, 85 minutes, English
Venus Xtravaganza emerged as a global trans icon after being featured in the groundbreaking 1991 documentary Paris Is Burning. Venus was murdered before that film’s release. I’m Your Venus picks up the story of a trail gone cold as her two families—biological and ballroom—come together to seek answers and celebrate her legacy. Watch Trailer

En Milles Pétales / In Thousand Petals, Louise Bongartz, 2024, Belgium, 10 minutes, French
A young married woman collects the sweet memories of her romance. On closer inspection, she leaves bits of herself behind. Watch Trailer

Life After, Reid Davenport, 2025, Canada, United States, 99 minutes, English
In 1983, a disabled Californian woman named Elizabeth Bouvia sought the “right to die,” igniting a national debate about autonomy, dignity and the value of disabled lives. After years of courtroom trials, Bouvia disappeared from public view. Disabled director Davenport investigates what happened to Bouvia and her story’s disturbing relevance today.

My Stolen Planet, Farahnaz Sharifi, 2024, Germany, Iran, 82 minutes, Farsi
Farah, an Iranian woman, is forced to migrate to her private planet to be free. She buys other people’s memories in the form of super 8mm films and records and archives her own to create an alternative history of Iran. Watch Trailer

Never Too Old, Patty Jen Arndt, Stash Wislocki, 2024, United States, 5 minutes, English
At one time Libby James held more running records than Flo-Jo and Usain Bolt combined, yet most likely you have never heard of her. She is considered the grandmother of women’s competitive running, despite not having started running until she was 35. Libby is proof that you can be almost famous—and still lead a fulfilling life.

Projecting Protest, Tom Clement, 2024, United States, 22 minutes, English
Activists from across the political spectrum wield unsanctioned light projection as a tool for dissent, raising new questions about free speech in the digital era. Watch Trailer

Qotzuñi: People of the Lake, Gastón Zilberman, Michael Salama, 2024, Argentina, United States, 12 minutes, Spanish, Quechua
Bolivia’s Lake Poopó has evaporated, and the Uru-Murato community faces the cultural and economic consequences of what it means to be Qotzuñis, People of the Lake. Watch Trailer

Salah Elmur: Fixing Time, Matteo Lonardi, 2024, 12 minutes, United States, Arabic, English
Salah Elmur’s dreamlike paintings, inspired by his photographic archive, reflect his struggles with censorship, violence and the inability to return to his beloved home in Sudan. Watch Trailer

Separated Errol Morris, 2024, United States, 93 minutes, English, Spanish
Merging narrative vignettes of one migrant family’s plight of familial separation with hard-hitting interviews with government officials, the film paints a jaw-dropping picture of the state-sponsored crisis of cruelty, as hundreds of families remain separated today. Watch Trailer

Simme Tutt’uno (We are all one), Alice Franchi, 2023, Italy, United Kingdom, 25 minutes, Italian
Amidst the educational and material poverty consequent to the government’s negligence, a district of Naples works to promote cultural growth and give the youth of the area the means and freedom to be authors of their future.

Songs of Slow Burning Earth, Olha Zhurba, 2024, Ukraine, Denmark, Sweden, France, 95 minutes, Ukrainian, Russian
Reflective observations of Ukraine in wartime are interwoven with eyewitness accounts to contemplate the ultimate tragedy: the normalization of war. Watch Trailer

Sotong, Zinc Chew, 2024, Malaysia, 25 minutes, Bahasa Melaysia, English
Two years after Malaysia authorities raided a Halloween party, four fierce drag queens revisit the fallout of that night as they continue to perform underground and nurture the Malaysian drag scene in all its beauty, joy, and pain.

The Story of Ne Kuko, Festus Toll, 2023, Netherlands, 25 minutes, Lingala, French, Kikongo
The story of how the power statue of Chief Ne Kuko was stolen should not be forgotten. This nkisi stands, trapped behind glass, in a European museum. The history behind this mysterious statue connects restitution activist Mwazulu Diyabanza to the
small village of Kikuku in the mountains of Boma, Democratic Republic of Congo. Watch Trailer

Tailor Made, Quan Luong, 2024, Canada, 12 minutes, English
Tam Nguyen is a refugee from Vietnam who came to Canada in the ‘80s as part of the Vietnamese “boat people.” He uses his masterful tailoring skills to craft a new life for himself and many others. Watch Trailer

Toxicily, François-Xavier Destors, Alfonso Pinto, 2023, Italy, France, 52 minutes, Italian
Sicily is home to a post-industrial wasteland where one of Europe’s largest petrochemical complexes has poisoned the land, air and people for decades. Once a promise of economic salvation, the refineries have left behind a toxic legacy. Nonetheless, residents and activists endure, resist and fight for justice in a land caught between survival and devastation. Watch Trailer

Who’s Afraid of Nathan Law?, Joe Piscatella, 2024, Hong Kong, United Kingdom, United States, 86 minutes, English Nathan Law.

A leader of Hong Kong’s Umbrella Revolution at age 21. The youngest lawmaker ever elected in Hong Kong at age 23. “Most Wanted” under the government’s National Security Law at age 26. The film is an intimate portrait of Hong Kong’s most famous dissident telling the story of what happens to freedom when an authoritarian power goes unchecked. Watch Trailer

Wild Coast Warriors, Nick Chevallier, Guido Zanghi, Leigh Wood, 2024, Spain, United Kingdom, South Africa, 55 minutes, English, Xhosa
For centuries, Indigenous people have lived sustainably while resisting invaders on South Africa’s Wild Coast. The amaMpondo people embark in a David-and-Goliath court case against Shell, ultimately succeeding in halting oil and gas exploration to win ongoing protection for their ocean and culture. Watch Trailer

As Long as We Can, Kristy Guevara-Flanagan, 2024, United States, 11 minutes, English
Experience a day in the life of an Arizona reproductive health clinic trying to navigate the turbulent aftermath of the 2022 Dobbs decision. Amidst the chaos of changing regulations and national debate, the clinic struggles to stay open and serve its clients
with warmth and understanding.

El Cine es un Viaje / Cinema Is a Journey, Uli Stelzner, Pepe Orozco Recinos, 2023, Guatemala, 61 minutes, Spanish, Ixil, Quiché
A team of local human rights film festival organizers travels by bus for a month through Guatemala to screen films in remote villages. For many, it is the first time they have seen cinema on a big screen. Dozens, sometimes hundreds of attentive and eager eyes see their own reflection through unprecedented cinematic images of violence, exclusion and stagnation. Watch Trailer

The First Film, Piyush Thakur, 2023, India, 24 minutes, Hindi
In a small town in 1960s India, cinema is believed to corrupt women and young minds. Devi, a 14-year-old girl, dreams of watching a film in the theatre. Her neighbor, Mohan, is a 14-year-old boy and a cinephile. Every night, he narrates stories from his favorite films for her. One day, an unforeseen incident offers Devi an unexpected opportunity. Watch Trailer

The Flowers Stand Silently, Witnessing Theo Panagopoulos, 2024, United Kingdom, 17 minutes, English, Arabic
When a Palestinian filmmaker based in Scotland unearths a rarely seen Scottish film archive of Palestinian wildflowers, he decides to reclaim the footage. This tender film essay questions the role of image-making as a tool of both testimony and violence when connected to entanglements between people and the land. Watch Trailer

Following Harry, Susanne Rostock, 2024, United States, 90 minutes, English
Legendary artist and Civil Rights leader Harry Belafonte embarks on a deeply personal and reflective journey throughout the last twelve years of his life while inspiring the next generation of entertainers and activists to disrupt injustice and strive for impactful change. Watch Trailer

Free Leonard Peltier, Jesse Short Bull, David France, 2025, United States, 110 minutes, English
Half a century ago, the US government put Leonard Peltier in prison for murder. This year, he’s now home–but not yet pardoned, and still innocent.

I’m Your Venus, Kimberly Reed, 2024, United States, 85 minutes, English
Venus Xtravaganza emerged as a global trans icon after being featured in the groundbreaking 1991 documentary Paris Is Burning. Venus was murdered before that film’s release. I’m Your Venus picks up the story of a trail gone cold as her two families—biological and ballroom—come together to seek answers and celebrate her legacy. Watch Trailer

En Milles Pétales / In Thousand Petals, Louise Bongartz, 2024, Belgium, 10 minutes, French
A young married woman collects the sweet memories of her romance. On closer inspection, she leaves bits of herself behind. Watch Trailer

Life After, Reid Davenport, 2025, Canada, United States, 99 minutes, English
In 1983, a disabled Californian woman named Elizabeth Bouvia sought the “right to die,” igniting a national debate about autonomy, dignity and the value of disabled lives. After years of courtroom trials, Bouvia disappeared from public view. Disabled director Davenport investigates what happened to Bouvia and her story’s disturbing relevance today.

My Stolen Planet, Farahnaz Sharifi, 2024, Germany, Iran, 82 minutes, Farsi
Farah, an Iranian woman, is forced to migrate to her private planet to be free. She buys other people’s memories in the form of super 8mm films and records and archives her own to create an alternative history of Iran. Watch Trailer

Never Too Old, Patty Jen Arndt, Stash Wislocki, 2024, United States, 5 minutes, English
At one time Libby James held more running records than Flo-Jo and Usain Bolt combined, yet most likely you have never heard of her. She is considered the grandmother of women’s competitive running, despite not having started running until she was 35. Libby is proof that you can be almost famous—and still lead a fulfilling life.

Projecting Protest, Tom Clement, 2024, United States, 22 minutes, English
Activists from across the political spectrum wield unsanctioned light projection as a tool for dissent, raising new questions about free speech in the digital era. Watch Trailer

Qotzuñi: People of the Lake, Gastón Zilberman, Michael Salama, 2024, Argentina, United States, 12 minutes, Spanish, Quechua
Bolivia’s Lake Poopó has evaporated, and the Uru-Murato community faces the cultural and economic consequences of what it means to be Qotzuñis, People of the Lake. Watch Trailer

Salah Elmur: Fixing Time, Matteo Lonardi, 2024, 12 minutes, United States, Arabic, English
Salah Elmur’s dreamlike paintings, inspired by his photographic archive, reflect his struggles with censorship, violence and the inability to return to his beloved home in Sudan. Watch Trailer

Separated Errol Morris, 2024, United States, 93 minutes, English, Spanish
Merging narrative vignettes of one migrant family’s plight of familial separation with hard-hitting interviews with government officials, the film paints a jaw-dropping picture of the state-sponsored crisis of cruelty, as hundreds of families remain separated today. Watch Trailer

Simme Tutt’uno (We are all one), Alice Franchi, 2023, Italy, United Kingdom, 25 minutes, Italian
Amidst the educational and material poverty consequent to the government’s negligence, a district of Naples works to promote cultural growth and give the youth of the area the means and freedom to be authors of their future.

Songs of Slow Burning Earth, Olha Zhurba, 2024, Ukraine, Denmark, Sweden, France, 95 minutes, Ukrainian, Russian
Reflective observations of Ukraine in wartime are interwoven with eyewitness accounts to contemplate the ultimate tragedy: the normalization of war. Watch Trailer

Sotong, Zinc Chew, 2024, Malaysia, 25 minutes, Bahasa Melaysia, English
Two years after Malaysia authorities raided a Halloween party, four fierce drag queens revisit the fallout of that night as they continue to perform underground and nurture the Malaysian drag scene in all its beauty, joy, and pain.

The Story of Ne Kuko, Festus Toll, 2023, Netherlands, 25 minutes, Lingala, French, Kikongo
The story of how the power statue of Chief Ne Kuko was stolen should not be forgotten. This nkisi stands, trapped behind glass, in a European museum. The history behind this mysterious statue connects restitution activist Mwazulu Diyabanza to the
small village of Kikuku in the mountains of Boma, Democratic Republic of Congo. Watch Trailer

Tailor Made, Quan Luong, 2024, Canada, 12 minutes, English
Tam Nguyen is a refugee from Vietnam who came to Canada in the ‘80s as part of the Vietnamese “boat people.” He uses his masterful tailoring skills to craft a new life for himself and many others. Watch Trailer

Toxicily, François-Xavier Destors, Alfonso Pinto, 2023, Italy, France, 52 minutes, Italian
Sicily is home to a post-industrial wasteland where one of Europe’s largest petrochemical complexes has poisoned the land, air and people for decades. Once a promise of economic salvation, the refineries have left behind a toxic legacy. Nonetheless, residents and activists endure, resist and fight for justice in a land caught between survival and devastation. Watch Trailer

Who’s Afraid of Nathan Law?, Joe Piscatella, 2024, Hong Kong, United Kingdom, United States, 86 minutes, English Nathan Law.

A leader of Hong Kong’s Umbrella Revolution at age 21. The youngest lawmaker ever elected in Hong Kong at age 23. “Most Wanted” under the government’s National Security Law at age 26. The film is an intimate portrait of Hong Kong’s most famous dissident telling the story of what happens to freedom when an authoritarian power goes unchecked. Watch Trailer

Wild Coast Warriors, Nick Chevallier, Guido Zanghi, Leigh Wood, 2024, Spain, United Kingdom, South Africa, 55 minutes, English, Xhosa
For centuries, Indigenous people have lived sustainably while resisting invaders on South Africa’s Wild Coast. The amaMpondo people embark in a David-and-Goliath court case against Shell, ultimately succeeding in halting oil and gas exploration to win ongoing protection for their ocean and culture. Watch Trailer

As Long as We Can, Kristy Guevara-Flanagan, 2024, United States, 11 minutes, English
Experience a day in the life of an Arizona reproductive health clinic trying to navigate the turbulent aftermath of the 2022 Dobbs decision. Amidst the chaos of changing regulations and national debate, the clinic struggles to stay open and serve its clients
with warmth and understanding.

El Cine es un Viaje / Cinema Is a Journey, Uli Stelzner, Pepe Orozco Recinos, 2023, Guatemala, 61 minutes, Spanish, Ixil, Quiché
A team of local human rights film festival organizers travels by bus for a month through Guatemala to screen films in remote villages. For many, it is the first time they have seen cinema on a big screen. Dozens, sometimes hundreds of attentive and eager eyes see their own reflection through unprecedented cinematic images of violence, exclusion and stagnation. Watch Trailer

The First Film, Piyush Thakur, 2023, India, 24 minutes, Hindi
In a small town in 1960s India, cinema is believed to corrupt women and young minds. Devi, a 14-year-old girl, dreams of watching a film in the theatre. Her neighbor, Mohan, is a 14-year-old boy and a cinephile. Every night, he narrates stories from his favorite films for her. One day, an unforeseen incident offers Devi an unexpected opportunity. Watch Trailer

The Flowers Stand Silently, Witnessing Theo Panagopoulos, 2024, United Kingdom, 17 minutes, English, Arabic
When a Palestinian filmmaker based in Scotland unearths a rarely seen Scottish film archive of Palestinian wildflowers, he decides to reclaim the footage. This tender film essay questions the role of image-making as a tool of both testimony and violence when connected to entanglements between people and the land. Watch Trailer

Following Harry, Susanne Rostock, 2024, United States, 90 minutes, English
Legendary artist and Civil Rights leader Harry Belafonte embarks on a deeply personal and reflective journey throughout the last twelve years of his life while inspiring the next generation of entertainers and activists to disrupt injustice and strive for impactful change. Watch Trailer

Free Leonard Peltier, Jesse Short Bull, David France, 2025, United States, 110 minutes, English
Half a century ago, the US government put Leonard Peltier in prison for murder. This year, he’s now home–but not yet pardoned, and still innocent.

I’m Your Venus, Kimberly Reed, 2024, United States, 85 minutes, English
Venus Xtravaganza emerged as a global trans icon after being featured in the groundbreaking 1991 documentary Paris Is Burning. Venus was murdered before that film’s release. I’m Your Venus picks up the story of a trail gone cold as her two families—biological and ballroom—come together to seek answers and celebrate her legacy. Watch Trailer

En Milles Pétales / In Thousand Petals, Louise Bongartz, 2024, Belgium, 10 minutes, French
A young married woman collects the sweet memories of her romance. On closer inspection, she leaves bits of herself behind. Watch Trailer

Life After, Reid Davenport, 2025, Canada, United States, 99 minutes, English
In 1983, a disabled Californian woman named Elizabeth Bouvia sought the “right to die,” igniting a national debate about autonomy, dignity and the value of disabled lives. After years of courtroom trials, Bouvia disappeared from public view. Disabled director Davenport investigates what happened to Bouvia and her story’s disturbing relevance today.

My Stolen Planet, Farahnaz Sharifi, 2024, Germany, Iran, 82 minutes, Farsi
Farah, an Iranian woman, is forced to migrate to her private planet to be free. She buys other people’s memories in the form of super 8mm films and records and archives her own to create an alternative history of Iran. Watch Trailer

Never Too Old, Patty Jen Arndt, Stash Wislocki, 2024, United States, 5 minutes, English
At one time Libby James held more running records than Flo-Jo and Usain Bolt combined, yet most likely you have never heard of her. She is considered the grandmother of women’s competitive running, despite not having started running until she was 35. Libby is proof that you can be almost famous—and still lead a fulfilling life.

Projecting Protest, Tom Clement, 2024, United States, 22 minutes, English
Activists from across the political spectrum wield unsanctioned light projection as a tool for dissent, raising new questions about free speech in the digital era. Watch Trailer

Qotzuñi: People of the Lake, Gastón Zilberman, Michael Salama, 2024, Argentina, United States, 12 minutes, Spanish, Quechua
Bolivia’s Lake Poopó has evaporated, and the Uru-Murato community faces the cultural and economic consequences of what it means to be Qotzuñis, People of the Lake. Watch Trailer

Salah Elmur: Fixing Time, Matteo Lonardi, 2024, 12 minutes, United States, Arabic, English
Salah Elmur’s dreamlike paintings, inspired by his photographic archive, reflect his struggles with censorship, violence and the inability to return to his beloved home in Sudan. Watch Trailer

Separated Errol Morris, 2024, United States, 93 minutes, English, Spanish
Merging narrative vignettes of one migrant family’s plight of familial separation with hard-hitting interviews with government officials, the film paints a jaw-dropping picture of the state-sponsored crisis of cruelty, as hundreds of families remain separated today. Watch Trailer

Simme Tutt’uno (We are all one), Alice Franchi, 2023, Italy, United Kingdom, 25 minutes, Italian
Amidst the educational and material poverty consequent to the government’s negligence, a district of Naples works to promote cultural growth and give the youth of the area the means and freedom to be authors of their future.

Songs of Slow Burning Earth, Olha Zhurba, 2024, Ukraine, Denmark, Sweden, France, 95 minutes, Ukrainian, Russian
Reflective observations of Ukraine in wartime are interwoven with eyewitness accounts to contemplate the ultimate tragedy: the normalization of war. Watch Trailer

Sotong, Zinc Chew, 2024, Malaysia, 25 minutes, Bahasa Melaysia, English
Two years after Malaysia authorities raided a Halloween party, four fierce drag queens revisit the fallout of that night as they continue to perform underground and nurture the Malaysian drag scene in all its beauty, joy, and pain.

The Story of Ne Kuko, Festus Toll, 2023, Netherlands, 25 minutes, Lingala, French, Kikongo
The story of how the power statue of Chief Ne Kuko was stolen should not be forgotten. This nkisi stands, trapped behind glass, in a European museum. The history behind this mysterious statue connects restitution activist Mwazulu Diyabanza to the
small village of Kikuku in the mountains of Boma, Democratic Republic of Congo. Watch Trailer

Tailor Made, Quan Luong, 2024, Canada, 12 minutes, English
Tam Nguyen is a refugee from Vietnam who came to Canada in the ‘80s as part of the Vietnamese “boat people.” He uses his masterful tailoring skills to craft a new life for himself and many others. Watch Trailer

Toxicily, François-Xavier Destors, Alfonso Pinto, 2023, Italy, France, 52 minutes, Italian
Sicily is home to a post-industrial wasteland where one of Europe’s largest petrochemical complexes has poisoned the land, air and people for decades. Once a promise of economic salvation, the refineries have left behind a toxic legacy. Nonetheless, residents and activists endure, resist and fight for justice in a land caught between survival and devastation. Watch Trailer

Who’s Afraid of Nathan Law?, Joe Piscatella, 2024, Hong Kong, United Kingdom, United States, 86 minutes, English Nathan Law.

A leader of Hong Kong’s Umbrella Revolution at age 21. The youngest lawmaker ever elected in Hong Kong at age 23. “Most Wanted” under the government’s National Security Law at age 26. The film is an intimate portrait of Hong Kong’s most famous dissident telling the story of what happens to freedom when an authoritarian power goes unchecked. Watch Trailer

Wild Coast Warriors, Nick Chevallier, Guido Zanghi, Leigh Wood, 2024, Spain, United Kingdom, South Africa, 55 minutes, English, Xhosa
For centuries, Indigenous people have lived sustainably while resisting invaders on South Africa’s Wild Coast. The amaMpondo people embark in a David-and-Goliath court case against Shell, ultimately succeeding in halting oil and gas exploration to win ongoing protection for their ocean and culture. Watch Trailer

As Long as We Can, Kristy Guevara-Flanagan, 2024, United States, 11 minutes, English
Experience a day in the life of an Arizona reproductive health clinic trying to navigate the turbulent aftermath of the 2022 Dobbs decision. Amidst the chaos of changing regulations and national debate, the clinic struggles to stay open and serve its clients
with warmth and understanding.

El Cine es un Viaje / Cinema Is a Journey, Uli Stelzner, Pepe Orozco Recinos, 2023, Guatemala, 61 minutes, Spanish, Ixil, Quiché
A team of local human rights film festival organizers travels by bus for a month through Guatemala to screen films in remote villages. For many, it is the first time they have seen cinema on a big screen. Dozens, sometimes hundreds of attentive and eager eyes see their own reflection through unprecedented cinematic images of violence, exclusion and stagnation. Watch Trailer

The First Film, Piyush Thakur, 2023, India, 24 minutes, Hindi
In a small town in 1960s India, cinema is believed to corrupt women and young minds. Devi, a 14-year-old girl, dreams of watching a film in the theatre. Her neighbor, Mohan, is a 14-year-old boy and a cinephile. Every night, he narrates stories from his favorite films for her. One day, an unforeseen incident offers Devi an unexpected opportunity. Watch Trailer

The Flowers Stand Silently, Witnessing Theo Panagopoulos, 2024, United Kingdom, 17 minutes, English, Arabic
When a Palestinian filmmaker based in Scotland unearths a rarely seen Scottish film archive of Palestinian wildflowers, he decides to reclaim the footage. This tender film essay questions the role of image-making as a tool of both testimony and violence when connected to entanglements between people and the land. Watch Trailer

Following Harry, Susanne Rostock, 2024, United States, 90 minutes, English
Legendary artist and Civil Rights leader Harry Belafonte embarks on a deeply personal and reflective journey throughout the last twelve years of his life while inspiring the next generation of entertainers and activists to disrupt injustice and strive for impactful change. Watch Trailer

Free Leonard Peltier, Jesse Short Bull, David France, 2025, United States, 110 minutes, English
Half a century ago, the US government put Leonard Peltier in prison for murder. This year, he’s now home–but not yet pardoned, and still innocent.

I’m Your Venus, Kimberly Reed, 2024, United States, 85 minutes, English
Venus Xtravaganza emerged as a global trans icon after being featured in the groundbreaking 1991 documentary Paris Is Burning. Venus was murdered before that film’s release. I’m Your Venus picks up the story of a trail gone cold as her two families—biological and ballroom—come together to seek answers and celebrate her legacy. Watch Trailer

En Milles Pétales / In Thousand Petals, Louise Bongartz, 2024, Belgium, 10 minutes, French
A young married woman collects the sweet memories of her romance. On closer inspection, she leaves bits of herself behind. Watch Trailer

Life After, Reid Davenport, 2025, Canada, United States, 99 minutes, English
In 1983, a disabled Californian woman named Elizabeth Bouvia sought the “right to die,” igniting a national debate about autonomy, dignity and the value of disabled lives. After years of courtroom trials, Bouvia disappeared from public view. Disabled director Davenport investigates what happened to Bouvia and her story’s disturbing relevance today.

My Stolen Planet, Farahnaz Sharifi, 2024, Germany, Iran, 82 minutes, Farsi
Farah, an Iranian woman, is forced to migrate to her private planet to be free. She buys other people’s memories in the form of super 8mm films and records and archives her own to create an alternative history of Iran. Watch Trailer

Never Too Old, Patty Jen Arndt, Stash Wislocki, 2024, United States, 5 minutes, English
At one time Libby James held more running records than Flo-Jo and Usain Bolt combined, yet most likely you have never heard of her. She is considered the grandmother of women’s competitive running, despite not having started running until she was 35. Libby is proof that you can be almost famous—and still lead a fulfilling life.

Projecting Protest, Tom Clement, 2024, United States, 22 minutes, English
Activists from across the political spectrum wield unsanctioned light projection as a tool for dissent, raising new questions about free speech in the digital era. Watch Trailer

Qotzuñi: People of the Lake, Gastón Zilberman, Michael Salama, 2024, Argentina, United States, 12 minutes, Spanish, Quechua
Bolivia’s Lake Poopó has evaporated, and the Uru-Murato community faces the cultural and economic consequences of what it means to be Qotzuñis, People of the Lake. Watch Trailer

Salah Elmur: Fixing Time, Matteo Lonardi, 2024, 12 minutes, United States, Arabic, English
Salah Elmur’s dreamlike paintings, inspired by his photographic archive, reflect his struggles with censorship, violence and the inability to return to his beloved home in Sudan. Watch Trailer

Separated Errol Morris, 2024, United States, 93 minutes, English, Spanish
Merging narrative vignettes of one migrant family’s plight of familial separation with hard-hitting interviews with government officials, the film paints a jaw-dropping picture of the state-sponsored crisis of cruelty, as hundreds of families remain separated today. Watch Trailer

Simme Tutt’uno (We are all one), Alice Franchi, 2023, Italy, United Kingdom, 25 minutes, Italian
Amidst the educational and material poverty consequent to the government’s negligence, a district of Naples works to promote cultural growth and give the youth of the area the means and freedom to be authors of their future.

Songs of Slow Burning Earth, Olha Zhurba, 2024, Ukraine, Denmark, Sweden, France, 95 minutes, Ukrainian, Russian
Reflective observations of Ukraine in wartime are interwoven with eyewitness accounts to contemplate the ultimate tragedy: the normalization of war. Watch Trailer

Sotong, Zinc Chew, 2024, Malaysia, 25 minutes, Bahasa Melaysia, English
Two years after Malaysia authorities raided a Halloween party, four fierce drag queens revisit the fallout of that night as they continue to perform underground and nurture the Malaysian drag scene in all its beauty, joy, and pain.

The Story of Ne Kuko, Festus Toll, 2023, Netherlands, 25 minutes, Lingala, French, Kikongo
The story of how the power statue of Chief Ne Kuko was stolen should not be forgotten. This nkisi stands, trapped behind glass, in a European museum. The history behind this mysterious statue connects restitution activist Mwazulu Diyabanza to the
small village of Kikuku in the mountains of Boma, Democratic Republic of Congo. Watch Trailer

Tailor Made, Quan Luong, 2024, Canada, 12 minutes, English
Tam Nguyen is a refugee from Vietnam who came to Canada in the ‘80s as part of the Vietnamese “boat people.” He uses his masterful tailoring skills to craft a new life for himself and many others. Watch Trailer

Toxicily, François-Xavier Destors, Alfonso Pinto, 2023, Italy, France, 52 minutes, Italian
Sicily is home to a post-industrial wasteland where one of Europe’s largest petrochemical complexes has poisoned the land, air and people for decades. Once a promise of economic salvation, the refineries have left behind a toxic legacy. Nonetheless, residents and activists endure, resist and fight for justice in a land caught between survival and devastation. Watch Trailer

Who’s Afraid of Nathan Law?, Joe Piscatella, 2024, Hong Kong, United Kingdom, United States, 86 minutes, English Nathan Law.

A leader of Hong Kong’s Umbrella Revolution at age 21. The youngest lawmaker ever elected in Hong Kong at age 23. “Most Wanted” under the government’s National Security Law at age 26. The film is an intimate portrait of Hong Kong’s most famous dissident telling the story of what happens to freedom when an authoritarian power goes unchecked. Watch Trailer

Wild Coast Warriors, Nick Chevallier, Guido Zanghi, Leigh Wood, 2024, Spain, United Kingdom, South Africa, 55 minutes, English, Xhosa
For centuries, Indigenous people have lived sustainably while resisting invaders on South Africa’s Wild Coast. The amaMpondo people embark in a David-and-Goliath court case against Shell, ultimately succeeding in halting oil and gas exploration to win ongoing protection for their ocean and culture. Watch Trailer

As Long as We Can, Kristy Guevara-Flanagan, 2024, United States, 11 minutes, English
Experience a day in the life of an Arizona reproductive health clinic trying to navigate the turbulent aftermath of the 2022 Dobbs decision. Amidst the chaos of changing regulations and national debate, the clinic struggles to stay open and serve its clients
with warmth and understanding.

El Cine es un Viaje / Cinema Is a Journey, Uli Stelzner, Pepe Orozco Recinos, 2023, Guatemala, 61 minutes, Spanish, Ixil, Quiché
A team of local human rights film festival organizers travels by bus for a month through Guatemala to screen films in remote villages. For many, it is the first time they have seen cinema on a big screen. Dozens, sometimes hundreds of attentive and eager eyes see their own reflection through unprecedented cinematic images of violence, exclusion and stagnation. Watch Trailer

The First Film, Piyush Thakur, 2023, India, 24 minutes, Hindi
In a small town in 1960s India, cinema is believed to corrupt women and young minds. Devi, a 14-year-old girl, dreams of watching a film in the theatre. Her neighbor, Mohan, is a 14-year-old boy and a cinephile. Every night, he narrates stories from his favorite films for her. One day, an unforeseen incident offers Devi an unexpected opportunity. Watch Trailer

The Flowers Stand Silently, Witnessing Theo Panagopoulos, 2024, United Kingdom, 17 minutes, English, Arabic
When a Palestinian filmmaker based in Scotland unearths a rarely seen Scottish film archive of Palestinian wildflowers, he decides to reclaim the footage. This tender film essay questions the role of image-making as a tool of both testimony and violence when connected to entanglements between people and the land. Watch Trailer

Following Harry, Susanne Rostock, 2024, United States, 90 minutes, English
Legendary artist and Civil Rights leader Harry Belafonte embarks on a deeply personal and reflective journey throughout the last twelve years of his life while inspiring the next generation of entertainers and activists to disrupt injustice and strive for impactful change. Watch Trailer

Free Leonard Peltier, Jesse Short Bull, David France, 2025, United States, 110 minutes, English
Half a century ago, the US government put Leonard Peltier in prison for murder. This year, he’s now home–but not yet pardoned, and still innocent.

I’m Your Venus, Kimberly Reed, 2024, United States, 85 minutes, English
Venus Xtravaganza emerged as a global trans icon after being featured in the groundbreaking 1991 documentary Paris Is Burning. Venus was murdered before that film’s release. I’m Your Venus picks up the story of a trail gone cold as her two families—biological and ballroom—come together to seek answers and celebrate her legacy. Watch Trailer

En Milles Pétales / In Thousand Petals, Louise Bongartz, 2024, Belgium, 10 minutes, French
A young married woman collects the sweet memories of her romance. On closer inspection, she leaves bits of herself behind. Watch Trailer

Life After, Reid Davenport, 2025, Canada, United States, 99 minutes, English
In 1983, a disabled Californian woman named Elizabeth Bouvia sought the “right to die,” igniting a national debate about autonomy, dignity and the value of disabled lives. After years of courtroom trials, Bouvia disappeared from public view. Disabled director Davenport investigates what happened to Bouvia and her story’s disturbing relevance today.

My Stolen Planet, Farahnaz Sharifi, 2024, Germany, Iran, 82 minutes, Farsi
Farah, an Iranian woman, is forced to migrate to her private planet to be free. She buys other people’s memories in the form of super 8mm films and records and archives her own to create an alternative history of Iran. Watch Trailer

Never Too Old, Patty Jen Arndt, Stash Wislocki, 2024, United States, 5 minutes, English
At one time Libby James held more running records than Flo-Jo and Usain Bolt combined, yet most likely you have never heard of her. She is considered the grandmother of women’s competitive running, despite not having started running until she was 35. Libby is proof that you can be almost famous—and still lead a fulfilling life.

Projecting Protest, Tom Clement, 2024, United States, 22 minutes, English
Activists from across the political spectrum wield unsanctioned light projection as a tool for dissent, raising new questions about free speech in the digital era. Watch Trailer

Qotzuñi: People of the Lake, Gastón Zilberman, Michael Salama, 2024, Argentina, United States, 12 minutes, Spanish, Quechua
Bolivia’s Lake Poopó has evaporated, and the Uru-Murato community faces the cultural and economic consequences of what it means to be Qotzuñis, People of the Lake. Watch Trailer

Salah Elmur: Fixing Time, Matteo Lonardi, 2024, 12 minutes, United States, Arabic, English
Salah Elmur’s dreamlike paintings, inspired by his photographic archive, reflect his struggles with censorship, violence and the inability to return to his beloved home in Sudan. Watch Trailer

Separated Errol Morris, 2024, United States, 93 minutes, English, Spanish
Merging narrative vignettes of one migrant family’s plight of familial separation with hard-hitting interviews with government officials, the film paints a jaw-dropping picture of the state-sponsored crisis of cruelty, as hundreds of families remain separated today. Watch Trailer

Simme Tutt’uno (We are all one), Alice Franchi, 2023, Italy, United Kingdom, 25 minutes, Italian
Amidst the educational and material poverty consequent to the government’s negligence, a district of Naples works to promote cultural growth and give the youth of the area the means and freedom to be authors of their future.

Songs of Slow Burning Earth, Olha Zhurba, 2024, Ukraine, Denmark, Sweden, France, 95 minutes, Ukrainian, Russian
Reflective observations of Ukraine in wartime are interwoven with eyewitness accounts to contemplate the ultimate tragedy: the normalization of war. Watch Trailer

Sotong, Zinc Chew, 2024, Malaysia, 25 minutes, Bahasa Melaysia, English
Two years after Malaysia authorities raided a Halloween party, four fierce drag queens revisit the fallout of that night as they continue to perform underground and nurture the Malaysian drag scene in all its beauty, joy, and pain.

The Story of Ne Kuko, Festus Toll, 2023, Netherlands, 25 minutes, Lingala, French, Kikongo
The story of how the power statue of Chief Ne Kuko was stolen should not be forgotten. This nkisi stands, trapped behind glass, in a European museum. The history behind this mysterious statue connects restitution activist Mwazulu Diyabanza to the
small village of Kikuku in the mountains of Boma, Democratic Republic of Congo. Watch Trailer

Tailor Made, Quan Luong, 2024, Canada, 12 minutes, English
Tam Nguyen is a refugee from Vietnam who came to Canada in the ‘80s as part of the Vietnamese “boat people.” He uses his masterful tailoring skills to craft a new life for himself and many others. Watch Trailer

Toxicily, François-Xavier Destors, Alfonso Pinto, 2023, Italy, France, 52 minutes, Italian
Sicily is home to a post-industrial wasteland where one of Europe’s largest petrochemical complexes has poisoned the land, air and people for decades. Once a promise of economic salvation, the refineries have left behind a toxic legacy. Nonetheless, residents and activists endure, resist and fight for justice in a land caught between survival and devastation. Watch Trailer

Who’s Afraid of Nathan Law?, Joe Piscatella, 2024, Hong Kong, United Kingdom, United States, 86 minutes, English Nathan Law.

A leader of Hong Kong’s Umbrella Revolution at age 21. The youngest lawmaker ever elected in Hong Kong at age 23. “Most Wanted” under the government’s National Security Law at age 26. The film is an intimate portrait of Hong Kong’s most famous dissident telling the story of what happens to freedom when an authoritarian power goes unchecked. Watch Trailer

Wild Coast Warriors, Nick Chevallier, Guido Zanghi, Leigh Wood, 2024, Spain, United Kingdom, South Africa, 55 minutes, English, Xhosa
For centuries, Indigenous people have lived sustainably while resisting invaders on South Africa’s Wild Coast. The amaMpondo people embark in a David-and-Goliath court case against Shell, ultimately succeeding in halting oil and gas exploration to win ongoing protection for their ocean and culture. Watch Trailer