The Anderson Monarchs is about a nationally competitive African-American girls soccer club competing, living, and thriving in an at-risk urban neighborhood in Philadelphia. Nominated in 2008 by Sports Illustrated as "Sports Team" of the year, they were also hailed as "the future of American Soccer" in the London newspaper, The Guardian. The Anderson Monarchs, like their namesake Marian Anderson, are making history. Their remarkable story brings them to a place they only ever imagined in their dreams.

Director/Producer: Eugene Martin
Producers: Daniel M. Kalai, Daniel O'Meara, Ed Givnish
Philly Soccer Doc, LLC
76 min. USA
Website/Trailer

NEW YORK SHOWTIMES

• FRI 8/17 4:25 pm, 9:50 pm
• SAT 8/18 1:15 pm, 7:55 pm
• SUN 8/19 12:00 pm, 6:20 pm
• MON 8/20 2:40 pm, 9:50 pm
• TUE 8/21 4:25 pm, 9:55 pm
• WED 8/22 1:15 pm, 7:55 pm
• THU 8/23 12:00 pm, 6:20 pm

LOS ANGELES SHOWTIMES

• FRI 8/24 3:10 pm, 9:10 pm
• SAT 8/25 1:30 pm, 7:00 pm
• SUN 8/26 12:05 pm, 5:00 pm
• MON 8/27 1:30 pm, 7:00 pm
• TUE 8/28 12:05 pm, 5:00 pm
• WED 8/29 3:10 pm, 9:10 pm
• THU 8/30 12:05 pm, 5:00 pm

When ancient writings of Sanskrit and Tibetan texts vanish during the political turmoil of the 1950s and 1960s, the history of a whole society is in danger of disappearing. Digital Dharma chronicles the 50-year journey of E. Gene Smith, a Mormon from Utah, the unlikely leader of an effort to rescue, preserve, and share 20,000 volumes of ancient Tibetan text; an epic of one man's mission that became the catalyst for an international movement to provide free access to the story of a people.

Director/Producer/Writer: Dafna Yachin
Writers: Timothy Gates, Arthur Fischman
Executive Producer: Dafna Yachin, Bill Harris (Consulting EP)
Lunchbox Communications
82 min. India/USA/Nepal/China
Website/Trailer | Filmmaker Interview

NEW YORK SHOWTIMES

• FRI 8/17 3:40 pm, 9:55 pm
• SAT 8/18 12:05 pm, 5:25 pm
• SUN 8/19 1:50 pm, 7:40 pm
• MON 8/20 3:40 pm, 9:55 pm
• TUE 8/21 12:05 pm, 5:25 pm
• WED 8/22 1:50 pm, 7:40 pm
• THU 8/23 3:40 pm, 9:55 pm

LOS ANGELES SHOWTIMES

• FRI 8/10 12:00 pm, 7:50 pm
• SAT 8/11 1:15 pm, 9:45 pm
• SUN 8/12 12:00 pm, 4:25 pm
• MON 8/13 12:00 pm, 7:50 pm
• TUE 8/14 1:15 pm, 9:45 pm
• WED 8/15 12:00 pm, 4:25 pm
• THU 8/16 12:00 pm, 7:50 pm

Garden in the Sea is a documentary about art, landscape, and environment. Over a period of four years, the director followed Spanish artist Cristina Iglesias to the Mexican Sea of Cortez where she was commissioned to create an underwater sculpture that gradually would help enhance marine life. Expanding the form of a classic portrait, the film talks not only about the role of art but also about human passion, experiences, and longings and makes the stunning beauty of our world tangible inviting us to care for it.

Director/Writer: Thomas Riedelsheimer
Producer: Manuel Arango
Executive Producer: Rodolfo Ogarrio
Mexican Foundation for Environmental Education
69 min. Mexico
Website/Trailer

NEW YORK SHOWTIMES

• FRI 8/17 1:45 pm, 6:15 pm
• SAT 8/18 2:50 pm, 9:50 pm
• SUN 8/19 1:35 pm, 8:15 pm
• MON 8/20 12:00 pm, 4:15 pm
• TUE 8/21 1:45 pm, 6:15 pm
• WED 8/22 2:50 pm, 9:55 pm
• THU 8/23 1:35 pm, 8:15 pm

LOS ANGELES SHOWTIMES

• FRI 8/10 1:45 pm, 6:05 pm
• SAT 8/11 3:00 pm, 7:50 pm
• SUN 8/12 3:00 pm, 9:50 pm
• MON 8/13 1:45 pm, 6:05 pm
• TUE 8/14 3:00 pm, 7:50 pm
• WED 8/15 3:00 pm, 9:50 pm
• THU 8/16 1:45 pm, 6:05 pm

Take your best day...and your darkest moment...and multiply by a million. Of Two Minds, from the creative team behind Wordplay, I.O.U.S.A., Superheroes, and These Amazing Shadows, explores the extraordinary lives, struggles, and successes of a few of the over five million Americans living with bipolar disorder. Of Two Minds puts a human face on bipolar, providing an intimate, painful, and painfully funny look at those who live in its shadows...our parents and children, our friends and lovers...and ourselves.

Directors/Writers: Doug Blush, Lisa Klein
Producers: Kristin Chambers, Lisa Klein
Executive Producers: Christine O'Malley, John Loll, Jane Bierke-Loll
MadPix, Inc.
89 min. USA
Website/Trailer | Filmmaker Interview

NEW YORK SHOWTIMES

• FRI 8/17 12:05 pm, 5:25 pm
• SAT 8/18 1:50 pm, 7:35 pm
• SUN 8/19 3:35 pm, 9:50 pm
• MON 8/20 12:05 pm, 5:25 pm
• TUE 8/21 1:50 pm, 7:35 pm
• WED 8/22 3:35 pm, 9:50 pm
• THU 8/23 12:05 pm, 5:25 pm

LOS ANGELES SHOWTIMES

• FRI 8/24 3:30 pm, 7:30 pm
• SAT 8/25 5:10 pm, 9:45 pm
• SUN 8/26 3:30 pm, 7:30 pm
• MON 8/27 3:25 pm, 9:50 pm
• TUE 8/28 5:10 pm, 9:45 pm
• WED 8/29 3:30 pm, 7:30 pm
• THU 8/30 5:10 pm, 9:45 pm

Djeferson, Bárbara, Rayana, and Platini live in a drug controlled slum of Rio de Janeiro. Their families are struggling, their homes are physically unstable, and everyone they know has dropped out of school. When a big-top circus tent suddenly appears in a nearby parking lot, they decide to take a chance. They learn trapeze, acrobatics, juggling, and contortion, and then audition for the end-of-year show, rehearse, and prepare for the curtains to part on opening night. Along the way, Without A Net explores the connections between risk, desire, poverty, and circus and celebrates the perseverance and resilience of youth in the face of tremendous odds.

Director/Producer/Writer: Kelly J. Richardson
Producer: John Antonelli
Live Wired Productions
60 min. USA/Brazil
Website/Trailer

NEW YORK SHOWTIMES

• FRI 8/17 3:10 pm, 8:10 pm
• SAT 8/18 12:00 pm, 6:20 pm
• SUN 8/19 3:00 pm, 9:55 pm
• MON 8/20 1:25 pm, 6:00 pm
• TUE 8/21 3:10 pm, 8:10 pm
• WED 8/22 12:00 pm, 6:20 pm
• THU 8/23 3:00 pm, 9:50 pm

LOS ANGELES SHOWTIMES

• FRI 8/10 3:10 pm, 9:55 pm
• SAT 8/11 12:00 pm, 4:25 pm
• SUN 8/12 1:45 pm, 8:00 pm
• MON 8/13 3:10 pm, 9:55 pm
• TUE 8/14 12:00 pm, 4:25 pm
• WED 8/15 1:45 pm, 8:00 pm
• THU 8/16 3:10 pm, 9:55 pm

Every time 22-year-old Heba Afify heads out to cover the historical events shaping her country's future, her mother is compelled to remind her, "I know you are a journalist, but you're still a girl!" Defying cultural norms and family expectations, Heba takes to the streets to report on an Egypt in turmoil, using tweets, texts, and Facebook posts. Her coming of age, political awakening, and the disillusionment that follows mirrors that of a nation seeking the freedom to shape its own destiny, dignity, and democracy.

Director/Producer: Mai Iskander
Executive Producers: Tiffany Schauer, Steve Cohen
Co-Executive Producer: Wynne Comer
Iskander Films
71 min. USA/Egypt
Website/Trailer | Filmmaker Interview

NEW YORK SHOWTIMES

• FRI 8/17 1:55 pm, 7:45 pm
• SAT 8/18 3:40 pm, 9:55 pm
• SUN 8/19 12:05 pm, 5:25 pm
• MON 8/20 1:55 pm, 7:45 pm
• TUE 8/21 3:40 pm, 9:50 pm
• WED 8/22 12:05 pm, 5:25 pm
• THU 8/23 1:55 pm, 7:45 pm

LOS ANGELES SHOWTIMES

• FRI 8/24 1:40 pm, 7:10 pm
• SAT 8/25 12:05 pm, 5:00 pm
• SUN 8/26 3:35 pm, 9:25 pm
• MON 8/27 12:05 pm, 5:00 pm
• TUE 8/28 3:35 pm, 9:25 pm
• WED 8/29 1:40 pm, 7:10 pm
• THU 8/30 3:35 pm, 9:25 pm

In the fall of 2009, Lindsay Ellis, a 25-year-old graduate student, made the decision to terminate her first and only pregnancy, finding the decision much more difficult than she anticipated. In this film, she attempts to humanize the experience by exploring both her own and others' by asking, is there even such a thing as the "right" choice?

Director/Writer/Executive Producer: Lindsay Ellis
Producers: Kaveh Taherian, Clarinda Morales
University of Southern California
27 min. USA


NEW YORK SHOWTIMES

• FRI 8/17 12:00 pm
• SAT 8/18 4:15 pm
• SUN 8/19 4:15 pm
• MON 8/20 7:35 pm
• TUE 8/21 12:00 pm
• WED 8/22 4:15 pm
• THU 8/23 4:15 pm

Eight Rwandan children leave their families behind to embark on a life-or-death journey seeking high-risk heart surgery in Sudan. Their hearts ravaged by a treatable disease from childhood strep throat, they have only months left to live. Open Heart reveals the intertwined endeavors of Dr. Emmanuel, Rwanda's lone government cardiologist fighting to save the lives of his young patients, and Dr. Gino, the Salam Center's head surgeon, who is fighting to save his hospital, Africa's only link to life-saving free cardiac surgery for the millions who need it.

Director/Producer/Writer: Kief Davidson
Producer: Cori Stern
Executive Producers: Geralyn Dreyfous, Rick Rosenthal, Damon Lindelof, Heidi Lindelof, Sean Mewshaw, Desi Van Til, Eric Dobkin, Barbara Dobkin, Nancy Stephens, Cara Mertes
Sundance Institute, in association with Skoll Stories of Change
39 min. USA/Republic of Rwanda/Republic of the Sudan
Website/Trailer | Filmmaker Interview

NEW YORK SHOWTIMES

• FRI 8/17 12:00 pm
• SAT 8/18 4:15 pm
• SUN 8/19 4:15 pm
• MON 8/20 7:35 pm
• TUE 8/21 12:00 pm
• WED 8/22 4:15 pm
• THU 8/23 4:15 pm

Ashrita Furman holds the official record for the most Guinness World Records by one individual, including marks for "Largest Hula Hoop," "Most Apples Sliced in Mid-Air with a Samurai Sword", and "Longest Distance Bicycling Underwater." A health food store owner and devotee of meditation, Furman travels the world creating new categories for record achievement. We meet Furman, a singularly driven character, and his merry band of compatriots (including Champ the dog) as he's about to attempt to climb Machu Picchu on stilts.

Director/Writer: Brian McGinn
Producer/Executive Producer: Mette Heide
Plus Pictures
25 min. Denmark/USA
Website/Trailer

NEW YORK SHOWTIMES

• FRI 8/17 12:00 pm
• SAT 8/18 4:15 pm
• SUN 8/19 4:15 pm
• MON 8/20 7:35 pm
• TUE 8/21 12:00 pm
• WED 8/22 4:15 pm
• THU 8/23 4:15 pm