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Three Chilean soccer players - wearing black out masks and red shirts - prepare for play at the Parapan American Games in 2023.

The Envisionaries

The Envisionaries is a documentary film about blind soccer players and the people who believe in them.

A masked figure in a Carnevale costume stands in front of gondolas and a dock at the edge of the island of Venice, Italy

Carnival of Masks

Carnival of Masks is a feature documentary about the people behind the magic of Venice, Italy's Carnevale - one of the world's oldest and most infamous costume cultures which has transformed the ci

Woman in a galaxy-themed dress sits in an interview set up before a documentary crew

Space, Hope, and Charity

SPACE, HOPE, & CHARITY is a powerful documentary about a young woman from rural Oregon who overcomes poverty, family dysfunction, and unspeakable tragedy as she pursues a dream of becoming an a

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The Breaking Point

Why would someone at the pinnacle of their career – with a prestigious title at a prestigious organization, with prospects for advancement and a thriving network of fellow professionals – ever want

The image contains three different pictures taking up equal space. The image on the far left has a young girl in a pink wheelchair looking at her grandmother, a white woman in a red shirt. The center image has a young boy in the arms of his mother a blond white woman, as he mouths his blanket for comfort. She is wearing a face mask with a moustache on it. The right image pictures a 5 year old girl, she is pouting and has electrodes on her face.

AFM Documentary

Pursuing the best care for her son, a single mom relocates her three boys to a hotel room two thousand miles from home; a Texas family receives the same devastating diagnosis for their active 5-yea

A still from the film shows Adelina standing alone in an open field, her head tilted upward toward the sky. Her bare shoulders and tightly crossed arms convey exposure and restraint, while her upward gaze suggests longing and a deep desire for freedom. The cold blue tones of the landscape and the distant city reinforce her emotional isolation.

A Song Without Home

After 11 years of being locked away from the outside world, Adelina, a young trans woman from a Georgian village, flees to Vienna in search of freedom.

The American Virus

The American Virus explores the systemic inequities and cultural inequalities at the heart of American society, as experienced by five groups of New Yorkers.

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100% Possible: The Battle for the World's Energy Future

"100% Possible: The Battle for the World's Energy Future" is about scientific climate solutions versus greed, a modern-day "David & Goliath" story.

100 Years From Mississippi

100 Years From Mississippi is a 60 minute documentary on the life of Mamie Lang Kirkland, a 111-year old African American woman who experienced and survived racial terrorism, segregation, bigotry a

Atop a pile of concrete rubble, there is a statue of a person holding a sign that says "Hope... Even when the creek rises..."

Come Helene or High Water

Hurricane Helene and the resulting floods and landslides devastated Western North Carolina on September 27th, 2024.

"Craft of Speed" Mooneyes Documentary

For 30 years, Shige Suganuma and Chico Kodama, two Japanese hotrodders, built Mooneyes, an iconic American speed equipment & custom accessories company, into an international brand, honoring le

Storm chaser Gabriel Cox stands in front of images of massive storms. One of them is a tornado, the other two have dark menacing supercells. The title reads, "The Storms We Carry."

The Storms We Carry

“The Storms We Carry” is a film about what happens when the storms inside of us are bigger than the ones outside of us.

Unmuted

1 in 3 women globally will experience gender based violence.

Man with a camcorder is superimposed behind a teacher in front of his grade school pupils

Interaction Cowboy

Interaction Cowboy looks at the failing education system in the US and the potential for better models of learning than the current, test-taking one.

UNAFF

UNAFF (United Nations Association Film Festival) is an international documentary film festival held in Palo Alto, East Palo Alto, San Francisco and at Stanford University each year around the UN Da

Snapshots from the Underground

Snapshots from the Underground is an immersive arts and culture documentary about the influential post-Warhol generation of artists who converged in the legendary New York City nightlife scene in the 1980s.

An image of Mount Kilimanjaro at sunset with clouds and a savanna tree in the foreground

Expedition Parkimanjaro

Expedition Parkimanjaro documents the journey of Marco Masoni, a father, educator and adventurer diagnosed with Early Onset Parkinson's Disease who tackles climbing Mount Kilimanjaro while being vi

Our Land, Our Freedom

Set in Kenya, a powerful woman, Wanjugu Kimathi’s search for her father's remains becomes an investigation into British colonial atrocities, including concentration camps and land theft that left h

The Stolen

In March of 1976, General Jorge Videla toppled Argentina’s democracy and embarked on a brutal campaign of repression.

Chasing Slim

Cinematic Treatment

A young Black man smiles with his arms spread wide in front of a blue and white mural reading "statehood."

51st State

People call Jamal Holtz the future mayor (or governor) of D.C. At 25, he is a warm, extroverted, “old soul,” passionately dedicated to establishing Washington D.C.

A 60-something-year-old woman examines baskets of apples on a table in a 14th Century church.

The Fruit Detective

In Umbria, Italy, agronomist Isabella Dalla Ragione sets out to recover her country’s lost heirloom fruits after discovering clues in Renaissance paintings that point to the few surviving trees.

Afrobeats: The Sound of a Generation

In the heart of Lagos, a new cultural wave is taking center stage.

Serious Breakdown

Serious Breakdown: Teenage Mental Health in America spans the entire US, following five high schoolers and the people around them.

A Guatemalan mother and father smile for a photo with their adolescent son between them.

Split At The Root

What began as a Guatemalan mother seeking asylum for her children in the US, and a Facebook post by a mother in Queens, coalesced into a movement as thousands of like-minded women across the US ref

A young woman examines a black and white negative on a light table.

Frames

Frames is a full-length documentary that will examine the resurgence of analog film among today's Gen-Z photographers and what their work means for the future of photography.

Tasting Heritage

"Tasting Heritage" is a coming of culture story about a Korean-American woman's savory journey to reclaim her heritage through food.

Black-and-white close-up of a gloved medical hand touching a newborn baby’s chest amid tubes and monitoring equipment in a neonatal care setting.

Fish and Babies (Don't Feel Pain)

For much of the 20th century, babies routinely underwent major surgery without adequate pain relief.

Open Gate

In Los Angeles, formerly incarcerated individuals discover purpose through jobs in film and television, and escape the cycle of reoffending.

A young couple walks along a preserved segment of the Berlin Wall in 2014

Growing Together Again

"Growing Together Again" tells the story of German unity three decades after the end of the Cold War.

Sign My Name to Freedom

Betty Reid Soskin is America’s oldest park ranger, famous for tirelessly shedding light on the forgotten history of racial segregation in California. But there’s a hidden side to Betty she rarely talks about. Back in the 1960s, Betty was a singer/songwriter with a voice like Billie Holiday and the relevance of Nina Simone, but she turned her back on a potential career in music, and her songs haven’t been heard for 40 years.