Festival Film List
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After the Storm (2016) Umi yori mo mada fukaku
A deadbeat dad is trapped with his family waiting out a typhoon. There, the fractured clan reckons with their past as they look to an uncertain future.
Apocalypse in the Tropics
Lucid, poetic, and chilling, Oscar nominee Petra Costa’s latest exposé investigates the increasing power of evangelicals in Brazilian politics.
The Ballad of Suzanne Césaire
An actress delves into the life of Suzanne Césaire, merging reality and memory to reveal the complexities of the pioneering writer and activist.
The Brink of Dreams Rafaat einy ll sama
A group of Egyptian girls form a street theater troupe as both a creative outlet and an act of defiance. But dreams eventually collide with reality.
By the Stream Suyoocheon
A retired director is hired by a local university to direct a short play in this wistful meditation on regret, connection, and the creative process.
Cabo Negro
Two young queer Moroccans seek refuge and human connection as they wait at a luxury villa for a wealthy American who is nowhere to be found.
Caught by the Tides Feng Liu Yi Dai
In a career-spanning odyssey, Jia Zhang-Ke delivers an epic look at the romantic destiny of his perennial heroine, Qiaoquio (Zhao Tao).
Dahomey
An imaginative, surreal chronicle of the return of 26 stolen artifacts from Paris to their rightful home in Benin. How should they be received?
Documentary Shorts: Near and Far
Using diverse methods of observation, animation, and essay, the filmmakers in this program showcase the flexibility of documentary form. Each zeroes in on a unique point of view, eliciting intimate first-person portraits about the broad spectrum of human experience and emotion.
Dramatic Shorts: Talk to Me
From unforgettable chance encounters to complex lifelong relationships, these powerful films from visionary auteurs explore the depth of human connections, the transcendent nature of shared language, and the ways life’s twists and turns can strengthen — or challenge — those bonds.
Ernest Cole: Lost and Found
A powerful reclamation of pioneering South African photographer Ernest Cole, whose astute, vivid portraits of racial injustice have been largely forgotten – until now.
Experimental Shorts: The Act of Seeing
The seven short films in this program radically push towards new and singular forms of expression. Through the use of archival footage, historical recreation, and dreamlike narratives, these films grapple with the past and the future of cinema — and the world.
Ghost Trail Les Fantômes
A Syrian exile in France hunts the man responsible for torturing him — and countless other political prisoners — in a tension-filled game of cat and mouse.
Grand Tour
1917. A British civil servant flees his post in Burma to avoid his fiancee. Undeterred, she embarks on a journey across Asia to find him.
Happy Holidays
A minor car accident triggers a cascading chain of events exposing lies and unspoken truths in this panoramic portrait of a patriarchal society.
It’s Not Me C'est pas moi
Iconoclastic French filmmaker Leos Carax reflects on his work, life, and filmography in this playful, personal cinematic essay.
The Kingdom Le Royaume
A teenager’s bond with her outlaw father is tested during a hot Coriscan summer in this heart-pounding coming-of-age thriller.
Life and Other Problems Livet og andre problemer
The killing of a giraffe in a Copenhagen Zoo is the launching pad for this wry, provocative essay film about life, death, biology, and human and animal consciousness.
Like Father, Like Son (2013) Soshite chichi ni naru
A couple learns that, due to a hospital mix-up years ago, they must welcome their unknown biological son — and bid farewell to the boy they’ve long loved.
Listen to the Voices Kouté vwa
Melrick, 13, summers with his grandmother in French Guiana. After discovering his family’s tragic past, he searches for ways to connect to his history.
Memoir of a Snail
In this unique stop-motion animation, a melancholy misfit recounts the tragic but beautiful tale of her life to her pet snails.
My Favourite Cake Keyke Mahboobe Man
Widowed Mahin, 70, lives alone in Tehran. Out to tea one afternoon, she’s inspired to break from her routine and revitalize her love life.
My Stolen Planet
Director Sharifi shares her own story alongside images of Iranian women, past and present, to form a vivid and collective act of resistance.
No Other Land
Palestinian activist Adra and idealistic Israeli journalist Yuval join together to chronicle the assaults on Adra’s community in this compelling portrait of resilience.
Nobody Knows (2004) Daremo shiranai
When their mother disappears, a young boy and his three siblings must figure out how to get by on their own in this at once heartfelt and heartbreaking drama.
Okie
When a famous novelist returns to his rural Illinois hometown, he receives a mixed welcome that’s equal parts admiration and resentment.
Peacock
In need of a “cultured boyfriend”? A “perfect son”? Matthias is available for rent in this incisive comedy that levels up the “rent-a” genre.
A Photographic Memory
A filmmaker pieces together a picture of her mother, a renowned Chicago-born photojournalist, attempting to close the gap between herself and the woman she never knew.
The Return of the Projectionist Le Retour du projectionniste
In rural Azerbaijan, an aging projectionist teams up with an aspiring young filmmaker to bring movies back to their small town.
Shoplifters (2018) Manbiki kazoku
A tight-knit unit of petty thieves and outsiders comes together to shelter an abandoned child, but an unforeseen incident threatens to tear apart their newfound family.
Silent Trilogy Mykkätrilogia
This playful ode to early cinema features a widower casting off his worldly possessions, moonshiners and their pig, and a space-bound lighthouse keeper.
Super Happy Forever
A heartbroken Sano returns to the seaside resort where he fell in love with his wife five years earlier in this unconventional, affecting romance.
To a Land Unknown
Stranded in Athens, displaced Palestinian cousins devise a dark scheme in order to reach Germany and start a new life.
Two to One Zwei Zu Eins
Sandra Hüller leads a stellar cast in this heist comedy about a group of East Germans who steal a fortune in soon-to-be-obsolete currency.
When the Light Breaks Ljósbrot
A group of art students reckon with a sudden, inexplicable loss over the course of a long Icelandic summer day.
Who Do I Belong To Mé el Aïn
An isolated village in northern Tunisia is beset by strange events when matriarch Aicha’s son returns from war with a mysterious pregnant bride.