Genre: Film on Film

Surreal visuals and wry humor animate a layered tale of a prop master who worries over a weapon on set and a conspiracy-minded car-crash victim.

In this animated docu-fiction hybrid, queer coyote Bouchra sets out to make a film, hoping to make sense of her mother’s struggle to accept her sexuality.

A vampire hunt, an AI-generated Vlad the Impaler, a vulgar folktale, and much more collide in this unforgettable retelling of the Dracula myth.

This inspirational story of reclamation follows a 90-year-old film pioneer on a mission to restore his images of Ghana’s journey to independence.

This playful love letter to cinema reimagines the making of Jean-Luc Godard’s Breathless in an exuberant exploration of the forces that shaped the French New Wave.

In a future society that has lost the desire to dream, a curious creature catalogues the fantasies of rebel “Fantasmers,” creating a wild cinematic tapestry.

Two sisters reunited with their estranged filmmaker father must confront their family’s complex past when he returns to direct a very personal film.

An actress playing a gender-nonconforming historical figure fights to empower their legacy in this enchanting film on filmmaking.

A whimsical and complex interrogation of “Pat,” the famously awkward, androgynous SNL character created by comedian Julia Sweeney in the early 1990s.

A filmmaker, enlisting the help of his winsome family, blends fiction and reality to create an intimate, tender monument to his late mother.