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April 22, 2026

The Son and the Sea

Looking to escape their self-destructive daily routines in London, best mates Jonah and Lee take a trip to the Northeast coast of Scotland. Settling into small-town life, they make fast friends with Charlie, a deaf man visiting his twin brother and looking for fun. Together the three young men wh...

April 22, 2026

Bike Vessel

After undergoing a quadruple bypass operation, Donnie Seals, Sr. decides to completely overhaul his life and takes up cycling. He convinces his son (the film’s director Eric Seals) to join him, and together the duo embark on an epic ride from St. Louis to Chicago. This stirring documentary inspir...

April 22, 2026

Alberta Number One

An eccentric documentary crew treks across the vast roadways of Alberta, Canada to document monuments, museums, and other roadside curios. Armed with only a loose idea of the project’s final form, the wayward director struggles to manage a slew of messy personal entanglements and rivalries embroi...

April 22, 2026

The Three Urns

After years living abroad, Mr. O’Connor (Ciarán Hinds, Belfast) sets out on a pilgrimage to his former home in Ireland to fulfill the wishes of his recently passed wife. Aboard various and unusual transports, Mr. O’Connor finds himself on a roundabout journey marked by serendipitous encounters wi...

April 22, 2026

The Raftsmen

1973. Inspired by a charismatic explorer, twelve men set sail from Ecuador aboard three handmade rafts. Destination? Australia. Battling raging storms, hunger pangs, and persistent doldrums, the ramshackle crew dreams of reaching the Land Down Under. Revealing interviews and beautifully restored ...

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