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Award Screening: The Albert Maysles Award (Best New Documentary Director)

Q In her exceptional debut feature, filmmaker Jude Chehab potently explores her mother Hiba’s devotion to an all-female, secretive religious order in Syria. With visually striking and haunting imagery, Chehab scru... read more

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Award Screening: Founders Award for Best U.S. Narrative Feature

Cypher Documenting the astronomical rise of rapper Tierra Whack, director Chris Moukarbel captures the weird and sinister side of fame. This riveting and enigmatic pseudo-documentary will have viewers questioning every... read more

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Award Screening: Best Screenplay in an International Narrative Feature

A Strange Path A young filmmaker returns to his hometown and attempts to reconnect with his father as the pandemic rapidly accelerates across Brazil. However, their relationship proves to be more complicated with increa... read more

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Award Screening: Best Screenplay in a U.S. Narrative Feature

Smoking Tigers Set in early-2000s SoCal, Smoking Tigers follows a Korean American girl as she navigates derision and growing tensions while balancing the duality of her low-income family and wealthy, elite high... read more

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Award Screening: Best Performance in an International Narrative Feature

A Strange Path A young filmmaker returns to his hometown and attempts to reconnect with his father as the pandemic rapidly accelerates across Brazil. However, their relationship proves to be more complicated with increa... read more

Archived Festival Film

Award Screening: Best Performance in a U.S. Narrative Feature

Smoking Tigers Set in early-2000s SoCal, Smoking Tigers follows a Korean American girl as she navigates derision and growing tensions while balancing the duality of her low-income family and wealthy, elite high... read more

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Award Screening: Best New Narrative Director Award

One Night with Adela After her night shift ends, Adela goes on a drug-fueled, violent rampage of furious revenge on those who ruined her in this remarkably paced, audacious debut. read more

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Award Screening: Best International Narrative Feature

A Strange Path A young filmmaker returns to his hometown and attempts to reconnect with his father as the pandemic rapidly accelerates across Brazil. However, their relationship proves to be more complicated with increa... read more

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Award Screening: Best Editing in a Documentary Feature

The Gullspång Miracle In Maria Fredriksson’s stranger-than-fiction documentary, two pious sisters buy an apartment after having witnessed a divine sign — only to realize that the seller of the apartmen... read more

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Award Screening: Best Documentary Feature

Between the Rains Between the Rains is a coming-of-age documentary following a young member of a formerly nomadic northern Kenyan tribe as it deals with the environmental and psychological effects of climate ch... read more

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Award Screening: Best Cinematography in an International Narrative Feature

A Strange Path A young filmmaker returns to his hometown and attempts to reconnect with his father as the pandemic rapidly accelerates across Brazil. However, their relationship proves to be more complicated with increa... read more

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Award Screening: Best Cinematography in a U.S. Narrative Feature

The Graduates After a tragedy, a group of friends faces an unsettling senior year. Feelings of loss, anger, fear, and aimlessness abound in the community at the center of director Hannah Peterson's debut feature film. read more

Archived Festival Film

Award Screening: Best Cinematography in a Documentary Feature

Between the Rains Between the Rains is a coming-of-age documentary following a young member of a formerly nomadic northern Kenyan tribe as it deals with the environmental and psychological effects of climate ch... read more

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Award Screening: Audience Award - Narrative Second Place

Lost Soulz Sol (Sauve Sidle) is an aspiring young rapper living with his best friend Wesley (Siyanda Stillwell), whose family has embraced him as a brother. After a raucous night causes... read more

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Directors Series – Adam McKay with Eric Kohn

Academy Award-winning writer/director/producer Adam McKay made his name in the comedy world as head writer for SNL and later co-wrote and directed films such as Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy, Step Brothers, The Big ... read more

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Award Screening: The Albert Maysles Award (Best New Documentary Director)

Award winner: Katrina Babies. Katrina Babies is a first-person account of the short-term and long-term devastation wrought by Hurricane Katrina, as told by young people who were between the ages of 3 and 19 whe... read more

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Award Screening: Founders Award for Best U.S. Narrative Feature

Award winner: Good Girl Jane. Eager to fit in at her new school and at odds with her divorced parents, lonely high schooler Jane spirals out of control after falling in with a new crowd, and becoming smitten with a dang... read more

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Award Screening: Best Screenplay in an International Narrative Feature

Award winner: The Visitor. In the atmospheric and visually-compelling drama The Visitor, an ex-convict returns home in search of a new life and a chance to reconnect with his estranged young daughter, only to b... read more

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Award Screening: Best Screenplay in a U.S. Narrative Feature

Award winner: Allswell. Three Nuyorican sisters navigate the daunting life-challenges of single motherhood, career and family, all while finding humor and solace within the bonds of sisterhood in this absorbing dramedy.... read more

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Award Screening: Best New Narrative Director Award

Award winner: Huesera. Valeria has long dreamed about becoming a mother. After learning that she’s pregnant, she expects to feel happy, yet something’s off. Nightmarish visions and an unshakeable paranoia have her quest... read more

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Award Screening: Best International Narrative Feature

Award winner: January. An aspiring filmmaker tries to search for who he is against the backdrop of Latvian independence in this dark but dreamy coming-of-age story. read more

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Award Screening: Best Editing in a Documentary Feature

Award winner: The Cave of Adullam. Living by the mantra 'it's easier to raise boys than to repair broken men', martial arts sensei Jason Wilson tenderly guides his often-troubled young Detroit students ... read more

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Award Screening: Best Documentary Feature

Award winner: The Cave of Adullam. Living by the mantra 'it's easier to raise boys than to repair broken men', martial arts sensei Jason Wilson tenderly guides his often-troubled young Detroit students ... read more

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Award Screening: Best Cinematography in an International Narrative Feature

Award winner: We Might As Well Be Dead. The disappearance of a dog and the sudden isolation of a security guard’s daughter start a bizarre chain of events in an apartment complex obsessed with keeping up appearanc... read more

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Award Screening: Best Cinematography in a U.S. Narrative Feature

Award winner: Next Exit. In a world where ghosts are real and front-page news, a controversial new medical procedure allows people to peacefully kill themselves. In the midst of this breakthrough, two strangers ( read more