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As her childhood turns into motherhood, teenage troublemaker Gemma comes of age in her fading Scottish steel town. But in a place where “you either get knocked up or locked up,” innocent games can easily turn into serious crime.

Award Screening: Best Editing, Documentary Competition: Bobbi Jene In her moving and cinematic documentary, Elvira Lind follows American dancer Bobbi Jene Smith as she makes the decision of a lifetime. Bobbi returns to the U.S., leaving behind a l...

Like surprises? Buy a ticket in advance to this Awards screening, which will be selected by the World Documentary Competition jury. Or buy an awards pass for access to all awards screenings here. The Best Editing, Documentary goes to Palio. Ta...

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 with a beautifully effective blend of compas...

Using two decades of intimate home video, 17 Blocks tells the story of the Sanford family, whose struggles with addiction and gun violence eventually lead to a journey of love, loss, and acceptance.

In the Kenyan bush, a crackdown on ivory poaching forces a silver-tongued second-generation poacher to seek out an unlikely ally in this fly-on-the-wall look at both sides of the conservation divide.

The award for Best Editing, World Documentary Competition goes to Contemporary Color, edited by Bill Ross. In the summer of 2015, legendary musician David Byrne staged an unprecedented event at Brooklyn's Barclays Center to celebrate the art of co...

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.

In 1994 Seoul, quiet eighth-grader Eunhee (Ji-hu Park) spends her time consumed by love and friendship, shoplifting, and karaoke. But it’s in her new teacher that Eunhee finds the unlikely connection that she has been desperately seeking in this t...

The award for Best International Narrative Feature goes to Junction 48, directed by Udi Aloni.Set against a backdrop of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Junction 48 charts the musical ambitions of Kareem, an aspiring rapper from the town of Lod. ...

Though caught between the mob and border patrol, washed-up musician Yiannis must put his plans to leave Cyprus on hold when his beloved dog escapes across the wall to the island's Turkish side.

Award Screening: Best International Narrative Feature: Son of Sofia Set during the 2004 Summer Olympic Games, 11-year-old Misha is travelling from Russia to live with his mother in Athens in the home of an elderly Greek man she works for. When he ...

Like surprises? Buy a ticket in advance to this Awards screening, which will be selected by the Best New Documentary Feature jury. Or buy an awards pass for access to all awards screenings here. The Best New Documentary Director goes to Uncertain....

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 questioning what she wants, and ...

Propelled by a need for cash to impress a crush, 14-year-old Mexican farmhand Lalo (Eduardo Banda) finds himself dangerously in over his head after entering into the country’s underworld of illegal gasoline extraction.

Traumatized by the death of his wife, a Hasidic cantor obsesses over how her body will decay. He seeks answers from a local biology professor in this, the unlikeliest of buddy comedies.

The award for Best New Narrative Director goes to Children of the Mountain directed by Priscilla Anany.When a young woman gives birth to a deformed and sickly child, she becomes the victim of cruelty and superstition in her Ghanaian community. Dis...

Award Screening: Best New Narrative Director: Keep the Change In a support group, David—a smooth talker struggling to hide his disability—meets a woman with similar learning challenges, and they quickly forge an intimate bond. Starring a cast of n...

Like surprises? Buy a ticket in advance to this Awards screening, which will be selected by the Best New Narrative Feature jury. Or buy an awards pass for access to all awards screenings here. The Best New Narrative Director goes to Men Go To Batt...

Award winner: Woman on the Roof. One morning a 60-year-old midwife does something extremely unexpected, which breaks her family and life apart. Inspired by a true story, this is a complex character portrayal told with outstanding cinematic realism.