{"id":777441,"date":"2026-05-06T14:28:19","date_gmt":"2026-05-06T14:28:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/777441\/"},"modified":"2026-05-06T14:28:19","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T14:28:19","slug":"dc-dox-announces-full-lineup-for-festivals-4th-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/777441\/","title":{"rendered":"DC\/DOX Announces Full Lineup For Festival’s 4th Edition"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tEXCLUSIVE:<\/strong> DC\/DOX<\/a> announced the full lineup for its upcoming 4th edition today, highlighted by the world premieres of Rory Kennedy<\/a>\u2019s documentary Freefall: A Reckoning for Boeing and Marilyn Ness<\/a>\u2019s The Endless Frontier.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe prestigious nonfiction film festival in the nation\u2019s capital, running June 11-14, will unveil nine world premieres in total, plus three North American premieres, and five U.S. premieres. Scroll for the complete DC\/DOX slate.<\/p>\n

\n\tKennedy\u2019s film is the follow up to her 2022 documentary Downfall: The Case Against Boeing<\/a>, a damning expose of the aerospace giant and its deeply troubled launch of the 737 MAX aircraft. That film, released by Netflix, earned a nomination for Outstanding Achievement in Broadcast Film at the Cinema Eye Honors and a Writers Guild of America nomination for Best Documentary Screenplay, recognizing the work of Mark Bailey and Keven McAlester.<\/p>\n

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\t\t\t\t\t\u2018Freefall: A Reckoning for Boeing\u2019<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCourtesy of Maxwell Archives<\/p>\n

\n\tFreefall: A Reckoning for Boeing also will air on Netflix. Kennedy\u2019s recent documentary Queen of Chess<\/a>, about Judit Polg\u00e1r who is considered the greatest women\u2019s chess player ever, likewise premiered on Netflix. Kennedy was nominated for an Oscar for her 2015 documentary Last Days in Vietnam and won a Primetime Emmy Award for the 2007 film Ghosts of Abu Ghraib.<\/p>\n

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\t\t\t\t\t\u2018The Endless Frontier\u2019<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCourtesy of DC\/DOX<\/p>\n

\n\tThe Endless Frontier, the latest from two-time Emmy winner Ness, is described as \u201can urgent portrait of three scientists confronting some of the most pressing challenges of our time, revealing the growing threat to the American research ecosystem\u2014and what is at stake if it begins to falter.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tNess\u2019s 2018 documentary Charm City<\/a> was shortlisted for the Academy Awards.<\/p>\n

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\t\t\t\t\t\u2018Amazomania\u2019<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCourtesy CPH:DOX<\/p>\n

\n\tSeven short documentaries will hold their world premieres at DC\/DOX: The Custodian; Final Press; Notes on Courtwatch; Plumped; Sheesh, A Taylor Love Story, and Toss A Rose Over. Amazomania, the feature documentary directed by Nathan Grossman that holds its North American premiere at DC\/DOX, examines an expedition in 1996 to contact a remote Indigenous tribe in the Amazon rainforest of Brazil, a problematic undertaking that raised moral and ethical questions about agency and ownership of footage of the tribe that was shot without the Indigenous group\u2019s informed consent.<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\"\u2018The<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\u2018The Salisbury Poisonings: A Spy Next Door\u2019<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tPassion Pictures\/CNN Films\/Propagate Content<\/p>\n

\n\tThe Salisbury Poisonings: A Spy Next Door<\/a>, also holding its North American premiere at DC\/DOX, looks at a notorious incident in the UK in 2018 when former Russian intelligence officer Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia collapsed on a park bench in the historic cathedral city of Salisbury, near Stonehenge. An investigation revealed they had been poisoned with Novichok, a nerve agent developed by Russia \u2014 casting suspicion on the Kremlin as the culprit.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe festival will also present a special mini-retrospective celebrating the work of the late Frederick Wiseman, featuring three of his classics: Hospital, Juvenile Court, and Welfare.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cOnce again, the DC\/DOX lineup reminds us of the singular power of documentary film to bring people together in pursuit of deeper understanding,\u201d noted DC\/DOX co-founder and festival director Sky Sitney. \u201cAt a moment when the world can feel overwhelming and divided, these films offer space to reflect, connect, and engage with the urgent questions shaping our lives. This year\u2019s slate is as expansive as it is deeply personal \u2014 stories of courage, creativity, resilience, and truth that remind us of both the challenges we face and the humanity we share. We\u2019re honored to bring filmmakers and audiences together in Washington, DC to experience these stories in community.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tAs Deadline previously reported<\/a>, the festival\u2019s Signature Screenings include the Opening Night film Give Me The Ball! on June 11, the Closing Night screening of Earth, Wind & Fire (To Be Celestial Vs That\u2019s The Weight Of The World) on June 13, Centerpiece film Sara Bareilles: Good Grief on June 12 which will be attended by film subject and Grammy-winning singer-songwriter Sara Bareilles, and the Spotlight screening of The Lorraine on June 14.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cThis year\u2019s slate has an incredible range of films, with truly something for everyone\u201d DC\/DOX co-founder Jamie Shor said in a statement. \u201cWith such a diverse lineup, we invite our audiences to trust us and step out of their comfort zones, and we are certain they\u2019ll find a film they love that maybe they might not have expected.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tDC\/DOX 2026 PROGRAM<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n\tSignature Screenings<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n

\n\tOpening Night Screening: Thursday, June 11<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n\tGIVE ME THE BALL!: <\/strong>DIRS Liz Garbus and Elizabeth Wolff. PRODS Liz Garbus, Elizabeth Wolff, Dominic Crossley-Holland, Dan Cogan, Chris James, and Gentry Kirby. USA.<\/p>\n

\n\tThis intimate portrait of tennis legend and trailblazer Billie Jean King reveals the personal toll behind the immense sacrifices she made to transform her sport\u2014and the world.<\/p>\n

\n\tCourtesy of ESPN Films<\/p>\n

\n\tCenterpiece Screening: Friday, June 12<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n\tSARA BAREILLES: GOOD GRIEF: <\/strong>DIR Josh Alexander. PRODS Daniel J. Chalfen and Josh Alexander. USA.<\/p>\n

\n\tGrammy-winning singer-songwriter Sara Bareilles returns to the recording studio with close friends for the first time in seven years in this raw, cinematic portrait of her creative process\u2014one that becomes a profoundly personal and ultimately hopeful reflection on recent loss and grief and the power of music to heal.<\/p>\n

\n\tClosing Night Screening: Saturday, June 13<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n\tEARTH, WIND & FIRE (TO BE CELESTIAL vs THAT\u2019S THE WEIGHT OF THE WORLD): <\/strong>DIR Ahmir \u201cQuestlove\u201d Thompson. PRODS Dave Sirulnick, Samantha Grogin, KB White, Arron Saxe, and Ahmir \u201cQuestlove\u201d Thompson. USA.<\/p>\n

\n\tFew bands are as influential or enduring as Earth, Wind & Fire. They displayed Black joy and excellence to the world. They imbued their music with metaphysical positivity to uplift consciousness and empower everyone to be their best. In this captivating portrait, Academy Award-winning director Ahmir \u201cQuestlove\u201d Thompson honors and explores the most beloved band we know the least about.<\/p>\n

\n\tCourtesy of HBO.<\/p>\n

\n\tSpotlight Screening: Sunday, June 14<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n\tTHE LORRAINE: <\/strong>DIR Sam Pollard. PRODS Dan Braun, Joe Wemple, and Ben Braun. USA.<\/p>\n

\n\tRenowned documentarian Sam Pollard tells the astonishing and inspiring story of the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee\u2014the site of the assassination of Reverend Martin Luther King Jr.\u2014and of its remarkable owners, Walter and Loree Bailey.<\/p>\n

\n\tFeatures<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n

\n\tAANIKOOBIJIGAN [ANCESTOR\/GREAT-GRANDPARENT\/GREAT-GRANDCHILD]: <\/strong>DIRS Adam Khalil and Zack Khalil. PRODS Steve Holmgren, Adam Khalil, Zack Khalil, Grace Remington, and Jacque Clark. USA.<\/p>\n

\n\tTrapped in museum archives, Ancestors bend time and space to find their way home. History, spirituality, and the law collide as tribal repatriation specialists fight to return and rebury Indigenous human remains, revealing the still-pervasive worldviews that justified their collection in the first place.<\/p>\n

\n\tADAM\u2019S APPLE: <\/strong>DIR Amy Jenkins. PRODS Brit Fryer and Amy Jenkins. USA.<\/p>\n

\n\tA transgender teen and his mother chronicle their lives, weaving an intimate portrait of a family in transition. Two decades of footage trace a boy\u2019s path to manhood and his parents\u2019 vulnerability as they reckon with change.<\/p>\n

\n\tAI: PROBABLY NOTHING TO WORRY ABOUT: <\/strong>DIR Nick Holt. PRODS David Glover, Mark Raphael, David Dugan, and Zara Powell. United Kingdom.<\/p>\n

\n\tAs artificial intelligence accelerates a new technological arms race, the scientist whose breakthrough made it possible begins to question what he has unleashed. AI: PROBABLY NOTHING TO WORRY ABOUT is a gripping look at the race to build thinking machines \u2014 and the growing fear that they may outpace us all.<\/p>\n

\n\tAMAZING LIVE SEA MONKEYS: <\/strong>DIRS Mark Becker and Aaron Schock. PRODS Mark Becker and Aaron Schock. USA.<\/p>\n

\n\tFrom her crumbling estate on the Potomac River, Yolanda Signorelli battles to wrest control of her late husband Harold\u2019s iconic toy, AMAZING LIVE SEA-MONKEYS!, from the corporate men she insists stole it from her \u2014 and to rescue it from the stain of her husband\u2019s dark legacy.<\/p>\n

\n\tAMAZOMANIA: <\/strong>DIR Nathan Grossman. Sweden, Denmark, France.<\/p>\n

\n\tWhen the footage from a celebrated 1996 first-contact expedition in the Amazon resurfaces decades later, a triumphant story of discovery unravels into a reckoning with colonialism, documentary ethics, and the lasting impact on the Korubo people.<\/p>\n

\n\tNorth American Premiere.<\/p>\n

\n\tAMERICAN DOCTOR: <\/strong>DIR Poh Si Teng. PRODS Poh Si Teng, Kirstine Barfod, and Reem Haddad. USA, Palestine State, Malaysia, Denmark, Qatar.<\/p>\n

\n\tWhen three American doctors\u2014Palestinian, Jewish, and Zoroastrian\u2014enter Gaza to save lives, they find themselves caught between medicine and politics, risking everything to expose the truth.<\/p>\n

\n\tAMERICAN PACHUCO: THE LEGEND OF LUIS VALDEZ: <\/strong>DIR David Alvarado. PRODS David Alvarado, Lauren DeFilippo, Everett Katigbak, and Amanda Pollak. USA.<\/p>\n

\n\tAgainst political resistance and industry skepticism, Luis Valdez pushes Chicano storytelling from the fields to the film screen with Zoot Suit and La Bamba, crafting iconic works that challenge, celebrate, and expand America\u2019s story.<\/p>\n

\n\tBABY\/GIRLS: <\/strong>DIRS Jackie Jesko and Alyse Walsh. PRODS Melissa Leardi, Alex Waterfield, and Kelly Rohrbach Walton. USA.<\/p>\n

\n\tSet in post-Dobbs Arkansas, BABY\/GIRLS follows three teens living in a Christian maternity home as they navigate pregnancy and early motherhood\u2014an intimate, unfiltered look at girlhood and motherhood colliding in the American South.<\/p>\n

\n\tBARBARA FOREVER: <\/strong>DIR Brydie O\u2019Connor. PRODS Elijah Stevens, Brydie O\u2019Connor, and Claire Edelman. USA.<\/p>\n

\n\tA dreamlike portrait of the life, work, and legacy of a pioneering feminist experimental filmmaker whose work helped shape early lesbian cinema. Tracing her prolific canon alongside rarely seen documentation of her life and body, the film reveals her unconventional attempts to live on\u2014most notably through the extensive archiving of her films.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n\tTHE BEND IN THE RIVER: <\/strong>DIR Robb Moss. PRODS Lisa Remington and Kristin Feeley. USA.<\/p>\n

\n\tFollowing a group of friends for nearly fifty years, THE BEND IN THE RIVER explores the inexorable flow of aging and the unfinished project of living.<\/p>\n

\n\tBIRDS OF WAR: <\/strong>DIRS Janay Boulos and Abd Alkader Habak. PROD Sonja Henrici. United Kingdom.<\/p>\n

\n\tFrom besieged Aleppo to the confines of a London newsroom, Lebanese journalist Janay Boulos and Syrian activist\/cameraman Abd Alkader Habak retrace their love story through a vast personal archive spanning 13 years of revolution, war, and exile. Can their love survive distance, danger, and difference?<\/p>\n

\n\tBLACK ZOMBIE: <\/strong>DIR Maya Annik Bedward. PRODS Kate Fraser and Hannah Donegan. Canada.<\/p>\n

\n\tFrom the flickering screens of Hollywood horror to the haunted cane fields of colonial Haiti, BLACK ZOMBIE unearths the buried origins of the zombie, reclaiming it as a symbol of survival and spiritual resistance.<\/p>\n

\n\tBUCKS HARBOR: <\/strong>DIR Pete Muller. PRODS Nathan Golon, Noel Paul, and Pete Muller. USA.<\/p>\n

\n\tIn Downeast Maine, boys are shaped by brutal winters, the harvesting of the ocean\u2019s bounty, and the rigid codes of their fathers. BUCKS HARBOR explores what it means to grow up in a community where a man\u2019s worth is measured by the strength of his back.<\/p>\n

\n\tA CHILD OF MY OWN: <\/strong>DIR Maite Alberdi. PRODS Sandra God\u00ednez, Carla Gonz\u00e1lez Vargas, Maximiliano Sanguine. Mexico.<\/p>\n

\n\tAlejandra\u2019s profound desire to become a mother\u2014and the heartbreak and pressure that engulf her after multiple miscarriages\u2014drive her to fake a pregnancy, unleashing a media scandal and a moral reckoning.<\/p>\n

\n\tCourtesy of Netflix.<\/p>\n

\n\tCLOSURE: <\/strong>DIR Micha\u019a Marczak. PRODS Monika Braid, Micha\u0142 Marczak, R\u00e9mi Grellety, Katarzyna Szczerba, and Karolina Marczak. Poland, France.<\/p>\n

\n\tAfter his teenage son goes missing, Daniel combs the depths of the Vistula River day and night, caught in a grueling, endless routine and torn between the dread of a fatal leap and the fragile hope that his son may still be alive.<\/p>\n

\n\tCOOKIE QUEENS: <\/strong>DIR Alysa Nahmias. PRODS Gregory Kershaw, Michael Dweck, Alysa Nahmias, and Jennifer Sims. USA.<\/p>\n

\n\tIt\u2019s Girl Scout Cookie season, and four tenacious girls strive to become top-selling \u201cCookie Queens,\u201d navigating an $800 million business where innocence and ambition collide.<\/p>\n

\n\tTHE CYCLE OF LOVE: <\/strong>DIR Orlando von Einsiedel. PRODS Harri Grace, Chloe Leland, Karl von Schedvin, and Emelie von Schedvin. United Kingdom, Sweden.<\/p>\n

\n\tAn epic true-life journey of self-discovery, tracing the romantic odyssey of PK Mahanandia, a Delhi street artist who bicycled 6,000 miles across continents in 1977 to reunite with the woman he loved\u2014risking everything for belief, connection, and what the heart demands.<\/p>\n

\n\tDAUGHTERS OF THE FOREST: <\/strong>DIR Otilia Portillo Padua. PRODS Paula Arroio, Elena Fortes, and Otilia Portillo Padua. Mexico.<\/p>\n

\n\tDeep in Mexico\u2019s forests, two Indigenous mycologists seek to reconcile the past and present while reimagining the future for themselves and a changing world.<\/p>\n

\n\tDO YOU LOVE ME: <\/strong>DIR Lana Daher. PRODS Films de Force Majeure and My Little Films. Lebanon, France, Qatar, Germany.<\/p>\n

\n\tAn exhilarating journey through 70 years of images and sounds from Lebanon, exploring Beirut\u2019s collective psyche\u2014marked by beauty, trauma, joy, and forgetting.<\/p>\n

\n\tEARTH TO MICHAEL: <\/strong>DIRS Nico L\u00f3pez-Alegr\u00eda and ZZ. PRODS ZZ, Steffie van Rhee, Dustin Nakao-Haider, and Nico L\u00f3pez-Alegr\u00eda. USA.<\/p>\n

\n\tBefore an astronaut leaves Earth to usher in a new era of spaceflight, his son asks him to confront the unresolved space between them\u2014revisiting a past shaped by distance in the hope of a more connected future.<\/p>\n

\n\tTHE ENDLESS FRONTIER: <\/strong>DIR Marilyn Ness. PRODS Beth Westrate and Ted Richane. USA.<\/p>\n

\n\tAn urgent portrait of three scientists confronting some of the most pressing challenges of our time, revealing the growing threat to the American research ecosystem\u2014and what is at stake if it begins to falter.<\/p>\n

\n\tWorld Premiere.<\/p>\n

\n\tEVERY CONTACT LEAVES A TRACE: <\/strong>DIR Lynne Sachs. USA.<\/p>\n

\n\tIn the digital era, when real-life connections are increasingly rare, even fleeting encounters can leave a lasting trace. Over a lifetime, filmmaker Lynne Sachs has collected business cards\u2014mementos of brief exchanges with strangers\u2014and selects seven to uncover why these moments have lingered so vividly in her memory.<\/p>\n

\n\tFIRST THEY CAME FOR MY COLLEGE: <\/strong>DIR Patrick Bresnan. PRODS Holly Herrick, Harry W. Hanbury, Patrick X. Bresnan, and Zackary Drucker. USA.<\/p>\n

\n\tWhen Florida Governor Ron DeSantis stages a coup at New College, students and professors confront a new reality: their campus becomes ground zero in an unprecedented nationwide assault on academic freedom and diversity.<\/p>\n

\n\tFREEFALL: A RECKONING FOR BOEING:<\/strong> DIR Rory Kennedy. PRODS Rory Kennedy, Mark Bailey, Viva Van Loock, Sara Bernstein, Justin Wilkes, and Alexandra Korba. USA.<\/p>\n

\n\tFollowing the highly publicized death of Boeing whistleblower John Barnett, Rory Kennedy\u2019s FREEFALL: A RECKONING FOR BOEING continues the investigation into the once-iconic aviation giant, uncovering startling new revelations and insider accounts in the wake of a deepening corporate crisis.<\/p>\n

\n\tWorld Premiere.<\/p>\n

\n\tCourtesy of Netflix.<\/p>\n

\n\tTHE GREAT EXPERIMENT: <\/strong>DIRS Stephen Maing and Eric Daniel Metzgar. PRODS Stephen Maing, Eric Daniel Metzgar, and Farihah Zaman. USA.<\/p>\n

\n\tAn epic poem in documentary form\u2014a mirror held to an American nation at war with itself, asking not who is right, but whether the experiment can survive.<\/p>\n

\n\tHARVEST: <\/strong>DIRS Natalie Baszile and Hyacinth Parker. PROD Trevite Willis. USA.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe Nelson brothers are on a mission to become the largest farmers in the U.S., but after two years of poor harvests, a new season brings as much opportunity as uncertainty. Farming more land than ever before, the brothers must work together to navigate the mounting pressures of climate change, equipment failures, and family tensions.<\/p>\n

\n\tHELL\u2019S ARMY: <\/strong>DIR Richard Rowley. PRODS Richard Rowley, Richard Butler, Atanas Georgiev, and Caitlin McNally. Norway, United Kingdom, USA.<\/p>\n

\n\tA dissident Russian journalist faces death threats and the murder of her colleagues as she races across the globe to unmask one of the world\u2019s most feared mercenary armies.<\/p>\n

\n\tUS Premiere.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n\tJARIPEO: <\/strong>DIRS Efra\u00edn Mojica and Rebecca Zweig. PROD Sarah Strunin. Mexico, USA, France.<\/p>\n

\n\tIn Michoac\u00e1n\u2019s hypermasculine rodeos, what begins as a celebration of tradition descends into a subconscious terrain of memory, queer desire, and longing\u2014a reckoning with the wounds and beauty of a home left behind.<\/p>\n

\n\tJOYBUBBLES: <\/strong>DIR Rachael J. Morrison. PRODS Sarah Winshall, Will Butler, and Annie Marr. USA.<\/p>\n

\n\tA boy discovers he can control the global telephone system by whistling a magic tone. Born blind and yearning for connection, his obsession sparks a subculture that helps shape the future of hacking and technology.<\/p>\n

\n\tKIDS LIKE ME: <\/strong>DIRS Cynthia Lowen and Jon Cohrs. PRODS Cynthia Lowen and Jon Cohrs. USA.<\/p>\n

\n\tMeet Oliver, a 12-year-old murder-mystery buff with a boundless imagination who is growing up with a rare genetic condition. Together with his family, he helps reframe what it means to live with disability as they embark on an imaginative adventure to create a murder-mystery caper.<\/p>\n

\n\tTHE LAKE: <\/strong>DIR Abby Ellis. PROD Fletcher Keyes. USA.<\/p>\n

\n\tAn environmental nuclear bomb looms in Utah. Two intrepid scientists and a political insider race against the clock to save their home from unprecedented catastrophe.<\/p>\n

\n\tLANDSCAPES OF MEMORY: <\/strong>DIR Leah Galant. PRODS Elijah Stevens and Leah Galant. USA.<\/p>\n

\n\tAs she journeys through Germany, Leah Galant confronts family trauma and the legacy of Holocaust memory, weaving together the lives of a survivor\u2019s descendant, a Nazi-descendant historian, exiled Palestinian artists, and her father\u2019s ALS to examine the uses and abuses of memory culture.<\/p>\n

\n\tTHE LAST CRITIC: <\/strong>DIR Matty Wishnow. PRODS Joe Levy, Paul Lovelace, and Ben Wu. USA.<\/p>\n

\n\tRobert Christgau, the \u201cDean of American Rock Critics,\u201d whose work has inspired and infuriated readers for sixty years, is still at it in his eighties\u2014grading records, interrogating commas, and listening to nearly everything (except metal and prog).<\/p>\n

\n\tTHE LAST FIRST: WINTER K2: <\/strong>DIR Amir Bar-Lev. USA.<\/p>\n

\n\tA complex, harrowing, and deeply moving portrait of the evolving world of extreme mountain climbing, following a 2021 expedition in which Icelandic mountaineer John Snorri Sigurj\u00f3nsson and Pakistani father-son team Ali and Sajid Sadpara attempt the first winter summit of K2, when the mountain is at its most unforgiving.<\/p>\n

\n\tCourtesy of Apple Original Films.<\/p>\n

\n\tLOS LOBOS NATIVE SONS<\/strong>: DIRS Doug Blush and Piero F. Giunti. PRODS Rafael Agust\u00edn, Doug Blush, Robert Corsini, Piero F. Giunti, Patricia Harris DiLeva, and Flavio Morales. USA.<\/p>\n

\n\tDrawing on rare archival material and intimate access, LOS LOBOS NATIVE SONS chronicles the extraordinary 50-year journey of Los Lobos, revealing the music, roots, and legacy of one of America\u2019s most enduring bands.<\/p>\n

\n\tLOVE APPTUALLY: <\/strong>DIR Shalini Kantayya. PROD Elizabeth Woodward. USA, Australia.<\/p>\n

\n\tFollowing a French journalist\u2019s journey from an early fascination with Tinder to an investigation of the deeper truths embedded in its algorithm, LOVE APPTUALLY explores how a multibillion-dollar tech industry is quietly reshaping desire, intimacy, and the most fundamental of human pursuits: love.<\/p>\n

\n\tUS Premiere.<\/p>\n

\n\tMAKING THEIR POINTE: <\/strong>DIR Kamilah Thurmon. USA.<\/p>\n

\n\tDuring segregation, African American ballet teachers in Washington, D.C. opened doors for children in underserved communities to enter and excel in the world of classical ballet, creating a legacy that continues across generations.<\/p>\n

\n\tScreening as part of DC\/FRAME.<\/p>\n

\n\tMISS REPRESENTATION: RISE UP: <\/strong>DIR Jennifer Siebel Newsom. PRODS Camille Servan-Schreiber, Gretchen Miller, and Jennifer Siebel Newsom. USA.<\/p>\n

\n\tIn this timely follow-up to the lauded MISS REPRESENTATION, Jennifer Siebel Newsom\u2019s RISE UP explores the ongoing cultural backlash against women\u2019s mental health, agency, and political power, revealing how technology amplifies sexism and misogyny.<\/p>\n

\n\tNEWPORT & THE GREAT FOLK DREAM: <\/strong>DIR Robert Gordon. PRODS Joe Lauro, Robert Gordon, and Laura Jean Hocking. USA.<\/p>\n

\n\tThrough performances at the Newport Folk Festival from 1963 to 1966, NEWPORT & THE GREAT FOLK DREAM captures a generation finding its voice through the revival of American folk traditions and protest song.<\/p>\n

\n\tTHE OLDEST PERSON IN THE WORLD: <\/strong>DIR Sam Green. PRODS Alison Byrne Fields and Josh Penn. USA.<\/p>\n

\n\tA decade-long global odyssey chronicles the ever-shifting record holders of the title, evolving into a poignant meditation on time, chance, and the experience of being alive.<\/p>\n

\n\tONE IN A MILLION: <\/strong>DIRS Itab Azzam and Jack MacInnes. PRODS Itab Azzam, Jack MacInnes, Will Anderson, James Bluemel, Andrew Palmer, and Raney Aronson-Rath. USA, United Kingdom.<\/p>\n

\n\tFilmed over ten years, one girl\u2019s epic journey unfolds from Syria to Germany and back again as she navigates war, exile, and heartbreak, illuminating the complexities of the refugee experience.<\/p>\n

\n\tCourtesy of PBS Distribution.<\/p>\n

\n\tPHENOMENA: <\/strong>DIR Josef Gatti. PRODS Rob Innes, Jessica Harrop, Caitlin Mae Burke, Jad Abumrad, and Josef Gatti. Australia.<\/p>\n

\n\tA psychedelic odyssey into the fabric of the universe, where immersive practical experiments yield striking, otherworldly imagery that unfolds into a hypnotic audiovisual experience of awe and human connection to the natural world.<\/p>\n

\n\tTHE SALISBURY POISONINGS: A SPY NEXT DOOR: <\/strong>DIR Dan Vernon. PROD Alex Brisland. United Kingdom, USA.<\/p>\n

\n\tA botched assassination in a small English city contaminated by a chemical weapon unfolds into one of the most extraordinary true spy stories of the modern era\u2014a portrait of loyalty and betrayal with urgent relevance today.<\/p>\n

\n\tNorth American Premiere.<\/p>\n

\n\tCourtesy of CNN Films.<\/p>\n

\n\tTHE SANDBOX: <\/strong>DIR Kenya-Jade Pinto. PROD Shasha Nakhai. Canada.<\/p>\n

\n\tThrough meditative, cinematic landscapes, THE SANDBOX explores global borders where surveillance and AI shape who lives and who dies. From the Arizona desert to the Mediterranean Sea, suffering is clinically managed while control is packaged as security. If there is no opting out, who is The Sandbox really protecting?<\/p>\n

\n\tUS Premiere.<\/p>\n

\n\tSCHOOL FOR DEFECTORS: <\/strong>DIR Jeremy Workman. PROD Sona Jo. USA.<\/p>\n

\n\tIn an industrial area of Busan, South Korea, the tiny Jangdaehyun School serves just 20 students\u2014all North Korean defectors\u2014offering a joyful story of youth, inspiration, and our shared humanity.<\/p>\n

\n\tSEIZED: <\/strong>DIR Sharon Liese. PRODS Sharon Liese, Sasha Alpert, and Paul Matyasovsky. USA.<\/p>\n

\n\tWhen the small town of Marion, Kansas, is thrust into the international spotlight after a police raid on the Marion County Record and the death of its 98-year-old co-owner, a fierce debate ignites over abuse of power, journalistic ethics, the future of local journalism, and the United States Constitution.<\/p>\n

\n\tTHE SIEGE OF PARADISE: <\/strong>DIR Gar O\u2019Rourke. Ireland, Switzerland.<\/p>\n

\n\tEvery summer, nearly four million tourists\u2014TikTokers, Instagrammers, and selfie-seekers among them\u2014descend on Cinque Terre and its 3,000 residents. THE SIEGE OF PARADISE follows one chaotic season in a sharply funny and surprisingly tender portrait of paradise under pressure.<\/p>\n

\n\tSOUL PATROL: <\/strong>DIR J.M. Harper. PRODS Sam Bisbee, J.M. Harper, Danielle Massie, Nasir Jones, and Peter Bittenbender. USA.<\/p>\n

\n\tFrom deep behind enemy lines, a hidden chapter of American military history emerges, prompting the question of whether reckoning with the past can bring peace to those who lived it. The Vietnam War\u2019s first Black special operations team reunites to tell their story.<\/p>\n

\n\tSTEALING MAGIC: <\/strong>DIR Matthew Testa. PRODS Ethan Smith, Melanie Miller, Diane Becker, and Randy Pitchford. USA.<\/p>\n

\n\tMagician Andi Gladwin becomes an unlikely citizen detective, joining a team of illusionists to track down internet pirates who steal their secrets and resell them online.<\/p>\n

\n\tSUPER NATURE: <\/strong>DIR Ed Sayers. PRODS Rebecca Wolff, Ed Sayers, and Beth Allan. United Kingdom.<\/p>\n

\n\tA global love letter to nature, filmed entirely on Super 8, invites us into a spellbinding journey of togetherness with our fellow dwellers on Earth\u2014human and nonhuman\u2014as people embrace beauty, abundance, and loss.<\/p>\n

\n\tUS Premiere.<\/p>\n

\n\tTHEYDREAM: <\/strong>DIR William D. Caballero. PRODS William D. Caballero, Brad Jones, Erin Ploss-Campoamor, and Elaine Del Valle. USA.<\/p>\n

\n\tAfter 20 years of chronicling his Puerto Rican family, a director and his mother face devastating losses. Through tears and laughter, they craft animations that bring their loved ones back to life, discovering that every act of creation is also an act of letting go.<\/p>\n

\n\tTIME AND WATER: <\/strong>DIR Sara Dosa. PRODS Shane Boris, Elijah Stevens, Jameka Autry, and Sara Dosa. USA, Iceland.<\/p>\n

\n\tFacing the loss of his country\u2019s glaciers and the impending death of his beloved grandparents, Icelandic writer Andri Sn\u00e6r Magnason turns his archives into a time capsule to hold what is slipping away\u2014family, memory, time, and water.<\/p>\n

\n\tCourtesy of National Geographic Documentary Films.<\/p>\n

\n\tTIME WARP: <\/strong>DIR Allison Berg. USA.<\/p>\n

\n\tFifty years after THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW electrified the world, a fearless dreamer sets out to bring its message of personal expression and sexual freedom to a small town in Wyoming.<\/p>\n

\n\tTO HOLD A MOUNTAIN: <\/strong>DIRS Biljana Tutorov and Petar Glomazi\u0107. PRODS Biljana Tutorov, Petar Glomazi\u0107, Quentin Laurent, and Rok Bi\u010dek. Serbia, France, Montenegro, Slovenia.<\/p>\n

\n\tIn the highlands of Montenegro, a shepherd mother and daughter defend their ancestral land from becoming a NATO military training ground, stirring memories of past violence.<\/p>\n

\n\tTRUE NORTH: <\/strong>DIR Mich\u00e8le Stephenson. PROD Leslie Norville. USA, Canada.<\/p>\n

\n\tA riveting portrait of 1960s Montr\u00e9al, where luminous archival footage and firsthand accounts bring a city in upheaval to life, revealing a defining moment in the global movement for Black liberation.<\/p>\n

\n\tTWO MOUNTAINS WEIGHING DOWN MY CHEST: <\/strong>DIR Viv Li. PRODS Daniela Dietrich, Erik Winker, and Olivia Sophie van Leeuwen. Germany.<\/p>\n

\n\tA Chinese misfit ricochets between Berlin\u2019s alternative scene and Beijing\u2019s family expectations, transforming cultural whiplash into an offbeat search for identity and belonging.<\/p>\n

\n\tWHEN A WITNESS RECANTS: <\/strong>DIR Dawn Porter. PRODS Dawn Porter, Jennifer Oko, and Miriam Weintraub. USA.<\/p>\n

\n\tIn 1983, author Ta-Nehisi Coates recalls learning that a 14-year-old boy was murdered in the corridor of his Baltimore middle school. Revisiting the case as an adult, he uncovers the truth about three teenagers who were wrongfully convicted and sentenced to life. After 36 years in prison, false testimony is revealed to have led to their imprisonment. WHEN A WITNESS RECANTS explores the lasting impact of the case on the community, the wrongfully accused, and the young witnesses pressured to testify against them.<\/p>\n

\n\tCourtesy of HBO Documentary Films.<\/p>\n

\n\tWHO KILLED ALEX ODEH?: <\/strong>DIRS Jason Osder and William Lafi Youmans. PRODS Dawne Langford, Daniel J. Chalfen, Jason Osder, and William Lafi Youmans. USA.<\/p>\n

\n\tIn 1985, the assassination of Palestinian American leader Alex Odeh remains unsolved. Reopening the case as a gripping cold-case investigation, the film follows new leads as the search for accountability intensifies.<\/p>\n

\n\tTHE WHOLE WORLD IS A LIE: <\/strong>DIR Charlie Birns. PRODS Charlie Birns. USA.<\/p>\n

\n\tA New York method acting class unravels when its students and teacher revolt against the filmmaker, forcing him into a reckoning with truth, trauma, and power in an age when reality itself feels like performance.<\/p>\n

\n\tYO (LOVE IS A REBELLIOUS BIRD): <\/strong>DIRS Anna Fitch and Banker White. PRODS Anna Fitch, Banker White, Sara Dosa, and Hannah Roodman. USA.<\/p>\n

\n\tAfter losing her friend Yo, Anna spends a decade obsessively building a detailed one-third-scale replica of her house \u2014 just large enough to crawl inside \u2014 where a puppet version of Yo still lives.<\/p>\n

\n\tShorts<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n

\n\t9,192,631,770 HZ: <\/strong>DIR Todd Chandler. PRODS Heidi Fleisher, Mike Paterson, and Nora Wilkinson. USA.<\/p>\n

\n\tIn conversation with his young son, a filmmaker reflects on time \u2014 our attempts to control it, and the ways it shapes human experience.<\/p>\n

\n\tAND AGAIN I DREAM: <\/strong>DIRS Catherine Gund and Mariah Norman. PROD Catherine Gund. USA.<\/p>\n

\n\tAs Ivy Young nears the end of her life, her lifelong friend Catherine and her young prot\u00e9g\u00e9 Mariah come together to preserve the story of a beloved journalist and organizer whose legacy bridges queer generations through memory, activism, and love.<\/p>\n

\n\tAT THE STAGE WHEN: <\/strong>DIR Hao Zhou. PRODS Tyler Hill and Hao Zhou. USA, China.<\/p>\n

\n\tIn a Chinese megacity, a young laborer navigates her marriage to a well-off man and finds herself bound to an unintended future.<\/p>\n

\n\tTHE BADDEST SPEECHWRITER OF ALL: <\/strong>DIRS Ben Proudfoot and Stephen Curry. PRODS Stephen Curry, Erick Peyton, and Ben Proudfoot. USA.<\/p>\n

\n\tNow 95, Martin Luther King Jr.\u2019s lawyer and speechwriter reflects on the personal cost and surprising truths of making history, offering an intimate insider\u2019s view of the Civil Rights Movement.<\/p>\n

\n\tCourtesy of Netflix.<\/p>\n

\n\tBIG BASS: <\/strong>DIR Drew Dickler. PRODS Nikki F. Heyman, Jennie Kamin, and David Sherwin. USA.<\/p>\n

\n\tDrew returns to 1997 to revisit a dreamlike second-grade memory shaped by her emerging queer identity, a legendary P.E. teacher, and a mysterious giant plastic fish.<\/p>\n

\n\tTHE BOYS AND THE BEES: <\/strong>DIR Arielle Knight. PROD Arielle Knight. USA.<\/p>\n

\n\tOn an idyllic farm in rural Georgia, young parents share their understanding of life, love, and nature with their sons, teaching them the art of beekeeping.<\/p>\n

\n\tCourtesy of POV.<\/p>\n

\n\tBUCKSKIN: <\/strong>DIR Mars Verrone. PROD Mars Verrone. USA.<\/p>\n

\n\tAn experimental portrait of the filmmaker\u2019s grandfather: Carroll B. Williams Jr., a ground-breaking African-American forester, reflecting on his work and legacy in the twilight of his life.<\/p>\n

\n\tCHILAPA GIRL: <\/strong>DIR Juana Lotero L\u00f3pez. PRODS Daniel S\u00e1nchez and Juana Lotero L\u00f3pez. Colombia.<\/p>\n

\n\tYulieth, on the cusp of adolescence, faces the difficulties of growing up in a wild territory where natural beauty coexists with the hostility of machismo. Her emerging identity is caught between the pull of her dreams and the realities of her world.<\/p>\n

\n\tCHOCOLATE: A MOTION POETRY HOMAGE TO BLACK D.C.: <\/strong>DIR Eliamani Ismail. PROD Gyzelle Garcia. USA.<\/p>\n

\n\tIn the nation\u2019s fastest-gentrifying city, Black DC refuses quiet erasure.<\/p>\n

\n\tScreening as part of DC\/FRAME.<\/p>\n

\n\tTHE CUSTODIAN: <\/strong>DIR\u00a0 Khaula Malik. PRODS Amber Hsu, Colleen Thurston, and Khaula Malik. USA.<\/p>\n

\n\tAfter more than five decades collecting rare and vintage memorabilia dating back to 1932, Samu Qureshi, a devoted Washington Commanders superfan, believes he is finally ready to part with his collection \u2014 hoping to sell it to team ownership and help establish a museum and hall of fame.<\/p>\n

\n\tWorld Premiere.<\/p>\n

\n\tTHE DARK KNOT AT THE CENTER: <\/strong>DIR In\u00eas Pedrosa e Melo. PRODS Andr\u00e9 Guiomar, Carlos Carneiro, and Lu\u00eds Costa. Portugal, USA.<\/p>\n

\n\tWomen travel hundreds of miles for abortion care, recounting the barriers they face and the lasting toll of a system that forces them to the margins.<\/p>\n

\n\tA DERAILMENT: <\/strong>DIR Nathan Truesdell. PRODS Kat Nguyen and Will Lennon. USA.<\/p>\n

\n\tAt 8:55 PM on February 3, 2023, a freight train carrying hazardous materials derailed in East Palestine, Ohio.<\/p>\n

\n\tDIVISION: <\/strong>DIR James Paul Dallas. PRODS James Paul Dallas and Eryc Perez de Tagle. USA.<\/p>\n

\n\tSpring, 2025. Brooklyn, New York. One chapter closes and another begins.<\/p>\n

\n\tENDLINGS: <\/strong>DIR Mar\u00eda Luisa Santos. PROD Carlo Nasisse. USA, Costa Rica.<\/p>\n

\n\tAmid the planet\u2019s first human-driven mass extinction, a filmmaker moves through churches, ancient DNA labs, and spectral archives in search of what remains\u2014and what can never be recovered.<\/p>\n

\n\tFILME-COPACABANA: <\/strong>DIR Sofia Le\u00e3o. PRODS Laura Neiva, Leonardo Martinelli, Rafael Lopes Cesar, and Sofia Le\u00e3o. Brazil.<\/p>\n

\n\tFrom a chair on a Rio sidewalk, a woman observes the passing choreography of Copacabana. Workers, tourists, dogs, and daily street life come together through playful montage to create a vibrant portrait of the neighborhood.<\/p>\n

\n\tUS Premiere.<\/p>\n

\n\tFINAL PRESS: <\/strong>DIR John Haley. USA.<\/p>\n

\n\tWorkers at The Minnesota Star Tribune complete the last printing run at the newspaper\u2019s Heritage Center, ending 150 years of printing the paper in Minnesota.<\/p>\n

\n\tWorld Premiere.<\/p>\n

\n\tFLETCHER STREET: <\/strong>DIR Jannat Gargi and David Darg. PROD Jannat Gargi. USA.<\/p>\n

\n\tIn North Philadelphia, the Fletcher Street Urban Riding Club offers a vital safe haven for at-risk youth. Their joy and sense of freedom as they ride horses majestically through the streets of their neighborhood is as affirming as the trust, discipline, and emotional resilience they build through their close bonds with the horses.<\/p>\n

\n\tGATORVILLE: <\/strong>DIR Freddie Gluck. PRODS Chloe Campion, Freddie Gluck, and Matteo Moretti. USA.<\/p>\n

\n\tIn Colorado\u2019s forgotten valley, two siblings face alligators and the ache of leaving youth behind.<\/p>\n

\n\tGHOST LANDS: <\/strong>DIR Zachary Garmoe. USA.<\/p>\n

\n\tFollowing the marshes and forests of the Delmarva Peninsula in the footsteps of Harriet Tubman, GHOST LANDS explores how the natural landscapes that shaped her life continue to hold the memory of freedom, resistance, and our shared past.<\/p>\n

\n\tTHE GRANDFATHER PUZZLE: <\/strong>DIR Ora DeKornfeld. PRODS Zs\u00f3fia Paczolay, M\u00e1t\u00e9 Artur Vincze, and No\u00e9mi Veronika Szakonyi. USA.<\/p>\n

\n\tWhen a puzzle-obsessed grandfather refuses to discuss his past, his granddaughter travels to photograph the Hungarian castle where he grew up and turn it into a puzzle. What begins as a simple mission becomes a darkly comic exploration of displacement, memory, and the meaning of home.<\/p>\n

\n\tGRAZING ON IMAGES: <\/strong>DIR Mark Street. USA.<\/p>\n

\n\tA diaristic journey shot on 35mm still film and Super 8 travels, tracing a life shaped by the rhapsodic beauty of everyday images.<\/p>\n

\n\tWorld Premiere.<\/p>\n

\n\tTHE HOTLINE: <\/strong>DIRS Ricki Stern and Jesse Sweet. PROD Ricki Stern. USA.<\/p>\n

\n\tA haunting, meditative portrait of opioid users connected through an anonymous phone line, THE HOTLINE reveals a fragile tether between life and death.<\/p>\n

\n\tI WANTED TO HEAR YOUR VOICE: <\/strong>DIR James Pellerito. PROD David Barba. USA.<\/p>\n

\n\tAfter eight years caring for his mother with severe dementia, a son navigates the challenges of their daily routine.<\/p>\n

\n\tJACOB KAINEN: THE LAST EXPRESSION: <\/strong>DIR Mark Covino. PROD Jon Gann. USA.<\/p>\n

\n\tFrom tenement kid to towering figure in Washington, DC\u2019s art world, JACOB KAINEN: THE LAST EXPRESSION traces Jacob Kainen\u2019s seven-decade journey through American art as a story of creative defiance.<\/p>\n

\n\tScreening as part of DC\/FRAME.<\/p>\n

\n\tJOURNEY(S): ADDIS TO DC: <\/strong>DIR Saaret E. Yoseph. PROD Saaret E. Yoseph. USA, Ethiopia.<\/p>\n

\n\tA narrative journey between two distant sister cities, JOURNEY(S): ADDIS TO DC traces the lives of Ethiopian women in America and Black women across the diaspora, weaving together memory, migration, and the search for home.<\/p>\n

\n\tScreening as part of DC\/FRAME.<\/p>\n

\n\tKITE: <\/strong>DIR Thanos Psichogios. PROD Thanos Psichogios. Greece.<\/p>\n

\n\tOn Clean Monday, the first day of Lent in Greece, Panos, now grown, returns to a childhood ritual of flying a kite with his father. But memories are never simple.<\/p>\n

\n\tKOKI, CIAO: <\/strong>DIR Quenton Miller. Netherlands.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe autobiography of Koki, the parrot of Marshal Tito, who led Yugoslavia for 35 years.<\/p>\n

\n\tLA MAR: <\/strong>DIR Jean Chapiro. PROD Jean Chapiro. Mexico.<\/p>\n

\n\tAs the ocean swallows her fishing village on Mexico\u2019s Gulf Coast, one woman leads the effort to relocate her community while struggling to let go of the sea that shaped her life.<\/p>\n

\n\tLISTEN: <\/strong>DIR Taliesin Black-Brown. PRODS Taliesin Black-Brown, Sam Davis, and Greg Moga. USA.<\/p>\n

\n\tAs his mother slips away into dementia, an Alaskan sound recordist listens for what remains.<\/p>\n

\n\tNOTES ON COURTWATCH: <\/strong>DIR Kate Levy. USA.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cCourtwatchers\u201d attend immigration court to bear witness and support asylum seekers facing the risk of ICE detention at their hearings.<\/p>\n

\n\tWorld Premiere.<\/p>\n

\n\tOH WHALE: <\/strong>DIR Winslow Crane-Murdoch. PRODS Luke Terrell, Cecilia Brown, and Rachel Gardell. USA.<\/p>\n

\n\tOne man. One Whale. Twenty cases of dynamite.<\/p>\n

\n\tPEDRO TOM\u00c1S EXPLAINS THE WORLD: <\/strong>DIR Kornelijus Stu\u010dkus. PRODS Liliana D\u00edaz Castillo, Marc Vila Bosch, and Paulina Martinez. Spain.<\/p>\n

\n\tOn the volcanic island of La Palma lives Pedro Tom\u00e1s, a man who explores the world through his unique vision.<\/p>\n

\n\tPLANT LIFE: <\/strong>DIRS Brett Marty and Joshua Izenberg. PRODS. USA.<\/p>\n

\n\tAt a pivotal moment in her life and career, Joanne Chory races to complete her most audacious experiment yet: re-engineering crops to draw down CO\u2082 at planetary scale. As her Parkinson\u2019s advances and carbon levels surge, PLANT LIFE captures a scientific race against time that may determine both her legacy \u2014 and our collective future.<\/p>\n

\n\tPLUMPED: <\/strong>DIRS Nora DeLigter and Faye Tsakas. PRODS. USA.<\/p>\n

\n\tInspired by GAP-TOOTHED WOMEN by Les Blank, women speak candidly about their experiences with lip filler, exploring beauty, identity, and the pressures of self-image.<\/p>\n

\n\tWorld Premiere.<\/p>\n

\n\tCourtesy of Rolling Stone.<\/p>\n

\n\tA QUIET STORM: <\/strong>DIR Benjamin Nicolas. PROD Rumi Tominaga. Canada, Japan.<\/p>\n

\n\tIn suburban Tokyo, a fourteen-year-old krump prodigy channels his unspoken rage into dance while his single mother quietly raises him and his sister, who lives with a disability. In a culture that demands silence and conformity, her endurance becomes the loudest act of love, and his body becomes the only language left.<\/p>\n

\n\tROOM OF THE ABSOLUTE: <\/strong>DIRS Natalie Shirinian and Elizabeth Baudouin. PRODS Natalie Shirinian, Elizabeth Baudouin, and Alla Hurenko. USA.<\/p>\n

\n\tUkrainian painter Alla Hurenko (known as Pazza Pennello) captures an intimate, diaristic portrait of life under war through her iPhone, where art becomes a powerful act of resilience and self-preservation.<\/p>\n

\n\tTHE SECOND LIFE OF FREDDIE NOLE: <\/strong>DIR Dana Nachman. PRODS Chelsea Matter and Dana Nachman. USA.<\/p>\n

\n\tWhen Freddie Nole drives to meet a man walking out of prison, he is not just offering a ride, but hope, dignity, and a path to lasting freedom. As this v\u00e9rit\u00e9 road trip unfolds, the remarkable story behind Freddie\u2019s mission comes into focus: a staggering mistake that cost him 50 years of freedom and ultimately brought him back to the prison gates.<\/p>\n

\n\tSCENES FROM THE DIVIDE: <\/strong>DIR\u00a0 Alison Klayman. PRODS Alison Klayman and Courtney Powell. USA.<\/p>\n

\n\tSet against the contentious mayoral campaign of Zohran Mamdani, SCENES FROM THE DIVIDE follows one daughter and her parents, alongside other New Yorkers, as divisions over Palestine expose deeper fractures within Jewish communal life. Through intimate family and community conversations, the film reveals a struggle over identity, history, and belonging.<\/p>\n

\n\tSEA SONG: <\/strong>DIR An-Phuong Ly. USA.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe last remaining South Vietnamese naval officers reunite one final time with the few people who understand the forces that have shaped their lives.<\/p>\n

\n\tSHEESH, A TAYLOR LOVE STORY: <\/strong>DIR Ramona Diaz. PROD Diane Quon. USA.<\/p>\n

\n\tIn a country where drag is both art and survival, Taylor Sheesh transforms Taylor Swift fandom into a movement of joy, belonging, self-expression, and empowerment \u2014 revealing the power of queer performance to help people feel seen, beautiful, and free in a region still fighting for equality.<\/p>\n

\n\tWorld Premiere.<\/p>\n

\n\tSTALIN BOYS: <\/strong>DIRS Ora DeKornfeld and Bianca Giaever. USA.<\/p>\n

\n\tFour middle school boys in a Texas border town develop an unexpected obsession: Joseph Stalin.<\/p>\n

\n\tSTILL STANDING: <\/strong>DIR Victor Tadashi Suarez and Livia Albeck-Ripka. PRODS Livia Albeck-Ripka and Victor Tadashi Suarez. USA.<\/p>\n

\n\tAfter the 2025 Los Angeles wildfires leave thousands of homes contaminated with toxic ash, residents face an impossible choice: protect their health or return home.<\/p>\n

\n\tSUDAKAS: <\/strong>DIR Ricardo Betancourt. PRODS Lorraine Caffery. Venezuela.<\/p>\n

\n\tA former Venezuelan diplomat now working as a housekeeper in the same city where she once served confronts the realities of immigration, labor, and reinvention.<\/p>\n

\n\tTOSS A ROSE OVER: <\/strong>DIR Janelle VanderKelen. USA.<\/p>\n

\n\tA travelogue from the vantage point of the plants of the Grand Canyon.<\/p>\n

\n\tWorld Premiere.<\/p>\n

\n\tTHE TUNERS: <\/strong>DIR Pawel Piotr Chorzepa. Poland.<\/p>\n

\n\tIn the shadows of the world\u2019s most prestigious piano competition, a group of expert tuners spend a month striving to achieve perfect pitch\u2014hoping that the eventual champion will perform on their instrument.<\/p>\n

\n\tNorth American Premiere.<\/p>\n

\n\tWATER COOLER: <\/strong>DIR Emma V.F.. USA.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe Trump administration has transformed immigration courts into deportation traps. As ICE agents wait outside courtrooms to make arrests, their banal conversations stand in stark contrast to the gravity of their actions.<\/p>\n

\n\tWEIRDO: <\/strong>DIR Amy Oden. PROD Amy Oden. USA.<\/p>\n

\n\tIn the summer before she starts high school, Bronwyn discusses what it\u2019s like to feel weird in two very different towns.<\/p>\n

\n\tWHEN THE REVOLUTION DOESN\u2019T COME: <\/strong>DIR Aurora Brachman. PROD LaTajh Simmons-Weaver. USA, United Kingdom.<\/p>\n

\n\tThey are the children of the Black Panther Party \u2014 the self-styled Panther Cubs \u2014 born into a revolutionary movement for Black equality and self-determination, and now reckoning with the pride, loss, and unfinished promise of that legacy fifty years later.<\/p>\n

\n\tCourtesy of The Guardian.<\/p>\n

\n\tWOMEN LAUGHING: <\/strong>DIRS Kathleen Hughes and Liza Donnelly. PRODS Judith Mizrachy, Liza Donnelly, and Nathalie Seaver. USA.<\/p>\n

\n\tNew Yorker cartoonist Liza Donnelly talks, draws, and laughs with some of the most celebrated and groundbreaking cartoonists at the iconic magazine as they reflect on the essential work of women cartoonists today and over the last century.<\/p>\n

\n\tCourtesy of Conde Nast \/ The New Yorker.<\/p>\n

\n\tFrederick Wiseman Retrospective<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n

\n\tHOSPITAL (1969):<\/strong> DIR Frederick Wiseman. USA.<\/p>\n

\n\tThrough the daily rhythms of an urban hospital\u2019s emergency ward and clinics, HOSPITAL reveals the intricate systems, urgent decisions, and human encounters at the heart of modern medicine.<\/p>\n

\n\tJUVENILE COURT (1973):<\/strong> DIR Frederick Wiseman.<\/strong> USA.<\/p>\n

\n\tSet inside the Memphis juvenile justice system, JUVENILE COURT observes the difficult cases and impossible choices at the intersection of punishment, protection, and rehabilitation.<\/p>\n

\n\tWELFARE (1975):<\/strong> DIR Frederick Wiseman. USA.<\/p>\n

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