Directed by Merete Mueller • 2022 • United States

In two prisons in the Pacific Northwest, incarcerated men and women watch nature videos on loop, prompting reflections on isolation and the wilderness.

Directed by Eloise Sherrid and Lauryn Welch • 2022 • United States

Samuel Geiger has Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, a connective-tissue disorder that causes severe chronic pain. This short magical-realist documentary about life and love with a chronic illness combines paintings and live-action footage ...

Directed by Veronica Rutledge and Ada Avery Bogetti Pérez • 2022 • United States

A PLACE ON THE EDGE OF BREATH is a moving window into the relationship between Ava Fiadh and Lio Francis as they share some of their most intimate moments during life and gender transitions over the course of a year.

Directed by Alejandra Vasquez • 2023 • United States

In this intimate look at family, memory, and economy, the filmmaker returns to her hometown in West Texas to document the effects of the boom-and-bust nature of the oil industry.

Directed by Akley Olton • 2023 • Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, United States

Omari’s young life in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines revolves around playing football, and through the sport he sees the world. That all changes when his grandfather, the last of the Barrouallie whalers, teaches h...

Directed by Omar Al Dakheel • 2023 • United States

In New York City, a group of volunteers launch the first Muslim Patrol to combat the rising hate crimes in their community while also solving issues of their own.

Directed by Kira Dane and Katelyn Rebelo • 2019 • United States

In Japan, there is a special way to grieve after having an abortion. Inspired by these Buddhist rituals, MIZUKO is an intimate look at how a half-Japanese American woman reevaluates the controversial drawing of “the line” in abortio...

Directed by Luther Clement and Shuhan Fan • 2019 • United States, China

Mixing documentary and animation, this creatively told underdog story follows a fencer from Brooklyn who must overcome a gauntlet of hardships on the road to the Olympics.

Directed by Cai Thomas • 2020 • United States

Queenie is a seventy-three-years-young Black lesbian who has called the Marcy Projects in Brooklyn home since 1988, but she is ready to move to a building that better meets her mobility, safety, and social needs as an aging elder. She applies to Ston...

Directed by Alex Ramírez-Mallis • 2021 • United States

A fleet of minibuses race up and down Flatbush Avenue, Brooklyn, providing commuters a familiar, if occasionally harrowing, alternative to the subway for only $2 a ride.

Directed by Zac Manuel and Marta Rodriguez Maleck • 2021 • United States

The interconnected daily journeys of bus riders and operators on the New Orleans Regional Transit Authority bus lines illuminate why the Black community there has been disproportionately affected by COVID-19. While the bus ...

Directed by Jessica Bardsley • 2022 • United States

LIFE WITHOUT DREAMS is set in the outer space of consciousness, where the surfaces of far-out planetary bodies form the terrain for an exploration of 24/7 capitalism, insomnia, and the disappearance of darkness due to light pollution.