Interest: Discovery
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Smoke Sauna Sisterhood
The healing powers of sisterhood take on a new meaning in this luxuriant portrait by Anna Hints. Following a group of Estonian women who gather…
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The Gravity
Something is a little off in a housing project in the Parisian suburbs. Up in the sky, the planets are clicking into alignment, while on…
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Something You Said Last Night
Luis De Filippis’s story of a one-week family vacation makes an indelible leap forward in the depiction of trans lives on screen.
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Bad Press
Assaults on press freedom and independence make reporting challenging worldwide but for First Nations journalists, reporting the news is wildly complicated. Transparency and fact finding…
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King Coal
Documentarian Elaine McMillion Sheldon grew up a coal miner’s daughter, identifying with Loretta Lynn’s classic country tune. As she distills this unique version of Americana,…
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Fremont
A former translator for the US military, Donya (Anaita Wali Zada) now lives among the Afghan diaspora who call the eponymous Bay Area suburb home…
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Home Is a Hotel
“You gotta build your whole life in a room,” says one of the protagonists of this memorable documentary focused on residents of San Francisco SROs…
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Milisuthando
Using striking archival and vérité footage of her family along with deeply personal interviews, Milisuthando Bongela bravely constructs this personal essay about what it meant…
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Martinez
In this satirical take on workplace culture, human resources informs elderly employee Martinez (Francisco Reyes, A Fantastic Woman) that it is time for him to…
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Against the Tide
As the Arabian Sea’s fish population dwindles, two fishermen from Mumbai’s Koli community endeavor to change their fortunes.
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Animalia
In this wide-ranging debut, mysterious green apparitions above a remote Moroccan lake bring chaos to the world around pregnant Itto.
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Hummingbirds
During a stifling summer in Laredo, Texas, two adolescents stargaze from a car’s rooftop, share worries that they could be deported, and fret over their…











