Hold Me Tight
Vicky Krieps (Phantom Thread) gives another riveting performance as a woman on the run from her family for mysterious reasons in Mathieu Amalric’s most ambitious directorial outing to date.
Identifying Features
Winner of the Gotham Award for Best International Film and the Audience Award and Best Screenplay prize at Sundance, Fernanda Valadez’s stunning and suspenseful drama follows a Mexican mother’s ever-expanding and increasingly dangerous journey in search of her son, who went missing after…
In Balanchine's Classroom
In Balanchine's Classroom takes us back to the glory years of Balanchine’s New York City Ballet through the remembrances of his former dancers and their quest to fulfill the vision of a genius. Opening the door to his studio, Balanchine’s private laboratory, they reveal new facets of the…
In Case of Emergency
All of our country’s biggest public health challenges—from the opioid crisis to gun violence to behavioral health and lack of insurance—collide in emergency departments. Nearly half of all medical care in the U.S. is delivered in emergency departments and nurses are on the frontlin…
Inside the Yellow Cocoon Shell
Winner of the prestigious Camera d’Or for best first film at this year’s Cannes Film Festival, the enthralling Inside the Yellow Cocoon Shell from Vietnamese filmmaker Pham Thien An is a reverie on faith, loss, and nature expressed with uncommon invention and depth that follows a th…
The Invisible Fight
A young soldier stationed at the USSR-China border becomes obsessed with kung fu and seeks martial arts teachers at the most unlikely of places: the local Eastern Orthodox monastery. With a skeptical mother, a rival monk, and a budding love interest pulling him in different directions, his road is l…
Jimpa
In this moving and authentic portrait of a multigenerational queer family, filmmaker Hannah (Olivia Colman) takes her trans nonbinary teenager Frances (Aud Mason-Hyde) to Amsterdam to visit their gay grandfather, lovingly known as “Jimpa” (John Lithgow). When Frances decides to stay with…
Le Capital au XXIE Siecle
En mélangeant références à la pop culture et interventions d’experts parmi les plus influents de notre époque, le film est un voyage à travers l’histoire moderne de nos sociétés.
Laila in Haifa
Over the course of one night, we witness the interweaving stories of five women through a series of encounters and situations, defying all categories and labels in their relationships and personal identities. With an ensemble cast of both Israeli and Palestinian actors, LAILA IN HAIFA (A Night in Ha…
The Land of Azaba
Addressing climate change is the existential question of our time, but climate change and bio-diversity loss are two sides to the same coin. The Land of Azaba is the first feature documentary on the subject of ecological restoration, and it is set in one of the world’s first “hot spots&r…
Little Trouble Girls
A Catholic school girl on a choir trip navigates unfamiliar surroundings, complex teenage social structures, and her own awakening sexuality in this stunning feature debut by award-winning Slovenian filmmaker Urška Djukić that had its world premiere at the Berlin Film Festival and won the Be…
The Lost Film Of Nuremberg
Inspired by Sandra Schulberg’s decade-long research into the making of and suppression of Nuremberg: Its Lesson for Today, The Lost Film of Nuremberg re-traces the hunt for film evidence used to convict the Nazis at the Nuremberg Trial. The searchers were two sons of Hollywood — Budd &am…
Lost Soulz
Set to a lo-fi, genre-bending hip-hop soundtrack, Katherine Propper's award-winning debut follows a group of Gen-Z musicians on a road trip through the heart of Texas and is full of infectious energy and virtuosic musical performances.
Loving Highsmith
Based on Patricia Highsmith’s personal writings and accounts of her family and lovers, the film casts new light on the famous thriller writer’s life and oeuvre, permeated by themes of love and its defining influence on identity.
Lust for Gold : A Race Against Time
A true story is about obsession, greed, and the hunt for gold. Boyhood dreams of treasure lead to a lifelong search when a retired missile scientist makes a monumental discovery and tempts fate for fortune as he hatches a secret plan to prove his claim.
Luzzu
Hardworking new father Jesmark, played by a real-life Maltese fisherman, must choose between the traditional way of life practiced by his family for generations and an illicit black-market fishing operation in this stunning neorealist tale operating in the tradition of Luchino Visconti, Roberto Ross…
Lydia Lunch: The War Is Never Over
Filmmaker Beth B accompanies the legendarily boundary-pushing No Wave musician and underground performance artist Lydia Lunch on her latest tour and, through interviews with her collaborators and Lunch herself, examines the qualities that have been present in her provocative and powerful art since t…
M.C. Escher: Journey to Infinity
The story of world famous Dutch graphic artist M.C Escher. Robin Lutz’s entertaining, eye-opening portrait gives us the man through his own words and images.
Major Arcana
Set in the backwoods of Vermont, Major Arcana follows an itinerant carpenter's struggle to end a legacy of alcoholism and poverty as he attempts to build a log cabin by hand. His plans are complicated when he reunites with Sierra, a woman with whom he shares a difficult past, and he is for…
Marlee Matlin: Not Alone Anymore
In 1987, Marlee Matlin became the first Deaf actor to win an Academy Award and was thrust into the spotlight at 21 years old. Reflecting on her life in her primary language of American Sign Language, Marlee explores the complexities of what it means to be a trailblazer.
Mary Oliver: Saved by the Beauty of the World
If poetry had a pop icon, Mary Oliver would be it. Celebrated best-selling poet, Pulitzer Prize-winner, lover of dogs and long walks in the woods, openly queer but intensely private, Oliver was America’s unlikely contemporary mystic, stalking the ponds and forests of Cape Cod for nearly fifty …
Mondocane
Like Mad Max meets Lord of the Flies, Mondocane sees a pair of teenage orphans in a near-future, crimeridden town hatch a scheme to join one of its gangs.
Mr. Nobody Against Putin
2026 Oscar® Winner for Best Documentary Feature — As Russia launches its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, primary schools across the country are transformed into recruiting grounds for the war. Facing the ethical dilemma of working in a system defined by propaganda and violence, one brave t…
Murina
Set on a remote island along the Croatian coast, this Cannes Camera d’Or winner follows 17-year-old Julija, who spends her days diving for eel with her domineering father and dreaming of an escape from her provincial life. The arrival of a rich and mysterious family friend may offer a way out,…
My Wonderful Wanda
Winner of awards at Tribeca and Vancouver, MY WONDERFUL WANDA is a delightful satire of the haves and the have-nots set against the backdrop of a gorgeous lakeside villa in Switzerland. At the story’s center is Wanda (Agnieszka Grochowska) a Polish caretaker who has left her own small children…
Name of the Game
Name of the Game follows the lives of several past and current male exotic dancers from South Central Los Angeles. In interviews and performances, we learn the behind-the-scenes reality of the male exotic industry as it's never been told before: unfiltered, uncensored, and uncut.
Neptune Frost
In an otherworldly e-waste dump camp, an anti-colonialist hacking collective attempts a takeover of the authoritarian regime exploiting the region's natural resources — and its people. When an intersex runaway and an escaped coltan miner find each other through cosmic forces, their connection …
Never Gonna Snow Again
A masseur from the East casts a hypnotic spell over the wealthy residents of a Polish gated community in this unclassifiable meditation on class, immigration, and global warming shot through with Lynchian touches of the otherworldly and moments of sober beauty and unexpected humor.
New French Shorts 2020
This showcase of some of the most exciting new cinematic voices from France runs the gamut from animation to romance to absurdist comedy. Revel in these petite Gallic pleasures, including award winners from Cannes, Locarno, and Palm Springs ShortFest.
New French Shorts 2021
Back by popular demand! This annual showcase of some of the most exciting new cinematic voices from France includes the Oscar-nominated animated short Genius Loci and César Award winners And Then the Bear and So What if the Goats Die? Boasting festival favorites from Cannes, Sundance, Berlina…
Oeconomia
What is money? What are debts? What are the consequences of both? And how can images be found for them? Layer by layer, Oeconomia reveals how the rules of the contemporary capitalist game systematically precondition growth, deficits, and concentrations of wealth.
Oh, Canada
Paul Schrader and Richard Gere reunite more than 40 years after American Gigolo in this moving portrait of an aging artist telling his life story, unfiltered, before it’s too late.
Olga
A talented young gymnast from Kyiv, played by real-life former Ukrainian national team member Anastasiia Budiashkina, moves to Switzerland to pursue her Olympic dreams just as the Maidan Revolution begins to alter the course of history, and the lives of her mother and friends, back home.
On Broadway
For anyone who loves theater, this contemporary history of Broadway is a pure joy! It takes us behind the scenes of Broadway’s most groundbreaking shows, from A Chorus Line to Hamilton, and is packed with interviews and performances by legendary stars like Helen Mirren, Chr…
On the Adamant
Winner of the Golden Bear at the Berlin Film Festival, this affecting, enlightening documentary invites viewers to come aboard the Adamant, a floating refuge on the Seine River in the heart of Paris that offers care with dignity for adults with mental illnesses.
On the Edge
A Spanish subway train operator in Brussels who witnesses his estranged son fall to his death off the edge of a platform, is spurred to investigate the mysterious circumstances of his passing.
Playing Frisbee in North Korea
Calling North Korean leader, Kim Jong Un, fat can get you killed in North Korea. Any other complaints about daily life there gets North Koreans incarcerated in brutal work camps. What harm could come from playing Frisbee? A look at the daily life and humanity of the North Korean people.
Power Games: New German Shorts
The four current award-winning German short films featured in the compilation "Power Games" brilliantly touch on worldwide radicalization and extremist tendencies, the apparent problem that history seems destined to repeat itself, and the role power plays even in unexpected situations. Furthermore, …
Private Desert
When his internet girlfriend Sara goes missing, suspended police academy instructor Daniel drives 2,000 miles across Brazil to look for her. What follows is a journey of the heart and a triumphant affirmation of queer love and humanity.
Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Walk
Fatma Hassona, a Palestinian photographer killed by an Israeli airstrike, developed a friendship by video call with filmmaker Sepideh Farsi for a dialogue that transcended current events to create a compelling work of art.
Radical Wolfe
This illuminating look at Tom Wolfe follows his journey from beat reporter at the Washington Post to overnight sensation as the leader of the New Journalism movement and author of major works like The Right Stuff, The Bonfire of the Vanities, and A Man in Full.
The Reason I Jump
Based on the best-selling book by Naoki Higashida, The Reason I Jump is an immersive cinematic exploration of neurodiversity through the experiences of nonspeaking autistic people from around the world.
Remembering Gene Wilder
This loving tribute to Gene Wilder celebrates his life and legacy with clips from his classic films like The Producers and Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, narration from his audiobook memoir, and interviews with Mel Brooks, Alan Alda, and Carol Kane.
Riefenstahl
Explores Leni Riefenstahl’s artistic legacy and her complex ties to the Nazi regime, juxtaposing her self-portrayal with evidence suggesting awareness of the regime’s atrocities.
Scare Us
A writers’ club local bookstore meeting is underscored with the news that an infamous serial killer is back to terrorize their small town.
Scarlet
One of contemporary cinema’s most versatile talents, Pietro Marcello follows his dramatic breakthrough Martin Eden with an enchanting period fable that delicately interweaves realist drama, ethereal romance, and musical flights of fancy.
Scrapper
Winner of a Sundance Grand Jury Prize, this vibrant and inventive father-daughter comedy follows a resourceful 12-year-old girl (Lola Campbell) who secretly lives alone in her London flat following the death of her mother, until her estranged father (Harris Dickinson) arrives and forces her to con…
Searching for Mr. Rugoff
Searching for Mr. Rugoff is the story of Donald Rugoff, who was the crazy genius behind Cinema 5, the mid-century theater chain and film distribution company.
Sebastian
Max is a 25-year-old writer living in London who moonlights as a sex worker under the pseudonym Sebastian as research for his debut novel. This Sundance Film Festival selection explores the transgressive power of queer sexuality and the transformative impact of embracing a new identity.
The Severing
The Severing is a visceral and powerful feature-length dance film from acclaimed filmmaker Mark Pellington (The Mothman Prophecies) and brilliant choreographer Nina McNeely (Gaspar Noe’s Climax).
Shari & Lamb Chop
The legendary ventriloquist Shari Lewis rose to stardom with her beloved sock puppet Lamb Chop. When her popular children’s show gets cancelled, Shari must find a way to make peace with her alter ego. Together they spend decades reinventing themselves until Shari’s unlikely comeback wher…
Skin Deep
Winner of the Queer Lion at the Venice Film Festival and directed by Student Academy Award® winner Alex Schaad. Subverting genre and gender as it toggles from body swap thriller to intimate relationship drama, Skin Deep tells a story that transcends bodies, embracing the endless fluid possibilit…
Slalom
This riveting, Cannes-selected #MeToo drama from debut filmmaker Charlène Favier follows the relationship between a teenage ski prodigy, Noée Abita in a breakthrough role, and her predatory instructor, played by frequent Dardenne brothers collaborator Jérémie Renier.
Sleep
Dreams and reality collide in this ambitious, unsettling psychological thriller that tackles the horrors of Germany’s past. A flight attendant suffers a breakdown after experiencing demonic nightmares. Her resourceful daughter visits the aptly named village of Stainbach where her comatos…
Soul Patrol
The Vietnam War's first Black special ops team reunites to share their untold story, uncovering a hidden chapter of American military history, and exploring whether reckoning with the past can bring peace to those who lived it.
Souleymane's Story
An undocumented Guinean immigrant (Abou Sangare, whose work for the film won the Un Certain Regard Best Actor prize at Cannes) in Paris tries to juggle his responsibilities as a food delivery bike courier with the preparations needed for his asylum review hearing.
Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat
The incredible story of how jazz music and soft power were used on both fronts of America's ideological battles during the Cold War - including in the Congo. An epic, original and supremely stylish trip through the 20th century from an original angle.
Story Ave
South Bronx teen and gifted artist Kadir (Asante Blackk) tries to rob no-nonsense MTA conductor Luis (Luis Guzmán) to prove himself to a local graffiti gang. The two share a meal that leads to a delicate yet transformative friendship, and Luis shows Kadir how his artistic talent could lead to…
The Super 8 Years
The French writer and 2022 Nobel Prize awardee Annie Ernaux, whose novels and memoirs have gained her a devoted following, opens a treasure trove with this delicate journey into her family’s memory, compiled from gorgeously textured home movie images taken from 1972 to 1981.
La Syndicaliste
This investigative thriller set in the world of nuclear power and corrupt politics tells the true story of Maureen Kearney (Isabelle Huppert), an influential head union representative who became a whistleblower and was violently targeted for exposing secrets that shook the French nuclear sector.