Miss Mermaid

May travels from Taipei to New York and discovers a secret life her sister has been keeping from her and their distanced mother.  +

The Slabs

Two homeless brothers brave the summer heat in their newfound home of Slab City and confront their painful past.  +

Kinetosaur

A documentary profiling John Payne, who created interactive works of lasting impact, transformed his town into an artist’s haven that now faces a complicated future.  +

The Long Walk of Carlos Guerrero

The odyssey of survival of an undocumented New York city chef and a young girl from El Salvador, after they get stranded in the deserts of Arizona.  +

Waves

Waves is a journey into the physiological effects of anxiety explored through magical realism.   +

Visions in the Fire

Alaskan Native glass artist Preston Singletary redefines what it means to be a contemporary Indigenous artist by blending Tlingit stories and iconography through the medium of glass  +

Drop Dead City

NYC, 1975 - the greatest, grittiest city in the world is minutes away from bankruptcy when an unlikely alliance of rookies, rivals, fixers and flexers finds common ground,  +

"1 in 100"

A documentary focusing on an overnight camp for children with congenital heart conditions and the soul, love, and community that shapes it.  +

LADY DYNAMO - THE UNTOLD STORY OF ANNA ROSENBERG (wt)

The untold story of Anna Rosenberg, advisor to four presidents, who fought mid-century sexism, racism, and extremism to help shape modern America.  +

Where the Boys Are

A lonely technician and curious night janitor at a virtual reality brothel circle around the facility and each other as they face the alienation of a world beginning to embrace  +

Universe

A portrait of Miles Davis and his only protege, Wallace Roney, told through the fifty year journey of the artist’s lost masterpiece, “Universe.”  +

Summer with Roxanne

A visiting Indian documentary filmmaker rents a room in the home of an aging paragon of Weird Austin. As Roxanne packs up to move on, she and Nishtha unpack the elements  +

Choice Neighborhood (working title)

Choice Neighborhood focuses on the dynamics that emerge between people as a city leverages significant public and private dollars to transform a struggling neighborhood.  +

Lights Camera Uganda

Uganda’s “Tarantino of the slums” Isaac Nabwana overcomes everything to build his action movie studio in the ghetto. Now he faces his biggest challenge yet.  +

Estamos Unidos

Hundreds of Central American migrants form a “caravan” and must navigate the pains and joys of unity along an arduous journey across Mexico and towards the United States.  +

Liyana

A talented group of orphaned children in Swaziland dive into their imaginations to create an original African tale about a girl on a dangerous quest.  +