FIXERS

Scrappy “fixers” on either side of the US–Mexico border navigate looming danger, culture clashes, and personal ambitions. Operating in the murky space between  +

The Assistant

A Latin-American theatre assistant (a human-like robot) dreams of becoming an actress, but when her work conditions present her with an ugly reality, she must fight to escape from  +

Poderosa

In Colombia, courageous youth reclaim autonomy of their bodies and identities through education, battling sexual violence, and championing change in this inspiring tale of resilience.  +

Dear Michelle

A trio of pre-teen misfits must rally their small town Southern community to save their local ice rink from closing in the summer of 2002.  +

Half a Soulja (Urban Casualties)

Byron Breeze, Jr., born without legs or complete hands, is determined to “be somebody” and in the process challenges society to see his wholeness and not just his disability.<  +

Nourishing Japan

A documentary about food education in Japan; about the people who teach us that our actions - even what we eat - matter.  +

Heart of Lumber

Raised by a cult of talking antique furniture, Sadie’s life changes the day she makes her first friend.  +

Buried

Buried, a hybrid narrative and experimental film, explores the physical and surreal surrounding work burnout, stress and rage.  +

Mass Romantic

When filmmakers and scholars race against time to save 20,000 Indian films from extinction, they reveal how culture is lost—and found—in the digital age.  +

Limping Towards Babylon

Five graduate student roommates are all secretly in love with the wrong person, until a professor's theft lights the fire that ignites their contained passions.  +

Dream Touch Believe

The inspiring story of sculptor Michael Naranjo. As a young man Naranjo lost his eyesight in the Vietnam War, but not his vision. He fought past critics and a disability to achieve  +

SELFLESS

A devoted mother, desperate to fulfill her and her husband’s American promise for their son, enacts a tragic plan to secure her son’s future—forcing her family  +

Remainders

A young couple’s proposal goes horribly wrong when an altercation stirs up a deep-seated societal divide on an island off the coast of Istanbul, TURKEY.  +

In Loving Memory

An old, lonely man coping with the death of his only brother is reunited with his estranged son for the upcoming funeral.  +

AMERICAN UNION

In post-industrial Alabama, Amazon workers and coal miners fight for good jobs against corporate greed. AMERICAN UNION is a powerful film that follows their collective  +

Paranoia

Two unlikely childhood friends navigate their increasingly fragile and uncertain world as rumours of war and deportation loom over their lives and relationship.  +