The Chemical Factory

While reminiscing about childhood in 1980's Oregon, Andrew Leung faces cultural divide through the story of his mother's struggle in 1960's communist China.  +

The Veto

A film about the permanent member veto in the UN Security Council – arguably the most important issue facing global peace and security.  +

The Slabs

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

Between Us and the River

Two college students in love must reconcile their relationship when they find themselves on opposing sides of a war in which they wanted no part.  +

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.  +

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.  +

Waves

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

The American Can

Based on actual events in the chaotic aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, a recon Marine veteran, John Keller, navigates haunted memories serving in Iraq while risking his life  +

The Universe(s) of Us

When New Yorkers Sophie and Jill/Daniel crash into one another simultaneously (but separately), a multiverse love story emerges that changes each of them forever.  +

Take It Slow

An inexperienced bisexual man goes on a date with a younger gay man, and finds out that his preconceived notions on gay dating culture don’t stand up to reality.  +

Million Dollar Block

A complex portrait of a neighborhood and its inhabitants, Million Dollar Block gives us a window into one public housing development on the precipice of change. The film’s  +

Heart of Lumber

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

The Dream of the Audience: Theresa Hak Kyung Cha

The film is an intimate remembrance of the groundbreaking artist, Theresa Hak Kyung Cha, who through her art practice guides her audience to a state beyond sorrow.   +

City of Songs

A musician’s extraordinary journey to explore and understand the unique sounds of the world, one city at a time.  +

Ain't It Though

When their estranged mother sends them a box of seven cassette tapes, a young drag creator living in NYC sets out on a journey to their long-lost childhood home in the desert wilds  +

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  +