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Liyana
Movie + 1 extra
"A lyrical work that's as bright and captivating as it is poignant." The Hollywood Reporter
Dublin International Film Festival
BFI London Film Festival
Palm Springs Films FestivalA Swazi girl embarks on a dangerous quest to rescue her young twin brothers in a tale is born of the imaginations o...
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Since I Been Down
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"In a nation crying for change, Since I Been Down is not only timely but a vital piece to an ever-growing picture that needs to be seen." Film Inquiry
Directed by Dr. Gilda Sheppard, Since I Been Down tells the dramatic story of how an American community, held captive by 1990’s punitive policies...
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Belly Of The Beast
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Human Rights Watch Film Festival
Heartland Film Festival
Mil Valley Film FestivalAn Emmy winner in the Outstanding Current Affairs Documentary category, Belly of the Beast follows a courageous young woman and a radical lawyer as they discover a pattern of illegal sterilizations in California’s ...
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Silence Is A Falling Body
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International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam
Filmfest Hamburg
Brooklyn Film FestivalSilence Is A Falling Body follows filmmaker Agustina Comedi as she explores hundreds of hours of footage from the videotapes that her father Jaime recorded throughout his life. Her search to learn more abou...
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Summer Rebels
Movie + 1 extra
Thessaloniki International Film Festival
Cinekid Film Festival
Goa International Film Festival11-year-old Jonas (Eliás Vyskocil) longs to spend summer shooting rabbits and exploring the Slovakian countryside with his cool Grandpa Bernard, but his mother has already made alternate vacation plans...
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Little Miss Westie
Movie + 1 extra
DOC NYC
BFI Flare Film Festival
Bendfilm Film FestivalLittle Miss Westie follows two transgender siblings as they navigate puberty, school, family and transitioning during the Trump era. Ren is competing in the Little Miss Westie Pageant; her older brother Luca is coaching her on posing, make-u...
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P.S. Jerusalem
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Toronto International Film Festival
DOC NYCFilmmaker Danae Elon was born in Israel to an Austrian Jewish refugee who became a leftist journalist and a mother who has been going to occupation protests since Danae was a child. Her father asks that she never return, but after his death, for reas...
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Maggie
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"Exuberantly nonsensical debut from South Korea’s Yi Okseop"
Busan International Film Festival
International Film Festival Rotterdam
Fantasia International Film FestivalStylish and surreal, Yi Okseop's bold debut feature is part relationship drama, part sci-fi, part comedic satire, and a lot m...
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Una Banda De Chicas (A Girl's Band)
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Rotterdam International Film Festival
Mar del Plata Film Festival
FRAMELINE, San Francisco International LGBTQ Film FestivalUna Banda De Chicas (A Girl's Band) sees former punk band bassist, Marilina Giménez, documenting women's bands from across Argentina, showing their struggles and achieveme...
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Our Body
Movie
"one of the year’s most notable Korean independent features.” Screendaily
Toronto International Film Festival
Busan International Film FestivalAfter dedicating years of her life studying for the public official exam, Ja-young (Moon Choi) suddenly loses interest and makes the difficult decision...
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While We Are Here
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Rotterdam International Film Festival
Art of the Real
Montreal International Documentary FestivalA hybrid form of documentary, fiction, travelogue and letters makes for a compelling film diary in While We Are Here. The film focuses on Lamis, a Lebanese woman, who has just moved to New York and...
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Elena
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"a mesmerizing, artful and emotional piece of filmmaking that consistently surprises and awes in its sensitivity." The Playlist
SXSW Film Festival
Hot Docs International Film Festival
Thessaloniki Documentary FestivalDreamlike, lyrical and haunting, Petra Costa’s deeply personal film document...
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Sashinka
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Seattle International Film Festival
Festival du Nouveau Cinéma de Montréal
Whistler Film FestivalWhen young, up-and-coming, musician Sasha receives a surprise visit from her mother just as she's about to perform one of the biggest shows of her career, she is forced confront a past she's worked ...
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180 Degree Rule
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Toronto International Film Festival
BFI London Film Festival
Fajr Film FestivalBased on real events, director Farnoosh Samadi's provocative debut feature is an incise and powerful examination of Iranian patriarchal society. Sahar Dolatshahi plays Sara, a school teacher from Tehran who is prepar...
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Queerama
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"...a heartening celebration of progress and a cautionary reminder of all the broken lives and lonely hearts trampled along the way." Screendaily
Sheffield Doc/Fest
IDFA
Seattle International Film FestivalThis expertly edited compilation of archive footage from 1919 to the present, from both d...
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Jaha's Promise
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Sheffield Doc/Fest
CPH:DOX
Mill Valley Film FestivalJaha's Promise tells the remarkable story of activist Jaha Dukureh, as she returns home to Gambia from the U.S. to campaign against the female genital mutilation practices that almost destroyed her life. Having endured the devastating impact o...
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Born in Evin
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Berlin International Film Festival
Hot Docs Film Festival
IDFABorn in Evin follows filmmaker and actress, Maryam Zaree, on her quest to find out the violent circumstances surrounding her birth inside one of the most notorious political prisons in the world. Over forty years have passed since th...
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nîpawistamâsowin: We Will Stand Up
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"A powerful work of activist cinema." Toronto Star
Hot Docs Film Festival
Montreal International Documentary Festival
DOXA Documentary Film FestivalOn August 9, 2016, a young Cree man named Colten Boushie died from a gunshot to the back of his head after entering Gerald Stanley’s rural propert...
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Birth of a Family
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"A revelatory documentary, Birth of a Family is a family-reunion doc unlike any you’ve seen before." POV Magazine
Hot Docs International Film Festival
Edmonton International Film FestvalIn this deeply moving feature-length documentary from filmmaker Tasha Hubbard, three sisters and a brother m...
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Gun Runners
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"Gun Runners is a contextual, intimate look inside a world most of us know nothing about." The Globe and Mail
Hot Docs
Palm Strings Film FestvalDirector Anjali Nayar's fascinating, inspirational film follows two former warriors from Northern Kenya. Julius Arile and Robert Matanda, as they look...
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Angels Wear White
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Toronto International Film Festival
Venice Film Festival
Palm Springs International Film FestivalWinner of the Best Director at Golden Horse Awards, director Vivian Qu pens a thoughtful story on security, solidarity, and abuse. As main character Mia struggles with the responsibility of knowing ...
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Girls' Encounter
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"The filmmaking debut of actress-turned-writer/director Yûka Eda, it might be the latest recent Japanese effort to take on female yearning and marginalisation, but this involving feature is a mature addition to the growing thematic subgenre." - Screen Daily
Hong Kong International Film Festival
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Dhalinyaro (Youth)
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Lulu Ali Ismail's directorial debut pens the beautiful and poetic coming of age story of Hibo, Asma, and Deka, three girls navigating their final high school semester. The blossoming young women question what it means to be educated in Djibouti and where class separates them as they select school...
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Rent a Friend
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Tokyo International Film Festival
Writer director Mayu Akiyama’s debut film is a fresh and surprising romantic drama focussed on an unusual relationship. When aspiring journalist Nasa (Eri Tokunaga) meets 'friend-for-hire' Sota (Atsushi Hashimoto) she decides to engage his services with a view t...