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Festival Year: 2016
The 99-year old artist Carmen Herrera and her geometric, primary-colored paintings are portrayed with cinematic vigor.
MORE ›Now in its tenth year, the 2016 grant has been awarded to Jonathan Olshefski for Quest: The Fury and the Sound and to Matt Yoka for Whirlybird. The recipients will present excerpts from their works-in-progress prior to the screening of The Peacemaker, directed by 2014 grant recipient James Demo.
MORE ›A U.S. military surveillance blimp floats above Kabul, Afghanistan; a camera films the blimp and the people beneath it. This short calls into question what it means to see and be seen.
MORE ›Over the course of a summer, two Polish university students revel in and reel from the boundless possibilities of youth.
MORE ›An examination of Senator Eugene McCarthy’s dramatic and unsuccessful 1969 presidential campaign, constructed from thousands of feet of newsreel.
MORE ›In this worldless short, thousands of starlings flock together in gyroscopic unison.
MORE ›In Denmark, a dedicated teacher helps refugee children withstand the hardships of adapting to a new country.
MORE ›Through the stories of two teenage girls, this film examines the intersections of sexual assault and social media.
MORE ›The twisting, riveting tale of a gender-fluid author with a troubled past, who went on to become a literary sensation.
MORE ›At a Mojave Desert high school, intrepid educators work to connect with at-risk students. Can their commitment help break the shattering effects of poverty and abuse?
MORE ›This portrait of one of today’s greatest jazz pianists illuminates the creative process of a musical genius and the challenges of life as an AIDS survivor.
MORE ›An essay in four chapters, this mysterious exploration of the footprints of war reveals European landscapes in which military past and peaceful present converge.
MORE ›Dante’s Inferno meets industrialization in a cinematic allegory that explores the environmental ravages and human costs of coal mining in China.
MORE ›In 2015, Alabama closed 31 DMVs, wiping out access to identification cards. This short follows a mobile unit traveling county to county to help register voters.
MORE ›Weaving an interview with the renowned director together withr ich selections from his oeuvre, this film highlights Lumet’s career and life through his own recollections.
MORE ›As she embarks on a quest to become herself, Polish transgender woman Marianna must summon inner strength and make immeasurable sacrifices.
MORE ›Documentary cinematographer Kirsten Johnson assembles footage shot over the course of her career in a poetic memoir that explores the ethics of filmmaking and the joys of human connection.
MORE ›Follow campaign manager John Grenier as he maps out strategies for Barry Goldwater’s 1964 presidential run and engineers a takeover of the Republican convention.
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