Festival Year: 2018


David. The Return to Land
Anaïs Huerta

Haitian, French, and adopted by Jewish parents, 34-year-old David embarks on a mission to better understand who he is in this beautifully nuanced observation of self-discovery. North American Premiere

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The Deminer
Hogir Hirori

After the fall of Saddam Hussein, Colonel Fakhir of the Iraqi army devotes his life to disarming landmines, with only a pocket knife and wire cutters, in this deeply suspenseful film that makes use of Fakhir’s own extensive video footage. North American Premiere

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ENCORE 1 – América

When their father is unexpectedly arrested, three brothers come together to care for their aging grandmother, América. This sensitive portrait delicately captures the frustrations and connections that evolve as they navigate her physical decline and their expectations of one another.

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ENCORE 2 – Minding the Gap

Skateboarding and strained family relationships bond three friends together in this introspective saga about the journey from youth to adulthood.

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ENCORE 3 – The Unafraid

The gripping and vital stories of three DACA students unfold as they work for immigrant rights, and the future of their families, after being banned from attending Georgia’s top universities or receiving in-state tuition. World Premiere

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ENCORE 4 – Hale County This Morning, This Evening

Observational and impressionistic, this poetic film is a humanist exploration of an Alabama community, where mostly black, working-class families live, work, dream, celebrate, and struggle together.

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ENCORE 5 – Of Fathers and Sons

With rare and chilling insights, this film takes us into the lives of a Syrian family, led by an Al-Nusra fighter, where we observe how swiftly the innocence of childhood can fade.

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ENCORE 6 – I Am Bisha; The Issue of Mr. O’Dell; Girl-Hearted

Shorts Showcase: I Am Bisha; The Issue of Mr. O’Dell; Girl-Hearted

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The Farm: Angola, USA
Liz Garbus, Jonathan Stack

In The Farm, life at the Louisiana State Penitentiary in Angola, the largest maximum-security prison in the United States, is seen through the eyes of both its wardens and its prisoners—many of whom will die there—with disturbing parallels to plantation life.

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A Friendship in Tow/Toe
Atsushi Kuwayama

In the brief ascent up a flight of stairs, a pair of strangers find a rapport across languages and generations.

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From Parts Unknown
Michael T. Workman

The poignant experience of a young man who determines an unlikely outlet for his pain and hardships: In local wrestling, he finds catharsis, community, and a sense of purpose.

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Generation Wealth
Lauren Greenfield

For 25 years, Lauren Greenfield has documented affluence around the world. In this fascinating overview of her immense body of work, the photographer reconnects with subjects of her images to consider their relationships to money, then and now, and her own fascination with the topic.

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Girl-Hearted
Anne Scheschonk

Gracefully, and with open hearts, seven-year-old Nori and her mother, Josephin, reflect on their life together; Nori, who was born a boy, is actually a girl.

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Gone: The Forgotten Women of Ohio
Joe Berlinger

After numerous women go missing, leaving their families and local law-enforcement officers with more questions than answers, this stunning series investigates whether or not a serial killer is responsible.

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The Good Struggle
Celia Peterson

Although few words are spoken between themselves, monks at a Greek Orthodox monastery in Lebanon provide voiceovers to their daily routines—their devout thoughts echo the beauty of their solitude. World Premiere

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Hal
Amy Scott

Hal Ashby’s controversial films about race, sex, politics, and unconventional love made him a Hollywood rarity in the 1970s—a director who made films outside studio control. This loving remembrance by his peers celebrates the iconoclastic filmmaker.

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Hale County This Morning, This Evening
RaMell Ross

Observational and impressionistic, this poetic film is a humanist exploration of an Alabama community, where mostly black, working-class families live, work, dream, celebrate, and struggle together.

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I Am Bisha
Roopa Gogineni

As an act of pure creative resilience, Ganja and his friends film a humorous and satirical web series, Bisha TV, starring puppets to combat the violent, genocidal regime of Sudanese president Omar al-Bashir. World Premiere

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