Films


For a Miracle
Jarek Sztandera

This astonishing film of the national pilgrimage of disabled people and their caregivers from Poland to Lourdes by train—under the auspices of Catholic clergy—is the…

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For Floppy Ears Only
Ronja Hijmans

When her mother suddenly passes away, eight-year-old Lulu finds strength in her father, brothers, and stuffed animal, Rabbit.

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For the Bible Tells Me So
Daniel Karslake

Five families struggle with the tension between faith, cultural expectations, and sexual orientation in this illuminating documentary. The filmmaker has crafted an emotional quilt stitched…

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Forbidden Lie$
Anna Broinowski

Why are movies about outrageous con artists so fun to watch? Forbidden Lie$ combines caper with exposé and teems with so many self-serving characters that…

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Forbidden Lie$
Anna Broinowski

Con or artist? Nourma Khouri, author of a bestselling book about the honor killing of a friend, is accused of taking
significant artistic liberties.

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The Force
Peter Nicks

A riveting, on-the-ground look at the Oakland Police Department during a period of intense scrutiny and reform, as a new sergeant aims to correct protocol in the wake of charges of misconduct and abuse.

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Force of Nature: The David Suzuki Movie
Sturla Gunnarsson

The life story of acclaimed Canadian environmentalist David Suzuki is interwoven with excerpts from his poignant legacy lecture at the University of British Columbia.

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Forest Queen
Heli Speek

Mysteriously lyrical and brutally realistic, this short documentary explores a curious world containing the “forest queen.” But who is she really, this eccentric elderly woman…

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Forever
Heddy Honigmann

Cimetière du Père-Lachaise in Paris is the final resting place of many great artists, writers, and composers, and visitors come daily to bring flowers, tidy…

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Forever, Chinatown
James Q. Chan

Artist Frank Wong’s detailed dioramas of the Chinatown of his childhood serve as portals to the past in a changing San Francisco.

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Forget This
Ulla Nilsen

“This brutally honest and first-hand account of the unraveling of an abusive relationship provokes questions about racism, control, loss and recovery.” —from the Expo catalogue

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Forgetting Dad
Rick Minnich, Matt Sweetwood

When Richard Minnich was rear-ended in 1990, he emerged unscathed. One week later, he couldn’t remember a thing: not his wife, not his children, nothing.…

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Forgotten
Agnieszka Lukasiak

An astonishingly provocative and haunting tale of two young women who take inordinate risks in Warsaw’s ruthless urbanity to unhinge the course of a bleak,…

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Fortune
Shirley Yumeng He

Through an embodied camera eye that moves freely in the in-between place that is an alley connecting two streets,Fortuneevokes a sense of magical realism and offers texture to the meditation on the Chinese American identity, which can also be characterized as a liminal space.

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Foundry Night Shift
Steven Bognar

In the wee hours, when electrical demand is down, workers stoke elaborate furnances to produce the steel frames for Steinway pianos.

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The Fourth Dimension
Minh-ha Trinh

Visually provocative, mysterious and philosophical, acclaimed filmmaker Trinh Minh-ha’s The Fourth Dimension is more than a Japanese travelogue. It is a meditation on life and…

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A Fox Under a Pink Moon
Mehrdad Oskouei, Soraya Akhlaghi

A subtly textured self-portrait of Soraya—an Afghan free-spirited 16-year-old artist in Iran who has been trying for five years to make her way to Europe—who chillingly captures everything on her phone while pouring all her fears and worries into extraordinary works of art.

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Foxhole
Franko Galoso

Using the metaphor of a foxhole as a place a soldier can feel safe, two Vietnam veterans reflect on how their meeting during the war…

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