Films


My Daughter the Terrorist
Beate Arnestad

Dharsika and Puhalchudar are friends who share secrets, laugh at each other’s jokes, and even braid each other’s hair. Each is also prepared to kill…

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My English Cousin
Karim Sayad

Since 2001 when he left Algeria, the filmmaker’s cousin Fahed has lived in Grimsby, England, and steadily worked two jobs, gotten married, and picked up the distinct accent of the region. In this quietly executed story of a man straddling two worlds—his place of birth and his adopted country—Fahed’s understanding of origin and identity are tested in this affectionate look at how one defines home.

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My Enschede
Astrid Bussink

In May 2000, a fireworks storage room exploded in the east Netherlands city of Enschede. The tragic accident killed twenty-three people and injured another thousand. Filmmaker Astrid Bussink, who was living there at the time, returns to the city, gauging the many ways the explosion continues to resonate within the community.

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My Father’s Film
Priscilla González Sainz

A daughter crafts a portrait of her father through the spaces he occupied, a meditation shaped by the tools he left behind.

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My Father, The Genius
Lucia Small

In the process of writing his will, architect Glen Small requests that his estranged daughter, Lucia Small, write his biography. Despite the fact that Lucia’s…

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My Generation
Barbara Kopple, Thomas Haneke

Chronicling one of the mythic cultural events of the century, the Woodstock festivals of 1969, 1994, and 1999, this film far surpasses whatever presuppositions one…

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My Grandmother’s House
Adán Aliaga

This exquisitely crafted portrait of 75-year-old Marita and her six-year-old granddaughter, Marina, is among this year’s most unique visual experiences. Lovely, bright, textured, the film…

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My Kid Could Paint That
Amir Bar-Lev

Everything changes when there’s a suggestion that the celebrated paintings of a prodigy toddler may not be entirely hers.

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My Name is Oona
Gunvor Nelson

“My Name is Oona captures in haunting, lyrical images fragments of the coming to consciousness of a child girl. Gunvor Nelson, as true poetess of…

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My Name is Pauli Murray
Betsy West, Julie Cohen

This luminous film examines the legacy of Pauli Murray. A lawyer, activist, poet, and priest, Murray’s life was dedicated to effecting change in America, especially…

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My Neighbor, Miguel
Danny Navarro

In this short, filmmaker Danny Navarro creates an affectionate portrait of his eccentric and exuberant neighbor, Miguel, an unconventional costume designer whose house is filled…

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My Olympic Summer
Daniel Robin

In the wake of his own recently failed marriage, filmmaker Daniel Robin re-examines 8mm home movies of his parents while relating the story of how…

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My Perestroika
Robin Hessman

Following five classmates who came of age during the collapse of the Soviet Union, this film offers a personal and nuanced look at Russia, from the Iron Curtain to today.

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My Playground
Kaspar Astrup Schröder

A group of young parkour artists in Denmark make the most of their architectural surroundings and embark on a cultural exchange with fellow street athletes around the world.

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My Prairie Home
Chelsea McMullan

Transgender singer-songwriter Rae Spoon tours Canada in this impressionistic merging of dreamy music videos and intimate interviews.

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My Voyage To Italy
Martin Scorsese

Martin Scorsese presents this cinematic opus that affectionately chronicles his love for Italian film. Recalling his earliest memories of his childhood growing up in Little…

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Mysterious Object at Noon
Apichatpong Weerasethakul

The filmmaker embarks on a collective storytelling process, asking participants to embellish a narrative from the point where the last person stopped. The construction of the story becomes a catalyst for revealing deeper truths as details about the tellers’ own lives emerge.

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N.Y., N.Y.
Francis Thompson

Eight years in the making, the film premiered in 1958 at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City. An 18-minute montage depicting a…

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