Film Award: Charles E. Guggenheim Emerging Artist Award

A Certain Kind of Death
Blue Hadaegh, Grover Babcock

What happens when someone dies with no next of kin? Who takes responsibility for identifying the person, preparing the body, determining funeral and burial arrangements,…

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Onibus 174 (Bus 174)
Jose Padilha

On June 14, 2000, a young man stepped onto a city bus in Rio Janeiro, Brazil, with the intention of robbing the passengers. The mugging…

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Strong Island
Yance Ford

Director Yance Ford rigorously unpacks the events surrounding the death of his brother, who was shot in 1992. Profoundly cinematic and deeply personal, their family story is a powerful examination of race in America.

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Cutie and the Boxer
Zachary Heinzerling

The tension between an artist and his supportive wife of forty years is further strained when a
curator expresses interest in her work.

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Tocando la Luz (Touch the Light)
Jennifer Redfearn

In this quietly arresting film, three blind women in Havana, Cuba, share their heartbreaks and hopes, and navigate their profound desire for independence.

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Return to Homs
Talal Derki

This film takes us to the frontlines of the Syrian Civil War as two friends who are determined to defend their city abandon peaceful resistance and take up arms, heading straight for the heart of the warzone.

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Call Me Marianna
Karolina Bielawska

As she embarks on a quest to become herself, Polish transgender woman Marianna must summon inner strength and make immeasurable sacrifices.

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