Film Category: Invited

Running from Crazy
Barbara Kopple

In light of her family’s history of suicide, Mariel Hemingway refuses to let mental illness
overwhelm her own life: “control is everything.”

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Sofia’s Last Ambulance
Ilian Metev

Krassi, Mila, and Plamen staunchly navigate the potholes that pepper Bulgaria’s capital, Sofia, in
one of the city’s few remaining ambulances.

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Trash Dance
Andrew Garrison

An unusual partnership between a dancer and Austin’s Department of Solid Waste Services
results in a public performance starring man, music, and machine.

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Venus and Serena
Maiken Baird, Michelle Major

This unprecedented look at the tennis legends’ lives on and off the court is accentuated by the
testaments of family, friends, and some of their more famous fans.

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We Always Lie to Strangers
AJ Schnack, David Wilson

This touching portrayal takes us into the lives of four families who perform for tourists in the
“live music capital of the world,” Branson, Missouri.

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Which Way Is the Front Line from Here? The Life and Time of Tim Hetherington
Sebastian Junger

A warm and candid portrait of the extraordinarily brave, empathic photographer, who died in Libya in 2011, by his partner on the film Restrepo.

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The World According to Dick Cheney
R.J. Cutler, Greg Finton

A wealth of archival material and interviews shape this comprehensive, even-handed portrait of one of America’s most divisive politicians.

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If You Build It
Patrick Creadon

Innovative teachers, striving students, and a radical curriculum in Bertie County, N.C., are chronicled over the course of one transformative year.

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In So Many Words
Elisabeth Haviland James

This intensely revealing biography of writer Lucy Daniels expands the documentary form with
its imaginative visualization of the stresses of her early life.

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The Last Shepherd
Marco Bonfanti

This beautifully shot story of the last travelling shepherd shows that pastoral bliss may be
sustained even in industrial northern Italy.

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