Film Category: NEW DOCS

Shorts: Man + Nature
Jan van Ijken, Amy Nicholson, Eleanor Mortimer, Aaron Schock

Through films both playful and profound, this program explores the sometimes collaborative, sometimes contentious, relationship between humans and the natural world. In The Art of…

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Shorts: Invoke + Inspire
Jasmijn Schrofer, Maija Blåfield, Katarzyna Gondek, James Q. Chan

Spirituality, art, and memory collide in this ethereal and evocative program. Tarikat, directed by Jasmijn Schrofer, turns the trancelike rhythms and movements of Sufi chanting…

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Shorts: Heart + Home
Tamar Kay, Daniel Koehler, Erlend E. Mo

This program explores binding ties of family, indelible connections to place, and evolving practices of tradition. In The Mute’s House, directed by Tamar Kay, an eight-year-old…

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City of Trees
Brandon Kramer

A stimulus-funded ‘green jobs” training program in Washington, D.C., throws racial tensions and the messiness of nonprofit work into sharp focus.

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Clínica de Migrantes: life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness
Maxim Pozdorovkin

This moving short focuses on the work of a volunteer-run clinic that provides medical services to the uninsurd Latino community of South Philadelphia.

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Figure
Katarzyna Gondek

This dreamlike meditation follows the creation of a massive sculpture from fabrication to transportation.

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Following Seas
Tyler J. Kelley, Araby Williams

This vivid firsthand account of years on the open seas brings a sailing family’s adventures to life through their own 16mm footage.

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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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Gleason
Clay Tweel

Within weeks of being diagnosed with ALS, former NFL defensive back Steve Gleason finds out that he and his wife are expecting their first child. Gleason follows his decision to live, for his family and others fighting the disease.

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God Knows Where I Am
Todd Wider, Jedd Wider

This absorbing feature unravels the mystery surrounding a woman found dead in a vacant New Hampshire farmhouse.

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