The inimitable 93-year-old artist Betye Saar—known for such electrifying and boundary-pushing pieces as The Liberation of Aunt Jemima—assembles found objects into profound sculptural collages. This short but astute character film captures Saar’s influence in the art world and her passionate philosophy surrounding craft.

Visually enthralling, this short film surveys the drastic water shortage in Cape Town in the foreboding countdown to Day Zero, when all taps are turned off.

This program features the following NEW DOCS short films: The Changing Same, Motherland, Our Song to War, and Obon.

This program features the following NEW DOCS short films: All Inclusive, It’s Going To Be Beautiful, Welcome to Harmondsworth, Scenes from a Dry City, and Edgecombe.

This program features the following NEW DOCS short films: One Thing in Nothing, Easter Snap, Histories of Wolves, Crannog, and Kolmas Punkt (The Third Point).

This program features the following NEW DOCS short films: Santuario and Life Overtakes Me.

This program features the following NEW DOCS short films: The Ambassador’s Wife, Stretch, Only The Moon, GIVE, and Moment to Moment.

In this experimental short film, dark landscapes provide a mysterious counterpoint to words torn from letters as the filmmaker traces the movements of her grandfather, a sailor from Estonia, in her journey to connect with the past.

Valentina Voronina has devoted her life to a floriculture pavilion where she tends plants and manages repairs to the greenhouse to keep it alive and standing. This heartrending film follows her transition when she’s asked to retire.

Five children divulge their feelings about their parents’ divorces in thoughtful, poetic, and humorous prose.