Film Category: NEW DOCS
As childhood memories are made and fade in the same instant, siblings Lily and Bodhi diverge at the dawn of life beyond their home, a Colorado alligator sanctuary. Their bond, forged by the exotic nature of their remote landscape, begins to change as Lily enters her teenage years. Bodhi contemplates friendship and family beyond his reptilian counterparts.
MORE ›A subtly textured self-portrait of Soraya—an Afghan free-spirited 16-year-old artist in Iran who has been trying for five years to make her way to Europe—who chillingly captures everything on her phone while pouring all her fears and worries into extraordinary works of art.
MORE ›On an equal footing, voices enter into dialogue with nature. They speak of sustenance, emotional bonds and of how there is no future without a past.
MORE ›Mari is a former rural midwife, Maricielo is a hairdresser, and Iker is a six-year-old boy. Though they appear to share little in common, a gossamer web quietly binds their lives through heartbreak, failure, and unexpected moments of respite.
MORE ›“The Cloud Factory” is an cinematic exploration of the sky above the Rhenish coal mining region, where emission-enriched air masses ascend into the atmosphere to transform the climate. What can these human-made clouds tell us about our future? And what kind of castles can we build in this air?
MORE ›An experimental portrait of the filmmaker’s grandfather, Carroll B. Williams Jr., a ground-breaking African-American forester, that reflects on his work and legacy in the twilight of his life.
MORE ›In the dead of winter, at a wildlife rescue center on the pacific coast of so-called Canada, a team of rehabbers treat Bald Eagles suffering from lead poisoning so that they can be released back to their environment.
MORE ›When three American doctors–Palestinian, Jewish, and Zoroastrian–enter Gaza to save lives, they find themselves caught between medicine and politics, risking everything to expose the truth.
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