Film Category: NEW DOCS

How to Die in Oregon
Peter D. Richardson

A profound and strangely reassuring film about people in Oregon who end their own lives under the state’s Death with Dignity Act.

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I Will Marry the Whole Village
Zeljko Mirkovic

Serbian accordion player Pekka plots connubial bliss for his village’s surplus of unmarried men. And, it’s a musical!

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If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front
Marshall Curry

An environmental activist driven to increasingly extreme methods of protest faces profound political consequences in the wake of 9/11.

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Bobby Fischer Against the World
Liz Garbus

Revered in his heyday like a rock star, the greatest chess player of all time crashes, a victim of Cold War era psychosis.

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Buck
Cindy Meehl

Famed horse whisperer Buck Brannaman ―helps horses with people problems‖ by invoking the healing magic of the human-animal bond.

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An Encounter with Simone Weil
Julia Haslett

A filmmaker turns to the French philosopher as she grapples with how to respond to all the human suffering around her.

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Angst
Graça Castanheira

Portuguese filmmaker Graça Castanheira considers our relationship to Earth and our place in the universe in a stunning visual essay.

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At the Edge of Russia
Michal Marczak

At a desolate military fort in the northern hinterlands of Russia, six soldiers train daily to ward off intruders who will never come.

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Being Elmo: A Puppeteer’s Journey
Constance Marks

Meet Kevin Clash, the incredible talent behind one of the most beloved puppets of all time.

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Better This World
Katie Galloway, Kelly Duane de la Vega

In this compelling legal thriller, two young Texans stand trial for plotting to terrorize the 2008 Republican National Convention.

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