Film Category: NEW DOCS

Mr. Nobody Against Putin
David Borenstein, Pavel Talankin

As Russia launches its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, primary schools across Russia’s hinterlands are transformed into recruitment stages for the war. Facing the ethical dilemma of working in a system defined by propaganda and violence, a brave teacher goes undercover to film what’s really happening in his own school.

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The Other One
Marie-Magdalena Kochová

The life of 18-year-old Johana revolves around her sister’s mental disability. In her last year of high school, she must face inner conflicts and choose between love for her sister and love for herself.

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The Other Side of the Mountain
Yumeng He

A filmmaker follows her father, an artist, in search of his childhood home in Southwestern China, fulfilling a wish of his aging mother. Changed by the tides of history, the streets are unrecognizable. Father and daughter meander through time contemplating what it means to see and make images.

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perfectly a strangeness
Alison McAlpine

In the dazzling incandescence of an unknown desert, three donkeys discover an abandoned astronomical observatory and the universe.

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Predators
David Osit

To Catch a Predator was a popular television show designed to hunt down child predators and lure them to a film set, where they would be interviewed and eventually arrested. Predators is a surprising exploration of the scintillating rise and staggering fall of the show, and the world it helped create.

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Rat Rod
Jared and Carly Jakins

A haunted mechanic muses on his experiences as an immigrant in rural America—as well as the nature of life and death as he resurrects cars.

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The Devil Is Busy
Christalyn Hampton, Geeta Gandbhir

As the director of operations and security of an abortion clinic in Atlanta, Tracii doesn’t take any chances when it comes to the safety of both the patients and the staff. The Devil Is Busy is an eye-opening, on-the-ground portrayal of the shifting landscape for abortion providers in America.

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The Fabulous Gold Harvesting Machine
Alfredo Pourailly De La Plaza

A 60-year-old gold digger with health issues can’t afford to retire, so his son wants to build a gold harvesting machine that should bring them a better future.

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Hold Me Close
Aurora Brachman, LaTajh Simmons-Weaver

A chronicle of the power and complexity of the relationship between Corinne and Tiana, two Queer Black womxn who experience cycles of life’s joys and pains together in the home they share.

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la Flor del Camino
Giorgi Parkosadze

A few dreamlike glimpses into the life of a young girl who is on her way to meet a beloved friend, and for whom nothing exists but the here and now.

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