Film Category: NEW DOCS

Shake Hands with the Devil: The Journey of Roméo Dallaire
Peter Raymont

In 1994, approximately 800,000 people were brutally slaughtered in Rwanda. Most belonged to the Tutsi tribe, though many of the victims were moderate Hutus who…

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Shape of the Moon
Leonard Retel Helmrich

This intimate epic chronicles the drama of daily existence for three generations of a Christian family in Indonesia. Astonishing and memorable scenes convey the people…

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Sneakers
Femke Wolting

Explosions of graphic virtuosity bring this morphology of the sneaker to life. The film scrutinizes sneaker obsessions—from break dancing and skateboarding to high-powered shoe designing…

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Mondovino
Jonathan Nossiter

Vintner vs. family vendetta, Mondavi vs. Terroir. Bathed in Mediterranean light, California sunshine and French attitude, this movie is big and fruity with a great…

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Murderball
Henry Alex Rubin, Dana Adam Shapiro

Imagine losing the use of one’s legs, torso, possibly hands—in an instant. Imagine losting them as an Olympic athlete. Murderball is the incredible journey of…

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My Beloved Child
Brit Jorunn Hundsnes

In Norway, Sigrid Beate is a young mother who is just days away from the beginning of her long prison sentence for murder. In this…

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Occupation: Dreamland
Garrett Scott, Ian Olds

Sam Fuller once famously said that the only way to truly represent the reality of war would be to machine gun the audience. Unable—and unwilling—to…

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One Shot
Nurit Kedar

Firing bullets at an unseen enemy in the frenzied heat of battle is an unspeakable horror, so how does one begin to describe what it’s…

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Our Brand is Crisis
Rachel Boynton

American campaign consultants, led by James Carville, run the campaign of an enigmatic and uncharismatic former president of Bolivia trying to regain office. As the…

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The Life and Times of Frida Kahlo
Amy Stechler

This visually stunning biography of one of the 20th century’s most important artists accents the brilliant Mexican painter’s original, anarchic and rabble-rousing persona. The filmmakers…

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