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U.S. DRAMATIC COMPETITION
A first look at groundbreaking new voices in American independent film.
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6.4
6.6
Band Aid (2017)
Director and Screenwriter - Zoe Lister-Jones
About - A couple who canât stop fighting embark on a last-ditch effort to save their marriage: turning their fights into songs and starting a band.
Cast - Zoe Lister-Jones, Adam Pally, Fred Armisen, Susie Essman, Hannah Simone, Ravi Patel
About - A couple who canât stop fighting embark on a last-ditch effort to save their marriage: turning their fights into songs and starting a band.
Cast - Zoe Lister-Jones, Adam Pally, Fred Armisen, Susie Essman, Hannah Simone, Ravi Patel
69
6.1
6.4
Beach Rats (2017)
*WINNER* Directing Award: U.S. Dramatic - Eliza Hittman
Director and Screenwriter - Eliza Hittman
About - An aimless teenager on the outer edges of Brooklyn struggles to escape his bleak home life and navigate questions of self-identity, as he balances his time between his delinquent friends, a potential new girlfriend, and older men he meets online.
Cast - Harris Dickinson, Madeline Weinstein, Kate Hodge, Neal Huff
Director and Screenwriter - Eliza Hittman
About - An aimless teenager on the outer edges of Brooklyn struggles to escape his bleak home life and navigate questions of self-identity, as he balances his time between his delinquent friends, a potential new girlfriend, and older men he meets online.
Cast - Harris Dickinson, Madeline Weinstein, Kate Hodge, Neal Huff
63
6.9
7.3
Brigsby Bear (2017)
Director - Dave McCary
Screenwriters - Kevin Costello, Kyle Mooney
About - Brigsby Bear Adventures is a childrenâs TV show produced for an audience of one: James. When the show abruptly ends, Jamesâs life changes forever, and he sets out to finish the story himself.
Cast - Kyle Mooney, Claire Danes, Mark Hamill, Greg Kinnear, Matt Walsh, Michaela Watkins
Screenwriters - Kevin Costello, Kyle Mooney
About - Brigsby Bear Adventures is a childrenâs TV show produced for an audience of one: James. When the show abruptly ends, Jamesâs life changes forever, and he sets out to finish the story himself.
Cast - Kyle Mooney, Claire Danes, Mark Hamill, Greg Kinnear, Matt Walsh, Michaela Watkins
10
6.7
6.1
Burning Sands (2017)
Director - Gerard McMurray
Screenwriters - Christine Berg, Gerard McMurray
About - Deep into a fraternityâs Hell Week, a favored pledge is torn between honoring a code of silence or standing up against the intensifying violence of underground hazing.
Cast - Trevor Jackson, Alfre Woodard, Steve Harris, Tosin Cole, DeRon Horton, Trevante Rhodes
Screenwriters - Christine Berg, Gerard McMurray
About - Deep into a fraternityâs Hell Week, a favored pledge is torn between honoring a code of silence or standing up against the intensifying violence of underground hazing.
Cast - Trevor Jackson, Alfre Woodard, Steve Harris, Tosin Cole, DeRon Horton, Trevante Rhodes
7
7.6
6.3
*WINNER* Audience Award: U.S. Dramatic
Director and Screenwriter - Matt Ruskin
About - When Colin Warner is wrongfully convicted of murder, his best friend, Carl King, devotes his life to proving Colinâs innocence. Adapted from This American Life, this is the incredible true story of their harrowing quest for justice.
Cast - Keith Stanfield, Nnamdi Asomugha, Natalie Paul, Bill Camp, Nestor Carbonell, Amari Cheatom
Director and Screenwriter - Matt Ruskin
About - When Colin Warner is wrongfully convicted of murder, his best friend, Carl King, devotes his life to proving Colinâs innocence. Adapted from This American Life, this is the incredible true story of their harrowing quest for justice.
Cast - Keith Stanfield, Nnamdi Asomugha, Natalie Paul, Bill Camp, Nestor Carbonell, Amari Cheatom
21
6.2
5.9
Director and Screenwriter - Alex Ross Perry
About - The arrival of a young foreign girl disrupts the lives and emotional balances of two Brooklyn families.
Cast - Emily Browning, Adam Horovitz, Mary-Louise Parker, Lily Rabe, Jason Schwartzman, Chloë Sevigny
About - The arrival of a young foreign girl disrupts the lives and emotional balances of two Brooklyn families.
Cast - Emily Browning, Adam Horovitz, Mary-Louise Parker, Lily Rabe, Jason Schwartzman, Chloë Sevigny
29
7.1
6.5
Director - Brett Haley
Screenwriters - Brett Haley, Marc Basch
About - Lee, a former Western film icon, is living a comfortable existence lending his golden voice to advertisements and smoking weed. After receiving a lifetime achievement award and unexpected news, Lee reexamines his past, while a chance meeting with a sardonic comic has him looking to the future.
Cast - Sam Elliott, Laura Prepon, Krysten Ritter, Nick Offerman, Katharine Ross
Screenwriters - Brett Haley, Marc Basch
About - Lee, a former Western film icon, is living a comfortable existence lending his golden voice to advertisements and smoking weed. After receiving a lifetime achievement award and unexpected news, Lee reexamines his past, while a chance meeting with a sardonic comic has him looking to the future.
Cast - Sam Elliott, Laura Prepon, Krysten Ritter, Nick Offerman, Katharine Ross
187
6.7
6.9
*WINNER* Grand Jury Prize: U.S. Dramatic
Director and Screenwriter - Macon Blair
About - When a depressed woman is burglarized, she finds a new sense of purpose by tracking down the thieves, alongside her obnoxious neighbor. But they soon find themselves dangerously out of their depth against a pack of degenerate criminals.
Cast - Melanie Lynskey, Elijah Wood, David Yow, Jane Levy, Devon Graye
Director and Screenwriter - Macon Blair
About - When a depressed woman is burglarized, she finds a new sense of purpose by tracking down the thieves, alongside her obnoxious neighbor. But they soon find themselves dangerously out of their depth against a pack of degenerate criminals.
Cast - Melanie Lynskey, Elijah Wood, David Yow, Jane Levy, Devon Graye
169
6.5
6.6
*WINNER* Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award: U.S. Dramatic - Matt Spicer and David Branson Smith
Director - Matt Spicer
Screenwriters - Matt Spicer, David Branson Smith
About - A young woman becomes obsessed with an Instagram lifestyle blogger and moves to Los Angeles to try and befriend her in real life.
Cast - Aubrey Plaza, Elizabeth Olsen, OâShea Jackson Jr., Wyatt Russell, Billy Magnussen
Director - Matt Spicer
Screenwriters - Matt Spicer, David Branson Smith
About - A young woman becomes obsessed with an Instagram lifestyle blogger and moves to Los Angeles to try and befriend her in real life.
Cast - Aubrey Plaza, Elizabeth Olsen, OâShea Jackson Jr., Wyatt Russell, Billy Magnussen
26
6.6
6.4
Director - Gillian Robespierre
Screenwriters - Elisabeth Holm, Gillian Robespierre
About - Two sisters come of age in â90s New York when they discover their dadâs affairâand it turns out heâs not the only cheater in the family. Everyone still smokes inside, no one has a cell phone and the Jacobs finally connect through lying, cheating and hibachi.
Cast - Jenny Slate, John Turturro, Edie Falco, Abby Quinn, Jay Duplass, Finn Wittrock
Screenwriters - Elisabeth Holm, Gillian Robespierre
About - Two sisters come of age in â90s New York when they discover their dadâs affairâand it turns out heâs not the only cheater in the family. Everyone still smokes inside, no one has a cell phone and the Jacobs finally connect through lying, cheating and hibachi.
Cast - Jenny Slate, John Turturro, Edie Falco, Abby Quinn, Jay Duplass, Finn Wittrock
26
6.3
6.7
*WINNER* Special Jury Award for Breakthrough Director - Maggie Betts
Director and Screenwriter - Maggie Betts
About - In the early 1960s, during the Vatican II era, a young woman training to become a nun struggles with issues of faith, sexuality and the changing church.
Cast - Margaret Qualley, Melissa Leo, Julianne Nicholson, Dianna Agron, Morgan Saylor
Director and Screenwriter - Maggie Betts
About - In the early 1960s, during the Vatican II era, a young woman training to become a nun struggles with issues of faith, sexuality and the changing church.
Cast - Margaret Qualley, Melissa Leo, Julianne Nicholson, Dianna Agron, Morgan Saylor
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6.4
6.8
Director and Screenwriter - Geremy Jasper
About - Straight out of Jersey comes Patricia Dombrowski, a.k.a. Killa P, a.k.a. Patti Cake$, an aspiring rapper fighting through a world of strip malls and strip clubs on an unlikely quest for glory.
Cast - Danielle Macdonald, Bridget Everett, Siddharth Dhananjay, Mamoudou Athie, Cathy Moriarty
About - Straight out of Jersey comes Patricia Dombrowski, a.k.a. Killa P, a.k.a. Patti Cake$, an aspiring rapper fighting through a world of strip malls and strip clubs on an unlikely quest for glory.
Cast - Danielle Macdonald, Bridget Everett, Siddharth Dhananjay, Mamoudou Athie, Cathy Moriarty
10
6.3
6.2
*WINNER* Special Jury Award for Breakthrough Performance - Chanté Adams
Director and Screenwriter - Michael Larnell
About - The most feared battle emcee in early-â80s NYC was a fierce teenager from the Queensbridge projects with the weight of the world on her shoulders. At age 14, hustling the streets to provide for her family, Roxanne ShantĂ© was well on her way to becoming a hip-hop legend.
Cast - Chanté Adams, Mahershala Ali, Nia Long, Elvis Nolasco, Kevin Phillips, Shenell Edmonds
Director and Screenwriter - Michael Larnell
About - The most feared battle emcee in early-â80s NYC was a fierce teenager from the Queensbridge projects with the weight of the world on her shoulders. At age 14, hustling the streets to provide for her family, Roxanne ShantĂ© was well on her way to becoming a hip-hop legend.
Cast - Chanté Adams, Mahershala Ali, Nia Long, Elvis Nolasco, Kevin Phillips, Shenell Edmonds
155
6.4
6.8
Director and Screenwriter - Marti Noxon
About - In a last-ditch effort to battle her severe anorexia, 20-year-old Ellen enters a group recovery home. With the help of an unconventional doctor, Ellen and the other residents go on a sometimes funny, sometimes harrowing journey that leads to the ultimate questionâis life worth living?
Cast - Lily Collins, Keanu Reeves, Carrie Preston, Lili Taylor, Alex Sharp, Liana Liberato
About - In a last-ditch effort to battle her severe anorexia, 20-year-old Ellen enters a group recovery home. With the help of an unconventional doctor, Ellen and the other residents go on a sometimes funny, sometimes harrowing journey that leads to the ultimate questionâis life worth living?
Cast - Lily Collins, Keanu Reeves, Carrie Preston, Lili Taylor, Alex Sharp, Liana Liberato
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5
5.8
Directors and Screenwriters - Alex Smith, Andrew Smith
About - A father and son struggle to connect on any level until a brutal encounter with a predator in the heart of the wilderness leaves them both seriously injured. If they are to survive, the boy must carry his father to safety.
Cast - Matt Bomer, Josh Wiggins, Bill Pullman, Alex Neustaedter, Lily Gladstone
About - A father and son struggle to connect on any level until a brutal encounter with a predator in the heart of the wilderness leaves them both seriously injured. If they are to survive, the boy must carry his father to safety.
Cast - Matt Bomer, Josh Wiggins, Bill Pullman, Alex Neustaedter, Lily Gladstone
11
6.3
5.7
The Yellow Birds (2018)
*WINNER* Special Jury Award for Excellence in Cinematography - Daniel Landin
Director - Alexandre Moors
Screenwriters - David Lowery, R.F.I. Porto
About - Two young men enlist in the army and are deployed to fight in the Iraq War. After an unthinkable tragedy, the returning soldier struggles to balance his promise of silence with the truth and a mourning motherâs search for peace.
Cast - Tye Sheridan, Jack Huston, Alden Ehrenreich, Jason Patric, Toni Collette, Jennifer Aniston
Director - Alexandre Moors
Screenwriters - David Lowery, R.F.I. Porto
About - Two young men enlist in the army and are deployed to fight in the Iraq War. After an unthinkable tragedy, the returning soldier struggles to balance his promise of silence with the truth and a mourning motherâs search for peace.
Cast - Tye Sheridan, Jack Huston, Alden Ehrenreich, Jason Patric, Toni Collette, Jennifer Aniston
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WORLD CINEMA DRAMATIC COMPETITION
Twelve films from emerging filmmaking talents around the world offer fresh perspectives and inventive styles.
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5
5.3
Axolotl Overkill (2017)
*WINNER* Special Jury Award for Cinematography - Manu Dacosse
Germany
Director and Screenwriter - Helene Hegemann
About - Mifti, age 16, lives in Berlin with a cast of characters including her half-siblings; their rich, self-involved father; and her junkie friend Ophelia. As she mourns her recently deceased mother, she begins to develop an obsession with Alice, an enigmatic, and much older, white-collar criminal.
Cast - Jasna Fritzi Bauer, Arly Jover, Mavie Hörbiger, Laura Tonke, Hans Löw, Bernhard SchĂŒtz
Germany
Director and Screenwriter - Helene Hegemann
About - Mifti, age 16, lives in Berlin with a cast of characters including her half-siblings; their rich, self-involved father; and her junkie friend Ophelia. As she mourns her recently deceased mother, she begins to develop an obsession with Alice, an enigmatic, and much older, white-collar criminal.
Cast - Jasna Fritzi Bauer, Arly Jover, Mavie Hörbiger, Laura Tonke, Hans Löw, Bernhard SchĂŒtz
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6.5
6.3
Berlin Syndrome (2017)
Australia
Director - Cate Shortland
Screenwriter - Shaun Grant
About - A passionate holiday romance takes an unexpected and sinister turn when an Australian photographer wakes one morning in a Berlin apartment and is unable to leave.
Cast - Teresa Palmer, Max Riemelt
Director - Cate Shortland
Screenwriter - Shaun Grant
About - A passionate holiday romance takes an unexpected and sinister turn when an Australian photographer wakes one morning in a Berlin apartment and is unable to leave.
Cast - Teresa Palmer, Max Riemelt
5
7
7.1
Carpinteros (2017)
Dominican Republic
Director and Screenwriter - JosĂ© MarĂa Cabral
About - JuliĂĄn finds love and a reason for living in the last place imaginable: the Dominican Republicâs Najayo Prison. His romance with fellow prisoner Yanelly must develop through sign language and without the knowledge of dozens of guards.
Cast - Jean Jean, Judith Rodriguez Perez, RamĂłn Emilio Candelario
Director and Screenwriter - JosĂ© MarĂa Cabral
About - JuliĂĄn finds love and a reason for living in the last place imaginable: the Dominican Republicâs Najayo Prison. His romance with fellow prisoner Yanelly must develop through sign language and without the knowledge of dozens of guards.
Cast - Jean Jean, Judith Rodriguez Perez, RamĂłn Emilio Candelario
1
5
5.9
Não Devore Meu Coração (2017)
Brazil, Netherlands, France, Paraguay
Director and Screenwriter - Felipe Bragança
About - In this fable about love and memories, Joca is a 13-year-old Brazilian boy in love with an indigenous Paraguayan girl. To conquer her love, he must face the violent regionâs war-torn past and the secrets of his elder brother, Fernando, a motorcycle cowboy.
Cast - Cauã Reymond, Eduardo Macedo, Adeli Gonzales, Zahy Guajajara, Claudia Assunção, Ney Matogrosso
Director and Screenwriter - Felipe Bragança
About - In this fable about love and memories, Joca is a 13-year-old Brazilian boy in love with an indigenous Paraguayan girl. To conquer her love, he must face the violent regionâs war-torn past and the secrets of his elder brother, Fernando, a motorcycle cowboy.
Cast - Cauã Reymond, Eduardo Macedo, Adeli Gonzales, Zahy Guajajara, Claudia Assunção, Ney Matogrosso
2
5
6.2
Vida de Familia (2017)
Chile
Directors - Alicia Scherson, Cristiån Jiménez
Screenwriter - Alejandro Zambra
About - While house-sitting for a distant cousin, a lonely man fabricates the existence of a vindictive ex-wife withholding his daughter, in order to gain the sympathy of the single mother he has just met.
Cast - Jorge Becker, Gabriela Arancibia, Blanca Lewin, CristiĂĄn Carvajal
Directors - Alicia Scherson, Cristiån Jiménez
Screenwriter - Alejandro Zambra
About - While house-sitting for a distant cousin, a lonely man fabricates the existence of a vindictive ex-wife withholding his daughter, in order to gain the sympathy of the single mother he has just met.
Cast - Jorge Becker, Gabriela Arancibia, Blanca Lewin, CristiĂĄn Carvajal
2
5.5
6.3
Free and Easy (2017)
*WINNER* Special Jury Award for Cinematic Visions - Jun Geng
Hong Kong
Director - Jun Geng
Screenwriters - Jun Geng, Yuhua Feng, Bing Liu
About - When a traveling soap salesman arrives in a desolate Chinese town, a crime occurs, and sets the strange residents against each other with tragicomic results.
Cast - Gang Xu, Zhiyong Zhang, Baohe Xue, Benshan Gu, Xun Zhang
Hong Kong
Director - Jun Geng
Screenwriters - Jun Geng, Yuhua Feng, Bing Liu
About - When a traveling soap salesman arrives in a desolate Chinese town, a crime occurs, and sets the strange residents against each other with tragicomic results.
Cast - Gang Xu, Zhiyong Zhang, Baohe Xue, Benshan Gu, Xun Zhang
11
7.3
7.4
My Happy Family (2017)
Georgia
Directors - Nana & Simon
Screenwriter - Nana Ekvtimishvili
About - Tbilisi, Georgia, 2016: In a patriarchal society, an ordinary Georgian family lives with three generations under one roof. All are shocked when 52-year-old Manana decides to move out from her parentsâ home and live alone. Without her family and her husband, a journey into the unknown begins.
Cast - Ia Shugliashvili, Merab Ninidze, Berta Khapava, Tsisia Qumsishvili, Giorgi Tabidze, Dimitri Oragvelidze
Directors - Nana & Simon
Screenwriter - Nana Ekvtimishvili
About - Tbilisi, Georgia, 2016: In a patriarchal society, an ordinary Georgian family lives with three generations under one roof. All are shocked when 52-year-old Manana decides to move out from her parentsâ home and live alone. Without her family and her husband, a journey into the unknown begins.
Cast - Ia Shugliashvili, Merab Ninidze, Berta Khapava, Tsisia Qumsishvili, Giorgi Tabidze, Dimitri Oragvelidze
89
7.8
7.6
God's Own Country (2017)
*WINNER* Directing Award: World Cinema Dramatic - Francis Lee
United Kingdom
Director and Screenwriter - Francis Lee
About - Springtime in Yorkshire: isolated young sheep farmer Johnny Saxby numbs his daily frustrations with binge drinking and casual sex, until the arrival of a Romanian migrant worker, employed for the lambing season, ignites an intense relationship that sets Johnny on a new path.
Cast - Josh OâConnor, Alec Secareanu, Ian Hart, Gemma Jones
United Kingdom
Director and Screenwriter - Francis Lee
About - Springtime in Yorkshire: isolated young sheep farmer Johnny Saxby numbs his daily frustrations with binge drinking and casual sex, until the arrival of a Romanian migrant worker, employed for the lambing season, ignites an intense relationship that sets Johnny on a new path.
Cast - Josh OâConnor, Alec Secareanu, Ian Hart, Gemma Jones
36
6.7
6.7
*WINNER* Grand Jury Prize: World Cinema Dramatic
Sweden
Director and Screenwriter - Tarik Saleh
About - In Cairo, weeks before the 2011 revolution, Police Detective Noredin is working in the infamous Kasr el-Nil Police Station when he is handed the case of a murdered singer. He soon realizes that the investigation concerns the power elite, close to the Presidentâs inner circle.
Cast - Fares Fares, Mari Malek, Mohamed Yousry, Yasser Ali Maher, Ahmed Selim, Hania Amar
Sweden
Director and Screenwriter - Tarik Saleh
About - In Cairo, weeks before the 2011 revolution, Police Detective Noredin is working in the infamous Kasr el-Nil Police Station when he is handed the case of a murdered singer. He soon realizes that the investigation concerns the power elite, close to the Presidentâs inner circle.
Cast - Fares Fares, Mari Malek, Mohamed Yousry, Yasser Ali Maher, Ahmed Selim, Hania Amar
5
6.5
6.6
Pop Aye (2017)
*WINNER* Screenwriting Award: World Cinema Dramatic - Kirsten Tan
Singapore, Thailand
Director and Screenwriter - Kirsten Tan
About - On a chance encounter, a disenchanted architect bumps into his long-lost elephant on the streets of Bangkok. Excited, he takes his elephant on a journey across Thailand in search of the farm where they grew up together.
Cast - Thaneth Warakulnukroh, Penpak Sirikul, Bong
Singapore, Thailand
Director and Screenwriter - Kirsten Tan
About - On a chance encounter, a disenchanted architect bumps into his long-lost elephant on the streets of Bangkok. Excited, he takes his elephant on a journey across Thailand in search of the farm where they grew up together.
Cast - Thaneth Warakulnukroh, Penpak Sirikul, Bong
16
7
7.4
I Dream in Another Language (2017)
*WINNER* Audience Award: World Cinema Dramatic
Mexico
Director - Ernesto Contreras
Screenwriter - Carlos Contreras
About - The last two speakers of a millennia-old language havenât spoken in 50 years, when a young linguist tries to bring them together. Yet hidden in the past, in the heart of the jungle, lies a secret concerning the fate of the Zikril language.
Cast - Fernando Ălvarez Rebeil, Eligio MelĂ©ndez, Manuel Poncelis, FĂĄtima Molina, Juan Pablo de Santiago, Hoze MelĂ©ndez
Mexico
Director - Ernesto Contreras
Screenwriter - Carlos Contreras
About - The last two speakers of a millennia-old language havenât spoken in 50 years, when a young linguist tries to bring them together. Yet hidden in the past, in the heart of the jungle, lies a secret concerning the fate of the Zikril language.
Cast - Fernando Ălvarez Rebeil, Eligio MelĂ©ndez, Manuel Poncelis, FĂĄtima Molina, Juan Pablo de Santiago, Hoze MelĂ©ndez
19
7
6.8
The Wound (2017)
South Africa
Director - John Trengove
Screenwriters - John Trengove, Thando Mgqolozana, Malusi Bengu
About - Xolani, a lonely factory worker, travels to the rural mountains with the men of his community to initiate a group of teenage boys into manhood. When a defiant initiate from the city discovers his best-kept secret, a forbidden love, Xolaniâs entire existence begins to unravel.
Cast - Nakhane Touré, Bongile Mantsai, Niza Jay Ncoyini
Director - John Trengove
Screenwriters - John Trengove, Thando Mgqolozana, Malusi Bengu
About - Xolani, a lonely factory worker, travels to the rural mountains with the men of his community to initiate a group of teenage boys into manhood. When a defiant initiate from the city discovers his best-kept secret, a forbidden love, Xolaniâs entire existence begins to unravel.
Cast - Nakhane Touré, Bongile Mantsai, Niza Jay Ncoyini
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U.S. DOCUMENTARY COMPETITION
Sixteen world-premiere American documentaries that illuminate the ideas, people and events that shape the present day.
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6.2
6.2
Casting JonBenet (2017)
Director - Kitty Green
About - The unsolved death of six-year-old American beauty queen JonBenet Ramsey remains the worldâs most sensational child murder case. Over 15 months, responses, reflections and performances were elicited from the Ramseyâs Colorado hometown community, creating a bold work of art from the collective memories and mythologies the crime inspired.
About - The unsolved death of six-year-old American beauty queen JonBenet Ramsey remains the worldâs most sensational child murder case. Over 15 months, responses, reflections and performances were elicited from the Ramseyâs Colorado hometown community, creating a bold work of art from the collective memories and mythologies the crime inspired.
11
7.9
8.1
Chasing Coral (2017)
*WINNER* Audience Award: U.S. Documentary
Director - Jeff Orlowski
About - Coral reefs around the world are vanishing at an unprecedented rate. A team of divers, photographers and scientists set out on a thrilling ocean adventure to discover why and to reveal the underwater mystery to the world.
Director - Jeff Orlowski
About - Coral reefs around the world are vanishing at an unprecedented rate. A team of divers, photographers and scientists set out on a thrilling ocean adventure to discover why and to reveal the underwater mystery to the world.
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8
7.5
Director - Matthew Heineman
About - With unprecedented access, this documentary follows the extraordinary journey of âRaqqa is Being Slaughtered Silentlyââa group of anonymous citizen journalists who banded together after their homeland was overtaken by ISISâas they risk their lives to stand up against one of the greatest evils in the world today.
About - With unprecedented access, this documentary follows the extraordinary journey of âRaqqa is Being Slaughtered Silentlyââa group of anonymous citizen journalists who banded together after their homeland was overtaken by ISISâas they risk their lives to stand up against one of the greatest evils in the world today.
6
7.4
7.5
Dina (2017)
*WINNER* Grand Jury Prize: U.S. Documentary
Directors - Dan Sickles, Antonio Santini
About - An eccentric suburban woman and a Walmart door- greeter navigate their evolving relationship in this unconventional love story.
Directors - Dan Sickles, Antonio Santini
About - An eccentric suburban woman and a Walmart door- greeter navigate their evolving relationship in this unconventional love story.
3
6
7
Dolores (2017)
Director - Peter Bratt
About - Dolores Huerta bucks 1950s gender conventions by co-founding the countryâs first farmworkersâ union. Wrestling with raising 11 children, gender bias, union defeat and victory, and nearly dying after a San Francisco Police beating, Dolores emerges with a vision that connects her newfound feminism with racial and class justice.
About - Dolores Huerta bucks 1950s gender conventions by co-founding the countryâs first farmworkersâ union. Wrestling with raising 11 children, gender bias, union defeat and victory, and nearly dying after a San Francisco Police beating, Dolores emerges with a vision that connects her newfound feminism with racial and class justice.
1
7
6.7
The Force (2017)
*WINNER* Directing Award: U.S. Documentary - Pete Nicks
Director - Pete Nicks
About - This cinema verité look at the long-troubled Oakland Police Department goes deep inside their struggles to confront federal demands for reform, a popular uprising following events in Ferguson and an explosive scandal.
Director - Pete Nicks
About - This cinema verité look at the long-troubled Oakland Police Department goes deep inside their struggles to confront federal demands for reform, a popular uprising following events in Ferguson and an explosive scandal.
84
7.5
7.9
Icarus (2017)
*WINNER* Orwell Award
Director - Bryan Fogel
About - When Bryan Fogel sets out to uncover the truth about doping in sports, a chance meeting with a Russian scientist transforms his story from a personal experiment into a geopolitical thriller involving dirty urine, unexplained death and Olympic Goldâexposing the biggest scandal in sports history.
Director - Bryan Fogel
About - When Bryan Fogel sets out to uncover the truth about doping in sports, a chance meeting with a Russian scientist transforms his story from a personal experiment into a geopolitical thriller involving dirty urine, unexplained death and Olympic Goldâexposing the biggest scandal in sports history.
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5
6.8
The New Radical (2017)
Director - Adam Bhala Lough
About - Uncompromising millennial radicals from the United States and the United Kingdom attack the system through dangerous technological means, which evolves into a high-stakes game with world authorities in the midst of a dramatically changing political landscape.
About - Uncompromising millennial radicals from the United States and the United Kingdom attack the system through dangerous technological means, which evolves into a high-stakes game with world authorities in the midst of a dramatically changing political landscape.
Director - Brian Knappenberger
About - The trial between Hulk Hogan and Gawker Media pitted privacy rights against freedom of the press, and raised important questions about how big money can silence media. This film is an examination of the perils and duties of the free press in an age of inequality.
About - The trial between Hulk Hogan and Gawker Media pitted privacy rights against freedom of the press, and raised important questions about how big money can silence media. This film is an examination of the perils and duties of the free press in an age of inequality.
2
8
7.4
Quest (2017)
Director - Jonathan Olshefski
About - For over a decade, this portrait of a North Philadelphia family and the creative sanctuary offered by their home music studio was filmed with vĂ©ritĂ© intimacy. The familyâs 10- year journey is an illumination of race and class in America, and itâs a testament to love, healing and hope.
About - For over a decade, this portrait of a North Philadelphia family and the creative sanctuary offered by their home music studio was filmed with vĂ©ritĂ© intimacy. The familyâs 10- year journey is an illumination of race and class in America, and itâs a testament to love, healing and hope.
8
7.4
6.9
Step (2017)
*WINNER* Special Jury Award for Inspirational Filmmaking - Amanda Lipitz
Director - Amanda Lipitz
About - The senior year of a girlsâ high school step team in inner-city Baltimore is documented, as they try to become the first in their families to attend college. The girls strive to make their dancing a success against the backdrop of social unrest in their troubled city.
Director - Amanda Lipitz
About - The senior year of a girlsâ high school step team in inner-city Baltimore is documented, as they try to become the first in their families to attend college. The girls strive to make their dancing a success against the backdrop of social unrest in their troubled city.
17
6.3
6.4
*WINNER* Special Jury Award for Storytelling - Yance Ford
Director - Yance Ford
About - Examining the violent death of the filmmakerâs brother and the judicial system that allowed his killer to go free, this documentary interrogates murderous fear and racialized perception, and re-imagines the wreckage in catastropheâs wake, challenging us to change.
Director - Yance Ford
About - Examining the violent death of the filmmakerâs brother and the judicial system that allowed his killer to go free, this documentary interrogates murderous fear and racialized perception, and re-imagines the wreckage in catastropheâs wake, challenging us to change.
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7.5
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Trophy (2017)
Directors - Shaul Schwarz, Christina Clusiau
About - This in-depth look into the powerhouse industries of big-game hunting, breeding and wildlife conservation in the U.S. and Africa unravels the complex consequences of treating animals as commodities.
About - This in-depth look into the powerhouse industries of big-game hunting, breeding and wildlife conservation in the U.S. and Africa unravels the complex consequences of treating animals as commodities.
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Unrest (2017)
*WINNER* Special Jury Award for Editing - Kim Roberts and Emiliano Battista
Director - Jennifer Brea
About - When Harvard PhD student Jennifer Brea is struck down at 28 by a fever that leaves her bedridden, doctors tell her itâs âall in her head.â Determined to live, she sets out on a virtual journey to document her storyâand four other familiesâ storiesâfighting a disease medicine forgot.
Director - Jennifer Brea
About - When Harvard PhD student Jennifer Brea is struck down at 28 by a fever that leaves her bedridden, doctors tell her itâs âall in her head.â Determined to live, she sets out on a virtual journey to document her storyâand four other familiesâ storiesâfighting a disease medicine forgot.
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Director - Marina Zenovich
About - In Californiaâs convoluted water system, notorious water barons find ways to structure a state-engineered system to their own advantage. This examination into their centers of power shows small farmers and everyday citizens facing drought and a new, debilitating groundwater crisis.
About - In Californiaâs convoluted water system, notorious water barons find ways to structure a state-engineered system to their own advantage. This examination into their centers of power shows small farmers and everyday citizens facing drought and a new, debilitating groundwater crisis.
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Whose Streets? (2017)
Directors - Sabaah Folayan, Damon Davis
About - A nonfiction account of the Ferguson uprising told by the people who lived it, this is an unflinching look at how the killing of 18-year-old Michael Brown inspired a community to fight backâand sparked a global movement.
About - A nonfiction account of the Ferguson uprising told by the people who lived it, this is an unflinching look at how the killing of 18-year-old Michael Brown inspired a community to fight backâand sparked a global movement.
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WORLD CINEMA DOCUMENTARY COMPETITION
Twelve documentaries by some of the most courageous and extraordinary international filmmakers working today.
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The Good Postman (2016)
Finland, Bulgaria
Director - Tonislav Hristov
About - In a small Bulgarian village troubled by the ongoing refugee crisis, a local postman runs for mayorâand learns that even minor deeds can outweigh good intentions.
Director - Tonislav Hristov
About - In a small Bulgarian village troubled by the ongoing refugee crisis, a local postman runs for mayorâand learns that even minor deeds can outweigh good intentions.
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School Life (2016)
Ireland, Spain
Directors - Neasa NĂ ChianĂĄin, David Rane
About - John and Amanda teach Latin, English and guitar at a fantastical stately home-turned-school. Nearly 50-year careers are drawing to a close for the pair who have become legends with the mantra: âReading! âRithmetic! Rock ânâ roll!â But for pupil and teacher alike, leaving is the hardest lesson.
Directors - Neasa NĂ ChianĂĄin, David Rane
About - John and Amanda teach Latin, English and guitar at a fantastical stately home-turned-school. Nearly 50-year careers are drawing to a close for the pair who have become legends with the mantra: âReading! âRithmetic! Rock ânâ roll!â But for pupil and teacher alike, leaving is the hardest lesson.
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It's Not Yet Dark (2017)
Ireland
Director - Frankie Fenton
About - This is the incredible story of Simon Fitzmaurice, a young filmmaker who becomes completely paralyzed from motor neurone disease but goes on to direct an award- winning feature film through the use of his eyes.
Director - Frankie Fenton
About - This is the incredible story of Simon Fitzmaurice, a young filmmaker who becomes completely paralyzed from motor neurone disease but goes on to direct an award- winning feature film through the use of his eyes.
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*WINNER* Audience Award: World Cinema Documentary
Hong Kong
Director - Joe Piscatella
About - When the Chinese Communist Party backtracks on its promise of autonomy to Hong Kong, teenager Joshua Wong decides to save his city. Rallying thousands of kids to skip school and occupy the streets, Joshua becomes an unlikely leader in Hong Kong and one of Chinaâs most notorious dissidents.
Hong Kong
Director - Joe Piscatella
About - When the Chinese Communist Party backtracks on its promise of autonomy to Hong Kong, teenager Joshua Wong decides to save his city. Rallying thousands of kids to skip school and occupy the streets, Joshua becomes an unlikely leader in Hong Kong and one of Chinaâs most notorious dissidents.
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*WINNER* Grand Jury Prize: World Cinema Documentary
Denmark
Directors - Feras Fayyad, Steen Johannessen
About - After five years of war in Syria, Aleppoâs remaining residents prepare themselves for a siege. Khalid, Subhi and Mahmoud, founding members of The White Helmets, have remained in the city to help their fellow citizensâand experience daily life, death, struggle and triumph in a city under fire.
Denmark
Directors - Feras Fayyad, Steen Johannessen
About - After five years of war in Syria, Aleppoâs remaining residents prepare themselves for a siege. Khalid, Subhi and Mahmoud, founding members of The White Helmets, have remained in the city to help their fellow citizensâand experience daily life, death, struggle and triumph in a city under fire.
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Machines (2016)
*WINNER* Special Jury Award for Cinematography - Rodrigo Trejo Villanueva
India, Germany, Finland
Director - Rahul Jain
About - This intimate, observant portrayal of the rhythm of life and work in a gigantic textile factory in Gujarat, India, moves through the corridors and bowels of the enormously disorienting structureâtaking the viewer on a journey of dehumanizing physical labor and intense hardship.
India, Germany, Finland
Director - Rahul Jain
About - This intimate, observant portrayal of the rhythm of life and work in a gigantic textile factory in Gujarat, India, moves through the corridors and bowels of the enormously disorienting structureâtaking the viewer on a journey of dehumanizing physical labor and intense hardship.
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