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The Deadline (Working Title)

Tensions are rising, we are becoming more polarised, and the world feels less and less stable. Social media has become a dangerously powerful propaganda tool.

Bobbi Clincher staring away from the camera.

All We've Lost

ALL WE'VE LOST is a feature length documentary film focusing on the human experience within the case of Barry Beach and the movement for criminal justice reform in Montana.

Collage-like black and white image of a man and a woman, with their young daughter in the father's lap

My Father and Qaddafi

When Jihan was six years old, her father flew to Cairo and never returned. Mansur Rashid Kikhia was the Foreign Minister of Libya, ambassador to the United Nations, and a human rights lawyer.

Sister Margaret Slachta is sitting in front of her desk that is covered with letters.

Angel of Mercy

"Angel of Mercy" tells the story of Sister Margaret Slachta, who defied Nazis and communists in her fight for social justice.

A collage-style painting. It is a black painted canvas with a document affixed on the canvas that reads Action. The document has burned edges. On top of the burned document there is a 1940s photograph mounted with a photo corner. The photograph is printed as a negative and has the ghost-like images of a woman and man posing together in their dress military uniforms.

Moving Like Pond Water

Is it possible to go to war and come back mentally sound?

Close up of a teenage girl with light-brown hair and blue eyes, wearing a light-pink sweater and jeans, laying on her stomach on a bedroom floor with a noticeable, hunched-over spine, looking melancholily away from the camera.

The Hunchback

Sufferers of a rare and misunderstood spine disease, which can leave them with a severely curved spine, severe pain and long-term health complications, search for answers, help, and purpose in life

A young girl in a flowy dress walks on the beach, the text LET US READ is superimposed on top of the image

'Let Us Read' explores various personal stories of living in a world full of misconceptions and systemic barriers toward dyslexia and other learning differences. However, thanks to decades of research, today, there is an effective teaching approach that empowers students with dyslexia and benefits all other students as well. This documentary pushes the conversation to the next step. How can we bring this solution to where the problem is and allow a fair education opportunity for everyone?

A Place For Us

Against mounting environmental pressures and the fastest-growing human population on earth, Africa’s lions are losing their place on the continent and facing extinction.

Close up of a woman with short, blonde hair wearing a blindfold that reads "4 Taylor"

Blind Momentum

Against all odds, Laura King Edwards — mother, writer, speaker, runner, and passionate rare disease advocate — sets out to break the world record for running a half marathon blindfolded.

PAPER MOON Rise

PAPER MOON Rise is a feature documentary that retraces the Kansas and Missouri locations of Peter Bogdanovich’s 1973 classic, Paper Moon.

Thirteen elderly White women sit around a white patio table facing the camera.

Make-Up Women (Glamour & Guts)

The Untold Story of Hollywood's first Make-Up Women.

A swamp at dusk surrounded by trees and in the center of the swamp is a tree standing in the middle of the water. The tree's reflection in the water is directly beneath the tree in the middle of the frame. Centered in the image is the word IMMORTAL.

Immortal

Following the groundbreaking creation of an immortal heart cell in his lab, a world renowned stem cell researcher is accused of a murder-suicide.

Anima Anandkumar and David Zierler, Director of the Caltech Heritage Project, in a joint interview at The Caltech Archives during our Teaser Shoot in December 2025.

#WAY_Anima

Animashree Anandkumar is a powerhouse in the field of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning.

Exodus of the Minds

For decades, Boston has been the world’s leading hub for medical research, built venture capitalists, pharmaceutical companies and generations of scientists drawn from across the globe.

A colourful drag queen, wearing an orange foam wig, a purple leotard and high heels, marches through a Belfast tunnel whose walls have been spray-painted.

99: True Stories from Your Fellow Humans

99 is a non-profit platform that streams award-winning short documentaries from all over the world for free, subtitled in +10 languages thanks to our exceptional translation community.

Tevita Gukilau, a Fijian-Australian professional surfer, rides a Ciggy Board on a beautiful wave in the South Pacific. There is text on the image that reads "The Ciggy Board represents taking a problem, finding out how you can be part of the solution, and enjoying that process" - Jack Johnson, Musician, Surfer, Activist.

The Cigarette Surfboard

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The Wandering Lepidoptera

We all know caterpillars are very hungry, but did you know many must wander after they are full, looking for a place to burrow for the winter - and that our coveted suburban turf lawns are putting

The People's Game

A young couple walks along a preserved segment of the Berlin Wall in 2014

Growing Together Again

"Growing Together Again" tells the story of German unity three decades after the end of the Cold War.

Film poster showing a blonde woman sitting on a couch with an ankle monitor on, holding a laptop.

Lyuba's Hope

Lyuba’s Hope follows lawyer-activist-political candidate Lyubov Sobol, formerly the head of Navalny’s Anti-Corruption Foundation.

Film Studies Center

Built around nearly 5,000 films, television shows, print elements, and audio recordings, the Center is an operating platform for scholarship, student training, documentary production, public progra

Wounded Knee Memorial arch framing a tree with a ray of sunlight

Healing Wounded Knee

How do we begin to heal national trauma? How does the heart navigate the terrain of forgiveness?

A still from the film shows Adelina standing alone in an open field, her head tilted upward toward the sky. Her bare shoulders and tightly crossed arms convey exposure and restraint, while her upward gaze suggests longing and a deep desire for freedom. The cold blue tones of the landscape and the distant city reinforce her emotional isolation.

A Song Without Home

After 11 years of being locked away from the outside world, Adelina, a young trans woman from a Georgian village, flees to Vienna in search of freedom.

A young Caucasian woman with a pixie cut adjusts her black sunglasses with white frame. There is a cross symbol in her left sunglass shade and gender symbols in the right sunglass shade.

Baptizing Feminism

As evangelical patriarchy rises in the United States, Baptizing Feminism brings to the forefront a bold evangelical and Christian feminist movement rising again from silenced, faithful women, and f

A man is looking up in front of a wall painting.

ART & KRIMES BY KRIMES

While locked-up for six years in federal prison, artist Jesse Krimes secretly creates monumental works of art—including an astonishing 40-foot mural made with prison bed sheets, hair gel, and newsp

Sapiro v. Ford: The Jew Who Sued Henry Ford

Sapiro v. Ford tells the riveting true story of Aaron Sapiro, a young Jewish lawyer who took on one of America’s most powerful men—and most notorious antisemite—Henry Ford.

Black and white portrait of a man with long hair and a white beard. The text "'Iouli" below the portrait.

ʻIOULI - The Black Hawk

An Inspirational Story of courage and persistence.

Artemisia

After a devastating trial, artist Artemisia Gentileschi becomes the unexpected face of a new art movement amidst personal tragedy and public scrutiny.

A crowd is gathered at a church for an evening prayer

Taizé: A Pilgrimage of Trust

The documentary, Taizé: A Pilgrimage of Trust, explores the unique historical, spiritual, musical and cultural significance of the Taizé ecumenical monastic community in Burgundy, France.

Snowy stairs lead up to a symmetrically-centered bright, red church door with a frosted church window on each side, and bare, snowy branches reaching toward the door from above

The Quiet Part (w/t)

Poster of Ghost Lights written in orange.

Ghost Lights: Reclaiming Theater in the Age of AIDS

What happens when you go in search of your legacy only to find it was stolen by an insidious plague?

neon green trees from the base of a forrest surrounded by ferns with the title of the film and director on top in yellow writing "Si la Isla quiere" a film by Cece King

SI LA ISLA QUIERE ("Island Willing")

One Island’s worldview could save the world.

An older man with short grey hair stands against a yellow wall with a window, his face directed to the right side of the image.

Lakhdar

Kidnapped and taken to Guantánamo Bay by the US military, Lakhdar Boumediène was wrongfully detained and tortured at the notorious prison for seven long years.

A Muslim woman wearing a hijab stands among a line of people in military uniforms

Three Chaplains

Three Muslim chaplains aim to make change in one of America’s most powerful institutions—the military. For them, the fight for equality and religious freedom begins on the inside.

On Firm Ground

In a race against time, two people battling Parkinson's disease embark on a journey of hope as they undergo brain surgery to reclaim their lives.

I Got You

I GOT YOU! is a short documentary about Miss T (Tanya Thomas), the crossing guard of a neighborhood in Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn who has held a diverse community together for over 22 years.