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Black-and-white close-up of a gloved medical hand touching a newborn baby’s chest amid tubes and monitoring equipment in a neonatal care setting.

Fish and Babies (Don't Feel Pain)

For much of the 20th century, babies routinely underwent major surgery without adequate pain relief.

Seven women in their 70s and 80s stand in a semi-circle doing stretches in a courtyard bathed in sunlight.

Penumbra of Memory

Eight former political prisoners reunite fifty years after their detention in one large room together during Argentina’s last military dictatorship.

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?

Film poster with a black-and-white image of a woman on top and a blurred image on the botton.

Mona Finnih, Queen of Afrobeat

Feature documentary about Nigeria's first female international singer. And one of the pioneers of Afrobeat music that was coined by the king Fela Kuti.

Transcendent (w/t)

In the heart of San Francisco, TRANSCENDENT follows a community of trans Latinas as they compete in the inaugural El/La Para TransLatinas business pitch showcase, Miss El/La Emprendedora, to win fu

Eli, the frontman of Um, Jennifer?, is on the ground playing a blue guitar. He is surrounded by a swarm of energetic fans recording and cheering him on. The image is captured from an Um, Jennifer? show in Brooklyn. He is wearing gray trousers and a white blouse.

Um, Documentary?

Um, Documentary? chronicles the rise of transgender rock band Um, Jennifer? led by Eli Scarpati and Fig Regan, as they navigate New York City's underground music scene and the broader U.S.

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.

White silhouette of a teddy bear with barbed wire running across its body.

Safezone

SAFE ZONE is a documentary film series about the resilience of girls caught in the chaos of the Syrian refugee crisis.

An image of Mount Kilimanjaro at sunset with clouds and a savanna tree in the foreground

Expedition Parkimanjaro

Expedition Parkimanjaro documents the journey of Marco Masoni, a father, educator and adventurer diagnosed with Early Onset Parkinson's Disease who tackles climbing Mount Kilimanjaro while being vi

a jaguar roams over a rocky outcrop in the desert at night

Of Jaguars, Sky Islands, and Us

He was young, handsome, mysterious, and wanted. He was looking for a mate.

Screenshot of a VHS tape recording of a father and his two young children sitting at a table, in front of a birthday cake with a number four candle on it. The date on the tape reads Jan 12 1995.

Dear Daddy

It all began with a heavy burden on my young shoulders—a weight I carried for years, convinced I was to blame for my father's untimely death.

A Line of Inspiration

A poet inspires a composer, who in turn inspires a sculptor who inspires a composer.

Escape From Death Valley

In the winter of 1849 a wagon train was lost in an unknown American desert. A “cursed hole” – the doomed immigrants soon named it, “Death Valley.” No water, no food, no way out.

Grenadiers

After 52 years, Haiti returns to the 2026 World Cup without having played a single match at home.

Juilliard dancers on the beach in a motion blur of gestures.

KITÁ

KITÁ is a true story about elite Juilliard students from New York City who cross the world to the Philippine Islands—where their plan to teach dance one summer shatters everything they thought they

Dominated by a looming supercell thunderstorm over an open rural road, the image shows a lone vehicle driving straight into the heart of the storm. Bold, distressed white typography spells out “WOMEN,” anchored by a sharp red “WEATHER"

Weather Women

The story begins at the 2025 National Storm Chaser Summit, where Jessica Moore sets out on her journey.

a 16mm film still of a low, black painted brick building with skeletons painted on the front labeled "Abbot's Magic" in large white lettering

Magic Town

For nearly 90 summers a tiny village in rural Michigan, dubbed “The Magic Capital of the World,” has attracted thousands of magicians for an annual magic convention.

The image depicts two people facing one another. The back of one woman's head and her long black hair fill the left half of the frame. The black hair obscures half of another woman's face who is facing the camera.

The Last Car

After the mysterious disappearance of a friend, director Devin Thomas unearths dozens of unexplained deaths on Amtrak’s long-distance trains.

Reverend James Lawson sits and speaks next to Martin Luther King Jr.

A Better Way: James Lawson, Architect of Nonviolence

This authorized documentary feature will provide a fresh lens on the inner workings of the Nonviolence Movement of America through the untold story of Rev. James Lawson

Director Meghan Courtney interviews an Athenia survivor.

Athenia's Last Voyage

At sunset on the first day of WWII the British passenger ship Athenia was bound for Canada in the North Atlantic, and nearly everyone aboard believed they had sailed beyond the reach of the newly d

A Scientific Field Camp on The Greenland Ice Sheet, crisscrossed by crevasse traces and ice streams.

THE LIVING ICE OF GREENLAND is a feature-length documentary film about the startling discovery of a dark microbial forest melting the Greenland Ice Sheet far faster than any models predict, and the Arctic scientists traversing Greenland to understand it.