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- DirectorStephen QuayTimothy QuayWeiser QuayStarsWitold SchejbalUses animation to explore anamorphosis, a method to put hidden images within an artwork, by distorting it using the rules of perspective.
- DirectorKhalik AllahFrom red light districts to lush rain-forests, 'Black Mother' is a loving and lyrical ode to Jamaica and its people, a visual poem that is at once deeply felt love letter and ecstatic street-corner prayer.
- DirectorPierre ÉtaixStarsPierre ÉtaixMaurice BiraudMichel LewinAfter the events of May 1968, the French went on vacations - and they were filmed during three months on the rural fairs, on the beaches, on promotional campaigns for products and politicians. And they spoke to the director's candid camera on a variety of subjects - from man walking on the moon to eroticism, from advertisement to marriage...
- DirectorMira NairPortrait of the first laughing club in India, its founding by a doctor who believes that laughter is the best medicine, his outreach to schools, interviews with club members, scenes of outdoor sessions, and shots of billboards and street scenes in contemporary Mumbai. Club members gather, stretch, and start to laugh. Founder Dr. Madan Kararia talks of the club's history and the growth of laughing clubs across the country. Among those interviewed, there's a stockbroker, three bawdy women, a musician, a widow laughing to cope with grief, and two old men - friends since school days who meet daily to laugh. No form, no fuss: happiness equals health.
- DirectorNgozi Onwurah
- DirectorRob EpsteinJeffrey FriedmanStarsLily TomlinTony CurtisSusie BrightA documentary surveying the various Hollywood screen depictions of homosexuals and the attitudes behind them throughout the history of North American film.
- DirectorPaul RowleyStarsLeo GullottaGrayson SquireLuca TorregianiAn elderly man returns to a remote island of the coast of Italy where 60 years before during the Fascist era he was imprisoned with hundreds of other men for being homosexual.
- DirectorVittorio De SetaA short film which documents the lives of Sicilian farmers during harvest time.
- DirectorVittorio De SetaA documentary about Sicilian fisherman tending their boats, nets, and catching some huge fish.
- DirectorVittorio De SetaA documentary centered on the volcanic eruptions that occurred north of Sicily in December of 1954.
- DirectorVittorio De SetaA documentary of sulfur mine workers and their families in rural central Siellia.
- DirectorVittorio De SetaA short film which retells the story of Jesus Christ's death and resurrection.
- DirectorVittorio De SetaA documentary of Sicilian men spear fishing and women doing laundry.
- DirectorVittorio De SetaA short set in Sardinia which documents the hard life of shepherds tending their goat heard.
- DirectorVittorio De SetaA documentary of Sicilian fisherman at work, rest, and seeking refuge from a storm.
- DirectorVittorio De SetaA documentary of the women of Barbagia who take care of their homes, fields, and families why their shepherd husbands are away most of the year tending their herds.
- DirectorErrol MorrisStarsStephen HawkingIsobel HawkingJanet HumphreyA film about the life and work of the cosmologist, Stephen Hawking, who despite his near total paralysis, was one of the great minds of all time.
- DirectorAl ReinertStarsJim LovellKen MattinglyRussell SchweickartAn in-depth look at various NASA moon landing missions, starting with Apollo 8.
- DirectorAlain ResnaisStarsMichel BouquetReinhard HeydrichHeinrich HimmlerThe history of Nazi Germany's death camps of the Final Solution and the hellish world of dehumanization and death contained inside.
- DirectorWeijun ChenStarsCheng ChengLuo LeiXu XiaofeiDemocracy in China exists, that is, in a primary school in Wuhan where a grade 3 class can vote who they want as class monitor.
- DirectorRamin BahraniStarsRichard DavisAn exploration of Richard Davis, the inventor of the modern-day bulletproof vest who shot himself at least 192 times to prove his product worked.
- DirectorPatrick LongstrethStarsJazmine FariesChad FariesKate GermanWinner of the Audience Award at the 2022 Slamdance Film Festival, Jazmine Faries is a 32-year old woman with Down syndrome who is obsessed with soap operas, Barbie dolls, and Matthew McConaughey. For the past 5 summers, her family has performed her original stage plays for a small audience in their town of Iron River in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. In this sixth season, we follow the creative process of writing, rehearsing, and performing the play. Family bonds between her brother, Chad, and her mother, Kate, are strengthened and put to the test by the mishaps and chaos of coordinating a production with limited resources. Along the way we see Jazmine's personal struggle for independence, her yearning for a romantic partner, and how a single spark of creativity can spread joy throughout a community.
- DirectorMartin BellStarsAnnieEddieAntoineGritty documentary that looks at the lives of teenagers living on the streets of Seattle.