A Man Who Takes Pictures of Flowers
Jung Myung Kim, a photographer who has dedicated over 40 years to capturing wildflowers in Korea, shares his story of pursuing his passion for capturing flowers.
All at Once
On a journey across Central Park, an introspective high school senior develops unexpected feelings for her charismatic co-valedictorian as they discuss love, family, and their futures.
Animation on Screen: A Conversation with UNCSA Animation and Forsyth Tech Digital Effects and Animation Technology
Delve into the craftsmanship and innovative approaches that embody contemporary animation and digital effects. Panelists will discuss training, emerging tools, and career opportunities in the animation filmmaking industry.
Anorgasmia (a.k.a. All the Things We Do to Survive)
Two lost souls in search of a volcano.
Blackout
It’s the Eid holiday. We’re in an apartment building that is owned and lived in by three generations of a very conservative family. When the elderly grandfather gets sick, his daughters believe that his illness is because of bad luck brought on by a young woman who rents an apartment in the building.
Cameraman
In the late 90s, a newly immigrated Iranian cameraman finds himself adrift in London. Struggling to adapt, he must decide whether to risk his family’s limited savings on a stranger’s offer—one that promises a way back to the identity he once knew.
Crystal Cross
A quirky Christian singer and a suicidal dad drive cross-country, forging an unlikely bond through bad decisions and bizarre roadside attractions. Crystal Cross is a hilarious, bittersweet road trip about two lost souls finding comfort (but not salvation) in each other’s messes.
Daily Worker
Digitizing union newspapers in the quiet of a dark room, a filmmaker reflects on their relationship to labor.
December, Day Zero
A recovering alcoholic comes face-to-face with his bartender ex-girlfriend when he attempts to drop off a Christmas gift at her bar.
Documentary Shorts 2026: Program 1
RiverRun is an Academy Award-qualifying festival in the category of Documentary Shorts. This is one of two shorts blocks in competition, of which the winner may submit for Academy Awards consideration.
Fly
When a ballet company holds auditions for a competitive apprenticeship, a perfection-driven dancer has their world upended by a rival who rekindles their love for the craft.
Gatorville
In Colorado’s forgotten valley, two siblings face alligators and the ache of leaving youth behind.
Holy Electricity
When young Gonga and his cousin Bart find a suitcase full of rusty crosses in a scrap yard, Bart gets the idea to turn them into neon crucifixes and sell them door-to-door to the gullible inhabitants of Tbilisi. Their crusade through the suburbs of the city becomes a quest for love and friendship.
I Want to Go to Moscow
Mara is a disillusioned actor dealing with the terror of time. When she’s thrown into a classroom of kids rehearsing a Disneyfied version of Chekhov’s Three Sisters—her favorite play about existential longing—she swan dives into her own crisis of aging, nostalgia, and the loss of childhood dreams.