Sound & Color
Sound & Color is a 15-minute documentary about an artist with sound-to-color synesthesia as she collaborates with the film team to animate her visual experience of sound for the first time—a nuanced process that is both technically challenging and profoundly personal.
Sound Guardians
As Jakarta sinks and sea levels rise, Indonesia is moving its capital to Borneo, on the traditional land of the indigenous Balik people. Abidin, a Balik elder, is documenting his forest’s soundscape with the help of scientists to preserve ancestral knowledge, before it’s too late.
Stationed
Clara, a mournful migrant woman, has her past trauma reignited when Julia, a dirty, disconcerted young migrant girl, arrives at her house, without her mother.
Steakout!
Sean’s going to a steak dinner. Patrick’s going to a stakeout. Unfortunately, they’re both in the same car.
Stray Embers
After saving his home from a historic wildfire that destroyed his town, a California man opens his doors to displaced families and neighbors, determined to stay rooted in a place that could burn again. Filmed over five years, it captures the bonds, challenges, and tensions that emerge when dozens of people and their dogs live together in the aftermath of disaster.
Summer Lost
A man attempts to keep his terminal illness a secret while attending a wedding, but an unexpected romance reshapes his future as well as his past.
Sunspark
While scavenging for spare parts, a lonely robot discovers someone who desperately needs his help.
Swim Sistas
Narrated by Academy Award® nominee Naomie Harris as Mami Wata, Swim Sistas follows four Black British women, from an Olympic trailblazer to a 54-year-old first-time swimmer, in a lyrical celebration of joy, sisterhood, and resilience.
T
Filmed over lead actor Mel Glickman’s real-life first year taking testosterone, T is a fictionalized, never-before-seen journey of transmasculine discovery, authentically portraying the moving struggles and joys encountered in friendships, family, and romantic relationships.
Tandem
When two strangers cross paths biking through Raleigh, NC, their chance encounter sparks a romance that changes them both forever.
The Apricot
The Apricot tells the story of a 10-year-old boy and his first summer working on the family’s apricot farm. This project is based on real childhood memories that the director holds dear to his heart.
The Art of Makeup and Wig Design: A Conversation with Dean and Starr Jones and UNCSA Design and Production
Explore the artistry, research, and technical skill behind creating memorable characters for film and television. Panelists will discuss the collaborative process of makeup and wig design, from concept to execution, and how these crafts shape storytelling—defining a film character’s identity, personality, and emotional state.
The Artis Residence
When Vera, the matriarch of the quirky Artis family, decides to make a break with her old life, she finds she has to resort to unique measures.
The Big Cheese
The Big Cheese follows a team of eccentric, determined, and scrappy American cheesemongers as they battle cultural clashes, personal struggles, and melting cheese in pursuit of respect, redemption, and a historic victory at the Olympics of cheese.
The Book of George
George McKenzie Jr. traded the hard streets and violence of New York City for a life photographing some of the most elusive animals in North America for National Geographic. His next mission? Empower kids of color to access their own dreams and to protect the natural world.