The Chimney Sweeper
Markus—whose great-great-great-grandfather invented the nutcracker doll—makes nutcrackers for a living, as did each of his forefathers who descended from the great inventor. Markus discusses his life decisions.
The City of Silence
In a world where breaking the silence will get you killed, Ethan will discover the healing power of music.
The Cloud Herder
An aging herder protects her flock of clouds from an oncoming storm.
The Dandelion
The Dandelion is an animated short film about the human condition, as experienced by a dandelion, who is threatened by the very forces that gave it life.
The Dwellers
An intimate look at the lives of eight homeless and housing challenged congregants of The Dwelling as they participate in Authoring Action’s innovative approach to the creative writing process, which gives these writers the tools they need to tell their stories.
The Floaters
The Floaters follows a struggling musician who takes a last-resort job from her overachiever best friend: supervising misfits at their childhood Jewish summer camp. Framed through multigenerational perspectives, this offbeat comedy captures the rich diversity of a Jewish summer camp and explores the conflict between leaving one’s mark and building connection.
The Flowers of Malva
In a small village in the Ukrainian countryside, Nina, a grandmother deeply attached to her land, welcomes her granddaughter Yana for what appears to be a simple holiday. In reality, she is trying to hide the war that is ravaging the country from her granddaughter by creating an imaginary world where everything is fine.
The Great Experiment
What holds a people together when the story they tell about themselves begins to fracture? The Great Experiment is an epic poem in documentary form—a mirror held to a nation at war with its own reflection, asking not who is right, but whether the experiment itself can survive.
The Hotline
The Hotline is a haunting, meditative look at opioid users connected through an anonymous phone line that acts as a fragile tether between life and death.
The Legend of Juan Jose Mundo
Based on a true story. Set in suburban NY in 1984. Julie Gornick hosts a charismatic, larger than life Spanish exchange student. As he starts hooking up with the girls in her class, Julie falls in love with him. Or what she thinks is love.
The Librarians
As part of our year-round screening partnership with ITVS Indie Lens, we are thrilled to bring our audiences this powerful documentary about librarians who unite to combat book banning and defend intellectual freedom on democracy’s frontlines amid unprecedented censorship in Texas, Florida, and beyond.
The Lonely Life of Lint
When a dryer-dwelling lint creature becomes aware of its isolation, it embarks on a quest for companionship.
The Magician
Sulina, 1910. It is the inauguration of the first electric power station in this Romanian port city. In the jubilation of a modern and cosmopolitan crowd, Ilarion, a prestidigitator from another time, tries to play his last card.
The Nest
Inside Bronx International High School, a sanctuary for New York’s most vulnerable youth, an immigrant community bands together to create a better future through mentorship, perseverance, and the power of hope.
The Perfect Palm
A young man on the autism spectrum, who possesses a remarkable gift as a visual artist, encounters the corporate world at his first job interview.