I Did Not Want to Make a War Film

Russia’s full-scale invasion found the Kyiv-based director Nadia Parfan in a small Bedouin village in the Middle East. It was warm, safe, and unbearably far from home. There, the director […]

Heart Valley

Follows a day in the life of Wilf Davies, a kind and inquisitive shepherd from the small village of Cellan, Wales. The film looks at the world through Wilf’s eyes, […]

Eating Our Way to Extinction

A hard-hitting and visually stunning feature-length documentary, narrated and executive produced by Academy Award® winning actress Kate Winslet, featuring shocking testimonials and poignant first-hand accounts from Indigenous people most affected […]

Delikado

Within the idyllic Philippine tourist destination of Palawan, forests and wildlife are being destroyed by illegal loggers and President Duterte’s cronies. Despite extreme mortal danger, a small troop of environmental […]

Bat Man and Woman of India

Bhargavi and Chelmala Srinivasulu have been called the bat woman and bat man of India. The researchers, both at Osmania University in Hyderabad, say the title suits them. Their work […]

Whale Rider

On the east coast of New Zealand, the Whangara people believe their presence there dates back a thousand years or more to a single ancestor, Paikea, who escaped death when […]

We Feed People

2022 Closing Selection Spotlights renowned chef José Andrés and his nonprofit World Central Kitchen’s incredible mission and evolution over 12 years from being a scrappy group of grassroots volunteers to […]

Our Story: LifeTime Wells

In May of 2019, I opted to skip walking across a stage for graduation, and flew 7000 miles to rural Tanzania with a water well driller from my hometown, Ken […]

Ascension

An impressionistic portrait of China’s industrial supply chain that reveals the country’s growing class divide through staggering observations of labor, consumerism, and wealth. The documentary portrays capitalism in China across […]

Burning

From the lens of Academy® and Emmy-award winning Australian filmmaker Eva Orner, Burning takes an unflinching look at the unprecedented and catastrophic Australian bushfires of 2019-2020, known as ‘Black Summer.’ […]