September 24, 2026
EDWARD SAID: BETWEEN WORLDS
DescriptionBiosContactDescription Screening to be followed by a conversation with producer Sarah Mowaswes, moderated by Dominic Asmall Willsdon, Executive Director, International Documentary Association (IDA). The legacy and indomitable voice of Palestinian activist and scholar Edward Said are revitalized in documentarian Maiken Baird’s sweeping profile, moving from his childhood in Jerusalem to his foundational academic texts including...
September 24, 2026
DOOR KNOCKING
DescriptionTrailerDescription Screens as part of CONSERVATORY SHOWCASE 3 Wanda keeps her cancer battle a secret from her daughter, Rosie. As she reinvents herself as a city council candidate, she realizes the hardest door to knock on is Rosie’s. Trailer
September 24, 2026
EACH, ALL AND EVERY
DescriptionBiosContactTrailerDescription North American Premiere Screens as part of SHORTS PROGRAM: ANIMATION 2 Mr. Rabbit is unable to decide what to become when he grows up. Overwhelmed by the number of choices, he instead escapes into his imagination and creates tiny replicas of himself. Bios Nikoletta Veress is a Hungarian animation director who graduated with an...
September 24, 2026
DIARY OF A CHAMBERMAID (FEMME DE CHAMBRE)
DescriptionBiosContactDescription Enfant terrible of the Romanian New Wave, filmmaker Radu Jude (KONTINENTAL ’25, AFI FEST 2025) returns with another scathing satire, loosely adapting Octave Mirbeau’s novel into a metatextual and even more provocative treatise on class and immigration in modern-day Europe. Gianina (Ana Dumitrașcu) is the titular maid, a Romanian immigrant working for upper-class couple...
September 24, 2026
DEGREE OF CERTAINTY
DescriptionTrailerDescription Screens as part of CONSERVATORY SHOWCASE 5 When an oil company’s young risk analyst learns the climate research department has discovered a rapid rise in global temperatures, he must decide which side of history to be on. Trailer
September 24, 2026
DEEP END
DescriptionBiosContactTrailerDescription North American Premiere Screens as part of SHORTS PROGRAM: ANIMATION 2 In an early-2000s swimming class, a shy preteen girl confronts her fear of water — and human connection — when she forms an unexpected, magical bond in the deep end of the pool. Bios Director Puzhen Zhang holds an MFA in Directing Animation...
September 24, 2026
THE DAY SHE RETURNS
DescriptionBiosContactDescription This film screens with NOWHERE TO LAY MY EYES as a double feature of Hong Sang-soo’s latest works. Swapping soju for German beer, Hong Sang-soo’s 34th feature is a playful triptych, finding profundity in repetition and revealing truths about identity, memory and privacy. Jeong-su (Song Seon-mi) is a middle-aged actress in the midst of a...
September 24, 2026
THE CRYONICIST
DescriptionTrailerDescription Screens as part of CONSERVATORY SHOWCASE 3 When her comatose lover is taken off life support by his family, a brilliant but obsessive college student risks everything to steal his body and DIY cryogenically freeze him. Trailer
September 24, 2026
THE DAUGHTERS OF THE LATE COLONEL
DescriptionBiosContactTrailerDescription North American Premiere Screens as part of SHORTS PROGRAM: ANIMATION 1 After the death of their ill-tempered and controlling father, two middle aged sisters clear away their father's effects and find the courage to begin their lives anew. Bios Elizabeth Hobbs is a multi-award winning animated filmmaker. Her films are often based on moments...
September 24, 2026
A COUNTRY DOG
DescriptionBiosContactTrailerDescription World Premiere Screens as part of SHORTS PROGRAM: LIVE ACTION 2 In this adaptation of Shirley Jackson's "The Renegade," a young family moves from the city to an isolated rural community, where their beloved dog is accused of killing a neighbor's chickens. Bios Writer/director Ryan Nielsen was born and raised in the Midwest and...
