Guy Davidi and Emad Burnat • 2011 • Palestine-Israel
A personal portrait of life in the occupied West Bank––a Palestinian farmer turned filmmaker documents life in his West Bank village as Israeli settlements grow closer and closer.
A testament to the notion that the personal is inherently poli...
David Mueller and Lynn Salt • USA • 2010
A Good Day to Die chronicles a movement that started a revolution and inspired a nation.
By recounting the life story of Dennis Banks, the Native American who co-founded the American Indian Movement (AIM) in 1968 to advocate and protect the rights of Am...
Alex Mar • USA• 2010
Set against the rich, color-soaked backdrop of America's rural landscapes, Alex Mar's lyrical first work is a bold and artful documentary that braids together the stories of three young Americans who have chosen to sacrifice comforts in order to embrace the fringes of alter...
// Presented as part of March's Docs in Focus III Series //
Göran Hugo Olsson / 2014, Sundance Film Festival, BAMcinemafest, Berlin, Busan, CPH:DOX, DocAviv, Göteborg, Hong Kong, IDFA - International Documentary Filmfestival Amsterdam, Indielisboa, Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festiv...
// Presented as part of April's Docs in Focus II Series //
Bill Morrison / 2016, Venice, BAFICI - Buenos Aires Festival Internacional de Cine Independiente, BFI London, Doclisboa, Dublin, FICUNAM, Göteborg, !f Istanbul International Independent Film Festival, Melbourne, New York, NYT Critics' Pi...
// Presented as part of November's In Transit II Series //
Gianfranco Rosi / 2016, Berlin Film Festival, Cartagena, Chicago, Hamptons, Hawaii, Helsinki, Karlovy Vary, Melbourne, Mill Valley, Moscow, New York Film Festival, NYT Critics' Pick, Palm Springs, Philadelphia, Reykjavik, Telluride, Toro...
Peter Nicks • 2017 • USA
A look at Oakland's Police Department and its new department's Chief.
Oakland Police Department. Sean Whent is hired as the department's chief, with the mandate to come in and clean up shop. He arrives with the best intentions, but soon learns that repairing the trust b...
// Presented as part of April's Docs in Focus II Series //
Guido Santi & Tina Mascara / 2014, Ashland Independent, Cleveland, Full Frame Documentary Film Festival, Hot Docs, IDFA - Amsterdam International Documentary Film Festival, Palm Springs, ReFrame Film Festival, Sedona / 91'
Nicholas Vree...
