October 8, 2019

SHORTS: LOVE & KINK!

Full hearts, charged beds.(TOTAL RUNNING TIME: 83 MIN) That Joke Isn’t Funny Anymore | Director: Hannah CurrieCan Lindsay’s love for her husband, Paul, sustain her through the trauma of his brain injury? (UK, 12 MIN) Bodies | Director: Tegan Clancy A look at the connection between self-love and body image through four women and their art. (AUSTRALIA, 9 […]

October 8, 2019

SOME MILLION MILES

Meet Chico, Alice and Misty, Alabama natives whose lives have been shaped by meth use, in this meditation on loss and the search for redemption.

October 8, 2019

ST. LOUIS SUPERMAN

Bruce Franks Jr., a 34-year-old Ferguson activist and battle rapper who was elected to the overwhelmingly white and Republican Missouri House of Representatives, must overcome both personal trauma and political obstacles to pass a bill critical for his community. Courtesy of MTV. Co-presented by Film Fatales, NYWIFT & ROOFTOP FILMS

October 8, 2019

THE MORTICIAN OF MANILA

Filipino mortician Orly manages and lives at a 24-hour funeral home, where he has a sobering perspective on the lives impacted by President Duterte’s “war on drugs.”

October 8, 2019

THE QUEEN’S MAN

WORLD PREMIERE Native New Yorker Steve Talt was formerly bodyguard to Farah Pahlavi, the wife of the Shah of Iran, but he remains her loyal servant to this day. Steve is on a mission to find Pahlavi’s stolen art collection, and enlists the help of retired mobsters and his 90-year-old neighbor to pursue the cold […]

October 8, 2019

THE STORY OF PLASTIC

NYC PREMIERE Plastic, a seemingly indispensable product, has wrought all sorts of innovations, but at what cost? The plastic industry’s success depends on consumers discarding the product and purchasing new items, creating an endless supply of litter that lingers forever. Filmmaker Deia Schlosberg’s incredibly detailed investigation into the plastic-production pipeline will shock, horrify and forever […]

October 8, 2019

THE SUNNY SIDE UP

Both Sunny and Peter served on death row for crimes they did not commit, only to find each other after being exonerated.

October 8, 2019

TYSON

WORLD PREMIERE Mike Tyson escaped a life of poverty and petty crime to make a name for himself, becoming the youngest Heavyweight Champion of the World and a household name—but his rise was followed by a very public fall. In this remarkably candid portrait, the boxer addresses his controversial past, including the rape charge that […]

October 8, 2019

WEEDMAN

A cannabis activist opens a marijuana-themed cafe across from Trenton’s City Hall to test the city’s weed laws with unexpected consequences.

October 9, 2018

PATRIMONIO

NYC PREMIERE In Baja, Mexico, a multinational developer plans to build an extensive wellness oasis, which will include nearly 4,500 homes and create a footprint that will engulf the local fishing community of Todos Santos. Faced with the encroachment of their natural resources, depletion of the local ecology and severe pollution, the fishermen band together […]