directed by Jon Alpert and Matt O’Neill/ Redemption is a documentary about New York City’s canners – the men and women who survive by redeeming bottles and cans they collect from curbs, garbage cans and apartment complexes. You’ve seen them combing through the trash, but never got to meet them. The film is an unexpected […]

directed by Cynthia Wade/ Every third Monday of the month, brassy Long Island, New York sisters Cynthia and Rachel open up their hair salon, called Racine, and offer free beauty services for women undergoing chemotherapy. Determined to make their customers feel beautiful, the glamour duo knows that Mondays at Racine goes beyond purple painted toes […]

directed by Yan England/ Henry, a great concert pianist, has his life thrown in turmoil the day the love of this life, Maria, disappears mysteriously. He’ll then discover the inevitable verdict of life. “It all started with a line that my grandfather said, which is in the film. At the time he was 92, and […]

directed by Adam Pesapane/ Transforming familiar objects into fresh guacamole. “My films are built more for online viewing where people have control of the scrub bars and can go back and forth and explore details in the background and there’s ideas tucked in there on all different layers.” – Adam Pesapane, director of Fresh Guacemole […]

directed by Tom Van Avermaet/ Stuck in a dark limbo between life and death, a deceased soldier Nathan Rijckx collects shadows of dying men and women to buy back his own second chance at life. Obsessed by a girl he met the moment before he died, the thought of seeing his beloved again drives the […]

directed by Sam French/ Buzkashi Boys is a reminder that there is life in Afghanistan, and it’s not all about war and destruction. It follows the lives of two boys as they struggle to realize who they are and how to achieve their dreams. “We woke up the next morning, and it was the biggest […]

directed by Brian Buckley/ A coming of age fable of a Somali boy as he struggles to survive in his war-torn land. “Now, I’m like, Mr. Short, you know. Because with a short you really have that ability to get out there with a message that might not receive financing or much interest if you […]

directed by Albie Hecht/ In San Diego, a young teenage girl’s eyes stare into a compact mirror. She paints a dramatic black swirl around her eye. She never knows what her day will bring, but she knows at least it will always begin with paint. “Sean and Andrea hadn’t made a feature when we made […]

directed by Shawn Christensen/ At the lowest point of his life, Richie gets a call from his estranged sister, asking him to look after his nine-year old niece, Sophia, for a few hours. “I didn’t want to direct it originally. I wanted to just play the role and would write it. I would find someone […]