“9to5” is the latest film from heralded documentarians Julia Reichert and Steven Bognar, whose “American…
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“Aggie” explores the nexus of art, race, and justice through the story of art collector and philanthropist…
“America’s Last Little Italy” explores the deep historic roots of the Hill, St. Louis’ iconic Italian…
For four years in the 1860s, half of the United States was held hostage by an unrecognized white-…
Claire (Lena Olin) lives a domestic life in the Hamptons as the wife of celebrated artist Richard Smythson…
“Ask No Questions” offers a fascinating and damning investigation of the Chinese government’s concerted…
This ambitious documentary by St. Louis-based filmmaker Matthew Rice analyzes how an ex-slave became one…
SLIFF is pleased to present a work-in-progress screening of a documentary on the Black Artists' Group (BAG…
In the five-part documentary series “City So Real,” Oscar-nominated documentarian Steve James (“America to…
Directed by Wayne Wang (“Chan Is Missing,” “The Joy Luck Club”) and based on a New Yorker personal essay…
“Cured” illuminates a pivotal yet largely unknown chapter in the struggle for LGBTQ equality: the campaign…
Based on the true story of renowned butterfly expert and nature writer Dr. Robert Pyle (David Cross), “The…
Change is never easy, even when the results are positive, and that’s never more true than when a young…
“The Dilemma of Desire” explores female sexual desire and the powerful gender politics that revolve around…
Cue the drama! It’s summer 1994, and a group of conservative, nerdy teens throw their final murder-mystery…
In a story inspired by a real-life experience, 22-year-old college student Ivan (Zoë Kennison) is informed…
Forced to leave Angola and live in exile in New York City, Walter (Ntare Guma Mbaho Mwine, “The Chi”)…
“Finding Yingying” chronicles the search for Yingying Zhang, a 26-year-old Chinese student who had only…
“Fish & Men” explores the high cost of cheap fish in the modern U.S. seafood economy, exposing the…
Winner of the first-ever Library of Congress/Lavine/Ken Burns Prize for Film, “Flannery” is a lyrical,…
As her small, blue-collar city struggles to emerge from the opioid epidemic and gets caught up in battles…
How can the endangered city of Venice be preserved? Gianni Berengo Gardin, Italy’s most famous living…
Audience Choice Leon Award for Best Documentary Feature. “God Save the Wings” offers a…
Hamtramck, Mich. — part of the Detroit area — is a place built by immigrants. The city thrived thanks to…
Recently out of another stint in rehab, Natalie (Annika Marks) is hiding her persistent painkiller habit…
“Lapsis” takes place in an alternate-present New York in which the quantum computing revolution has begun…
After risking his life crossing the Florida Straits on a raft, young Ernesto searches Miami for his…
Sabrina Bouarour's “Lights of Baltimore” tells the story of the war of images surrounding Baltimore in the…
Imagine waking up in a world where a pandemic has broken out. Imagine that it strikes with no rhyme or…
In the heart of New York’s Chinatown, an ornery, chain-smoking, newly widowed 80-year-old grandma (Tsai…
“Machine” examines artificial intelligence (AI) — the most radical new technology of our time — from…
Ethan Kochar (former St. Louisan Sathya Sridharan) is a reclusive young neuroscientist whose brilliance is…
“MLK/FBI,” the first film to uncover the extent of the FBI’s surveillance and harassment of Dr. Martin…
“My Name is Sara” tells the true life story of Sara Goralnik, a 13-year-old Polish Jew whose entire family…
This modern Western — which pointedly addresses contemporary immigration issues — is inspired by the real-…
In “On Broadway,” directed by Academy Award nominee Oren Jacoby (for the short “Sister Rose’s Passion”),…
In Buenos Aires at the age of 16, Pedro Opeka declined an opportunity to become a professional soccer…
In “The Oratorio,” filmmaker Martin Scorsese helps tell the story of an 1826 performance that forever…
In this bittersweet story about coming of age in the shadow of mental illness, all Melanie (Stefania LaVie…
The twisty, head-spinning investigative thriller “The Penny Black” begins when Will, the estranged son of…
Although a portrait of the troubled Rust Belt city of Youngstown, Ohio, “The Place That Makes Us” offers a…
Interfaith Award for Best Documentary. A work of timely urgency, director Michelle Grace…
At 88 years old, Audrey Flack — feminist, rebel, mother, painter, sculptor, and teacher — holds a unique…
Yes, there are Jews in Montana! There’s an evangelical strand of Hasidic Judaism — Chabad-Lubavitch —…
“The Reunited States” — both heartwarming and heartening — provides a much-needed balm in a time of…
The charming “Revival” documents a program by a New York City nonprofit — the interestingly named Dances…
For nearly three decades, Edward “Nardie” White has led an after-school community drum corps (River City…
Spotlight on Inspiration Documentary Competition Winner. “The Road Up” follows four…
On the Georgia barrier island of Sapelo — accessible only by boat — preteen brothers JerMarkest and…
After accidentally shooting an innocent Black man through a wall in Brooklyn, young Chinese-American cop…
As the country was embroiled in a divisive election and racial tensions flared, civil-rights activist and…
New Filmmakers Forum Emerging Director Award (The Bobbie). “Small Time” takes an…
Few protagonists are more compelling than the underdog sports hero, and “Strider” adds a new icon to the…
Essy Award for Best Narrative Feature. “Test Pattern,” the gripping and powerful first…
In his first dramatic feature since 2014’s “Pasolini,” Abel Ferrara (“Bad Lieutenant,” “King of New York…
Filmed over five years in Kansas City, “Transhood” follows four transgender kids — beginning at ages 4, 7…
“Unapologetic” vividly captures a community of millennial organizers confronting an administration…
Directed by Peabody Award winner Abby Ginzberg — a two-time SLIFF alum with “And Then They Came for Us” in…
In June 2014, Ryan Candice, a high-achieving student at the University of Missouri, took his life days…
Called “the best American writer of his generation” and “our poet laureate of war,” Tim O’Brien is one of…
“Women in Blue” offers an unprecedented window on the inner workings of the Minneapolis Police Department…
Essy Award for Best Documentary Feature. Far from a typical music doc, “Zappa” is a…