Family Issues
A supplement to Master Class: Behind the Camera with Rachel Reichman, this…
Middle-age Shokoo finds out that her elderly ex-husband, Fereydoun, has been placed in a nursing home by…
Claire (Lena Olin) lives a domestic life in the Hamptons as the wife of celebrated artist Richard Smythson…
Audience Choice Award for Best Narrative Feature. In her debut feature film, Israeli…
In “Cachada,” which screened at last year’s SXSW, five El Salvadoran women who have lived difficult lives…
Directed by Wayne Wang (“Chan Is Missing,” “The Joy Luck Club”) and based on a New Yorker personal essay…
A trio of films that examine different aspects of the prison system in the U.S.
A program that explores the Black experience from a multiplicity of perspectives.
Glimpses of family life both fraught and inspiring from around the globe.
Stories of deportees, asylum seekers, and undocumented immigrants from Latin America.
A sampler of films from students in the Jonathan B. Murray Center for Documentary Journalism at the…
Nonfiction standouts from the 2020 St. Louis Filmmakers Showcase and new works by artists with ties to the…
This double bill of near-feature-length shorts explores the lives of two icons of music and movies who…
A global survey of the myriad challenges faced by women both past and present.
Forced to leave Angola and live in exile in New York City, Walter (Ntare Guma Mbaho Mwine, “The Chi”)…
In this unsettling and hypnotic Polish thriller, young scientist Anna Waterman (Julia Kijowska) is…
In Itay Tal’s “God of the Piano,” Anat (Naama Preis, winner of the Jerusalem Film Festival award for Best…
Aharon has devoted his life to raising Uri, his autistic son. They have established a gentle routine,…
Recently out of another stint in rehab, Natalie (Annika Marks) is hiding her persistent painkiller habit…
After risking his life crossing the Florida Straits on a raft, young Ernesto searches Miami for his…
At the outset of “Madre,” Elena (Marta Nieto) receives a call from her 6-year-old son, who tells her that…
In this adaptation of a semi-autobiographical novella by cult American author John Fante — found in the…
Lisa (the wonderful Nina Hoss of “Phoenix” and “Barbara”), once a brilliant playwright, no longer writes.…
Serving countless newlyweds in Hong Kong’s go-to one-stop shop of cheap wedding supplies doesn’t exempt…
An eclectic mix of crowd-pleasing shorts that includes animation, dark comedy, and horror.
Powerful films making strong statements comprise this collection of dramatic shorts.
A selection of some of the best narrative shorts from the 2020 St. Louis Filmmakers Showcase.
Short films that prove a picture is worth a thousand words.
Turkish soldier Ismet (Cem Bender), who served at the border as a commander of the Coast Guard, has…
“The Other” — the directorial debut of Charlotte Dauphin, producer of Mia Hansen Love’s “Bergman Island”…
In this bittersweet story about coming of age in the shadow of mental illness, all Melanie (Stefania LaVie…
At 88 years old, Audrey Flack — feminist, rebel, mother, painter, sculptor, and teacher — holds a unique…
New Filmmakers Forum Emerging Director Award (The Bobbie). “Small Time” takes an…
In this story about love, misunderstanding, and food, Vietnamese cook Long struggles to fit into a…
In his first dramatic feature since 2014’s “Pasolini,” Abel Ferrara (“Bad Lieutenant,” “King of New York…
Pensioners Nina (Barbara Sukowa) and Madeleine (Martine Chevallier) have hidden their deep and passionate…
Called “the best American writer of his generation” and “our poet laureate of war,” Tim O’Brien is one of…
