“American Underdog,” SLIFF's Centerpiece Event, tells the…
Religion/Faith
Directed by Susan Hagedorn
Some 50 years before BLM and March for Our Lives — before computers, cell phones, and Facebook — priests…
Directed by Nathalie Álvarez Mesén
In a remote village in Costa Rica, Clara, a withdrawn 40-year-old woman, experiences a sexual and mystical…
Glimpses of labor in its many forms and the sense of catharsis it can bring.
Shorts that examine the impact of the most significant current events facing our modern world.
Directed by Peggy Callahan & Louie Psihoyos
“Mission: Joy” — co-directed by Oscar winner Louie Psihoyos (“The Cove”) and Peggy Callahan — provides…
These animated stories offer insight into rural life, religion, war, and mortality.
SLIFF's third dramatic program grapples with topics such as prison, capitalism, and the patriarchy.
Directed by Angelo Madsen Minax
After the death of his infant niece, filmmaker Angelo Madsen Minax returns to his rural Michigan hometown…
Directed by Robert Greene
In “Procession,” six men from Kansas City, Mo. — all survivors of childhood sexual assault at the hands of…
