In a time when women of influence were rare, Fern Mallis established New York City as a major fashion capital, elevating American designers around the world. This film raises questions about feminine power, and challenges the notion that women become invisible as they age. Through intimate discussions and rare archival imagery we delve into Mallis' journey with her family of friends, including some of the world’s top designers. Through them we experience the value of longevity, resilience and community in the cutthroat world of fashion.

Project type: Nonfiction Feature
Writer/Director/Producer: Shea E. Butler
Producer: Emma Ratliff

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A gender-fluid god returns to Earth to journey through modern Nigeria- a tumultuous version of what they used to know. Looking to restore gender parity, they follow the lead of the country’s luminaries: Nigerian women.

Project type: Nonfiction Feature
Director/Producer: Oluwaseun Babalola

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A sweeping, epic documentary that plays like a thriller—part mystery, part travelogue, and part journey of discovery—Finding Fioretta is about the obsessive, multi-decade quest of a genealogist to find the 17th century gravestone of his oldest known ancestor, a woman who died in the 1600s in the Jewish ghetto of Venice, Italy.

Project type: Nonfiction Feature
Director: Matthew Mishory
Producer: Bradford L. Schlei
Producer: Álvaro Fernández
Writer: Rob Levine

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In 1997 Two estranged sisters come together to drive their terminally ill mother across the country for her to end her life.

Project type: Fiction Feature
Writer/Director/Producer: Kim Putman
Producer: Brooke Gaston

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A 10-year-old girl named Marta becomes aware of the endangered status of sharks. In her dreams, she witnesses the profound disconnect between humans and nature. Suddenly, the world turns upside down as humans find themselves being hunted by animals.

Project type: Fiction Short
Producer: Gabriela Rodríguez Jácome
Producer: Antonio Donaire

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When parents gather their four adult children over dinner to solidify the family will, the childrens’ self-absorbed agendas send the conversation careening into chaos, leading to a desperate battle of wills to maintain order.

Project type: Fiction Short
Writer/Director: Morgan Gruer
Producer: Sandra Tan, Nicola Smith
Director of Photography: Jared Levy

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A suburban firefighter’s labor union finds itself under a different kind of fire when the Village Mayor announces he’s privatizing their department to save money. What results is a five year long legal battle with the potential to change labor law for the entire country.

Project type: Nonfiction Feature
Director/Producer: Colin C. Hughes
Producer: Caley Shannon
Executive Producer: Michael X. Flores
Cinematographer: Brendan Deane
Editor: JJ Evans

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When a woman plans a romantic evening to win back her emotionally distant boyfriend, the night takes a chilling turn when desire turns into desperation to preserve her fairytale ending.

Director: Tanya Martineau
Writer: Raisa D'Oyley

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Intrepid student filmmaker Thomas Reilly-King (affectionately known as TRK) will do anything to complete his first feature film, aptly titled Enduring Destiny. Searching for fame in a production spanning several years, the unflappable writer/director/actor calls in every favor and spends every last dime to realize his vision and bring his hero’s story to the big screen.

Project type: Nonfiction Feature
Project status: Post Production
Director/Producer: Curtis Matzke
Producer/Cinematographer: Ben Sherman

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A guarded man forms a quiet, transformative bond with his neighbor, discovering that tending to life—plants, people, and memory—can open even the most protected heart

Writer/Director/Producer: Beverly “BJ” Rouse
Producer/First Assistant Director: Lenny Payan
Cinematography Consultant: John Simmons

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Sardonic 28-year-old Jules has been sober for a year, but she can’t stop vomiting fish. Striving to put her life back on track, she must preserve control when a fish enthusiast unexpectedly enters her life.

Project type: Fiction Short
Writer/Director: Wendi Tang
Producer: Philip Yuzhong Ge
Executive Producer: Rui Mo
Director of Photography: Jay Swuen
Production Designer: Cyrum Aytana Ramirez

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Two brothers inherit the wounds of an absent father, leading to deception, escapism, and a breaking point.

Writer/Directo/Producerr: Trevor Traynor
Director of Photography: Gregg Conde
Editor: Erick Cummings
Executive Producer: C.Y. Lee

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A sports drama based on a true story, a coach and a group of eight boys from the Oregon School for the Deaf overcome tremendous odds and defy expectations to win the 1986 Oregon State Track and Field Championship.

Project type: Fiction Feature
Writer/Director/Producer: Jevon Whetter
Producers: Delbert Whetter, John Eraklis

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When Franny starts a romantic relationship with a girl in her rural town, her newfound freedom and independence threatens to expose her family's dark secret.

Project type: Fiction Feature
Director: Sarah Nixon
Producer: Gracie Bellissimo
Cinematographer: Indeana Underhill
Executive Producer: Elizabeth Allen Rosenbaum

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A filmmaker tries to fix her problems with her evangelical father in a screenplay with a happy ending. When her plan backfires, she quits writing lines, starts to listen, and becomes a character in her own film.

Project type: Nonfiction Feature
Writer/Director/Producer/Cinematographer: Katy Scoggin
Unit Production Manager: Jamie González
Cinematographers: Spencer Worthley, Sarah Ginsburg, Nathan Truesdell, Michael Rossetti

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Together, we can change the climate story.

Project type: Organization
Forum Director: Lynn Luckow
Judge: Barbara Kopple
Judge: Louis Psihoyos
Producer: Andy Patrick

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When Gidon Lev was just 6 years old, he arrived at the Nazi concentration camp of Theresienstadt. When he was 85 years old, he took social media by storm.

Project type: Nonfiction Feature
Director/Producer: Yaniv Rokah
Producer: Vickie Rose Sampson
Executive Producer: Elliot V Kotek, Andy Lewis, Danny Cohen

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In pursuit of a perfect showcase monologue, an insecure 17-year-old risks her mental and emotional wellbeing to win the approval of her demanding, but respected drama teacher.

Project type: Fiction Short
Writer/Director: Khana Tillman
Producer: Adetola Omilana, Coleman Weimer, Harlow Brooks, Tola Omilana
Cinematographer: Miley Luo

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Coached by a group of dedicated police officers, the 2020 Minneapolis North High School football team battles to win a state championship in the midst of the covid pandemic, the death of George Floyd, and the resulting riots that turned the city against the police, setting a community on edge and their neighborhood on fire.

Project type: Nonfiction Feature
Director: Jeffrey Williams
Producer/Cinematographer: Jon Cermin

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After vowing never to return, a young woman must come home for Christmas to save her father from trapping himself inside his few remaining memories.

Project type: Fiction Feature
Director/Writer/Producer: R Cadell Cook
Producer: Shandra L McDonald
Producer/Actress: Melan Perez

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