Films


Smiling in a War Zone
Simone Aaberg Kærn, Magnus Bejmar

For artist Simone Aaberg Kærn, the sky represents limitless freedom. When the skies are virtually closed down to civil pilots in the wake of the…

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The Smith Family
Tasha Oldham

Kim Smith led a life that was as average as her last name. She and her military husband Steve had two sons. Her family was…

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Smoke and Mirrors
Torrie Rosenzweig

This film gives the straight scoop on the history of the tobacco industry’s rise in America and more importantly, how it maintained its level of…

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Sneakers
Femke Wolting

Explosions of graphic virtuosity bring this morphology of the sneaker to life. The film scrutinizes sneaker obsessions—from break dancing and skateboarding to high-powered shoe designing…

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So Much So Fast
Steven Ascher, Jeanne Jordan

What do you do when you’re diagnosed with ALS, Lou Gherig’s disease? Start a family of course. That’s what 29-year-old Stephen Heywood did, while his…

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So You Want to be a Cowboy
Wendy Greene

When thinking of the archetypal cowboy, one usually envisions the rugged, white outdoorsman. Wendy Greene challenges that image and introduces numerous African-American rodeo participants, from…

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The Socialist, the Architect and the Twisted Tower
Fredrik Gertten

When Johnny Örbäck saw the marble Twisting Torso sculpture in 1999, he knew exactly what he had to have. As CEO of the Swedish co-operative…

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Socotra, the Island of Djinns
Jordi Esteva

In this extraordinary black-and-white account, a group of camel herders travel inland on the island of Socotra to avoid the rainy season while sharing nighttime tales of supernatural djinns.

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Sofia’s Last Ambulance
Ilian Metev

Krassi, Mila, and Plamen staunchly navigate the potholes that pepper Bulgaria’s capital, Sofia, in
one of the city’s few remaining ambulances.

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Soft Vengeance: Albie Sachs and the New South Africa
Abby Ginzberg

Lawyer and freedom fighter Albie Sachs works to overthrow South Africa’s apartheid regime.

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Softie
Sam Soko

Affable and spirited Boniface Mwangi (nicknamed “Softie”) is running for political office in Kenya. Through longitudinal access to the election’s lead-up and Softie’s life at home, this beautifully edited journey engages with what it means for a man of integrity to choose between fighting for country or for family. The film excels in illustrating the joys and pains of an activist’s push for real change.

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Soldat Ahmet
Jannis Lenz

Who is Ahmet Simsek? As indicated by the film’s title, he is a soldier in the Austrian Federal Army who lives in Vienna with his…

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Soldiers in the Army of God
Marc Levin, Daphne Pinkerson

Take a look inside the fringe of the anti-abortion movement. Following nineteen-year-old Jonathan over the course of a year as he searches for a way…

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Solitary Land
Tiziana Panizza

This innovative meditation on Easter Island and its indigenous inhabitants uses historical and present-day footage to illustrate the legacy of colonial exploitation in one of the world’s most remote inhabited locales—a place of beauty, isolation, and tradition. North American Premiere

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The Solitude of Memory
Juan Pablo González

In this brief film about grief and remembrance, a father recounts the story of his son’s death in multiple iterations as his language and landscapes poetically converge.

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Something Strong Within
Robert A. Nakamura

Created for the Japenese American National Museum’s exhibition, “America’s Concentration Camps: Remembering the Japanese American Experience,” this critically acclaimed, award-winning film features haunting compilation of rarely-seen home movies of the forced removal and incarceration of Japanese Americans during WWII.

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A Son’s Sacrifice
Yoni Brook

Weary of the high-pressured Manhattan advertising world, a young Queens man returns to the family business, a halal meat market where meat is butchered according…

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Song of a Sperm Donor
Emmanuel Dayan

Bringing new meaning to the phrase “Who’s your Daddy,” this film introducers us to Jeffrey, a former sperm donor whose numerous “contributions” have supported his…

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