Film-Forward

Documentary

Fire at Sea

The award-winning film brings the viewer along for an extended stay on the European front line in the refugee crisis.

Karl Marx City | NYFF 2016

An absorbing and fascinating historical tour of the not-so-distant past that also doubles as a candid personal exploration.

Do Not Resist

The film could not be timelier, and it offers answers to one of the most vital questions of our time—why are citizens being treated like enemy combatants?

Theo Who Lived

A vivid documentary about the two-year imprisonment of an American freelance journalist in war-torn Syria. A remarkable chronicle of empathy.

Passage to Mars

This documentary chronicles a NASA team’s efforts to man a vehicle across 2,000 miles in the Arctic to simulate an actual manned mission to Mars.

Danny Says

Like a transgressive Forrest Gump, Danny Fields is at the nexus of pretty much every major alternative moment in rock and roll from the 1960s to the ’80s.

Dancer

Ukrainian-born Sergei Polunin, the current bad boy of ballet, is the subject of this documentary profile.

The Ruins of Lifta

Opening up a space for Palestinian and Jewish dialogue outside Jerusalem

The Lovers and the Despot

There’s no business like show business—with Kim Jong-il, and international intrigue, showbiz glamour, and a glimpse inside the deeply bonkers regime (and mind) of Dear Leader Kim.