2023 Films

A Little Prayer

Bill, a Vietnam veteran who has lived in suburban Winston-Salem, North Carolina, for decades with his wife, Venida, confronts the limits of patriarchal power while…

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A Natural Force

As they strategize for snacks, two raccoons follow different paths along the physics of things.

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Aikāne

A valiant island warrior, wounded in battle against foreign invaders, falls into a mysterious underwater world. Everything changes when the octopus who rescues hi transforms…

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All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt

A lyrical, decades-spanning exploration across a woman's life in Mississippi, the feature debut from award-winning poet, photographer and filmmaker Raven Jackson is a haunting and…

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The Anne Frank Gift Shop

When a high-end design firm presents its plans to reimagine the gift shop at The Anne Frank House, the company’s overt appeals to Generation Z…

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Another Body

ANOTHER BODY follows a college student’s search for justice after she discovers deepfake pornography of herself circulating online.

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Another Season Together

This short 8mm film follows a group of friends through the most important part of the year: ski season.

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Axel

AXEL is an experimental documentary which explores themes of childhood and rebellion through the lens of a 14-year-old skateboarder, musician, and graffiti artist in upstate…

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Bay Creek Tennis Camp

Coach Charlie has been doing things his way for decades. But the Generation Alpha kids who join his camp this year won’t stand for being…

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Between Floors

Answering the age old question "How many laughs can one elevator hold?" BETWEEN FLOORS throws three women together and traps them in an elevator where…

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Birthing A Nation: The Resistance of Mary Gaffney

BIRTHING A NATION: THE RESISTANCE OF MARY GAFFNEY explores the story of forced reproduction in the antebellum South and reveals the agency of Mary Gaffney,…

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Black Barbie: A Documentary

Love her or hate her, almost everyone has a Barbie story. Even if they don’t have a story, there’s a story as to why they…

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Booger

BOOGER is a film about losing your best friend and losing control. After her best friend Izzy unexpectedly dies in a bike accident, Anna struggles…

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Breaking Silence

BREAKING SILENCE explores the relationship between a deaf father and his hearing daughter, reflecting on how imprisonment has shaped their relationship and their advocacy.

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Brian Hall, Not Afraid to Fall

Brian Hall has been living with Parkinson's since he was 14. He is now in his 60s. How do you fill the well of optimism…

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Bury a Dream

A grieving teen's sleepwalking disorder spirals her life into a nightmare.

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Catherine & Michael

An unhappily married couple visits their do-everything-right friends for a supposedly fun weekend upstate, but when their fragile relationship crumbles, they discover an unusual method…

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Chasing Chasing Amy

When a young filmmaker sets out to understand the ’90s LGBTQ+ rom-com that saved his life, he is forced to confront complicated truths of his…

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Children of Light

In the 1960s, a Korean boy (16), kidnapped and assaulted at a juvenile center on a remote island, must escape with his rival to survive.

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Citizen Sleuth

A true crime podcaster from Appalachia blurs the line between fact and entertainment as she investigates the mysterious death of a local girl. CITIZEN SLEUTH…

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Come Back Haunted

A recluse woman assumes a motherly role when a teen seeks refuge on her doorstep, but sinister forces follow close behind.

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Confessions

After the death of a friend, two nuns in their golden years contemplate what their future holds. One confession leads to another and before they…

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Confessions of a Good Samaritan

Director Penny Lane’s decision to become a “Good Samaritan” by giving one of her kidneys to a stranger—someone she's never met, and never will meet—launches…

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Cult

A suspected cult member crashes a gathering of her picture-perfect ex-friends to carry through with the cult’s order to kill them.

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Dead Serious

A no-nonsense funeral home director and his unflappingly buoyant protégé get to know one another through their daily routine.

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Denial

Arizona's republican Chairman, Bill Gates, lived in relative obscurity until Trump contested the 2020 election results. In a short documentary with unprecedented access, we follow…

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Didn’t Think I’d See You Here

Rory thinks there's a ghost in his shower. Hope it's not after him. Then there's that party.

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Eat Flowers

When photographer and writer Cig Harvey discovers her best friend is diagnosed with Leukemia, she sets out to fill her world with color and light.

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Eileen

Set during a bitter 1964 Massachusetts winter, young secretary Eileen becomes enchanted by Rebecca, the glamorous new counselor at the prison where she works. Their…

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Everything to Entertain You: The Story of Video Headquarters

A documentary on one of the greatest video stores in the country, Video Headquarters, from Keene, New Hampshire that existed for 32 years from 1983-2015.…

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The Feeling That the Time for Doing Something Has Passed

A mosaic-style comedy following the life of a woman as time passes in her long-term casual BDSM relationship, low-level corporate job, and quarrelsome Jewish family.…

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Fight or Flight

FIGHT OR FLIGHT follows Colorado Parks & Wildlife's first female pilot. Overcoming trauma, she found solace in the sky. Initially using flying as escape, she…

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Finding The Flow

Derek and Jake met in 2021. Derek had been riding for a very long time, and had always wanted to do film projects. Jake had…

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Fore & Aft

FORE & AFT centers on a profound mentor/mentee relationship within the oldest continually operated wooden boat shop in America and how that mentee finds his…

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Free Time

Approaching the end of his twenties and his relative youth, a man decides to quit his cushy desk job and "embrace life"—only to realize he…

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From one painting… to another

An immersion in art through two paintings on the same subject created half a century apart.

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The Fuse

Cassius, a worn-down Latinx gladiator of modern life fights to make a living as a nighttime garbage man in the concrete arena of the Bronx.…

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Giro Prepares for Death

After receiving a terminal diagnosis, a man returns to his remote homestead on a small northern island to process what he will do next.

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Gold and Mud

A sprawling story of love and loss, as reflected on a single face.

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Goldilocks

GOLDILOCKS is a genre-blending 16mm film featuring hand-drawn animated elements following two siblings who learn a painful lesson when one pursues the other into the…

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Good Looking Out

Claire and Steven find themselves lost on the way to a friend's house in the country, revealing troubling communication issues that steer them toward a…

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H.S.

While reflecting on the destruction of his high school, an adolescent meets an old friend whose name he cannot remember.

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Hangdog

Anxiety-riddled Walt embarks on a comic odyssey through Portland, Maine to retrieve his stolen dog before his girlfriend, Wendy, returns from her business trip, or…

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The Herricanes

The Houston Herricanes were a part of the first women's full tackle football league in the 1970s. Their unknown story is one of commitment, courage,…

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Homing

In a rapidly gentrifying Brooklyn neighborhood, a reclusive pigeon keeper is tasked with caring for his estranged daughter for a day, but is blindsided by…

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Hummingbirds

In Laredo, a city in southern Texas on the Mexican border, best friends Silvia and Beba know that the long summer nights of their youth…

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I Used to Be Funny

Sam Cowell, an aspiring stand-up comedian and au pair struggling with PTSD, is deciding whether or not to join the search for Brooke, a missing…

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In the Whale

IN THE WHALE is a feature-length film about arguably the greatest fish story ever told, though this one is true. It’s the account of a…

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iNFLUENCE

When the dowdy stepsister of a popular online influencer interrupts a business meeting with her “momager” and a potential sponsor, the influencer’s reality is exposed—and…

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Invisible Nation

With unprecedented access to Taiwan’s sitting head of state, director Vanessa Hope investigates the election and tenure of Tsai Ing-wen, the first female president of…

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The Invite

Encouraged by a self-help audiobook, a housekeeper reaches for connection with her employer.

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Jack and Sam

A poignant documentary about two Holocaust survivors miraculously reunited after 80 years, who are spending the precious time they have left rekindling their friendship and…

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Join or Die

JOIN OR DIE is a film about why you should join a club—and why the fate of America depends on it. Follow the story of…

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Junk

After a kidnapping gone wrong, a nurse, a hairdresser, and a dude named Miami go on a road trip across town to find the dumbass…

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Knowing Me, Knowing You

Unemployed and recently dumped, Daniel spends his days at home eavesdropping on his therapist roommate's Zoom sessions. Over time, he begins obsessing over one patient…

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Las Nogas

In 2523, the earth is a dry wasteland destroyed by humans. Doctor Alma, a fluffy, brilliant bird must cure the only creatures left who can…

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Lobster Trap

When Chance, a troubled teenager, is thrown out of the trailer he and his alcoholic brother live in, he embarks on an rebellious night's adventure…

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Lost Nation

Winter is closing in on a woman caretaker in rural New Hampshire, with only a visiting loon for company; but when a strange man appears,…

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The Lost North End: A Tale of Wreckage and Resilience

Chronicling the effects of Urban Renewal on the North End and its residents in Portsmouth, NH.

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Maestra

Five incredible women from around the world who are boldly breaking glass ceilings in the male-dominated world of orchestral conducting take center stage in MAESTRA.…

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Mandarins

A black sheep attempts to eulogize her mother with a story about pigeons.

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Mars Hill Bait and Ammo

When an arrogant insurance company CEO travels to rural Maine to investigate a hunter's outrageous claim that aliens destroyed his barn, he encounters the legend…

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Merry Good Enough

Lucy has a complicated relationship with her dysfunctional family, but when her mother disappears on Christmas Eve, she must bring her family back together again,…

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Mountains

While looking for a new home for his family, a Haitian demolition worker is faced with the realities of redevelopment as he is tasked with…

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Muckville

MUCKVILLE examines the ongoing mental health and suicide epidemic on American farms through the eyes of a 4th-generation onion farmer in New York’s Black Dirt…

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Music Hall – How A City Built A Theater, And A Theater Shaped A City

Popular historian J. Dennis Robinson tracks the evolution of the performing arts in New Hampshire's historic seaport leading to the landmark Music Hall in this…

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Natalia

29-year-old Natalia is about to make her Life Profession in the orders of the Byzantine Catholic Church, having left behind her exciting life as a…

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The Nectar Instead

A young fly gets trapped in the fly trap in the stop-motion studio only to have the existential realization that it spent its entire life…

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New Strains

As a mysterious pandemic emerges, a squabbling couple in lockdown begin to act like children. Shot without a crew on Hi8 video during the New…

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The Night Doctrine

An Afghan journalist embarks on a journey to find out who murdered her family 30 years ago, only to uncover hundreds of civilians killed in…

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The No Problem Zone

This place really ought to have better sausages.

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North End

Sharing stories from displaced residents of Portsmouth's former North End. Historian discussions and resident's stories reveal history of North end resident's life before, during and…

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The Old Young Crow

Mehrdad, now an old man, recalls his encounter with an elderly Japanese woman named Chiyo at a graveyard in Tokyo near his elementary school. Through…

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One Million Fish: Reviving China Lake Outlet Stream

A rewilding success story, ONE MILLION FISH chronicles the 8-year effort of a Maine community to restore a run of fish that had been blocked…

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The Orchestra Chuck Built

In 2016, the League of American Orchestras conducted a study that revealed a shocking statistic: only 1.8% of the professional orchestra workforce in the US…

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OtroLado [OtherSide]

Three of Cuba’s most celebrated dancers leave the national company to form their own trio. Part documentary, part performance, OTROLADO is a behind-the-scenes-look as they…

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Our Son

When his husband Gabriel files for divorce, Nicky fights for custody of their eight year-old son Owen, as he struggles to come to terms with…

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Palm Sunday

A southern gothic drama about a young Black Caribbean immigrant who attempts to assimilate into an all-white church in 1970s Raleigh, North Carolina.

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Palookaville

Things get turned upside down when JoJo wakes up believing he's Joe Louis—one of boxings greatest legends...

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Parachute

Ethan and Riley both got out of precarious situations on the same day. Ethan recently got out of jail for throwing a wine bottle off…

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Perfect Days

Hirayama seems utterly content with his simple life as a cleaner of toilets in Tokyo. Outside of his very structured everyday routine he enjoys his…

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Prep

A bodybuilding fever dream fueled by childhood trauma, food porn and acid techno music.

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Primos

During a teenage road trip to the west coast of Puerto Rico, 16-year-old Cristóbal begins to suspect that his crush, Yazmín, and cousin Marcos are…

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Q

Where do we draw the line between love and devotion? An intimate and haunting portrayal of a quest for love and acceptance at any cost,…

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Rest

In a stale church basement, the Peace In Rest Support Group questions the preciousness of life, and whether you can have too much of a…

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Ricky

An ex-offender struggling with new freedom pursues redemption at all costs when given a job from his neighbor.

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Rule of Two Walls

RULE OF TWO WALLS is an intimate look at the war in Ukraine, as seen through the eyes of Ukrainian artists who remained in their…

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Run Towards Better

RUN TOWARDS BETTER follows Henry Eckerson, an accomplished trail runner in the White Mountains, as he overcomes mental health setbacks through the process of mountain…

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Sanctuary

In the first city to ban abortion in Ohio, a lifelong resident grapples with the transformation of her hometown.

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Sara’s Circus

Sara Greene is a 20-year circus industry veteran with a big dream—to start her own tented circus. As the summer moves along on Weirs Beach,…

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Scream of My Blood: A Gogol Bordello Story

SCREAM OF MY BLOOD is an intimate portrait of Ukrainian immigrant Eugene Hütz’s rise to prominence with punk icons Gogol Bordello, and his defiant return…

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Seeds

After a visit from the ghost of her grandmother, a woman discovers a mysterious pepper plant which causes her to question whether she will follow…

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Sinister Love

Mason unknowingly has a darker side to his personality and he has to stop himself before he hurts more people.

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Sometimes I Think About Dying

Fran likes to think about dying. It brings sensation to her quiet life. When she makes the new guy at work laugh, it leads to…

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Somewhere Quiet

After escaping a brutal kidnapping, Meg travels with her husband, Scott, to his family’s isolated compound in Cape Cod. When they arrive, they discover Scott’s…

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Strafford

Welcome to Strafford, a 200-year old town tucked away in the forests of Southern New Hampshire. No major roadways go directly through Strafford, but it…

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Sweatshop Girl

A pregnant seamstress working in a sweatshop is sure that her condition will get her fired. She does everything she can to keep it a…

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The Sweet East

A picaresque journey through contemporary America, undertaken by a young woman granted access to the strange sects and cults that proliferate in this country by…

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The Teachers’ Lounge

Carla Nowak is a dedicated, idealistic young teacher in her first job at a German middle school. Her relaxed rapport with her seventh-grade students is…

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The Ten Commandments of Banquet Serving

A lowly banquet server named Jim tries to survive a wedding from Hell.

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There’s Something Wrong

When a deranged repairman determines he’s the alpha and begins to take over a young couple’s cabin, a husband and wife must defend their home…

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The Third Ear

After seeing a botched depiction of himself, Sammy, a nude drawing model, sprouts an ear from the back of his head, spiraling his sense of…

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This Closeness

Tessa and Ben are staying in Philly for the weekend to attend Ben's high school reunion. Due to unforeseen circumstances, the couple has to rent…

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Those Who Guide Us

What makes people want to spend their whole lives in the outdoors and eventually turn it into their career? A look into the lives of…

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Trying

In the wake of his brother's death, Matthew tries to navigate grief while struggling to keep his head above a sea of memories.

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The Watcher

The last member of a small religious cult (The Children of Enoch) awaits the resurrection of her recently departed “sisters” and their leader, Father Enoch.…

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We Dare To Dream

As the Refugee Olympic Team prepares to compete at the Tokyo Olympics, WE DARE TO DREAM chronicles their hopes and desires as they fight for…

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The Weight of It All

The mental state of a collegiate soccer star begins to deteriorate as she pushes herself to unhealthy limits to meet high expectations within her competitive…

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Will You Remember Me? [special NH Night preview screening]

When a compassionate nurse notices one of her Alzheimer’s patients starting to show signs of the end of her life, she tries everything to bring…

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Winky

Daddy needs to borrow Winky for a sec.

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Xie Xie, Ollie

In his efforts to connect with his Chinese heritage, a biracial man discovers challenges and complexities he may not have expected.

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