2024

FILMS A–Z

96 films

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A Litany for Survival: the Life and Work of Audre Lorde

Feature DocumentaryDir. by Ada Gay Griffin, Michelle ParkersonUnited StatesRuntime: 90 minutes
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(United States Premiere)(Best Feature Documentary Nominee)

A Mother Apart

Feature DocumentaryDir. by Laurie TownshendCanadaRuntime: 89 minutes
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A Race in the Sun

Short DocumentaryDir. by K. Nicole MillsUnited StatesRuntime: 20 minutes
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A Radical Duet

ExperimentalDir. by Onyeka IgweUnited KingdomRuntime: 28 minutes
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(Philadelphia Premiere)(Best Experimental Film Nominee)

A Stone’s Throw

ExperimentalDir. by Razan AlSalahPalestine, Lebanon, CanadaRuntime: 40 minutes
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A Symphony of Tiny Lights

Short DocumentaryDir. by Dominic Gill & Nadia GillUnited StatesRuntime: 31 minutes
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(Philadelphia Premiere)(Best Feature Narrative Nominee)

After the Long Rains

Feature NarrativeDir. by Damien HauserTanzaniaRuntime: 90 minutes
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Áhkuin

Short DocumentaryDir. by Radio-JusSunná / Sunná Nousuniemi and Guhtur Niillas Rita Duomis / Tuomas KumpulainenFinlandRuntime: 20 minutes
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Albina Dream Survey

ExperimentalDir. by Spencer GarlandUnited StatesRuntime: 3 minutes
(United States Premiere)

Amma’s Pride

Short DocumentaryDir. by Shiva KrishIndiaRuntime: 20 minutes
(North America Premiere)(Best Short Documentary Nominee)

And still, it remains

Short DocumentaryDir. by Arwa Aburawa, Turab ShahAlgeria, United KingdomRuntime: 28 minutes
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Angular Phoenix

Short NarrativeDir. by Welket BunguéSão Tomé & Príncipe, Guiné-Bissau, PortugalRuntime: 15 minutes
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Ardida

ExperimentalDir. by Mir Morales RosalesUnited States, MexicoRuntime: 3 minutes
(East Coast Premiere)

Auspicious Return

Short NarrativeDir. by Mahsati Fidel MoorheadUnited StatesRuntime: 5 minutes
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(Philadelphia Premiere)(Best Experimental Film Nominee)

barrunto

ExperimentalDir. by Emilia BeatrizScotland, Puerto RicoRuntime: 70 minutes
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Beyond the Door

Short NarrativeDir. by Victoria NetoFranceRuntime: 9 minutes
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(Philadelphia Premiere)(Best Experimental Film Nominee)

Bisagras

ExperimentalDir. by Luis ArníasUnited States, Senegal, BrazilRuntime: 16 minutes
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Black Ag

Short DocumentaryDir. by Andy SarjahaniUnited StatesRuntime: 9 minutes
(East Coast Premiere)

Black Girls

Feature DocumentaryDir. by B. MonétUnited StatesRuntime: 76 minutes
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(Philadelphia Premiere)(Best Short Narrative Nominee)

Bloomed in the Water

Short NarrativeDir. by Joanne Mony ParkUnited StatesRuntime: 14 minutes
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(East Coast Premiere)(Best Short Narrative Nominee)

Boat People

Short NarrativeDir. by Al'Ikens PlancherUnited StatesRuntime: 10 minutes
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Bring Them Home

Feature DocumentaryDir. by Ivan MacDonald, Ivy MacDonald and Daniel GlickUnited StatesRuntime: 86 minutes
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(World Premiere)

Bring Your Name – the Sean Bell All-Stars

Short DocumentaryDir. by Raafi RiveroUnited StatesRuntime: 8 minutes
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Broken Flight

Short DocumentaryDir. by Erika Valenciana, Mitchell WenkusUnited StatesRuntime: 18 minutes
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Burnt Milk

Short NarrativeDir. by Joseph Douglas ElmhirstJamaica, United StatesRuntime: 9 minutes
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Bye Bye Tiberias

Feature DocumentaryDir. by Lina SoualemFrance, Palestine, Belgium, QatarRuntime: 82 minutes
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City of Dreamz

Short NarrativeDir. by Imani CelesteUnited StatesRuntime: 12 minutes
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Criminal

Short DocumentaryDir. by Robe ImbrianoUnited StatesRuntime: 19 minutes
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Dallas, 2019

Feature DocumentaryDir. by Darius Clark MonroeUnited StatesRuntime: 155 minutes
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Dancing Palestine

Short DocumentaryDir. by Lamees AlmakkawyUnited KingdomRuntime: 37 minutes
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Dis-Ease

Feature DocumentaryDir. by Mariam GhaniUnited States, United KingdomRuntime: 120 minutes
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Do You See Me

Short NarrativeDir. by Walé OyéjidéUnited StatesRuntime: 6 minutes
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Domino Days

Short DocumentaryDir. by Ché WilliamsUnited StatesRuntime: 10 minutes
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Dreams in Nightmares

Feature NarrativeDir. by Shatara Michelle FordUnited States, Taiwan, United KingdomRuntime: 120 minutes
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Empty Your Pockets

Short NarrativeDir. by Tara AghdashlooCanada, United KingdomRuntime: 20 minutes
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ENCHUKUNOTO (The Return)

Short DocumentaryDir. by Laissa MalihKenyaRuntime: 16 minutes
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(Philadelphia Premiere)(Best Short Narrative Nominee)

Enmity Djinn

Short NarrativeDir. by Mohamed EchkounaMauritaniaRuntime: 19 minutes
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Expanding Sanctuary

Short DocumentaryDir. by Kristal SotomayorUnited StatesRuntime: 21 minutes
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Family Tree

Feature DocumentaryDir. by Jennifer MacArthurUnited StatesRuntime: 97 minutes
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Farmers of the Sea

Short DocumentaryDir. by Juan C. Dávila SantiagoPuerto RicoRuntime: 19 minutes
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Footwork

Short DocumentaryDir. by Drake LeBlancUnited StatesRuntime: 16 minutes
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Forbidden City

ExperimentalDir. by Devin Jie AllenUnited StatesRuntime: 13 minutes
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Fractal

Short NarrativeDir. by Anslem RichardsonUnited StatesRuntime: 17 minutes
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God is Grey

Short NarrativeDir. by Jennifer DrakeGermanyRuntime: 24 minutes
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Grace

Short NarrativeDir. by Natalie Jasmine HarrisUnited StatesRuntime: 14 minutes
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Happy Thanksgiving

Short NarrativeDir. by ishkwaazhe Shane McSaubyUnited StatesRuntime: 7 minutes
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How to Sue the Klan

Short DocumentaryDir. by John BederUnited StatesRuntime: 35 minutes
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I Do Not Come to You by Chance

Feature NarrativeDir. by Ishaya BakoNigeriaRuntime: 105 minutes
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Indai Apai Darah (Mother, Father, Blood)

Short DocumentaryDir. by Kynan TegarIndonesiaRuntime: 15 minutes
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Inky Pinky Ponky – the Odd One Out

Feature NarrativeDir. by Damon Fepule'ai & Ramon Te WakeNew ZealandRuntime: 61 minutes
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It Was All a Dream

Feature DocumentaryDir. by dream hamptonUnited StatesRuntime: 83 minutes
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Kano 4

Short NarrativeDir. by Ashtar AlahmadSpainRuntime: 4 minutes
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Katele (Mudskipper)

Short NarrativeDir. by John HarveyAustraliaRuntime: 13 minutes
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Life is Beautiful

Feature DocumentaryDir. by Mohamed JabalyNorway, Palestine, QatarRuntime: 93 minutes
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Mahdi Amel in Gaza

ExperimentalDir. by Mary Jirmanus Saba, Tareq RantisiUnited StatesRuntime: 15 minutes
(Philadelphia Premiere)(Best Feature Narrative Nominee)

Mambar Pierrette

Feature NarrativeDir. by Rosine MbakamBelgium, CameroonRuntime: 93 minutes
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Mend

Short NarrativeDir. by GG Fákọ̀làdé BrazilRuntime: 20 minutes
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Nowhere Near

Feature DocumentaryDir. by Miko ReverezaUnited States, PhilippinesRuntime: 96 minutes
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Othelo, The Great

Feature DocumentaryDir. by Lucas H. Rossi dos SantosBrazilRuntime: 83 minutes
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Our Land, Our Freedom

Feature DocumentaryDir. by Meena Nanji, Zippy KimunduKenya, United States, Portugal, GermanyRuntime: 96 minutes
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Pimpi

Short DocumentaryDir. by Andrés MosqueraColombiaRuntime: 20 minutes
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Post Trauma

Short DocumentaryDir. by Nidal BadarnypalestineRuntime: 15 minutes
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Rising Up at Night (Tongo Saa)

Feature DocumentaryDir. by Nelson MakengoDR Congo, Belgium, Germany, Burkina Faso, QatarRuntime: 96 minutes
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Run Like We

Short NarrativeDir. by Rhys Aaron LewisUnited KingdomRuntime: 13 minutes
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Saturn Risin9

Short DocumentaryDir. by Tiare Ribeaux, Jody StillwaterUnited StatesRuntime: 11 minutes
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Scapegoat

Short NarrativeDir. by Nicolas SéryFranceRuntime: 20 minutes
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Seeking Mavis Beacon

Feature DocumentaryDir. by Jazmin Renée JonesUnited StatesRuntime: 103 minutes
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Ship of Fools

Short DocumentaryDir. by Alia HajuLebanon, Germany, United StatesRuntime: 29 minutes
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(Philadelphia Premiere)(Best Short Documentary Nominee)

So That Tonight We Might See

Short DocumentaryDir. by Bea HesselbartUnited StatesRuntime: 15 minutes
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Son of Samoa

Short DocumentaryDir. by Laman TimeNew ZealandRuntime: 10 minutes
(East Coast Premiere)(Best Feature Documentary Nominee)

Songs From the Hole

Feature DocumentaryDir. by Contessa GaylesUnited StatesRuntime: 106 minutes
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Standing Above the Clouds

Feature DocumentaryDir. by Jalena Keane-LeeHawaiian KingdomRuntime: 83 minutes
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Syppyt Suruktar (Lost Letters)

Short NarrativeDir. by Kyhynngy OyuurSakha Sire, NetherlandsRuntime: 12 minutes
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Tentsítewahkwe

Short DocumentaryDir. by Katsitsionni FoxUnited StatesRuntime: 17 minutes
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(United States Premiere)(Best Short Documentary Nominee)

The Archive: Queer Nigerians

Short DocumentaryDir. by Simisolaoluwa AkandeUnited KingdomRuntime: 25 minutes
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(North America Premiere)(Best Feature Narrative Nominee)

The Ballad of Suzanne Césaire

Feature NarrativeDir. by Madeleine Hunt-EhrlichUnited StatesRuntime: 75 minutes
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The Battle of Empty Stomachs

ExperimentalDir. by Diana Al-HalabiThe NetherlandsRuntime: 23 minutes
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The Dawn

Short NarrativeDir. by Alicia MendySwitzerland, SenegalRuntime: 29 minutes
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(Philadelphia Premiere)(Best Short Narrative Nominee)

The Flacalta Effect

Short NarrativeDir. by Rochée JeffreyUnited StatesRuntime: 8 minutes
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The New Man

Feature DocumentaryDir. by Carlos Yuri CeuninckCabo Verde, Belgium, Germany, SudanRuntime: 64 minutes
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(World Premiere)(Best Short Documentary Nominee)

The People Could Fly

Short DocumentaryDir. by Imani DennisonUnited StatesRuntime: 21 minutes
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The Queen of My Dreams

Feature NarrativeDir. by Fawzia MirzaPakistan, CanadaRuntime: 95 minutes
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The Strike

Feature DocumentaryDir. by JoeBill Muñoz & Lucas GuilkeyUnited StatesRuntime: 86 minutes
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The Whites of Our Eyes

Short DocumentaryDir. by Yaba Blay & Maame AdjeiGhanaRuntime: 25 minutes
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The Wind Telephone

Short NarrativeDir. by Jody StillwaterUnited StatesRuntime: 7 minutes
(North America Premiere)

The Witness Tree

Short NarrativeDir. by Niranjan Raj BhetwalNepalRuntime: 14 minutes
(East Coast Premiere)

Through the Storm

Short DocumentaryDir. by Fritz Bitsoie & Charles FrankUnited StatesRuntime: 23 minutes
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To Exist Under Permanent Suspicion

Short NarrativeDir. by Valentin NoujaïmFranceRuntime: 14 minutes
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Twice Into Oblivion

Feature DocumentaryDir. by Pierre Michel JeanFrance, Haïti, République DominicaineRuntime: 100 minutes
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(Philadelphia Premiere)(Best Experimental Film Nominee)

Two Refusals (Would We Recognize Ourselves Unbroken?)

ExperimentalDir. by Suneil SanzgiriUnited States, IndiaRuntime: 35 minutes
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Two Sun

Short DocumentaryDir. by Blair BarnesUnited StatesRuntime: 5 minutes
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(World Premiere)(Best Short Documentary Nominee)

What Channel is Love?

Short DocumentaryDir. by Michael DonteUnited StatesRuntime: 12 minutes
(Philadelphia Premiere)

Winding Path

Short DocumentaryDir. by Alexandra Lazarowich, Ross KauffmanUnited StatesRuntime: 10 minutes
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(Philadelphia Premiere)(Best Short Documentary Nominee)

Wouldn’t Make It Any Other Way

Short DocumentaryDir. by Hao ZhouUnited States, GuamRuntime: 21 minutes
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You Don’t Have to Go Home, but…

Feature DocumentaryDir. by Aidan UnUnited StatesRuntime: 80 minutes
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Zanatany, When Soulless Shrouds Whisper

Short NarrativeDir. by Hachimiya AhamadaBelgium, France, QatarRuntime: 27 minutes
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