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Everything I Own
Everything I Own
As his parents prepare to divorce, filmmaker Andrew Garbus turns the camera on his family and himself, unearthing long buried trauma, unresolved guilt, and the elusive hope of healing over one agonizing, revelatory week.
Far From Maine
Far From Maine
As if speaking to a childhood Palestinian friend killed by Israeli police in 2000, an Arab-Jewish Israeli filmmaker meditates on lifelong personal grief, collective trauma, and Israel-Palestine today. 
Fast Times at Ridgemont High
Fast Times at Ridgemont High
In Amy Heckerling's 1982 classic, a group of Southern California high school students navigate the ups and downs of adolescence, part-time jobs, and emerging sexuality over the course of one school year.
Freedom of Expression Award: Rachel Bloom
Freedom of Expression Award: Rachel Bloom
This year’s Freedom of Expression Award honors the multi-hyphenate artist Rachel Bloom. She will receive the Award at the Castro Theatre in conjunction with the documentary "Hollywood Does Abortion," which she appears in and Executive Produced.
Girl Dad
Girl Dad
A guarded teenager leaves Brooklyn for the first time to spend the summer with her estranged father, a struggling composer in Los Angeles. What starts as an awkward reunion turns into something deeper, forcing them to confront old wounds and rebuild what they’ve lost.
Given Names
Given Names
Thirteen people tell their stories through their first names. Their answers blend personal histories with broader historical events. Although each story (and name) is unique, they resonate with one another, creating unexpected connections.
The Hedonist
The Hedonist
After a nervous breakdown, a young office assistant flees to his parents’ house in Arizona and hires an escort to take care of him.
Take Action Spotlight: Hollywood Does Abortion
Take Action Spotlight: Hollywood Does Abortion
Since the 1970s, depictions of abortion in film and television have both impacted and reflected shifting attitudes towards the procedure and those who choose it. This incisive documentary examines the undeniable impact that the American entertainment industry has had on that fight.
Centerpiece Documentary: Holofiction
Centerpiece Documentary: Holofiction
This experimental film explores the visual representation of the Holocaust through a montage of thousands of excerpts from film and television from 1938 to the present to critically examine how Holocaust imagery has been codified and reproduced in cinema across decades.
Human Theories
Human Theories
Human Theories is a comedy comprised of interconnected scenes showcasing offbeat, amusing, failed attempts at connection in modern city life. 
I Don't Know What I'm Doing Here
I Don't Know What I'm Doing Here
Guided by her grandmother’s unmarked photographs, an American college student journeys through Romania, searching for the village her family once called home.
Landscapes of Memory
Landscapes of Memory
While living and working in Germany, filmmaker Leah Galant reckons with family trauma and the the historical memory of the Holocaust. Stories of a Holocaust-survivor descendant, a Nazi-descendant historian, exiled Palestinian artists, and her father living with ALS reveal the uses and abuses of memory culture.

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