Film Year: 2024

Like many areas in the United States, the City of Baltimore has been plagued by gun violence. Amid the George Floyd uprising, Brandon Scott, a young reform-minded leader, is elected mayor. His hope is to lower violence in the city with a new public health-focused approach rather than relying only…

For almost half a century, Don Ritchie would approach people contemplating suicide at the edge of a cliff, 100 feet from his home. Voiced by Hugo Weaving, Teacups explores Don’s surreal interactions with hundreds of suicidal individuals and his journey to reconcile the suicide of his best friend.

Buried within the woods of Alberta, Canada sits camp fYrefly, a haven for LGBTQIA2S+ teens, far away from the fierce political battle currently being waged against queer expression and gender identity. SUMMER QAMP invites audiences into the innocence and joy of a summer away with friends, while never losing sight of…

Si Pudiera Quedarme / If I Could Stay is an intimate portrait of two undocumented Latinx mothers who go to dramatic lengths to fend off deportation and separation from their families in the United States. The film follows five years in the lives of Jeanette Vizguerra and Ingrid Encalada Latorre,…

Note: This film is only available in ACT’s virtual festival. Dadaab, Kenya. The world’s second largest refugee camp. A place where hundreds of thousands of people have lived for decades, trapped in a limbo of statelessness and uncertainty. Opened in 1991 to shelter those fleeing the horrors of war and…

Mediha, a teenage Yazidi girl who has recently returned from ISIS captivity, turns her camera on herself to process her trauma while rescuers search for her missing family members. This is the story of the Yazidi Genocide and its aftermath shown through the lens of one young survivor’s personal video-diaries…

After the 2021 military coup in Myanmar, loved ones of the deceased artist and political prisoner San Zaw Htway wrote him letters as an act of remembrance and hope. Their commentary echoes in the streets filled with protestors seeking democracy and stability.

In the elementary school of Kolofata in Cameroon’s Far North region, a group of children attend a class over which the shadow of Boko Haram hangs. A film about a conflict zone, a second chance and children who have never stopped living.

IN THE DIRT is a documentary film about a group of passionate Native American cyclists who attempt to bring the sport of mountain biking to the Navajo Nation, where no bike shops exist. In 2018, retired pro cyclist Scott Nydam and his family moved to Gallup, New Mexico to pursue…

Over the course of two years, the film follows Elisabeth Epps as she works to end cash bail on all fronts: from bailing people out of jail, to protesting in the streets, to running for office as one of the first abolitionist candidates in Colorado.