Film Year: 2026

Unlisted, The D.E.I Documentary, Jevon McKinney, 2025, United States, 2 minutes, English As universities dismantle D.E.I. initiatives, students and faculty confront the consequences. Come into the Light, Ashlyn Motsenbocker, 2025, United States, 2 minutes, English A young lesbian woman finds community and identity as she deals with the lasting mental…

For five years, The Incarcerated Mass was a sanctuary for men serving de-facto life sentences in Illinois—an experimental theatre troupe with collective dreams of liberation. In July 2018 they staged their first and only performance, amplifying calls to restore parole in Illinois and across other states without pathways home.

An auteur emerges from America’s underclass: from migrant farmworker to revolutionary artist, Luis Valdez changed American culture. In the 1960s, his El Teatro Campesino performed on flatbed trucks and helped mobilize workers to win the first farmworker union contract. His “Zoot Suit” was the first Chicano play on Broadway. Despite…

“Wolobougou” means “the place of compassionate birth” in Bambara. It is the name of the small bush maternity clinic founded by midwife Honorine Soma in Burkina Faso. Honorine aims to revolutionize the place of women in Burkinabè society. She created her own clinic to provide healthcare access to women in…

Eulalia Pedro, an Indigenous Mayan elder, fled Guatemala over 25 years ago to escape civil war. Now living in southern Colorado’s San Luis Valley, Eulalia reflects on her journey and her enduring connection to the home she left behind.

Sallie Smith doesn’t know how to retire. The 80-year-old from Alabama admits, “When I see something that’s a problem, it tends to call my name… and once it’s done that, I need to see it through.” The problem now is threatening her beloved Mobile Bay. Alabama Power’s “Plant Barry”—southern Alabama’s…

Living Waters is a trip back to an Inuit way of life rooted in the Arctic. David Nanook, an Elder from the community of Taloyoak, Nunavut, passes on knowledge about how to repair and use a traditional stone fish weir, as his Elders taught him. The youth joining David reconnect with…

Set in Rio de Janeiro, Aleksia wanders on a journey through time, unveiling the origins of samba and its emergence from resilience, joy, spirituality and resistance of her Afro-Brazilian community.

In Kahane Corn Cooperman’s lyrical CREEDE U.S.A., a remote Colorado mountain mining town becomes an unexpected model for public discourse. For generations, Creede’s residents have held tightly to their heritage and values. But when the town brought in a theater company to revitalize the economy, citizens were introduced to new…

CHILDREN NO MORE: WERE AND ARE GONE is an observational documentary short about a vigil that began in March 2025,when a handful of women stood silently in a public square in Tel Aviv, each holding a photograph of a child killed in Gaza. On every image: the child’s name, age, date…