October 9-13, 2025

October 9-13, 2025
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Theatreland

Theatreland takes a thoughtful and darkly humorous look at the lives of a group of actors forced for financial reasons to take jobs as ushers in a West End theatre while they wait for their dreams of becoming professional actors to take wing.

Filmmakers will participate in a Q&A following both screenings.

Run Mama Run

After the best track season of her career, elite runner Sarah Brown unexpectedly became pregnant when her IUD failed. Run Mama Run follows Brown as she trains through her pregnancy and attempts to make the U.S. Olympic Track and Field team—just 16 weeks after giving birth.

Refuge

Refuge is a chronicle of human stories from the European Refugee Crisis, focused on humanity and hope. Shot on location in Greece in January 2016.

Peace of Heart

A non-verbal autistic girl hasn’t communicated with her family in 18 years, but technology and society’s new perspective on her condition may change the face of autism forever.

Filmmakers will participate in a Q&A following both screenings.

Letter to the Free

Inspired by some of our greatest musical recordings and performances “behind bars,” Letter to the Free brings some of our generation’s most talented jazz musicians to the Queens Detention Complex and asks them to fill the hallways with their blessings, their spirited sounds.

Lawman

Based on real-life events that took place in America in 1875, in Indian Territory: Bass Reeves, the first African-American deputy U.S. marshal, arrests an outlaw, Glen Huddleston, and brings him toward encampment. A battle of wills arises between them as the outlaw tries to psych out the deputy to escape.

Just Go!

Inspired by the incredible true story about a young man named Just who lost both of his legs in a childhood accident and who is in love with the girl next door—Ieva. The story begins when Just meets Ieva on the doorstep of the house they both live in. They start a flirty conversation that is interrupted by two thieves, who rob Ieva in front of Just. In the blink of an eye, Just decides to follow the thieves to retrieve Ieva’s bag and conquer her heart.

It’s Just a Gun

When young Gabe finds a .38 Smith & Wesson, it sets in motion a series of events that will change him forever.

Icarus

When a Mars colony’s comm satellite is damaged, Emilia Riley sets out on a simple repair excursion. When a malfunction aboard the shuttle cuts connectivity to the ground, Emilia’s son makes the knee-jerk decision to go after her.

Home

Home explores a woman’s return home to her husband after spending 20 years in prison.

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