In a small suburb outside of Chicago lives Jonathan, a 57 year old man with ASD (autism spectrum disorder), also known as ‘Superman’. Known for his heroic actions, Jonathan is a revered member of the Glen Ellyn community and has been a staple in the 4th of July Parade for nearly 30 years. When Jonathan’s living circumstances were threatened by a new building owner, the townspeople sprung into action after his best friend Julie started a fundraiser to save his home.

In the northern reaches of Manitoba, resting on the edge of Canada’s Hudson Bay, sits the small town of Churchill. Home to fewer than 1000 year-round residents. Churchill’s most famous visitor, however, is the mighty Polar Bear. Every year, hundreds of bears gather on the shoreline surrounding Churchill, awaiting the sea ice that forms on Hudson Bay during winter. “Polar Bear Country” explores this interaction, learning how Churchillians have learned to co-exist with, protect, and share their love of these apex predators. Through extensive on-location interviews and rarely-witnessed encounters, the film guides its audience through a town that is exploring the bleeding edge of human/wildlife coexistence.

RISE is a coming-of-age short set in Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe. It follows a tough, resourceful boy living on a rubbish dump who crosses paths with a withdrawn former boxer. When the boy demands to be trained, the coach resists, but the kid won’t take no for an answer. As their uneasy relationship develops, what begins as survival training becomes something more: a fragile connection between two people the world has given up on. At a chaotic underground tournament in Harare, Rise is forced to confront the very thing he’s been running from – not his opponent, but the fear that’s shaped his life.

In his directorial debut, Ernesto poetically chronicles his journey of ‘undrowning’ as a young, Indigenous Guatemalan immigrant. Spanning a decade, this coming-of-age story captures Ernesto’s fight to break free from his family’s generational cycle of alcoholism.

Large room in a dream apartment. Unbeatable location. Ready to move in. Plenty of light.

There’s Something I Have to Tell You is the story of Anna, a reserved woman in her 20s who’s temporarily living in a small town in the Bahamas to help her mom build a house. But beneath the surface, Anna is haunted by the memories of her past. During her stay, she struggles to release a devastating truth that has kept her and her mom divided for as long as she can remember.

An immersion into a weekend gathering of “widows” – people of all ages, genders, and orientations – this glimpse of a grieving community is by turns devastating and unexpectedly funny.

On Manhattan’s jam-packed streets, NYC’s most iconic driving instructor prepares students for the road ahead.

An Indigenous women’s motorcycle group rides to end the crisis of missing and murdered Indigenous women. At the same time, a member of their community desperately searches for her missing sister and tries to heal her shattered family.

A young man with a disability worries about his bills and needs to find work, but when his job options narrow and his fear of riding public transportation is a barrier, he must take that first step to finding a job and community.