The Sacred Spirit (Espíritu sagrado) Date May 15 - May 21, 2023 Time 12:00 AM EDT When the leader of a UFO association dies unexpectedly, José Manuel becomes the only person who knows a secret that could alter the fate of humanity. Meanwhile, a young girl goes missing in Spain.
Helena From Sarayaku Date May 11 - May 14, 2023 Time 12:00 AM EDT The film Helena From Sarayaku, directed by Eriberto Gualinga (2021), documents activist Helena Gualinga's efforts to raise awareness about the Kichwa people of Sarayaku's fight against oil exploitation in their territory in the Ecuadorian Amazon and their proposal for an alternative way of relating to nature.
Vida comienza, vida termina (Life Begins, Life Ends) Date May 8 - May 10, 2023 Time 12:00 AM EDT The film diary of a family, pieces of an Argentinian fiction film that wants to be completed, a tumor that dreams to be loved, two hunters looking for something to kill. The film glides between reality and fiction as the filmmaker tries to grasp the essence of his passing life.
Quarries Date May 4 - May 7, 2023 Time 12:00 PM EDT Quarries follows the mysteries surrounding prehistoric stone tools from Kenya alongside the neglected labor of stonemasons who paved the streets of Lisbon.
The Human Trial Date May 1 - May 3, 2023 Time 12:00 AM EDT An intimate journey with the patients and scientists who put themselves on the line.
Of Medicine and Miracles Date Apr 29 - Apr 30, 2023 Time 12:00 AM EDT Chronicles the monumental task of curing cancer, as seen through the harrowing experiences of one young girl, her family, and a doctor on a mission.
The Last Human (Siunissaq - Det Sidste Menneske) Date Apr 26 - Apr 28, 2023 Time 12:00 PM EDT Director Ivalo Frank's new film is a tribute to her vast, scenic country, caught between two extremes: the beginning and the end of life on Earth as we know it.
This Wild Abyss Date Apr 24 - Apr 25, 2023 Time 12:00 AM EDT This Wild Abyss tells the story of Milton who forms an unlikely friendship with world-renowned astronomer Edwin Hubble and assists him at Mt. Wilson Observatory in the 1920s, leading to the discovery that the universe is expanding.
Scales Date Apr 20 - Apr 23, 2023 Time 12:00 AM EDT Hayat is a strong-willed girl whose fishing village is governed by a dark tradition: every family must give one daughter to the mermaid-like sea creatures that inhabit the waters. When Hayat's father refuses, the girl becomes a pariah, considered a curse by the village and urged to sacrifice herself.
Derek Changes His Mind Date Apr 17 - Apr 19, 2023 Time 12:00 AM EDT Traumatic Brain Injury survivor Derek Dabkoski enrolls in a dangerous and experimental stem cell surgery to hopefully repair the damaged area of his brain as he and his wife Nadia, who has lived in the US for 30 years without ever being granted a green card, expect the birth of their first child, a daughter named Carmen.
As We See (Cómo miramos) Date Apr 15 - Apr 16, 2023 Time 12:00 AM EDT Between the microscopic and the macroscopic, the most remote past and the future, this short film investigates the observation practices of four scientists: a neurologist, a paleontologist, an astronomer and a molecular biologist.
Playing Apocalypse Date Mar 30 - Mar 31, 2023 Time 12:00 AM EDT A group of enthusiasts explore different versions of the future designed as a post-apocalyptic world.
The People There To Catch Us Date Mar 27 - Mar 28, 2023 Time 12:00 AM EDT Two people who have had cancer work alongside scientists in research and support groups to improve the lives of others living with the disease.
The Great Refractor Date Mar 24 - Mar 26, 2023 Time 12:00 AM EDT The film contrasts histories of mapping, visualizing and territorializing with contemporary practices centered on sounding, listening and collective resonation.
Pablo from Neanderthal Date Mar 17 - Mar 19, 2023 Time 12:00 AM EDT This film is neither a documentary nor a portrait of the artist Pablo Echaurren; it's a kaleidoscopic meditation on our past, present and future.
Terrain Vague Date Mar 3 - Mar 6, 2023 Time 11:00 PM EST A film between a short story and a social documentary, combining stifling atmosphere with humour and reflections of the millennials.
I am a Mobile Element Date Mar 1 - Mar 3, 2023 Time 11:00 PM EST Hybrid identities and genetic scissors
Sequence of Life Date Feb 27 - Feb 28, 2023 Time 11:00 PM EST Childhood trauma and stress can lead to the shortening of the chromosome which eventually shortens your life span.
abNormal Date Feb 24 - Feb 27, 2023 Time 11:00 PM EST Are you normal? What does it mean to be normal?
Bidesia in Bambai Date Feb 4 - Feb 7, 2023 Time 11:00 PM EST Bidesia is Bhojpuri for ‘the one who leaves home’.
Dusk Chorus Date Jan 29 - Jan 31, 2023 Time 11:00 PM EST Eco-acoustic composer David Monacchi tries to record continuous 24-hour 3D soundscapes in the area with the world's highest biodiversity in Ecuador's remote primary forests.
Neuroscience & Emotions: The Life, Work & Music of Dr. Joseph LeDoux Date Jan 26 - Jan 29, 2023 Time 11:00 PM EST What happens in the brain when you are afraid? Joe LeDoux decoded the unknown and unwritten map between the senses and the Amygdala, a tiny, barely understood seed-like object in the brain that is mission control for our feelings. And then he wrote books and music about it.
Get Out Alive Date Jan 23 - Jan 26, 2023 Time 11:00 PM EST GET OUT ALIVE is an autobiographical musical detailing an artist's recovery after a suicide attempt.
After Nature Date Jan 8 - Jan 13, 2023 Time 11:00 PM EST In 'After Nature', four prominent scientists and one artist unfold how humanity's pursuit of wealth and prosperity has degraded the living conditions of virtually every other species in the world, and how they are fighting to preserve the planet's biodiversity.
The Hero’s Journey to the Third Pole – A Bipolar Musical Documentary With Elephants Date Jan 4 - Jan 8, 2023 Time 11:00 PM EST Part road movie, part musical, part serious inquiry into the caverns of the mind, The Hero’s Journey to the Third Pole is at once an artful, sensitive and amusing examination of mental health, told through an unexpected story of friendship.
Observar las Aves Date Jan 1 - Jan 3, 2023 Time 11:00 PM EST ‘Observar las Aves’ Is a Poetic Eulogy of a Woman With Alzheimer’s Who’s Not Yet Gone.
The Prediction of Extreme Events Date Dec 30 - Jan 1, 2023 Time 11:00 PM EST E. J. Gumbel was one of the first to describe and understand extreme events through extreme value statistics, but forgotten is his political life that made him once one of the most exposed enemies of the Nazis, fighting against populism and the rise of fascism.
The Other Tom Date Dec 27 - Dec 29, 2022 Time 11:00 PM EST A mother risks losing custody of her son when she refuses to continue medicating his ADHD, after an accident alerts her to the drugs' side-effects.
Moving so slowly: Avanzaré tan despacio Date Dec 25 - Dec 27, 2022 Time 11:00 PM EST People who wait in endless queues at the Immigration Office in Costa Rica go through different sensations and emotions produced by the confusing bureaucratic framework. In there, time and processes can be felt eternal.
Ghost Amber Date Dec 23 - Dec 25, 2022 Time 11:00 PM EST A poetic reflection on the slow vanishing of analogue film.
Carbon: The Unauthorised Biography Date Dec 21 - Dec 23, 2022 Time 11:00 PM EST Carbon tax. Carbon footprint. Carbon emissions. Carbon is in the news every day, so you’d think we’d know everything about it — but you’d be wrong. Carbon could be the most misunderstood element on earth.
The Power of Science Date Dec 18 - Dec 21, 2022 Time 11:00 PM EST Discover the never-before-seen story behind the development of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine.
Cult Hero (Héroe de culto) Date Dec 17 - Dec 18, 2022 Time 11:00 PM EST The tradition to make busts of the National Hero of Cuba, José Martí, continue today through an industrial process where those are made in plastic. Its disproportionate presence in the country turns the hero bust in an invisible thing.
It's Quieter in the Twilight Date Dec 15 - Dec 17, 2022 Time 11:00 PM EST Fighting outdated technology and time, Voyager's flight-team pursues humankind's greatest exploration.
The Mount of Ants Date Dec 13 - Dec 15, 2022 Time 11:00 PM EST For the feast of the Nativity of Mary, every year for centuries, swarms of winged ants from all over Italy and even from Central Europe, coming on top of the “Mount of the Ants” to mate.
Cinema Futures Date Dec 11 - Dec 13, 2022 Time 11:00 PM EST Cinema Futures oscillates between a technocratic belief in progress and apocalyptic visions of the total erasure of our audiovisual memory:.
Waters of Pastaza Date Dec 9 - Dec 11, 2022 Time 11:00 PM EST On the banks of the Pastaza River, the border between Ecuador and Peru, a group of children from the indigenous Achuar tribe live autonomously.
Beyond Tomorrow Date Dec 7 - Dec 9, 2022 Time 11:00 PM EST A documentary about the idea of the future as explored through the life and art of futurist illustrator Roy Scarfo
The Tree House Date Dec 5 - Dec 7, 2022 Time 11:00 PM EST Several decades in the future, an astronaut on Mars contacts his father on Earth and asks him about how things were in the past, in Vietnam.
The Philosophy of Horror – A Symphony of Film Theory Date Dec 3 - Dec 5, 2022 Time 11:00 PM EST An experimental analysis of the horror genre, as it was a lesson in college.
Tell Me About the Stars Date Dec 1 - Dec 3, 2022 Time 11:00 PM EST One thing only is clear: no need for other worlds, only mirrors.
Burial Date Nov 27 - Nov 29, 2022 Time 11:00 PM EST With striking images and meticulous sound work, Burial reminds us of the paradoxical relationship between scientific development and the destruction of nature. Questioning the effects of human activity on the planet we inhabit and which we have put at risk, the film focuses on the unsolved issues of nuclear plants and nuclear activity.
The Sacred Spirit Date Nov 24 - Nov 27, 2022 Time 11:00 PM EST A collision of science fiction, crime, and documentary realism. If you are an adventurous viewer with the patience to let this film weave its peculiar magic, it will live rent-free in your brain for a long time.
O, Collecting Eggs Despite the Times Date Nov 22 - Nov 24, 2022 Time 11:00 PM EST Close-ups of the eggs from Schönwetter's collection (he had 19,206) are timeless in all their mottled, speckled, and colorful beauty.
Maika: The Girl From Another Galaxy Date Nov 19 - Nov 22, 2022 Time 11:00 PM EST Vietnam's first-ever children's sci-fi feature
Zoo Lock Date Nov 17 - Nov 19, 2022 Time 11:00 PM EST The pandemic brought society to a standstill, but from an animal’s perspective the world didn't change that much. Unless, of course, you live in a zoo.
White Noise Date Nov 15 - Nov 17, 2022 Time 11:00 PM EST A reflection on the fate of humanity in the Anthropocene epoch
Time Theorem Date Nov 12 - Nov 15, 2022 Time 11:00 PM EST Director Andrés Kaiser combines hundreds of amateur films and photographs from the treasure trove of images belonging to his migrant grandparents creating a cinematic firework of analogies.
Karmalink Date Nov 9 - Nov 12, 2022 Time 11:00 PM EST Jake Wachtel's KARMALINK is a mind-bending tale of reincarnation, artificial consciousness, and the search for enlightenment.
Tigre Gente Date Nov 7 - Nov 9, 2022 Time 11:00 PM EST Director Elizabeth Unger exposes the illegal trade of jaguar teeth across two continents in this harrowing eco-thriller.
Neptune Frost Date Nov 6 - Nov 7, 2022 Time 12:00 AM EDT Set between states of being – past and present, dream and waking life, colonized and free, male and female, memory and prescience
The Last Human Date Nov 1 - Nov 3, 2022 Time 12:00 AM EDT Life on Earth begins and ends with Greenland. Researcher Minik Rosing’s landmark discovery of the first life contrasts with the melting ice masses in Ivalo Frank’s tribute to her beautiful homeland.
A Language of Shapes Date Sep 17, 2022 Time 12:00 AM EDT An enchanting fairytale film in the magical, microscopic world
Unliveable (Inabitável) Date Sep 15 - Sep 16, 2022 Time 12:00 AM EDT UNLIVEABLE is a tale about the wish for a world where life can be truly possible.
The Sound is Innocent Date Sep 13 - Sep 14, 2022 Time 12:01 AM EDT A playful and poetic journey through the history of electronic music
Tundra Date Sep 11 - Sep 12, 2022 Time 12:00 AM EDT A lonely electrical inspector, dreams of the Red Woman
Goodnight Goodnight Date Sep 9 - Sep 10, 2022 Time 12:00 AM EDT Hydroelectricity, romance and alienation
Holgut Date Sep 7 - Sep 8, 2022 Time 12:00 PM EDT As the permafrost recedes faster and faster on the Siberian ice plains, the remnants of the mythical animal from a distant past emerge
Switch On Date Sep 6 - Sep 7, 2022 Time 12:01 AM EDT Energy visionary Dr. Scott Tinker crosses the globe to investigate alternative sources of energy.
Clarita's Universe Date Sep 3 - Sep 5, 2022 Time 12:00 AM EDT Clarita's unbounded curiosity and defining passion: astronomy.
Dust Rising Date Sep 1 - Sep 2, 2022 Time 12:00 AM EDT From human health to ecosystem function, discover the astonishing impact of tiny particles – and how that’s shifting as Earth’s climate changes.
The New Hospital Date Aug 29 - Aug 30, 2022 Time 12:01 AM EDT Rejuvenation, robotization, genetic alteration and organ cultivation will change our society forever.
The Golden Harvest Date Aug 27 - Aug 28, 2022 Time 12:10 AM EDT Filmmaker Alia Yunis explores the relationship between the people of the Mediterranean and olive trees.
Galapagos: Secrets of the Ocean Giants Date Aug 25 - Aug 26, 2022 Time 12:01 AM EDT The scientists of the Galapagos Whale Shark Project head north to Darwin Island to uncover the secrets of these ocean giants.
A Mirror of the Cosmos Date Aug 22 - Aug 24, 2022 Time 12:00 AM EDT The lagoon is a microcosm of the so-called Anthropocene, or ‘the Age of Man’.
The Creeping Garden Date Aug 19 - Aug 21, 2022 Time 12:01 AM EDT Irrational Encounters with Plasmodial Slime Moulds
Shell and Joint Date Aug 17 - Aug 18, 2022 Time 12:00 AM EDT The thin line between existence and non-existence
Camagroga Date Aug 15 - Aug 16, 2022 Time 12:01 AM EDT An elegy of work, land, heritage and resistance
Dear Future Children Date Aug 12 - Aug 14, 2022 Time 12:01 AM EDT The new generation at the heart of this seismic political shift
Silent Forests Date Aug 10 - Aug 11, 2022 Time 12:00 PM EDT An intimate, character-driven portrait of conservationists and activists who are struggling to stop forest elephant poaching in Africa's Congo Basin region
Of the Basin Date Aug 8 - Aug 10, 2022 Time 12:00 PM EDT An intimate portrait of a unique environment and one of the last fishermen of the Basin.
The Lake At The Bottom of the World Date Aug 6 - Aug 7, 2022 Time 12:00 PM EDT Hidden truths about our planet's dynamic past.
Symbiotic Earth: How Lynn Margulis Rocked the Boat Date Aug 3 - Aug 5, 2022 Time 12:00 PM EDT a brilliant and radical scientist who changed how we look at our selves, evolution, and the environment.
Work Or to Whom Does the World Belong Date Aug 1 - Aug 2, 2022 Time 12:00 PM EDT A mining community through the prism of ethno-fiction
Once You Know Date Jul 29 - Jul 31, 2022 Time 12:00 PM EDT A Personal Story at the Edge of Climate-induced Collapse.
Zero Gravity Date Jul 25 - Jul 28, 2022 Time 12:00 PM EDT The Next Generation Fearlessly Lead us into the Future
My Voice Will Be With You Date Jul 22 - Jul 24, 2022 Time 12:00 PM EDT Hypnosis as anesthesia. It not only speaks to our imagination, it is already happening in practice.
Into the Polar Night Date Jul 20 - Jul 21, 2022 Time 12:00 PM EDT Take an epic expedition to the Artic Ocean
Jim Allison: Breakthrough Date Jul 18 - Jul 19, 2022 Time 12:00 PM EDT A Visionary Quest to Find a Cure for Cancer
Rebel Objects Date Jul 12 - Jul 15, 2022 Time 12:00 PM EDT Our Connection to Mysterious Stone Spheres and Family
The Quintessence Date Jul 10 - Jul 11, 2022 Time 12:00 PM EDT The Visual Imaginary of Astrophysics and Space
Speak So I Can See You Date Aug 29 - Aug 30, 2021 Time 12:00 AM EDT A unique soundscape of one of Europe’s oldest radio stations
Campo Experimental Date Aug 26 - Aug 28, 2021 Time 12:00 PM EDT The state of science and art in Brazil during the 2014 World Cup
At the Bottom of the Sea Date Aug 24 - Aug 25, 2021 Time 12:00 PM EDT The many meanings of imposing landscapes
A Technical Utopia: Artist Depiction Series Two Date Apr 9 - Apr 11, 2021 Time 12:00 AM EDT LIVE PREMIERE
