The Candidate documents progressive politician and activist, Qasim Rashid, as he battles xenophobia and corporate interests in two different congressional races against well-funded incumbents.

Director: Jack C. Newell | 2026

Filmmaker Colette Ghunim embarks on journeys with her parents to find the ancestral houses they were forced to flee as children in Mexico and Palestine. Colette’s initial desire to heal her disconnect from her cultures and her parents reveals an internal quest to discover home within herself.

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1859, North Yorkshire. When young Māori woman Mary arrives from New Zealand, she’s trapped as governess to a wealthy whaler’s granddaughter. Living among her ancestors’ stolen artifacts, she uncovers Sir Cole’s horrific crimes. Embracing her Matakite powers, Mary becomes Mārama and must save Anne...

In 1992, after a car crash leaves Ahmed with amnesia, he returns to his village where nothing seems familiar—not his wife, nor his children. His youngest child, disturbed by Ahmed’s fully bandaged face, harbors a deep fear of him. Each night, mysterious visitors torment Ahmed, whispering litanies...

THERE WAS, THERE WAS NOT follows four women in Artsakh, rebuilding after one war as another looms. What begins as a quiet study of their daily lives becomes an urgent record as conflict returns and upends everything again. From taking up arms on the front lines to fleeing as refugees, each woman’...

A gripping and eye-opening documentary, Earth’s Greatest Enemy follows Abby Martin as she challenges the widely accepted idea that climate change can be solved through individual consumer habits, instead identifying the United States military as one of the most significant drivers of environmenta...

Across three decades of passion, loss, and hope, Nino and Yasmina are bound by a magnetic relationship. Torn between love and survival, they must decide whether to build a family and chart a path to happiness in Lebanon or leave their home amid the country’s unfolding tragedy.

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