1+1+1 Life, love, chaos 

Genre: Romance, Drama
Running Time: 01:37:00
Directed by: Yanie Dupont-Hébert

When childish, aspiring writer, Pat, stays at her family cabin during a Quebec winter with her boyfriend and teenage daughter, she unearths a childhood trauma that holds the key to her salvation. Here, each member of the pack must learn to love themselves in order to love each other.

A Moment For Love

Genre: Romance, Comedy
Running Time: 1:33:00
Directed by: Joseph Matarrese & Phillip Matarrese

“A Moment For Love" is an outrageous fairytale comedy about Trevor (Adam Huss), a singer songwriter haunted by a terrible secret, who meets out and proud fashion designer Bobby Love and becomes his magical chosen family. As their friendship grows and Trevor interacts with the Wonderland that is Bobby's world, Trevor learns how to let go of the ghosts who haunt him, and best of all, surrenders to love. It is said life is stranger than fiction. Winner of the “Lily Tomlin Best Comedy Feature Film Award” and the “Best LGBTQ Feature Film Award” at various International Film Festivals, this movie is a Biopic of fantasy couture designer Bobby Love, and contains actual footage from Bobby's outrageously wild runway shows. Filmed in Los Angeles and Venice, Italy during Carnivale.

A Place Of Her Own

Genre: Social Justice, Documentary
Running Time: 01:00:00
Directed by: Dana Pney-Gal

The women of impoverished Arab village Jisr az-Zarqa find hope in a surprising opportunity: to build, for the first time, a center of their own. As a luxury neighborhood encroaches on their land, threatening their community, and local violence shakes their world, they confront oppression to reshape their reality.

A State of Passion

Genre: War, Social Justice, Documentary
Running Time: 01:30:00
Directed by: CAROL MANSOUR, MUNA KHALIDI

After 43 horrific days working round the clock under constant bombardment in the emergency rooms of Gaza’s hospitals, British-Palestinian reconstructive surgeon, Dr. Ghassan Abu Sittah, emerged to find himself as a face of the Palestinian resistance. Determined to capture his raw emotions, these filmmakers began filming the moment he arrived.

All The Walls Came Down

Genre: Documentary
Running Time: 38 Min
Directed by: Ondi Timoner

In January 2025, filmmaker Ondi Timoner was overseas when the L.A. Fires of 2025 tore through her Altadena home, destroying everything—decades of archival footage, personal journals, equipment, and irreplaceable family memories. The first film ever made about these fires, ALL THE WALLS CAME DOWN is an intimate short documentary that captures the aftermath of that loss and expands into a larger story of displacement, resilience, and the fight to save the town. As Timoner returns to recover what remains, she turns her lens outward—toward neighbors, many from long-established Black, Latino, and other communities of color who have called Altadena home for generations. These families now face not only the trauma of destruction, but increasing pressure from mortgage lenders, insurance companies, and opportunistic developers pushing them toward foreclosure or forced sales. What begins as a personal reckoning becomes a powerful portrait of a community under siege. A story of rupture and renewal, ALL THE WALLS CAME DOWN reveals what remains when the physical structures of life disappear—and the healing that can happen through the power of connection with community, as Ondi, her family and neighbors fight to preserve not just homes, but history, identity, and belonging.

Among The Palms, The Bomb or: Looking for reflections in the toxic field of plenty

Genre: Documentary
Running Time: 01:20:00
Directed by: Lukas Marxt, Vanja Smiljanic

This cinematic exploration rounds up a seven-year-long research of the Salton Sea -- the largest lake in California on the verge of ecological collapse with history of genocide, military testing, and exploitation, and the resilient community struggling to survive within this dystopian reality.

Animals in War 

Genre: Drama
Running Time: 01:37:00
Directed by: Myroslav Slaboshpytskyi, Yulia Shashkova, Maksym Tuzov, Oleksiy Mamedov, Sviatoslav Kostiuk, Ivan Sautkin, Andrii Lidahovsky

Seven short stories from Ukrainian and foreign artists, whose protagonists are animals suffering from the terrible war in Ukraine.

Becoming Vera

Genre: Drama
Running Time: 01:27:00
Directed by: Sergio Vizuete

After 18-year-old foster child, Vera, is betrayed by a music producer who steals her composition, she must find her voice and take a stand to fight for the future of her dreams in Latin Jazz. A story proving that anything is possible with resilience and self-belief.

Becoming Vera - Opening Night

Genre:
Running Time: 1:27:00
Directed by: Sergio Vizuete

After 18-year-old foster child, Vera, is betrayed by a music producer who steals her composition, she must find her voice and take a stand to fight for the future of her dreams in Latin Jazz. A story proving that anything is possible with resilience and self-belief.

Blue Road - The Edna O'Brien Story

Genre: Social Justice, Documentary, Biopic
Running Time: 1:39:00
Directed by: Sinéad O’Shea

Edna O’Brien’s 1960 literary debut, The Country Girls, sparked serious controversy in Ireland. After moving to London, she led a vibrant life of star studded parties, love affairs, and fortune. Before she passed in 2024 at 93, her final testimony for filmmaker Sinéad O'Shea reflected on her extraordinary life.

Boundless Borders

Genre: Documentary
Running Time: 01:00:00
Directed by: Alessandro Gentile

The story of an undocumented student from Guatemala who overcomes language barriers, financial struggles, and the threat of deportation to pursue his dream of higher education in the United States, showcasing the transformative power of education and the resilience of the human spirit.

Children of the Coast

Genre: Documentary
Running Time: 01:35:00
Directed by: Bruno Bancalari

Following different Afro-Mexican musicians from the Costa Chica immerses us in the culture of the coast, paying tribute to its people, land, sea, city dwellers, and all that binds it to the countryside. A documentary that portrays musicians in their purest state, at the center of Mexico's musical identity.

Clint Eastwood: A Life in Film - Closing Night

Genre: Documentary
Running Time: 121 minutes
Directed by: Michael Henry Wilson

Clint Eastwood: A Life in Film is a portrait of the iconic filmmaker as he describes his process of creating films. The 2007 documentary features an extended, intimate interview with Clint Eastwood, covering his life, his career as a director and actor, and his creative process. The documentary, which also incorporates personal archives, film clips, and his experiences with the Pacific War projects, showcases Eastwood's signature simplicity, humor, and humility as he discusses his journey in American cinema.

Con Alma

Genre: Documentary
Running Time: 01:24:33
Directed by: Marta Ferrer Carne, Pedro Gonzalez Rubio

Magos Herrera and Paola Prestini, two renowned international musicians, created a long-distance music strategy to build community and foster empathy in a time of uncertainty. From this collaboration, and with the participation of more than 30 outstanding musicians from different parts of the world, the album "Con Alma" was born. 

Cotton Candy Bubble Gum

Genre: Drama, Comedy
Running Time: 01:29:00
Directed by: J Pinder

When his mom's engagement to a ruthless cop puts him on the street, 21-year-old Carter must complete a chaotic list of impossible tasks in one day to earn a promotion—or lose everything. From lost kids to overdosing models, Carter’s crash course in adulthood is anything but ordinary.

Double Bill - Dirty Hollywood (& Hollywood Babylon)

Genre: Documentary
Running Time: 01:00:00
Directed by: Sebastian Perez Pezzani

DIRTY HOLLYWOOD is one of two new documentaries about the untold history of Hollywood, world premiering at the festival as a double bill ... More About Dirty Hollywood -- From Scarface to Reservoir Dogs, The Godfather, Goodfellas, or Heat, gangster films have left their mark on cinema history. To make this film, real actors and directors are featured: Brian De Palma, Quentin Tarantino, Francis Ford Coppola, Martin Scorsese, Michael Mann. They all admit that real gangsters were their “spiritual and technical guides.” The new generation of actors reveal how they secretly met with these figures, and how legality and illegality blurred together on set.

Double Bill - Hollywood Babylon (& Dirty Hollywood)

Genre:
Running Time: 01:00:00
Directed by: Clara and Julia Kuperberg

HOLLYWOOD BABYLON is one of two new documentaries about the untold history of Hollywood, world premiering at the festival as a double bill ... More About Hollywood Babylon -- In the wild 1920s, Hollywood produced up to 700 films per year, showing adultery, homosexuality, abortion, and corruption without restraint. In response, puritan America fought back against these “dirty films.” In 1934, the Hays Code—a code of good conduct under lawyer William Hays—was introduced. But Hollywood, with its rebellious spirit, continued to dodge censorship with wit and talent.

Double Booking

Genre: Drama, Comedy
Running Time: 01:10:00
Directed by: Christin Baker

A lesbian couple and their son arrive at a cozy cabin, eager for a relaxing getaway. That night, an older couple arrives unexpectedly, their seemingly sweet demeanor hiding a hint of something unsettling.

Dr. Quarantine

Genre: Drama
Running Time: 1:35:00 AM
Directed by: White Cross

During pandemic lockdowns, a renowned psychologist hiding her worsening neuroses must confront crippling agoraphobia to leave her apartment and save a patient’s life, while desperately seeking help for her missing husband and daughter in China.

Eight Days to Cabo

Genre: Comedy
Running Time: 1:15:00
Directed by: Marvin Lee Hayes

Kim Glazer, a high-strung businesswoman, sees closing a major deal as just another task—until she learns it means sailing to Cabo with Peter Bridges, a carefree drifter of the sea. Trapped together on open water, their clashing worlds may chart an unexpected course.

Flight 149: Hostage of War

Genre: Documentary
Running Time: 01:30:00
Directed by: Jenny Ash

Two years ago, an MI6 officer broke silence and revealed that the British government knew of Saddam Hussein?s invasion of Kuwait in 1990 before it happened. So why did they allow British Airways flight 149 to land in the warzone that treacherous morning?

Gallagher

Genre: Documentary, Comedy
Running Time: 01:45:00
Directed by: Josh Forbes

This documentary is all about the legendary watermelon smashing 80's icon Gallagher. It's a story of triumph and heartache in this fascinating, hilarious, and strange character study on a true American comedy icon.

Just Sing

Genre: Musicals/Dance, Documentary
Running Time: 01:33:25
Directed by: Angelique Molina, Abraham Troen

A musical coming of age story following the SoCal VoCals, an elite team of collegiate singers from the University of Southern California as they compete in the most prestigious a cappella tournament in the world. An intimate portrayal of those who sing to express their most authentic selves.

Kaishaku - CENTERPIECE FILM

Genre: Thriller
Running Time: 01:45:00
Directed by: Harry Locke IV

Amidst financial desperation, a struggling mother reluctantly becomes the "spotter" for her friend's suicide, but when the unthinkable happens, she finds herself entangled in a nightmarish battle between guilt and the supernatural.

Leads

Genre: Drama, Comedy
Running Time: 01:42:00
Directed by: Bryan Poyser

An acting professor has her life upended when her charming but volatile baby brother joins her acting class, setting off a battle of wills between them for the hearts and minds of her eager students that could bring them all to the brink of success or debilitating ruin.

Lolita

Genre: Drama
Running Time: 01:30:00
Directed by: Jorge Xolalpa

After being in jail for nine years for drug abuse and prostitution, Jesus tries to integrate back into society in order to start fresh all while working hard to get his daughter Lolita back.

Lucia's New Boyfriend

Genre: Drama
Running Time: 01:31:41
Directed by: Matías De Leis Correa

Santiago returns to Argentina with his wife, Ana, where they organize a dinner with friends. Moments before guests arrive, Ana confesses to Santiago that Lucia, his best friend, will be bringing her new boyfriend. Santiago is soon shocked to discover that Lucia's boyfriend is no stranger.

Lucky Star

Genre: Drama
Running Time: 01:25:00
Directed by: Gillian Chu Mun McKercher

When reformed gambler, Lucky, falls victim to a tax scam, he secretly returns to playing to recover what he lost. Meanwhile, his family tries to make ends meet with their own morally dubious strategies in this family drama about fatherly love, deceit, and redemption from the Chinese-prairie diaspora.

MOLA - A Tibetan Tale of Love and Loss

Genre: Documentary
Running Time: 01:24:16
Directed by: Yangzom Brauen, Martin Brauen

Kunsang Wangmo, known as “Mola” (grandmother) has been away from home for nearly 60 years. A Buddhist nun exiled from her native Tibet since 1959, Mola’s final wish is to return to Tibet to die near the paradise of her homeland. With her 100th birthday approaching, time is running out. 

Molar

Genre: Drama
Running Time: 01:44:00
Directed by: Jon Campbell Rose

After injuring his tooth and being forcibly evicted from an abandoned apartment, this vagabond ex-musician embarks on an epic night long odyssey, encountering all manner of eccentric characters including pawnshop gangsters, middle-aged swingers, drug dealing dentists, world renowned artists, and ultimately someone from his past.

News Without a Newsroom

Genre: Documentary
Running Time: 01:20:00
Directed by: Oana Martisca

Through rich, personal stories, vivid archival footage, and a deep exploration of how newsrooms have evolved, this documentary examines the profound transformation of journalism by painting a layered portrait of its enduring power, its precarious future, and the crossroads that this critical institution faces.

No One

Genre: Drama
Running Time: 01:55:00
Directed by: Martín Duplaquet

The year is 2006 and Chile is experiencing an unprecedented capitalist fever. Jose, a former bank employee who bet everything on the system and lost, decides to return to his criminal past and form the most famous bank robbery gang in Chilean history.

Once Within a Time

Genre:
Running Time: 00:52:00
Directed by: Godfrey Reggio (Co-Directed by Jon Kane)

A bardic fairy tale about the end of the world and the beginning of a new one, tinged with apocalyptic comedy, rapturous cinematography, unforgettable vistas, and the innocence and hopes of a new generation. 

Reconciliation - Mandela's Miracle

Genre: Documentary
Running Time: 01:28:00
Directed by: Michael Henry Wilson

Once considered a "terrorist", Nelson Mandela saved his country from bloody civil war and dismantled the system of apartheid through the spirit of reconciliation. Witnesses give dramatic testimonials along with potent archival footage. Clint Eastwood, one of the film’s interviewees, sums it up simply: “The world needs leaders like him.”

Room To Move

Genre: Documentary
Running Time: 01:49:41
Directed by: Alexander Hammer

A 2025 Tribeca Film Festival World-Premiere Feature Selection, this documentary follows New York City dancer and choreographer, Jenn Freeman, as she battles to find meaningful connection through the language she knows best ? dance.

Saints and Warriors

Genre: Documentary
Running Time: 01:37:00
Directed by: Patrick Shannon

Throughout the course of the Haida basketball season, leaders of iconic rez ball team the Skidegate Saints compete for two titles - defending their All Native Basketball Championship, while battling for title to their land and waters with the government that stole it from them with the Indian Act.

Shot the Voice of Freedom

Genre: Documentary
Running Time: 01:10:42
Directed by: Zainab Entezar

A powerful story of two sisters who decide to fight against the tragic fate that has befallen them in Afghanistan. Together, they protest against the loss of their basic rights and strive to make their voices heard in the fight against the Taliban.

Tempus Fugit

Genre: Documentary
Running Time: 01:32:59
Directed by: Luciana Terribili

The film enters the universe of thoughts and evocations of Camilo, a teenager with a muscular disease, as he transitions into adulthood, taking the form of the thought process itself with its temporal drifts and reverie, crystallized in a film record of 16 years. 

The Annihilation of Fish

Genre: Romance, Drama
Running Time: 01:48:00
Directed by: Charles Burnett

After years of being in limbo, this picture has been restored, preserved, and is finally ready for audiences. When Poinsettia, a wistful woman devoted to the long-dead composer Puccini, becomes neighbors with "Fish," a Jamaican immigrant and recent release of a mental institution who takes fighting demons to a whole new level, the two begin a less-than-conventional romance.

The Chaplain & The Doctor

Genre: Documentary
Running Time: 01:25:00
Directed by: Jessica Zitter

Betty Clark is an 80-year-old African American hospital chaplain. Jessica Zitter is a white physician on the Palliative Care team. Filled with warmth and humor, this buddy film follows two unlikely allies working to bring curiosity, connection, and compassion to a broken healthcare system - one patient at a time.

The Glass Shield

Genre: Drama, Crime
Running Time: 01:49:00
Directed by: Charles Burnett

Set in the Los Angeles police force, this is a story of two outcast deputies that become unlikely allies after they discover the racism and corruption that has infiltrated their department. Soon, they are faced with the idea that this injustice may just reach the highest order.

The Last Brown Beret

Genre: Social Justice, Drama
Running Time: 01:46:26
Directed by: Del Zamora

Five 1960?s activists reunite in present day for the funeral of one of their fellow Ex-Brown Berets. After the burial, they continue the Mexican-American custom of throwing an after burial party, where they come to terms with their past and discuss what it means to be Chicano in the U.S.A.

The Last Drive

Genre: Drama
Running Time: 02:12:14
Directed by: Victor Baltazar

When the Western Pioneers lose their star quarterback in the start of the season, their hopes for success are thrown into turmoil. With tensions rising and internal struggles threatening to tear them apart, coach Dan Davidson faces his toughest challenge yet.

The Place In Between

Genre: Drama, Comedy
Running Time: 1:20:00 AM
Directed by: Laura Perez

After her ex’s sudden death, stoic L.A. lawyer Cassie must face the teenage daughter she gave up at birth. Forced on a reluctant road trip across Texas in a ’62 Ford Fairlane, grief and grudges spark a darkly comic journey toward forgiveness and an unexpected bond.

The Rose: Come Back to Me

Genre: Documentary
Running Time: 01:43:00
Directed by: Eugene Yi

In 2017, THE ROSE built a millions-strong global fanbase as a breakout Korean indie rock band from the ruthless K-Pop system. Now, after a turbulent three-year hiatus, THE ROSE is making their comeback with an electrifying tour - on their own terms, with a focus on healing and mental health.

The Seven Waves

Genre: Documentary
Running Time: 01:09:54
Directed by: Asma Fuad Bseiso

Dedicated to the sea of Gaza, its stories, myths, and heroes, this film shows two parallel timelines, a Palestinian rowing champion striving to achieve her dream, and a fisherman and marine rescuer who has spent his life by the Gaza Sea. This film was produced before the ongoing genocide in Gaza.

The White House Effect

Genre: Documentary
Running Time: 01:36:37
Directed by: Bonni Cohen

Woven entirely of archival material, this documentary focuses on the George H.W. Bush administration's hollow promise to fight climate change with the "White House Effect," culminating with the U.S. undermining a global agreement that could've changed the polarizing future we all face today.

Ugly Little Monkeys

Genre: Documentary
Running Time: 02:03:41
Directed by: David E Valdez, Enrique Castillo

A group of young men in Tucson, Arizona, are formed into the first youth Mariachi in the United States by an Irish Catholic Priest. Despite the Priest?s immoral conduct, they created a world-renowned Youth Mariachi Movement that endures, and sixty years later, the group continues being celebrated.

Xibalba Monster

Genre: Drama
Running Time: 01:16:00
Directed by: Manuela Irene

When eight-year-old Rogelio's parents send him away to his nanny’s hometown in the Yucatan jungle, an obsession leads him to dreams of ghosts. After his new friends reveal that his dreams may hold some truth, Rogelio lives an adventure that changes his view on life and death forever.