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- DirectorDavid Notman-WattStarsDaisy BeaumontJosef FritzlElisabeth FritzlInterviews with family members, doctors and victims of 73-year-old Josef Fritzl, who held his daughter captive in a basement for 24 years and fathered seven children with her.
- DirectorVanessa BlockThe conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has cost more lives than any other since World War II. THE TESTIMONY chronicles the largest rape tribunal in Congo's history, offering an unprecedented glimpse into the lives of its women and the unshakable strength of the human spirit.
- DirectorLuigi AcquistoStarsTara MoriceArthur BenjaminRolanda BessaraTwo young sisters help former Australian police and Special Forces officers rescue children from Filipino sex bars and investigate child abuse by foreign men.
- DirectorShalom AlmondStarsMaja DuboyaManang DuboyaTravel guidebooks describe Thailand's "long neck" villages as human zoos. Tourists pay big money to gawk at women with brass rings around their neck and take photographs. Filmed over three years, My Long Neck follows the stories of three young Kayan sisters forced to live in the past and desperate to move into the future.
- DirectorTaryn BrumfittStarsTaryn BrumfittRenee AiryaLinda BaconEmbrace follows body image activist Taryn Brumfitt's crusade as she explores the global issue of body loathing, inspiring us to change the way we feel about ourselves and think about our bodies.
- DirectorFranz HafnerStarOtto Clemens
- DirectorJocelyne SaabDreamlike, melancholy, and cautiously hopeful, this epistolary film finds Saab returning to a Beirut that has irrevocably changed, where she wanders the streets, rides buses, chats with refugees and peacekeepers, and reflects on the war's toll during a brief moment of peace.
- DirectorJocelyne SaabA few days after a massacre in a shantytown near Beirut, the director finds the children who survived.
- DirectorsWaad Al-KateabEdward WattsStarsWaad Al-KateabSama Al-KhateabHamza Al-KhateabAn intimate and epic journey into a young woman's experience of war during the revolution in Aleppo, Syria.
- StarsJoe ExoticCarole BaskinJeff LoweA rivalry between big cat eccentrics takes a dark turn when Joe Exotic, a controversial animal park boss, is caught in a murder-for-hire plot.
- DirectorLucy van BeekStarsBenjamin BedersonPeter BurchettWinston ChurchillA documentary about the nuclear bombings of Hiroshima/Nagasaki and their aftermaths in both Japan and the United States. It includes many eyewitness accounts and historical documentation from both US and Japanese citizens.
- DirectorsHrund GunnsteinsdottirKristín ÓlafsdóttirStarsHrund GunnsteinsdottirKristín ÓlafsdóttirBill GeorgeA story of soul searching, science, nature, and creativity, "InnSæi" takes us on a global journey to uncover the art of connecting within in today's world of distraction and stress.
- DirectorMitch SchultzStarsJoe RoganRalph AbrahamJoel BakstAn investigation into the long-obscured mystery of dimethyltryptamine (DMT), a molecule found in nearly every living organism and considered the most potent psychedelic on Earth.
- DirectorBenjamin StewartStarsBruce LiptonHenrik PalmgrenBenjamin StewartWe may be quick to blame secret organizations, corporations and corrupt politicians for the state of the environment. The harsh truth is that the world is in its current state because humanity is evolving and taking the world with it.
- DirectorsGarry KeaneAndrew McConnellStarDana AbedA beautiful portrait of everyday Gazan citizens, leading meaningful lives beyond the rubble of perennial conflict.
- DirectorMahdi FleifelStarReda Al-SalehLove in the midst of chaos.
- DirectorNadya AliStarsNavila RashidSarah RashidZahra BhaiwalaDocuments American Muslim women's stories about their sexual assault experiences.
- DirectorRaed AndoniStarsRamzi MaqdisiMohammed KhattabWafa MariSome Palestinians who were held in an Israeli detention center are assembled to re-enact their experience in an effort to heal.
- DirectorWidad ShafakojStarsMohamed al JizawiMohammed Al JizawiRaya KhatibA documentary film about three women imprisoned for their protection after being threatened to get killed for honor.
- StarsJason SilvaMark MonroeGreg KriekOur primal curiosity has sparked new inventions and revealed the mysteries of the universe. This eight part mini series strives to trace the pivotal innovations that make us modern.
- DirectorHilary LinderStarEssex BerryLove knows no borders: a film about the fight to reunite families separated by deportation.
- DirectorMaureen JudgeMy Millennial Life is an intimate and entertaining observational documentary, featuring five dynamic 20-somethings. Set against the backdrop of underemployment, high unemployment, and uncertainty, the film presents the subjects' longings, challenges and dreams to make a mark in the world.
- DirectorRodney AscherStarsEstrella CristinaNicole BosworthSiegfried PetersA look at a frightening condition that plagues thousands; sleep paralysis.
- DirectorMarcus LindeenStarsDaniel Giménez CachoFe SeymourMaria BjörnstamIn 1973, five men and six women drifted across the Atlantic on a raft as part of a scientific experiment studying the sociology of violence, aggression and sexual attraction in human behavior. Although the project became known in the press as 'The Sex Raft', nobody expected what ultimately took place on that three month journey. Through extraordinary archive material and a reunion of the surviving members of the expedition on a full scale replica of the raft, this film tells the hidden story behind what has been described as 'one of the strangest group experiments of all time.'