90 min. Not Rated. Directed by Rosalynde LeBlanc and Tom Hurwitz.
Can You Bring It: Bill T. Jones and D-Man in the Waters brings to life the creative process that culminated in choreographer-dancer-director Bill T. Jones’s tour de force ballet D-Man in the Waters, one of the most important works of art to come out of the AIDS crisis.
Read More85 min. Not Rated. Directed by. David Bickerstaff.
Vincent van Gogh’s Sunflowers are among his most famous works, and are some of the most iconic paintings in the world. In an extraordinary exhibition, the Van Gogh Museum took a new and revealing look at the five publicly-owned versions of sunflowers in a vase. And once again, the Van Gogh museum opened its doors exclusively to Exhibition on Screen.
Read More73 min. Not Rated. Directed by Suzanne Lindon. In French with English subtitles.
Suzanne is 16. She is bored with people of her age. Every day on her way to high school, she passes a theater. There, she meets an older man, and becomes obsessed with him. Despite their age difference, they find in each other an answer to their ennui and fall in love. But Suzanne is afraid she’s missing out on life – that life of a 16-year-old, which she had struggled so much to enjoy in the same way as her peers.
Read More84 min. Not Rated. Directed by Marcia Jarmel & Ken Schneider. In English and Spanish with English subtitles.
Two Cuban-born brothers, both virtuoso musicians – Aldo and Ilmar López-Gavilán – live on opposite sides of the geopolitical chasm that separates the U.S. and Cuba. But although they lead very different existences, the brothers have an instinctual connection.
Read More85 min. Not Rated. Directed by Phil Grabsky.
One cannot appreciate 20th-century art without understanding the significance and genius of Paul Cézanne, this film features interviews with curators and experts, and correspondence from the artist himself, taking us beyond Cézanne’s portraits to the places he lived and worked, and sheds light on an artist who is perhaps the least known of all the impressionists.
Read More92 min. Not Rated. Directed by Grímur Hákonarson. In Icelandic with English subtitles.
Set in a small Icelandic farming community, The County tells the story of Inga, a middle-aged dairy farmer who rebels against the all-powerful local community board following the sudden and suspicious death of her husband.
Read More95 min. Not Rated. Directed by Various.
PMA Films and Indigo Arts Alliance co-present In the Making, a free documentary short film series produced by Firelight Media and American Masters following the lives and journeys of emerging BIPOC cultural artists who bring insight and originality to their artistic craft. Eight cinematic and character-driven shorts by emerging BIPOC filmmakers exploring the artistic process of up-and-coming creatives through non-fiction storytelling.
Read More125 min. Not Rated. Directed by Maria Sødahl. In Norwegian with English subtitles.
The relationship between artist-partners Tomas (Stellan Skarsgård) and Anja (Andrea Bræin Hovig) is put to the test after Anja gets a life-threatening diagnosis. Norway’s Official Submission for Best International Feature 93rd Academy Awards.
Read More102 min. Not rated. Directed by Hannah Jayanti.
A speculative documentary about time and how we weave the past into the present and our possible future. Set in the small desert town of Truth or Consequences, New Mexico, the film takes place in the shadow of the world's first commercial Spaceport.
Read More81 min. Not rated. Directed by Selina Miles.
A portrait of trailblazing graffiti and street photographer Martha Cooper.
Read More81 min. Not rated. Directed by Ian Cheney.
The Long Coast shows the beauty, intimacy, and uncertainty that coastal dwellers face in rooting their lives in the ocean, particularly as human actions confront Maine and its people with profound change.
Read More134 min. Not rated. Directed by Andrei Konchalovsky. In Italian with English subtitles.
Sin follows Michelangelo through the agonies and the ecstasy of his own creative genius, while two rivaling noble factions compete for his loyalty.
Read More95 minutes. Not rated. Directed by Jean-Philippe Gaud. In Arabic & French with English subtitles.
Growing up in the Moroccan village of Tazzeka, Elias learned the secrets of traditional Moroccan cuisine from his grandmother who raised him. Years later, meeting a top Paris chef and a young woman named Salma inspires him to leave home. In Paris, Elias faces unstable work and financial hardship as an undocumented immigrant. But he also finds friendship with Souleymane, who helps revive his passion for cooking.
Read More99 minutes. Not rated. Directed by Graham Kolbeins. In Japanese with English subtitles.
Trailblazing artists, activists, and everyday people from across the spectrum of gender and sexuality defy social norms and dare to shine in this kaleidoscopic view of LGBTQ+ culture in contemporary Japan.
Read More81 minutes. Not rated. Directed by Martha Shane & Ian Cheney. In English and Japanese with English subtitles.
In The Emoji Story, Directors Martha Shane and Ian Cheney lead viewers 👀 on a deep dive into the ever evolving world of picture characters, from their humble beginnings in Japan 🇯🇵 to mobile keyboards 📱 the world 🌎 over, and shed fresh light 💡 on the private consortium 👥 that approves new emoji offerings and the individuals fighting ✊ to make the language more representative of its billions of users.
Read More120 minutes. Not rated. Directed by Kiyoshi Kurosawa.
A young Japanese woman finds her cautious and insular nature tested when she travels to Uzbekistan to shoot the latest episode of her travel variety show. A brilliant mix of black comedy, travelogue, drama, and an adventure-imbued mockery of showbiz, To the Ends of the Earth is a young woman’s journey from displacement to a place of self-discovery.
Read More90 minutes. Not rated. Directed by Ali Ray.
Who was Frida Kahlo? Everyone knows her, but who was the woman behind the bright colors, the big brows, and the floral crowns? Take a journey through the life of a true icon, discover her art, and uncover the truth behind her often turbulent life.
Read More124 minutes. Not rated. Directed by Julien Temple.
Co-Presented with the Maine Irish Heritage Center
Crock of Gold is the definitive feature documentary on Irish musical icon, Shane MacGowan, exploring the wild and roving life of Ireland’s most beloved punk poet.
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106 minutes. Not rated. Directed by Federico Fellini.
Something of a late-career companion to 8½,Federico Fellini’s penultimate film is a similarly self-reflexive (and self-deprecating) journey through both the director’s dream life and his cinematic world—which are, here as always in Fellini’s work, inextricably entwined.
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104 minutes. Not rated. Directed by Ryan White.
The puzzling murder of Kim Jong Un’s brother in an Malaysian airport sparks a captivating investigation. Assassins questions every angle of this case, from human trafficking to high-level political espionage to the inner dynamics of the North Korean dynasty.
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