2021 - Calgary Film Festival
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- DirectorThomas RobsahmAslaug HolmStarsa-haMorten HarketPål WaaktaarFollows the band on tour, telling the full story of how three young men followed their impossible dream of becoming Norwegian pop stars. When Take On Me reached number 1 on Billboard in the US in 1985 the dream came true. Or did it?
- DirectorAnn ShinStarsBina48Nick BostromLincoln CannonIf you could create an immortal version of yourself, would you? Once the stuff of science fiction, A.I. experts now see it as possible. This feature documentary explores the latest thinking and technological advancements in AI.
- DirectorAndrew GaynordStarsGeorgina CampbellChristopher FairbankJoshua McGuirePete is cautiously excited about reuniting with his college crew for a birthday weekend. But, one by one, his friends slowly turn against him. Is he being punished, is he paranoid, or is he part of some sick joke?
- DirectorMichael McGowanStarsAlison PillSarah GadonMare WinninghamBased on the 2014 international best-selling novel by Miriam Toews, All My Puny Sorrows is the poignant story of two sisters, one a concert pianist obsessed with ending her life, and the other a writer who, in wrestling with this decision, makes profound discoveries about her herself.
- DirectorVolkan ÜceAt the start of the summer season, Ismail and Hakan are preparing for their new job in a gigantic all-inclusive hotel at the Turkish Riviera. They observe the colourful swimsuits, the unemptied plates, the different ways of addressing other people, and gradually discover new opportunities to move ahead in life. ALL-IN explores the loss of innocence against the backdrop of a fading European dream. Initial kindness turns into indifference as Ismail and Hakan's initiation into the absurd world of Western tourism soon leads them to ask: which dreams are really worth aspiring to?
- DirectorJessica KingdonThe absorbingly cinematic Ascension explores the pursuit of the "Chinese Dream." This observational documentary presents a contemporary vision of China that prioritizes productivity and innovation above all.
- DirectorRadu JudeStarsKatia PascariuClaudia IeremiaNicodim UngureanuEmi, a school teacher, finds her career and reputation under threat after a personal sex tape is leaked on the Internet. Forced to meet the parents demanding her dismissal, Emi refuses to surrender to their pressure.
- DirectorMaryam MoghadamBehtash SanaeehaStarsMaryam MoghadamAlireza Sani FarPourya Rahimi SamMina's life is turned upside down when she learns that her husband was innocent of the crime for which he was executed, so she starts a silent battle against a cynical system for her own and her daughter's sake.
- DirectorLiz GarbusStarsCarol BurnettVincent CasselLouis MalleA look at the life, passions, achievements and tragedies surrounding the famous explorer and environmentalist Jacques Cousteau, featuring an archive of his newly restored footage.
- DirectorMia Hansen-LøveStarsVicky KriepsTim RothMia WasikowskaA couple retreat to the island that inspired Ingmar Bergman to write screenplays for their upcoming films when the lines between reality and fiction start to blur.
- DirectorJim CummingsPJ McCabeStarsJim CummingsVirginia NewcombPJ McCabeA married Hollywood agent receives a mysterious letter for an anonymous sexual encounter and becomes ensnared in a sinister world of lying, murder and infidelity.
- DirectorHannah CheesmanStarsMichaela KurimskyAlan Van SprangTaylor BelleA music student is hired as a nanny for the summer at a remote cottage.
- DirectorLevan KoguashviliStarsLevan TedaishviliGiorgi TabidzeNadezhda MikhalkovaGeorgian wrestler Kakhi travels to Brooklyn to help his son out of a gambling debt.
- DirectorBenjamin EpsteinStarsSonny Carl DavisBruce DernLorelei LinklaterUnloading its existential chamber like a Texas folk song, BUCK ALAMO is a dreamlike portrait of a modern day musical outlaw as he duels with Death.
- DirectorEvan MascagniShannon PostStarsJames MartinNamed after the book by Father James Martin, Building a Bridge follows a priest on his journey to make the Catholic Church more accepting of the LGBTQ+ community, despite loud opposition from both inside and outside the Church.
- DirectorJosef Kubota WladykaStarsKali ReisShelly VincentKendall MorrisA former champion boxer embarks on the fight of her life when she goes in search of her missing sister.
- DirectorTahir RanaÉric WarinStarsKeira KnightleyMarion CotillardBrenda BlethynAn account of German-Jewish artist Charlotte Salomon's life in the south of France between 1941 and 1943, before she was sent to Auschwitz during World War II. Inspired by her memoir "Life? or Theatre?".
- DirectorMargaret Munzer LoebEden WurmfeldStarsPeter GrayJulie Lythcott-HaimsLenore SkenazyIn today's highly charged world of structure, stranger danger, and helicopter parenting, free play in childhood has disappeared, giving way to unprecedented anxiety and depression. This phenomenon impacts kids from a range of socioeconomic backgrounds. Children's lives are consumed with wall-to-wall activities and constant monitoring-the overprotected, over-directed, over-pressured childhood is the new normal. This film takes us to schools in affluent Wilton, CT; working class Patchogue, NY; and metropolitan Manhattan. Throughout these different stories, a central question emerges: How can we eschew harmful parenting strategies and empower our kids to become their most fully realized, authentic selves? The film offers possible solutions as journalist Lenore Skenazy, evolutionary psychologist Peter Gray, former dean of freshmen at Stanford University Julie Lythcott-Haims, and leaders of the "free play" movement fight to restore a less curated childhood.
- DirectorJuho KuosmanenStarsSeidi HaarlaYura BorisovDinara DrukarovaAs a train weaves its way up to the arctic circle, two strangers share a journey that will change their perspective on life.
- DirectorSheona McDonaldStarsAmy CastorAllen DepaDavid GerardSet against the backdrop of the tumultuous and sometimes nefarious world of cryptocurrency, Dead Man's Switch is a feature length documentary, a cautionary tale, about the short life and mysterious death of QuadrigaCX CEO, Gerald Cotten.
- DirectorFranz BöhmThree young female activists in Hong Kong, Chile, and Uganda cope with the staggering personal impacts of their activism.
- DirectorAnna BaumgartenStarsChelsea AldenDylan ArnoldAriela BarerWhen Jane fails her final college class, she returns home to her parent's lake house where she comes to terms with the confusing trauma that derailed her senior year.
- DirectorRueben MartellStarsSera-Lys McArthurMadison WalshJulian Black AntelopeDonny, a trucker for W.E.C. Coal, runs over and kills Kharis Redwater, an anti-mining activist, while Kharis walks alone at night on an indigenous people reservation. Tribal police officer Betty Stonechild consoles Kharis' mother Mary Lynne while investigating the case with mountie Andy Evanshuk. Diner owner Frances helps manage the body. WEC surveyor Beth brings her fiancé Ray Patel with her to help assess the land for a coal mining operation. Beth complains of a foul smell while a blackbird circles overhead. An invisible entity suddenly mauls Beth to death. Betty and Andy investigate, but question Ray's unbelievable account of what supposedly happened. Donny harasses game warden Stacey Cole, an Army veteran with PTSD, outside Frances' diner. Stacey pistol-whips Donny in his face, which results in her suspension. Gary, a poacher working for WEC, parks on the reservation to drink beer with his girlfriend Jessica. Gary complains of a foul smell while a blackbird circles overhead. The invisible entity suddenly kills Gary. Betty and Andy are stunned at the similarities between Gary and Beth's unusual deaths. Because Stacey is an expert tracker, Betty deputizes her to help with the search for whatever is stalking their reservation. Stacey enlists additional help from her uncle Carson Stonefeather, who is a respected tribal elder. The invisible entity attacks Carson while he and Stacey hunt for it. Stacey rushes Carson to the hospital. Andy dismissively speculates that drug addiction or mass hysteria is responsible for what victims believe is happening. Betty defends her people as Stacey insists it was Kharis who attacked them. Carson cryptically asks, "Where is her heart?" Betty's online research reveals that Kharis was protesting against the tribal council for selling a mining license to WEC without proper approval. Additional research also connects Carson and Frances, the latter of whom appropriated native culture despite having a different heritage. Betty asks her 14-year-old nephew Ben, whom she raises, to see video interviews of Kharis and Carson he recorded for a class project. Carson's interview implies he betrayed the reservation by allying with WEC on the profitable mining operation. Betty discovers Kharis' body is missing. Betty confronts Frances, who only says that Betty should ask Mary Lynne what happened to her daughter's body. Betty then shows Stacey that her research revealed Kharis only attacked people affiliated with WEC, including Carson. Andy arrests Donny for carelessly shooting an old woman he thought was the unknown entity. Frances tells Andy that Donny tried to date rape her on the night Kharis died. Although drugged at the time, Frances remembers being in Donny's truck when he chased down and ran over Kharis. Ben notices a blackbird circling overhead while practicing hockey with a friend. Ben later calls his aunt to tell her he is going to apply for an internship with WEC. Betty warns Ben to return home immediately. Kharis suddenly attacks the boy. Ben furiously pedals his bike back to the house. Betty and Stacey rush to the house to protect Ben. Both women get into a violent confrontation with Kharis. Swayed by a heart-to-heart conversation she had earlier with Stacey, Mary Lynne tearfully throws the heart from her daughter's corpse into a fire. At the same time, Kharis drops to the ground outside Betty's house. Stacey hacks off the vengeful ghost's head. Andy arrives at Betty's house. Stacey, Betty, and Ben all lie about what really happened. While watching the heart burn together, Mary Lynne tells Frances there is one more thing Kharis must do before finally resting. Handcuffed in the back of Andy's patrol car at Betty's house, Donny detects a strange odor. Kharis suddenly attacks him.
- DirectorStephen S. CampanelliStarsEric McCormackAlex ZaharaLouriza TroncoA coming-of-age story in the John Hughes tradition. Mike Drinkwater is lost. His father, Hank, is hardly the role model Mike deserves. A young woman moves to town, and their friendship gives them the courage to overcome their challenges.
- DirectorRyûsuke HamaguchiStarsHidetoshi NishijimaTôko MiuraReika KirishimaA renowned stage actor and director learns to cope with a big personal loss when he receives an offer to direct a production of Uncle Vanya in Hiroshima.
- DirectorRitwik PareekStarsAltaf KhanDurga Lal SainiMukul Kumar Mk SinghMysterious events in the wake of a freak motorcycle accident sow the seeds of a new religion.
- DirectorAmalia UlmanStarsAle UlmanAmalia UlmanNacho VigalondoAmidst the devastation of post-crisis Spain, mother and daughter bluff and grift to keep up the lifestyle they think they deserve, bonding over common tragedy and an impending eviction.
- DirectorWill SharpeStarsBenedict CumberbatchClaire FoyAndrea RiseboroughEnglish artist Louis Wain rises to prominence at the end of the 19th century for his surreal cat paintings that seemed to reflect his declining sanity.
- DirectorMylissa FitzsimmonsStarsHugo de SousaBergdis Julia JohannsdottirLilja ÞórisdóttirStranded in a small village during Earth's final days, a man seeks solace in the brief human connections he encounters.
- DirectorOmar El ZohairyStarsDemyana NassarSamy BassiounyFady Mina FawzyA family is forced into a period of self-discovery after its authoritarian patriarch is accidentally turned into a chicken by a magician during a children's birthday party
- DirectorJonas Poher RasmussenStarsDaniel KarimyarFardin MijdzadehMilad EskandariFLEE tells the extraordinary true story of a man, Amin, on the verge of marriage which compels him to reveal his hidden past for the first time.
- DirectorFanny LiatardJérémy TrouilhStarsAlseni BathilyLyna KhoudriJamil McCravenYuri fights to save his home town - which he shares with his namesake, Yuri Gagarin - from demolition.
- DirectorShannon WalshApp developers lured a massive labor force by promising flexible hours with no offices or bosses-but with gig workers from Uber, Amazon, Lyft and more in front of the camera, the human cost of disruption runs deep.
- DirectorKyle ArmstrongStarsBruce DernPaul SparksSusan KentA hired hand plans to eventually take over his boss farm are shattered when the landowners son returns to claim his birthright.
- DirectorShaun CrawfordStarsRob HayTedra RogersThomas RomeroWhen Ray gets a day pass from rehab, he has a chance encounter with Arora. As they spend the day together, he discovers that the mysteries she holds may change his life forever.
- DirectorLuàna BajramiStarsLuàna BajramiAndi BajgoraEra BalajThree young and free-spirited women decide to escape their daily lives and form a gang.
- DirectorPanah PanahiStarsPantea PanahihaMohammad Hassan MadjooniRayan SarlakFollows a chaotic, tender family that is on a road trip across a rugged landscape and fussing over the sick dog and getting on each others' nerves. Only the mysterious older brother is quiet.
- DirectorBlerta BasholliStarsYllka GashiÇun LajçiAurita AgushiFahrije's husband has been missing since the war in Kosovo. She sets up her own small business to provide for her kids, but as she fights against a patriarchal society that does not support her, she faces a crucial decision.
- DirectorMatthew WalkerStarsWanita BahtiyarIn a last ditch effort at fame, an Australian Country Music singer with autism saves hard, grabs her friend Archer, ropes in an unsuspecting "manager" in Gleny Rae and heads to Nashville to record an album.
- DirectorHong Sang-sooStarsShin Seok-hoMi-so ParkYoung-ho KimA young man travels from South Korea to Berlin to surprise his girlfriend.
- DirectorMartin EdralinStarsRogelio BalagtasSheila LotuacoEsteban ComilangJoshua, a shy middle-aged Filipino immigrant, has lived in the comfort of his parents' home his entire life. As their health declines he longs for a partner, terrified of being alone after they pass.
- DirectorClint BentleyStarsClifton Collins Jr.Moises AriasMolly ParkerAn aging jockey aims for a final championship, when a rookie rider arrives claiming to be his son.
- DirectorScott WestbyStarsBrandon SklenarKristen GutoskieNeil WebbIn a case of mistaken identity, country boy Deke Jones gets abducted and finds himself stuck in the city, and way out of his depth, between two somewhat incompetent gangs.
- DirectorGaysorn ThavatStarsEssie DavisThomasin McKenzieLively NiliA triumph over adversity tale about women fighting their way back from the bottom of society.
- DirectorElle-Máijá TailfeathersWitness the work of community members with substance-use disorder, first responders, and health professionals in the Kainai First Nation as they bring hope and change through harm reduction to Blackfoot people.
- DirectorFrida KempffStarsCecilia MiloccoAlbin GrenholmVille VirtanenA woman leaves a psychiatric ward after a nervous breakdown, only to start hearing mysterious knocking sounds in her apartment.
- DirectorPan NalinStarsBhavin RabariRicha MeenaBhavesh ShrimaliSamay fights heaven and earth to find light. He wants to catch, control, cut and project that light to tell stories. Now to pursue that dream he must leave everything he loves and take a flight to find the light.
- DirectorNadine PequenezaStarsMoira BrownKimberley DaviesNick HawkinsNorth Atlantic right whales are dying faster than they can reproduce. With unprecedented access to film the whale migration, Last of the Right Whales brings a message of hope about the most at risk great whale on the planet.
- DirectorTyson SadlerStarsAlexander AylingLem BaingElizabeth BeckerTravel is at a tipping point. From Caribbean beaches to remote villages in Kenya, forgotten voices reveal the real conditions and consequences of one of the largest industries in the world. The role of the modern tourist is on trial.
- DirectorOfer FreimanCleo fulfilled his dream: to leave the big city with his wife and fifteen children, to establish a family commune on a farm in Brazil. Exploring their family-roots leads the children to discover their surprising heritage, which undermines the existence of the communal paradise.
- DirectorAlex CamilleriStarsJesmark SciclunaMarlene SchranzDavid SciclunaA man risks everything to provide for his wife and newborn son by entering Malta's black-market fishing industry.
- DirectorFran KranzStarsJason IsaacsMartha PlimptonAnn DowdThe parents of both the shooter and one of the victims of a school shooting tragedy agree to meet and talk in an attempt to move forward.
- DirectorApichatpong WeerasethakulStarsTilda SwintonAgnes BrekkeDaniel Giménez CachoA woman from Scotland, while traveling in Colombia, begins to notice strange sounds. Soon she begins to think about their appearance.
- DirectorLouie PsihoyosPeggy CallahanStarsThe Dalai LamaDesmond TutuDoug AbramsAn exploration of the remarkable friendship between Archbishop Desmond Tutu and His Holiness the Dalai Lama.
- DirectorEva HussonStarsOdessa YoungJosh O'ConnorColin FirthJane Fairchild is a maidservant who, between the wars, works for the wealthy Niven family. On Mothering Sunday, Jane is given the day off to spend as she likes. To her surprise, Paul Sheringham, the son of wealthy neighbours, invites her to spend the day with him at his family's house while his parents are out having lunch with the Nivens and the Hobdays.
- DirectorCraig WallaceStarsLora BurkeTessa KozmaKristen MacCullochKate (Lora Burke) and her daughter Beth live alone in an isolated farmhouse in the woods, but when Kate slowly begins to suspect that something sinister is happening, her motherly instincts are put to the test.
- DirectorMaria SpethStarsDieter BachmannAynur BalÖnder CavdarHow does one feel at home? In Stadtallendorf, a German city with a complex history of both excluding and integrating foreigners, genial teacher Dieter Bachmann offers his pupils the key to at least feeling as if they are at home.
- DirectorStephanie JolineStarsNick StahlJessica ClementCalem MacDonaldJessica Clement stars with Nick Stahl in a 90's set drama about young Carly and her love affair with her best friend's Dad.
- DirectorDanis GouletStarsElle-Máijá TailfeathersBrooklyn Letexier-HartAlex TarrantA mother joins an underground band of vigilantes to try to rescue her daughter from a state-run institution.
- DirectorYngvild Sve FlikkeStarsKristine Kujath ThorpArthur BerningNader KhademiAstronaut, forest-keeper, cartoonist. Young Rakel has a whole lot of other plans than becoming a mother. She would rather party, get drunk or stoned instead of sitting hours on the toilet. But she can't ignore it. Is it her or the baby?
- DirectorPhilippe GrégoireStarsAlexandrine AgostiniMarc BeaupréTanja BjörkAlexandre, an instructor at the Canadian customs college, will finds himself under surveillance by police investigators trying to get to the bottom of the sexually explicit drawings that have been troubling the town.
- DirectorMariano CohnGastón DupratStarsPenélope CruzAntonio BanderasOscar MartínezA wealthy businessman hires a famous filmmaker to help make a smash hit film.
- DirectorYasmine MathurinAfter a Haitian-born Heiltsuk French Canadian youth is racially profiled at an Indigenous basketball tournament, he wrestles with his shaken sense of belonging in his Indigenous adoptive family while attempting to heal from his past.
- DirectorAkram FareedStarsDina El SherbinyMostafa KhaterSawsan BadrThe story follows a young man who gets to know a girl and causes her many problems. But when he's exposed to an accident, his life takes a drastic turn.
- DirectorJacques AudiardStarsLucie ZhangMakita SambaNoémie MerlantÉmilie meets Camille who is attracted to Nora, who crosses paths with Amber. Three girls and a boy - they're friends, sometimes lovers and often both.
- DirectorJonathan KeijserStarsHatem AliAyham Abou AmmarYara SabriAfter the bombing of his father's chocolate factory, a charming young Syrian refugee struggles to settle into his new small-town life, caught between following his dream and preserving his family's legacy.
- DirectorCéline SciammaStarsJoséphine SanzGabrielle SanzNina MeurisseNelly has just lost her grandmother and is helping her parents clean out her mother's childhood home. She explores the house and the surrounding woods. One day she meets a girl her age building a tree-house.
- DirectorTrevor MackStarsNathaniel ArcandPauline Bob-KingMelanie BobbyAn Indigenous teenage boy fights through distorting realities as a family secret unravels.
- DirectorNoah DixonOri SegevStarsSylvie MixBobbi KittenAujolie BakerAs Lennon fuels her desire for entree into a podcast featuring live music and conversations with the artists she so fervently admires, Lennon finds inspiration for her own musical ambitions...and a growing sense of misdirected identity.
- DirectorWes HurleyStarsJonathan BennettLauren TewesLea DeLariaAn autobiographical dark comedy about a gay boy growing up in the Soviet Union, his mail-order-bride mother, and their adventurous escape to America.
- DirectorJane CampionStarsBenedict CumberbatchKirsten DunstJesse PlemonsCharismatic rancher Phil Burbank inspires fear and awe in those around him. When his brother brings home a new wife and her son, Phil torments them until he finds himself exposed to the possibility of love.
- DirectorGudjon RagnarssonIn 2015 a basketball team for girls was formed in Iceland. The coach was experienced, unconditional and constantly raised the bar. The girls were trained as leaders off the field and like professional athletes on the field. Early on they set their goal high, they would always compete with the best team, and with that ambition they were victorious both competing in girls' and boys' tournaments. Until they no longer were allowed to compete with the boys. This is a story of 8-13-year-old girls, who wanted to change the paradigm in women's basketball in Iceland. With great sacrifice, they faced the challenges they met.
- DirectorJimmy ChinElizabeth Chai VasarhelyiStarsBancha DuriyapuntApakorn YoukongkaewAnan SurawanA chronicle of the enthralling, against-all-odds story that transfixed the world in 2018: the daring rescue of twelve boys and their coach from deep inside a flooded cave in Northern Thailand.
- DirectorSean StillerStarsPhyllis Jack-WebstadSkilfully intertwining narratives concerning residential school survivors and Indigenous peoples' relationship with imperiled wild Pacific salmon, Sean Stiller's stirring documentary is a revelatory testament to strength and resilience. At the heart of the film is Phyllis Jack-Webstad, the survivor who founded the Orange Shirt Day movement. While Phyllis recounts her childhood trials to youth across the country, her relations in the Secwépemc territory near Williams Lake are contending with another outcome of colonialism: the upper Fraser River's lowest salmon runs in Canadian history. In observing the interconnection between the Secwépemc and salmon, Stiller lays bare the impacts of overfishing on these communities. The first production by Canadian Geographic Films, Returning Home balances Stiller's stunning cinematography with clear-eyed testimonies to the unforgivable transgressions endured by Phyllis and other survivors within the walls of residential schools. Likewise, it effectively illustrates what it means to truly be in good relationship with the land and shares how, for the Secwépemc, healing people and healing the natural world are synonymous.
- DirectorZoe Leigh HopkinsStarsDakota Ray HebertJayli WolfAsivak KoostachinBeck, a single mom who learns how to reclaim her dreams, family and honour her life, all thanks to an unlikely coach.
- DirectorRob JabbazStarsBerant ZhuRegina LeiYing-Ru ChenA young couple trying to reunite amid a city ravaged by a plague that turns its victims into deranged, bloodthirsty sadists.
- DirectorRenan OzturkFreddie WilkinsonStarsRenan OzturkZack SmithFreddie WilkinsonInspired by the photography of legendary explorer Brad Washburn, three friends traverse some of Alaska's most challenging peaks.
- DirectorMiroslav MandicStarsSandi PavlinSilva CusinBoris CavazzaA love story in which fragmented memories are brought back to mind by a song.
- DirectorRandall OkitaStarsKim CoatesJessica Parker KennedyLaura VandervoortWhen blind former skier Sophie cat-sits in a secluded mansion, three thieves invade for the hidden safe. Sophie's only defense is army veteran Kelly. Kelly helps Sophie defend herself against the invaders to survive.
- DirectorMari WalkerStarsPooya MohseniLynn ChenDanny JacobsA decade after abruptly breaking up with Naomi, Kris invites her to dinner to catch-up on their complicated lives, relationships, and Kris' transition.
- DirectorLisa RovnerStarsKim GordonJean-Michel JarreWendy CarlosFollows the story of electronic music's female pioneers, composers who embraced machines and their liberating technologies to utterly transform how we produce and listen to music today.
- DirectorAnna Hildur HildibrandsdottirStarsAyed ArafaidaMira AwadMustafa BarghoutiThe Icelandic band Hatari is used to provoking everyone and everything, but at the Eurovision Song Contest in Israel they have the opportunity to call out the whole world - that is if they want to.
- DirectorChris GeroStarsLauren Conklin"The Sound of Us" illustrates that during this critical time in world and U.S. history, music gives sound to hope and courage, allows us to grieve and be honest, and is the great, universal language that unites us all. Music gives us life, music gives us hope and music gives us each other. Music was made for moments like these, and as the world grapples with uncertainty, the profound truth remains that, through music, we are not alone. In an extensive exploration of what music means to humanity, "The Sound of Us" is a film about the uniquely universal, unifying power of music. We need these stories to be told. We need these songs to be sung. We need these performances to be heard. Filmed over the course of two months, across five countries, in the midst of the global COVID-19 pandemic, this groundbreaking film helps define the magic of music, in an epic celebration of hope, humanity and unity. It aims to give voice and sound to the inexplicable, exploring not only the impact of music on our current environment and existence, but also its historical impact through varied seasons of humanity. "The Sound of Us" weaves inspiring stories about the beauty and goodness of music with interviews and performances by artists such as Ben Folds, Sarah McLachlan, Avery*Sunshine, Eric Whitacre, Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Hiromi, Antonio Sanchez, Butch Walker, Will Wells, Patti Smith, Sekou Andrews and many more. Combined, these powerful vignettes illustrate how music heals us, gives us hope for the future through our children, keeps our heritage and history alive, allows us to have the most difficult of conversations, sheds light on current struggles, and continues to invite us back to the thing that unites us all - music.
- DirectorOlivier PairouxStarsBasile GrunbergerAlbane MassonYannick RenierA gifted 11-year-old boy secretly builds an air balloon with his friend Emma to prove his father everything in life is possible.
- DirectorSonja TarokicStarsMarina RedzepovicStojan MatavuljNives IvankovicA new school counsellor tries to stay out of power dynamics imposed by the Headmistress, teachers and parents.
- DirectorMaxwell McCabe-LokosStarsSusanne WuestCara RickettsChristian SerritielloA dissatisfied woman abandons her career and her family when she gets the chance to compete in a bizarre and dangerously flawed contest. The prize: a brand new habanero-orange compact SUV.
- DirectorKentucker AudleyAlbert BirneyStarsPenny FullerKentucker AudleyGrace GlowickiIn a future where the government records dreams and taxes them, a dream auditor gets caught up in the dreams of an aging eccentric.
- DirectorJennifer HolnessStarsIndia ArieJully BlackRachel DolezalSubjects of Desire is a culturally significant, thought-provoking documentary that ultimately deconstructs what we understand about race and the power behind the beauty.
- DirectorJulia DucournauStarsVincent LindonAgathe RousselleGarance MarillierFollowing a series of unexplained crimes, a father is reunited with the son who has been missing for ten years.
- DirectorDebbie LumStarsAlvan CaiShealand FairchildRachael SchmidtSeniors at one the best public high schools in the country face the pressure of applying to elite colleges.
- DirectorRob SchroederStarsVincent KartheiserChelsea LopezBreeda WoolAfter his car breaks down, Glen spends one hell of an odd night with a married couple, setting into motion a chain of events that alter their lives plus those of several random strangers.
- DirectorKira KovalenkoStarsMilana AguzarovaAlik KaraevSoslan KhugaevAda is stuck. Living in a dead-end town in North Ossetia, she is caught in the tight grip of the men in her life. But when her older brother returns home and her father suddenly falls ill, Ada finally sees a possible path to freedom.
- DirectorDea GjinovciTwo teenage sisters lie in a vegetative state in the small Swedish home of their Kosovar family, the cause of their mysterious malady, known as "resignation syndrome," entwined with their personal trauma experienced as refugees.
- DirectorAnita RivaroliStarsGabriele BorghiClaudio CavallaroMariagrazia CanuWhat is the world's greatest rock band? A thousand musicians and fans gather in Cesena, Italy to celebrate their favorite, the Foo Fighters.
- DirectorRyûsuke HamaguchiStarsKotone FurukawaAyumu NakajimaHyunriAn unexpected love triangle, a failed seduction trap and an encounter that results from a misunderstanding, told in three movements to depict three female characters and trace the trajectories between their choices and regrets.
- DirectorIgor DrljacaStarsPavle CemerikicSumeja DardaganJasmin GeljoWhen a chance encounter brings together two teens from opposite sides of life in post-war Sarajevo, a blossoming romance conceals their desperate and disturbing motives.
- DirectorBretten HannamStarsPhillip Forest LewitskiAvery Winters-AnthonyFabien MelansonTwo brothers embark on a journey to find their birth mother after their abusive father had lied for years about her whereabouts; along the way, they reconnect with their indigenous heritage and make a new friend.
- DirectorJoachim TrierStarsRenate ReinsveAnders Danielsen LieHerbert NordrumThe chronicles of four years in the life of Julie, a young woman who navigates the troubled waters of her love life and struggles to find her career path, leading her to take a realistic look at who she really is.
- DirectorEmanuel LichaStarsPascal AntoineIn Port-au-Prince, a humanitarian aid organization's 4x4 vehicle has been hacked: its Haitian passengers now use it to talk about neocolonialism and to denounce the promises of the international community that were made and never kept.
- DirectorFélix Dufour-LaperrièreStarsFlorence Blain MbayeMattis Savard-VerhoevenJoséphine BaconA true animated film about invented islands. About an imaginary, linguistic, political territory. About a real or dreamed country, or something in between.