Fall 2025 Releases

Through intimate cinema vérité, Union chronicles the extraordinary efforts of an unlikely group of warehouse workers as they launch a grassroots union campaign at an Amazon fulfillment center in Staten Island, New York. Filmmakers Brett Story (The Prison in Twelve Lanscapes, The Hottest August) and Stephen Maing (Crime + Punishment) document the struggle from day one, offering a gripping human drama about the fight for power and dignity in today's globalized economic landscape.

CORONER TO THE STARS

Coroner to the Stars chronicles the extraordinary journey of Dr. Thomas Noguchi, the former Los Angeles County Chief Medical Examiner-Coroner whose ground breaking high-profie autopsies of icons like Marilyn Monroe, Robert Kennedy, and Natalie Wood thrust him into the spotlight - even as Hollywood elites and political adversaries sought to silence him - and forever shaped American culture.

THE PATH FORWARD

Directed jointly by a Jewish American filmmaker (Academy Award nominated documentary filmmaker Julie Cohen) and a Palestinian American filmmaker (Mo Husseini), The Path Forward shows that a growing chorus of Palestinians and Israeli Jews are speaking up - often in cross-cultural pairs - against war, occupation and violence, and for peace, justice, empathy and sanity.

AFTERNOONS OF SOLITUDE

The new film from the visionary director of Pacifiction, Albert Serra’s Afternoons of Solitude is a spellbinding documentary that turns its gaze on the ceremonial splendor and devastating brutality of bullfighting in Spain. With quiet intensity, Serra follows famed matador Andrés Roca Rey, from the solitude of his hotel room and the meticulousness of his preparations to the charged spectacle of the arena.

AFTER: POETRY DESTROYS SILENCE

Starring Academy Award winner Melissa Leo, Géza Röhrig, and Bo Corre, along with renowned poets, including Edward Hirsch and Cornelius Eady, After is an exploration of poetry written about the Shoah. Contemporary poets respond to the Holocaust and talk about the importance and necessity for poetry in a world that still grapples with genocide.

THE QUIET DIPLOMAT

The Quiet Diplomat centers on former UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon. The UN saved his life during the Korean War, inspiring him to become a man of peace. During two terms as the 8th Secretary General, Ban discovers the challenges of international diplomacy in an increasingly splintered world.

MINTED

This gripping documentary masterfully delves into the captivating and often perplexing world of the forty-billion-dollar NFT (non-fungible token) digital art market, chronicling its meteoric highs and lows through the perspective of artists around the globe. Through a combination of vérité footage, candid interviews, and powerful archival film, it expertly weaves together the multifaceted story of this groundbreaking phenomenon.

JOONAM

Spurred by a provocative family memory and a lifetime of separation from the country her mother left behind, a young filmmaker delves into her mother and grandmother's complicated pasts, and her own fractured Iranian identity. Named for a Farsi term of endearment, Joonam is infused with humor and heart like only a film about family could be.

TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES

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. Subtly set in a near future when space travel has begun, the film follows five residents in the town - Yvonne, Olin, Katie, Philip and George. Anchored in observational documentary footage filmed over three years, the film weaves together archival, virtual reality worlds, and an improvised score by Bill Frisell.

I'M NOT EVERYTHING I WANT TO BE

Before Libuše Jarcovjáková was known as the “Nan Goldin of Czechoslovakia,” she was a young female photographer. Striving to break free from the constraints of Czechoslovakian normalization she embarks on a wild journey towards freedom, capturing her experiences through thousands of photographs

BEEN HERE STAY HERE

Been Here Stay Here is a quiet, immersive portrait of Tangier Island—a centuries-old Evangelical fishing community in Virginia’s Chesapeake Bay. Long framed as “America’s first climate casualty,” Tangier has been used as a symbol in debates about denial and blame. But this film offers a different lens: not through experts or statistics, but through lived experience.

FLAVORS OF IRAQ

Flavors of Iraq is an animated documentary based on the story of Feurat Alani, a Franco-Iraqi journalist. Growing up in Paris, Feurat discovers his parents' country under the dictatorship of Saddam Hussein, the American occupation, and the control of the Islamic State between 1989 and 2017. The film follows Feurat's evolution from childhood to adulthood and his growing awareness of the social and political realities of Iraq.

THE CHILDREN OF OCTOBER 7

The Children of October 7 documents the harrowing experiences of Israeli children affected by the October 7 Hamas terror attacks. Led by social media activist, singer, and dancer Montana Tucker, it shares stories of kidnapped, orphaned, and traumatized children, including survivors of massacres and hostage situations. The film highlights resilience amidst tragedy, shedding light on the impact of terror on Israel’s youngest victims.

HELEN AND THE BEAR

A rebellious young hippie marries a prominent Republican politician twenty-six years older than her. Four decades later, as they anticipate his death, she wrestles with their marriage, her sexuality, and what’s been lost and won through a life by his side.

LUCHA: A WRESTLING TALE

A fresh spin on the story of high school sports as the path to transformation and redemption, Lucha takes us inside the Taft High School women’s wrestling team on their journey to a championship. Personal Challenges abound, from unsupportive families to homelessness, but these four young women from the Bronx—Shirley, Nyasia, Mariam, and Alba—find solace and hope in each other and on the mat. Their Empowering story is a testament to the human spirit and true grit.

MEANWHILE

Centering breath as a symbol of resilience, Meanwhile captures raw, unfinished moments—dancers in rehearsal, artists midway through their work—focusing on the act of creation. Rooted in the upheavals of 2020, the film uses breath as its through-line to symbolize collective survival. It invites viewers to witness the process of liberation and be present in the “meanwhile”—a moment of creation, struggle, and hope that transcends fixed identities.

ANGEL APPLICANT

Paul Klee, a Swiss-German painter, fled Germany in 1933 when he and other modern artists were vilified by the rising Nazi Party. Isolated in Switzerland, a mysterious disease began wreaking havoc on his body and profoundly changing his artwork. Narrator/director Ken August Meyer explores Klee’s expressive last works after being diagnosed with the same life-threatening disease, systemic scleroderma.

LITTLE, BIG, AND FAR

Austrian astronomer Karl is at a crossroads in his life and work. He finds his physicist wife growing distant and his job being reshaped by environmental crises as thoughts about science, fascism, and his grandson’s future spin above his head. After attending a conference in Greece, Karl decides not to return home and heads for a small island in hopes of finding a dark enough sky to reconnect with the stars.

THE DAMNED

Directed by Roberto Minervini, the acclaimed director of What You Gonna Do When the World's on Fire?, The Other Side and Stop the Pounding Heart. Winter 1862. In the midst of the Civil War, the US Army sends a company of volunteer soldiers to the western territories, with the task of patrolling the uncharted borderlands. As their mission ultimately changes course, the meaning behind their engagement begins to elude them.

WHEN LIGHTNING FLASHES OVER THE SEA

Set in the Ukrainian port city of Odesa, this film traces the lives of ordinary people whose memories, dreams, and resilience illuminate a city scarred by absence and destruction. From day labourers on the Black Sea to a boy dreaming of chocolate cake, from refugees and widows to survivors and wanderers, their stories reveal a poetic, deeply human portrait of a place where everyday life persists against the backdrop of war.

SHAKEDOWN

A riveting documentary, Shakedown is the story of Los Angeles’ black lesbian strip club scene and its genesis. It's focus is the club Shakedown, owned and operated by women, underground and illegal in nature. Created from over 400 hours of footage that filmmaker Leilah Weinraub has been collecting for the past 15 years, the film incorporates live tapes, performances, backstage videos, archival material, flyers, and interviews. Shakedown is a window into this world.