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- DirectorMichael ColinStarsPaul WatsonBrett BradleyRandall ArauzSaving the world's last dinosaur, the sea turtle.
- DirectorLance BangsJeff BuchananMichel GondryStarsBeckBjörkThe Chemical BrothersA look at the work of director Michel Gondry, through his music videos, short films, and commercials.
- DirectorDavid AustinGeorge MichaelStarsGeorge MichaelEmmanuelle AltDavid AustinGeorge Michael Freedom - The Directors Cut is a deeply autobiographical story of George Michael's life concentrating on the period around the making of his album "Listen Without Prejudice" and detailing his love, his loss, his court case with his record company and his struggle with fame. It is a poignant and intimate portrait of a music icon, narrated and co-directed by George Michael himself just before his death.
- DirectorDan HabibStarsNaieer ShaheedNaomie MonplaisirMicah Fialka FeldmanFrom award-winning filmmaker Dan Habib comes INTELLIGENT LIVES, a catalyst to transform the intellectual disability label from a life sentence of isolation to a life of possibility for the most systematically segregated people in America.
- DirectorIan CranstonChul GugichKenny LogginsStarsIan CranstonChris CrayzieTimmie FosterFrom Music Video and Short Film Director Ian Cranston comes the feature length debut Becoming iCIZZLE. Afraid of losing his job in the bad economy, Ian Cran decides to quit his job and chase a crazy dream to get an art studio and make a film. In the process he reinvents himself and creates the alter ego iCIZZLE who longs to become a rap star from the suburbs. Ian visits friends from Hilltop Tacoma to understand what it truely means to be from the streets.
- DirectorAnne HecheStarsEllen DeGeneresThe documentary chronicles the commediene Ellen De Generes on a comedy tour throughout the North American continent.
- DirectorYaron BetanStarsNeal AdamsVitaly S. AlexiusGillian AndersonA documentary following Canadian artists and their ability to break into the comic book industry while dealing with fandom and the craze of comic book conventions in Canada.
- DirectorAlexandre PeraltaStarsCesar AlbuquerqueSandra MacedoThalia MacedoWhat does it mean to ask someone to Look at the Stars? For Geyza, a Blind Prima Ballerina, it means the journey of her life. This Feature Documentary invites us into her world, and of a special Ballet Academy in Sao Paulo Brazil.
- DirectorJamielyn LippmanStarsDavid ArredondoDiana Lynn BarnesVanessa BensonWhen The Bough Breaks is a feature length documentary about postpartum depression and postpartum psychosis. Narrated and Executive Produced by Brooke Shields, this shocking film uncovers this very public health issue which affects one in five new mothers after childbirth. The film follows Lindsay Gerszt, a mother who has been suffering from PPD for six years. Lindsay agrees to let the cameras document her and give us an in depth look at her path to recovery. We meet women who have committed infanticide and families who have lost loved ones to suicide. Babies are dying, women aren't speaking out and the signs are being missed. When The Bough Breaks takes us on a journey to find answers and break the silence.
- DirectorJeffrey HornadayMark Aldo MiceliMitchell SinowayStarsMadonnaPatrick LeonardJai WindingFilmed during Madonna's 1987 "Who's That Girl World Tour."
- DirectorHelene KlodawskyStarsMolly ParkerDavid RybowskiZenia RyboskiUndying Love tells the love stories of the survivors of World War II. Against the brutalized landscape of post-war Europe, this film focuses on how survivors struggled to reconstruct personal identities and forge intimate relationships.
- DirectorJohn ScheinfeldStarsAnne HathawayJulia RobertsCary ElwesStars of some of Marshall's most iconic series and films, sharing their favorite memories of Marshall.
- DirectorRob ChristopherStarsWillem DafoeMatt DillonBarry GiffordThe "Roy" stories of writer Barry Gifford serve as a springboard for an impressionistic portrait of a vanished Chicago.
- DirectorSuzanne ChisholmMichael ParfitStarsRyan ReynoldsLunaMichael ParfitThe true story of Luna, a young, wild killer whale who tries to befriend people on the rugged west coast of Vancouver Island.
- DirectorGerardine WurzburgStarsLarry BissonnetteTracy ThresherIn 'Wretches & Jabberers and Stories from the Road', two men with autism embark on a global quest to change prevailing attitudes about disability and intelligence. With limited speech, Tracy Thresher, 42, and Larry Bissonnette, 52, both faced lives of mute isolation in mental institutions or adult disability centers. When they learned as adults to communicate by typing, their lives changed dramatically. Their world tour message is that the same possibility exists for others like themselves. At each stop, they dissect public attitudes about autism and issue a hopeful challenge to reconsider competency and the future. Along the way, they reunite with old friends from the USA, expand the isolated world of a talented young painter and make new allies in their cause.
- DirectorTim GorskiSynthian SharpStarsCarol BuckleyLek ChailertTim GorskiOne girl's journey to inspire a movement. Juliette is fourteen years old and she is on a mission to save elephants. After single-handedly raising funds Juliette embarks on a life-altering journey to South East Asia to meet and work with her hero The Elephant Lady. This is the story of two women, one from the East, one from the West, coming together on common ground, saving elephants. It's the coming of age of a passionate emerging woman joining forces with the wise eastern animal advocate on an enlightening journey of compassion, action, and hope that is sure to motivate audiences young and old. The message: no matter what your age, your ethnicity, or disposition, no matter what the cause, you can make a difference.
- DirectorAndrew LevineStarsAnuradha KoiralaTim RobbinsWinona RyderFilmed in Nepal and India this documentary presents the stories of young girls whose lives have been shattered by the child sex slave trade. The film provides actual footage from inside the brothels of Bombay, known even to the tourists as "The Cages," captured with "spy camera" technology. The documentary also introduces the heroes of the movement who are working to abolish child sex slavery and who remind us that, "these are our daughters."
- DirectorGarret PriceStarsAnton YelchinJ.J. AbramsSofia BoutellaA portrait of the extraordinary life and career of actor Anton Yelchin.
- DirectorPenélope CruzStarsPenélope CruzChildhood leukemia, which accounts for 30% of childhood cancer, affects the lives of three in every 100,000 children. Of those affected, 20% do not survive, and these statistics have remained unchanged for over 20 years. But there's a way we can improve this outcome: through research.
- DirectorJohn FiegeStarsJulia Trigg CrawfordDavid DanielEleanor FairchildOne man risks family and future to stop the tar sands of the Keystone XL pipeline from crossing his land. Shot in the forests, pastures, and living rooms of rural East Texas, Above All Else follows David Daniel, a retired high-wire artist, as he rallies neighbors and environmental activists to join him in a final act of brinkmanship: a tree-top blockade of the controversial pipeline. What begins as a stand against corporate bullying becomes a rallying cry for climate protesters nationwide. As in his previous film, Mississippi Chicken, director John Fiege puts a human face on a complex case of social injustice, again capturing the South in its beauty and contradiction and revealing the intimate, often unfathomable, experience of creating social change at the grassroots.
- DirectorStevan RileyStarsMarlon BrandoStella AdlerBernardo BertolucciA documentary that utilizes hundreds of hours of audio that Marlon Brando recorded over the course of his life to tell the screen legend's story.
- DirectorRebecca ParrishToday, Pope Francis is changing the Vatican's conservative tone. But for decades, U.S. nuns have been bucking the Church hierarchy by living a gospel of love, social justice and inclusion. From confronting U.S. bishops over the Affordable Care Act, to protesting for women's equality at the Vatican, Radical Grace follows three sisters who transform American politics and the Catholic Church.
- DirectorPeter ButtStarsOctavia Barron MartinEmma BoothDirk BromleyWhen the half naked bodies of physicist, Doctor Gilbert Bogle, and his lover, Mrs Margaret Chandler, were found in bizarre circumstances on a Sydney riverbank in 1963, it set into play an unprecedented forensic investigation.
- DirectorShawn BannonWhat is the price some pay for the world's pork? North Carolina residents take on one of the world's most powerful companies in a fight for their rights to clean air, pure water, and a life free from the stench of pig feces.
- DirectorBradford ThomasonBrett WhitcombStarsJamie DuneierAlisa ReyesTom PuckettChronicles the journeys of broadcasters, educators and filmmakers who believed television could inspire a lifelong love of reading.