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Project Title Project Title (Original Language)Country of OriginCountry of FilmingLanguageSynopsisDurationThemeProject WebsiteTrailer URLCompletion DateDirectorsFirst NameLast NameAward NominationLink to Poster & Images Notes
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A Culinary Uprising: The Story of BloodrootUnited StatesUnited StatesEnglishIn the '70s and '80s, there were over 230 feminist restaurants, cafes, and coffeehouses throughout the United States and Canada. Bloodroot, located in Bridgeport, Connecticut, is now the oldest and longest-lasting of those spaces, and it has been in continuous operation for over 46 years. The film is a short documentary that explores this feminist, queer, vegan restaurant and bookstore, and illuminates the legacy of its pioneering proprietors, Selma Miriam and Noel Furie. 1:18:00LGBTQ+, Women, Food, Vegan2024-06-30Annie Laurie MedonisAnnie LaurieMedonisDoc Competitionhttps://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1eocMD1PhIuHRmEweQk1Z_S-zmEUwBeU8?usp=drive_link
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AFTER - Poetry Destroys SilenceUnited StatesUnited StatesEnglish, German, HungarianA deep dive into the creative responsibility of writers when faced with catastrophe and genocide. Do they bury their heads in the sand or reach out to the world with their creative gift? The actors and poets include Melissa Leo in a scene performing a poem, Lost Photo. Leo won an Academy Award, Primetime Emmy and the Sundance Independent Spirit Award. Géza Röhrig (Academy Award winning film, Son of Saul, currently starring in Terrence Malick’s latest film as Jesus Christ.) Director/Producer Richard Kroehling (Einstein: How I See the World with William Hurt) is a two-time Emmy Award winner.1:21:16Art & Healing http://www.after.filmhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1pA-xKoHe4w2023-07-31Richard KroehlingOliverMahrdtNot in Competition
It is not a NY premiere		https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1hlNmm2IAcLr6dIhlBXWjDLrBmJ-5_auj?usp=sharing
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Aida Returnsعائدة (Aida)LebanonCanada, Lebanon, Palestine, State ofArabic, English, FrenchA poignant, sometimes sad, sometimes painful, sometimes humorous, often absurd story of a multiple journey: the journey of loss as the director’s mother Aida struggled with losing herself to Alzheimer’s disease, but finding solace in her repeated “returning” to the Yafa and Palestine of her youth. The film is about the journey of losing a parent and the ultimate return journey back to Yafa, where Aida finally finds rest and becomes herself once more. This is a tribute to the lost past of the director’s family, an attempt to restore part of an individual and a collective memory, and a poetic nod and affirmation to all exiled Palestinians forbidden from returning to their hometowns, even after death.

1:17:30Family History, Health, Lebanon and Palestinehttp://www.aidareturns.comhttps://vimeo.com/7770051712023-01-02Carol MansourMunaKhalidiDoc Competitionhttps://drive.google.com/file/d/1_XLhLicA5dkLHmb4LrXyrpOAIIjgnCA-/view?usp=drive_link
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Beyond the Berlin Wall – Reports from Stasi PrisonersGermanyGermanyGermanThirty-five years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, three former political prisoners recall their moments of violation and humiliation in the clutches of state security in East Berlin. This documentary offers an insight into their experiences of this period in and out of prison, from a historical and personal point of view. The stories of Edda Schönherz, a former TV news presenter, Hans-Joachim (Akki) Lietsche, a former window dresser, and Matthias Leupold, a fashion magazine driver at the time, will make you reflect not only about the past but also about the present.1:01:08Memory, Resilience, and historyhttp://filmfreeway.com/beyondtheberlinwallhttps://filmfreeway.com/submissions/312018432025-01-25Abhiroop Banerjee, Berglind Sóley Elstermann Jansdóttir, Marcela Faganello Galluzzi, Matthias LeupoldMatthiasLeupoldDoc Competitionhttps://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1FljxO0UVRL5Uajh6r0Z_wzunB2zYWJMk?usp=drive_link
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Dutch Culture USA Future 400

The World According to Carlijn		The NetherlandsNetherlandsDutchDutch cartographer Carlijn Kingma is an upcoming star worldwide, compared to M.C. Escher and Piranesi. Behind her drawing table, she creates worlds in order to understand the world around us. Carlijn gave filmmaker Ariane Greep permission to follow her from the first day she started drawing her latest project 'The Waterworks of Money', starting on the white canvas and following her to the Venice Architecture Biennale 2023 where Carlijn was asked to represent the Netherlands and show her drawings about our financial system. She won several prizes; the Master Storyteller prize, and the Dutch Design Award. The Venice Architecture Biennale put her on the international map.
1:32:00Art & Healinghttps://www.filmagine.nlhttps://vimeo.com/9073723582023-12-12Ariane Wilhelmina Victoria GreepArianeGreepDoc Competitionhttps://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1ORWouKUGEYSImSAV4ad5WMefuifzhthv?usp=drive_link
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RAREUnited StatesNetherlands, United Kingdom, United StatesEnglish‘RARE’ unveils what stands between families fighting rare diseases, hoping for treatments, and emerging groundbreaking therapies. Due to the rare nature and thus limited profit margin of these conditions, large pharmaceutical and biotech companies often turn a blind eye towards developing treatments. Unlike more common diseases like cancer, parents of children with rare diseases are burdened with the responsibility of raising funds and spearheading drug development to save their children. Their fight is not just for their children but for future generations diagnosed with these diseases.1:25:00Health, Science, Medical equityhttp://tooraretocare.comhttps://vimeo.com/797091159?share=copyJohn Beder, Lainey MoseleyJohn

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Moseley		Doc Competitionhttps://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1R4jT0rcq8L0D5tav7D_Q-ghOAMXKo6Tr?usp=drive_link
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Voices of Canada

Calmer Waters		Les eaux calmesCanadaCanadaFrenchThirteen years after a tragic diving accident that left Soleine paralyzed from the neck down, Les eaux Calmes (Calmer Waters) witnesses her brave decision to become the first quadriplegic woman in Quebec to give birth. Through intimate footage shot over the course of a decade and thought-provoking narration, Soleine's decision to embrace motherhood is what ultimately leads to self-forgiveness and her place in this world.0:48:47Disability, Motherhood, Woman Empowermenthttps://vimeo.com/9110109272024-04-19Annie LeclairAnnieLeclairDoc Competitionhttps://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1r4KdEkWlTd1NRXeCsOGyoUBbvQY6eYmD?usp=drive_link
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Voices of Canada

I Am Gitxsan		CanadaCanadaEnglish"I Am Gitxsan" follows Phoenix Apperloo, a recent high school graduate reconnecting with his Indigenous heritage in Hazelton, British Columbia, Canada. Inspired by encounters with residential school survivors, he writes a heartfelt letter to Prime Minister Trudeau about the injustices faced by his people. It culminates with a moving message of hope and determination, emphasizing the power of the Gitxsan people's enduring spirit, the beauties of their culture, and their commitment to future generations.1:04:17Colonialism, Indigenous heritagehttps://iamgitxsan.ca/#Abouthttps://vimeo.com/10098495572024-08-31Prakhar PatidarPrakharPatidarDoc Competitionhttps://drive.google.com/drive/folders/19M-RaXXIDxG4u3VJNPb9npkG62dBqT0J?usp=drive_link
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Voices of Canada

Words Left Unspoken		CanadaCanada, LebanonAfter avoiding speaking at all cost for over two decades, Joze Piranian, who has a severe stutter, decides to confront his fears, by travelling back to his home country, Lebanon, and holding the conversations he never dared to have before with his family. He hopes to finally make peace with his stutter and become the man he’s always wanted himself to be.0:52:00Disability, Stutteringhttps://filmfreeway.com/submissions/30915457Josiane BlancJosianeBlancDoc Competitionhttps://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1bDfbXzqlFae7LHpM3-Basqrx90lPeHE-?usp=drive_link
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Voices of Canada

Vacation Plantation		CanadaUnited StatesEnglishToday, in the American South, there are as many historic plantation sites open to the public as there are Krispy Kreme locations across the United States. These sites indulging tourists’ fantasies, rather than the horrific realities of the past. Vacation Plantation grants unparalleled access to the modern American plantation tourism industry – from the priorities of today’s plantation owners, to the political balancing act of State representatives, to the descendants of the enslaved fighting for change. 1:16:52Colonialism, Indigenous heritagehttp://www.vacationplantation.comhttps://youtu.be/-w9JrCSKWsc?si=rV8jl1EBtLOHRyrk2024-04-14Alex BezeauAlexBezeauNot in Competition
It is not a NY premiere		https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1CJ_oOcgGrtaBkTlXtZ3oCY76ALY54UgF?usp=drive_link
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We Never LeftLebanonLebanon, United StatesArabic, EnglishPortraying a heart-wrenching duality between life in Beirut and in New York, WE NEVER LEFT is a tortured love story of a displaced people – an impassioned testament to Lebanese expats’ unrequited yet irrepressible love for their homeland after the start of the Lebanese revolution.1:23:00Human Rights, Revolution, Lebanonhttps://www.weneverleftdoc.com/2024-03-13Loulwa KhouryLoulwaKhouryDoc Competitionhttps://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1Vv_cco67jXI3QbXleGFgt7yVK-bigvo2?usp=drive_link
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