“9to5” is the latest film from heralded documentarians Julia Reichert and Steven Bognar, whose “American…
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Directed by Catherine Gund
“Aggie” explores the nexus of art, race, and justice through the story of art collector and philanthropist…
Directed by Joseph Puleo
“America’s Last Little Italy” explores the deep historic roots of the Hill, St. Louis’ iconic Italian…
Directed by Jim Finn
For four years in the 1860s, half of the United States was held hostage by an unrecognized white-…
Directed by Tom Dolby
Claire (Lena Olin) lives a domestic life in the Hamptons as the wife of celebrated artist Richard Smythson…
Directed by Jason Loftus & Eric Pedicelli
“Ask No Questions” offers a fascinating and damning investigation of the Chinese government’s concerted…
Directed by Matthew Rice
This ambitious documentary by St. Louis-based filmmaker Matthew Rice analyzes how an ex-slave became one…
Directed by Bryan Dematteis
SLIFF is pleased to present a work-in-progress screening of a documentary on the Black Artists' Group (BAG…
Directed by Steve James
In the five-part documentary series “City So Real,” Oscar-nominated documentarian Steve James (“America to…
Directed by Wayne Wang
Directed by Wayne Wang (“Chan Is Missing,” “The Joy Luck Club”) and based on a New Yorker personal essay…
Directed by Patrick Sammon & Bennett Singer
“Cured” illuminates a pivotal yet largely unknown chapter in the struggle for LGBTQ equality: the campaign…
Directed by Tom Putnam
Based on the true story of renowned butterfly expert and nature writer Dr. Robert Pyle (David Cross), “The…
Directed by Emma Rappold
Change is never easy, even when the results are positive, and that’s never more true than when a young…
Directed by Maria Finitzo
“The Dilemma of Desire” explores female sexual desire and the powerful gender politics that revolve around…
Directed by Jonathan Wysocki
Cue the drama! It’s summer 1994, and a group of conservative, nerdy teens throw their final murder-mystery…
Directed by Zoë Kennison
In a story inspired by a real-life experience, 22-year-old college student Ivan (Zoë Kennison) is informed…
Directed by Ekwa Msangi
Forced to leave Angola and live in exile in New York City, Walter (Ntare Guma Mbaho Mwine, “The Chi”)…
Directed by Jiayan "Jenny" Shi
“Finding Yingying” chronicles the search for Yingying Zhang, a 26-year-old Chinese student who had only…
Directed by Darby Duffin & Adam Jones
“Fish & Men” explores the high cost of cheap fish in the modern U.S. seafood economy, exposing the…
Directed by Mark Bosco & Elizabeth Coffman
Winner of the first-ever Library of Congress/Lavine/Ken Burns Prize for Film, “Flannery” is a lyrical,…
Directed by Jennifer Maytorena Taylor
As her small, blue-collar city struggles to emerge from the opioid epidemic and gets caught up in battles…
Directed by Donna Serbe-Davis
How can the endangered city of Venice be preserved? Gianni Berengo Gardin, Italy’s most famous living…
Directed by Adam Knapp & Kenneth Linn
Audience Choice Leon Award for Best Documentary Feature. “God Save the Wings” offers a…
Directed by Justin Feltman & Razi Jafri
Hamtramck, Mich. — part of the Detroit area — is a place built by immigrants. The city thrived thanks to…
Directed by Rich Newey
Recently out of another stint in rehab, Natalie (Annika Marks) is hiding her persistent painkiller habit…
Directed by Noah Hutton
“Lapsis” takes place in an alternate-present New York in which the quantum computing revolution has begun…
Directed by Carlos R. Betancourt & Oscar Ernesto Ortega
After risking his life crossing the Florida Straits on a raft, young Ernesto searches Miami for his…
Directed by Sabrina Bouarour
Sabrina Bouarour's “Lights of Baltimore” tells the story of the war of images surrounding Baltimore in the…
Directed by Chad Hartigan
Imagine waking up in a world where a pandemic has broken out. Imagine that it strikes with no rhyme or…
Directed by Sasie Sealy
In the heart of New York’s Chinatown, an ornery, chain-smoking, newly widowed 80-year-old grandma (Tsai…
Directed by Justin Krook
“Machine” examines artificial intelligence (AI) — the most radical new technology of our time — from…
Directed by Eric Schultz
Ethan Kochar (former St. Louisan Sathya Sridharan) is a reclusive young neuroscientist whose brilliance is…
Directed by Sam Pollard
“MLK/FBI,” the first film to uncover the extent of the FBI’s surveillance and harassment of Dr. Martin…
Directed by Steven Oritt
“My Name is Sara” tells the true life story of Sara Goralnik, a 13-year-old Polish Jew whose entire family…
Directed by Conor Allyn
This modern Western — which pointedly addresses contemporary immigration issues — is inspired by the real-…
Directed by Oren Jacoby
In “On Broadway,” directed by Academy Award nominee Oren Jacoby (for the short “Sister Rose’s Passion”),…
Directed by Cam Cowan
In Buenos Aires at the age of 16, Pedro Opeka declined an opportunity to become a professional soccer…
Directed by Alex Bayer, Jonathan Mann & Mary Anne Rothberg
In “The Oratorio,” filmmaker Martin Scorsese helps tell the story of an 1826 performance that forever…
Directed by Inon Shampanier
In this bittersweet story about coming of age in the shadow of mental illness, all Melanie (Stefania LaVie…
Directed by William J. Saunders
The twisty, head-spinning investigative thriller “The Penny Black” begins when Will, the estranged son of…
Directed by Karla Murthy
Although a portrait of the troubled Rust Belt city of Youngstown, Ohio, “The Place That Makes Us” offers a…
Directed by Michelle Grace Steinberg
Interfaith Award for Best Documentary. A work of timely urgency, director Michelle Grace…
Directed by Rachel Reichman & Deborah Shaffer
At 88 years old, Audrey Flack — feminist, rebel, mother, painter, sculptor, and teacher — holds a unique…
Directed by Amy Geller & Gerald Peary
Yes, there are Jews in Montana! There’s an evangelical strand of Hasidic Judaism — Chabad-Lubavitch —…
Directed by Ben Rekhi
“The Reunited States” — both heartwarming and heartening — provides a much-needed balm in a time of…
Directed by Josefina Rotman Lyons
The charming “Revival” documents a program by a New York City nonprofit — the interestingly named Dances…
Directed by Anne Flatté & Marlon Johnson
For nearly three decades, Edward “Nardie” White has led an after-school community drum corps (River City…
Directed by Greg Jacobs & Jon Siskel
Spotlight on Inspiration Documentary Competition Winner. “The Road Up” follows four…
Directed by Nick Brandestini
On the Georgia barrier island of Sapelo — accessible only by boat — preteen brothers JerMarkest and…
Directed by Aimee Long
After accidentally shooting an innocent Black man through a wall in Brooklyn, young Chinese-American cop…
Directed by Yoruba Richen
As the country was embroiled in a divisive election and racial tensions flared, civil-rights activist and…
Directed by Niav Conty
New Filmmakers Forum Emerging Director Award (The Bobbie). “Small Time” takes an…
Directed by Mark Lewis
Few protagonists are more compelling than the underdog sports hero, and “Strider” adds a new icon to the…
Directed by Shatara Michelle Ford
Essy Award for Best Narrative Feature. “Test Pattern,” the gripping and powerful first…
Directed by Abel Ferrara
In his first dramatic feature since 2014’s “Pasolini,” Abel Ferrara (“Bad Lieutenant,” “King of New York…
Directed by Sharon Liese
Filmed over five years in Kansas City, “Transhood” follows four transgender kids — beginning at ages 4, 7…
Directed by Ashley O'Shay
“Unapologetic” vividly captures a community of millennial organizers confronting an administration…
Directed by Abby Ginzberg
Directed by Peabody Award winner Abby Ginzberg — a two-time SLIFF alum with “And Then They Came for Us” in…
Directed by Nate Townsend
In June 2014, Ryan Candice, a high-achieving student at the University of Missouri, took his life days…
Directed by Aaron Matthews
Called “the best American writer of his generation” and “our poet laureate of war,” Tim O’Brien is one of…
Directed by Deirdre Fishel
“Women in Blue” offers an unprecedented window on the inner workings of the Minneapolis Police Department…
Directed by Alex Winter
Essy Award for Best Documentary Feature. Far from a typical music doc, “Zappa” is a…