DOCUMENTARY FEATURE FILM FESTIVAL – Thursday June 3rd (Stream for FREE all Day)

In the northeastern city of Changchun, China, a group of six ordinary people — a truck driver, a food vendor, a housewife, etc. — gathered in secret to plan an extraordinary task: to break into the television broadcasting system of the most tyrannical regime on earth – that of the Chinese Communist Party. Their goal… Continue reading Short Film: DEFIANCE IN THE KINGDOM OF FAKE NEWS, 10min., USA

During a 10-year career as a TV news journalist, Drew Petrimoulx told stories about many different aspects of American society, from high-profile criminal trials to natural disasters to congressional politics. Seeking to focus on long-form storytelling, Drew left the business in 2019 to start a career as a documentary filmmaker. His first documentary short was… Continue reading Director BIO: Drew Petrimoulx (CARVING A NEW LIFE)

In the summer of 2020, we started filming with a recovering addict named Daniel Bugna as he went through the process of making a classic chair from a whole piece of wood. As he worked on the intricate designs, he told us about his five-year struggle with opiate addiction. We also spoke with his mom… Continue reading Short Film: CARVING A NEW LIFE, 12min., USA

We tell the story of a small but special regional town in during Australia’s 2019-2020 Black Summer bushfire season. We highlight the importance of community – everyday people doing extraordinary things to help our community survive and recover. And we show our town’s path to recovery. How we in Braidwood in New South Wales, faced… Continue reading Short Film: A COMMUNITY UNDER FIRE, 23min., Australia

Director, producer, teacher and founder of Running Cow Films, Anushka wears many hats. With over 15 years of experience, she has worked on a wide range of TV commercials, digital content, documentaries and short fiction films. She has an MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, where she was the sole recipient… Continue reading Director BIO: Anushka Shivdasani Rovshen (THE NEW NORMA)

Is the past the future we want ? The race to get back to normal made us question this very idea of normalcy itself – Is it normal that our planet is dying because of our economic priorities?Is it normal when lockdowns only protect the rich while the economically disadvantaged are left jobless and take… Continue reading Short Film: THE NEW NORMAL, 4min,. India, Poetry

Jean Chapiro is a filmmaker and journalist from Mexico City. She recently graduated from the University of Pennsylvania holding a B.A in Cinema Studies, Communication, and Visual Studies. Since she was 8 years old she has been producing her own short films. However, in the Summer of 2020 Jean got her first professional job in… Continue reading Director BIO: Jean Chapiro (HAMBRE: HUNGRY FOR LIFE)

What is hunger? And what do we hunger for?This personal and poetic documentary explores the journey to overcome anorexia by coming to terms with all that being hungry for life implies. By approaching this concept from a physical, emotional, and spiritual perspective, viewers are invited to partake in this transformative journey. Through the collective voices… Continue reading Short Film: HAMBRE: HUNGRY FOR LIFE, 14min., Mexico

MENDING WALLS, 57min., USA, Documentary – Audience FEEDBACK from the October 2021 Film Festival. WINNER BEST FEATURE FILM. Watch the Audience FEEDBACK Video: Artist Hamilton Glass challenges 30 artists from different cultural backgrounds to collaborate on 16 murals in Richmond, VA about race, status and experiences. In real-time footage and testimonial, the film shows how… Continue reading HIGHLIGHTS – OCTOBER 2021 DOCUMENTARY Feature Film Festival

RIGGED, 74min., USA Directed by Tracy MacDonald The recent U.S. college admissions scandal is not merely an aberration in an otherwise virtuous system. It lays bare a US higher education culture in which wealth and influence remain the predominant values. RIGGED examines how this obsolete value system favoring wealth in our higher education system grows… Continue reading FEATURE FILM TRAILER; Rigged, 74min. Documentary