Documentary

Directors Gordon Quinn & Bob Hercules Present

Directors Gordon Quinn and Bob Hercules present a rare glimpse into the mind of a working artist in this documentary following the Tony Award–winning choreographer and 2010 Kennedy Center Honoree, Bill T. Jones, and his company as they develop and perform their most ambitious project to date, the multimedia dance-theatre work, Fondly Do We Hope… Fervently Do We Pray.

Norwegian filmmaker Benedicte Orvung makes a horrific discovery about her past: facing the shame of a hidden history with the revelation that one of her family members was a prominent Nazi collaborator.  Karl Marthinsen, a brutal police leader, fanatic nationalist, and great uncle of the film's director, is the subject of this personal document of familial healing.

Europe’s Backyard documents the lives of four women from former Soviet Republic Moldovia, each at a crossroads in their lives, and struggling to survive in the poorest nation in Eastern Europe.

They come from many parts of the world. They have the smallest schoolyard of Norway, only two stonethrows away from the Royal Castle. They are 12 years old, and wish for a world without beggars, with big houses for everyone and that the leaders don’t involve the citizens when they make war. But how do conflicts arise between the kids themselves, what is it like to follow them home, and who would they like to meet, if they could choose between all the people of the world?

On a sunny summer Oslo day, fun-guy Gunnar, friends, and family are enjoying a lakeside barbeque when he is struck by an imminent existential realization: my life is unfulfilled. Successful ad man and documentarian, he plans to upturn his middle class Scandinavian life in search of answers, which leads to interminable travels to mentors in Egypt, Jerusalem, India, and a monastery in the desert.

Upsetting, uplifting, and packed with characters twice as compelling as those in even the best crime fiction,The Interrupters shines a much-needed light on America's tragic war at home. —City Pages

Director Steve James Present

Seventeen years after releasing Hoop Dreams, Oscar-nominated director Steve James lifts the veil on the conditions of Chicago's disenfranchised, this time focusing on the city’s seemingly perpetual violence, while allowing an inspiring hope for change.

US Premiere

Award-winning filmmaker Hajo Schomerus (known internationally for his remarkable short films) presents his new documentary spotlighting a different kind of religious strife in the Holy Land.  

Based on a true story, a Holocaust survivor who plays accordion in a tango bar and lives among Nazis-in-hiding in 1950s Argentina, is unaware of his neighbors’ dark past. He will eventually make a discovery that leads to one of the most famous war crimes trials in history. 

What does it take to become the next world-class opera star? Watch as 500 young international talents audition for the prestigious Opera Studio, a master class at the world-renowned Bavarian State Opera, with General Music Director Kent Nagano.

Producer Rich Garella Present