Shangdrok Directed by Jared Yeh 19 minutes • Taiwan Documentary This film explores how Tibetan people continue to cherish their traditions such as yak wool textile craftsmanship and nomadic lifestyle while facing and embracing rapid modernization and a changing climate.
Freedom Farm Sanctuary Directed by Taliya Finkel 8 minutes • Israel Documentary, Episodic, Black Lens The relationships between “imperfect” farm animals to special volunteers, some with their own “imperfections.”
Shredded Directed by Noam Stolerman 16.5 minutes • Israel Documentary An aging bodybuilder is on the path to becoming a champion. Moments before emerging as a finalist, he might face a heartache.
Arctic Summer Directed by Daniel Fradin, Kyle Rosenbluth 24 minutes • USA Documentary Arctic Summer is a poetic meditation on Tuktoyaktuk (Tuk), an Indigenous community in the Arctic and one of the northernmost towns in the world. The film captures Tuk during one of the last summers before climate change forced Tuk’s coastal population to relocate to more habitable land.
Ms. Diva Trucker Directed by Dana Reilly 13 minutes • USA Documentary, Black Lens, Student A long-distance trucker copes with the strain driving places on her finances and relationships.
A Woman’s Land Directed by Alina Peng, Charles Zhang 10.5 minutes • USA Documentary, Student Karma, a Bhutanese farmer, has not seen a successful harvest in 10 years due to climate-induced water scarcity. As men have migrated to urban centers, she and the women in her village must tend to both fields and family, and work together to overcome the water crisis plaguing their land.
Do You See What I See? Directed by Brad Abrahams 12.5 Minutes • Canada Documentary From illustrating for Sesame Street to exposing the New World Order, this is the story of the controversial and recently departed David Dees, unofficial artist of conspiracy theory culture.
Vala North Directed by Stephani Gordon 12 Minutes • Papua New Guinea Documentary In the far northern atolls of Papua New Guinea, scientist chieftain and visionary John Aini resurrects old secret ways and melds them with what he and his fellow chieftains and their people know of the coral reefs they rely on.
