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Always in Season is an alumnus of
Spotlight on Documentaries at IFP Week 2011
Claudia Lacy wants answers. When her 17-year-old son, Lennon, was found hanging from a swing set in Bladenboro, North Carolina, the authorities quickly ruled his death a suicide. In light of suspicious details surrounding his death, and certain that her son would not take his own life, Claudia is convinced Lennon was lynched.
Directed by Jacqueline Olive. Produced by Jacqueline Olive & Jessica Devaney.
Sundance Film Festival | US Documentary Competition
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American Factory is an alumnus of
Spotlight on Documentaries at IFP Week 2016
In 2014, a Chinese billionaire opened a Fuyao factory in a shuttered General Motors plant in Dayton, Ohio. For thousands of locals, the arrival of this multinational car-glass manufacturer meant regaining their jobs—and dignity—after the recession left them high and dry. American Factory takes us inside the facility to observe what happens when workers from profoundly different cultures collide.
Directed by Steven Bognar & Julia Reichert. Produced by Steven Bognar, Julia Reichert, Jeff Reichert & Julie Parker Benello.
Sundance Film Festival | US Documentary Competition
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Before You Know It is an alumnus of
No Borders at IFP Week 2016
Stage manager Rachel Gurner still lives in her childhood apartment—along with her off-kilter actress sister, Jackie; eccentric playwright father Mel; and deadpan preteen niece Dodge—above the tiny theatre they own and operate. Level-headed and turtleneck-wearing Rachel is the only thing standing between her family and utter chaos. Then, in the wake of a sudden family tragedy, Rachel and Jackie learn their presumed-deceased mother is actually alive and thriving as a soap-opera star. Now the sisters’ already-precarious balance turns upside down, and Rachel must figure out how to liberate herself from this surreal imbroglio.
Directed by Hannah Pearl Utt. Written by Hannah Pearl Utt & Jen Tullock. Produced by Mallory Schwartz, Josh Hetzler & James Brown.
Sundance Film Festival | US Dramatic Competition
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Happy Face is an alumnus of
Project Involve Narrative Workshop 2003
A teenager deforms his face with bandages and attends a therapy workshop for disfigured patients in a misguided attempt to reconnect with his manipulative disease-ravaged mother.
Directed by Alexandre Franchi. Written by Alexandre Franchi & Joëlle Bourjolly. Produced by Alexandre Franchi & Stéphane Gérin-Lajoie.
Slamdance Film Festival | Breakout Feature
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The Infiltrators is an alumnus of
Spotlight on Documentaries at IFP Week 2017
Without warning, Claudio Rojas is detained by ICE officials outside his Florida home. He is transferred to the Broward Transitional Center, a detention facility used as a holding space for imminent deportations. Terrified of never seeing him again, Claudio’s family contacts the National Immigrant Youth Alliance (NIYA), a group of activist Dreamers known for stopping deportations. Believing that no one is free as long as one is in detention, NIYA enlists Marco Saavedra to self-deport with the hopes of gaining access to the detention center and impeding Claudio’s expulsion. Once inside, Marco discovers a complex for-profit institution housing hundreds of multinational immigrants, all imprisoned without trial.
Directed by Alex Rivera & Cristina Ibarra. Written by Alex Rivera & Aldo Velasco. Produced by Cristina Ibarra, Darren Dean & Daniel J. Chalfen.
Sundance Film Festival | NEXT
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Knock Down the House is an alumnus of
Spotlight on Documentaries at IFP Week 2018 & is Fiscally Sponsored by IFP
This film follows four women—Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Amy Vilela, Cori Bush, and Paula Jean Swearengin—who join a movement of insurgent candidates to topple incumbents in an electric primary race for Congress. At a moment of historic volatility in American politics, these four women—all political outsiders—unite to do what many consider impossible. Their efforts result in a legendary upset.
Directed by Rachel Lears. Written by Rachel Lears & Robin Blotnick. Produced by Sarah Olson, Rachel Lears & Robin Blotnick.
Sundance Film Festival | US Documentary Competition
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The Last Black Man in San Francisco is an alumnus of
No Borders at IFP Week 2015
Jimmie Fails has one hope in life: to reclaim the majestic Victorian house his grandfather built. Every week, Jimmie and his only friend, Montgomery, make a pilgrimage across San Francisco to Jimmie’s dream home and imagine what life would be like if this neighborhood had never changed. When they realize the house’s current owners have moved out, Jimmie decides to recreate the home his family once had. As he struggles to reconnect with his family and reconstruct the community he longs for, Jimmie’s domestic aspirations blind him to reality.
Directed by Joe Talbot. Written by Joe Talbot & Rob Richert. Produced by Khaliah Neal, Joe Talbot, Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner & Christina Oh.
Sundance Film Festival | US Dramatic Competition
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Light From Light is an alumnus of
No Borders at IFP Week 2017
Single mom Shelia, gifted with sometimes-prophetic dreams, moonlights as a paranormal investigator while working at a car-rental service counter and raising her teenage son, Owen. After her appearance on a local radio program, she’s contacted about Richard, a recent widower who thinks his wife may be haunting his East Tennessee farmhouse. Agreeing to help, Shelia brings along Owen and his sweet classmate Lucy in hopes of understanding the mystery.
Directed & Written by Paul Harrill. Produced by James M. Johnston, Kelly Williams, Toby Halbrooks, Elisabeth Moss, Tim Headington & Theresa Steele.
Sundance Film Festival | NEXT
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Midnight Family is an alumnus of
Spotlight on Documentaries at IFP Week 2017
With striking vérité camerawork, Midnight Family drops us directly into the frenetic nighttime emergency ecosystem of Mexico City. In the midst of high-speed ambulance rides, we meet the Ochoas, a ragtag family of private paramedics, who try desperately every day to be the first responders to critically injured patients.
Directed by Luke Lorentzen. Produced by Kellen Quinn, Luke Lorentzen, Daniela Alatorre & Elena Fortes.
Sundance Film Festival | US Documentary Competition
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Monos is an alumnus of
No Borders at IFP Week 2014
Belonging to a rebel group called “the Organization,” a ragtag band of child soldiers, brandishing guns and war names like Rambo, Wolf, Lady, and Bigfoot, occupies a derelict ruin atop a remote mountain where they train themselves, watch over a “conscripted” milk cow, and hold hostage a kidnapped American engineer, Doctora (Julianne Nicholson). But after an attack forces them to abandon their base, playtime is over for the motley young crew.
Directed by Alejandro Landes. Written by Alejandro Landes & Alexis Dos Santos. Produced by Alejandro Landes, Fernando Epstein, Santiago Zapata & Cristina Landes.
Sundance Film Festival | World Cinema Dramatic Competition
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One Child Nation is Fiscally Sponsored by IFP
For Nanfu Wang, now a first-time mother, investigating the policy of forcibly restricting family size spawns traumatic recollections from her own family’s recent past. These stories, in turn, unleash a dizzying number of revelations from journalists, officials, parents, and activists about the widespread enforcement of sterilization, child abandonment, and state-sponsored kidnappings.
Directed by Nanfu Wang & Jialing Zhang. Produced by Nanfu Wang, Jialing Zhang, Julie Goldman, Christoph Jörg, Christopher Clements & Carolyn Hepburn.
Sundance Film Festival | US Documentary Competition
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Selah and the Spades is an alumnus of
No Borders at IFP Week 2017 & is Fiscally Sponsored by IFP
In the closed world of an elite Pennsylvania boarding school, the Haldwell, the student body is run by five factions. Seventeen-year-old Selah Summers runs the most dominant group, the Spades, with unshakable poise, as they cater to the most classic of vices and supply students with coveted, illegal alcohol and pills. Tensions between the factions escalate, and when Selah’s best friend/right hand Maxxi becomes distracted by a new love, Selah takes on a protégée, enamored sophomore Paloma, to whom she imparts her wisdom on ruling the school. But with graduation looming and Paloma proving an impressively quick study, Selah’s fears turn sinister as she grapples with losing the control by which she defines herself.
Directed & Written by Tayarisha Poe. Produced by Lauren McBride, Drew Houpt, Lucas Joaquin, Tayarisha Poe & Jill Ahrens.
Sundance Film Festival | NEXT
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The Sound of Silence is an alumnus of
No Borders at IFP Week 2014
A self-taught scientist, Peter works in New York as a “house tuner”—a unique, highly specialized profession he’s invented. His clients approach him with troubles like depression, anxiety, or fatigue. After extensive analysis of their homes’ acoustic characteristics, he identifies some sonic combination—a radiator mixed with a kitchen appliance, for instance—that’s altering their mood. Despite some skepticism, his clients see results … until he meets Ellen, who is experiencing exhaustion. After his initial conclusion proves incorrect, Peter obsessively searches for the fault in his practice.
Directed by Michael Tyburski. Written by Ben Nabors & Michael Tyburski. Produced by Ben Nabors, Michael Prall, Tariq Merhab, Charlie Scully, Mandy Tagger Brockey & Adi Ezroni.
Sundance Film Festival | US Dramatic Competition
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