By Matt Heywood
SYNOPSIS4 Little Girls powerfully portrays the people and events leading up to the violent bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama on September 15, 1963, that took the lives of four young Black girls. SPECIAL NOTEThis screening is part of a tribute to MNFF Honoree Sam Pollard, who produced and edited the film. Read More...
PREMIERE DESIGNATION
United States
SYNOPSIS
6FT is a surreal fever-dream of a short film, in which an isolated creature struggles to break free from the safety and suffocation of its forced seclusion. Created as a collaboration between artists in Brooklyn and London, 6FT. is about loneliness, connection, and our separate-but-shared quarantine experiences.
PREMIERE DESIGNATION
New England
SYNOPSIS
Daniel, a highly accomplished but troubled dancer, comes home from college only to find himself entangled in a psychological battle between himself and his concerned father.
PREMIERE DESIGNATION
Vermont
SYNOPSIS
It’s 1965, the eve of decriminalization of acts of male homosexuality. Matthews, a young gay man at odds with the world, discovers love, sex and a family in the backstreets and underground bars of London’s Soho.
PREMIERE DESIGNATION
New England
SYNOPSIS
Off the coast of Alaska lies a remote island that’s home to the Tsimshian Indians of Alaska’s last native reserve, Metlakatla. For more than a century, two sacred traditions have defined Metlakatla: fishing and basketball. In an improbable journey, two cousins lead their team and town in search of their first state championship in more than thirty years—the only thing that will bring life back to an island that has been rocked by tragedy.
PREMIERE DESIGNATION
United States
SYNOPSIS
A peculiar relationship develops between a mukbang Youtuber and her entranced editor.
PREMIERE DESIGNATION
Vermont
SYNOPSIS
In 1893, a 13-year-old girl came to work for French painter Paul Gauguin as his maid and model. They called her Annah la Javanaise. This is a reimagining of her story.
PREMIERE DESIGNATION
Vermont
SYNOPSIS
The people of rural Storm Lake, Iowa confront a changing and precarious existence. Enter Art Cullen and his family members who deliver local news and editorials on a shoestring budget for their 3,000 readers of the Storm Lake Times. This paper offers a fighting chance for their beloved hometown, and by hook or by crook, the Cullens make the most of it. There’s simply too much at stake.
PREMIERE DESIGNATION
Vermont
WINNER
Gaia Prize for Environmental Filmmaking
SYNOPSIS
How do you change someone’s mind about the most important thing in the world? Anita Chitaya has a gift – she can help bring abundant food from dead soil, she can make men fight for gender equality, and she can end child hunger in her village. Now, to save her home from extreme weather, she faces her greatest challenge – persuading Americans that climate change is real.
PREMIERE DESIGNATION
Vermont
SYNOPSIS
A man arrives at an unknown home with an unknown agenda.