The Red Shadows

This World Made Itself Matreyek’s shadow silhouette navigates surreal landscapes to create a lush visual and aural illustrated journey through the history of the earth, from its beginnings to the complicating introduction of humanity.

Stray Experience the bustle of Istanbul street life through the eyes of three stray dogs – Zeytin, Nazar and Kartal.

Lost Landscapes of Oakla... Rick Prelinger’s Lost Landscapes projects are evolving compendiums of footage from amateurs, industrials, and newsreels that present city-specific histories. This piece, created by Prelinger and alex cruse, brings us rare and rediscovered images of Oakland and the East Bay.

Acting Out of Love This romantic comedy is about a loser practicing how to “LOVE”.

Atlantis: The Underwater... During a trip to Stonehenge, two youngsters are kidnapped by a mysterious light ray coming from space. These children wake up in an odd spacecraft driven by Filnir, an elf with long pointed ears. Their destination is the mythical underwater city of Atlantis where Princess Lutienne is waiting for the spacecraft. Once she sees them she gets rather annoyed as she was longing to see Zoltan, the Legendary magician. He would have helped her to rescue the town from the unwelcome invasion of the terrible aliens called Egrims. The situation is desperate: how can two young human beings face such powerful and big enemies? The answer is in this entertaining cartoon! Don't miss it!

River City Drumbeat For 30 years, Ed “Nardie” White has dedicated his life to uplifting and empowering African-American youth through the River City Drum Corps, teaching kids about their African roots and culture through music. Filmmakers Marlon Johnson and Anne Flatté spent years in Louisville, KY, filming the charismatic founder and the many children he inspired. As he prepares to pass the torch to his successor and former student Albert, Nardie also reflects on the triumphs and bittersweet losses of the past three decades. River City Drumbeat is an inspirational story of music, love, and legacy set in the American South.

Dramarama In 1994, a closeted teen struggles to part ways with his four high school drama friends at their final murder mystery party before they leave for college.

Birds in Paradise A two-channel epic: Birds in Paradise is a hybrid of 3D animated queer utopian dystopias and live-action cyber drag. Evoking an array of creative influences including Fluxus, Surrealist filmmakers, choreographer Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker, voguing, Hieronymous Bosch, the video game Final Fantasy, and Daft Punk. Featuring a soundtrack with his mother Patricia’s a capella recordings remixed into syrupy thick dance beats, Satterwhite’s video brims with pleasurable contradictions and brutal indictments of our age of ever-impending apocalypse.

The Iron Hammer In this personal and rousing documentary, Joan Chen charts the inspiring life and career of “Jenny” Lang Ping, a fearless and independent Olympic athlete who propels China to international prominence in volleyball. On the court, her most effective weapon is her lethal spike, hence her titular nickname, while her leadership skills and calm demeanor solidify her unique status as the first player and coach to win multiple World Championships and Olympic gold. Chen, in her documentary feature debut, skillfully combines thrilling excerpts from championship games, intimate conversations with Lang Ping, her colleagues, and players to craft an entertaining and multi-dimensional portrait of this groundbreaking athlete who transformed women’s volleyball.

Shit & Champagne After her fiancé, Rod, and her half-sister, Brandy are both brutally murdered, Champagne (a divorcée and exotic dancer from the wrong side of the tracks) uses “all the right moves” to single-handedly take on the largest sex, drug and back-to-school clothing ring in the country, Mal-Wart.