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Aanikoobijigan [ancestor/great-grandparent/great-grandchild]

Trapped in museum archives, Ancestors bend time and space to find their way home. History, spirituality, and the law collide as tribal repatriation specialists fight to return and rebury Indigenous human remains, offering a revealing look at the still-pervasive worldviews that justified collecting them in the first place.

Feb 1, 12:00 P.M. MSTin-person

World Cinema Documentary Competition

All About the Money

A son of one of Americas wealthiest families creates a communist revolutionary base in rural Massachusetts as a means of disrupting the capitalist system he grew up in but has now come to despise. Its the starting point of an astonishing journey.

Jan 30, 9:00 P.M. MSTin-person

U.S. Documentary Competition

American Doctor

When three American doctors — Palestinian, Jewish, and Zoroastrian — enter Gaza to save lives, they find themselves caught between medicine and politics, risking everything to expose the truth.

Jan 25, 11:30 A.M. MSTin-person

Short Program

Animated Short Film Program

Animated Short Film Program

Jan 25, 11:30 A.M. MSTin-person

Premieres

Antiheroine

Singer, songwriter, and actor Courtney Love has long had an impact on rock and pop culture. Now sober and set to release new music for the first time in over a decade, Courtney is ready to reveal her story, unfiltered and unapologetic.

Jan 31, 11:00 A.M. MSTin-person

Episodic

BAIT

Struggling actor Shah Latif auditions for the role of a lifetime, only to see his life spiral out of control over four frenetic days.

Jan 24, 5:30 P.M. MSTin-person

U.S. Documentary Competition

Barbara Forever

An archive-driven exploration of the life, work, and legacy of iconic, pioneering lesbian filmmaker Barbara Hammer.

Jan 31, 11:15 A.M. MSTin-person

U.S. Dramatic Competition

Bedford Park

Haunted by an abusive childhood, Audrey, a Korean American woman in her 30s, faces her emotional past. When her mother’s car accident brings her back to her parents’ home, she meets the man responsible for the accident. Their relationship builds, passions ignite, and they form a loving connection.

Jan 31, 2:15 P.M. MSTin-person

Midnight

The Best Summer

Immersive POV camera footage reveals electric performances, candid interviews, and intimate backstage life with Beastie Boys, Sonic Youth, Foo Fighters, Pavement, Rancid, Beck, The Amps, and Bikini Kill — an all-access view inside an era-defining moment in music.

Jan 27, 9:00 P.M. MSTin-person

World Cinema Dramatic Competition

Big Girls Don’t Cry

Over one transformative summer in rural New Zealand in 2006, 14-year-old Sid Bookman discovers desire, identity, and the internet as she imitates the people she longs to be loved by.

Jan 29, 9:00 P.M. MSTin-person

World Cinema Documentary Competition

Birds of War

The love story of a London-based Lebanese journalist and a Syrian activist and cameraman as told through 13 years of personal archives across revolutions, war, and exile.

Jan 26, 6:00 P.M. MSTin-person

Premieres

The Brittney Griner Story

Explores the circumstances that led to Brittney Griner playing basketball outside the U.S. despite being one of the best players in the sport, including her harrowing detainment, unwavering determination to secure her freedom, and her advocacy for the release of other wrongful detainees.

Jan 31, 2:00 P.M. MSTin-person

Spotlight

Broken English

A portrait of the inimitable singer, songwriter, and icon Marianne Faithfull.

Jan 24, 3:00 P.M. MSTin-person

Midnight

Buddy

A brave girl and her friends must escape a kids television show.

Jan 24, 11:55 P.M. MSTin-person

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BURN

When runaway teen Ju-Ju is embraced by a tribe of misfit youths in Kabukicho, she finds belonging for the first time — until betrayal and despair twist her haven into a prison, and she’s left with one way to take back control.

Feb 1, 11:55 P.M. MSTin-person

U.S. Dramatic Competition

Carousel

A divorced doctor’s carefully constructed life in Cleveland is upended when his daughter’s debate aspirations and the unexpected return of a past love force him to confront his own choices and embrace a second chance.

Jan 23, 8:30 P.M. MSTin-person

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