Creede U.S.A. For generations, a remote Colorado mountain mining town's residents have held tightly to their heritage and values. But when the town brought in a theater company to revitalize the economy, the citizens were introduced to new ideas and perspectives—creating an ongoing tension between tradition and change.

Time and Water Facing the death of his country’s glaciers and the loss of his beloved grandparents, Icelandic writer Andri Snær Magnason turns his archives into a time capsule to hold what is slipping away — family, memory, time, and water.

Short Films: Portraits Unique characters with grit, creativity and determination define this special collection. Shorts include: A SHORT DOCUMENTARY ABOUT A GIANT PENCIL (directed by Daniel Straub), THE BADDEST SPEECHWRITER OF ALL (directed by Stephen Curry & Ben Proudfoot), STRONG GRANDMA (directed by Cecilia Brown, Winslow Crane-Murdoch), PLANETWALKER (directed by Nadia Gill & Dominic Gill). […]

Cookie Queens It’s Girl Scout Cookie season, and four tenacious girls strive to be a top-selling “Cookie Queen,” navigating an $800 million business in which childhood and ambition collide. Our local Girl Scout Troop 10745 has a little surprise for you after the screening.

The Tale of Silyan Inspired by the folktale of the boy Siljan, who, after a quarrel with his father, turns into a stork and leaves home, the film is a story about the relationship between a farmer and a white stork.

Honeyjoon Persian-Kurdish Lela and her American daughter June take a trip to the romantic Azores after a recent loss, both with polar opposite views about why they’re there, how to grieve, and the size of June’s tiny bikini. Amidst honeymooners, the Woman, Life, Freedom movement and their hot, philosophical tour guide, João, the pair find […]

What happens when art meets trash? Maintenance Artist profiles pioneering public artist Mierle Laderman Ukeles — the first artist-in-residence at NYC’s Department of Sanitation. To celebrate Maintenance Art, stop by the Mendocino Art galleries for Extreme Ironing on Friday, May 29. Bring an item of clothing to be ironed to the gallery of your choice.

This uniquely intimate portrayal of tennis legend and trailblazer Billie Jean King reveals the inner turmoil behind the immense sacrifices she made to transform her sport and the world.

A romantic journey of an “untouchable” Delhi street artist who trekked 6,000 miles from India to Sweden, by bicycle, to reunite with the woman he loves. An inspiring, heart-warming, epic true-life adventure about the search for self-belief and risking everything for what your heart tells you.

Socorro is a lawyer obsessed with finding the soldier who killed her brother during the 1968 Tlatelolco massacre. When she receives a crucial clue about the soldier’s whereabouts fifty years after her brother’s death, Socorro embarks on a reckless mission for revenge.

A riveting portrait of a 100-year-old CIA spymaster who escaped Nazi Germany as a Jewish refugee to become the first CIA Station chief in post-war Berlin and a key player in Cold War espionage.

In this unconventional and comedic road odyssey, a Lebanese mother and her American son (Lubna Azabal, Daniel Zolghadri) drive across the United States, revealing the fractures and bonds between them. Poetically shot against the country's wide-open vistas, Hot Water upends traditional ideas of home and belonging with cutting humor and remarkable beauty. For mature audiences: […]

YANUNI follows Juma Xipaia, an Indigenous chief from the Amazon, who rises from activism to Brazil’s new Ministry of Indigenous Peoples. While her husband Hugo, a federal agent, raids illegal gold miners, she navigates politics, threats, and impending motherhood — at the personal cost of resistance.

A polar bear is forced to navigate a human world of tourists, wildlife officers, and hunters as its ancient migration collides with modern life. When a sacred predator is branded a nuisance, it becomes unclear who truly belongs in this shared landscape.