The Safest Place, directed by In Jeong Kim and Michaela Vatcheva, tells the story of a grieving mother who sets out to change the way social media works when her 14-year-old son loses his life to a counterfeit pill he orders on Snapchat.
Washed Ashore, directed by Ley Heimgartner & Cameron Nielsen, follows an international team of marine biologists as they investigate the mysterious and sudden die-off of the Pacific Gray Whale.
Carl Runs the Paper, a film by Manish Khanal & Joey Horan, follows a newfound newspaper editor as he navigates grief while saving California’s oldest weekly paper.
Megan Bergerons’ film Messengers follows the story of public high school students in the Bay Area that are being overworked without the resources to handle stress or anxiety, which, after the pandemic, has led to a rise in suicide and hospitalizations.
In Spread Thin, directed by Bashirah Mack, the legal fight against pregnancy discrimination has left one mother, and her family, spread thin.
Finding Home, directed by Idris Muktar Ibrahim & Qinghui Kong 孔庆晖, follows two young men — 14-year-old Jahmir and 25-year-old Garret — as they navigate life in one of Minneapolis’ roughest neighborhoods — Northside, and how one boxing gym became a sanctuary for them away from police and gang violence.
Tom Brouns’ film The Search tells the story of how an airman’s suicide leaves her family with lingering questions and a feeling of abandonment.
