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Cinemafile
Cinemafile showcases the very best in independent, documentary and foreign films through our conversations with the more than 2,000 filmmakers who made them. Through Cinemafile we will do our best to bring the most interesting and accomplished filmmakers from around the world to your attention.
Episodes
CinemafileLADY - Director Samuel Abrahams
Director Samuel Abrahams' high concept film, LADY, zeroes in on a seemingly deluded aristocrat Lady Isabella (Sian Clifford) who has hired a struggling…
CinemafileTenzing - Director Jennifer Peedom
Based on true events, "Tenzing” chronicles the little-known story of Tenzing Norgay (Genden Phuntsok), a gifted Himalayan climber who, alongside New Zealand…
CinemafilePULP: What Do You Do For An Encore? - Director Garth Jennings
PULP: What Do You Do For An Encore? is a celebration of one of Britain's most unusual bands, captured during their triumphant 2025 tour. Directed by longtime…
Cinemafile*Now screening at Coast Film & Music Festival - The Last Place on Earth - Director David Gardner & Producer Shayne McGrath
THE LAST PLACE ON EARTH is a thrilling, nine-year journey into the heart of Sumatra’s Leuser Ecosystem—a 2.6-million-hectare rainforest where tigers…
Cinemafile*Now screening* Coast Film and Music Festival - The Cycle of Love - Director Orlando von Einsiedel
In 1977, PK, a 23-year-old street artist from a marginalized “untouchable” family in Delhi, set out on an extraordinary 6,000-mile journey across continents…
CinemafileThe Art of Adventure - Director Alison Reid
From Alison Reid, the director of the critically acclaimed documentary about the late and beloved zoologist Anne Innis Dagg, The Woman Who Loves Giraffes…
CinemafileMiss Representation: Rise Up - Director Jennifer Siebel Newsom
Over a decade after Miss Representation exposed the media's contribution to the under- representation of women in leadership, Miss Representation: Rise Up…
CinemafileCase 137 - Director Dominik Moll
Following the Yellow Vest protests of Paris in 2018, internal affairs officer Stéphanie Bertrand must investigate the conduct of her fellow police officers…
CinemafileFollowing Harry - Director Susanne Rostock
Directed by Susanne Rostock (Sing Your Song), FOLLOWING HARRY joins legendary artist and civil rights leader Harry Belafonte as he embarks on a deeply personal…
CinemafileBird in Hand - Director Melody C. Roscher
Inspired by Roscher’s own biracial experience, BIRD IN HAND follows the newly engaged Bird Rowe (Alisha Wainwright) as she returns to her rural hometown to…
CinemafileThe Last Message - Subject Kelsie Kimberlin (Co-directors Andrii Voloshyn & Oleksii Mykhailovych Liebiediev)
In The Last Message, Kelsie Kimberlin travels to Ukraine to uncover why her 21-year-old cousin Andrii Rachok was killed by Russian forces during their…
CinemafileStalin Boys - Co-directors Bianca Giaever and Ora DeKornfeld
STALIN BOYS follows four Mexican American middle school boys in a tiny Texas border town who have developed an unusual obsession with Joseph Stalin. When their…
CinemafilePlaying with Fire: An Ecosexual Emergency - Co-directors Beth Stephens & Annie Sprinkle
When lightning ignites a firestorm in their redwood forest sanctuary in Northern California, longtime lovers and artists Beth Stephens & Annie Sprinkle are…
CinemafileAntoinetta Stallings - Maxscene Division at Tyler Perry Studios
Joining us on this edition of Cinemafile is Antoinetta Stallings, the Head of the MAXSCENE Division at Tyler Perry Studios, a new specialty division dedicated…
CinemafileIthaqua - Director Casey Walker
As a brutal winter grips the Canadian wilderness and the fur trade begins its collapse, the isolated inhabitants of a remote trading outpost enlist Cole…
CinemafileSongs of Slow Burning Earth - Director Olha Zhurba & Producer Darya Bassel
SONGS OF SLOW BURNING EARTH was filmed during the first two years of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, documenting the lives of civilians, children and…
CinemafileThis is Buzz - Director Mark Pellington
This Is Buzz is experimental and music-driven documentary, illustrating the tale of the seismically influential, yet somehow forgotten, MTV slice of life…
CinemafileThe Scout - Paula González-Nasser
Sofia works as a location scout for a TV pilot filming in New York City. It’s her job to find the homes, businesses, and exteriors where the show will be…
CinemafileEverybody to Kenmure Street - Director Felipe Bustos Sierra
Director Felipe Bustos Sierra's award winning documentary, Everybody to Kenmure Street, is set in motion by a remarkable series of events on a May 2021 morning…
CinemafilePOWWOW PEOPLE - Director Sky Hopinka (Ho-Chunk/Pechanga)
POWWOW PEOPLE is a vérité-style documentary grounded in the rhythms, relationships, and lived experience of contemporary Native powwow culture. Told through…
CinemafileMy Omaha - Director and Subject Nick Beaulieu
As Omaha is shaken by protests and a death that becomes a movement flashpoint, filmmaker Nick Beaulieu navigates family conflict, personal reckoning, and the…
CinemafileInfirmary - Director Nicholas Pineda
A guard vanished on his first night at an old psych hospital in 2023. His bodycam footage shows unexplainable incidents that continue to baffle investigators…
CinemafileBeware Boiuna - Director Mike P. Nelson
A team of young doctors embarks on a humanitarian mission to the Amazon rainforest, full of enthusiasm to help those in need, but each of them with their own…
CinemafileTraces of Home – Director Colette Ghunim
TRACES OF HOME follows filmmaker Colette Ghunim on an extraordinary journey of self-discovery as she sets out to reunite her parents with the ancestral homes…
CinemafileSunny Dancer – Director George Jaques
IVY, 17, is a cancer survivor, in remission. Once one of the popular girls at school, she’s now angry and withdrawn, riddled with survivor’s guilt. She hates…
CinemafileThe Condor Daughter - Director Alvaro Olmos Torrico
Bolivia’s entry for the 2027 Academy Award for Best International Feature Film, THE CONDOR DAUGHTER, tells the story of Clara, a teenager growing up in a small…
CinemafileGive It a Shot - Director Vaishali Sinha
A global race to develop a new male contraceptive that could revolutionize family planning and improve women’s lives globally. Give It A Shot follows the…
CinemafileBrailled It - Co-directors David Grabias & Brendon Schulze & Salome & Isaiah & Chris
Every year, the top under-18 braille readers and writers from across the English-speaking world gather in Los Angeles to compete in the Braille Challenge. For…
CinemafileYou Had to Be There - Director Nick Davis
YOU HAD TO BE THERE is a hilarious, emotional, and revelatory documentary about the legendary 1972 Canadian production of Godspell that changed entertainment…
CinemafileYou Can’t be Neutral on a Moving Train - Co-directors Deb Ellis & Denis Mueller
You Con’t be Neutral on a Moving Train looks at the amazing life of the renowned historian, activist and author, Howard Zinn. Following his early days as a…
Cinemafile*From the Archive* Wisdom of Happiness - Co-directors Barbara Miller
Co-directors Barbara Miller and Philip Delaquis WISDOM OF HAPPINESS shows us a timeless truth: happiness is still possible, even in the midst of chaos and…
Cinemafile*Best of 2026* - Ghost in the Machine - Director Valerie Veatch
Director Valerie Veatch navigates the torrential rapids of artificial intelligence with this mind-expanding investigative essay documentary that excavates the…
CinemafileThe Natural State Director Matthew Dougherty
In 1989, Julie Thayer, a wealthy mother from New York City, went to the Swiss Alps to have her ego destroyed. The man she chose for the job was U.G…
CinemafileThe Hummingbird Paints Fragrant Songs - Co-directors Matteo Norzi & Èlia Gasull Balada
Sara Flores, a visionary practitioner of kené—the design system of the Shipibo People—spent a lifetime with little recognition before finding herself, in her…
CinemafileThe Oldest Person in the World - Director Sam Green
THE OLDEST PERSON IN THE WORLD is a decade-long odyssey chronicling the ever-changing record holders of the title of oldest person alive. As the title…
CinemafileBlack Zombie - Director Maya Annik Bedward
BLACK ZOMBIE digs beneath the blood-soaked spectacle of modern horror to uncover the zombie’s buried and unsettling origins. Long before it became associated…
Cinemafile*Why Labor Day Matters* - Who Moves America - Director Yael Bridge
UPS is the world’s largest package delivery company, moving millions of packages across 200 countries and territories every day. With their 2023 contract set…
Cinemafile*Cinemafile Archive* - The Teacher - Director Farah Nabulsi
A gripping and emotional drama filmed and set in the West Bank of Palestine, THE TEACHER, the debut feature from Oscar-nominated director Farah Nabulsi. The…
CinemafileThe Incomer - Director Louis Paxton
Sundance Award winning comedy, The Incomer is a modern folk fairy tale set on a remote Scottish island, where two siblings survive by hunting seabirds…
CinemafileOccupational Hazard: The First Coral Reefers - Director John H. Cunningham
OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD: THE FIRST CORAL REEFERS is a feature documentary that journeys back to the 1970s and early 1980s to tell the origin story of Jimmy…
CinemafileTeenage Wasteland - Co-directors Amanda McBaine & Jesse Moss
Set in 1991 in upstate New York, Teenage Wasteland follows a group of teenage misfits, inspired by a renegade English teacher, who embark on a student film…
CinemafileThe Cycle of Love - Director Orlando von Einsiedel
Orlando von Einsiedel's THE CYCLE OF LOVE begins in 1977, PK, with a 23-year-old street artist from a marginalized “untouchable” family in Delhi as he sets out…
CinemafileThe Sun Never Sets - Director Joe Swanberg
Wendy (Dakota Fanning) believes she's perfectly happy in her relationship, until her older boyfriend, Jack (Jake Johnson), who is divorced with children…
CinemafileHanging by a Wire - Director Mohammed Ali Naqvi
Hanging by a Wire recounts the true story of a routine school commute that turned terrifying when a makeshift cable car's wire snapped, leaving eight…
CinemafileFinding Emily - Director Alicia MacDonald
From the producers of Bridget Jones’s Diary and Love Actually comes the heartfelt new romantic comedy FINDING EMILY. Sensitive musician Owen (Spike Fearn)…
CinemafileLearning to Fly - Director Max Lowe
LEARNING TO FLY follows former competitive runner turned photographer Aisha McAdams as she embarks on a journey to document the triumphs and struggles of some…
CinemafileMOOCH - Director Jeff Ryan
Set against the backdrop of suburban New Jersey golf courses, MOOCH is about Shane, played by Jeff Ryan, at nearly thirty and still the oldest caddy at his…
Cinemafile*2026 Sundance Award Winner - American Doctor - Director Poh Si Teng
From Oscar®-nominated and Emmy® Award-winning filmmaker Poh Si Teng, AMERICAN DOCTOR follows three American physicians— Palestinian, Jewish, and…
CinemafileHow To Divorce During the War - Director Andrius Blaževičius
Vilnius, 2022. High-flying executive Marija (Zygimante Elena Jakstaite) chooses the worst possible moment to inform her husband Vytas (Vee-tus) (Marius Repsys)…
CinemafileNever Stop Chasing - Director Ken Cole & Subject Reed Timmer
In the immersive documentary Never Stop Chasing, legendary storm chaser Reed Timmer pursues a life hunting the world’s most violent weather. Haunted by the…
CinemafileTo Use a Mountain - Director Casey Carter
In 1982, six rural communities across the United States were notified that all of the nation’s nuclear waste might be buried beneath them forever. Faced with a…
CinemafileOur Hero, Balthazar - Director Oscar Boyson & Co-screenwriter Ricky Camilleri
The audacious coming-of-age story that expertly balances pitch-black humor with a sense of creeping menace, Our Hero, Balthazar is an engrossing modern fable…
CinemafileUnion County - Director Adam Meeks
Will Poulter and Noah Centineo give pitch perfect performances in Adam Meeks's Sundance hit, Union County. Playing brothers Cody and Jack Parsons, each…
CinemafileWinter Hymns - Director Nathan Deming
WINTER HYMNS takes shape in a single hospital room on a gray winter day, Dr. Linda Vobernik (Colleen Madden) meets a series of patients and families…
CinemafileAwake, My Soul: The Story of the Sacred Harp, Co-directors Matt Hinton & Erica Hinton
Erica and Matt Hinton's are the filmmaking team behind this endlessly fascinating documentary Awake, My Soul: The Story of the Sacred Harp. It is the first…
CinemafileA Paradise Lost - Director Laurie Sumyie
A PARADISE LOST is the enchanting, yet harrowing tale of the yellow finch of Palila v. Hawaii, a landmark case where nature took humanity to court to stave off…
CinemafileA Sad and Beautiful World - Director Cyril Aris
A SAD AND BEAUTIFUL WORLD is a sweeping love story that spans three decades of friendship, passion, heartbreak, and hope. Nino, an eternal optimist, and…
CinemafileWetiko - Director Kerry Mondragon
Director Kerry Mondragon takes us deep in the dense jungles of the Yucatan, where the air hums and the ground seems alive. A film that is destined for Midnight…
CinemafileBoutique: To Preserve and Collect - Director Ry Levey
Director Ry Levey’s wildly entertaining documentary BOUTIQUE: TO PRESERVE AND COLLECT chronicles the remarkable resurgence of collectible Blu-ray culture and…
CinemafileLouder Than Guns - Director Doug Pray
In the wake of yet another mass shooting, this time at The Covenant School in Nashville, Ketch Secor, lead singer of the popular country-bluegrass band Old…