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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
Cinemafile*Best of 2025* - Jazzy - Director Morrisa Maltz
In this follow-up to her award-winning film THE UNKNOWN COUNTRY, Film Independent Spirit Awards nominee filmmaker Morrisa Maltz's latest project, JAZZY, is an…
Cinemafile*Best of 2025* - Grand Tour - Director Miguel Gomes
From Miguel Gomes, the award winning director of Tabu and Arabian Nights, comes a globe-trotting tale of unrequited love. Earning Gomes the Best Director prize…
CinemafileSomnium - Director Racheal Cain
Director Rachael Cain's SOMNIUM follows the harrowing story of a young woman trying to figure things out. After a painful breakup, Gemma moves to Los Angeles…
CinemafileNaked Ambition - Co-directors Dennis Scholl and Kareem Tabsch
Bunny Yeager, once heralded as the world’s prettiest photographer, had a huge influence on 20th-century pop culture, though few people know her name. Whether…
Cinemafile*Best of 2025 - Eephus - Director Carson Lund
Carson Lund’s feature film debut, EEPHUS, focuses on two recreational baseball teams, the River Dogs and Adler’s Paint. The two teams have been meeting on…
Cinemafile*Best of 2025* - Bob Trevino Likes It - Director Tracie Laymon
BOB TREVINO LIKES IT is inspired by the true friendship that writer/director Tracie Laymon found with a stranger when looking for her father online. Often…
CinemafileAll the Walls Came Down - Director Ondi Timoner
When the devastating Eaton fire destroyed her home and life’s work in Altadena, California, award-winning filmmaker Ondi Timoner’s ALL THE WALLS CAME DOWN is a…
CinemafileClemente - Director David Altrogge
Clemente is the definitive documentary on the extraordinary life, career, and enduring legacy of Major League Baseball icon Roberto Clemente. Told through…
CinemafileLost in the Jungle - Co-directors Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi, Jimmy Chin, and Juan Camilo Cruz
After a deadly plane crash strands four young siblings deep within the Colombian rainforest, a dramatic rescue mission unfolds, uniting Indigenous trackers and…
Cinemafile*Best of 2025* - Sally - Director Cristina Costantini
Sally Ride became the first American woman to blast off into space, but beneath her unflappable composure, she carried a secret. Sally’s life partner, Tam…
Cinemafile*Best of 2025* - Between the Mountain and the Sky - Director Jeremy Power Regimbal
In this emotionally wrenching feature documentary, Between the Mountain and the Sky, director Jeremy Power Regimbal explores the life a Maggie Doyne, a…
CinemafileAngelheaded Hipster - Director Ethan Silverman
Director Ethan Silverman’s ANGELHEADED HIPSTER: THE SONGS OF MARC BOLAN & T-REX is a visually rich and musically daring documentary that fluidly moves between…
CinemafileThe Fantastic Golem Affairs - Co-directors Juan González and Fernando Martínez
The Fantastic Golem Affairs begins with Juan and David playing a movie guessing game on a rooftop. During an animated round, David strips naked, mimics a…
Cinemafile*Best of 2025* The Bibi Files - Director Alexis Bloom
Alexis Bloom’s blistering documentary THE BIBI FILES is an urgent journalistic exposé based on unseen leaked footage of police interrogations of the Israeli…
CinemafileSwamp Dogg Gets His Pool Painted - Co-directors Isaac Gale & Ryan Olson
SWAMP DOGG GETS HIS POOL PAINTED is a wildly entertaining and fittingly unconventional documentary about convention-defying singer, songwriter and record…
CinemafileDemocracy Noir - Director Connie Field
Amidst the brazen rise of 21st century authoritarianism, few politicians have proven as corrupt and adept at undermining democracy as Hungarian Prime Minister…
Cinemafile*Best of 2025* Little, Big, and Far - Director Jem Cohen
Little, Big, and Far hones in on the life and work of Karl, an Austrian astronomer, professor and museum consultant, is at a crossroads in life and work. At…
CinemafileAMOEBA - Director Siyou Tan
In her feature film debut AMOEBA, writer and director Siyou Tan follows 16-year-old Choo as she befriends three rebellious classmates in their elite all-girls…
CinemafileLove, Brooklyn - Director Racheal Abigail Holder
Cities and their dwellers evolve and grow in ways that are both richly intertwined and beautifully complex. In her gentle, timeless and quietly absorbing debut…
CinemafileA Savage Art: The Life & Cartoons of Pat Oliphant - Director Bill Banowsky
Patrick Oliphant was a giant slayer. In addition to being a fearless stunt pilot, executing dangerous maneuvers just to blow off a little steam, he bravely…
Cinemafile*BEST OF 2025* Grand Theft Hamlet - Co-directors Sam Crane & Pinny Grylls
It’s January 2021. The United Kingdom has just entered its 3rd lockdown and all theatres remain closed. For actors Sam Crane and Mark Osterveen, the future…
Cinemafile*BEST OF 2025* Julie Keeps Quiet - Director Leonardo Van Dijl
Easily one of the best films of 2025 JULIE KEEPS QUIET focuses on the star player, Julie, at an elite youth tennis academy. Julie’s life revolves around the…
CinemafileBecoming Thurgood: America’s Social Architect - Director Alexis Aggre
Becoming Thurgood: America’s Social Architect, a new one-hour documentary, explores the life and legacy of Thurgood Marshall, the visionary lawyer and civil…
CinemafileGriffin in Summer - Director Nicholas Colia
GRIFFIN IN SUMMER, revolves around Griffin Nafly, played by break-out star Everett Blunck, who is the most ambitious playwright of his generation. He's also…
CinemafileMake A Circle - Co-directors Jen Bradwell and Todd Boekelheide
With a mixture of humor, outrage and passion, MAKE A CIRCLE follows a groupof child care providers determined to change how society values the education of its…
CinemafileBoys Go To Jupiter - Director Julian Glander
It's the day after Christmas in suburban Florida and Billy 5000 (Jack Corbett) and his friends pass the seemingly endless days by slacking, shoplifting, and…
CinemafileLurker - Director Alex Russell
A screw-turning psychological thriller made for the moment, LURKER is the razor-sharp directorial debut from The Bear and Beef writer-producer Alex Russell…
CinemafilePools - Director Samuel Hayes
POOLS dives into the chaotic life of Kennedy, a rebellious college student who has one day to get her life together or face expulsion. Rather than conform, she…
CinemafileCharmin Wipes Out a Forest - Director Steve Mims & Producer Brian Rogers
A surprisingly comic in-depth expose of the massive deforestation required to deliver the nation’s most popular bath tissue brand, CHARMIN WIPES OUT A FOREST…
CinemafileCheckpoint Zoo - Director Joshua Zeman
Director Joshua Zeman’s intense documentary, CHECKPOINT ZOO focuses on the early days of the Russian-Ukrainian war Kharkiv, the country’s second largest city…
CinemafileKerouac’s Road: The Beat of a Nation - Director Ebs Burnough
Ebs Burnough made his directorial debut with the documentary “The Capote Tapes". He is back with KEROUAC’S ROAD: THE BEAT OF A NATION - Through the lens of…
Cinemafile2000 Meters to Andriivka - Director Mstyslav Chernov
Director, Producer, Cinematographer and Writer Mstyslav Chernov drop by to talk about the harrowing, heroic and profoundly moving experience that is his…
CinemafileIt's Never Over, Jeff Buckley - Director Amy Berg
IT’S NEVER OVER, JEFF BUCKLEY, directed by Oscar-nominated filmmaker Amy Berg (DELIVER US FROM EVIL, JANIS: LITTLE GIRL BLUE, WEST OF MEMPHIS), covers the life…
CinemafileArchitecton - Director Viktor Kossakovsky
Renown filmmaker Viktor Kossakovsky (Gunda, Aquarela) presents his spectacular new documentary, ARCHITECTON, as a poetic meditation on architecture and how the…
CinemafileShari and Lamb Chop - Director Lisa D’Apolito
Before Fred Rogers and Jim Henson, there was Shari Lewis, a children’s television pioneer whose whimsical characters and ebullient spirit have guided…
CinemafileLife After - Director Reid Davenport & Producer Colleen Cassingham
Disabled film Director Reid Davenport (I DIDN’T SEE YOU THERE) and Producer Colleen Cassingham trenchantly probes the legacy of Elizabeth Bouvia — a disabled…
CinemafileHeightened Scrutiny - Director Sam Feder & Producer Amy Scholder
Fearless civil rights lawyer Chase Strangio battles at the Supreme Court for transgender adolescents' access to gender-affirming healthcare, confronting not…
CinemafileDeath and Taxes - Director Justin Schein
DEATH and TAXES is a feature documentary about wealth, inequality, and the American Dream, viewed through the lens of the estate tax. It is also the very…
CinemafileDrowning Dry - Director Laurynas Bareiša
It starts with a kick to the head. Mixed martial arts competitor Lukas has just handily defeated his opponent and celebrates with his wife, child, and friends…
CinemafileMonk in Pieces - Director Billy Shebar
Meredith Monk — composer, performer, and interdisciplinary artist — is one of the great artistic pioneers of our time, yet her profound cultural influence is…
CinemafileA King Like Me - Director Matthew Henderson
A KING LIKE ME follows members of the Zulu Club, New Orleans’ first Black Mardi Gras krewe, as they work to bring the Zulu parade back to the streets for Mardi…
CinemafileArtfully United - Producer Chris Walters
Producer Christopher Walter’s ARTFULLY UNITED, the first feature-length documentary from his own productions company, is a celebration of the power of…
Cinemafile40 Acres - Director R.T. Thorne
After a series of plagues and wars leaves society in ruins, the Freemans are surviving — even thriving — on a farm in the middle of nowhere... so long as they…
CinemafileTo Kill a Wolf - Director Kelsey Taylor
On the fringes of the Oregon wilderness, two strangers are brought together when a reclusive Woodsman (Ivan Martin) discovers a teenage runaway, Dani (Maddison…
CinemafileHarley Flanagan: Wired for Chaos - Director Rex Miller
Strap up for Director Rex Miller’s head first dive into the turmoil and chaos that has been the life of Harley Flanagan! WIRED FOR CHAOS looks back on the…
CinemafilePrime Minister - Co-directors Michelle Walshe & Lindsay Utz
PRIME MINISTER begins in August 2017 with the dramatic the lead-up to national elections. Jacinda Ardern unexpectedly became New Zealand’s opposition party…
CinemafileHearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker’s Apocalypse
Co-director Fax Bahr and Film Archivist / Restoration Supervisor for American Zoetrope, James T. Mockoski join us for a spirited conversation on the harrowing…