Christine Vachon

Misfire: The Rise and Fall of the Shooting Gallery

Whitney Ransick

Ray Angelic, Miguel Arteta

A documentary about the influential independent film production company The Shooting Gallery.

Deauville et le rêve américain

Daphné Baiwir

Майкл Дуглас, Claude Lelouch

Reflec­tion of the soci­ety and vec­tor of the occi­den­tal cul­ture, Amer­i­can cin­e­ma influ­ences the entire world since its debuts.

Fabulous! The Story of Queer Cinema

Lesli Klainberg, Lisa Ades

B. Ruby Rich, John Waters

A chronological look at films by, for, or about gays and lesbians in the United States, from 1947 to 2005, Kenneth Anger's "Fireworks" to "Brokeback Mountain". Talking heads, anchored by critic and scholar B. Ruby Rich, are interspersed with an advancing timeline and with clips from two dozen films. The narrative groups the pictures around various firsts, movements, and triumphs: experimental films, indie films, sex on screen, outlaw culture and bad guys, lesbian lovers, films about AIDS and dying, emergence of romantic comedy, transgender films, films about diversity and various cultures, documentaries and then mainstream Hollywood drama. What might come next?

The 4%: Film's Gender Problem

Caroline Suh

Joey Soloway, Toni Collette

Explores the hot-button issues around the striking gender gap in Hollywood. Both women and men in the entertainment industry share first-person insights, questions, and anecdotes about the place of women in Hollywood.

A Man in Your Room

Christine Vachon

A priest wakes repeatedly from a dream in which he sees attractive, partially-disrobed man in his room. The hypnotic repetition and anxiety of his vision gains tension from the minimalist score.

Dark Waters: The Cost of Being a Hero

Todd Haynes, Pamela Koffler

This piece examines real-life Rob Bilott’s sacrifices to take down a powerful corporation and how a single individual can impact an entire community. Cast and filmmakers discuss the importance of telling this story and empowering whistle-blowers.

The Way of the Wicked

Christine Vachon

An odyssey about two women trying to stop a young girl from biting the Host at her First Communion.

Days Are Numbered

Christine Vachon

Michael Sean Edwards, Steve Buscemi

Christine Vachon’s story of a man haunted by the grotesque memory of having stepped on a dead animal's carcass is an artistic tour de force starring Michael Sean Edwards (the voice of Richard Carpenter in Todd Haynes’ Superstar) and a young Steve Buscemi.

Solace in the Dark

Lucius Dechausay

Piers Handling, Peter Howell

A retrospective documentary on 9/11 in connection with the 2001 Toronto International Film Festival.