See the year’s most spectacular short films on the big screen for a limited time! Each feature-length program includes all five of its Academy Award nominees. A Lien | 2023. Dir. David Cutler-Kreutz, Sam Cutler-Kreutz. 15min. A young couple face up to and deal with a dangerous immigration process. Anuja | 2024. Dir. Adam J. […]
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Oscar Shorts 2025 – Documentary
February 4, 2025
See the year’s most spectacular short films on the big screen for a limited time! Each feature-length program includes all five of its Academy Award nominees. Death By Numbers | 2024. Dir. Kim A. Snyder. 33min. Four years after being shot with an AR-15 in her high school, Samantha Fuentes reckons with existential questions of […]
Oscar Shorts 2025 – Animated
February 4, 2025
See the year’s most spectacular short films on the big screen for a limited time! Each feature-length program includes all five of its Academy Award nominees. Beautiful Men | 2023. Dir. Nicolas Keppens. 18min. The insecurities of three bald brothers intensify during their stay in an Istanbul hotel for hair transplants. In the Shadow of […]
I’m Still Here
January 30, 2025
Winner of Best Screenplay at the Venice International Film Festival and a historic nominee for Best Picture at the Academy Awards, I’m Still Here is a powerful and unflinching portrait of resilience, memory, and justice. Directed by Walter Salles (The Motorcycle Diaries), this gripping political biographical drama stars Fernanda Torres in a Golden Globe-winning performance […]
Nickel Boys
January 24, 2025
Nickel Boys is a 2024 historical drama based on Colson Whitehead’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, directed by RaMell Ross and co-written with Joslyn Barnes. Inspired by the real-life horrors of the Dozier School for Boys, the film follows Elwood and Turner, two African-American boys navigating the brutal injustices of a segregated reform school in 1960s Florida. […]
Wattstax
January 23, 2025
Part of our Black History Month film series. See the full lineup. Celebrate the powerful intersection of music, history, and culture with Wattstax, a landmark concert film documenting the 1972 benefit event organized by Stax Records. Held at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum to commemorate the seventh anniversary of the Watts riots, the concert brought […]
Soul Power
January 23, 2025
Part of our Black History Month film series. See the full lineup. Soul Power is an electrifying 2008 documentary that transports audiences to Kinshasa, Zaire, during the iconic Zaire 74 music festival—a historic celebration of music, culture, and Black Power. Directed by Jeff Levy-Hinte, the film captures legendary performances by James Brown, Miriam Makeba, B.B. […]
Luther: Never Too Much
January 23, 2025
Part of our Black History Month film series. See the full lineup. Luther: Never Too Much is a stirring 2024 documentary celebrating the extraordinary life and career of R&B legend Luther Vandross. Directed by the acclaimed Dawn Porter (John Lewis: Good Trouble), the film premiered at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival to glowing reviews and […]
Getting It Back: The Story of Cymande
January 23, 2025
Part of our Black History Month film series. See the full lineup. Getting It Back: The Story of Cymande is a captivating documentary about the legendary British funk band, Cymande, whose unique blend of reggae, soul, jazz, and African rhythms left an indelible mark on the music world. Formed in the early 1970s, Cymande’s sound […]
Sing Sing
January 8, 2025
Sing Sing is a deeply moving prison drama that celebrates the transformative power of art and human connection. Directed by Greg Kwedar and co-produced with Clint Bentley, the film is inspired by the real-life Rehabilitation Through the Arts program at Sing Sing Maximum Security Prison. Featuring an incredible cast led by Colman Domingo and Paul […]