Pick of the Litter follows a litter of puppies from the moment they’re born and begin their quest to become guide dogs for the blind. The stakes are high and not every dog can make the cut. Pick of the Litter is a wonderful reminder of the extraordinary relationships we have with our dogs, especially those that we work beside each day. SCHEDA TECNICA Directed by:  Dana Nachman, Don Hardy Screenplay: Dana Nachman Production: KTF Films Producers: Dana Nachman, Don Hardy Editing: Don Hardy, Dana Nachman, Jacob Stein Cinematography:  Don Hardy International sales: Submarine |Josh Braun | josh@submarine.com Italian distribution: Wanted Cinema…

What is the future of education in a networked world? Indian professor Sugata Mitra sets up an internet kiosk in a remote Bengali village and in a school in north east England, to enable children to self-organise their learning to pioneer the “School in the Cloud”. The film follows the children as they encounter the internet for the first time. TECHNICAL INFORMATIONS Directed by: Jerry Rothwell Production: Met Film Production Producers: Al Morrow, Dan Demissie Editing: James Scott Cinematography:  Jerry Rothwell, Ranu Gosh International sales: Met Film Sales | Vesna Cudic | vesna@metfilm.co.uk With the support of: Sundance Institute Documentary…

In a vitally important and overlooked subject, THE GUARDIANS exposes allegations of corruption within the Nevada Guardianship and Family Court System’s involvement in the legal kidnapping of elderly people. The film shines a light on a lucrative industry and criminal enterprise that trades the elderly as commodities. What the documentary exposes in this revealing investigation is how many people are involved in a systemic conspiracy against the most vulnerable members of our society. TECHNICAL INFORMATIONS Regia: Billie Mintz Sceneggiatura: Billie Mintz Produzione: No equal Entertainment Production, in association with INNOV8R and documentary Channel Produttori: J.B. Sugar, Billie Mintz Montaggio: Michele…

In the summer of 2015, former US Marine and world record weightlifter Matt “Kroc” Kroczaleski was publicly outed as being transgender. The reaction was universal: her sponsors abandoned her, she was disowned by her parents, banned from competing, and she changed her name to “Janae”. She now finds herself living one day as an alpha male and the next day as a delicate girl. Will society accept a 250 lbs muscular woman? Is her path personal redemption or physical and psychological disaster?  TECHNICAL INFORMATIONS Directed by: Michael Del Monte Screenplay: Michael Del Monte Production: Storystream Creative Producer: Tad Munning Editing: Graham…

The idea that Earth is an isolated spaceship was born in the 1960s, championed by futurist Buckminster Fuller and proven by the famous “Earth rise” photo taken by Apollo astronauts. “Spaceship Earth” is both a reality and a metaphor that changed humanity’s perspective, spawning the movement to “save the Earth”. But what does that really mean? For 50 years scientists have been working to understand humanity’s daily influence on our planet’s life forces. TECHNICAL INFORMATIONS Directed by: Kevin McMahon Screenplay: Kevin McMahon Production: Primitive Entertainment Producers: Kristina McLaughlin, Kevin McMahon, Michael McMahon Editing: Jay Cheel, Carole Larsen Cinematography: John Minh…

In Exit, the director Karen Winther goes sourcing for answers to the question: What was the ‘wake-up call’ – that made her and a group of previous violent extremists, neo-Nazis and more, leave violence and extremism behind? Through intimate conversations with former violent extremists from Germany, France, Denmark, and the US and Throughout this journey, Karen moves closer to remember her own wake-up call. Reflections on her extremist past and way she managed to go out of extremism will form an emotional and psychological counterpoint with the stories of the people she meets in her travels. TECHNICAL INFORMATIONS Directed by:…

Amidst a landmark class action lawsuit over illegal policing quotas, Crime + Punishment intimately observes the real lives and struggles of a group of black and Latino whistleblower cops and the young minorities they are pressured to arrest and summons in New York City. Over four years of unprecedented access, the film cinematically exposes the United States' most powerful police department through the brave efforts of a group of active duty officers and one unforgettable private investigator who risk their careers and safety to bring light to harmful policing practices which have plagued the precincts and streets of New York…

If you could travel through time, where  or when  would you go? Would you revisit a fond memory from your childhood? Catch a glimpse of the future? How to Build a Time Machine follows two men, both of whom have set out on a quest to build their own time machines. Rob Niosi is a stop motion animator who has spent the last eleven years constructing a full-scale replica of the time machine prop from the1960 film adaptation of H.G. Wells’ novella, The Time Machine. Ron Mallett is a physicist from the University of Connecticut who was also inspired by…