Al Carbee is an octogenarian outsider artist who spends every day completely alone in his labyrinthine house in Maine, creating collage art of hundreds of Barbie Dolls in elaborate dioramas. […]

Andrew spends his days helping people find each other, in the employ of “Real Love”, an online dating site.  At night, in his loneliness, he wanders down dark paths to […]

An hysterically dark and twisted story of a cynical and suicidal accounting clerk, taken under the wing of a happy-go-lucky suit salesman.  Lawrence, an eternal optimist, attempts to teach Holloman, […]

Elena moves to New York to become an actress.  She leaves behind Petra, her seven-year old sister. Two decades later, Petra also becomes an actress and goes to New York […]

Sixteen year-old Owen is a bully, lashing out against life in rural West Virginia. When his actions lead to the death of a friend, he is sent to live with […]

Adam, a Catholic priest, runs a home for delinquent teenage boys in a remote Polish village.  The arrival of Lukasz, a troubled and vulnerable young man, touches something deep within […]

This true story follows the life of Tracy, a young woman facing the ghosts of her troubled past, in a fight to keep her son from the same demons that […]

When Father Fabijan arrives at his new post on a tiny Dalmatian island, he discovers a dwindling community where funerals notably exceed christenings. Willing to take subversive action to enforce […]

Baxter, an obsessive-compulsive raccoon, happens upon the chance of a lifetime: an unattended sweet shop. The sky’s the limit! But first a little cleaning, color coordinating and reorganizing. (USA, 2013, […]

Jamesy Boy is the true story of teenager James Burns (Spencer Lofranco) who goes from running the streets in a suburban gang to the confines of a maximum-security prison cell surrounded by […]

Disenchanted and at loose ends, American Rocky Braat travels through India without a plan. There he has a chance meeting with a group of HIV positive children living in an […]

When two teens in the District of Columbia lose their way through the traditional school system, can their best friend help them get back on their feet again? Doing It […]

Academy Award-winning filmmaker Roger Ross Williams explores the role of the American Evangelical movement in fueling Uganda’s terrifying turn towards the proposed death penalty for homosexuality. Thanks to charismatic religious […]

This 1960’s Mid-western love story is reconstructed from 60 hours of audiotape discovered in a suitcase purchased on eBay. The recordings, equally tender, erotic, and pathetic, chronicle the details of […]

14-year-old Laura Dekker sets out on a two-year voyage in pursuit of her dream to be the youngest person ever to sail around the world alone. In the wake of […]

In January 2013, Washington, D.C. Public Schools announced it would close Sharpe Health, a school for students with special needs, and move its program to a vacant Anacostia school building […]

Every third Monday of the month, two bold, brassy sisters open the doors of their Long Island hair salon to women diagnosed with cancer. As locks of hair fall to […]

A frank document of the evolution of division in the African-American community as it grapples with the gay rights issue in light of the recent gay marriage movement. Activists, families, […]

Do you ever ask yourself: if I died tomorrow, who would come to my funeral? Facebook-addict Michael Harris would give anything to know the answer. So, after having the worst […]

Thomas DeKornfeld is not your average runner– he’s an ultrarunner, meaning he’ll run over 50 kilometers in one go. Follow Tom on his first 24-hour race. 
His goal: to run […]

Mariana, an undocumented Mexican mother, searches the outskirts of New York City for her autistic son when he does not return from school.  Meanwhile, 13-year-old Ricky embarks on an eleven-day […]

Actress Mariel Hemingway, granddaughter of legendary author Ernest Hemingway, examines the mental illness and suicides that color her family’s history and tries to avert that fate for herself and her […]

It’s a jungle out there, not fit for man nor beast…well, beasts maybe. (Ireland, 2012, 3 min., Narrative Short) Andrew Barry Get your Annapolis Film Festival tickets here!

While chatting with a friend on the phone, a teenager hears an intruder. Home alone, she cautiously investigates. (USA, 2013, 9 min., Student Showcase Narrative Short) Ellen Heuer Get your Annapolis […]

Two brothers go in search of the one thing that’ll impress the girls and make this the best 4th of July ever: fireworks!  A sparkling coming of age story in […]

In the middle of a French exam, Charlie struggles to find the words to be true to his best friend…and himself.  A wry, sensitive and moving account of a young […]

This is the story of Cherry Cottage, built in 1782 in Stockbridge, Massachusetts. In 2009, the owner, Hans Morris, took on a painstaking historical restoration of the then dilapidated structure, […]

A nine-year old girl in rural India, exploited by child labor, must find a way to pursue her dream – to learn how to read and write.  She has one […]

Ben is searching for purpose. Masi is following a dream. From separate islands, these young, aspiring Fijian hip hop artists connect through music at The Fiji Beat Making Lab, which […]

Self-propelled Irish folk furniture gets a makeover from an initially reluctant carpenter in this fetching, animated short documentary.  Winner: Best Animation for a Short Film at the 2014 Sundance Film […]

Walter’s world is circumscribed by 59th Street to the south and 116th to the north. All his needs are met within a two-block radius of his Manhattan apartment – a […]

What happens to the homeless when they die?  A group of high school students in Louisville, Kentucky take on a transformative experience and volunteer to give burial services for the […]

A Ghanaian immigrant family searches the back roads of rural Louisiana for the Pentecostal church that they believe can cure their problem child. Starring Quvenzhané Wallis (Beast of the Southern […]

An aging fisherman develops an intimate relationship with a lobster as the man struggles to find closure with his lost wife. (USA, 2013, 14 min., Narrative Short) Ian Samuels Get […]

Young Alifa looks up at the Somali sky and thinks about her daily life as a shepherdess. She knows that the day that will change her life forever is about […]

Alex is a 12-year old tomboy who only hangs out only with boys, drinks, and paints graffiti at night. Confronted with an incipient sexuality, she fights the changes that are […]

A cockroach falls in love with a woman whose apartment he infests. Surely their shared appreciation of early 20th century French classical music will bridge their differences.  Winner of the […]

The thrilling story of Operation Greenup, the most successful intelligence-gathering OSS operation of World War II. Two young Jewish-American refugees—one from Germany, the other from Holland—team up with a conscientious […]

The story of Divine, aka Harris Glenn Milstead, from his humble beginnings as an overweight, teased Baltimore youth to his ultimate metamorphosis as the internationally recognized drag superstar he became […]