Director: Megan Doneman
Country: Australia/India
World Premiere
Synopsis: Narrated by Helen Mirren, Yes Madam, Sir portrays the life story of India’s first woman police officer. Adored by the masses and vilified by her critics, Karin Bedi has publicly fought high-level corruption and brutal opposition, at great personal and professional cost.
Director: Dana Nachman and Don Hardy
Country: USA
World Premiere
Synopsis: Voters in Bakersfield, California, elected a tough-on-crime District Attorney into office for more than 25 years. During his tenure, dozens of innocent working class moms and dads were sent to prison on charges of sexual abuse. Executive producer Sean Penn presents and narrates this gripping indictment of the American justice system told through the lens of one small town.
Director: Ben Kempas
Country: Germany
North American Premiere
Synopsis: An intricate political battle plays out over water in Northern California, pitting Native American activist Merv George of the Hoopa tribe against one of the world’s richest men, billionaire Warren Buffett.
Director: Nati Baratz
Country: Israel
World Premiere
Synopsis: Declared the greatest Tibetan master of our time, Lama Konchog passed away in 2001, at the age of 84. In this visually stunning, emotionally gripping documentary, shot over the course of four years, Lama Konchog’s shy and devoted disciple, Tenzin Zopa, must search for his master’s reincarnation - an "unmistakable child" - and successfully remove him from his parents’ care.
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Director: Malcolm Rogge
Country: ON
Synopsis: Coming Soon
Director: Juan Jose Lozano
Country: Switzerland/France
North American Premiere
Synopsis: Témoin indésirable depicts Colombia’s social and political situation through the work and life of investigative journalist Hollman Morris. Morris’s commitment to bring to light many of the untold stories of Colombia’s internal armed conflict has made him and his family the target of multiple death threats and intimidation.
Director: Jamie Jay Johnson
Country: United Kingdom
Synopsis: Coming Soon
Director: Jeffrey Levy-Hinte
Country: USA
World Premiere
Synopsis: With performances by James Brown, B.B. King, Bill Withers, The Spinners and more, Soul Power documents the vibrant and powerful concert that accompanied George Foreman and Muhammad Ali’s "Rumble in the Jungle" in Zaire in 1974.
Director: Yulene Olaizola
Country: Mexico
North American Premiere
Synopsis: Twenty years ago, Rosa met Jorge, a young tenant in her lodging house at the corner of Shakespeare and Victor Hugo streets in Mexico City. But after Jorge’s sudden death, Rosa began to discover a darker side of the man who had become her closest friend.
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Director: François Verster
Country: South Africa
World Premiere
Synopsis: Lying on the coast of Cape Town, there is one public space where everyone seems to come together: the Sea Point Promenade and Municipal Pools. Set between city and ocean, this beautiful strip of "everyman’s land" offers a quirky mix of class, race, gender and religion - a place where South Africans of all backgrounds can experience happiness together. But is all as it appears?
