Manakamana
High above Nepal's mountainous landscape, a cable car carries pilgrims, villagers and tourists to the ancient Hindu temple of the goddess Manakamana. Once a multi-day pilgrimage, the journey now...
El Mar la Mar
Under the merciless sun of the Sonoran Desert between Mexico and the United States, undocumented immigrants traverse an unforgiving terrain. El Mar la Mar weaves sublime 16mm images of nature,...
Expedition Content
An immersive work of sonic ethnography, Expedition Content draws on audio recordings made in 1961, by Standard Oil heir Michael Rockefeller, during the Harvard–Peabody Expedition to Netherlands New...
Dead Birds
Seminal and highly controversial, Dead Birds portrays the lives, beliefs and ritual warfare of the Dani people in the Baliem Valley of Western New Guinea, now part of Indonesia. Both immediate and...
Single Stream
Named after the single-stream recycling method, the film explores one of the largest materials recovery facilities in the U.S. Through a visual and sonic investigation, it blurs observation and...
The Labyrinth
A journey into the labyrinthine memories of a Uitoto man who worked for drug lords in the 1980s Colombian Amazon. Moving between a rainforest and a narco mansion inspired by the American soap opera...
The A-Team
Over the phone, fourteen friends recall their Ghanaian high school exchange trip to Jackson, Mississippi, in the United States, a decade later. As their memories accumulate, they grow uncanny....
Island Fever
Drawing on films made by Chinese state studios in the 1950s–1980s, this work revisits island narratives of war, revolution, espionage, and class struggle once shaped to engineer shared sentiments....
In a Minute
Approaching graduation, a filmmaker reflects on an old friend’s engagement and her own mother’s retirement, life stages unfolding at different speeds. Inviting participants to record half-minute...










