Author Archives: basiltsiokos

AMERICAN DREAM (1990)
When workers at the Hormel meatpacking plant in Austin, Minnesota are forced to take a substantial pay cut, the local union takes a stand for its members. Their strike tests the fragile promise of the American ideal, revealing the cost of survival when the dream no longer feels shared.

Director:
Barbara Kopple

Producers:
Arthur Cohn, Barbara Kopple

Festival Section:
Park City Legacy

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THE STORY OF DOCUMENTARY FILM
Tracing the evolution of documentary film across time, examining landmark works and hidden treasures, while revealing how the form has helped us see and make sense of our world.

Director:
Mark Cousins

Producer:
John Archer

Country of Origin:
UK

Festival Section:
Special Screening

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COOKIE QUEENS
It’s Girl Scout Cookie season, and four tenacious girls strive to be a top-selling “Cookie Queen,” navigating an $800 million business in which childhood and ambition collide.

Director:
Alysa Nahmias

Producers:
Michael Dweck, Gregory Kershaw, Alysa Nahmias, Jennifer Sims

Festival Section:
Family Matinee

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BROKEN ENGLISH
A portrait of the inimitable singer, songwriter, and icon Marianne Faithfull.

Directors:
Jane Pollard, Iain Forsyth

Producer:
Beth Earl

Country of Origin:
UK

Festival Section:
Spotlight

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THE OLIGARCH AND THE ART DEALER
Yves Bouvier brokers masterpieces, from da Vinci to Rothko, into the private collection of Dmitry Rybolovlev until Bouvier is accused of a billion-dollar betrayal. Rising ambitions, frayed relationships, and bruised egos fuel a decade-long all-out war between the Swiss art dealer and the elusive Russian oligarch.

Director:
Andreas Dalsgaard

Executive Producers:
Libby Geist, Connor Shell, Brandon Harrison, Justin Lacob, Charles De Lardemelle, Rain Rannu, Ines Bensalem

Producers:
Christoph Jörg, Miriam Norgaard

Country of Origin:
Denmark/France/USA

Festival Section:
Episodic

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MURDER 101
A case that haunted Tennessee’s best detectives for decades is cracked wide open by the most unlikely of investigators: a high school sociology class.

Director:
Stacey Lee

Executive Producers:
Stephanie Lydecker, Dianne McGunigle, Jon Watts

Producer:
William Crouse

Festival Section:
Episodic

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THE BEST SUMMER
Immersive POV camera footage reveals electric performances, candid interviews, and intimate backstage life with the Beastie Boys, Sonic Youth, Foo Fighters, Pavement, Rancid, Beck, The Amps, and Bikini Kill — an all-access view inside an era-defining moment in music.

Director:
Tamra Davis

Producers:
Tamra Davis, Shelby Meade

Festival Section:
Midnight

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WHEN A WITNESS RECANTS
In 1983, author Ta-Nehisi Coates learned that a 14-year-old boy was murdered in his Baltimore middle school. Upon revisiting the case, he uncovers the truth: Three innocent teenagers were wrongfully convicted and spent 36 years in prison — creating a lasting impact on the accused, the witnesses, and their community.

Director:
Dawn Porter

Producers:
Dawn Porter, Miriam Weintraub, Jennifer Oko

Festival Section:
Premieres

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