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GIVE ME THE BALL!
World champion tennis trailblazer Billie Jean King has had a game-changing impact on culture and sports. Rare archive and candid interviews with Billie Jean and those closest to her reveal how one woman put changing the world ahead of saving herself.

Directors:
Liz Garbus, Elizabeth Wolff

Producers:
Liz Garbus, Elizabeth Wolff, Dominic Crossley-Holland, Dan Cogan, Chris James, Gentry Kirby

Festival Section:
Premieres

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THE DISCIPLE
An outsider fueled by relentless determination works his way into the inner circle of the Wu-Tang Clan, where his ambition and creativity converge in the making of an album poised to ignite global controversy.

Director:
Joanna Natasegara

Producers:
Joanna Natasegara, Abigail Anketell-Jones, Lauren Dark, Vanessa Kirby

Country of Origin:
USA/UK

Festival Section:
Premieres

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THE BRITTNEY GRINER STORY
Explores the circumstances that led to Brittney Griner playing basketball outside the U.S. despite being one of the best players in the sport, including her harrowing detainment, unwavering determination to secure her freedom, and her advocacy for the release of other wrongful detainees.

Director:
Alexandria Stapleton

Producers:
Alexandria Stapleton, Stacy Scripter, Funmi Akinyode, Megan Goedewaagen, Carolyn Hepburn

Festival Section:
Premieres

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ANTIHEROINE
Singer, songwriter, and actor Courtney Love has long had an impact on rock and pop culture. Now sober and set to release new music for the first time in over a decade, Courtney is ready to reveal her story, unfiltered and unapologetic.

Directors:
Edward Lovelace, James Hall

Producers:
Julia Nottingham, Melanie Archer, Hattie Bridges Webb, Jon Lullo

Country of Origin:
UK/USA

Festival Section:
Premieres

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THE AI DOC: OR HOW I BECAME AN APOCALOPTIMIST
A father-to-be tries to figure out what is happening with the AI insanity, exploring the existential dangers and stunning promise of this technology that humanity has created.

Directors:
Daniel Roher, Charlie Tyrell

Producers:
Daniel Kwan, Jonathan Wang, Shane Boris, Diane Becker, Ted Tremper

Festival Section:
Premieres

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THEYDREAM
After 20 years of chronicling his Puerto Rican family, a director and his mother face devastating losses. Through tears and laughter, they craft animations that bring their loved ones back to life, discovering that every act of creation is also an act of letting go.

Director:
William David Caballero

Producers:
William David Caballero, Brad Jones, Erin Ploss-Campoamor, Elaine del Valle

Festival Section:
NEXT

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JARIPEO
A journey to Michoacán’s hypermasculine rodeos descends into the subconscious of memory, queer desire, and longing, leading to a reckoning with the wounds and beauty of a home left behind.

Directors:
Efraín Mojica, Rebecca Zweig

Producer:
Sarah Strunin

Country of Origin:
Mexico/USA/France

Festival Section:
NEXT

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GHOST IN THE MACHINE
The untold origins of artificial intelligence lie not in machines but in power, revealing the fantasies behind the hype that got us here and where we go next.

Director/Producer:
Valerie Veatch

Festival Section:
NEXT

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AANIKOOBIJIGAN [ANCESTOR/GREAT-GRANDPARENT/GREAT-GRANDCHILD]
Trapped in museum archives, Ancestors bend time and space to find their way home. History, spirituality, and the law collide as tribal repatriation specialists fight to return and rebury Indigenous human remains, offering a revealing look at the still-pervasive worldviews that justified collecting them in the first place.

Directors:
Adam Khalil, Zack Khalil

Producers:
Steve Holmgren, Adam Khalil, Zack Khalil, Grace Remington, Jacque Clark, Franny Alfano

Country of Origin:
USA/Denmark

Festival Section:
NEXT

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TO HOLD A MOUNTAIN
In the remote highlands of Montenegro, a shepherd mother and daughter proudly defend their ancestral mountain from the threat of becoming a NATO military training ground, stirring memories of the violence that shattered their family.

Directors:
Biljana Tutorov, Petar Glomazić

Producers:
Biljana Tutorov, Petar Glomazić, Quentin Laurent, Rok Biček

Country of Origin:
Serbia/France/Montenegro/Slovenia/Croatia

Festival Section:
World Cinema Documentary Competition

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