2017 Contenders
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- DirectorLuca GuadagninoStarsTimothée ChalametArmie HammerMichael StuhlbargIn 1980s Italy, romance blossoms between a seventeen-year-old student and the older man hired as his father's research assistant.
- DirectorGarrett BradleyStarsFox RichDesmond WatsonAlone WattsWhat would it mean to marry someone behind bars?
- DirectorLaura CheckowayEdith and Eddie, ages 96 and 95, are America's oldest interracial newlyweds. Their love story is disrupted by a family feud that threatens to tear the couple apart.
- DirectorFrank StiefelStarsTom WudlA brilliant but tortured 56-year-old artist channels her depression and anxiety into her work.
- DirectorElaine McMillion SheldonStarsJan RaderPatricia KellerNecia FreemanThree women fight to break the cycle one life at a time.
- DirectorThomas LennonWhat does it take to build a world-class French restaurant? What if the staff is almost entirely men and women just out of prison? What if most have never cooked or served before, and have barely two months to learn their trade? We follow the hectic launch of Edwins restaurant in Cleveland. In this improbable setting, with its mouth-watering dishes and its arcane French vocabulary, we discover the challenges of men and women finding their way after their release. We come to know three trainees intimately, as well as the restaurant's founder, who is himself haunted by his time in jail. These men and women all have something to prove, and all struggle to launch new lives, an endeavor as pressured and perilous as the ambitious restaurant launch of which they are a part.
- DirectorDavina PardoHolocaust survivor Eva Schloss preserves her story interactively so that she will be able to tell it forever.
- DirectorDerek PeckA profound and poetic encounter with cultural and spiritual icon Ram Dass, at his home on Maui toward the end of his life.
- DirectorAxel DanielsonMaximilien Van AertryckStarsLinnea SmalströmAngela WangMarie ByzströmOn a 10-meter high diving tower, fear of taking the jump is pitted against the personal loss that would arise if you didn't dare. What do we look like when we hesitate and when we make a decision? What does it look like when we overcome our fear?
- DirectorReed Van DykStarsShinelle AzorohJohn BrockusMichael BrownInspired by an actual 911 call placed during a school shooting incident in Atlanta, Georgia.
- DirectorDerin SealeStarsJosh LawsonDamon HerrimanJessica WrenThe delusional patient of a psychiatrist believes he is actually the psychiatrist. As they each attempt to treat each other the session gets out of control.
- DirectorJan-Eric MackStarsPeter FreiburghausJay AbdoRuth SchweglerPensioner Roli comes to Fareed's assistance when the Syrian refugee is faced with the burial of his Muslim wife. Together they stumble into a bewildering forest of Swiss bureaucracy to which Roli finds beautifully simple answer.
- DirectorSean MeehanStarsMartin DubreuilGerald AugerMorris BirdyellowheadSubienkow is in mortal danger. The fort he and his fellow fur thieves have erected in the snow is in flames - attacked by the very tribe they enslaved to build it - now only he and Big Ivan remain. As Ivan is tortured before him Subienkow must think fast to escape the terrible, protracted death that awaits him. He calls over the chief, Makamuk, and begins to bargain...
- DirectorKevin Wilson Jr.StarsL.B. WilliamsJoshua WrightDane RhodesAt 2:30AM on August 28, 1955 in the most racially divided state in the country, 64 year-old Mose Wright tries to protect his 14 year-old nephew Emmett Till from two racist killers out for blood. Based on the true story of the 1955 murder of Emmett Louis Till.
- DirectorChris OvertonStarsRachel FieldingPhilip YorkRachel ShentonA deaf 6-year-old girl named Libby lives in a world of silence until a caring social worker teaches her to use sign language to communicate.
- DirectorJames BortStarsDorothée GilbertAntonia DesplatPierre DeladonchampsEmma is about to be the new Ballerina. But something upsets her. A secret. A secret liable to undermine what she has spent a whole life on.
- DirectorKatja BenrathStarsAdelyne WairimuAbdiwali FarrahBarkhad AbdirahmanFor a decade Kenya has been targeted by terrorist attacks of the Al-Shabaab. An atmosphere of anxiety and mistrust between Muslims and Christians is growing. Until in December 2015, Muslim bus passengers showed that solidarity can prevail.
- DirectorDavid KochStarsVirginie LedoyenJaber JamilTulipStéphane, a freelance war photographer, is covering the Syrian conflict. She follows the daily existence of a young couple: Farah, a schoolteacher, and Omar, a doctor. During fighting, Stéphane takes a photo of Omar. A photo that could make headlines in the western media. Omar, convinced that the publication of this photo will put his life at risk, asks Stéphane not to send it off. But given the urgency, Stéphane has already forwarded her photos to her press agency in France: it is too late, the photo is released, altering the lives of both Stéphane and Omar.
- DirectorDevon ManneyStarsDevon ManneyAlexa Nikol CurranTrevor LarsonReturning to the USA after losing both arms overseas, a young veteran battles phantom pains, prosthetics, and memories of his pre-war life while reaching for a sense of normalcy.
- DirectorGlen KeaneStarsKobe BryantAn animated telling of Kobe Bryant's poem 'Dear Basketball'.
- DirectorRobin JosephThe tale of a curious fox who goes in search of an elusive whale. A journey of pursuit and longing.
- DirectorFlorian BabikianVincent BayouxVictor CaireIn a deserted rich house, a couple of amphibians explore their surroundings and follow their primal instincts.
- DirectorEsteban BravoBeth DavidStarsNick AinsworthKelly DonohueA boy has a crush on another boy and he is too shy to confess, but his heart is not so reticent.
- DirectorChenglin XieStarsChenglin XieThe phenomenon of increasing smartphone addiction can be attributed to today's cutting-edge technology. Staring at glowing screens instead of exploring the vast expanse of life, people are gradually alienating themselves from the richness, depth, and loveliness of life.