As daylight breaks between the border cities of El Paso, Texas, and Juarez, Mexico, undocumented migrants and their relatives, divided by a wall, prepare to participate in an activist event. For three minutes, they'll embrace in no man's land for the briefest and sweetest of reunions.

Amusement park rides swing and swoop to the backdrop of giddy chatter. People wearing crawfish-printed outfits solemnly sway to country music. It's just another surreal day in America at the famed annual Crawfish Festival in Breaux Bridge, Louisiana.

Five strangers to the judicial process attend a murder trial, where they share their experiences of the courtroom as theatre and testimony as performance. A moving charge against the influence of sensationalism and spectatorship in criminal cases, Adjournment analyzes human motives and empathy by hearing, not seeing, the violence of crime.

A young couple narrate a poetic and hopeful love letter to their young daughter, reflecting the dreams of a new generation of Indigenous parents still healing from the traumas of colonialism.

Using surviving footage from Lime Kiln Field Day (1913), the earliest feature film to showcase a Black cast and integrated crew, this soaring visual recreation rescues from obscurity a radical history of social progress and artistic innovation in American cinema. Adding to the story by filling symbolic and material gaps, it repositions play and the pleasures of the senses as tools of resistance and reclamation.

The enchanting Peruvian legend of a Kukama god comes alive in this animated film about the creation of the vast, winding rivers of the Amazon, reminding us of our sacred, unbreakable connection to water.

Observing the comings and goings on a highway overpass structure expressly built for the free and safe passage of wildlife, filmmaker Milja Viita has created an engaging exploration of the nexus at which people and animals intersect in this multi-format visual delight.

One of only 15 Syrian refugees living in Colombia, Rifat Algafari adjusts to his present surroundings by forgetting his past and indulging in every pleasure possible. From pork to lap dances, he adopts a new set of beliefs and begins a journey of self-actualization that involves living without regret, as far as possible from where and who he once was.

Toiling under the hot sun, Francisco and Gonzalo gather the raw materials to make sun-dried bricks. When the demand for their handmade product dries up, their business will cease to exist. This meditative and reflective doc is a powerful study of hard work and the realities of rapidly changing economics.

Near the village of Aspa in Catalonia, a hunter succumbs to his killer instinct and inexplicably shoots two wildlife rangers he happens upon in an olive grove. When he puts through a call to emergency services, he finds it nearly impossible to articulate why he pulled the trigger.

An 88-year-old man traces significant moments in his rich and eventful life, only to learn that the boundaries between his memories, dreams and imagination tend to blur when reflecting on so many turning points in a life well lived.

Hitting the slopes for a day of skiing becomes an exercise in blind trust for this couple. Connected by Bluetooth headsets, Wiola navigates and directs the way for her husband, Krysztof, who is visually impaired. When the weather turns, the outlook for the afternoon quickly dampens, but there is still a mountain to descend.

When a condo community learns of a neighbour's death, the dramatic retelling of his disappearance and demise takes on a life of its own. Each version of the story sounds stranger than the last, until an Easter Monday revelation takes everyone by complete surprise.

Upon her grandfather's death, filmmaker Julie Buck is entrusted with his precious archive of Super 8 footage. One double exposed reel of film serves as a jumping off point for an explosive survey of her past and her family's fractured relationships. Eileen Arandiga

Marta Becket—dancer, theatre owner and octogenarian—takes us on an enchanting journey through her life, from dancing on Broadway to weaving her magic for audiences in the theatre she lovingly restored and performed in for over four decades. This portrait of an artist unforgettably captures Marta's passion and determination.

In this intricate and visually arresting animation, a woman locked in a room is at war with an egg. A mental battle between the two ensues. Who will win: the woman or the egg?

The Saluki is a sighthound, one of the world's oldest dog breeds and the perfect guide to lead this monochromatic tribute to pedigree, cosmology, history and dynasty. El Hor takes the viewer on a strange trip through the ancient past and alien future, into life and death itself, where man and beast share an afterlife—a tomb that looks like a womb.

A tiny village in northern France—without a cinema, pharmacy or hairdresser—experiences a terrorist threat that sets off alarm bells of panic and reveals deep-rooted psychosis among its locals. A tragicomic look at how an epic misunderstanding, a cast of unreliable narrators, hype and hypocrisy combine in funny and frightening ways to reflect the far right.

In 1998, Zoilamérica Ortega Murillo publicly accused her adoptive stepfather, Daniel Ortega, of rape. While Ortega, a leader of the Sandinista revolution and president of Nicaragua, remains in power, she lives in exile—isolated from family, estranged from her mother, and considered a traitor by her country. Exiled exposes the profound injustice of having a statute of limitations on reporting sexual assault, but none on political power and impunity.

In rural Manitoba, an elderly couple devote their time to the upkeep of their garden, which becomes a symbol of their loving, committed relationship during trying times of deteriorating health and lost loved ones.