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People’s Republic of Desire
This SXSW grand jury prize winning documentary goes deep inside China’s live streaming industry
Love Boat: Taiwan
A tale of soft power and hooking up
Black is Beltza
Adult anime offers a trippy voyage through the late 1960s American counterculture, including politics, sex and psychedelic drugs. Director Q&A.
Jimi Hendrix (1973)
The classic 1973 doc on Jimi Hendrix, followed by Q&A with director John Head
Far: The Story of a Journey Around the World
A true story of a couple who hitchhiked nearly 100,000 km during three and a half years of life on the road.
Breaking Habits
A group of self-declared nuns endure gunfights, gangs, and cops to grow weed in California’s Central Valley
Black Mother
A spiritual journey through Jamaica’s history, identity and above all its people
Rudeboy: The Story of Trojan Records
The story of most important label in the history of reggae and ska
Punks From Afar
A punk band from Jinan travels thousands of kilometers through China and Taiwan
Berlin Bouncer
The story of three of the German clubbing mecca’s most famous doormen
Desolation Center
The untold story of a series of Reagan-era guerrilla punk and industrial desert happenings in Southern California that are now recognized as the inspiration for Burning Man, Lollapalooza, and Coachella.
Dennis and Lois
There are bands, there are fans, and then there’s Dennis and Lois.
Bad Reputation
The life and career of rock ‘n’ roll icon Joan Jett
Magic Trip: Ken Kesey’s Search for a Kool Place
Ken Kesey’s legendary, LSD-fuelled cross-country road trip of 1964
A Bread Factory, Part One
A community art center must fight for survival after celebrity artists from China move into their neighborhood
A Bread Factory, Part Two
An art community center is invaded by bizarre tourists and mysterious tech start-up workers.
Boom for Real
Jean-Michel Basquiat and the City of New York, 1978-81
Under the Wire
The last dispatches of legendary war correspondent Marie Colvin, and why she risked her life to tell the truth
Minding the Gap
Oscar nominated doc on skateboarding and life
Mapplethorpe
Biopic on the provocateur photographer who captured New York’s hardcore gay scene in the 1980s
Milford Graves Full Mantis
A “jazz movie” about a founding pioneer of early 1960s of avant-garde jazz
Fonotune: An Electric Fairytale
Outside of time, a teen hooker, lo-fi cowboy and mute drifter cross a white desert to experience the final gig of their mysterious rockstar hero.
Maiden
The incredible story of the first ever all-female crew to enter the Whitbread round the world sailboat race
In Character
A cast of Chinese millennial actors are forced by an eccentric film director to relive the Cultural Revolution
Stammering Ballad
A folk singer from China’s Gansu Province confronts fame and the disappearance of country life
Shorts 1: Do you really care anymore?
6 short films from Taiwan, Hong Kong and the US.
Shorts 2: A Universe of Night
7 dark or spooky films from Urban Nomad’s 2019 competition.
Shorts 3: Until the Chongqing Building Collapses
7 short films from Urban Nomad’s 2019 competition.
Shorts 4: Minstrels of the South
Films about Taiwan’s classic songs and contemporary music festivals