Ron Howard directs a look into José Andrés‘ World Central Kitchen organization in We Feed People. First becoming known as a celebrity chef, Spanish chef José Andrés put his culinary skills to humanitarian use by founding his organization World Central Kitchen. The organization’s goal is to provide disaster relief by making meals for at least…
The life and career of the legendary mime Marcel Marceau are revisited in The Art of Silence. For decades, Marcel Marceau wowed audiences as his stage persona of the tragicomic clown “Bip,” becoming the world’s most famous mime. However, few would be aware of Marcel Marceau’s own tragic backstory, as his Jewish father was killed…
The controversy surrounding Lyme disease is explored in The Quiet Epidemic. Since it was first discovered in 1975, the common belief about Lyme disease is that it is a non-chronic condition that can just be treated with antibiotics. However, there is much evidence to suggest that this is not the case and doctors and activists…
First Runner-Up: Rogers Audience Award A rock band made up of young people on the autistic spectrum prepare for their first album and performance in Okay! (The ASD Band Film). Rawan Tuffaha (vocals), Jackson D. Begley (vocals/guitar), Spenser Murray (drums), and Ron Adea (keyboards) are four individuals on the autistic spectrum, who have come together…
Winner: Rogers Audience Award Animated reenactments tell the story of a group of activists hijacking the TV signal in China in Eternal Spring. In March 2002, members of the Buddist spiritual group Falun Gong hacked the signal of the state TV station in Changchun City, in response to the Chinese government banning the practice and…
The turbulent first five years of the career of Sinéad O’Connor are reframed through a feminist lens in Nothing Compares. Growing up in Ireland with an incredibly abusive mother, Sinéad O’Connor entered the world of music as a form of therapy. Despite shaving her head to rebel against being a musical commodity, Sinéad would end…
The impact of the social media app TikTok is explored in TikTok, Boom. Developed by the Chinese company ByteDance, TikTok has become the social media app that has resonated the most with Gen-Z. Comprised of high quality vertical video content and a complex algorithm, it is incredibly easy for someone to go viral on the…
A German teenager aspires to be a successful social media influencer in Girl Gang. Leonie is a 14 year old in Berlin, who is growing in popularity has a social media influencer. Managed by her parents Andy and Sani, Leonie has to stick to a strict posting schedule and promote the brands who pay her….
The members of the iconic and groundbreaking comedy troupe reminisce about their 40 year career in The Kids in the Hall: Comedy Punks. The Kids in the Hall were formed in the early 1980s when Calgary comedy duo Bruce McCulloch and Mark McKinney joined up with Toronto’s Dave Foley and Kevin McDonald to form a…
Abigail Disney takes a deep dive into the wage inequality plaguing the company that bears her family’s name in The American Dream and Other Fairy Tales. The workers at Walt Disneyland in Anaheim are struggling to live on their measly $15/hour minimum wage, while CEO Bob Iger makes 800 times that much. Abigail Disney and…
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