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- DirectorBlair DoroshwaltherStarsAlexis AgathocleousVenice BrownTerrain DandridgeUnder the neon lights in a gay-friendly neighborhood of New York City, four young African-American lesbians are violently and sexually threatened by a man on the street. They defend themselves against him and are charged and convicted in the courts and in the media as a 'Gang of Killer Lesbians'.
- DirectorTessa Louise-SaloméStarsLeos CaraxMehdi Belhaj KacemRichard BrodyThe image of a mysterious, solitary filmmaker - a cineaste maudit - who flees from both the media and the public, is unrelentingly bound to the figure of Leos Carax, in France. Elsewhere, the real focus is on his films and he is considered to be an icon of world cinema. Mr.X dives into the poetic and visionary world of an artist who was already a cult figure from his very first film. Punctuated by interviews and unseen footage, this documentary is most of all a fine-tuned exploration of the poetic and visionary world of Leos Carax, alias "Mr.X".
- DirectorKate LoganStarsDavid WernsmanTai MathieuKate LoganA young evangelical filmmaker is granted unprecedented access inside a controversial Christian behavior modification program for troubled teens, where she discovers shocking secrets and young students that change her life.
- DirectorJeremiah ZagarStarsJoaquin PhoenixNicole KidmanHelen HuntA small-town murder became nationally televised trial sensation, inspiring multimedia adaptations, marking birth of reality TV phenomenon centered on sex, drugs, betrayal, and homicide.
- DirectorKate DavisDavid HeilbronerStarsJennifer PetitHayley PetitWilliam Petit Jr.A documentary about a brutal home invasion in Cheshire, Connecticut in 2007.
- DirectorDeeyah KhanDarin PrindleStarsNazir AfzalBobbie CheemaAndy CraigThis is a documentary film chronicling the brutal Honour Killing of Banaz Mahmod, a young British Kurdish woman in London, killed by her own family for choosing a life for herself.
- DirectorBart LaytonStarsAdam O'BrianNicholas BarclayCarey GibsonA documentary centered on a young man in Spain who claims to a grieving Texas family that he is their 16-year-old son who has been missing for 3 years.
- DirectorChris MoukarbelValerie VeatchStarsGlenn BeckSean 'Diddy' CombsChris CrockerChris Crocker is a video blogger from a small town in Tennessee. The film traces a line through a tapestry of web comments, response videos, fans, and haters to map the controversial rise of an Internet folk hero.
- DirectorPatrick Viersen BrownMembers of an affluent Oklahoma community speak out in the aftermath of emotional devastation perpetrated by a prominent and highly regarded pediatrician.
- DirectorJordan ClarkStarsJordan ClarkPeque GallagaMaricel SorianoWhat would happen if a country of 97 million people were taught at a young age that the boogie man was real. In the Philippines for the last 400 years, the 'aswang' has been used as propoganda and social control by Spanish Colonizers, the Catholic Church, the Philippine Administration, and even the CIA.
- DirectorRobert BilheimerRichard YoungStarsGlenn CloseNot My Life comprehensively depicts the cruel and dehumanizing practices of human trafficking and modern slavery on a global scale. Filmed on five continents, in a dozen countries, Not My Life takes viewers into a world where millions of children are exploited through an astonishing array of practices including forced labor,sex tourism,sexual exploitation,and child soldiering.
- DirectorCarol MorleyStarsZawe AshtonAlix Luka-CainAlistair AbrahamsA filmmaker sets out to discover the life of Joyce Vincent, who died in her bedsit in North London in 2003. Her body wasn't discovered for three years, and newspaper reports offered few details of her life - not even a photograph.
- DirectorArnon GoldfingerStarsMichael AdlerYaron AmitAvrham BarkaiAs a documentarian cleans out the flat that belonged to his grandparents--both immigrants from Nazi Germany--he uncovers clues pointing to a complicated, shocking story.
- DirectorErrol MorrisStarsJoyce McKinneyPeter ToryTroy WilliamsA documentary on a former Miss Wyoming who is charged with abducting and imprisoning a young Mormon Missionary.
- DirectorHenry JoostAriel SchulmanStarsNev SchulmanAriel SchulmanHenry JoostYoung filmmakers document their colleague's budding online friendship with a young woman and her family which leads to an unexpected series of discoveries.
- DirectorH. James GilmoreOn the surface, Matt Kern was a teenager that had everything. He was MVP on his high school football and basketball teams... elected class president... son of respected upper-middle class parents living in the Redlands of Miami. But one night in March of 1988, Matt Kern and his friends go out to steal a car for fun and end up committing murder. SAVING FACE profiles the personal journey of Matt Kern through the Florida Criminal Justice System and in the process poses hard questions about crime, punishment, the nature of redemption and the healing power of faith.
- DirectorEdward BlackoffStarsJames RuncornAn intense documentary investigating the dark and hidden world of sexual molestation of children by trusted family members or friends.
- DirectorLiz GarbusDocumentary chronicling America's justice system. Follows two female inmates - victims of horrific violence and tragedy - who are serving time in a Maryland juvenile detention center.
- DirectorAndrew LevineStarsAnuradha KoiralaTim RobbinsWinona RyderFilmed in Nepal and India this documentary presents the stories of young girls whose lives have been shattered by the child sex slave trade. The film provides actual footage from inside the brothels of Bombay, known even to the tourists as "The Cages," captured with "spy camera" technology. The documentary also introduces the heroes of the movement who are working to abolish child sex slavery and who remind us that, "these are our daughters."
- DirectorEdet BelzbergStarsCristina IonescuMihai Alexandre TudoseVioleta 'Macarena' RosuA profile of homeless Romanian children who were born victims of the nation's reckless population growth policy during its communist era.
- DirectorArnon GoldfingerStarsPesach BursteinLillian LuxMike BurstynA documentary on the life and career of Yiddish actor Pesach Burstein and his family.