Getting Naked: A Burlesque Story | 86 min | Directed by James Lester, USA

“Getting Naked: A Burlesque Story” peels back the curtain to reveal the sexy sub-culture of the neo-burlesque scene in New York City. This verité documentary intimately follows four performers, each of whom has discovered a newfound identity and belonging in a world of bawdy comedy and striptease. “Getting Naked” explores what it means to be an artist, an entertainer, and a woman in the toughest city on Earth. 

Earth Seasoned #GapYear | 75 min | Directed by Molly Kreuzman, USA

Diagnosed with Attention Deficit Disorder, Dyslexia, and short-term memory problems, Tori finds her greatest teacher in nature, spending a “gap year” living semi-primitively with four other young women in the Oregon Cascade Mountains.

Poisoning Paradise | 77 min | Directed by Keely Shaye Brosnan and Teresa Tico, USA

Journey to the seemingly idyllic world of Native Hawaiians, where communities are surrounded by experimental test sites and pesticides sprayed upwind of their neighborhoods. Poisoning Paradise details the ongoing struggle to advance bold new legislation governing the fate of their island home.

Refuge | 6 min | Directed by Katie Falkenberg, USA

Decades ago, poachers would set off explosives in the cool waters of this pool on a North Umpqua River tributary, killing steelhead by the dozens. That was before Lee Spencer, and his beloved dog, settled in to watch over the wild steelhead.

Dirtbag: The Legend of Fred Beckey | 95 min | Directed by Dave O’Leske, USA

Fred Beckey is the original American “Dirtbag” climber whose name has evoked mystery, adulation and vitriol since the 1940s. The groundbreaking life story of this rebel athlete, who inspired generations with his monumental first ascents, eloquent books and the lifestyle he fearlessly pioneered, is told for the  first time in this exclusive documentary film. 

Time is the Longest Distance | 15 min | Directed by Bryan Powers, USA (Filmmaker in Attendance)

A bittersweet tale of an estranged son's journey to reconnect with his Alzheimer's-stricken father, and an unexpected meeting with a teenaged boy along the way.

The Autumn Waltz | 14 min | Directed by David Golden, USA (Filmmaker in Attendance)

It was fifty years ago that Woody and Carol Ann went on their first date. They fell in love on the dance floor that night, the beginning of a lifetime of memories that they’ve shared together. But all that changes when Woody realizes that the woman he’s loved for all these years doesn’t remember him anymore...

The Lavender Scare | 78 min | Directed by Josh Howard, USA

With the United States gripped in the panic of the Cold War, President Dwight D. Eisenhower deems homosexuals to be “security risks” and orders the immediate firing of any government employee discovered to be gay or lesbian. It triggers a vicious witch hunt that lasts for forty years and ruins thousands of lives, while thrusting an unlikely hero into the forefront of what would become the modern LGBT rights movement.

Nathan East: For the Record | 85 min | Directed by Chris Gero, USA

For the past five decades, Nathan East has come up through the ranks and shared the stage and studio with Eric Clapton, Lionel Richie, Whitney Houston, Kenny Loggins, Phil Collins, Bob James, Stevie Wonder, and more. This film showcases not only East's legendary history, but it also captures the magic in the studio during the making of his first solo album

Felled | 55 min | Directed by David Hildreth and Silas Kyler, USA (Filmmaker in Attendance)

Felled is a story about finding worth and beauty in something most consider to be trash. The film chronicles the journey of an urban pine tree downed by a summer storm and saved from the landfill by two woodworkers who give the tree new meaning as a family dinner table.

The Endless River | 3 min | Directed by Mohammad Mohammadian, Iran

A young boy is sitting next to a droughty river, watching the barren land while fantasizing about fishing. Drown in his daydreaming, he coughs and comes back to his senses, gets up and walks along the river.

In the Hills and Hollows | 76 min | Directed by Keely Kernan, USA

“In the Hills and Hollows” investigates the boom and bust impacts that mono-economies based on fossil fuel extraction have on local communities. It provides an intimate look inside the lives of several West Virginia residents living in the middle of the boom and how their quality and way of life is forever changed by this industry.

Puget Sound | 10 min | Directed by Jack Nordstrom, USA

Teenagers find inspiration to make a super 8 movie in the summer of 1980.

Pedalo | 73 min | Directed by Juan Palacios, Spain

A Spanish filmmaker living in Denmark travels back home to Basque Country to follow three friends on a surreal nautical voyage. Riding a second­-hand paddle boat, they pedal over 150km along the entire Basque coast from Hendaia (French­ Basque), to Bilbao (Spanish Basque), in an attempt to rediscover their country’s shoreline. The journey becomes a delirium with unforeseen accidents, folkloric parties, hangovers, a shaman, a funeral... 

Documentary | 72 min | Directed by Josh Eisenfeld and Dan Finegold, USA (Filmmaker in Attendance)

Pittsburgh Youth Leadership takes low-income, at-risk youth on all expenses paid cycling trips across Americas most challenge terrain. The mission? Challenge them to succeed. On the bike and in their lives.