Boy George & Culture Club - Director Alison Ellwood

Boy George & Culture Club - Director Alison Ellwood

For the first time, band members Boy George, Roy Hay, Mikey Craig, and Jon Moss come together to share their complete story, offering candid insights into their creative process, personal relationships, and the cultural impact that defined a generation. At the heart of the documentary is the previously unexplored love story between George and Moss — a relationship that inspired some of the band’s biggest hits but also contributed to their eventual breakup. Director Alison Ellwood joins us to talk about her insightful and entertaining look at the band’s musical and lasting cultural impact. About the filmmaker - Alison Ellwood is an award winning documentary director, producer and editor. Most recently, she directed a feature-length documentary about the rise and demise of the classic American rock & roll band, The Eagles (title TBD). In addition, Ellwood directed a follow-up film on The Eagles covering the years between the break up of the band through their reunion and up to present day. A long time collaborator with Alex Gibney, in 2011, she directed with him the offbeat feature-doc, Magic Trip: Ken Kesey’s Search for a Kool Place, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival. Other feature-documentary film credits include producer/editor for Gibney’s Academy Award nominated Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room. She was also producer/editor of Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S Thompson, My Trip to Al Qaeda, Casino Jack and the United States of Money and Catching Hell for ESPN films, which was nominated for a Sports Emmy Award. Alison’s television documentary directing credits for television documentaries include the Emmy Award winning series American High, TheTravelers and Sixteen. Her television producing credits include The Human Behavior Experiments, The Residents, 30 Days and Brick City. As an editor, Ellwood earned her first Emmy Award for Frontline’s “Living Below the Line,” a cinema verité exploration of the impact of the welfare system. The film was also awarded an Emmy for best single current story, the Grand Prize of the RFK Awards and a blue ribbon at the American Film Festival. She has also edited award-winning films for Bill Moyers, American Experience, the Discovery Channel, Sundance Channel, Showtime and HBO: America Undercover.

mother, you have not died yet, but you will, and when you do,... - Director Advik Beni

Director Advik Beni winsome and unconventional narrative drama "mother, you have not died yet. but you will. and when you do, you will finally be alive again" takes place in Cato Manor, Durban, where Lishana has spent over two decades caring for her elderly mother, Leela. Their lives unfold through ordinary rituals: preparing meals, tending the garden, watching television, praying before bed, feeding the cat, and reciting favorite scenes from old films. Together they inhabit a world governed by repetition, where time seems to linger rather than pass. Yet the film begins from a different understanding of reality. Leela is both alive and dead, present and absent. What begins as a personal practice gradually expands into an encounter with the histories carried by the people and places around her. Portraits converse with family archives, historical photographs, paintings, and fragments of collective memory, revealing a landscape where the violences of apartheid continue to shape the present long after its official end. About the filmmaker - Advik Beni (director) is a South African filmmaker and curator currently based in Los Angeles. Through a practice steeped in South African traditions of orality, their work aims to create imagined spaces for marginalized people to express grief and trauma. They are interested in how these non-hierarchical, hybrid models of filmmaking can encourage a collective mutability amongst rhisomatic pathways—that may lead to an actuality of positive impact on communities; whilst preserving a cultural tradition eclipsed by Western modes of storytelling. Advik is focused on how we can witness each other’s existence, and all that entails, in an attempt to facilitate a tangibility of cross-border solidarity that prioritizes care. Their work has been supported by San Sebastián International Film Festival, Sundance, FIDMarseille, Prismatic Ground, New Orleans Film Festival, Flaherty Film Seminar, Points North Institute, and the Edinburgh International Film Festival amongst others.

The Last Place on Earth - Director David Booth Gardner & Producer Shayne McGrath

THE LAST PLACE ON EARTH is a thrilling, nine-year journey into the heart of Sumatra’s Leuser Ecosystem—a 2.6-million-hectare rainforest where tigers, elephants, rhinos, and orangutans still roam free. Filmed by a dedicated mostly Indonesian crew, this investigative documentary follows a group of extraordinary wildlife activists as they risk everything to save one of Earth’s last untouched wildernesses from the devastation of the illegal palm oil industry. From dramatic animal rescues and high-stakes arrests of poachers to the reforestation of thousands of hectares, each victory underscores the power of human determination in the face of overwhelming odds. “The Last Place on Earth” reveals the urgent need to protect our planet’s most irreplaceable treasures before it’s too late. Director David Booth Gardner joins us in conversation. About the filmmaker - A visionary entrepreneur, David Booth Gardner possesses a diverse professional background in sports PR/management and as a writer, director and producer. Having produced hundreds of hours of programming for leading networks and Fortune 500 companies, Gardner knows exactly what it takes to successfully execute media projects for brands of all sizes. CEO & CO-FOUNDER, LIKUID ART

The Welcome Table - Josh Fox (Oscar Nominated filmmaker)

THE WELCOME TABLE, directed by Academy Award®-nominated filmmaker Josh Fox (“Gasland”), tells the story of climate refugees across six continents, celebrating the voices and experiences of people living at the forefront of the climate crisis, displaced from their homes by climate disasters. Featuring John Boutté, John Cameron Mitchell, and celebrated New Orleans musicians, the film weaves together stories of migration and resilience through music, performance, and the installation of a 1,000-foot table along the New Orleans levee, where communities gather in conversation, solidarity, and celebration. From the United States to the Caribbean, Italy, Kenya, Peru, Brazil, and Australia, the film traces the devastating human consequences of a changing climate – from hurricanes and floods to droughts, rising seas, and the impact of extractive industries on Indigenous communities. Through intimate first-hand accounts, THE WELCOME TABLE captures the resilience and perseverance of communities amid life-altering upheaval and a world which increasingly chooses to build walls of exclusion in response. The film culminates in a massive singing celebration on the New Orleans levee, where a 1,000-foot table serves as a powerful expression of connection and resistance. About the filmmaker - JOSH FOX is an independent filmmaker and founder and artistic director of International WOW Company, a film and theater company working closely with actors, filmmakers, theater-makers, writers, activists, and artists from diverse cultural backgrounds, including activist communities in sustainable energy and design, creating work that addresses current national and global environmental, social and political crises. Josh's work is known for its mix of gripping narrative, heightened imagery and its commitment to socially conscious themes and subjects. Founded in 1996, International WOW has premiered new work in 8 countries with a rotating network over 100 actors, dancers, musicians, technical, and visual artists spanning 30 countries on 5 continents. With International WOW Company Josh received a Drama Desk Nomination, an Otto Award, five grants from the National Endowment for the Arts, five prestigious MAP Fund Grants and an Asian Cultural Council Fellowship among many other awards and honors. As a filmmaker, Josh's work has been featured on HBO and Netflix and have premiered at the Sundance and Tribeca Film Festivals. His debut film, Gasland, earned a Special Jury Prize at Sundance as well as an Oscar nomination. As a theatrical director, Josh established himself as a significant force New York theatre. The New York Times hailed him as "one of the most adventurous impresarios of the New York avant-garde," and Time Out NY has called him "one of downtown's most audacious auteurs," citing his "resourceful mastery of stagecraft."

Show Me the Line - Director Kelsey Ianuzzi

When Alabama's Supreme Court declares IVF embryos are legally children, the immediate fallout devastates families. For acclaimed reproductive journalist and visual artist Abbey Crain, this ruling disrupts half a decade of fertility treatments, placing her dreams of motherhood — and her embryos — in constitutional crossfire. But Crain refuses to surrender her creative power. With a pen and paintbrush, she embarks on a journey to uplift the voices of other grieving families. Driven by unheard stories of joy, anguish, and determination — including her own — Crain invites everyday Alabama women to congregate for a daring demonstration of resilience. SHOW ME THE LINE cuts through the noise of sensational headlines to reveal intimate portraits of the lives behind them. Unpacking history and fertility science, the film reaches the heart of reproductive care across the South. Through the unbreakable spirit of a community in reckoning, SHOW ME THE LINE celebrates connection and hope. About the filmmaker - Kelsey Ianuzzi is an Emmy Award-winning filmmaker, artist, and IVF baby with deep Alabama roots. She directed and produced the Emmy Award-winning documentary series MONOGRAPH for Alabama Public Television, where she also served as editor and cinematographer across multiple seasons. Her documentary work has featured storytelling visionaries including George Saunders, Willie Nelson, and Wanda Jackson, and has screened at AFI Docs, DOC NYC, and the PBS Film Festival. She is also a recipient of the Media Arts Fellowship and the Gay Burke Photography Fellowship from the Alabama State Council on the Arts. About the filmmaker - Stacey Davis is a mother, wife, filmmaker, and advocate. She has written and produced five short films (directing four), screening at over 60 festivals on four continents. In various producer roles, her films include BIRD IN HAND (Tribeca 2025), MCVEIGH (Tribeca), JOCKEY (Sundance), SWORD OF TRUST (SXSW), LITTLE SISTER (SXSW), and 1985 (SXSW). As an entertainment lawyer, Stacey has represented A24, MUBI, Hartbeat, and others on projects including Jim Jarmusch’s FATHER MOTHER SISTER BROTHER, Maude Apatow’s POETIC LICENSE, and A24’s THE DRAMA, MOTHER MARY, THE MOMENT, ETERNITY, MINARI, MAXXXINE, and THE IRON CLAW. She is the past president of the Board of Directors for The Sidewalk Film Center + Cinema and currently serves on the Board of Directors for Stowe Story Labs.