Chicago Premiere
US Feature Documentary · 91 min · 2024
Hollywoodgate
Ibrahim Nash'at
Official Selection
Program
Twenty-eight films · four sections · October 28–30, 2026
Twenty-eight documentaries completed in 2024–2026, organized in four competition sections. View schedule
Post-screening Q&A · Photo: Kalai Ramu · CC BY-SA 4.0
Official Program
Seven titles per section · works completed 2024–2026
US Feature Documentary Golden Lens · 7 films
Chicago Premiere
Midwest Premiere
US Feature Documentary · 84 min · 2024
Daughters
Natalie Rae, Angela Patton
Chicago Premiere
US Feature Documentary · 93 min · 2024
Will & Harper
Josh Greenbaum
Chicago Premiere
US Feature Documentary · 111 min · 2024
Sugarcane
Julian Brave NoiseCat, Emily Kassie
US Premiere
US Feature Documentary · 109 min · 2024
Girls State
Amanda McBaine, Jesse Moss
Chicago Premiere
US Feature Documentary · 90 min · 2024
Your Fat Friend
Jeanie Finlay
World Premiere
US Feature Documentary · 100 min · 2024
No One Asked You
Ruth Leitman
US Short Documentary Silver Lens · 7 films
Chicago Premiere
US Short Documentary · 28 min · 2024
I Am Ready, Warden
Smriti Mundhra
Chicago Premiere
US Short Documentary · 17 min · 2026
Buckskin
Mars Verrone
Chicago Premiere
US Short Documentary · 35 min · 2024
The Barber of Little Rock
John Hoffman, Christine Turner
Midwest Premiere
US Short Documentary · 17 min · 2025
The Perfect Neighbor
Geeta Gandbhir
Midwest Premiere
US Short Documentary · 28 min · 2024
Death by Numbers
Kimberly Reed
Midwest Premiere
US Short Documentary · 39 min · 2024
The Only Girl in the Orchestra
Molly O'Brien
Chicago Premiere
US Short Documentary · 40 min · 2024
The Shitthropocene
David Garrett Byars
International Feature Documentary Golden Lens · 7 films
Opening Film · US Premiere
International Feature Documentary · 103 min · 2024
Black Box Diaries
Shiori Ito
Chicago Premiere
International Feature Documentary · 87 min · 2024
Porcelain War
Brendan Bellomo, Aniela Sidorska, Slava Leontyev
North American Premiere
International Feature Documentary · 83 min · 2024
Nocturnes
Anirban Dutta, Anupama Srinivasan
Midwest Premiere
International Feature Documentary · 87 min · 2024
Yintah
Jennifer Wickham, Brenda Michell, Michael Toledano
Chicago Premiere
International Feature Documentary · 82 min · 2024
Architecton
Viktor Kossakovsky
US Premiere
International Feature Documentary · 90 min · 2024
The Commandant's Shadow
Daniela Völker
Midwest Premiere
International Feature Documentary · 89 min · 2024
From Ground Zero
Wissam Moussa, Khamis Masharawi, Philip Cox
International Short Documentary Silver Lens · 7 films
North American Premiere
International Short Documentary · 22 min · 2025
Pharma Empire
Vladimir Perović
Chicago Premiere
International Short Documentary · 20 min · 2024
The Poem We Sang
Annie Sakkab
Chicago Premiere
International Short Documentary · 15 min · 2024
Sounds & Pressure: Reggae in a Foreign Land
Graeme Mathieson, Chris Flanagan
Midwest Premiere
International Short Documentary · 17 min · 2024
The Sparkle
Isabelle Grignon-Francke
Chicago Premiere
International Short Documentary · 13 min · 2024
Perfectly a Strangeness
Alison McAlpine
Midwest Premiere
International Short Documentary · 18 min · 2024
Hello Stranger
Amélie Hardy
Chicago Premiere
International Short Documentary · 19 min · 2024
After the Silence
Matilde-Luna Perotti
Awards
The Competition
Fourteen feature documentaries and fourteen shorts compete across four sections. Feature juries led by Barbara Kopple award the Golden Lens in both feature sections; short juries award the Silver Lens. The Jury Prize and Social Impact Star honor exceptional craft and public engagement in any section.
Audience ballots are collected at every competition screening. Winners are announced at the closing-night ceremony on Friday, October 30.
Golden Lens
Feature · Jury (US & International)
Silver Lens
Short · Jury (US & International)
Jury Prize
Any section
Social Impact Star
Social engagement
Audience Award
All competition films