The Second Day of the 2025 Festival Marks the Start of Beyond Film!
We hope you had a blast catching the incredible premieres during Fest’s first day! Here’s what’s happening on day two: Check out today’s premiering films, including Prime Minister, André is an Idiot, Rabbit Trap, Bubble & Squeak, and It’s Never Over, Jeff Buckley. Due to high demand, many films may be sold out, but check the website and app to buy any last-minute releases and jump on the waitlist beginning two hours before each screening. Tickets might become available! Plenty of titles will also be online starting January 30, including our amazing short film lineup, available with a Short Films Pass: Online.
Between screenings, stop by the Filmmaker Lodge for our Beyond Film series kick off and catch partner events like Rooted in Solidarity: A Gathering for Collective Action, Black Filmmakers You Should Know!, and Festival Kick Off Party at Acura House of Energy.
Meet the Artists Behind Prime Minister
In co-directors Lindsay Utz’s and Michelle Walshe’s intimate portrait of former New Zealand Prime Minister, The Right Honourable Dame Jacinda Ardern, we’re invited inside the leader’s life for the five years she was in power. In their Meet the Artist presented by Acura episode, the co-directors of the documentary, premiering today in the World Cinema Documentary Competition section, discuss how Dame Jacinda’s unapologetic leadership moved them to what their film asks of its audience.
