American Ramadan
Category: Documentaries
A look at the American Muslim experience, revealing the holiest of rituals shared by the Abrahamic traditions- the act of fasting for faith.

American Fugitive: The Truth About Hassan
Category: Documentaries
This film tells the story of David Belfield, aka Hassan Abdulrahman, who assassinated the representative to the Shah at the Iranian embassy in 1980, has been wanted by the FBI for the past 25 years, and lives in exile in Iran.

Alter Egos
Category: Documentaries
In this poignant study of artists, addiction, and creativity, director Laurence Green explores two renowned Canadian animators/filmmakers and the divergent paths their lives have taken.

Alonso's Dream
Category: Documentaries
An insightful film that reveals the impact Mexico's Zapatista movement and paramilitary violence have had on the day-to-day lives of Mayan peasants.

Algeria Daily
Category: Documentaries
Three weeks in the lives of independent journalists in Algeria, who offer a very personal and visceral view of Algerian society.

Spotlight: The Virgin Trade
Category: Documentaries
An nine month long investigation of Thailand's sex industry that asks provocative questions about urban myths, human trafficking, and what it really means to be a prostitute in South Asia.

Spotlight: The President versus David Hicks
Category: Documentaries
This award-winning documentary by Australians Curtis Levy and Bentley Dean is the first serious film about Australian David Hicks and his five-year detention in Guantanamo Bay.

Afterlife
Category: Documentaries
This animated short provides an impressionistic and visionary response to the philosophical questions of death and the possibility of an afterlife.

Afghan Ladies Driving School
Category: Documentaries
Kabul's women are learning to drive for the first time at Mamozai's Ladies' and Gentlemen's Driving Course.

Affluenza
Category: Documentaries
Personal stories and dramatized vignettes examining the high cost of achieving the most extravagant lifestyle the world has ever seen: the American Dream.

Act of War: The Overthrow of the Hawaiian Nation
Category: Documentaries
An examination of the circumstances surrounding the illegal overthrow of the Hawaiian sovereignty in 1893, Hawaii's subsequent U.S. annexation, and its impact from a native Hawaiian perspective.

A Tribute to Ali Farka Toure
Category: Documentaries
This tribute to legendary musician Ali Farka Toure features a short documentary about the making of his last - and perhaps greatest - album "Savane," which was completed shortly before he died.

A Duty To Protect
Category: Documentaries
This film explores the complexity of war in the Democratic Republic of Congo and the issues confronted by girl soldiers including rape and sexual exploitation.

A Dream in Hanoi
Category: Documentaries
Twenty-five years after the end of the Vietnam War, Vietnamese and Americans join forces in an unique artistic collaboration.

4th Annual Media That Matters Film Festival
Category: Documentaries
Sixteen short films on the burning topics of today: Corporate Accountability, Sustainable Agriculture, Civil Liberties, Youth Activism, and more.