Director: Nanfu Wang Run Time: 95 min.

Official Selection of Sundance Film Festival 2021. How did the Chinese government turn pandemic coverups in Wuhan into a triumph for the Communist party? An essential narrative of firsthand accounts of the coronavirus, and a revelatory examination of how propaganda and patriotism shaped the outbreak’s course – both in China and in the U.S.

Director: Kristian Petri, Kristina Lindström Run Time: 94 min.

Official Selection of Sundance Film Festival 2021. Swedish actor/musician Björn Andresen’s life was forever changed at the age of 15, when he played Tadzio, the object of Dirk Bogarde’s obsession in Death in Venice – a role which led Italian maestro Luchino Visconti to dub him “the world’s most beautiful boy.”

Run Time: 60 min.

A roundtable discussion of the challenges that exist in covering film during a pandemic and within the changing industry landscape.

Director: Pascual Sisto Run Time: 98 min.

Starring: Charlie Shotwell, Jennifer Ehle, Michael C. Hall, Taissa Farmiga

Official Selection of Sundance Film Festival 2021. A nontraditional coming-of-age story, set in the unsettling reality of John, a kid who holds his family captive in a hole in the ground.

Director: Hogir Hirori Run Time: 91 min.

Official Selection of Sundance Film Festival 2021. With just a mobile phone and a gun, Mahmud, Ziyad and their group risk their lives trying to save Yazidi women and girls being held by ISIS as Sabaya (abducted sex slaves) in the most dangerous camp in the Middle East, Al-Hol in Syria.

Run Time: 90 min.

Hosted by Gateway Film Center. Recipients of the The Greater Columbus Arts Council and Film Columbus Art Unites Cbus Photography and Film Awards discuss their works.

Director: Amalia Ulman Run Time: 79 min.

Starring: Ale Ulman, Amalia Ulman, Nacho Vigalondo, Saoirse Bertram, Zhou Chen

Official Selection of Sundance Film Festival 2021. Amidst the devastation of post-crisis Spain, mother and daughter bluff and grift to keep up the lifestyle they think they deserve, bonding over common tragedy and an impending eviction.

Run Time: 87 min. Rating: NR

Celebrating its 25th anniversary in 2021, the Wexner Center’s annual Ohio Shorts festival showcases the state’s rich community of moving-image makers. This is a presentation of the 2020 winners with filmmakers in attendance.

Director: Karen Cinorre Run Time: 100 min.

Starring: Grace Van Patten, Havana Rose Liu, Juliette Lewis, Mia Goth, Soko, Théodore Pellerin

Official Selection of Sundance Film Festival 2021. Ana is transported to a dreamlike and dangerous land where she joins an army of girls engaged in a never-ending war along a rugged coast. Though she finds strength in this exhilarating world, she comes to realize that she's not the killer they want her to be.

Run Time: 60 min.

A roundtable discussion, featuring local filmmakers, creators, and industry leaders discussing the process of making films in central Ohio.

Director: Carlson Young Run Time: 101 min.

Starring: Carlson Young, Dermot Mulroney, John Karna, Soko, Udo Kier, Vinessa Shaw

Official Selection of Sundance Film Festival 2021. Decades after the accidental drowning of her twin sister, a self-destructive young woman returns to her family home, finding herself drawn to an alternate dimension where her sister may still be alive.

Director: Jakub Piątek Run Time: 93 min.

Starring: Andrzej Kłak, Bartosz Bielenia, Dobromir Dymecki, Magdalena Popławska, Małgorzata Hajewska-Krzysztofik, Monika Frajczyk

Official Selection of Sundance Film Festival 2021. On the last day of 1999, 20-year-old Sebastian locks himself in a TV studio. He has two hostages, a gun, and an important message for the world. The story of the attack explores a rebel’s extreme measures and last resort.

Director: Kevin Macdonald Run Time: 90 min.

Official Selection of Sundance Film Festival 2021. An extraordinary, intimate, global portrait of life on our planet, filmed by thousands of people across the world, on a single day: 25th July 2020.

Director: Rintu Thomas, Sushmit Ghosh Run Time: 92 min.

Official Selection of Sundance Film Festival 2021. In a cluttered news landscape dominated by men, emerges India's only newspaper run by Dalit women. Armed with smartphones, Chief Reporter Meera and her journalists break traditions on the frontlines of India's biggest issues and within the confines of their own homes, redefining what it means to be powerful.

Director: Philippe Lacôte Run Time: 93 min.

Starring: Denis Lavant, Digbeu Jean Cyrille, Issaka Sawadogo, Koné Bakary, Rasmané Ouédraogo, Steve Tientcheu

Official Selection of Sundance Film Festival 2021. A young man is sent to La Maca, a prison on the Ivory Coast in the middle of the forest ruled by its prisoners. With the red moon rising, he is designated by the Boss to be the new "Roman" and must tell a story to the other prisoners.