The Peoples Palace: Secrets of the New York Public Library

Free for ALL: Inside the Public Library

Invalid date •English

From award-winning filmmakers comes the story of how a simple idea shaped a nation, and the quiet revolutionaries who made it happen.

The People's Palace: A Portrait of the New York Public Library

January 1991 •English

With a mission of collecting, preserving and making accessible the materials of human culture, the New York Public Library plays a vital role in the cultural life of the Big Apple. This film provides a multifaceted portrait of the institution. Viewers will learn about the library's history, collections and research centers as well as the individuals charged with upholding its mission while always keeping an eye to the future.

Library Stories: Books on the Backroads

June 2023 •English

Library Stories: Books on the Backroads is a film about New Mexico's rural libraries. It’s about villages and Pueblo communities, their histories and their people, where their libraries are, and what their libraries mean. Rural people across our country know their libraries are essential to the educational and social fabric of their communities.

Moriqueta

May 2024 •Spanish

Lucas is a 19 years old deaf animator who explores life through his sketchbook. He encounters a handsome young man at his favorite library, leading him to seek a creative way to communicate with him. He chooses to set aside his beliefs and insecurities to ask him out on a date.

Love Yourself First

October 2024 •English

A short film about self-love and self-discovery.

Between the Lines

September 2023 •English

Shy book lover Jane is unexpectedly tasked with having to save her beloved library from closure...but help is on hand from a host of literary characters.

After Words

August 2015 •English

Jane Taylor, a librarian, has lost her job. Depressed and suicidal, she decides to take a final wonderful trip to Costa Rica before swallowing a bottle of pills. Once there, she meets a younger man, Juan, a vibrant tour guide who takes her on an unexpected journey filled with adventure and romance.

PHILIP

June 2021 •English

A random librarian is pulled into a multiversal conundrum in this prequel to Tethered (2020).

Wish You Were There

May 2024 •English

When Vienna gets locked inside the library overnight, she finds herself stuck with Maeve, her former best friend who she hasn’t spoken to since high school. With college graduation nearing, they reflect on what they have missed out on in each other’s lives and remember why they were once so close.

The Burden of the Past

March 2023 •Japanese

Japan has a recidivism rate of 50%. The staff at a magazine called CHANGE want to lower that by rehabilitating former prisoners. This forms the basis of FUNAHASHI Atsushi’s ensemble docudrama, which tells the story from both the perspectives of the editorial team and ex-cons.

Irreligious Nation

February 2023 •English

Sorbo family production

Your Vote is in Danger

April 2023 •Korean

Fale Comigo Verão: O diário de um cineasta amador

June 2023 •Portuguese

For years, together with his partners from the production company O Quadro, he has been betting on cinema as a tool to explore the typical issues of youth. In this film, Evandro Scorsin turns the cameras on himself as he deals with the dilemmas of the passing of time and the imposition of adulthood. In an exercise in autofiction where cinema and life merge, the film is also a cinematic love letter to the beloved masters (especially Nicholas Ray). Coming and going between two countries and times, it records the vertigo of displacement and the reinventions inherent to an immigrant experience.

Der Echte Freddie Mercury - Die Münchner Jahre

November 2021 •German

Hard Rock Zombies: Never Say Die

March 2022 •English

Feature length documentary covering the making of HARD ROCK ZOMBIES.

Ska'yaa

August 2021 •Spanish

Disneyland Paris : Les trente ans d'un rêve toujours plus grand

March 2022 •French

Noël à Disneyland : Les Secrets de la Féérie

December 2018 •French

Disneyland Paris : Les Secrets du Royaume de Mickey

October 2016 •French

Amongst Us - Neo Nazi Australia

March 2022 •English

An eye-opening investigation led by 12-time Walkley Award-winning 60 Minutes, The Age and Sydney Morning Herald reporter Nick McKenzie, Revealed: Amongst Us – Neo Nazi Australia explores the terrifying rise of neo Nazi activity in Australia.