AFF 2022 Feature Films

A filmmaker with mental illness follows three defendants through a specialized mental health probation program.

Mel Brooks, Ruth Bader Ginsberg and Carl Reiner are among the diners singing the praises of the Horn & Hardart Automats, the art deco cafeterias whose rich 100-year history is celebrated in this nostalgic and historically illuminating documentary.

In this inspiring documentary, four Zimbabwean refugees find purpose training as sommeliers in South Africa and compete in the World Wine Tasting Championships in France.

For over 85 years, steamship Ste. Claire transported generations of Detroiters to Boblo Island, an amusement park nestled in the waters between the US and Canada. When the vessel comes under threat of ruin, a doctor, psychic and amusement park fanatic unite to save their beloved steamship from the scrapyard.

A coming-of-golden-age-film about Florida's most dedicated dance team for women over 60 - the Calendar Girls. A film that is shaking up the outdated image of "the little old lady', and a calling for everyone to dance their hearts out, while they still can.

After discovering an archive detailing the horrifying journey of his grandfather as an American POW during World War II, a young man from Wyoming sets out to retrace his footsteps across Germany on bicycle in an effort to understand the most influential person in his life.

Anyone Who Had a Heart, Do You Know the Way to San Jose, Walk on By, and Alfie are all pop songs that instantly conjure up the familiar melodic voice of Dionne Warwick.

Intrepid scientists and lovers Katia and Maurice Krafft died in a volcanic explosion doing the very thing that brought them together: unraveling the mysteries of volcanoes by capturing the most explosive imagery ever recorded.

To commemorate the 75th Anniversary of D-Day, June 6, 1944, a dedicated group of pilots and mechanics, civilians and veterans, and boomers and millennials come together to restore 15 original WW II planes for an epic 4000-mile re-creation journey across the North Atlantic Ocean from the U.S. to Normandy.

Isabel Castro wanted her debut feature about the immigrant experience to reflect a full range of emotions, especially the joy of finding freedom and meaning.

Hollywood producer Monica Levinson (AFF18 opening night film Beirut) presents an intimate look at a typical Jewish-American family, with their values conveyed through interviews.

A snippet of 16mm film offers an emotionally charged, meditative glimpse into the lives of the unsuspecting Jewish citizens of a small Polish village at the precipice of World War II.

A former Vietnam infantry soldier decides to celebrate his 70th birthday by walking across New York State to help other survivors of PTSD, while confronting his own dark past.