SDFF 2022

An exercise in polarities and sameness. This is the 2022 Self-Directed Film Festival.

If you have never participated before, be sure to consult the rules before watching.

 

Queen of Versailles
(2012, DOCUMENTARY)

The 2008 global economic crisis threatens the fortune of Florida billionaires David and Jackie Siegel just as they are in the middle of building a 90,000 square-foot estate. Watch on Hulu.

NOMADLAND
(2021, DRAMA)

A woman in her sixties who, after losing everything in the Great Recession, embarks on a journey through the American West, living as a van-dwelling modern-day nomad. Watch on Hulu.

Love Song for Latasha
(2020, DOCUMENTARY SHORT)

The killing of Latasha Harlins became a flashpoint for the 1992 LA uprising. This documentary evocatively explores the 15-year-old's life and dreams. Watch on Netflix.

THE BLOOD IS AT THE DOORSTEP
(2017, DOCUMENTARY)

A Milwaukee police officer shoots Dontre Hamilton 14 times and kills him. His family become committed activists, beginning a quest for justice, answer and reform. Watch on Amazon Prime

The RACHEL DIVIDE
(2018, DOCUMENTARY)

Rachel Dolezal, the former leader of the NAACP's Spokane branch, becomes a national news story when she is exposed for faking her black ancestry. Watch on Netflix.

JACINTA
(2020, DOCUMENTARY)

Jacinta, an incarcerated woman who has followed her mother in and out of jail, hopes to break free of the cycle of drug addiction and reconnect with her young daughter. Watch on Hulu.

CUSP
(2021, DOCUMENTARY)

A fascinating glimpse into authentic American girlhood, where the strictures of adolescence clash with the growing desire for personal agency. Watch on Showtime.

IN THE SAME BREATH
(2021, Documentary)

Recounting the earliest days of COVID-19, this film examines how two countries dealt with its initial spread, from the first days of the outbreak in Wuhan to its rampage across the United States. Watch on HBO Max.

InSIDE by BO Burnham
(2021, Comedy Special)

In the midst of quarantine, comedian Bo Burnham shoots and performs a comedy special over the course of a year, all alone, with no crew or audience. Watch on Netflix.

Some Kind of Heaven
(2021, DOCUMENTARY)

Behind the gates of this utopia lie a small group of Villages residents and one interloper who are unable to find happiness within the community's pre-packaged paradise. Watch on Hulu.

The MOle Agent
(2020, Documentary)

A private investigator in Chile hires someone to work as a mole at a retirement home where a client of his suspects the caretakers of elder abuse. Watch on Hulu.

Citizen K
(2019, DOCUMENTARY)

Mikhail Khodorkovsky, a wealthy man in Russia, rocketed to prosperity in the 1990s and became an unlikely martyr for the anti-Putin movement. Watch on Amazon Prime.

COLLECTIVE
(2019, DOCUMENTARY)

Journalists uncover health care fraud in the wake of a deadly nightclub fire in Bucharest, Romania, in 2015. Watch on Hulu.