Program 33: Life in the Doghouse

Ron Davis / Next Generation Series, Documentary Feature, Saturday, Oct. 13 / USA / 2018 / 84 mins

Life in the Doghouse is the touching and inspiring story of Danny Robertshaw and Ron Danta, owners of Danny and Ron’s Rescue, who together have saved the lives of over 10,000 dogs in a span of more than 10 years.

Program 34: TransMilitary

Gabriel Silverman and Fiona Dawson / ASL Interpreted, Next Generation Series, Documentary Feature, Saturday, Oct. 13 / USA / 2018 / 93 mins

While tackling one of the more sadly relevant topics in today’s headlines, TransMilitary offers a plainspoken, gut-level examination of the current administration’s repeated attempts to ban all transgender troops from the U.S. Military. Gabriel Silverman and Fiona Dawson direct this eye-opening documentary that follows four diverse members from the U.S. Armed Forces as they make the case – and risk their careers – to promote a trans-inclusive policy during the waning years of the Obama Presidency and later amidst efforts by the 45th president’s administration to abolish all trace of transgender service members.

Program 35: The Miseducation of Cameron Post

Desiree Akhavan / ASL Interpreted, Next Generation Series, Narrative Feature, Saturday, Oct. 13 / USA / 2018 / 91 mins

Based on the best-selling novel by Emily M. Danforth, The Miseducation of Cameron Post is one of the most critically-acclaimed films in this year’s festival.

Program 37: Safe Space

Next Generation Series, Shorts Program, Sunday, Oct. 14 / 94 mins

These LGBTQ youth stories are for the young and the not so young alike.

In This Program: Are We Good Parents?, Darío, The Boy Who Wanted To Fly (El niño que quería volar), Something About Alex (Anders), Timmy Slays The Talent Show, Mrs. McCutcheon

Program 38: My Best Friend (Mi mejor amigo)

Martin Deus / Subtitled, Next Generation Series, Narrative Feature, Sunday, Oct. 14 / Argentina / 2018 / 90 mins

Lorenzo is a classic bookworm: quiet, crazy skinny, the last kid to get picked for soccer, his face stuck in the pages of a science fiction novel. But he also has an intensity and a sense of responsibility which goes beyond the typical teenager. Protected by loving parents, Lorenzo seems at peace, if a little lonely, growing up in a small city in Argentina.