Jennifer Baichwal (Canada, 2006). Lecture by Marilyn Fabe. A pictorially ravishing tour of China's devastated industrial landscapes with photographer Edward Burtynsky. (90 mins)

Song Fang (China, 2012). (Ji yi wang zhe wo). In this strong feature debut, Song Fang directs and plays herself as she visits her parents in Nanjing and they muse on life, death, and tradition. (87 mins)

Marcelo Lordello (Brazil, 2012). (Eles voltam). Marcelo Lordello in person. A potent exploration of class and adolescence, They'll Come Back is a beautifully shot modern fable that tells the story of Cris, a privileged twelve-year-old who embarks on a journey that will open her eyes to a world she never knew. (105 mins)

Olivier Assayas (France, 2012). (Après mai). The latest from French master Olivier Assayas chronicles the period following the May '68 riots in Paris through the eyes of a group of young political idealists trying to make sense of their world through art. (122 mins)

Joshua Oppenheimer (Denmark/Norway/U.K., 2012). “I have not seen a film as powerful, surreal and frightening in at least a decade,” says Werner Herzog of this flabbergasting documentary in which notorious death-squad chiefs brazenly reenact heinous crimes they committed during the Indonesian genocide of the mid-1960s. (116 mins)

Bence Fliegauf (Hungary/Germany/France, 2012). As rumors of a right-wing death squad fill their community, a marginalized Hungarian Romany family goes about its daily routines in this powerful, intimate work based on true events. (87 mins)

Treva Wurmfeld (U.S., 2012). Treva Wurmfeld and producer Amy Hobby in person. With warmth and candor, director Treva Wurmfeld probes the intimate dimensions of the friendship between playwright/actor Sam Shepard and his close friend, archivist Johnny. (92 mins)

Kim Longinotto (U.K./India, 2013). Veteran British documentarian Kim Longinotto's latest work is the remarkable story of a South Indian Muslim woman who endured a twenty-five-year imprisonment by her own family before becoming the most famous female poet in the Tamil language. (90 mins)

Mika Mattila (Finland, 2013). Mika Mattila in person. This revelatory and visually striking documentary follows a pair of artists-painter/sculptor Wang Guangyi and photographer Liu Gang-as they grapple with their place and purpose in a new China of pervasive materialism and Western influence. (86 mins)

Raúl Ruiz (France/Chile, 2012). (La noche de enfrente). This posthumously released film, shot in Ruiz's native Chile, brings back the elegance of his straight-faced surrealism in the story of a man nearing death who conjures up his childhood heroes. (113 mins)

Les Blank (U.S.). Three newly restored 16mm films by Les Blank: the West Coast premiere of the restoration of Spend it All, a documentary celebrating Cajun food, music, and culture, and world premieres of the restorations of the rarely seen Chicken Real (1970) and Christopher Tree (a.k.a. Spontaneous Sound, 1972). (73 mins)

Martha Shane, Lana Wilson (U.S., 2013). Martha Shane, Lana Wilson, and editor Greg O'Toole in person. In the wake of the murder of Dr. George Tiller, only four late-term abortion providers remain in the United States. This thought provoking documentary examines the personal and ethical imperatives that drive these physicians to continue in the face of legal and personal harassment. (88 mins)

Bahram Beyzaie (Iran, 1971). Bahram Beyzaie in person. A teacher is transferred to a poor, conservative area-and becomes involved with a student's beautiful older sister-in this major work of pre-Revolutionary Iranian cinema, shot independently on the streets of Tehran in 1971. (128 mins)

Ryan White (U.S./U.K., 2012). A film rich in archival footage that follows the Beatles from Liverpudlian phenomenon to worldwide sensation through the eyes of the band's secretary, Freda Kelly. (86 mins)

Michael Polish (U.S., 2012). Jean-Marc Barr is a middle-aged, alcoholic Jack Kerouac trying to outrun his demons as he reunites with old friends in San Francisco and attempts to dry out in a Big Sur cabin in Michael Polish's deft, poetic adaptation of the writer's 1962 novel. (90 mins)

Raoul Peck (France/Haiti/U.S./Belgium, 2013). Filmed over two years, Haitian-born Raoul Peck's powerful exposé examines the staggering failures, global and local, that have stranded a vulnerable nation in the wake of the devastating 2010 earthquake. (100 mins)

Alexander Kasatkin, Natalya Nazarova (Russia, 2012). (Córka). A serial killer targeting teenage girls is on the loose in a parochial Russian village in this aesthetically austere yet emotionally explosive coming-of-age tale. (111 mins)

Kaspar Astrup Schröder (Denmark, 2012). (Lej en familie A/S). This absorbing and offbeat documentary revolves around a Japanese man who operates a professional stand-in business that rents out fake relatives to a rapidly growing Japanese customer base “desperate to cover up a secret.” (77 mins)

Adrián Saba (Peru, 2012). (El limpiador). As a mysterious epidemic eviscerates Lima's adult population-but spares its children-a solitary middle-aged forensic worker discovers an orphaned boy at one of his cleanup sites. A gently haunted and affecting study of social alienation and redemption. (95 mins)

Pedro González-Rubio (Japan, 2012). In this blend of documentary and narrative, González-Rubio (Alamar) follows the few remaining inhabitants of an isolated Japanese town as they pray to their gods, collect flowers for graves, and worry about “crossing the great river.” With Thomas Gleeson's short Home. (83 mins)

Enrique Rivero (Mexico, 2012). In the ethereal, nearly pre-Columbian landscapes of the Mexican town of Xochimilco, a stoic woman returns home to care for her ninety-nine-year-old mother in this haunting and meditative film. (83 mins)

Jason Osder (U.S., 2013). Jason Osder and editor Nels Bangerter. Composed entirely of archival footage, this penetrating documentary reconstructs the decade-long conflict between the radical emancipatory group MOVE and the police and city officials of Philadelphia. (94 mins)

Alicia Scherson (Chile/Germany/Italy/Spain, 2012). An orphaned brother and sister stumble upon an opportunity they can't refuse-seemingly easy money by way of a former Mr. Universe turned reclusive movie star-in this adaptation of a Roberto Bolaño novella. (99 mins)

Artists in Person. Recent works by UC Berkeley students, including the winners of the Eisner Prize, the campus's highest award for creativity. (90 mins)