The Mead showcases the best in non-narrative filmmaking, encompassing a broad spectrum of work including international documentaries, experimental films, animation, hybrid works, and more.

The Festival presents documentaries that increase our understanding of the complexity and diversity of the peoples and cultures that populate our planet.

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Announcing the 2011 Margaret Mead Film Festival

Celebrating 35 years as the preeminent showcase for contemporary cultural storytelling, the 2011 Margaret Mead Film Festival will screen more than 30 outstanding films culled from more than 1,000 submissions from Thursday, November 10 to Sunday, November 13, 2011.

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Darren Aronofsky to lead the Margaret Mead Filmmaker Award Jury

Join Academy Award-nominated director Darren Aronofsky (Black Swan), head of the Margaret Mead Filmmaker Award jury, for a festival that represents the best in documentary filmmaking. Check back soon for updates on our other jury members. Read more here.

Space-themed films to screen at the 2011 Mead Festival

In conjunction with the new exhibition Beyond Earth: The Future of Space Exploration (opening November 19), the Mead Festival will also present a special series of space-themed films, including Marion Kiss' Space Sailors (U.S. Premiere), which follows the lives of an elite group of international cosmonauts chosen for the Soviet Intercosmos Program, and Academy-Award nominee Christian Frei's Space Tourists, about the burgeoning space-tourism industry.