The Best Summer
Feature | United States | 84 Minutes | English

In January 2025, while evacuating her home during the Palisades fires, director Tamra Davis found a box of videotapes she shot in 1995 on the Summersault tour, an Australian festival that brought together Beastie Boys, Sonic Youth, Foo Fighters, Pavement, Rancid, Beck, The Amps, and Bikini Kill at the height of their alt-rock moment. Newly married to Beastie Boy Mike D, Davis had full access everywhere and her camera caught it all: blistering performances, backstage banter, candid interviews conducted by Kathleen Hanna, and all the unguarded moments that don't survive in the age of smartphones. Director: Tamra Davis (Billy Madison; Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Radiant Child) Theater B

Changes: The Story of Sugar
Short | United States | 21 Minutes | English

On the heels of their first live shows together in decades, CHANGES: THE STORY OF SUGAR chronicles the history of the groundbreaking band, from their first practice sessions in the early 1990s to their three sold-out Webster Hall shows this past May. Sugar may have existed for barely three years, but their impact was enormous: their debut album, Copper Blue, was named NME’s 1992 Album of the Year, reached the Top 10 in the UK, and became a landmark of ’90s alternative rock. Beaster and File Under: Easy Listening followed, giving Sugar two more acclaimed albums and cementing their reputation as one of the era’s most powerful and inventive guitar bands. At the heart of Sugar’s story is Bob Mould, one of the most influential figures in American alternative rock. As the frontman and principal songwriter of Hüsker Dü, Mould helped lay the groundwork for the alternative-rock explosion before forming Sugar and creating some of the most enduring guitar-driven music of the ’90s. The film features archival footage, sit-down interviews with Mould, David Barbe and drummer Malcolm Travis, excerpts from Mould’s memoir, See a Little Light: The Trail of Rage and Melody, and special guest appearances. Director: Rob Hatch-Miller (Other Music, Syl Johnson: Any Way the Wind Blows)

After the screening: A live conversation with Director of Photography Paul Yee.