Filmmaker Heddy Honigmann meets six service dogs and their owners. These specially trained dogs assist their owners in navigating lives that can otherwise be challenging. Honigmann follows the inner workings of the pairs to unveil what’s truly given and received.

Heddy Honigmann’s humanist documentary is a joyful and moving portrait of the bond between people and their service dogs. Moving beyond surface-level sentimentalism, Buddy unravels the emotional complexity of the relationships at its center by approaching its subjects with candor and curiosity.