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On the road to her family vacation, 10-year-old Olivia is hooked on her phone and social media. When she is abandoned by her parents in a highway service area alone with her plushie, things take an unexpected turn!
A lifetime passes through a couple as they sit on the deck of a ferry, holding each other in the sea breeze.
An artwork that exposes the lifespan of infinity. The film delves into an immersive loop of organic forms, reflecting on the entangled nature of life and art.
A hard-of-hearing 13-year-old student's reality closes in the more she spends time with her teacher.
While the townsfolk are celebrating the village's anniversary parade, Étienne tries the impossible: to show them how beautiful his family's cacophony really is.
On his way home one night, Kristian encounters a young woman in desperate need of help. He agrees to accompany her to the train station, but soon begins questioning her story.
A grieving young man falls into the final act of a cult leader's ritual.
Throughout a conservatory audition, clues of Arlo's reading disability become uncomfortably clear.
Serge, a funeral agent, finds himself entrusted with the custody of his daughter, Inès, as well as the ashes of a stranger. Together, they seek to pay tribute to this unknown person and end up weaving unexpected bonds.
A compelling portrait of ALOK, acclaimed nonbinary author, poet, comedian, and public speaker. Executive-produced by Jodie Foster.
Captivated by the elusive Ivory-billed Woodpecker, self-taught expert Mark Michaels seeks to prove its persistence against insurmountable odds. The quest leads him to chart the depths of his psyche, uncovering the collective grief engendered by environmental destruction.
Marmar listens to the stories told by her grandmother's friends. Based on childhood memories and shared stories, this is a tale of love, grief and resilience, and a tribute to the solidarity of Iranian women.
Paula, a neurotic 35-year-old real estate agent, launches a crazy plan to avoid breaking up with her boyfriend. The plan? To bring together their respective psychologists to solve their problems.
Angie, a bodybuilder at the end of her career, discovers an unusual growth on her back. The doctor recommends that she alter her lifestyle in order to curb her deterioration. Angie explores body obsession, narcissism, and insatiability.
An artfully comedic tale chronicling the misadventures of a Pigeon, a Rat, and a cast of "only-in-New-York" type characters trying to make it another day in the big city.
Clutching at straws and running on fumes, a desperate young woman's indecision about the future of her unborn child has her looking for signs from the universe. Stranded at a crossroads, will the future finally reveal its plan?
Propelled by a jarring, lyrical aesthetic, Aphasia pulls viewers into a disconcerting sensory experience. This striking and unsettling debut professional animated short by Marielle Dalpé is a deeply moving foray into the heart of aphasia—a devastating neurocognitive condition that progressively destroys the ability to speak and understand words, afflicting many people with Alzheimer's disease.
After the cleaning lady at a well-known contemporary art museum throws a whole installation in the trash, the artistic director seeks to find out why.
Lera has been living in Berlin for almost a year since the outbreak of the war in Ukraine. One day she returns to visit her family in Kyiv and meets up with her friend Kyrylo, with whom she spends the day.
A Goldenvoice short documentary showcasing the vibrant stories of six South Asian artists gracing the stage at the 2023 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival.
A man strikes gold when he discovers a special ability during an intimate moment with his husband.
During a weekend vacation with her best friend's family, 17-year-old Azi gets caught up in an unexpected game with another guest.
Eleven-year-old BENNI always has to take crap from his older brother PASCAL. But when Pascal has a moment of weakness on New Year's Eve, Benni senses his chance to finally get even - a decision with fatal consequences...
Cole, a teenager with a broken back, lives with his domineering alcoholic mother who cannot retire because of his condition. At the expense of his own health, Cole will have to deal with the consequences of her actions.
If they manage to shoot the best video for a competition, Mike and his little brother, Tom, will win a trip to the Bahamas, where their father left to long ago.
A married couple who own an Odong-Odong spend their days entertaining other people's children. Between relatives, self-doubt, and an explosive confrontation, they uncover why they have not been blessed with a child.
Three brothers travel to Istanbul to undergo a hair transplant. Upon arrival, they hear the clinic can only accommodate one of them. As the tension between them rises, the group dynamics reveal their different personalities, along with their insecurities – which only seem to grow with age. A stop-motion film with a healthy dose of humour and a great deal of attention to detail.
– Koen de Rooij
Weekend trips, city breaks, a detour into nature or once around the world. Barely a few days off, you're already gone. Never before has the desire to travel been so widespread and visited places so overloaded. What do we get out of it, other than the picture proof that we have been there?
Young actress Marci, who stars as a cheerleader in the hit television series Beverly Heights is seen by everyone as head cheerleader dating the football team captain, but behind closed doors she's in love with a mysterious girl named Emily…
When Bibi's dog dies, there's only one shoulder she wants to cry on. It just belongs to her hot-tempered ex.
A lifetime of being told that she, as a fat person, can't dance—and believing it—leads Glaswegian filmmaker Sarah Grant to re-enact iconic dance sequences.
"The Big Wait" follows a small town called Forrest, isolated in a flat treeless desert, and its population of two people: Greg & Kate, who are there to maintain its emergency airstrip. As they wait for an emergency landing, they keep Forrest's one street and six vacant houses in pristine condition by mowing the green front lawns, blowing the leaves, vacuuming the red dust. At the same time, they find themselves increasingly enjoying the inherent freedom of the place by indulging in more wild activities. But in the face of the uncertainty and ever looming shadow of madness, how long can they keep up this fragile balance between play and routine before something finally cracks?
A bird called Memory has forgotten how to fly back home. Lua, a trans woman, tries to find Memory in the streets of Rio de Janeiro, but the city can be a hostile place.
On a seemingly prosaic day in the life of Bita, an Iranian woman with terminal cancer comes to grips with her changing relationships with her family as life transforms, evolves and slips away.
When school picture day gets lost in translation between Korean-American single mom Min and her kindergartener son Noah, Min tries to course-correct with the ragtag help of her assimilated sisters, a sharp new outfit for Noah, and an ocean's worth of determination to give him better.
At a Burning Man-inspired festival in the Swedish woods, Oscar wakes up half-naked in the forest with an injured foot. After two days of despair, he encounters a berry picker and convinces her to help him return to the festival.
A self-isolated young human known as "James" delves into the hidden world of microscopic organisms, forging a tender connection with these nearly invisible creatures and developing a massive online following, as he seeks to understand his own place in the cosmos and accept the scars of his past.
"A Body Called Life" is a film made in collaboration with James, with a screenplay adapted from the verbatim Instagram posts of James, and starring James as James. It is an experiment in storytelling, about a life spent observing other little lives, with a charming score by Dan Deacon.
In 1992, as Colombia faces an era of drug violence, car bombs, and daily power outages, a young mother in Bogotá receives an internship opportunity in New York and eventually must choose between her family and her dreams.
Fran is in his hometown to rest and visit his mother. Following the jerky rhythm of Bolero, this journey along the paths of memory and desire will lead him and the whole village to a joyfully chaotic climax.
When a Latinx filmmaker is offered a dream job abroad, she discovers a supernatural way to navigate the U.S. immigration system and get the coveted travel permit she needs. But what seems like a magic solution soon shows unexpected consequences.
A mother one day decides to cut off her daughter's meticulously tightened braids, and severs more growth between them than just hair.
On the last day of high school, Bruno finally manages to charm the girl of his dreams and invites her over to his house. But his mother, Elena, won't stay in her room.
A dissatisfied marriage, a secret crush, and workplace fantasies come to a head in a diner run by a mole with a hot ass.
A farcical comedy about an ex-bullfighter who gets a job as a flag waving parking attendant to stage a redemptive final bullfight.
Punk singer Luna rebels against the indifference of her artsy friends by writing a song about Laugo, the construction worker from across the street. The collision of the worlds of affluent neglect and everyday work leads to a dramatic downfall.
A calf is about to be born. The accident that suddenly strikes a remote Irish farm reveals a secret that has long been deafened and leaves Cáit with a terrible decision to make. A gut-wrenching film from way out in the countryside, a place where the worst things are silenced.
A philosopher and his girlfriend involuntarily must spend a night at a nudist campsite, which is far beyond their comfort zone. At the campsite they meet a friendly couple, and this reveals underlying conflicts and creates tension in their relationship.
Filmmaker Kailee McGee's world turns sideways with a late-stage breast cancer diagnosis. She's in the middle of treatment but just beginning to reevaluate reality, love, and identity while being sick. Kailee loses track of where her cancer journey ends and her life begins. As the voice inside her head toggles between existential crisis and self-actualization, Kailee resorts to the only way she knows how to heal: figure out a way to watch a version of her journey unfold on a screen.
Six friends drive to the Polish Baltic coast and back in a small, dented car. During their trip, their car and their country fall apart. Nevertheless, life goes on.
A man discovers he has been crying for two months. His tears are strangely working in an inverse manner, transforming his interiors into a waterfall. He has to find a way to stop a cry he can't even feel.
A middle-aged Hong Kong immigrant fisherman searches for the perfect spot–his only clue, an old postcard promising a desert paradise.
César is 12 when his older sister Lou is sexually assaulted. In his fencing class changing rooms, everything is measured by the yardstick of violence. César would like to take part in every fight, but he doesn't have the weapons.
At the height of summer, two rowdy young boys spend the afternoon tearing through the countryside. But when they come across an electric fence, a competitive game sparks something unexpected between them.
"Christmas, Every Day" gives a slice-of-life glimpse of preteen influencers Peyton and Lyla Wesson, ages 11 and 12, as they perform for their online fans under their mother's watchful guidance. Shot in a series of highly composed, locked-off takes, the film examines everyday cultural practice under late stage capitalism, juxtaposing rural life with the patina of the virtual world. As Peyton and Lyla shift between performance and reality, ideas of self-presentation as empowerment, female confidence, and self-branding come to the fore.
Four Black art students tell stories of community, divine intervention, and the artistry that led them to this very moment...smoking weed in a cramped NYC apartment trying not to get caught.
A cam session turns into a life-and-death situation for Lotte – a webcam dominatrix.
In a run-down neighborhood, Zoe and her little brother Theo are left to fend for themselves. A young adolescent, Zoe is a ball of anger haunted by an intimate terror. Theo, still a child, flees reality into a fantastical world. During a scorching summer day, the two children will have to burst the abscess of their relationship so as not to lose each other.
While struggling to keep his fledgling business afloat, Manuel notices his daughter is suddenly spending well above her means. Suspicions unleashed, Manuel seeks to find out where she's getting all this money.
History, religion, and colonialism collide with spiritual awakening, miracles and poverty in this portrait of a tight knit Afro-Caribbean community and their rapturous yearly festival held in worship of a Black Jesus Christ.
Mila struggles as she remains unpaid at work and finds comfort in a love interest through his constant phone calls. But a promise of hope may also lead to tragedy
and sad love songs.
A professional mourner, Xixi, is hired to cry at funerals, but becomes disconnected from her emotions and is no longer able to cry. Constantly isolated in both life and profession, she finds herself caught between two contrasting worlds.
While a large painting of a naked woman is being transported from the studio to the exhibition, she seems to fall victim to a harsh and masculine outside world.
A broken-hearted filmmaker finds meaning as he documents punk band Show Me The Body record their latest album.
An aging country musician who's struggling to make ends meet receives an offer for an unusual private gig. Based on the life of cowboy singer Johnny Bencomo, who plays himself in the film.
In 2012, 82-year-old Data woke up one morning, expecting a visit from his family. However, he noticed something unusual outside his house, marking the beginning of a tragic ordeal that separated him from his loved ones and home country.
When her livelihood is threatened by her disruptive fits, a reticent young woman struggles to escape the control of mysterious beings while harboring a growing jealousy of a close friend.
A young boy's dream of becoming a doctor is challenged when war forces him and his mother to flee their village and start a new life in New York City.
A couple awakens in the night to sounds emanating from an unlikely orifice.
With the help of never-before-seen technology, a blind sports enthusiast achieves his dream of becoming a sportscaster.When Cameron Black, who is completely blind, moved to Kansas City, he decided to learn more about sports to adapt socially to the sports-centric town. Little did he know, his hobby would turn into a fierce passion as he enjoyed games through radio broadcasts. When Cameron was approached by a team committed to making sports viewership accessible for all, they granted him the chance to fulfill his lifelong aspiration of becoming a live sports broadcaster.
Edouard and his daughter live with a cassette received from his wife in the United States, a long time ago. After years of absence, what can we expect from a distant love?
Determined to have her first kiss, Loulwa defies her tumultuous world in search of normalcy. As she braves through Beirut in pursuit of her sexual awakening, she finds herself taking an instant leap into adulthood when her world erupts into a redefined "normal".
A captivating and poetic documentary that explores the remarkable journey of a group of Burundian refugees living in the Kakuma refugee camp.
A mystical sci-fi based on Saint Teresa de Avila's writings. Inside a ghostly mausoleum that is an artifact of both the past, and future, these nuns are being affected by a black hole. Ecstasy is an eerie exploration of pleasure.
Noah and Jonah are gay Jewish husbands and new parents to a baby boy. When their parents arrive expecting a traditional bris for their grandson, the couple is forced to reveal they had something very different in mind: no circumcision.
Two partners separately inspect their fears while living in a one-bedroom apartment.
When geneticist Dr. Miranda Barrett, who creates human/alien hybrids, is given termination orders, she teams up with an ex-lover to race across unforgiving deserts to save her creations, confronting the mysterious extraterrestrial force orchestrating it all.
After an incident at her high school pulls her into the orbit of the only other Black girl in her year, "Essex Girl" Bisola is plunged into a journey to discover a whole new side of herself.
From his studio in Queens, to on-site painting at the US-Mexico border, to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, a painter strives to give form to both his personal story and the still-present legacy of colonialism.
A Black high school student prepares to take her senior yearbook photo when insecurities and a tense friendship push her towards a breaking point.
Camille has trouble recovering from her recent breakup. On the verge of breaking down, she seeks her neuroscientist best friend who lets Camille try the experiment she is working on: a revolutionary device to treat anxiety.
After a local comics convention, two cosplayers struggle to connect.
People are spending their time in a café, each in their own world. Suddenly, a bird flies into the window, startling everyone, but that's all. Only the protagonist goes outside to help the distressed bird, and a group of children gathers around her. This work clearly reflects the director's interest in human actions and desires, showcasing a compelling performance by the lead actor.
Two parents face an impossible choice when their family camping trip turns deadly.
In a bustling train station, Sonja struggles to get help to take care of a baby she claims has been abandoned. But is there another mother, or is this Sonja's baby?
In a dystopian world, a creature attends a feast hosted by a magical fridge. Thus begins his downfall in a spiral of unbridled food consumption. Corrupted and transformed into a beast, he faces a macabre final course.
One fateful night, a Nigerian mother serves her son a set of slaps so powerful that it changes his life forever. An action-packed emotional rollercoaster explores the misconceptions of African parenting and the clash of modern life.
A young Filipino man learns to be the caregiver of his abusive grandmother who suffers from dementia, only to be mistaken as her old lover.
A newly immigrated Korean father walks into a deli trying to order food for his family, with only the help of a dictionary.
Lexi, a struggling young mom, has an opportunity to reconnect with her estranged family after she's approached by her now-sober father with news of her mother's failing health.
Two teenagers, Manu and Toña, navigate the complexities of first love, navigating desire, guilt, and the bittersweet nature of growing up.
A woman's life has been turned upside down ever since she noticed those strange floating strings in her sight.
A rivalry emerges between two figure skaters, their coaches and a witch.
When a disillusioned young woman drops out of college, she wanders around Chicago searching for meaning and connection.
At 99 years old, Frank Lucianna is the oldest practicing attorney in America. And now, he's preparing to mount his final criminal defense. Frank has lost a step, but he won't be alone: his law partner is Frank Carbonetti, the son he never had. Together, they hope the case will be the old man's greatest.
But as the trial approaches, Frank starts to ponder what it all means. He's defended more than 100 murder cases in his career. As a devout Catholic, he believes in redemption. And yet these monstrous crimes haunt him. Young Frank soon learns why his old man never retired: because when we love people, we keep showing up for them.
A young aspiring painter with low self-esteem is in his last round of interviews at the painting department of the Academy of Fine Arts. While waiting for his interview, his demons appear to him in the form of garden pests.
A woman having a pregnancy scare faces an existential crisis during a weekend away at her boyfriend's insane, weird, rich friend's house.
Sixteen-year-old Grace prepares for her baptism in the rural 1950s South. When she learns she must repent before the ritual, she begins to question the budding romantic feelings she has toward her best friend, Louise.
A live-action, animated hybrid chronicles a queer first date through the lens of the anxieties and insecurities that exude from the main character.
Desperate for help, a woman in recovery asks an unlikely stranger on a dinner date.
A 10-year-old girl begins to realize she's different to her single, white mum and family. Mother and daughter navigate identity and belonging in '90s Melbourne suburbia.
A woman is set down a dark path after discovering a fault in her marriage.
The twelve animals of the Chinese Zodiac are celebrating and welcoming the Year of the Rabbit. They're trying to take a photo together, but…
A Native American man takes a Happy Thanksgiving wish from a bank teller so personally, his rage drives him to carry out a bizarre revenge plan.
Disguised with a fake mustache, Nora is the first woman to attend the Royal Academy of the Arts in London in 1894. Her ruse is upended when the Academy admits its first official female student, insufferable heiress Margueritte Durand.
As a new patient in a rehab center for deaf youth, a young man finds himself drawn to a long-term resident and struggles to navigate their growing connection amidst the challenges of recovery.
At the crossroads of documentary and fiction, Hello Stranger relates the transition journey of a young trans woman named Cooper Josephine. With humor, the film revisits key moments of her life from her childhood in a small fishing village of the east coast of Canada to her tumultuous medical process. Through the re-enactment of her memories, Cooper Josephine attempts to make peace with the last masculine imprint on her body: that unfortunate deep voice that sticks to her skin.
A content creator feels obligated to let her internet benefactor visit her workshop. His arrival explores the uncomfortable boundaries of a parasocial friendship.
Rejected from her most recent audition, up-and-coming actress Anna returns home to find that her dad has made other plans for her career. Her last chance: playing the victim in training exercises for the local fire department.
After a traumatizing event, Fay is leaving Greece for good. Sandra accompanies her to the bus station, taking this time as a chance to say goodbye. As they travel by bus across the country, a transphobic attack leaves them stranded.
When Sophia Honeywell wakes up in a desert-like afterlife, she must compete with a selfish loner for her spot back on Earth and a second chance at her life.
A young woman enters into a toxic, co-dependent relationship with her cozy, comfy, heather grey hoodie.
In an attempt to overcome her incessant guilt complex, a young woman goes a step too far.
Sardonic Cynthia walks us through a play-by-play of a recent "squicky" date, requiring her to confront some uncomfortable truths.
A poetic perspective on the environment from the Achuar peoples of the Amazon Rainforest. – Samah Ali
A woman waits at a diner to meet someone she's been waiting a long time to meet.
A people-pleaser recently back in the dating pool goes on an ill-advised date with a sexually submissive man to prove to her doubtful friends that she could totally be a dom.
A dilemma ensues when a career-driven line producer finds herself in a position where she has to choose between the job responsibility and being a human being, trying to save the one-day commercial shoot from collapsing.
When the boss says he needs a report and "needs it yesterday", one employee assumes this means the job needs to get done quickly, while the other takes it literally and goes down a rabbit hole into theoretical time travel.
Apparently, not everyone "loves" Joshua Trees, but there are people locally and across the Mojave Desert who are taking action to protect the shrinking Joshua Tree habitat. This film is dedicated to those folks who make their voices heard.
When using websites, you often have to prove "I'm Not a Robot" by ticking a checkbox. I've never succeeded on the first try, which made me doubt if it's a true test of being human. The protagonist of this story also fails to pass the robot test and even receives a response suggesting there's a possibility she might be a robot. This short poses fundamental questions about the nature of humanity.
According to Muslim practice, burial ought to occur within 24 hours of death — so after Manny's immigrant husband, Sameer, passes away in an accident, he is confronted by a representative of Sameer's family urging him to sign the paperwork needed to ship the body back to Kuwait. Manny initially refuses, clinging to his rights as Sameer's husband, while knowing that with every passing hour, Sameer's family grow more infuriated. After an emotional climax, spurred on by the family's homophobic claim that Manny and Sameer's marriage was merely a green-card arrangement, Manny comes to realize that his objections won't change the fact that his husband died — try as he might, he cannot delay grief.
Siobhan is a quirky, socially anxious mess who can't seem to keep a job. Her best friend gets her an interview with his boss. But when her call goes to voicemail, Siobhan panics and leaves a series of unhinged messages.
Free-spirited 40-something Imogene's traditional family surprises her with a pregnancy—hers.
A man misses his chance to say goodbye to his dying brother.
In a Georgian mountain village still governed by ancient customs, two young people are caught making love. The news spreads, and the situation quickly becomes uncontrollable. Tensions rise as desire, family, honor, and tradition collide.
Old wounds are laid bare on Eli's 23rd birthday when he pays a visit to his estranged father and is met with an awkward surprise celebration.
When hair begins to sprout all over a man's body, his only choice is resistance.
A social media influencer describes a perfect day in her quest to achieve immortality for herself and her followers.
Welcome to The Intergalactic Cafe, a docking bay for smugglers, bounty hunters, tourists, and space travelers crisscrossing the universe.
Like the scenery from a running train, memories are beautiful, blurry, and ever-changing in this experimental animated documentary.
A quiet take on a very noisy subject—the rise of hate and intolerance against the LGBTQIA+ community—as two young brothers observe and absorb their first Drag Story Hour.
England, 1813. In the middle of a long-awaited marriage proposal, Miss Estrogenia Talbot gets her period. Her suitor, the dashing Mr. Dickley, mistakes the blood for an injury.
While waiting in limbo, displaced LGBTQ+ folks hoping to cross into the United States find support and healing with one another, as they process the heartbreak and joy of a queer family on the move.
During the social and political turmoil of 9/11, a young girl and her brother intimately confront loss when they discover their dead grandfather's body. "Jedo's Dead" frames the traditional rituals surrounding death and loss through the eyes of young children. Alone and confused, they work their way through the stages of human grief—from the painfully human to the inescapably transcendent.
When an elderly couple discover a swimming pool that restores them to their younger selves, they are forced to confront their mortality or drown in the illusion of their past.
Two old-timey fellas meet up by the pond to do some fishing. Joe, the book-smart one, aims to find out why Bruce, the town's big-hearted tramp, ran off to live in the woods. A Steinbeck-esque dark comedy.
As the biggest Chinese restaurant in the US, Kowloon is a fantasyland that represents the Wong family's American Dream come true. However, as third-generation owner Bobby Wong approaches his seventies, he considers the weight of this family and community legacy.
In Bogota, a bird-girl leaves behind the family home, her domineering mother and faithful dog to go and explore her sexuality.
On an idyllic girls trip, Ruby has a sex dream about her best friend and can't tell if it actually happened or not.
A young speech therapist disconnected from her Tongan heritage lies about her Tongan language skills to get a job. Out of her depth, she must find a way to communicate or risk her patient's life.
A documentary showcasing the profound impact of Guide Dogs of the Desert, a non-profit organization that provides custom-trained guide dogs to the blind and visually impaired at no cost.
At a Halloween carnival, a young father steals a magician's rabbit to impress his ten year old son. The thrill quickly dissolves when the young boy is tasked with getting himself, his father and his new pet home safe.
Mia, an isolated law student in New York, is compulsively drawn to self-harm and pain. Mia has entangled a classmate — Simone, a friend, who's also more than a friend — in her experiments in pain. But when Simone breaks things off, Mia's back on her own.
When her first night home alone proves too difficult, Mia heads out to a local bar. There she meets Josie — a young, native New Yorker, who feels warm, at ease, and in control. But she might be in over her head with Mia…
As the night progresses, both women must decide if they'll allow the connection to take them each somewhere new.
An adult animated comedy that explores the world through the imaginations of children.
Manu searches for his sister in the city and discovers why the two became estranged.
Linda gets a job in a post office, but her tall tales soon raise suspicions.
In his affectionate diasporic family narrative, Mackie Mallison immerses the viewer in the intimate memories and imagination of four women in his Japanese-American family. Collage-like CG meshes with oral history, and poetry accents 16mm footage of the local bingo hall and staged sequences in an Asian grocery store, where everyday anxieties of shopping, paying the bills, and flying are ruptured by dreams of financial freedom and homecoming.
A tonal shift occurs inside the world of an American sitcom resulting in the disruption of the show's rhythm. As it evolves, a looming presence of banality casts a shadow on the show's bright lights and bubbly personalities. Moments of vulnerability and honesty begin to seep into a world filled with shallow conflicts and punchlines.
An overworked single mother encounters a bloodthirsty inter-dimensional demon—and possible salvation—in the laundry basket.
Loser follows 22-year-old Alice, who works at a frozen yogurt shop, on what turns out to be an unforgettable day of her life.
It has been raining heavily for months and the sixth wave is depressing humanity. In this prevailing darkness, Claude, 70 years old, compulsively buys lamps online to break her solitude and bring light into her life, at any cost.
Every week, two friends born 67 years apart share their life stories in a senior home's living room. The younger friend convinces the 107-year-old lady to join her in an adventure: a road trip to the sea.
In the absence of their mother, nine-year-old Zélie is dragged by her older brother whom she idolizes into helping him shoot his guerilla film. But things don't go as planned and Zélie is faced with a completely different reality.
A very hungry woman tells a pizza delivery guy she can't pay for the pizza she ordered. But can the sex she offers instead of currency possibly equate to the true value of a pizza? Is there anything that can be worthy of pizza, aside from what the market has decided? Together the two decide that their only option is to become the pizza object themselves, to make each other into pizza, in order to become free.
After five years together, a young mixed race couple decide they want to get pregnant. Two years of efforts follow to make this work while trying to maintain the couple's love and unity.
Manting, a Chinese woman in her early 60s, reconnects with a lover from her adolescence when one of her old classmates passes away. After their classmates' reunion event, they end up spending a night together roaming in the city.
Father and mother form a happy family until one day their children decide to divorce. The house is cut in two, half for brother, half for sister. The parents are involuntarily torn apart, forced to weekly swap children and homes.
Haunted by her mother's passing and the attacks on her city, a young girl becomes obsessed with death. Fantasy and imagination cross paths as her father tries to distract her with stop-motion filmmaking.
After the death of her father, a young woman takes on a third job to make ends meet in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Leo and Diana, a wealthy couple, meet Salif and Yousef, two scrap dealers, at a recycle center. Offering them more junk, Diana invites them to their mansion, but the immigrants actually might be the ones with something she wants.
In a time when all interpersonal closeness is forbidden, the hourly hotel Vaip offers wondrous rooms where guests snuggle up to devices built with great skill and let themselves fall into the perfect illusion of human touch.
An aspiring YouTuber goes to the extreme in their quest for internet fame.
A 58-year-old Black Queer man speaks the truth about his life as an emergency nurse, a leather enthusiast, husband, and civil rights advocate.
The Ministry of Jingle is a department in charge of creating public safety jingles about the nation's issues of the utmost importance: seatbelts, condoms, littering… Melody is the new hire and today is her first day on the job.
Forty-year-old Irma goes on a vacation to an all-inclusive resort. Soon after her arrival, she realizes the place is meant for young families, causing her to find her own place in this holiday paradise.
When an engineer who destroys malfunctioning androids encounters a shocking abnormality in a rebellious patient, she risks everything to save her new friend and herself.
When a cat named Mog is spooked by a huge Christmas tree, she freaks out and climbs to the roof, where she refuses to move no matter how hard the family tries.
At the beginning of the war in Ukraine, Katya decides to leave her hometown and take her mother. But mother is getting her nails done.
During 1979 at the height of the Iran Hostage crisis, Babak goes on a trip to meet his fiancé's parents and ends up confronting the realities of what it means to be an Iranian immigrant in a patriotic post-Vietnam America.
At a lush banquet, women who are trying a little too hard await the arrival of unique beings. Under a layer of cabbage and sequins is a surrealist satire that deals with modern-day motherhood and the idea of the perfect family, at a time when capitalism reaches its limit.
British-Somali teen Muna is desperate to go on the school trip – but her parents aren't so sure. Tragedy strikes when her grandfather dies back in Somalia, and Muna must navigate a confusing mourning period for someone she never really knew.
Two best friends unexpectedly sleep with each other, challenging the constraints of platonic friendship and the true depths of intimacy.
After a failed romance, Soojin is haunted by thoughts of her one night stand from the drunken night prior. Suddenly a UFO appears in the sky of Seoul and starts attacking everyone. Can she find her lover amidst the chaos?
Edgar leads an utterly predictable life. But one day, when visiting an abattoir, he witnesses the birth of a calf. After that, nothing is the same.
A group of boys have been meeting every week for a year on a football pitch in Hamburg's Mundsburg district.
After her nepotism fails her, a fame obsessed young woman begins to entertain her melancholic wiles.
An Asian American cowboy travels to New York City for a rodeo competition, but finds himself out of place and alienated. After days of wandering the concrete jungle, his quest takes a turn after intervening in a distressing situation.
Having lost out on the award for the best actress of the year, Aldona becomes the hero of the day.
On the anniversary of Marisol's husband's death, her neighbor's construction uncovers human remains. The coincidence of this discovery terrorizes Marisol, a superstitious visionary, to face her mortality.
Eugenia & Mauricio are a young couple struggling financially. Everything changes when Eugenia's boss offers her €50,000 in exchange for marrying her late son. Despite the unusual situation, she ends up accepting the macabre proposal, with unexpected consequences.
What do we lose in order to fit in? The Ocean Is Closed on Mondays is a short film exploring what is lost through assimilation while reflecting on the challenges that come with immigrating to a new country. Specifically focusing on the Latine Community in NYC, the script follows a narrative developed by researching and gathering personal experiences from a broad spectrum of individuals prompted with questions such as 'What are situations and places in your life where you completely feel like you belong?'. The feelings and insights extracted from the research were then elaborated and processed into a poem written in collaboration with Elisabet Velasquez.
A police officer embarrasses himself on the job and gets wound up in a string of lies and confusion to cover up the situation.
For the last quarter century, Houston native Arden Eversmeyer has journeyed across the country recording hundreds of oral "herstories" with a rapidly disappearing community. This inventive portrait brings her project's legacy to exuberant life.
Every day, a lonely bassoonist plays a single note in an orchestra and then leaves the stage while the rest continues. One day, his exit is accidentally delayed and he hears a breathtaking violin solo, which changes his life forever.
Trapped in a cycle of work and self-isolation, burnt out Kelsey's reality starts to blur until an irregular order for pickup disrupts everything.
After finding community on a rugby team in Munich, Jamaican-born Desmond tackles life by embracing his identity.
It is the last day of the year and night falls on the small town of Toyama, Japan. A man goes to the public bath to retrieve a forgotten object. But once inside, the promise of a hot bath compels him to stay.
A young woman goes on a date with a newly divorced, ageing member of the children's music group, The Giggles.
Maha is part of the last generation of Palestinian refugees in the Balata camp. When her blind grandfather falls ill, she hatches an elaborate plan to convince him that a return to his homeland is possible.
The film follows the FDWA, an organisation dedicated to assisting Filipino victims of modern slavery in the UK, which was founded by and composed of a group of women who are survivors of trafficking themselves. As the latest planned rescue fails uncertainty looms, but the group rally around each other. Reflecting on their own experiences and the challenges they continue to face in the UK even after finding freedom, they discover hope in each other for a better life —for themselves and also for the women they hope to free.
Follow interweaving stories about the vicious cycle of debt and desperation: a widow who has fallen behind on life's expenses, a professional debt collector with his own expensive habits and a loan shark's enforcer trapped within his own obligations.
Josh is on the phone with customer service. Josh is about to make a mistake.
A woman who's a pathological liar wakes up one day to discover her lies have become true.
Instead of giving his wife the attention she deserves, Dédé sends all his love to his vegetable garden. One day, all his delicious tomatoes mysteriously disappear.
For 30 years, Cora has worked at a factory. As she is about to retire, she would like her daughter Alex to finally abandon her decision to pursue filmmaking, but Alex is preparing for her first film.
Nostalgic for her unbridled youth, Eli's mother Marie is obsessed with "the sex" and wants her son to have the same sexual fulfillment as she had in her youth. Eli resists, until one fateful night…
On the warmest day of the year, two boys meet. A few hours later, a pigeon gets trapped with them. During this heat wave, all creatures dream of escaping from the city that's burning.
In the midst of her IVF treatment, Zee returns to India for her father's funeral. There, she finds a mother in denial about her sexual orientation, a married ex-girlfriend, and the patriarchal shadow that continues to hang over the home.
After an incident at Sunday mass, a Catholic altar server begins having visions of The Virgin Mary, forcing her to confront queer feelings for her movie theater co-worker.
In a world where intrusive thoughts come with crippling consequences, a hapless musician attempts to conquer the often impossible task of getting out of his own way to be the man he wants to be.
Helena is spending an evening with her family when someone knocks on the door. Unknown man confronts Helena with accusations towards her perfect family. Helena drives the man and the accusations away. But the seed of doubt has been planted.
Minda, a 45-year-old mother devoted to her sick child, also has a dream for herself: to compete and hopefully win My Amazing Mama, a popular and lucrative television game show in the Philippines. But, in a country where thousands of people rely on television game shows to earn money, Minda will have to overcome a good many obstacles – some hilarious, some humiliatingly exploitative – just to get a chance at winning the daily cash prize. The show becomes the latest test of her fortitude and tenacity in the face of adversity, which earns her the adoration of everyone around her. A bold satire, which uses humour to explore the archetype of the "good mother" in a patriarchal society.
During a teenage road trip to the west coast of Puerto Rico, 16-year-old Cristóbal begins to suspect that his crush, Yazmín, and cousin Marcos are secretly seeing each other.
By combining never-before-heard audio from a private lecture in 1989 with footage shot by a student, this retrospective piece shares the intimate advice Keith Haring shared with ArtCenter College students in Los Angeles a few months before he passed away.
A man hires strangers to mourn his late father. A room full of immigrants contend for citizenship. Five altruists compete to donate the most blood. Through these scenarios, Pun Intended explores the common cruelty behind our collective reality.
After having sex for the first time, Alba, a 16 year old, searches for a strength she has never exercised before.
After a going-away party, two roommates realize they might have feelings for each other.
This morning, Marina has an appointment with Charlie to sell her a mattress. This evening, she will cancel her plane for Reunion. But they don't know that yet.
Tina and her elderly dog MeeMoo discover a clinic promising human-to-pet communication. However, two sinister doctors uncover a bond between them so strong, it transcends time and space. They might be the key to something greater, but at what cost?
Follow Hermajestie the Hung as she performs her infamous drag show and fights for social justice in Texas. – Anita Raswant
A young woman navigates a surreal audition process where her limits are tested in pursuit of success, fame and winning the game.
When a disgruntled music journalist accuses a global pop star of queerbaiting, the singer's devoted fans descend on his remote cabin to wreak havoc and seek retribution.
Between school trouble, mean girl drama, catchy lyrics, and a mysterious blue car, teenage Lena, sometimes distracted or interrupted, tells us the real story behind The Big Fight. But what isn't she telling us?
A talented footballer is forced to battle between his secret passion for voguing and the fear of his teammates' disapproval.
Some cows ran away from a cottage. The next day, a planet approaches the Earth. The owner of the cottage leaves his disabled son out of fear and runs away. Then the cows return to the cottage.
A haunted Ida travels to the liminal site of her partner's disappearance in an attempt to feel his presence one last time, and to say goodbye.
A woman arrives at the hospital to visit the man she's dating, but in navigating her way to his bedside she begins to question whether she really belongs there.
Shannet's voice echoes in the darkness. She is lost. The night scenery of a modern city opens up. She remembers it was a sunny summer day. As she wanders the empty streets, memories begin to haunt her. The cold concrete and a threatening stream of thoughts pull Shannet into an endless tunnel. Trapped in the horrifying reminiscences, the noise transforms into music. She is playing the violin; she is alive. It is a sunny summer day. Shannet finds herself in front of a motionless carousel, waiting. She smiles as her friends join her. Together with them, Shannet stands still in silence.
This stop-motion/2D hybrid music video–about how roads and drivers affect animals–centers around a band of five undead animals, each representing a different type of creature native to California and how they are killed.
Three trans women meet in a country house to plan a robbery. The trick of the heist is that, in order to create a false trail, they disguise themselves as men. While they share everyday life as a well-established team and lovers, they practice speaking in a deep voice, walking manly and behaving in a masculine manner. In this process, they reach their emotional and physical limits and repeatedly fail to imitate male connoted behavior.
A young girl's brother returns from war with a most disturbing souvenir.
A sound guy's attempt to capture "room tone" is constantly thwarted by the noisy antics of his coworkers, forcing him to take extreme measures.
A cat imagines himself as a white tiger swordsman fighting its archenemy in the dream, only to discover unexpected ties and buried emotions as the feline fantasy unfolds.
Set against the unraveling milieu of late-'60s America, two people forge a connection through the mysterious ether of a radio signal.
While roaming through rush hour traffic to avoid an unwanted phone call, Mo meets Vicky by the side of the road with a broken motorbike. A visceral connection unfolds between them on the loud streets of Saigon.
In September 2022, a series of document leaks revealed that the Mexican government labeled feminist groups as a bigger threat than Mexico's deadliest cartels. In a country where 10 women are murdered every day, how can a movement advocating for women's safety become a target of the government? "Sangre Violenta / Sangre Violeta" highlights stories of activism and loss from a radical feminist collective, an inspiring survivor, and a grieving father. These narratives illustrate the depths of gender violence in Mexico and question the future of women's rights in the country.
In a remote Alaskan town, a Korean snow crab fisherman struggles to make ends meet for his immigrant family. When the crabs begin disappearing due to climate change, he must decide if they stay or leave their new home behind.
High school soccer players Cammie, Em, and Kara have a tradition of visiting a new psychic after every Saturday match. Cammie soon finds herself in over her head when a highly recommended psychic unveils an unknown secret.
Instead of telling his son that he has leukemia, Brian tells Arthur his chemotherapy will give him superpowers. Brian is haunted by his lie, but sometimes fighting darkness with joy can be a form of medicine. Inspired by true events.
Ibrahim is bullied by a neighbor as the time of the sacrifice for the Aïd el-Kebir approaches. Wanting to prove he isn't an animal killer, he decides to save a goat being delivered to the housing project where they live.
The Ojai School of Canine Massage provides professional training in the art and science of dog massage therapy. With a mix of whimsy and tenderness, "The School of Canine Massage" offers a portrait of this unique school and its dog-loving participants — revealing how people heal dogs and dogs heal people.
A dark comedy about a young woman who must call 911 for help because she can't tell if her little brother is dead… or just taking a nap.
It's summer in Greece and Stela escapes to her summer house hoping to finish her thesis. There, her loud neighbour and his girlfriend keep distracting her. One night Stela witnesses a terrible crime.
Scrumpy grapples with the impending arrival of his birthday, an annual milestone that casts a shadow over his spirits, as he navigates a whimsical yet tumultuous journey to reconcile his disdain for this cherished day of celebration.
When Zooey Zephyr was expelled from the Montana House of Representatives for speaking on a bill banning transgender medical care, she made a nearby bench her "office."
Amidst the possible reappearance of her abusive ex-husband, a motel housekeeper struggles to find her missing son.
Fei is the top violinist in her elite youth orchestra. When another Chinese violinist arrives to challenge her place, Fei's internal demons take external form. They whisper to her, urging her to be the best, no matter the cost.
At the height of the Peruvian armed conflict, a mother's world shatters when her son vanishes without a trace.
While mourning her missing sister, Rayane balances helping her fisherman father and practicing for the school's music festival — provided she doesn't become an ox first, a misfortune assailing several teenagers in the area.
In a rocky French inlet, a small and selfish hermit crab named Bernard loses his shell, and must face the dangers of the beach to find another.
Haunted by the desire to do good, an injured military doctor struggles with physical pain and emotional isolation. As she becomes obsessed with her past accomplishments, her reclusive life takes a dark turn, blurring the line between heroism and obsession.
During a school trip to the beach, Adrián experiences a glistening revelation after sparking a fight with Isma in this vibrant fable about self-discovery.
In this Californian dark comedy, an idyllic weekend getaway is disrupted by a devastating earthquake.
A young Dominican woman is forced to reconsider her journey to the United States to be with her fiancé when a dark family secret is exposed.
In the light of the Alps, two ski jumpers synchronously rehearse movements in the valley, answer generic questions in front of a green screen and pose on the hill while being watched by a film crew.
During the Woman, Life, Freedom uprising in Iran, in the aftermath of the murder of Jina Mahsa Amini, a medical resident finds her voice when the chaos in the streets comes to her hospital floor.
A young girl's playground reputation is threatened by her mother's wishes for her to be a church praise dancer.
Coles, recently uncoupled, tries to distract herself from her discomfort being alone in her new apartment all day. That night, a resonant interaction with her neighbor helps her realize that settling in after a breakup is supposed to be painful.
A foley artist for pornography falls in love with a porn star during an ADR session.
Alone in a laundromat at night, two strangers realize they'll never see each other again and decide to trade secrets.
A couple wakes on a stormy night to find themselves trapped in the mechanisms of a horror movie.
Stud Country, the largest queer country western line dancing event in America, was created to continue Los Angeles' 50-year tradition. In 2023, the event lost its venue.
Dana wants to show empathy. Pénélope wants to explore empathy. Pénélope's artistic experiment unfolds and Dana's feelings are whirled around.
Seen through the eyes of 11-year-old Sam, we are taken on a journey through the loveliest of days— a family gathering in a perfect English summer garden. And then, this being a brilliant party, there'll of course, be a surprise.
A young woman unravels on her birthday when her boundaries are violated by a best friend's good intentions.
A teenage girl is plagued by dreams of a praying mantis couple, all while tackling her own personal demons at home. Tension mounts as these two worlds converge and the line between dream and reality starts to blur.
Like many times before, delivery person Sheena is delivering food in a Tesla-filled summer cottage neighborhood. When she encounters her childhood friend Calvin and his new life in the upper class, she invites herself in for a rather unusual dinner.
On the set of a luxury car commercial, an overlooked assistant seizes his chance to get noticed by the star in this lyrical meditation on masculinity, desire and becoming.
When Jay lands in bed with his ex, his most trusted tool isn't up to the task. Excusing himself, Jay gives his penis a pep talk–but his back-chatting member engages him in a debate over lust and emotion.
While rehearsing asking out the girl of his dreams, a lonely and highly allergic Circuit-Shack employee gets stung in the throat by a hornet.
Hormones pulsate to the rhythm of fourth-period marching band practice. Cheer for the boys! Stay upbeat! Feel the rush of desire! Breathe the rage in deep. Make sure you aren't late for the bell or he might make you stay after school, alone together. These are the lurking aggressions in Teen Girl Fantasy. But whose fantasy was it anyway?
In a pandemic-era hospital, a robotic vacuum, bored by its repetition, decides to quit. Seeking a more meaningful existence, it ventures to a quiet Chinatown street. There, it encounters two solitary rabbits, each trapped in their own repetitive routines. As the vacuum befriends one of these characters, it finds a sense of community and begins to explore a broader purpose beyond its programmed tasks of cleaning. A dance ensues and for a time things are good. But all good things in life can't last.
A young writer repeatedly replays the last night he spent with a friend and reflects on whether things could have turned out differently.
A documentary about underdogs, globalism, and dance following Daniel Ajala, a self-taught ballet dancer, who opens the first ballet school in Nigeria. He works there to be a bridge for the next generation.
Trapped in a rainswept car, a young man and his ailing father confront their fractured history before it's too late.
At her birthday party, a Chinese woman who has recently moved to the United States to live with her daughter strives to keep her daughter's private life from her new friends.
A woman grappling with difficulty finding sexual pleasure after childbirth falls back on an old coping habit.
Anna lives in a perfect house, but living on the edge of a tornado can be difficult. When she ventures outside, she is forced to face the chaos that she usually hides away from.
A young woman's obsession with social media livestreaming spirals out of control during a night out-on-the-town.
Harry, an ordinary man, undergoes an unexpected spiritual awakening, which triggers a peculiar physical manifestation, that provides him with a profound insight into the human experience. However, he quickly discovers his journey has only just begun.
Ewa is a 10-year-old girl living in a high building in a quiet town. She's an odd, lonely child and for good reason: she's convinced of being a vampire. Fascinated by Hugo, 15, she dreams of turning him into a vampire too, so that she can overcome her loneliness. When Ewa opens up to him, she gets bullied by teenagers from the neighborhood. Hurt in her body and soul, she's ready to act in the creepiest, sickest ways to prove her identity to the world.
Trapped follows the story of Joaquin, a highschool janitor at the prestigious Hallston Academy, finishing up his rounds in the early morning hours. Investigating voices echoing through the empty halls, he's drawn to the gymnasium, where he stumbles into a group of boys in the middle of a senior prank. Tensions arise when his attempts to shut down the prank take an unexpected direction and he is caught between the boys, the head custodian and his own moral compass.
Two women—who have neither seen nor heard from one another in quite some time—run into each other while out and about and make a plan to get lunch sometime in the future.
In an attempt to get rid of her unibrow, Leyla accidentally makes things worse. Fortunately, the new girl at school offers to help.
A young man who is drugged and abducted from a gay club, escapes and seeks to bring his tormentors to justice in a deeply conservative Bible Belt Oklahoma.
A telemarketer with a severe anger problem accidentally calls into a radio show. He wins a radio contest and enters a standoff with the unhinged host.
A man secretly studies prehistoric remains in a laboratory known as the Fishbowl—but who watches him from across space and time? In this experimental narrative filmed at the LaBrea Tar Pits Museum in Los Angeles, the deep past forms a feedback loop with the deep future.
Story, Picture, and Sound by VIROSA, with special thanks to the Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History and the staff of the La Brea Tar Pits Museum.
A nail appointment takes a dramatic turn as Sari, Alona's manicurist and confidante, suspects her of betrayal.
An elderly business tycoon in search of popularity decides to practice his version of philanthropy by concocting problems for his working class employees with the aim of being able to help them.
Daniel arrives at school wearing brand-new sneakers from America, gifted to him by his father. When he sees another boy wearing the same sneakers, he begins to suspect that their shoes are the key to a terrible secret.
Our heroine juggles her chaotic #momlife and blossoming Mommy Vlog. Walking the line between her real self and her social media personality, she and her husband get a surprise–she is pregnant. Again!
Over the course of an evening, Romane, Sarah, Emmanuel, and Boris connect on Voice Ever, a new dating app where you choose your date based on their voice. Their weaknesses and vulnerabilities will surface in their desire to meet.
Mary, Billybud and Fumbleton are the stars of the 80s TV show Wander to Wonder. After their creator dies, they have to fend for themselves in the studio. As their hunger grows, the show becomes increasingly grim.
This sinister stop-motion film – made with a remarkable attention to detail – was selected for the 2023 Venice Film Festival. Previously, filmmaker Nina Gantz made the animated short Edmond (IFFR 2015), which won multiple awards – including a BAFTA.
After a breakup, a Chinese woman in her late twenties embarks on a search for a new apartment in New York City.
Tomorrow, Dylan is taking his mother on vacation to see the ocean. As he comes home from work, a gunshot rings out in the neighbor's barn.
Ellen and Marie are members of a cult, which focuses on leaving your old life behind. After having violent experiences within the cult the two of them decide to escape together.
For over 50 years, British undercover police officers have infiltrated activist groups, specifically targeting and manipulating women, forming romantic relationships and even having children with them.
How do you rebuild "home" from nothing but memories? This verite-style film thrusts us into the intimate conversations between Maria and her grandchild, Marucha: two Indigenous refugees living in displacement. To Maria, the Venezuelan delta is her home. To Marucha, these refugee camps are all she knows. Through the rhythms of their daily lives, we witness the complexity of raising a new generation in displacement and explore how land, memory and identity are deeply intertwined.
Hayden's camp counselor Alison makes her feel special in a way that she doesn't quite understand. But in an attempt to fit in with the other girls, she invents a fake crush on the music teacher, Mr. Kyle.
After the sudden death of her husband, Julia is left a single mother and forms an unexpected kinship with the only other person who can truly understand her grief.
A dark comedy about a woman no longer in love with her husband following his return from a future war, missing his lips. This causes her to explore an affair with a much-too-young, plump-lipped grocery clerk. It's a film about guilt, redemption, unspoken vanity and the selfish struggles with empathy.
A mother from China searches for her daughter who has gone missing in New York.
A 12-year-old boy's obsession with insects and a borrowed MiniDV camera takes him on an unexpected journey during a countryside vacation in 2006, revealing hidden secrets within his family and challenging his perception of innocence.
Longtime friends Carry and Daniel have never acknowledged their underlying feelings for each other. Now that Carry is dying, time is running out.
In response to the rising cost of living, the citizens of Toronto begin renouncing their personhood en masse to legally become animals, forming a society of "Wildmen" in the city's vast ravine network.
Eastern Shoshone medical student Jenna Murray spent summers on the Wind River Indian Reservation helping her grandpa in any way she could. When he suddenly dies, she must find a way to heal before realizing her dream of a life in medicine.
Every year, the Seghers go to Tignes, where they own a chalet. Rosa accompanies them to take care of chores and cleaning. This year, Rosa has been offered to bring her son so he can experience the joys of skiing.
Jeanie has found herself exactly where she did not want to be–in her early 40s, divorced, and at her ex-husband's engagement party. Set amidst a perfect storm of anxiety, Jeanie can't help but begin to spiral.
A transgender high school student is pressured into a misogynistic conversation with his peers in order to be considered "one of the guys."
Feeling split between his Chinese heritage and Canadian upbringing, Ollie attempts to learn Mandarin as a means of connecting with his family history. But, as an adult, he discovers that his path to understanding his biracial identity is unexpectedly complicated.
Yaya is a young woman with Down syndrome who is tired of being ignored and infantilized by everyone around her. While working at her uncle's grocery store, Yaya befriends Genesis, a rebellious teenager who challenges her to break free.
Six young Aussie men sink beers over an afternoon and into the night. Emoting only through movement–lewd gestures, chokeholds, crowd surfs, and chugging shoeys–they somehow say everything without uttering a single word.
Tabitha wants her only son's fifth birthday party to be perfect. But things don't go as planned.
In 1952, London was engulfed in the Great Smog. As a result of industrialisation, a leaden fog settled over the entire city. The archive images from this period become letters from a desolate future.