This film follows a young Black girl's experiences navigating through Portland's predominately white schools.
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This film follows a young Black girl's experiences navigating through Portland's predominately white schools.
On a Summer breeze, two children wait for the evening to come in a deserted beach where at night the sea is illuminated by “firefly fish”. The entire placidity and innocence of Mateus and Matilde will be transformed when upon the approach of a mysterious figure.
Where We Begin is a story of Jimmy, a Korean American finding a sense of place through historic places. We explore Jimmy’s race, relationships, family and architecture as a not so “tiger mom” parenting style may have sculpted his sense of identity.
Minutes before leaving the floor that they have shared for years and ending their relationship, Gala and Marçal try to confront all those feelings that they have never been able to express.
While scouring the streets of Detroit for his lost championship ring, a former basketball star, suffering from mental illness, finds himself stuck in a time warp and unable to come to grips with life as it is now.
It is difficult to choose between your loved one and your dreams.
Sara has fallen in love with Iván, a man who is invisible to Sara. Ivan does not reciprocate. Sara becomes obsessed with him instead of taking care of herself.
In this futuristic world of 204X, everyone has the chance to freely choose their gender when they come of age. Yi An, a young person on the edge of seventeen, likes and prefers girly and feminine aesthetics. He feels that he isn't masculine enough, but he doesn't feel like a woman either. Yi An is in love with his classmate Zhou Yang Kai, but she expects him to become a girl. Yi An questions whether his attraction to Zhou Yang Kai is based on a gender preference or a connection of souls.
The “Cinema Mudo” project is the realization of a short film and at the same time helping and integrating residents of a community living in a high-risk area. All children (actors and actresses) who work in the movie are residents in the community Vila Torres, an at-risk area in Curitiba. They were chosen after a theater classes for children held in that community as part as the film project. Most of the residents of this community live from the collection and recycling of garbage in the city of Curitiba. The story shows three children (two boys and a girl), in the mid-thirties, setting up a movie frame projection room. They build a projector with an empty shoe box with two holes with the size of a film frame. Inside the box they put a burnt-out bulb without its filament and filled with water. This bulb is used as a lens. Children had to wait until the bulb burned out. Those electrical bulbs were rare in those days.
History is a bitch, and so is catching up with an old flame.
A young clergyman, is forced to hold the funeral of his former beloved without prior notice.
Fifteen-year-old Ako is fascinated by the paintings of her classmate Shun, and during her adolescence, when her ego begins to emerge, she becomes enamored with him. However, at 17, Shun has changed from the man she was attracted to at that time, and Ako struggles with a sense of inferiority and dislike toward herself, Shun, and others who are left behind in the past and becoming adults.
Tansah. who is struggling to find an internet connection in order to take part in the online independence ceremony during a pandemic that his school has urged on Indonesian independence day. If Tansah does not take part in the ceremony, his Citizenship Education subject score will be zero. Of course Tansah and her mother Nanik will not allow this. When the moment came, to quickly catch up on attendance before the ceremony started, Tansah rushed to get ready. Suddenly the internet connection in the morning could not be found again. As usual Nanik called her brother Andik to immediately help Tansah take her to find a internet connection . Instead of helping, Andik creates new problems. But in the end, to break through the mistakes he made, Andik found a way beyond expectations
In a small village from the middle of Mexico, as a decaying mine's manager, a self-restrained 60 year old homosexual man is suffering from his secret lover's departure, while his little son unconsciously perceives the secret and the separation in one day.
A grave digger and his spade are left to survive on an island while handling a mysterious task.
Several young people were preparing to shoot a movie of their own. An accident happened at the beginning of the filming, which prevented the filming from continuing. There were only three people left in the original crew, and everyone wanted to give up. The director decided to take them to finish the film. Finally they reached the distance and fulfilled their own ideals.
Adapted from a short story by Stephen King. Mute follows a traveling bible salesman who picks up a hitchhiker. Claiming to be deaf and mute, Ted vents to him about problems in his life. Then his wife turns up dead. Be careful what you pray for.
Film about a traumatic experience from childhood that willNight-time. Some teenagers break into closed territory. The security guard notices them, but manages to catch only one girl. As they wait for the management, they spend time together and gradually get used to each other.not let go of your whole life.
Imagining the formative years of Imelda Marcos, who, as the former First Lady of the Philippines, becomes known for her lavishness and detachment from her country’s social reality. Here, the fate of a young girl and an entire nation becomes entangled as the mother of a country is born.
This film features four stories of four characters connected to each other. Vinothini an independent divorcee runs a coffee café and creates modern plays based on the street play 'Therukoothu. Kaveri, a 40-year-old transgender works at the coffee shop as housekeeping. Senthil an independent filmmaker who struggles for his debut film is in a financial crisis. Pooja, a freaky girl wants to live life on her terms and on one particular night, an incident makes them all connect which one leads the plot.
A millennial writer from San Francisco travels to the Philippines where she and her brother, a music producer, must come face to face with their traumatic childhood and embrace their seemingly unbearable trait.
After leaving Brazil, César meets Martin at an empty cafe in Tallinn, Estonia. In front of them, the uncertain infinity of the sea.
Two elderly sisters, Bozenna and Zofia, live next to each other in two flats in the housing block. There are two things that divide them: the wall and completely different political views.
With the background of a large number of Guangdong factories' relocation abroad. The story focuses on several young workers, who try to rid anxiety through love, but slowly drowning in lovestruggles.
Two brothers; Nick, an athletic high school football star and Mark, a rising name on the rodeo circuit have always been rivals. But, after a family tragedy, the competition heats up for their father's attention. Otto Thorwarth teams up with world champion bull rider Scott Mendes to deliver this Western-style, modern-day story of the prodigal son.
Two young nuns meet during a Catholic gathering in Croatia and fall in love. They live in two separate convents, but the spaces they once considered havens of solace and spiritual fulfillment turn out to be more earthly than expected. Disillusioned by the Church and the sexual and psychological abuse within, yet driven by blossoming love, they make the most difficult decision of their life - to leave the convent.
In a cramped New York pension room in 1942, a young man must summon the courage to say goodbye to his family before his draft sends him to war, where an honorable death could be his only legacy. View it at: https://vimeo.com/522828370
Woman aspires to become an elite Renaissance dancer. She spends most of her time training in the galliard form and adopting a 16th century Europe style of living. Woman's family urge her to pursue a more conventional path of life - study for the SAT, go to college, work in finance, etc. Faced with the impending decisions of the future, Woman embarks on a quest to prove her skills to her family and persuade them to let her attend FFCSFF. She decides to search for a student to whom she could teach all that she knows. Despite some initial difficulties, Woman and her new learner Ant develop a strong bond and an amazing routine. Because if she could teach an ant to dance, she could do anything.
Introverted Tata lives with his father, grandmother, and younger sister in a mysterious and bizarre village that depends on goat milk for its livelihood. Tata is in love with Heroine, the eccentric driver of a goat milk factory, who dreams of becoming a movie star. Heroine fails to join a film-shooting expedition to the city. Tata wants desperately to help her realize her dream, but lacks the means. Heroine hears about a place called Iberia and decides to make a trip there for a party, in the hope of gaining stardom. After she leaves, Tata, with only his donkey to keep him company, becomes even lonelier. Before her departure, Heroine tells Tata a village secret related to goat milk.
A young woman is going to spend 6 hours underground to face her main fear. She asks her sister to help her bury herself.
Worried, anxious, afraid, stressed, feeling guilty, just at home? You are not alone in living it. It comes from the anxiety that we both experience in the midst of uncertain situations.
Without knowing the secret that its inhabitants keep, a couple of journalists visit a fishing village, La Almeja, to investigate the strange death of a little girl.
It is 1953, Stalin has just died. It is a troubled and uncertain period for the whole of the Soviet Union, particularly for the state security services. In the Institute, a secret research facility, the scientists continue their theoretical and experimental work. Every night they strain their ears to listen for footsteps in the dark corridors: who have they come for this time? Who has reported on who? Having survived the fear and humiliation of an interrogation, the Head of the Theoretical Department, Andrei Losev, refuses to cooperate with the security services, only to face a new ordeal back in his own home.
Under the burning sun, beachgoers are trying to take advantage of every minute of their paid trip to a desolate beach. Among them are a mother with her grown son, two ladies and their dog, a passive-aggressive married couple, loud Italians, happy Hungarians, and an overweight, possibly dead, German lady.
A traumatized prisoner lives through two interwoven days of his life, between his time incarcerated and his time as a free man.
Phillip and Michael, two brothers who are on a desperate journey to find unconditional love in a world dominated by hatred and manipulation, have good reason to doubt that their lives will ever be normal.
An estranged father and daughter are pulled back together by his extreme new belief that he's the last living person on Earth.
A troubled teenage girl is coerced into seeing a local shaman in search of spiritual healing. Trapped by ancient beliefs that serve only to pacify her mother, she finds peace in the physical realm by unleashing her repressed, youthful spirit on the unsuspecting shaman when she realises his true identity.
Marlina, a paralyzed girl found in a garbage truck by Jaya, a street vendor. Then Jaya decide.d to rescued her and take care her in his simple house. One day, someone said that the girl was from a rich family and for someone who found her and gave it back to her family gonna get a big reward. Will Jaya give Marlina back to her family after developing a great love when taking care of her?
Liyoki, a silverback gorilla, lives peacefully with his family, when they are attacked by poachers.
A short film that silently spotlights the role of technology in the cultural evolution of an entire generation.
We travel with the head of a wild boar on a cosmic adventure through the homes of others to learn about family, ghosts, and what it means to be.
The confessions of a man ready to end his life when faced with economic hardship, whose soul is saved by Father Leopoldo Mandic, a little Capuchin brother able to touch the lives of an entire city.
Back in Utrecht and burdened by feelings of guilt, expat Lisa reflects on the past Easter weekend at her mother Rike's country house, and the unsettling visit from her childhood friend Marie following a tragic event.
Vithu (7) develops a liking for a taste, which comes to him as a surprise. The taste soon begins to occupy Vithu's world . His journey takes unexpected turns leaving him with lessons along the journey of life.
A man obsessed with filming the phantom in his apartment; a student documentary about a murder; a young woman, no longer a child, finds and films those responsible for her father's death. Three sources of footage. One phantom truth.
Late 40’s after the war. Strange languaged and religioned immigrants fleeing from Karelia region are hated by Finns in the countryside. 19-year old Anni is living her life wanting to forget the war and hostility surrounding her. Falling in love with a man who hasn’t left fighting, threatens Anni’s whole family’s future and hope for mutual forgiveness..
An ageing man drifts through disintegrating memories of his past.
A farm divided into two parts unleashes a fight to the death between Carlos and Humberto, two peasant brothers who dispute to have the greatest amount of land in the inheritance that their father left them. This dispute leads the two families to break off relations, although Luis Carlos and Beto, cousins, children of Carlos and Humberto continue to meet secretly, thus devising a way to save their relationship and, incidentally, the lives of their parents.
An old man lives in the solitude of his immense film library. A place that seems infinite and eternal in which each shelf contains an invaluable treasure, your memories.
Behind the closed doors of their room, two brothers share a secret of self-discovery. But when the elder Marek starts growing up, bringing his childish curiosity to an end, he realizes that they’ve crossed the boundaries of brotherly love – something that the younger David is still unable to understand...
Vendredi, a young African boy, crosses the desert in pursuit of the circus in Morocco. He meets an elder "White Man," aiming to attend his granddaughter's wedding, but has lost his camel. Together, they face the harsh environment, developing a father and son bond. They explore the wonder of humanity and their unique vision for the future. "White Man" is injured while saving Vendredi's life, who carries "white man" the rest of the way. Only to confront the ultimate betrayal. Vendredi finds himself in a circus more devastating than anything he had envisioned: ISIS. He becomes Oliver Black.
Office worker Ranhee is a cinephile who once dreamt of being an independent film director. Several years ago, she had to put an end to her gloriously drafted independent feature film and went off the grid. She heads to a bar to meet her friend Seonjun who used to make films together. There she bumps into Xingxing, the starring actress of her flop. Xingxing still features in independent films and builds her career. She is with director Ki, the producer of her upcoming film. Xingxing suggests that the three sit together. Director Ki is insensitive and crude as if those features represent a true artist. When he begins to talk about Ranhee’s film, she can’t help but become very sensitive.