A coming-of-age short film about two people who are seeking refuge from their individual situations of domestic abuse on a rooftop terrace. Up there are an unlikely friendship is forming.
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A coming-of-age short film about two people who are seeking refuge from their individual situations of domestic abuse on a rooftop terrace. Up there are an unlikely friendship is forming.
When adolescent Elsabe is adopted by a well-to-do lawyer named Nancy, she struggles to feel welcome in her new home as her jealous step-brother Andrew attempts to corner Elsabe in her alienation.
It's the last day of the family's vacation. What could go wrong?
Alex (25) is finally ready to move out of the house. That is, until her recently divorced mother breaks down after hearing her wedding song.
In this self-reflexive re-imagining of a police documentary—set in Jalandhar, Punjab—director Kabir Mehta documents his time spent with a washed up, dishonest constable and his troupe of two. Employing a hybrid approach, the film incorporates found footage, memoir, mockumentary, dance video and exposés of police brutality.
A guy gets his heart broken but finds an unusual companion in a printer.
Adapted from the original monologues of Alan Bennett, this two-part filmed drama deals with themes of isolation, power relations and the trials of domesticity.
John goes to the woods to deal with his thoughts. But maybe his thoughts are dealing with him.
Twenty-something Adele is haunted and hunted by zombies. She desperately seeks help--from her friends, her therapist, her mother--but no one hears or believes her. In Adele's lonely struggle to fend off her zombie stalkers, what will she do in order to survive?
Thirty-something immigrant caught in a rut. He lives in a place where everyone speaks a different language and no one understands anyone else. when his wife asks him to buy ice cream, his day unravels as misunderstandings sink to absurd misadventures.
On October 17, 1961, the “Algerian workers” in France decided to demonstrate peacefully in the streets of Paris against the curfew imposed on them by the police headquarters.
Marta is passionate about her new hobby: bird-watching. Before her big audition to become a professional dancer, she tries to gather courage to tell her mother that she doesn't want to dance anymore.
The story follows a young girl who as a child is a victim of an extramarital relationship, unknowingly gets involved with a married man and her journey in finding the solution.
A man appears in a room and encounters various forms of himself.
The Stacey Staxx Story is based upon the novel and true story about a 16 year old female who was molested by her mothers boyfriend. Who experience so much pain and grittiness at a young age. Her mother was a drug addict who exposed her daughter to multiple men. Her only care in the world was her drugs. She didn't love herself nor her daughter. Stacey getting tired of being abused decided it was time to put things to an end. Trying to protect herself ending up her making a deadly choice. She left home, left the state with Martina a Madam that she had met. Wanting to live the lavish lifestyle she jumped into the fast life of stripping and prostitution. So much occurred during her new fast lifestyle, so many experiences good and bad. Still life had other plans and luck seemed to never be on her side. She faces a life or death situation when she's kidnapped... Base off True Story - "Hell In My Life- The Stacey Staxx Story."
A visually challenged boy from the mesmerising village of Chilika lake of Odisha defeats age old blind Odia faith.
An exquisite corpse that aims to configure a plural vision of the experiences of isolation during the first months of the pandemic. The film consists of 6 fragments directed by 6 different Latin American directors.
The story of a Filipino migrant in Brisbane and her fight for the custody of her Filipino children.
A female celebrity wannabe attends her first casting audition. With her supposed talent handler, she will experience physical and psychological abuse, that has been lurking around in the shadows of show business.
Based on a true story, Backpackers follows the lives of a couple with terminal cancer as they spend the last few months of their lives fulfilling their adventurous dreams.
As October and the end of the world approaches, two dysfunctional friends spend their final days isolated in a large country house. As they do their best to enjoy these apparent last moments together, they are left desperately trying to come to terms with this new reality.
After her father passes away, Emma visits a therapist for the very first time. When, during the session, a pigeon flies straight into the window, Emma finds herself taking on the all too familiar role of good samaritan.
An old toymaker finds an unexpected solution for a young girl who's in need of an escape from her abusive home life.
Ana attempts to untangle the painful memories of the night when her marriage began to crumble. Unable to speak, she starts writing. Her diary becomes a letter to her husband about their growing alienation, set in a deafening silence.
The film is an intimate story about a divorce that took place in Split, the city from which the author hails. An analogy is made between the city of Split (in English, ‘to split – to separate’) and a parting of the ways between two people.
Leila, a 13 year old Bangla girl from East London, is being forced to marry a much older man. Her older sister, Rukhsana, must find a way to help her escape, with the help of her girlfriend, Margot. All while a goat is sacrificed to appease the orthodox new in-laws.
He didn't imagine what would happen to him when he went there. Between drugs and alcohol everything is possible...
All hell breaks loose in "El Barrio" of East Harlem, when the father of a young, light skinn Puerto Rican girl discovers she is dating a young African American man.
Naura,19, ended her long-distance relationship after her boyfriend revealed a different side of him.
A young girl navigates her childhood through her parents’ broken relationship.
The Silk Road. A seasoned merchant lost in the desert begins to understand the depths of his conflict with his son, who is pursuing a spiritual path. This is a story about how love and redemption can overcome the deepest differences.
Laure cleans in a Parisian apartment belonging to the Saudi royal family. When unknown men come into the apartment, Laure is forced to hide in a storeroom with her boss. The two women must remain silent, glued to each other.
Police investigators respond to a murder, this time – at a rural village in their city. Their supreme investigation skills are now put to test.
A disabled vet, her nurse daughter, and a care worker, caught dead center in the pandemic mismanagement crisis, refuse to be silenced. Featuring a powerful, multicultural, all woman cast sharing intimate stories ripped from the headlines. A passionate and inspiring 49:37 narrative film.
Two men try to cover up an accidental homicide.
Indian-American teen Lekha sneaks out of the house to fulfill a prom night fantasy. When the evening goes awry, she ends up back where she started - but in a different place altogether. A short film about all the identities we share, or hide, with others.
One evening, a glass of wine, 7 friends enter a dangerous game: they put their phones on the table and decide that everything they receive that evening, calls, messages, emails, will be answered by a speaker or read aloud.
Cynthia confronts her binds to tradition while spending the holidays without family for the first time, seeking solace in reflection.
A complex love triangle between an unapologetic playboy, a dysfunctional couple and the 'other guy'.
A hotel room in the middle of a big city, it's a hot night. Tabea a young but lonely woman, is waiting for Lola, a sex worker. But is it really physical satisfaction Tabea is looking for?
A young man happens upon a matriarch in an abandoned building. She recites poems of a sea unknown. The matriarch teaches the young man her stories, igniting his imagination.. According to her, only stories can overcome oblivion. Together, they dream of a sea in a realm beyond material obstacles. This stream of thoughts uplifts them both as they embark into their now shared image of the blue sea, in contrast to their monotonous reality.
Li, an illegal immigrant in Paris, works as a professional queue maker. He suffers in silence and does everything so that his daughter does not follow the same path of submission as him.
A movement-led piece, Lost Time represents a positive journey into learning to coexist with time by rising above the uncertainties of the future.
A story of a story that happens inside the screens. A reality trapped inside the screen of all devices hitting the boundaries creating the ultimate question: whose screen device are we trapped in? Whose entertainment is our personal drama?
Anojh comes to London with expectations of a better life. He finds that the reality of the illegal movement is a lot harder than he previously envisioned. He meets Stefi, a girl who gives hope to his life.
Just a regular Joe trying to relax before going to work. There's just one problem... The Wall won't shut up.
Following a cataclysmic event which left the Earth without technology or power, Sam (Belle Adams)—a book-obsessed girl in her late teens—lives in seclusion with her two mother-figures (Carrie Walrond Hood & Sophie Edwards). But after an accident, she’s pushed out of her protective world and forced to put her makeshift parents’ opposing world-views to the test as she faces the physical and emotional challenges of a world reclaimed by nature. (Synopsis taken from the film's official site.)
Iranian siblings, Sanam and Reza, without speaking a word of English, open up a chai stand in their neighborhood. However, the siblings face the unexpected competition from their neighbors who open a hot chocolate stand. What follows are the challenges Sanam and Reza experience to convince people in their neighborhood to give their Persian tea a chance over the hot chocolate.
Ernesto has found a peculiar way to meet people and earn a living: provoking car accidents.
Six strangers seek to better themselves in Emotions Anonymous, each of them offering a line of support for another member. When conflict arises they do the only thing they can to get through it - band together.
Why does Ramadan come when you think about Eid? What if there is no Ramadan? The story of the portrait of the Indonesian people who always miss the presence of Ramadan with different motivations. Will Ramadan just be an annual cycle?
In FEAST, perpetrators, victims and their spectators become involved in a dramatic reconstruction of the Groningen HIV case. The film tells a story about power and surrender, the reversibility of truth and the desire to come home somewhere.