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The story of the most notorious land pirates who stalked the Southeast during the turn of the 19th century. Samuel Mason, a Revolutionary War hero, turns to a life of crime. Meanwhile, Big Harpe and Little Harpe, America’s first serial killers, wreak havoc through the region. Soon, these three outlaws will meet along the wilderness road.
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.
A short about understanding the processes of dehumanization, which we are constantly subjected to, and navigating the depths of these concerns through dreams, nightmares, enchantments and the desire for life. Investigating omens, habitable worlds, and a need to react against a cisgender system established by humans who took away the freedom to exist.
A captivating profile of Andrew Yang’s New York City mayoral campaign and how he got there.
When filmmaker Debra Chasnoff faces stage-4 cancer, she turns her lens on herself and the disease. What emerges is a portrait of her extended LGBTQ family —a story about hanging on while letting go.
When one closes themself off, deep feelings often become buried. This is the explosion of those feelings.
A struggling young couple comes face to face with the evil that lurks in their home.
From 1944 to 1945, Japan sent over 9,000 bomb-equipped balloons over the Pacific to attack America. Historian Martin Morgan goes on a first-of-its-kind hunt for the bombs still lying undetected under the North American surface.
When desperate times call for desperate measures, 9-1-1 Emergency Communications Officers are available to help with the complexities of childbirth and the delivery of babies.
A woman struggles with grief
SKILLS USA 2021 COMPETITION.
Based her grandfather’s boyhood in St. Louis, Yasmin Gorenberg tells a story of the pain passed from refugee parents to their children and the hope that can overcome it. “40 Nickels” captures the image of a generation of immigrants to the United States in the 1920’s and 1930’s and through that spotlights the effects of the 1919 pogroms in Eastern Europe. This is a film about parents and children: how trauma never leaves a family, and how hope and resilience is also passed down. It asks the question: Can a new generation look at the world with wonder rather than fear?
A man so obsessed with the sport of golf that it has manifested itself into every facet of his existence.
Having recently moved to Vancouver, the youngest son of a Filipino family tries to win the respect of his parents by proving he can become more Western than his older, queen-like sister.
Three portraits made under similar circumstances.
Set in the 1950s, a group of teens start to question the comfort of their small home town when a popular Halloween song wreaks havoc.
A follow-up to the horror/comedy anthology The Carnage Collection.
In the 1990s, a long time TV host from the Azores Islands comes to terms with his career's end in a turbulent fashion.
When the media gets wind of Mary Thorn’s story, there’s no stopping them from villainizing her as just another “Florida Man.” Florida Woman is a documentary portrait that peels back the curtain on the media’s portrayal of Mary Thorn, an ex-pro wrestler in Florida battling the state in order to save her pet alligator. Florida Woman ultimately reveals the humanity behind the viral headlines.
James, a young man struggling with home life and personal troubles, heads up to London in search of a new start.
“How old do you want to be when you die?” is a question that someone once asked me.
In the heart of Brooklyn, a fleet of semi-legal minibuses race to pick up and drop off passengers.
"She had told [...] that the car belonged to the friend for whom she was waiting. And gradually, [...] that Carol wanted to go to New Mexico." High- smith, "The Price Of Salt" (1952). First published under a pseudonym, Patricia Highsmith's "The Price of Salt" (1952) is recognized as being the first "lesbian pulp" with a happy ending; the novel doesn't conclude with the death or heterosexual marriage of either woman, as was the moral imperative to punish such characters in these texts in the first half of the twentieth century.
Danny loves trolling indie filmmakers online. When a voice named Control hijacks his computer, Danny is sent to an isolated abandoned mansion to unravel a mystery that could make him a millionaire.
In November of 2018 Kyungmin Park spent seven days in Helsinki. These are her stories. Internationally recognized award-winning filmmaker Jesse Borkowski (Real Value) presents an intimate portrait on the life and work of internationally celebrated figurative sculpture artist Kyungmin Park (Emerging Artist, NCECA).
In a primitive future, Amerindian, Mediterranean graphics are drawn, facing a silent and decrepit bay of Guanabara.
It is an ancient cinematic trope: a man is kidnapped, thrown into the back of a car, and led away to a violent end. This film portrays the emptiness of aggressive projected masculinity - the neuroses that propel it, and the shallow depths that lie behind it.
A "musician" explores how sound can be used for healing, as a weapon, and how the Nazis attempted to control the world by manipulating global audio standards.
This production is an abridged version of the show performed by an all-Asian cast of phenomenal performers... When the low-born Monty Navarro finds out that he's eighth in line for an earldom in the lofty D'Ysquith family, he figures his chances of outliving his predecessors are slight and sets off down a far more ghoulish path. Can he knock off his unsuspecting relatives without being caught and become the ninth Earl of Highhurst? And what of love? Because murder isn't the only thing on Monty's mind....
Tristan feels useless to his family. His decision to see a psychologist made him realize something he had never imagined before.
A small-town preacher with a church headed for bankruptcy enlists an infamous robber to help him heist a bank.
Dex's past, present, and future all culminate when he's propositioned by a familiar face in a black and mild smoke filled alleyway; the fate of his old lady could hang in the balance.
A talented young Brooklynite/Palestinian-American attempts to live out his dreams of becoming a French pastry chef despite his first-generation father's wishes. Struggling to fill his first big order for a gig, tensions arise when the father forbids him from using their family bodega to cook.
During a pandemic in an alternate reality, two men have the job of collecting the deceased.
As we emerge from a global pandemic that has turned our world upside down, David Olusoga explores the hidden history of the nurses, doctors and health workers who, for more than 70 years, have been coming to Britain from overseas to serve in the NHS. Without them the NHS would have been in danger of collapse - not least during the current COVID crisis - but from the very start the story of this beloved British institution has been intertwined with one of the most divisive social and political issue of the age, immigration. The people who came to this country to work in the NHS have found themselves fighting battles they neither sought nor expected.
Joar Nango has collected books and various other material relevant to Sami architecture. This is is a deep dive into Gumpien's history and use today. A gumpi is a portable shepherd's hut mounted on dairies, often used during spring migration in reindeer husbandry.
An experimental short about our love-hate relationship with Instagram and our photo-editing mania.
The poignant story of a love triangle that upended the life of one of the most important figures of 20th-century classical music. Composer Arnold Schoenberg befriended painter Richard Gerstl, a young man who shared the revered musician's passion for art—but that was not the only love they shared, as Schoenberg's wife also found herself drawn to the mysterious figure who was Gerstl. The drama and tragedy that ensued also cleared the way for one of the most groundbreaking aesthetic shifts in music history.
When cinema comes to the old neighborhoods of Jeddah, the lives of three teenagers are forever changed by the experience.
A woman, who tries to save her best friend from a pimp and her brother from the streets, rises to run a multi-million dollar empire and face betrayal.
Two sisters, Beth and Jackie, travel to the desert for an overnight, but when the lights go out and their true feelings for one another are revealed it becomes apparent that they may no longer wish to be related. Isolated in a cabin in the middle of the nowhere, long buried childhood grievances combine with the competitive nature of adult relationships to form a combustible tension that can only be cut by explosive ugliness.
In the deep southwest of Sydney, Layla is preparing for a new audition that can determine the rest of her future. Layla’s ongoing insecurities become a combination of blaming her very, very arrogant subconscious and society for her lack of success. After breaking out of her comfort zone, she is turned away from the audition of her dreams for wearing a hijab. On the other hand, this is a story about people of colour living in a westernised world. But more importantly it’s about selflove and overcoming our personal struggles with ourselves.
a film about memories & showering.
In January 2018, Rhiannon Giddens, Amythyst Kiah, Leyla McCalla, and Allison Russell collaborated on a groundbreaking and deeply personal album for Smithsonian Folkways called "Songs of Our Native Daughters." The result was a powerful, modern take on Black women's history and America's shared, but often hidden, musical roots. From a secluded Louisiana bayou recording studio to electrifying concerts around the country, witness four incredible musicians on an extraordinary creative journey.
Super-8mm short that is part of Blanca García's ipsae series. ipsae iii iv is the diptych comprised of ipsae (maria) and ipsae (andrea), which delves on tender intimacies.
A photographer who once saw the world in black and white discovers the world of color and, in turn, herself.
Three friends dream-share. Psychic adventure ensues.
Charlie’s magical journey comes to an end.
A small Alien who wants to watch a movie at a drive-in theater is denied access by its prejudiced owner.
Lidia and her three small children, Sônia, Suziane and Celso, begin living in the dark after a serious domestic accident devastates the family environment. The pain in which this family lives is alleviated at the end of the day.
The gentle warmth of morning. This desire - is it love? The vigor! The passion! A fatal blunder! It’s time for breakfast.
All family secrets have a price, and a due date, and for this family of estranged sisters, the date is now.
Having run out of weed, Norville visits his close friend and drug dealer Gary, only to find himself ravelled in an absurd conspiracy that only he can get to the bottom of.
short made for NYFA about a woman who slowly starts unraveling
An amazing classic about friends, family, finding what you to do, and enjoying the small things. Backed by a killer soundtrack the skill within the skiing redefined extreme sports.
This last year has been unlike any other: COVID, lockdowns, and for Gary, it has also included a divorce and family insanity unlike any other; up until now, Gary hasn't been able to speak about what really happened.
Oliver deals with debilitating depression. While experiencing a particularly low episode, he remembers how it has affected his relationships.