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![]() After all his research is stolen, an astrophysics student makes a bargain with a woman in order to get it back. Neither is prepared for the old wounds that will open or the connection they will make when they risk it all. ![]() "GLORY" meets "DANCES WITH WOLVES." When a soldier deserts from battle, he soon discovers the true cost of war through a young heroic black man, who teaches him the real meaning of Freedom. ![]() During lockdown in Italy, Roxanne, a gruff pipe organ restorer struggles to control her obsessive attraction to Lucia, her new 20-year-old mute assistant. An exploration of our aching need for human connection and touch. ![]() A struggling actor and writer is on the path to finally make a big break in her career. But she’s going to have to put her complicated life back together in the aftermath of a tragic event. A story examining the complexity, ridiculousness, and intersection of faith, creativity, family, and grief that shows how we often think we only have one chance to figure it all out, but the reality is, we have a million chances to get it right. ![]() Montreal’s underground nightlife is legendary. Follow Ramy, a poet from the Middle East who is in Montreal for med school, and thanks to his partying cousin, meets two local girls and embarks on a relationship that shows him his destiny. ![]() Starring award-winning comedian Jim Gaffigan, Rhea Seehorn (Better Call Saul), and Katelyn Nacon (The Walking Dead), LINOLEUM follows the host of a failing children's science show as he tries to fulfill his childhood dream of becoming an astronaut by building a rocket ship in his garage. But, a series of bizarre events occur that cause him to question his own reality. ![]() The story of a small community family—a grandfather (Mahadu), his widowed daughter-in-law (Lakshmi), and her young son (Shambhu)—who traditionally assist people in carrying out the last rites of their loved ones. While Mahadu believes in age-old traditions and that Shambhu will follow in his footsteps, Shambhu wants more for himself. Will this tear their family apart? ![]() Featuring appearances from legends of the past, veteran journeymen, rising and current independent stars and important wrestling experts, Out in the Ring explores the rise and history of LGBTQ+ professional wrestlers and representation in the sport. ![]() Comedy and action ensure, as two brothers rely on a handful of friends to face the fury of the Chinese Mafia. With the help of the Smoke Master and a fighting style based on the properties of marijuana, they will try to overcome this huge challenge. ![]() Three siblings attempt to reconcile over their mother’s death but are torn between mourning and greed. Family isn’t all it’s cracked up to be, as they soon find out. ![]() In the summer of 2006, the San Francisco Bay Area was “Going Dumb! And Ghostriding the Whip!” WE WERE HYPHY examines and celebrates Hyphy, a thumping subgenre of hip hop, famous for its pounding bass, humorous slang, and insane dances! ![]() Starring Corey Stoll (Ant-Man, The Strain), Karen Pittman (And Just Like That, The Morning Show), and Michelle Veintimilla (Gotham, Seven Seconds), a timely, emotional thriller in which three characters battle it out at the intersection of race, class, and criminal justice. ![]() A young performer is stuck under the harsh demands of her father and their community's expectations. During a night out to let loose and have some fun with her friends, she meets a young man with whom she quickly forms a bond, forcing her to question everything she has known. ![]() Natascha McElhone (The Truman Show) stars as Carmen, a woman finding a new start to life. After her elderly brother, who was a priest, passes, she’s no longer expected to devote her life as caretaker. Through a set of odd circumstances, she finds herself hearing confessions in a local church, to the delight of many parishioners and the horror of the authorities. ![]() Starring Sol Miranda (Unbreakable Kimmy Schnidt), Victoria Cartagena (Batwoman), and Tovah Feldshuh (Star Wars: Resistance, The Walking Dead), the beautiful story about a Latinx mother and daughter facing major life changes and how their love challenges and sustains them. ![]() When the Chang siblings’ dad begins not acting normal and won’t leave the house, they set out to deal with dad, leading them to reconnect and discover they have a lot more in common than they think. Filled with humor and heart, a case study on relationships of all kinds and what we have to do to protect them. ![]() A modern screwball comedy concerning Susan and Henry, who are hosting a dinner party while trying to make good on a lie concerning the recent death of their "father." Unexpected guests arrive, causing the night to unravel despite Susan’s best efforts. ![]() A deliriously fun comedy-fantasy in which a millennial discovers that the world she knows is just a simulated version of reality that is being shut down. Suddenly, she's the only one who wants to stick around. ![]() Mack wants to get away to her family’s rustic cabin and spiritually connect with her recently deceased sister. A nice idea…that is, until her Type-A bestie and her offbeat friend decide to show up too—leading to emotional highs, lows, and all in between. ![]() Starring Sheila Vand (A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night), Matt Dillon (Crash, Drugstore Cowboy), Isabela Rosellini (Blue Velvet), Anna Gunn (Breaking Bad), Christopher McDonald (Thelma & Louise), and Joaquim de Almeida (Clear and Present Danger), a hilarious political satire, set in the near future, which follows an Iranian-American woman as she navigates what it means to be a “free American” while uncovering a devious government plot. ![]() Featuring folk rock icons Indigo Girls, renowned pianist Vijay Iyer, and famed Jamaican rapper/activist Talib Kweli, a transformative documentary exploring the most intense and unique relationship between music artists and their fans. ![]() Executive produced by Rosario Dawson, the inspiring stories of five teenage poets in Los Angeles takes us on their journey as they navigate their final year of high school, exploring identity and expression, transitioning into adulthood, and overcoming mental health issues – all through the unique prism of their poetry. ![]() Mesmerizing, beautiful, inspirational---a story in which a girl watches her father struggle to keep his single-screen theatre alive, as her hometown Allahabad in India acquires a new name and starts losing traces of its past. ![]() “Look at the world’s we’ve created!” Cinequest’s annual animation program brings a full-spectrum display of what is possible in animation in 2022! ![]() "We all need a good laugh, right? Yeah, Something Funny is exactly what we need!” We’ve got films of comedy of every brow: high, low, and furrowed. Undeniably funny, fun, and funky fresh, Comedy Favorites lines up and charges down the court in pursuit of uproarious laughter! ![]() A spirited comedy in which Agnes, a Catholic school girl who, after her unplanned pregnancy, begins converting to Judaism in order to marry the love of her life and be accepted by his conservative Jewish family. But, as Agnes soon discovers, this is easier said than done. ![]() Starring Alison Brie, Aubrey Plaza, Tricia Helfer, and Molly Shannon, the uproarious story of a woman who wins an all-expenses trip to a company's gorgeous "institute" outside of Florence, and also the chance to meet the restaurant chain's wealthy and charismatic owner. However, she finds a different adventure than the one she imagined. ![]() In Toronto, lively music, intricate textiles, and vibrant colours paint an unlikely story of love and family when Badi and Sharon, two young students with very different upbringings in a divided Iranian community, accidentally fall in love. ![]() Leonard’s manifested a date with his ex; now he’s just gotta fix his vibration. Part comedy, part self-help nightmare, WAKE UP, LEONARD follows one man's quest for wellness while failing miserably to stay on his vibe. Will Leonard learn how to not only love his higher self, but his lower self too? ![]() Executive Produced by Spike Lee, Spike Jonze, and Riz Ahmed, director Dina Amer’s powerful debut feature wherein cultural and intergenerational wounds erupt in a story about two sisters on the outskirts of Paris, and a choice that shocks the world. Attacking one of the darkest issues of our time, an evocative and intimate story about family, love, sisterhood, and belonging. ![]() After all his research is stolen, an astrophysics student makes a bargain with a woman in order to get it back. Neither is prepared for the old wounds that will open or the connection they will make when they risk it all. ![]() Piotr signs up for a smoking cessation program. By mistake, he enrolls in an enigmatic self-development course where, under the influence of the charismatic Leader, he begins to question his relationship, which he had considered perfect…until now. ![]() When the Chang siblings’ dad begins not acting normal and won’t leave the house, they set out to deal with dad, leading them to reconnect and discover they have a lot more in common than they think. Filled with humor and heart, a case study on relationships of all kinds and what we have to do to protect them. ![]() A modern screwball comedy concerning Susan and Henry, who are hosting a dinner party while trying to make good on a lie concerning the recent death of their "father." Unexpected guests arrive, causing the night to unravel despite Susan’s best efforts. ![]() Gloria can’t sleep. At 30-years-old, she has never had an orgasm and doesn’t get along with the men she meets. After moving to a new home, she discovers an invisible entity there who introduces her to new pleasures. But what will she do when she meets a man from the world of the living? ![]() Two people desperate to change the world embark on a provocative and artistic journey through the beautiful streets of Saint-Tropez, a small village in the South of France. But, how far are they willing to go to create the transformation that will make them both happy? ![]() To impress his boss and father-in-law-to-be, Wiley heads to India two weeks before the wedding with the goal of corralling a wild card manager in the company. However, what Wiley can’t predict is the unlikely partnership they will form, as both men embark on a crackpot journey through India—each running from his own personal demons. ![]() Starring Sheila Vand (A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night), Matt Dillon (Crash, Drugstore Cowboy), Isabela Rosellini (Blue Velvet), Anna Gunn (Breaking Bad), Christopher McDonald (Thelma & Louise), and Joaquim de Almeida (Clear and Present Danger), a hilarious political satire, set in the near future, which follows an Iranian-American woman as she navigates what it means to be a “free American” while uncovering a devious government plot. ![]() A struggling actor and writer is on the path to finally make a big break in her career. But she’s going to have to put her complicated life back together in the aftermath of a tragic event. A story examining the complexity, ridiculousness, and intersection of faith, creativity, family, and grief that shows how we often think we only have one chance to figure it all out, but the reality is, we have a million chances to get it right. ![]() A fresh, vibrant, and youthful adaptation of Shakespeare’s “Much Ado About Nothing” is played out in a house of university students, whose party spins out of control. ![]() Szilvi makes a quick decision: she flees her wedding and jumps into Petya’s taxi—who just happens to be going to his own bachelor party that evening. Their day around Budapest together will become their adventure and their story. ![]() Starring award-winning comedian Jim Gaffigan, Rhea Seehorn (Better Call Saul), and Katelyn Nacon (The Walking Dead), LINOLEUM follows the host of a failing children's science show as he tries to fulfill his childhood dream of becoming an astronaut by building a rocket ship in his garage. But, a series of bizarre events occur that cause him to question his own reality. ![]() Jeff’s mind is a swirl of wandering thoughts about his life, his neighbors, and the world around him. It’s probably a good thing that the people he meets can’t hear them. But we can. ![]() When Marie’s boyfriend proposes to her in front of his entire family, she doesn't know what to say and flees to the countryside to think it over alone. Easier said than done, when her throughts manifest themselves in the form of her mother pestering her with baby names, ex-boyfriends climbing out of trees, and a mysterious woman narrating it all with poems. ![]() "We all need a good laugh, right? Yeah, Something Funny is exactly what we need!” We’ve got films of comedy of every brow: high, low, and furrowed. Undeniably funny, fun, and funky fresh, Comedy Favorites lines up and charges down the court in pursuit of uproarious laughter! ![]() A spirited comedy in which Agnes, a Catholic school girl who, after her unplanned pregnancy, begins converting to Judaism in order to marry the love of her life and be accepted by his conservative Jewish family. But, as Agnes soon discovers, this is easier said than done. ![]() Comedy and action ensure, as two brothers rely on a handful of friends to face the fury of the Chinese Mafia. With the help of the Smoke Master and a fighting style based on the properties of marijuana, they will try to overcome this huge challenge. ![]() Starring Alison Brie, Aubrey Plaza, Tricia Helfer, and Molly Shannon, the uproarious story of a woman who wins an all-expenses trip to a company's gorgeous "institute" outside of Florence, and also the chance to meet the restaurant chain's wealthy and charismatic owner. However, she finds a different adventure than the one she imagined. ![]() A late-in-the-game pregnancy and the sudden ending of a relationship are not necessarily catastrophic by themselves. Combine the two, and it is like throwing fire accelerant on charcoal. A comedy that is sometimes absurd and often hilarious. ![]() In Toronto, lively music, intricate textiles, and vibrant colours paint an unlikely story of love and family when Badi and Sharon, two young students with very different upbringings in a divided Iranian community, accidentally fall in love. ![]() Leonard’s manifested a date with his ex; now he’s just gotta fix his vibration. Part comedy, part self-help nightmare, WAKE UP, LEONARD follows one man's quest for wellness while failing miserably to stay on his vibe. Will Leonard learn how to not only love his higher self, but his lower self too? ![]() Natascha McElhone (The Truman Show) stars as Carmen, a woman finding a new start to life. After her elderly brother, who was a priest, passes, she’s no longer expected to devote her life as caretaker. Through a set of odd circumstances, she finds herself hearing confessions in a local church, to the delight of many parishioners and the horror of the authorities. ![]() Executive produced by Fred Armisen (Portlandia, Saturday Night Live), a moving portrait of an eccentric New York family navigating the chaos that divides them, yet finding what makes them alike will help them reunite. ![]() Starring Sol Miranda (Unbreakable Kimmy Schnidt), Victoria Cartagena (Batwoman), and Tovah Feldshuh (Star Wars: Resistance, The Walking Dead), the beautiful story about a Latinx mother and daughter facing major life changes and how their love challenges and sustains them. ![]() Deep in the jungle of Central Vietnam, lies a magnificent underground kingdom. Hang Son Doong (“mountain river cave”) is the largest cave passage in the world and a place of spectacular beauty. The paradise is now in danger from those who would develop there. But there are those who would fight to protect the delicate eco-system. ![]() In a dusty filing cabinet in Monterey, California, a 1938 film is discovered that depicted a joyous Japanese-American community just before their lives are destroyed. Along with this remarkable never-before-seen film was a trove of signed petitions demanding the restoration of civil rights to those same Americans. ![]() The gripping story of an African-American woman determined to force Harvard University to cede ownership of photos of her great-great-great grandfather--who was an enslaved man named Renty. With a focus on Lanier and her lawsuit, it is a captivating journey, both powerful and inspirational. ![]() Two people desperate to change the world embark on a provocative and artistic journey through the beautiful streets of Saint-Tropez, a small village in the South of France. But, how far are they willing to go to create the transformation that will make them both happy? ![]() Parents and teachers around the world struggle with kids’ dependence on devices today. How might we better prepare our kids for this digital world? ![]() Featuring folk rock icons Indigo Girls, renowned pianist Vijay Iyer, and famed Jamaican rapper/activist Talib Kweli, a transformative documentary exploring the most intense and unique relationship between music artists and their fans. ![]() Executive produced by Rosario Dawson, the inspiring stories of five teenage poets in Los Angeles takes us on their journey as they navigate their final year of high school, exploring identity and expression, transitioning into adulthood, and overcoming mental health issues – all through the unique prism of their poetry. ![]() Featuring appearances from legends of the past, veteran journeymen, rising and current independent stars and important wrestling experts, Out in the Ring explores the rise and history of LGBTQ+ professional wrestlers and representation in the sport. ![]() Bruce Swedien is considered the best sound engineer ever. For three decades he was Michael Jackson's right-hand man and together they created the best-selling hits of all time. Inspirational and highly entertaining, Sonic Fantasy tells the beginning of that magical adventure. ![]() In the summer of 2006, the San Francisco Bay Area was “Going Dumb! And Ghostriding the Whip!” WE WERE HYPHY examines and celebrates Hyphy, a thumping subgenre of hip hop, famous for its pounding bass, humorous slang, and insane dances! ![]() When obsessive free-spirit Stephen finds out his teen half sister Sarah is pregnant, he desperately tries to convince her to keep the baby. Sarah finally agrees when Stephen promises to father the child, and they embark on the journey of parenthood—for which neither is ready. ![]() Shot over ten years, the story of two courageous women as they fight for their freedom against a patriarchal Afghan society, while exposing the complicity of the European Union in censoring their voices, and how the international press forever alters the course of their lives. ![]() Executive Produced by Spike Lee, Spike Jonze, and Riz Ahmed, director Dina Amer’s powerful debut feature wherein cultural and intergenerational wounds erupt in a story about two sisters on the outskirts of Paris, and a choice that shocks the world. Attacking one of the darkest issues of our time, an evocative and intimate story about family, love, sisterhood, and belonging. ![]() Executive produced by Fred Armisen (Portlandia, Saturday Night Live), a moving portrait of an eccentric New York family navigating the chaos that divides them, yet finding what makes them alike will help them reunite. ![]() Deep in the jungle of Central Vietnam, lies a magnificent underground kingdom. Hang Son Doong (“mountain river cave”) is the largest cave passage in the world and a place of spectacular beauty. The paradise is now in danger from those who would develop there. But there are those who would fight to protect the delicate eco-system. ![]() In a dusty filing cabinet in Monterey, California, a 1938 film is discovered that depicted a joyous Japanese-American community just before their lives are destroyed. Along with this remarkable never-before-seen film was a trove of signed petitions demanding the restoration of civil rights to those same Americans. ![]() The gripping story of an African-American woman determined to force Harvard University to cede ownership of photos of her great-great-great grandfather--who was an enslaved man named Renty. With a focus on Lanier and her lawsuit, it is a captivating journey, both powerful and inspirational. ![]() Parents and teachers around the world struggle with kids’ dependence on devices today. How might we better prepare our kids for this digital world? ![]() Featuring folk rock icons Indigo Girls, renowned pianist Vijay Iyer, and famed Jamaican rapper/activist Talib Kweli, a transformative documentary exploring the most intense and unique relationship between music artists and their fans. ![]() Executive produced by Rosario Dawson, the inspiring stories of five teenage poets in Los Angeles takes us on their journey as they navigate their final year of high school, exploring identity and expression, transitioning into adulthood, and overcoming mental health issues – all through the unique prism of their poetry. ![]() Featuring appearances from legends of the past, veteran journeymen, rising and current independent stars and important wrestling experts, Out in the Ring explores the rise and history of LGBTQ+ professional wrestlers and representation in the sport. ![]() “All this happened, more or less.” The documentary form has produced some of the most important films of all time, and this year’s selections are worthy entries. These stories take various techniques, from animation to verite, and bring us stories that are thoughtful, powerful, and most importantly, true. ![]() Bruce Swedien is considered the best sound engineer ever. For three decades he was Michael Jackson's right-hand man and together they created the best-selling hits of all time. Inspirational and highly entertaining, Sonic Fantasy tells the beginning of that magical adventure. ![]() When a filmmaker asks anyone in the Memphis LGBTQ community to sit and share a memory, the result is an incredible blend of humor, emotion, and power. ![]() In the summer of 2006, the San Francisco Bay Area was “Going Dumb! And Ghostriding the Whip!” WE WERE HYPHY examines and celebrates Hyphy, a thumping subgenre of hip hop, famous for its pounding bass, humorous slang, and insane dances! ![]() Shot over ten years, the story of two courageous women as they fight for their freedom against a patriarchal Afghan society, while exposing the complicity of the European Union in censoring their voices, and how the international press forever alters the course of their lives. ![]() The path to enlightenment begins at the world’s deadliest wave. This feature-length documentary from award- winning filmmaker Stacy Peralta lifts the veil on one of surfing’s most enigmatic heroes, Gerry Lopez—a man who’s as radical as he is Zen. ![]() Filled with humor and powerful drama, an intensely realistic look at modern love through the lens of two romantics navigating their way through a new relationship. ![]() When a troubled couple escape to their rural farmhouse for a weekend of re-connection, they realize that their ability to save their marriage will literally determine the fate of humankind itself. Starring Amanda Brugel (The Handmaid’s Tale, Kim’s Convenience). ![]() A young performer is stuck under the harsh demands of her father and their community's expectations. During a night out to let loose and have some fun with her friends, she meets a young man with whom she quickly forms a bond, forcing her to question everything she has known. ![]() Natascha McElhone (The Truman Show) stars as Carmen, a woman finding a new start to life. After her elderly brother, who was a priest, passes, she’s no longer expected to devote her life as caretaker. Through a set of odd circumstances, she finds herself hearing confessions in a local church, to the delight of many parishioners and the horror of the authorities. ![]() Starring Sol Miranda (Unbreakable Kimmy Schnidt), Victoria Cartagena (Batwoman), and Tovah Feldshuh (Star Wars: Resistance, The Walking Dead), the beautiful story about a Latinx mother and daughter facing major life changes and how their love challenges and sustains them. ![]() Based on a true story, a moving and potent portrait of a woman in the aftermath of trying to take her own life, and her journey of self-discovery, newfound friendship, unwavering love, and a life she never imagined possible for a girl like her. ![]() "GLORY" meets "DANCES WITH WOLVES." When a soldier deserts from battle, he soon discovers the true cost of war through a young heroic black man, who teaches him the real meaning of Freedom. ![]() During lockdown in Italy, Roxanne, a gruff pipe organ restorer struggles to control her obsessive attraction to Lucia, her new 20-year-old mute assistant. An exploration of our aching need for human connection and touch. ![]() Discovering all their neighbors have left for winter, two star-crossed lovers hatch a devious plan to ditch work, tour the neighborhood, and visit every single empty house for a drink. Startling revelations are revealed…until their once idyllic life becomes uprooted for good. ![]() An exhilarating and taut drama wherein a war crimes tribunal investigator goes to Belgrade to hunt a man whom everybody thought was dead. ![]() Mack wants to get away to her family’s rustic cabin and spiritually connect with her recently deceased sister. A nice idea…that is, until her Type-A bestie and her offbeat friend decide to show up too—leading to emotional highs, lows, and all in between. ![]() In this adult coming-of-age story, Harper takes medical tourism to a new level as she escapes city life to have her abortion in a small cottage resort town on a long weekend. While there, she experiences her childhood playground in a new light. ![]() Clemence looks after her sister Romane, who was disabled in a car accident as a teen. But, when Clemence returns home one night with her new boyfriend, Guillaume, and he begins to form a bond with Romane, the bonds the sisters have created begin to crack and force new decisions. ![]() Love, sex, and disillusion in the modern world. Lucy is unhappy at work and unhappy with her partner. No surprise she finds herself on the cusp of a not-so-secret affair. But, while this new relationship may seem like what she needs, the answers are far more complicated. ![]() Two old friends; one VERY big ask. Two childhood friends find themselves in Vegas on the same weekend, and one night together—with one life-altering favor—will change everything for them both. ![]() Montreal’s underground nightlife is legendary. Follow Ramy, a poet from the Middle East who is in Montreal for med school, and thanks to his partying cousin, meets two local girls and embarks on a relationship that shows him his destiny. ![]() Three teens in Lisbon are on the precipice. With uncertain futures and shadows from their past and present…and not one of them can pretend nothing ever happened. ![]() The story of a small community family—a grandfather (Mahadu), his widowed daughter-in-law (Lakshmi), and her young son (Shambhu)—who traditionally assist people in carrying out the last rites of their loved ones. While Mahadu believes in age-old traditions and that Shambhu will follow in his footsteps, Shambhu wants more for himself. Will this tear their family apart? ![]() Structured like a jazz composition, an emotionally powerful journey that uses the diverse tapestry of Harlem as the backdrop for exploring multiculturalism through the lives of several strangers who are forever changed after a shooting at a historic jazz bar in Harlem. ![]() A timely, powerful, resonant drama following a woman’s resilience after loss and her determination to find closure, all while finding the strength to raise her son in a complicated world. ![]() Barack Obama was starting his second term, hope was more than just a hashtag, and Sam met Samantha. Seven years later, 2020 happened. A tragicomedy about race, romance, and remembering. ![]() 1985: Josef’s younger sister moves in with him, and an unexpected friendship blossoms between Josef and his 4-year-olf niece, Nina. Thirty-five years later, Nina is in trouble, and Josef must make life-altering choices in order to help her. ![]() A failed journalist picks up a struggling artist for what he expects will be nothing more than a kinky one-night-stand. But when they find each other more engaging than they anticipated, the two lonely nonconformists begin to cautiously explore the possibilities of an unconventional relationship. ![]() Three Arab women living in modern day Jordan must put their differences aside and work together. Tangled in a family drama after a man dies, his two wives and his adopted daughter navigate his inheritance, finding out that the only way forward is to try and make peace with each other. ![]() When an actor throws an impromptu soirée at his Hollywood home, with only his closest friends in attendance, a fun evening devolves into something much darker after he makes an unexpected announcement to the group. ![]() A young woman struggles to run her recently departed mother's countryside guesthouse as a local criminal attempts to extort her and her father. She accepts the aid of a local shaman as she attempts to save her family's home. That is when everything changes. ![]() Seven possibilities; one woman. There are infinite possibilities of circumstances one can be born into, and what a person can become. An anthology of seven women, a tour-de-force performance, all played by the same actress; and each woman refuses simple definition. ![]() Mesmerizing, beautiful, inspirational---a story in which a girl watches her father struggle to keep his single-screen theatre alive, as her hometown Allahabad in India acquires a new name and starts losing traces of its past. ![]() Habib and his 15-year-old son Ahmed are brought together by Habib’s worsening state of health. Unfortunately, Habib’s political past causes turmoil, and it is Ahmed’s job to now protect his father. They soon find themselves in a chaotic position for which neither is prepared. ![]() Three siblings attempt to reconcile over their mother’s death but are torn between mourning and greed. Family isn’t all it’s cracked up to be, as they soon find out. ![]() The members of the Parker family have had their fair share of complications. When matriarch Kate Parker miraculously survives plummeting over a waterfall in a barrel—a feat captured on a video that goes viral—the dysfunctional Parker’s have to do something they never thought possible: act like a real family. ![]() When obsessive free-spirit Stephen finds out his teen half sister Sarah is pregnant, he desperately tries to convince her to keep the baby. Sarah finally agrees when Stephen promises to father the child, and they embark on the journey of parenthood—for which neither is ready. ![]() Executive Produced by Spike Lee, Spike Jonze, and Riz Ahmed, director Dina Amer’s powerful debut feature wherein cultural and intergenerational wounds erupt in a story about two sisters on the outskirts of Paris, and a choice that shocks the world. Attacking one of the darkest issues of our time, an evocative and intimate story about family, love, sisterhood, and belonging. ![]() Starring Willa Fitzgerald, John Magaro, Bruce Campbell, Jon Cryer, and Richard Kind, A 1970s-era Watergate conspiracy thriller and comedy following a White House transscriber who is thrust into scandal after obtaining the only copy of the infamous 18 ½ minute gap in the Nixon tapes. ![]() This true one-take feature film follows Milly, an adulterous rideshare driver navigating the nighttime streets of Hollywood who goes to great lengths to take his troubling double-life to the grave... only to dig a grave for himself. ![]() October 1992. A group of law students head to a remote home upstate where a girl disappeared two years earlier. Will they be able to unravel what really happened? ![]() On an isolated farm in what appears to be the 1800s, a tyrannical father preaches fire and brimstone, while the devout mother preaches obedience. But, their flock has had enough, and an uprising is only the start to uncovering the years of lies. ![]() When Marga decides to spend a few days alone in her old family home, her peace is upended by an invisible entity who seems to know a lot about her and won’t let her leave. But this strange presence is only the beginning, and her reality is literally in peril when she discovers the truth. ![]() Starring Corey Stoll (Ant-Man, The Strain), Karen Pittman (And Just Like That, The Morning Show), and Michelle Veintimilla (Gotham, Seven Seconds), a timely, emotional thriller in which three characters battle it out at the intersection of race, class, and criminal justice. ![]() Two sisters, Fay and Alice, reconnect after their father’s disappearance. While Fay is on the brink of madness and misremembering the past, Alice attempts to ground her sister and help bring her back from the precipice. But their past is about to come back with a vengeance. ![]() When a young social recluse stumbles onto a series of unsolved cold cases he finds himself pulled deeper into society's dark underside and must face his own demons to learn the truth. ![]() "This is the first day of the rest of your life." There are significant days, the ones you remember. These may come on suddenly or may be forecast for ages. These ten films examine these days and what they mean, what brought them on, and the fallout from them, both positive and negative. ![]() "Have you ever had to make up your mind?" When the opportunity presents itself, the choice is yours. Take the shot when you’re on stage for the first time, on that first date, working with your first arts mentor. As humans, we need to grab the brass ring, and go for it... or do we? ![]() “This is not our world, but it will do.” Cinequest’s annual dive into the world of science fiction, fantasy, and magical realism takes thirteen films from seven countries to explore the finest in genre cinema. ![]() “Look at the world’s we’ve created!” Cinequest’s annual animation program brings a full-spectrum display of what is possible in animation in 2022! ![]() “Yeah, that’s pretty messed up.” When Cinequest gets dark, it gets DARQUE! This year, our annual feast of the weird, wild, mad, and macabre is one for the ages. These films eschew the everyday in order to deliver the heavy stuff that just won’t fit anywhere else. ![]() “All this happened, more or less.” The documentary form has produced some of the most important films of all time, and this year’s selections are worthy entries. These stories take various techniques, from animation to verite, and bring us stories that are thoughtful, powerful, and most importantly, true. ![]() "We all need a good laugh, right? Yeah, Something Funny is exactly what we need!” We’ve got films of comedy of every brow: high, low, and furrowed. Undeniably funny, fun, and funky fresh, Comedy Favorites lines up and charges down the court in pursuit of uproarious laughter! ![]() “We fight so that someday, we will not need to.” Battles – Big & Small is a collection of eight hard-hitting short films about the conflicts that arise in this life; conflicts that are internal and external, big and small. Stories of wars, literal and figurative, bring us clarity on the reasons, and perhaps cloud the logic of that reasoning just a bit more. ![]() “I was so much older then...” Each and every one of us is a different person at various times of our lives. In Who We Are, Who We Were, we look at the ways in which we change, and are changed. ![]() “We are gathered here today to get through this thing called life.” It’s been a while, right? Many of us have spent the last two years as hermits huddling against the invisible threats, so this year, we’re featuring a slate of shorts that examine what it’s like to be among others, just in case you’ve forgotten. ![]() What goes on in the mind of an artist, an immigrant, a lonely soul? How do you stick up for yourself, make your life memorable, embrace your truth? How do we navigate this rapidly changing world? This collection of films created by students explores these topics and more in many powerful ways. ![]() On the battlefield a soldier is hit with a blinding light and wakes up in a room with no doors, windows, or exits. He radios for help, but the only person he reaches is a woman claiming to be trapped in a similar room. Can they find a way out before it's too late? ![]() In the vein of Blade Runner, a female slave deprived of her senses and memories finds herself discarded by society, yet one man discovers her value. ![]() A deliriously fun comedy-fantasy in which a millennial discovers that the world she knows is just a simulated version of reality that is being shut down. Suddenly, she's the only one who wants to stick around. ![]() A comet is about to destroy the human race in a few months. Three sisters who have been living separately for a long time, come to live together after the death of their father. Will they once again become a family right at the end of the world? ![]() An unstable farm girl becomes prisoner to a beast to cure her father's illness. A modern retelling (with a twist) of the classic ‘Beauty and the Beast” fable. ![]() After undergoing an experimental time travel “process” that sends a man into his future, he investigates the man he has become, by engaging in a romance with his future self’s girlfriend in a mindbending reality. ![]() One-hit-novelist Guy Laury’s (Jay Duplass) been selected for a very exclusive (and mysterious) island winter-residency. On the cliff’s edge of obscurity, he stumbles onto a lost manuscript, a decades-old murder-mystery and a culture of ghosts, demons and mythology that could be the key to his redemption. ![]() Three couples and a lonely friend converge on a weekend retreat in the desert, unaware that their evening is about to devolve into a hallucinatory nightmare involving drugs, infidelity, and “the Banksy of escape rooms”. Also, aliens? ![]() A hand-drawn (digital) animation simulating the phenomena of sound synesthesia made as a multimedia collaboration with the Saskatoon Jazz Orchestra (SJO). ![]() Obsessed with the loss of his sister, an old janitor creates a magical world through collage, hoping to bring her back. But when he thinks he has found her, his perfect world falls apart... ![]() Back Home Again is an animated short film with an all-star voice cast to help build mental health awareness and spark conversations in communities across the world. ![]() Berta feels she has still a lot to do before she can say she’s lived. Jonas doesn’t have time to die. Mrs Wohlgemut realises on her 80th birthday that her brightest days are still ahead of her. ![]() An unwitting accomplice in the business of extinction begins an epic journey. ![]() After running from his friends, an anxious teen confronts his anxieties through a painted void. ![]() An unexpected event can change everything. ![]() A silhouette emerges inhabiting oneiric landscapes. ![]() Inspired by the terrible killings, hatred, and division of 2020; here’s a friendly reminder from your besties at House of Chai to embrace our differences and love one another. ![]() a young Latina professional's prophetic dreams become all too real when an invisible danger causes catastrophic loss. ![]() Gen Z teens from NYC recount their dreams and nightmares from the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, which are brought to life through vivid imagination. ![]() An animated interview from Dave Sardy about his rise to becoming a multiple Grammy award winning music producer. ![]() During his show, a TV host freezes, remembering his disappointment with his mother, his identity crisis, and one ugly green suit. ![]() FACE is a hyper-real CGI conceptual film driven by silent thought-provoking emotion where the creator opens a window to their Autistic world. ![]() A short stroll is full of surprises and adventures for a tiny Roly-Poly. ![]() A secluded forest where the borders between caring and controlling become thinner with every thread. ![]() As the first animated film to star a character with Down syndrome, Freebird is the coming-of-age story of Jon, a boy who learns to navigate the world with a loving mother, an absent father, a classroom bully, and a life-long crush. In 5 minutes, we watch 45 years of his life flash by. ![]() A boy learns to navigate the world with a loving mother, an absent father, a classroom bully, and a life-long crush. This music video for FREEDOM by Jordan Hart also doubles as the short film FREEBIRD. ![]() In an anti-realist world, a mysterious protagonist leads us on a journey: responding to, reuniting, and even becoming her encounters with nature. ![]() “What does the hangman think about, when he goes home at night from work?” ![]() Rashaun is a coveted pick for the NBA draft. The snag… Rashaun’s passion isn't basketball, instead, he desires to be a sculptor. ![]() March 2020. The planet locks itself in. Our world is being drained of its substance and digital life forms are multiplying, like these couples who meet in a virtual universe. What if the crisis was not the pandemic, but the derealization of our lives? ![]() Immaculate Virtual is a film essay contemplating the nature of reality, intimacy, and loss in the bewildering space where technology and humanity intertwine. ![]() The grisly folk tale of Lady Betty, the only female executioner in Ireland, as told by two old friends who can’t agree on the details. ![]() Thirty-five years after Moon-walking astronauts placed special reflectors on the lunar surface, scientists have used these devices to test Albert Einstein's general theory of relativity to unprecedented accuracy. ![]() Louise, ballerina at the Garnier Opera in 1895, rushes home after a show but is stopped by a friend asking for money. Louise knows what to do in order to repay her. ![]() Inspired by the traumatic fates met by many in Uganda’s violent political past, “Miika” is a haunting tale of desperation birthing courage in a young and passionate heart. ![]() In 2016, I went to vote at the same polling place where I was registered and had voted for a decade. This time I was told my name wasn’t on the voter rolls… ![]() The fearless bassist of a quirky punk band shakes things up when she performs a séance that will forever alter the future. ![]() A woman living with anxiety and depression finds unexpected hope in a suicide attempt. ![]() The great advantage of "nothingness“ is that it is free. ![]() Poised through the eyes of the manipulated, the problem presented to the audience is the reality of greed and control by those who deem themselves leaders upon populations seen as necessary sacrifices. ![]() A story of a girl and her teddy bear as she grows up and they grow apart. ![]() A lonely amnesic man lives in his paternal home. He has a habit of filling empty books with his beloved tokens of the past, remembering his childhood memories and a harmonica he lost so long ago. So, he starts to search for it. ![]() Does art have the right path? And if it does, then will it remain an art if it strays to the side and goes to dodge along the gullies? ![]() 17 october 1961: Algerian workers get down the streets to manifest against the mandatory curfew imposed by the Police prefecture. ![]() “Look at the world’s we’ve created!” Cinequest’s annual animation program brings a full-spectrum display of what is possible in animation in 2022! ![]() Two astronauts race to claim the moon for themselves. ![]() An animated celebratory piece screened at an actual wedding of a couple in love, Ayane and Daisuke, illustrating their life and how they come together to ultimately follow their dreams. ![]() Trying to outrun anxiety, seeking joy and strength in landscape and movement. ![]() “TRICHOTILLOMANIA” tells the story of one girl’s Google-search-gone-wrong to find out why she can’t stop pulling out her hair. ![]() After running from his friends, an anxious teen confronts his anxieties through a painted void. ![]() FIRST DOWN is a gripping documentary that profiles an underdog team in America’s first all-girls tackle football league. This band of misfits and outcasts compete for the title while tackling their struggles both on and off the field. ![]() A group of girlfriends prepare for the anticipated summer party in a cramped bathroom. Between boy talk and makeup, Mercedes navigates her blossoming attraction for her friend Julia. ![]() Haunted by their childhood memories, Chinese-American drag sensation Sky returns to their hometown to confront their estranged father. ![]() Attempting to start a new chapter in life, Jay moves in with her high school best friend (a woman with whom she used to be secretly in love) and befriends a charismatic gay man who has long given up on love. Just another day in the inevitable cycles of love, loss, and everything in between. ![]() Featuring appearances from legends of the past, veteran journeymen, rising and current independent stars and important wrestling experts, Out in the Ring explores the rise and history of LGBTQ+ professional wrestlers and representation in the sport. ![]() All cards are on the table when a queer Pakistani Muslim woman brings her Puerto Rican partner home for the first time on the family's annual game night. ![]() When a filmmaker asks anyone in the Memphis LGBTQ community to sit and share a memory, the result is an incredible blend of humor, emotion, and power. ![]() Leonard’s manifested a date with his ex; now he’s just gotta fix his vibration. Part comedy, part self-help nightmare, WAKE UP, LEONARD follows one man's quest for wellness while failing miserably to stay on his vibe. Will Leonard learn how to not only love his higher self, but his lower self too? ![]() A surreal fever-dream inspired by the isolation and suffocation of quarantine. ![]() On a film set, there are always unforeseen events. Some days, it's all there is. And sometimes it's even worse. ![]() Four women explore the constructs that have helped shape their sexual confidence. ![]() Triana is an Andalusian woman who needs to fight against tradition. She arrives in a village full of mysticism and women, where her mission is to liberate them. ![]() This music video is a portrait of a man exploring the subconscious journeys we go on in our dream states, and the parallels they end up mirroring in our waking lives. ![]() During the Irish Great Famine, a grieving farmhand’s life takes an unexpected turn when he encounters a ghostly thief and is led on a journey of hope. ![]() A young couple with Down’s syndrome must overcome prejudice and danger, to try and save the AI baby they want to adopt. A film about the disposability of disability. ![]() On a cloudy London day, an American babysitter takes care of two young British sisters. Parental instincts and the fragility of misunderstandings rise to the surface, as she realizes something is amiss. ![]() A day in the life of ten girls from remote and regional areas of Australia who have been selected for a songwriting mentorship program. ![]() By a stream in the woods - a place between worlds - two women find each other ankle-deep in the water, letting go of what's past and wondering what will come. ![]() An Indian man must unpack childhood trauma inside a family heirloom in order to live again. ![]() Heavily-pregnant Pearl (Gemma Arterton, "Quantum of Solace," "Kingsman: The Secret Service") leaves the house in distress and rages against the world, as she tries to process a hidden pain. ![]() On Halloween night, an arrogant TikTok influencer refuses to acknowledge her cultural appropriation of Mexican culture as strange things happen in the shadows. ![]() Through an energetic pop anthem, a woman addresses her date’s blind spots and challenges his ‘Nice Guy’ persona. ![]() A young woman thinks that nothing is real, and it turns out she’s right. Somebody’s watching her – but who? ![]() When a car bomb detonates while she’s babysitting, Rosa must bring her sister to safety by convincing her that aliens have arrived to greet them. ![]() A neurotic waitress with a phobia of coins struggles with visions of the microscopic world of dirt and germs. As she fights to control her darkest fears, reality falls apart. ![]() A mysterious conquistador obsesses over a group of villagers in 16th century Spain. ![]() While trying to sneak out of her house, a Mexican-American girl meets an unexpected friend. ![]() A story where two neighbors get acquainted in an unprecedented way during an unprecedented time. ![]() A computer designed to flag violent internet content starts creating its own, with the inventors as the subjects. ![]() On Halloween night, a young woman is terrified into a monstrous transformation. ![]() Athens 2022. Rumor has it that after dark, a genderqueer robber is roaming the city streets. A few sleepless Athenians will cross paths with this elusive creature and for the first time in a while, they will go to sleep. ![]() A part time driver’s last ride of the night may be the last ride of his life. ![]() Five unique individuals take us on a journey where their achievements shine beyond preconceived ideas of what is possible. ![]() A desperate search during a strange and sudden evacuation. ![]() Traversing their differences and their pasts, Romi and her brother Yoni hike the Israeli desert. ![]() All Don wants is a quiet life in the Scottish Highlands. Unfortunately the Universe has other plans. ![]() Twin brothers. A bag of chalupas. A dead body. Now's their chance to prove themselves as bounty hunters—and chase their lifelong dream. ![]() In the abandoned hangar of a young girl's fantasy, a gang of bloodthirsty fashionistas are figuring out exactly how to assemble the ideal man. ![]() In a near future when women rule the world, a politician visits a "Grooming School" to snag a trophy husband, but her boring date takes a turn when her Stepford-y match stops pretending to be something he's not. ![]() A real estate agent desperate to sell a foreclosed house gets more than he bargained for when he shows it to a couple whose marriage is falling apart. ![]() When not seeing difference makes you very different. ![]() An intimate portrait documentary of Spandau Ballet's Gary Kemp which explores an artist's journey towards making a solo album. ![]() When Chloe is gifted a mysterious crystal, she finds it gives off more than just good vibes. ![]() A peaceful morning at the playground turns into a stroller standoff when two overly ambitious fathers escalate a sustainability argument into a duel - because this playground ain't big enough for the two of them. ![]() Somewhere in an enigmatic and dystopian future, a queen gets entertained by her very own brutal talent show. ![]() She loves him. He loves her… and heroin. ![]() Somewhere foggy - a place in a VR game where the purpose is to find your own house while starting somewhere unfamiliar. Jeong-Im begins to enjoys the game a little too much, only to find that it does not seem to end. ![]() An alcoholic seeks the comfort of strangers on a video chat website after her infant daughter disappears. There, she encounters a mysterious woman who may have the answers she's desperate for. ![]() On a call with her absentminded father, a simple question sets off an anxiety prone woman. ![]() A journalist investigates Europe's most innovative Escape Game. ![]() Going beyond the media blockade of Australia's apocalyptic megafires first-hand, see the volunteer firefighters who fought against all odds protecting their communities from total annihilation. ![]() Through a series of vignettes, the often inexplicable behaviors of contemporary humans are observed and commented upon by a droll narrator. Narrated by the timeless Stephen Fry. ![]() An absurdist dance and animation extravaganza about when cult followers turn on their leader. ![]() When COVID-19 forced his school to close and remote learning proved impossible, a teacher in Guatemala built a classroom on wheels to bring education directly to his students. ![]() Witness the reality of homelessness in Tokyo and a man who found family living among them. ![]() When a kind-hearted prison officer (Oscar Isaac, Dune, "Star Wars," "Inside Llewyn Davis") is transferred to the letter room, he soon gets involved in an inmate's personal affairs. Also starring Alia Shawkat ("Arrested Development," "Search Party"). ![]() A woman reflects on her past and wonders about her future - while having an abortion. ![]() Do-Rodriguez and Reyes, folk arts teachers at Los Cenzontles Cultural Arts Academy in San Pablo, CA, could not create an in person community altar because of Covid-19 restrictions. So, the filmmakers were invited to create a film to convey their creative process and stories of loss, gratitude, and healing. ![]() On a deep space exploration, Captain Lorena is betrayed by the one person she thought she could trust. ![]() She finds letters full of love her dad wrote her years ago. ![]() A deaf African-American woman remembers the sounds of her childhood in Allensworth, the first town built and owned by African-Americans. ![]() A hunter, tormented with the approaching death of his wife, is confronted with his emotions. ![]() Unable to afford a fancy holiday, a family decides to fake one by hiding at home and posting photoshopped pictures on social media. ![]() Children cowering in terror, hiding from the unknown, only to be transported to a futuristic corridor where their anxieties are personified as a shrouded monster. ![]() A music video from Jeff Hilliard called MULLETUDE. ![]() An emotional conversation about oral sex will change their relationship forever. ![]() A woman moves into a new apartment, but strangely discovers she’s the only resident in the building. ![]() A first-generation Latinx father journeys through unrecognizable, unceded lands in the border regions between the U.S. and Mexico in search of the place where Óscar Alberto Martínez Ramírez and his young daughter Angie Valeria drowned. ![]() Trash can be nasty... but how nasty? ![]() Visualize a deep dream of a depressed woman through space and time, all between the gap of a single breath, from inhaling tobacco till breathing it out. ![]() The longstanding female friendship between an American on-camera host and a Scottish field producer is continually tested when they’re forced to share a cramped London flat while working on an ill-fated docuseries exploring the cultural differences between the US and the UK. ![]() Beneath brims of hundreds of colorful hats, civil rights leader Frances Pratt is a woman of wisdom, humor, and grace. Her amazing hats, southern charm, and pithy expressions punctuate her lifelong fight for racial equality, voting rights, and education. ![]() While walking home alone and scared after her mother forgot to pick her up, a shy fifteen year-old girl is suddenly rescued by a punk entity who shows her a world where she'll fit in just as she is. ![]() After a "Red Egg and Ginger" party doesn’t go as planned, a married couple becomes divided over culture and what’s best for their biracial son. ![]() Believing in the power of radical forgiveness, a team of vigilantes “pardon” random criminals by cleaning their crime scenes. ![]() Two powerful forces in the world of jazz come together in this lively film. Resurrection! Airto Moreira & the Preservation Hall Jazz Band
More Details ![]() An awkward audio girl's mic gets damaged on set, giving her the supernatural ability no one wants: reading minds. ![]() Pollution, global warming, overpopulation... for Jean-Claude and Maddy, there is only one solution: to leave the earth and ask for help from extraterrestrials. ![]() What does it mean to [let land] rest? This is the question on the mind of Felix, a queer climate activist who moved to the first Jewish farm in the UK after becoming disabled. ![]() A woman (Jessica Chastain, "Zero Dark Thirty," "Interstellar," "The Tree of Life") has a phone conversation with her significant other (James McAvoy, "Filth," "Atonement," "Split") which slowly deteriorates as she comes to realize that the world around her might not be real. ![]() Norwegians take greetings very seriously. This is what happens when you don't... ![]() Following the tragic and inevitable death of her son, Celeste - an astrologer of many talents - steals the sun to adopt it as her new beloved son. ![]() "Self" enters her dreamscape, and within it she encounters different people and objects; they may be gods or demons, fears or the unknown, strangers or even herself. ![]() Two songs, many years, and one fruitful night tell the story of a singer/songwriter’s road to success. ![]() A woman who was the victim of a brutal acid attack finds it difficult to be present in her community. Yet because of the global pandemic, she wears a mask and enters the community. But it is the mask that smiles -- not her. ![]() An experimental short film which blends skateboarding and archival footage to tell the story of one woman's crazy extra-terrestrial mission. Houston, we have a vert ramp. ![]() After serving Tom Hanks hors d’oeuvres, an actress gives the speech of a lifetime to her fellow academy peers. ![]() A man finds an old toy that brings back memories… ![]() A stark and unsettling emotional narrative about the struggles of family life, what defines success, and living up to the expectations of others. ![]() A short film that follows the shooting scenery of Ryuzo Shinomiya, an icon who holds many records as a freediver and began his career as a photographer. What does the man who surpassed Jacques Mayol's diving record think? A documentary that showcases how one man pushed himself beyond his limits in pursuit of a dream. The Story of Ryuzo Shinomiya, Free Diver / Photographer
More Details ![]() With the help of her AI dog, a sixteen year-old girl must get her sick mother to another planet where a better life awaits. ![]() A summer-on-repeat, tender piece that explores how we traditionally define a soulmate on the day of a wedding. ![]() Eli Berliner turns the camera on his father, Alan, a personal documentary filmmaker, whose new body of work approaches sculpture through the eyes of a filmmaker. ![]() Follow recently-divorced Arnoldo, who comes to the United States from Mexico to win back his family but meets only brutality and despair, until a chance encounter at a racquetball court changes the course of his life. A special extended panel conversation follows the screening of the film! ![]() When Mali is fired for refusing to work on Valentine’s Day, Archie feels compelled to take her out on a date worth remembering. ![]() After menacing nightmare, Tokyo has reached an apocalypse of biblical proportions. ![]() Nora has just come for a therapy session after performing a devastatingly bad flute solo at her school winter concert, only to learn that her flute teacher has died ![]() Boushra, one of the Syrian potato-picking girls in Lebanon, returns from a long day of work in the field only to learn that today her childhood will come to an end. ![]() Two men head into the woods with a mysterious invention and attempt to resurrect a friendship. ![]() A human vacuum snorts a never ending line of cocaine through a vapid party in the Hollywood Hills. ‘LESS THAN ZERO” meets “HANSEL AND GRETEL”. A satire about Los Angeles as a…VACUUM. ![]() What starts as a date at a local art gallery, quickly turns to horror…. as a young couple accidentally invokes the destructive spirit of a murdered artist. ![]() When an aspiring dancer, forced to conduct her life in solitude because of 2020's global pandemic, learns that her grandmother is diagnosed with COVID, she has to choose between going to her and the audition of a lifetime. ![]() Jenni Rudolph explores the search for wholeness and community as a mixed race person in her music video for WATER & OIL. ![]() One community’s crusade to create a safe swimming environment in East Hampton, New York. ![]() In the edge of the galaxy, a space explorer picks up a plant in a mysterious planet, but his return journey will put his determination to the test. ![]() Two lovers are separated not only by distance but also by circumstances: Russia’s anti-gay laws and mainstream homophobia means that their relationship is threatened by violence, and now even the constitution. ![]() A Chinese international student has to break a years-long secret a day before graduation when his father comes to the U.S. ![]() One night, an undocumented retail worker in Queens, New York secretly witnesses something and takes an action that will haunt her forever. ![]() Filled with humor and powerful drama, an intensely realistic look at modern love through the lens of two romantics navigating their way through a new relationship. ![]() Starring Willa Fitzgerald, John Magaro, Bruce Campbell, Jon Cryer, and Richard Kind, A 1970s-era Watergate conspiracy thriller and comedy following a White House transscriber who is thrust into scandal after obtaining the only copy of the infamous 18 ½ minute gap in the Nixon tapes. ![]() On the battlefield a soldier is hit with a blinding light and wakes up in a room with no doors, windows, or exits. He radios for help, but the only person he reaches is a woman claiming to be trapped in a similar room. Can they find a way out before it's too late? ![]() After all his research is stolen, an astrophysics student makes a bargain with a woman in order to get it back. Neither is prepared for the old wounds that will open or the connection they will make when they risk it all. ![]() Piotr signs up for a smoking cessation program. By mistake, he enrolls in an enigmatic self-development course where, under the influence of the charismatic Leader, he begins to question his relationship, which he had considered perfect…until now. ![]() When a troubled couple escape to their rural farmhouse for a weekend of re-connection, they realize that their ability to save their marriage will literally determine the fate of humankind itself. Starring Amanda Brugel (The Handmaid’s Tale, Kim’s Convenience). ![]() A young performer is stuck under the harsh demands of her father and their community's expectations. During a night out to let loose and have some fun with her friends, she meets a young man with whom she quickly forms a bond, forcing her to question everything she has known. ![]() Natascha McElhone (The Truman Show) stars as Carmen, a woman finding a new start to life. After her elderly brother, who was a priest, passes, she’s no longer expected to devote her life as caretaker. Through a set of odd circumstances, she finds herself hearing confessions in a local church, to the delight of many parishioners and the horror of the authorities. ![]() Executive produced by Fred Armisen (Portlandia, Saturday Night Live), a moving portrait of an eccentric New York family navigating the chaos that divides them, yet finding what makes them alike will help them reunite. ![]() Starring Sol Miranda (Unbreakable Kimmy Schnidt), Victoria Cartagena (Batwoman), and Tovah Feldshuh (Star Wars: Resistance, The Walking Dead), the beautiful story about a Latinx mother and daughter facing major life changes and how their love challenges and sustains them. ![]() Based on a true story, a moving and potent portrait of a woman in the aftermath of trying to take her own life, and her journey of self-discovery, newfound friendship, unwavering love, and a life she never imagined possible for a girl like her. ![]() Deep in the jungle of Central Vietnam, lies a magnificent underground kingdom. Hang Son Doong (“mountain river cave”) is the largest cave passage in the world and a place of spectacular beauty. The paradise is now in danger from those who would develop there. But there are those who would fight to protect the delicate eco-system. ![]() This true one-take feature film follows Milly, an adulterous rideshare driver navigating the nighttime streets of Hollywood who goes to great lengths to take his troubling double-life to the grave... only to dig a grave for himself. ![]() In the vein of Blade Runner, a female slave deprived of her senses and memories finds herself discarded by society, yet one man discovers her value. ![]() When the Chang siblings’ dad begins not acting normal and won’t leave the house, they set out to deal with dad, leading them to reconnect and discover they have a lot more in common than they think. Filled with humor and heart, a case study on relationships of all kinds and what we have to do to protect them. ![]() A modern screwball comedy concerning Susan and Henry, who are hosting a dinner party while trying to make good on a lie concerning the recent death of their "father." Unexpected guests arrive, causing the night to unravel despite Susan’s best efforts. ![]() A deliriously fun comedy-fantasy in which a millennial discovers that the world she knows is just a simulated version of reality that is being shut down. Suddenly, she's the only one who wants to stick around. ![]() A comet is about to destroy the human race in a few months. Three sisters who have been living separately for a long time, come to live together after the death of their father. Will they once again become a family right at the end of the world? ![]() In a dusty filing cabinet in Monterey, California, a 1938 film is discovered that depicted a joyous Japanese-American community just before their lives are destroyed. Along with this remarkable never-before-seen film was a trove of signed petitions demanding the restoration of civil rights to those same Americans. ![]() October 1992. A group of law students head to a remote home upstate where a girl disappeared two years earlier. Will they be able to unravel what really happened? ![]() On an isolated farm in what appears to be the 1800s, a tyrannical father preaches fire and brimstone, while the devout mother preaches obedience. But, their flock has had enough, and an uprising is only the start to uncovering the years of lies. ![]() An unstable farm girl becomes prisoner to a beast to cure her father's illness. A modern retelling (with a twist) of the classic ‘Beauty and the Beast” fable. ![]() The gripping story of an African-American woman determined to force Harvard University to cede ownership of photos of her great-great-great grandfather--who was an enslaved man named Renty. With a focus on Lanier and her lawsuit, it is a captivating journey, both powerful and inspirational. ![]() "GLORY" meets "DANCES WITH WOLVES." When a soldier deserts from battle, he soon discovers the true cost of war through a young heroic black man, who teaches him the real meaning of Freedom. ![]() After undergoing an experimental time travel “process” that sends a man into his future, he investigates the man he has become, by engaging in a romance with his future self’s girlfriend in a mindbending reality. ![]() Gloria can’t sleep. At 30-years-old, she has never had an orgasm and doesn’t get along with the men she meets. After moving to a new home, she discovers an invisible entity there who introduces her to new pleasures. But what will she do when she meets a man from the world of the living? ![]() One-hit-novelist Guy Laury’s (Jay Duplass) been selected for a very exclusive (and mysterious) island winter-residency. On the cliff’s edge of obscurity, he stumbles onto a lost manuscript, a decades-old murder-mystery and a culture of ghosts, demons and mythology that could be the key to his redemption. ![]() Two people desperate to change the world embark on a provocative and artistic journey through the beautiful streets of Saint-Tropez, a small village in the South of France. But, how far are they willing to go to create the transformation that will make them both happy? ![]() To impress his boss and father-in-law-to-be, Wiley heads to India two weeks before the wedding with the goal of corralling a wild card manager in the company. However, what Wiley can’t predict is the unlikely partnership they will form, as both men embark on a crackpot journey through India—each running from his own personal demons. ![]() During lockdown in Italy, Roxanne, a gruff pipe organ restorer struggles to control her obsessive attraction to Lucia, her new 20-year-old mute assistant. An exploration of our aching need for human connection and touch. ![]() Discovering all their neighbors have left for winter, two star-crossed lovers hatch a devious plan to ditch work, tour the neighborhood, and visit every single empty house for a drink. Startling revelations are revealed…until their once idyllic life becomes uprooted for good. ![]() An exhilarating and taut drama wherein a war crimes tribunal investigator goes to Belgrade to hunt a man whom everybody thought was dead. ![]() Mack wants to get away to her family’s rustic cabin and spiritually connect with her recently deceased sister. A nice idea…that is, until her Type-A bestie and her offbeat friend decide to show up too—leading to emotional highs, lows, and all in between. ![]() Parents and teachers around the world struggle with kids’ dependence on devices today. How might we better prepare our kids for this digital world? ![]() In this adult coming-of-age story, Harper takes medical tourism to a new level as she escapes city life to have her abortion in a small cottage resort town on a long weekend. While there, she experiences her childhood playground in a new light. ![]() Starring Sheila Vand (A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night), Matt Dillon (Crash, Drugstore Cowboy), Isabela Rosellini (Blue Velvet), Anna Gunn (Breaking Bad), Christopher McDonald (Thelma & Louise), and Joaquim de Almeida (Clear and Present Danger), a hilarious political satire, set in the near future, which follows an Iranian-American woman as she navigates what it means to be a “free American” while uncovering a devious government plot. ![]() A struggling actor and writer is on the path to finally make a big break in her career. But she’s going to have to put her complicated life back together in the aftermath of a tragic event. A story examining the complexity, ridiculousness, and intersection of faith, creativity, family, and grief that shows how we often think we only have one chance to figure it all out, but the reality is, we have a million chances to get it right. ![]() Attempting to start a new chapter in life, Jay moves in with her high school best friend (a woman with whom she used to be secretly in love) and befriends a charismatic gay man who has long given up on love. Just another day in the inevitable cycles of love, loss, and everything in between. ![]() Clemence looks after her sister Romane, who was disabled in a car accident as a teen. But, when Clemence returns home one night with her new boyfriend, Guillaume, and he begins to form a bond with Romane, the bonds the sisters have created begin to crack and force new decisions. ![]() Love, sex, and disillusion in the modern world. Lucy is unhappy at work and unhappy with her partner. No surprise she finds herself on the cusp of a not-so-secret affair. But, while this new relationship may seem like what she needs, the answers are far more complicated. ![]() Two old friends; one VERY big ask. Two childhood friends find themselves in Vegas on the same weekend, and one night together—with one life-altering favor—will change everything for them both. ![]() Featuring folk rock icons Indigo Girls, renowned pianist Vijay Iyer, and famed Jamaican rapper/activist Talib Kweli, a transformative documentary exploring the most intense and unique relationship between music artists and their fans. ![]() Montreal’s underground nightlife is legendary. Follow Ramy, a poet from the Middle East who is in Montreal for med school, and thanks to his partying cousin, meets two local girls and embarks on a relationship that shows him his destiny. ![]() A fresh, vibrant, and youthful adaptation of Shakespeare’s “Much Ado About Nothing” is played out in a house of university students, whose party spins out of control. ![]() Three teens in Lisbon are on the precipice. With uncertain futures and shadows from their past and present…and not one of them can pretend nothing ever happened. ![]() Szilvi makes a quick decision: she flees her wedding and jumps into Petya’s taxi—who just happens to be going to his own bachelor party that evening. Their day around Budapest together will become their adventure and their story. ![]() Starring award-winning comedian Jim Gaffigan, Rhea Seehorn (Better Call Saul), and Katelyn Nacon (The Walking Dead), LINOLEUM follows the host of a failing children's science show as he tries to fulfill his childhood dream of becoming an astronaut by building a rocket ship in his garage. But, a series of bizarre events occur that cause him to question his own reality. ![]() The story of a small community family—a grandfather (Mahadu), his widowed daughter-in-law (Lakshmi), and her young son (Shambhu)—who traditionally assist people in carrying out the last rites of their loved ones. While Mahadu believes in age-old traditions and that Shambhu will follow in his footsteps, Shambhu wants more for himself. Will this tear their family apart? ![]() Executive produced by Rosario Dawson, the inspiring stories of five teenage poets in Los Angeles takes us on their journey as they navigate their final year of high school, exploring identity and expression, transitioning into adulthood, and overcoming mental health issues – all through the unique prism of their poetry. ![]() Jeff’s mind is a swirl of wandering thoughts about his life, his neighbors, and the world around him. It’s probably a good thing that the people he meets can’t hear them. But we can. ![]() Featuring appearances from legends of the past, veteran journeymen, rising and current independent stars and important wrestling experts, Out in the Ring explores the rise and history of LGBTQ+ professional wrestlers and representation in the sport. ![]() Structured like a jazz composition, an emotionally powerful journey that uses the diverse tapestry of Harlem as the backdrop for exploring multiculturalism through the lives of several strangers who are forever changed after a shooting at a historic jazz bar in Harlem. ![]() A timely, powerful, resonant drama following a woman’s resilience after loss and her determination to find closure, all while finding the strength to raise her son in a complicated world. ![]() Barack Obama was starting his second term, hope was more than just a hashtag, and Sam met Samantha. Seven years later, 2020 happened. A tragicomedy about race, romance, and remembering. ![]() 1985: Josef’s younger sister moves in with him, and an unexpected friendship blossoms between Josef and his 4-year-olf niece, Nina. Thirty-five years later, Nina is in trouble, and Josef must make life-altering choices in order to help her. ![]() A failed journalist picks up a struggling artist for what he expects will be nothing more than a kinky one-night-stand. But when they find each other more engaging than they anticipated, the two lonely nonconformists begin to cautiously explore the possibilities of an unconventional relationship. ![]() Three couples and a lonely friend converge on a weekend retreat in the desert, unaware that their evening is about to devolve into a hallucinatory nightmare involving drugs, infidelity, and “the Banksy of escape rooms”. Also, aliens? ![]() Three Arab women living in modern day Jordan must put their differences aside and work together. Tangled in a family drama after a man dies, his two wives and his adopted daughter navigate his inheritance, finding out that the only way forward is to try and make peace with each other. ![]() When Marie’s boyfriend proposes to her in front of his entire family, she doesn't know what to say and flees to the countryside to think it over alone. Easier said than done, when her throughts manifest themselves in the form of her mother pestering her with baby names, ex-boyfriends climbing out of trees, and a mysterious woman narrating it all with poems. ![]() When an actor throws an impromptu soirée at his Hollywood home, with only his closest friends in attendance, a fun evening devolves into something much darker after he makes an unexpected announcement to the group. ![]() A young woman struggles to run her recently departed mother's countryside guesthouse as a local criminal attempts to extort her and her father. She accepts the aid of a local shaman as she attempts to save her family's home. That is when everything changes. ![]() Seven possibilities; one woman. There are infinite possibilities of circumstances one can be born into, and what a person can become. An anthology of seven women, a tour-de-force performance, all played by the same actress; and each woman refuses simple definition. ![]() Mesmerizing, beautiful, inspirational---a story in which a girl watches her father struggle to keep his single-screen theatre alive, as her hometown Allahabad in India acquires a new name and starts losing traces of its past. ![]() A spirited comedy in which Agnes, a Catholic school girl who, after her unplanned pregnancy, begins converting to Judaism in order to marry the love of her life and be accepted by his conservative Jewish family. But, as Agnes soon discovers, this is easier said than done. ![]() Comedy and action ensure, as two brothers rely on a handful of friends to face the fury of the Chinese Mafia. With the help of the Smoke Master and a fighting style based on the properties of marijuana, they will try to overcome this huge challenge. ![]() Bruce Swedien is considered the best sound engineer ever. For three decades he was Michael Jackson's right-hand man and together they created the best-selling hits of all time. Inspirational and highly entertaining, Sonic Fantasy tells the beginning of that magical adventure. ![]() Starring Alison Brie, Aubrey Plaza, Tricia Helfer, and Molly Shannon, the uproarious story of a woman who wins an all-expenses trip to a company's gorgeous "institute" outside of Florence, and also the chance to meet the restaurant chain's wealthy and charismatic owner. However, she finds a different adventure than the one she imagined. ![]() A late-in-the-game pregnancy and the sudden ending of a relationship are not necessarily catastrophic by themselves. Combine the two, and it is like throwing fire accelerant on charcoal. A comedy that is sometimes absurd and often hilarious. ![]() In Toronto, lively music, intricate textiles, and vibrant colours paint an unlikely story of love and family when Badi and Sharon, two young students with very different upbringings in a divided Iranian community, accidentally fall in love. ![]() When a filmmaker asks anyone in the Memphis LGBTQ community to sit and share a memory, the result is an incredible blend of humor, emotion, and power. ![]() Habib and his 15-year-old son Ahmed are brought together by Habib’s worsening state of health. Unfortunately, Habib’s political past causes turmoil, and it is Ahmed’s job to now protect his father. They soon find themselves in a chaotic position for which neither is prepared. ![]() Three siblings attempt to reconcile over their mother’s death but are torn between mourning and greed. Family isn’t all it’s cracked up to be, as they soon find out. ![]() When Marga decides to spend a few days alone in her old family home, her peace is upended by an invisible entity who seems to know a lot about her and won’t let her leave. But this strange presence is only the beginning, and her reality is literally in peril when she discovers the truth. ![]() Leonard’s manifested a date with his ex; now he’s just gotta fix his vibration. Part comedy, part self-help nightmare, WAKE UP, LEONARD follows one man's quest for wellness while failing miserably to stay on his vibe. Will Leonard learn how to not only love his higher self, but his lower self too? ![]() In the summer of 2006, the San Francisco Bay Area was “Going Dumb! And Ghostriding the Whip!” WE WERE HYPHY examines and celebrates Hyphy, a thumping subgenre of hip hop, famous for its pounding bass, humorous slang, and insane dances! ![]() The members of the Parker family have had their fair share of complications. When matriarch Kate Parker miraculously survives plummeting over a waterfall in a barrel—a feat captured on a video that goes viral—the dysfunctional Parker’s have to do something they never thought possible: act like a real family. ![]() Starring Corey Stoll (Ant-Man, The Strain), Karen Pittman (And Just Like That, The Morning Show), and Michelle Veintimilla (Gotham, Seven Seconds), a timely, emotional thriller in which three characters battle it out at the intersection of race, class, and criminal justice. ![]() When obsessive free-spirit Stephen finds out his teen half sister Sarah is pregnant, he desperately tries to convince her to keep the baby. Sarah finally agrees when Stephen promises to father the child, and they embark on the journey of parenthood—for which neither is ready. ![]() Two sisters, Fay and Alice, reconnect after their father’s disappearance. While Fay is on the brink of madness and misremembering the past, Alice attempts to ground her sister and help bring her back from the precipice. But their past is about to come back with a vengeance. ![]() Shot over ten years, the story of two courageous women as they fight for their freedom against a patriarchal Afghan society, while exposing the complicity of the European Union in censoring their voices, and how the international press forever alters the course of their lives. ![]() When a young social recluse stumbles onto a series of unsolved cold cases he finds himself pulled deeper into society's dark underside and must face his own demons to learn the truth. ![]() The path to enlightenment begins at the world’s deadliest wave. This feature-length documentary from award- winning filmmaker Stacy Peralta lifts the veil on one of surfing’s most enigmatic heroes, Gerry Lopez—a man who’s as radical as he is Zen. ![]() Executive Produced by Spike Lee, Spike Jonze, and Riz Ahmed, director Dina Amer’s powerful debut feature wherein cultural and intergenerational wounds erupt in a story about two sisters on the outskirts of Paris, and a choice that shocks the world. Attacking one of the darkest issues of our time, an evocative and intimate story about family, love, sisterhood, and belonging. ![]() "This is the first day of the rest of your life." There are significant days, the ones you remember. These may come on suddenly or may be forecast for ages. These ten films examine these days and what they mean, what brought them on, and the fallout from them, both positive and negative. ![]() "Have you ever had to make up your mind?" When the opportunity presents itself, the choice is yours. Take the shot when you’re on stage for the first time, on that first date, working with your first arts mentor. As humans, we need to grab the brass ring, and go for it... or do we? ![]() “This is not our world, but it will do.” Cinequest’s annual dive into the world of science fiction, fantasy, and magical realism takes thirteen films from seven countries to explore the finest in genre cinema. ![]() “Look at the world’s we’ve created!” Cinequest’s annual animation program brings a full-spectrum display of what is possible in animation in 2022! ![]() “Yeah, that’s pretty messed up.” When Cinequest gets dark, it gets DARQUE! This year, our annual feast of the weird, wild, mad, and macabre is one for the ages. These films eschew the everyday in order to deliver the heavy stuff that just won’t fit anywhere else. ![]() “All this happened, more or less.” The documentary form has produced some of the most important films of all time, and this year’s selections are worthy entries. These stories take various techniques, from animation to verite, and bring us stories that are thoughtful, powerful, and most importantly, true. ![]() "We all need a good laugh, right? Yeah, Something Funny is exactly what we need!” We’ve got films of comedy of every brow: high, low, and furrowed. Undeniably funny, fun, and funky fresh, Comedy Favorites lines up and charges down the court in pursuit of uproarious laughter! ![]() “We fight so that someday, we will not need to.” Battles – Big & Small is a collection of eight hard-hitting short films about the conflicts that arise in this life; conflicts that are internal and external, big and small. Stories of wars, literal and figurative, bring us clarity on the reasons, and perhaps cloud the logic of that reasoning just a bit more. ![]() “I was so much older then...” Each and every one of us is a different person at various times of our lives. In Who We Are, Who We Were, we look at the ways in which we change, and are changed. ![]() “We are gathered here today to get through this thing called life.” It’s been a while, right? Many of us have spent the last two years as hermits huddling against the invisible threats, so this year, we’re featuring a slate of shorts that examine what it’s like to be among others, just in case you’ve forgotten. ![]() What goes on in the mind of an artist, an immigrant, a lonely soul? How do you stick up for yourself, make your life memorable, embrace your truth? How do we navigate this rapidly changing world? This collection of films created by students explores these topics and more in many powerful ways. ![]() A surreal fever-dream inspired by the isolation and suffocation of quarantine. ![]() A hand-drawn (digital) animation simulating the phenomena of sound synesthesia made as a multimedia collaboration with the Saskatoon Jazz Orchestra (SJO). ![]() On a film set, there are always unforeseen events. Some days, it's all there is. And sometimes it's even worse. ![]() Four women explore the constructs that have helped shape their sexual confidence. ![]() Obsessed with the loss of his sister, an old janitor creates a magical world through collage, hoping to bring her back. But when he thinks he has found her, his perfect world falls apart... ![]() Back Home Again is an animated short film with an all-star voice cast to help build mental health awareness and spark conversations in communities across the world. ![]() During the Irish Great Famine, a grieving farmhand’s life takes an unexpected turn when he encounters a ghostly thief and is led on a journey of hope. ![]() A young couple with Down’s syndrome must overcome prejudice and danger, to try and save the AI baby they want to adopt. A film about the disposability of disability. ![]() On a cloudy London day, an American babysitter takes care of two young British sisters. Parental instincts and the fragility of misunderstandings rise to the surface, as she realizes something is amiss. ![]() Berta feels she has still a lot to do before she can say she’s lived. Jonas doesn’t have time to die. Mrs Wohlgemut realises on her 80th birthday that her brightest days are still ahead of her. ![]() A day in the life of ten girls from remote and regional areas of Australia who have been selected for a songwriting mentorship program. ![]() By a stream in the woods - a place between worlds - two women find each other ankle-deep in the water, letting go of what's past and wondering what will come. ![]() An unwitting accomplice in the business of extinction begins an epic journey. ![]() An Indian man must unpack childhood trauma inside a family heirloom in order to live again. ![]() Heavily-pregnant Pearl (Gemma Arterton, "Quantum of Solace," "Kingsman: The Secret Service") leaves the house in distress and rages against the world, as she tries to process a hidden pain. ![]() After running from his friends, an anxious teen confronts his anxieties through a painted void. ![]() On Halloween night, an arrogant TikTok influencer refuses to acknowledge her cultural appropriation of Mexican culture as strange things happen in the shadows. ![]() Through an energetic pop anthem, a woman addresses her date’s blind spots and challenges his ‘Nice Guy’ persona. ![]() A young woman thinks that nothing is real, and it turns out she’s right. Somebody’s watching her – but who? ![]() When a car bomb detonates while she’s babysitting, Rosa must bring her sister to safety by convincing her that aliens have arrived to greet them. ![]() An unexpected event can change everything. ![]() A neurotic waitress with a phobia of coins struggles with visions of the microscopic world of dirt and germs. As she fights to control her darkest fears, reality falls apart. ![]() A silhouette emerges inhabiting oneiric landscapes. ![]() A mysterious conquistador obsesses over a group of villagers in 16th century Spain. ![]() While trying to sneak out of her house, a Mexican-American girl meets an unexpected friend. ![]() A story where two neighbors get acquainted in an unprecedented way during an unprecedented time. ![]() A computer designed to flag violent internet content starts creating its own, with the inventors as the subjects. ![]() On Halloween night, a young woman is terrified into a monstrous transformation. ![]() Athens 2022. Rumor has it that after dark, a genderqueer robber is roaming the city streets. A few sleepless Athenians will cross paths with this elusive creature and for the first time in a while, they will go to sleep. ![]() Inspired by the terrible killings, hatred, and division of 2020; here’s a friendly reminder from your besties at House of Chai to embrace our differences and love one another. ![]() A part time driver’s last ride of the night may be the last ride of his life. ![]() a young Latina professional's prophetic dreams become all too real when an invisible danger causes catastrophic loss. ![]() A desperate search during a strange and sudden evacuation. ![]() Traversing their differences and their pasts, Romi and her brother Yoni hike the Israeli desert. ![]() Gen Z teens from NYC recount their dreams and nightmares from the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, which are brought to life through vivid imagination. ![]() All Don wants is a quiet life in the Scottish Highlands. Unfortunately the Universe has other plans. ![]() Twin brothers. A bag of chalupas. A dead body. Now's their chance to prove themselves as bounty hunters—and chase their lifelong dream. ![]() An animated interview from Dave Sardy about his rise to becoming a multiple Grammy award winning music producer. ![]() In the abandoned hangar of a young girl's fantasy, a gang of bloodthirsty fashionistas are figuring out exactly how to assemble the ideal man. ![]() During his show, a TV host freezes, remembering his disappointment with his mother, his identity crisis, and one ugly green suit. ![]() FACE is a hyper-real CGI conceptual film driven by silent thought-provoking emotion where the creator opens a window to their Autistic world. ![]() In a near future when women rule the world, a politician visits a "Grooming School" to snag a trophy husband, but her boring date takes a turn when her Stepford-y match stops pretending to be something he's not. ![]() A short stroll is full of surprises and adventures for a tiny Roly-Poly. ![]() FIRST DOWN is a gripping documentary that profiles an underdog team in America’s first all-girls tackle football league. This band of misfits and outcasts compete for the title while tackling their struggles both on and off the field. ![]() A real estate agent desperate to sell a foreclosed house gets more than he bargained for when he shows it to a couple whose marriage is falling apart. ![]() A secluded forest where the borders between caring and controlling become thinner with every thread. ![]() As the first animated film to star a character with Down syndrome, Freebird is the coming-of-age story of Jon, a boy who learns to navigate the world with a loving mother, an absent father, a classroom bully, and a life-long crush. In 5 minutes, we watch 45 years of his life flash by. ![]() When not seeing difference makes you very different. ![]() An intimate portrait documentary of Spandau Ballet's Gary Kemp which explores an artist's journey towards making a solo album. ![]() A group of girlfriends prepare for the anticipated summer party in a cramped bathroom. Between boy talk and makeup, Mercedes navigates her blossoming attraction for her friend Julia. ![]() When Chloe is gifted a mysterious crystal, she finds it gives off more than just good vibes. ![]() A peaceful morning at the playground turns into a stroller standoff when two overly ambitious fathers escalate a sustainability argument into a duel - because this playground ain't big enough for the two of them. ![]() In an anti-realist world, a mysterious protagonist leads us on a journey: responding to, reuniting, and even becoming her encounters with nature. ![]() “What does the hangman think about, when he goes home at night from work?” ![]() Rashaun is a coveted pick for the NBA draft. The snag… Rashaun’s passion isn't basketball, instead, he desires to be a sculptor. ![]() She loves him. He loves her… and heroin. ![]() Somewhere foggy - a place in a VR game where the purpose is to find your own house while starting somewhere unfamiliar. Jeong-Im begins to enjoys the game a little too much, only to find that it does not seem to end. ![]() March 2020. The planet locks itself in. Our world is being drained of its substance and digital life forms are multiplying, like these couples who meet in a virtual universe. What if the crisis was not the pandemic, but the derealization of our lives? ![]() An alcoholic seeks the comfort of strangers on a video chat website after her infant daughter disappears. There, she encounters a mysterious woman who may have the answers she's desperate for. ![]() On a call with her absentminded father, a simple question sets off an anxiety prone woman. ![]() Immaculate Virtual is a film essay contemplating the nature of reality, intimacy, and loss in the bewildering space where technology and humanity intertwine. ![]() A journalist investigates Europe's most innovative Escape Game. ![]() Going beyond the media blockade of Australia's apocalyptic megafires first-hand, see the volunteer firefighters who fought against all odds protecting their communities from total annihilation. ![]() Through a series of vignettes, the often inexplicable behaviors of contemporary humans are observed and commented upon by a droll narrator. Narrated by the timeless Stephen Fry. ![]() The grisly folk tale of Lady Betty, the only female executioner in Ireland, as told by two old friends who can’t agree on the details. ![]() When COVID-19 forced his school to close and remote learning proved impossible, a teacher in Guatemala built a classroom on wheels to bring education directly to his students. ![]() Witness the reality of homelessness in Tokyo and a man who found family living among them. ![]() Thirty-five years after Moon-walking astronauts placed special reflectors on the lunar surface, scientists have used these devices to test Albert Einstein's general theory of relativity to unprecedented accuracy. ![]() When a kind-hearted prison officer (Oscar Isaac, Dune, "Star Wars," "Inside Llewyn Davis") is transferred to the letter room, he soon gets involved in an inmate's personal affairs. Also starring Alia Shawkat ("Arrested Development," "Search Party"). ![]() A woman reflects on her past and wonders about her future - while having an abortion. ![]() Haunted by their childhood memories, Chinese-American drag sensation Sky returns to their hometown to confront their estranged father. ![]() Do-Rodriguez and Reyes, folk arts teachers at Los Cenzontles Cultural Arts Academy in San Pablo, CA, could not create an in person community altar because of Covid-19 restrictions. So, the filmmakers were invited to create a film to convey their creative process and stories of loss, gratitude, and healing. ![]() On a deep space exploration, Captain Lorena is betrayed by the one person she thought she could trust. ![]() Louise, ballerina at the Garnier Opera in 1895, rushes home after a show but is stopped by a friend asking for money. Louise knows what to do in order to repay her. ![]() She finds letters full of love her dad wrote her years ago. ![]() A deaf African-American woman remembers the sounds of her childhood in Allensworth, the first town built and owned by African-Americans. ![]() Inspired by the traumatic fates met by many in Uganda’s violent political past, “Miika” is a haunting tale of desperation birthing courage in a young and passionate heart. ![]() A hunter, tormented with the approaching death of his wife, is confronted with his emotions. ![]() Unable to afford a fancy holiday, a family decides to fake one by hiding at home and posting photoshopped pictures on social media. ![]() An emotional conversation about oral sex will change their relationship forever. ![]() In 2016, I went to vote at the same polling place where I was registered and had voted for a decade. This time I was told my name wasn’t on the voter rolls… ![]() A woman moves into a new apartment, but strangely discovers she’s the only resident in the building. ![]() The fearless bassist of a quirky punk band shakes things up when she performs a séance that will forever alter the future. ![]() A first-generation Latinx father journeys through unrecognizable, unceded lands in the border regions between the U.S. and Mexico in search of the place where Óscar Alberto Martínez Ramírez and his young daughter Angie Valeria drowned. ![]() A woman living with anxiety and depression finds unexpected hope in a suicide attempt. ![]() The great advantage of "nothingness“ is that it is free. ![]() Poised through the eyes of the manipulated, the problem presented to the audience is the reality of greed and control by those who deem themselves leaders upon populations seen as necessary sacrifices. ![]() A story of a girl and her teddy bear as she grows up and they grow apart. ![]() Trash can be nasty... but how nasty? ![]() Visualize a deep dream of a depressed woman through space and time, all between the gap of a single breath, from inhaling tobacco till breathing it out. ![]() A lonely amnesic man lives in his paternal home. He has a habit of filling empty books with his beloved tokens of the past, remembering his childhood memories and a harmonica he lost so long ago. So, he starts to search for it. ![]() The longstanding female friendship between an American on-camera host and a Scottish field producer is continually tested when they’re forced to share a cramped London flat while working on an ill-fated docuseries exploring the cultural differences between the US and the UK. ![]() Beneath brims of hundreds of colorful hats, civil rights leader Frances Pratt is a woman of wisdom, humor, and grace. Her amazing hats, southern charm, and pithy expressions punctuate her lifelong fight for racial equality, voting rights, and education. ![]() Does art have the right path? And if it does, then will it remain an art if it strays to the side and goes to dodge along the gullies? ![]() While walking home alone and scared after her mother forgot to pick her up, a shy fifteen year-old girl is suddenly rescued by a punk entity who shows her a world where she'll fit in just as she is. ![]() After a "Red Egg and Ginger" party doesn’t go as planned, a married couple becomes divided over culture and what’s best for their biracial son. ![]() Believing in the power of radical forgiveness, a team of vigilantes “pardon” random criminals by cleaning their crime scenes. ![]() Two powerful forces in the world of jazz come together in this lively film. Resurrection! Airto Moreira & the Preservation Hall Jazz Band
More Details ![]() An awkward audio girl's mic gets damaged on set, giving her the supernatural ability no one wants: reading minds. ![]() Pollution, global warming, overpopulation... for Jean-Claude and Maddy, there is only one solution: to leave the earth and ask for help from extraterrestrials. ![]() What does it mean to [let land] rest? This is the question on the mind of Felix, a queer climate activist who moved to the first Jewish farm in the UK after becoming disabled. ![]() A woman (Jessica Chastain, "Zero Dark Thirty," "Interstellar," "The Tree of Life") has a phone conversation with her significant other (James McAvoy, "Filth," "Atonement," "Split") which slowly deteriorates as she comes to realize that the world around her might not be real. ![]() Norwegians take greetings very seriously. This is what happens when you don't... ![]() 17 october 1961: Algerian workers get down the streets to manifest against the mandatory curfew imposed by the Police prefecture. ![]() "Self" enters her dreamscape, and within it she encounters different people and objects; they may be gods or demons, fears or the unknown, strangers or even herself. ![]() Two songs, many years, and one fruitful night tell the story of a singer/songwriter’s road to success. ![]() A woman who was the victim of a brutal acid attack finds it difficult to be present in her community. Yet because of the global pandemic, she wears a mask and enters the community. But it is the mask that smiles -- not her. ![]() Two astronauts race to claim the moon for themselves. ![]() An experimental short film which blends skateboarding and archival footage to tell the story of one woman's crazy extra-terrestrial mission. Houston, we have a vert ramp. ![]() After serving Tom Hanks hors d’oeuvres, an actress gives the speech of a lifetime to her fellow academy peers. ![]() A man finds an old toy that brings back memories… ![]() A short film that follows the shooting scenery of Ryuzo Shinomiya, an icon who holds many records as a freediver and began his career as a photographer. What does the man who surpassed Jacques Mayol's diving record think? A documentary that showcases how one man pushed himself beyond his limits in pursuit of a dream. The Story of Ryuzo Shinomiya, Free Diver / Photographer
More Details ![]() With the help of her AI dog, a sixteen year-old girl must get her sick mother to another planet where a better life awaits. ![]() A summer-on-repeat, tender piece that explores how we traditionally define a soulmate on the day of a wedding. ![]() All cards are on the table when a queer Pakistani Muslim woman brings her Puerto Rican partner home for the first time on the family's annual game night. ![]() An animated celebratory piece screened at an actual wedding of a couple in love, Ayane and Daisuke, illustrating their life and how they come together to ultimately follow their dreams. ![]() Eli Berliner turns the camera on his father, Alan, a personal documentary filmmaker, whose new body of work approaches sculpture through the eyes of a filmmaker. ![]() Follow recently-divorced Arnoldo, who comes to the United States from Mexico to win back his family but meets only brutality and despair, until a chance encounter at a racquetball court changes the course of his life. A special extended panel conversation follows the screening of the film! ![]() When Mali is fired for refusing to work on Valentine’s Day, Archie feels compelled to take her out on a date worth remembering. ![]() After menacing nightmare, Tokyo has reached an apocalypse of biblical proportions. ![]() Nora has just come for a therapy session after performing a devastatingly bad flute solo at her school winter concert, only to learn that her flute teacher has died ![]() “TRICHOTILLOMANIA” tells the story of one girl’s Google-search-gone-wrong to find out why she can’t stop pulling out her hair. ![]() Boushra, one of the Syrian potato-picking girls in Lebanon, returns from a long day of work in the field only to learn that today her childhood will come to an end. ![]() A human vacuum snorts a never ending line of cocaine through a vapid party in the Hollywood Hills. ‘LESS THAN ZERO” meets “HANSEL AND GRETEL”. A satire about Los Angeles as a…VACUUM. ![]() What starts as a date at a local art gallery, quickly turns to horror…. as a young couple accidentally invokes the destructive spirit of a murdered artist. ![]() When an aspiring dancer, forced to conduct her life in solitude because of 2020's global pandemic, learns that her grandmother is diagnosed with COVID, she has to choose between going to her and the audition of a lifetime. ![]() One community’s crusade to create a safe swimming environment in East Hampton, New York. ![]() In the edge of the galaxy, a space explorer picks up a plant in a mysterious planet, but his return journey will put his determination to the test. ![]() A Chinese international student has to break a years-long secret a day before graduation when his father comes to the U.S. ![]() One night, an undocumented retail worker in Queens, New York secretly witnesses something and takes an action that will haunt her forever. ![]() Triana is an Andalusian woman who needs to fight against tradition. She arrives in a village full of mysticism and women, where her mission is to liberate them. ![]() This music video is a portrait of a man exploring the subconscious journeys we go on in our dream states, and the parallels they end up mirroring in our waking lives. ![]() Five unique individuals take us on a journey where their achievements shine beyond preconceived ideas of what is possible. ![]() A boy learns to navigate the world with a loving mother, an absent father, a classroom bully, and a life-long crush. This music video for FREEDOM by Jordan Hart also doubles as the short film FREEBIRD. ![]() Somewhere in an enigmatic and dystopian future, a queen gets entertained by her very own brutal talent show. ![]() An absurdist dance and animation extravaganza about when cult followers turn on their leader. ![]() Children cowering in terror, hiding from the unknown, only to be transported to a futuristic corridor where their anxieties are personified as a shrouded monster. ![]() A music video from Jeff Hilliard called MULLETUDE. ![]() Following the tragic and inevitable death of her son, Celeste - an astrologer of many talents - steals the sun to adopt it as her new beloved son. ![]() A stark and unsettling emotional narrative about the struggles of family life, what defines success, and living up to the expectations of others. ![]() Trying to outrun anxiety, seeking joy and strength in landscape and movement. ![]() Two men head into the woods with a mysterious invention and attempt to resurrect a friendship. ![]() Jenni Rudolph explores the search for wholeness and community as a mixed race person in her music video for WATER & OIL. ![]() Two lovers are separated not only by distance but also by circumstances: Russia’s anti-gay laws and mainstream homophobia means that their relationship is threatened by violence, and now even the constitution. ![]() A hand-drawn (digital) animation simulating the phenomena of sound synesthesia made as a multimedia collaboration with the Saskatoon Jazz Orchestra (SJO). ![]() Obsessed with the loss of his sister, an old janitor creates a magical world through collage, hoping to bring her back. But when he thinks he has found her, his perfect world falls apart... ![]() Back Home Again is an animated short film with an all-star voice cast to help build mental health awareness and spark conversations in communities across the world. ![]() Berta feels she has still a lot to do before she can say she’s lived. Jonas doesn’t have time to die. Mrs Wohlgemut realises on her 80th birthday that her brightest days are still ahead of her. ![]() An unwitting accomplice in the business of extinction begins an epic journey. ![]() After running from his friends, an anxious teen confronts his anxieties through a painted void. ![]() An unexpected event can change everything. ![]() A silhouette emerges inhabiting oneiric landscapes. ![]() Inspired by the terrible killings, hatred, and division of 2020; here’s a friendly reminder from your besties at House of Chai to embrace our differences and love one another. ![]() a young Latina professional's prophetic dreams become all too real when an invisible danger causes catastrophic loss. ![]() Gen Z teens from NYC recount their dreams and nightmares from the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, which are brought to life through vivid imagination. ![]() An animated interview from Dave Sardy about his rise to becoming a multiple Grammy award winning music producer. ![]() During his show, a TV host freezes, remembering his disappointment with his mother, his identity crisis, and one ugly green suit. ![]() FACE is a hyper-real CGI conceptual film driven by silent thought-provoking emotion where the creator opens a window to their Autistic world. ![]() A short stroll is full of surprises and adventures for a tiny Roly-Poly. ![]() A secluded forest where the borders between caring and controlling become thinner with every thread. ![]() As the first animated film to star a character with Down syndrome, Freebird is the coming-of-age story of Jon, a boy who learns to navigate the world with a loving mother, an absent father, a classroom bully, and a life-long crush. In 5 minutes, we watch 45 years of his life flash by. ![]() A boy learns to navigate the world with a loving mother, an absent father, a classroom bully, and a life-long crush. This music video for FREEDOM by Jordan Hart also doubles as the short film FREEBIRD. ![]() In an anti-realist world, a mysterious protagonist leads us on a journey: responding to, reuniting, and even becoming her encounters with nature. ![]() “What does the hangman think about, when he goes home at night from work?” ![]() Rashaun is a coveted pick for the NBA draft. The snag… Rashaun’s passion isn't basketball, instead, he desires to be a sculptor. ![]() March 2020. The planet locks itself in. Our world is being drained of its substance and digital life forms are multiplying, like these couples who meet in a virtual universe. What if the crisis was not the pandemic, but the derealization of our lives? ![]() Immaculate Virtual is a film essay contemplating the nature of reality, intimacy, and loss in the bewildering space where technology and humanity intertwine. ![]() The grisly folk tale of Lady Betty, the only female executioner in Ireland, as told by two old friends who can’t agree on the details. ![]() Thirty-five years after Moon-walking astronauts placed special reflectors on the lunar surface, scientists have used these devices to test Albert Einstein's general theory of relativity to unprecedented accuracy. ![]() Louise, ballerina at the Garnier Opera in 1895, rushes home after a show but is stopped by a friend asking for money. Louise knows what to do in order to repay her. ![]() Inspired by the traumatic fates met by many in Uganda’s violent political past, “Miika” is a haunting tale of desperation birthing courage in a young and passionate heart. ![]() In 2016, I went to vote at the same polling place where I was registered and had voted for a decade. This time I was told my name wasn’t on the voter rolls… ![]() The fearless bassist of a quirky punk band shakes things up when she performs a séance that will forever alter the future. ![]() A woman living with anxiety and depression finds unexpected hope in a suicide attempt. ![]() The great advantage of "nothingness“ is that it is free. ![]() Poised through the eyes of the manipulated, the problem presented to the audience is the reality of greed and control by those who deem themselves leaders upon populations seen as necessary sacrifices. ![]() A story of a girl and her teddy bear as she grows up and they grow apart. ![]() A lonely amnesic man lives in his paternal home. He has a habit of filling empty books with his beloved tokens of the past, remembering his childhood memories and a harmonica he lost so long ago. So, he starts to search for it. ![]() Does art have the right path? And if it does, then will it remain an art if it strays to the side and goes to dodge along the gullies? ![]() 17 october 1961: Algerian workers get down the streets to manifest against the mandatory curfew imposed by the Police prefecture. ![]() Two astronauts race to claim the moon for themselves. ![]() An animated celebratory piece screened at an actual wedding of a couple in love, Ayane and Daisuke, illustrating their life and how they come together to ultimately follow their dreams. ![]() Trying to outrun anxiety, seeking joy and strength in landscape and movement. ![]() “TRICHOTILLOMANIA” tells the story of one girl’s Google-search-gone-wrong to find out why she can’t stop pulling out her hair. ![]() After all his research is stolen, an astrophysics student makes a bargain with a woman in order to get it back. Neither is prepared for the old wounds that will open or the connection they will make when they risk it all. ![]() Piotr signs up for a smoking cessation program. By mistake, he enrolls in an enigmatic self-development course where, under the influence of the charismatic Leader, he begins to question his relationship, which he had considered perfect…until now. ![]() When the Chang siblings’ dad begins not acting normal and won’t leave the house, they set out to deal with dad, leading them to reconnect and discover they have a lot more in common than they think. Filled with humor and heart, a case study on relationships of all kinds and what we have to do to protect them. ![]() A modern screwball comedy concerning Susan and Henry, who are hosting a dinner party while trying to make good on a lie concerning the recent death of their "father." Unexpected guests arrive, causing the night to unravel despite Susan’s best efforts. ![]() Gloria can’t sleep. At 30-years-old, she has never had an orgasm and doesn’t get along with the men she meets. After moving to a new home, she discovers an invisible entity there who introduces her to new pleasures. But what will she do when she meets a man from the world of the living? ![]() Two people desperate to change the world embark on a provocative and artistic journey through the beautiful streets of Saint-Tropez, a small village in the South of France. But, how far are they willing to go to create the transformation that will make them both happy? ![]() To impress his boss and father-in-law-to-be, Wiley heads to India two weeks before the wedding with the goal of corralling a wild card manager in the company. However, what Wiley can’t predict is the unlikely partnership they will form, as both men embark on a crackpot journey through India—each running from his own personal demons. ![]() Starring Sheila Vand (A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night), Matt Dillon (Crash, Drugstore Cowboy), Isabela Rosellini (Blue Velvet), Anna Gunn (Breaking Bad), Christopher McDonald (Thelma & Louise), and Joaquim de Almeida (Clear and Present Danger), a hilarious political satire, set in the near future, which follows an Iranian-American woman as she navigates what it means to be a “free American” while uncovering a devious government plot. ![]() A struggling actor and writer is on the path to finally make a big break in her career. But she’s going to have to put her complicated life back together in the aftermath of a tragic event. A story examining the complexity, ridiculousness, and intersection of faith, creativity, family, and grief that shows how we often think we only have one chance to figure it all out, but the reality is, we have a million chances to get it right. ![]() Starring award-winning comedian Jim Gaffigan, Rhea Seehorn (Better Call Saul), and Katelyn Nacon (The Walking Dead), LINOLEUM follows the host of a failing children's science show as he tries to fulfill his childhood dream of becoming an astronaut by building a rocket ship in his garage. But, a series of bizarre events occur that cause him to question his own reality. ![]() Jeff’s mind is a swirl of wandering thoughts about his life, his neighbors, and the world around him. It’s probably a good thing that the people he meets can’t hear them. But we can. ![]() Barack Obama was starting his second term, hope was more than just a hashtag, and Sam met Samantha. Seven years later, 2020 happened. A tragicomedy about race, romance, and remembering. ![]() When Marie’s boyfriend proposes to her in front of his entire family, she doesn't know what to say and flees to the countryside to think it over alone. Easier said than done, when her throughts manifest themselves in the form of her mother pestering her with baby names, ex-boyfriends climbing out of trees, and a mysterious woman narrating it all with poems. ![]() A spirited comedy in which Agnes, a Catholic school girl who, after her unplanned pregnancy, begins converting to Judaism in order to marry the love of her life and be accepted by his conservative Jewish family. But, as Agnes soon discovers, this is easier said than done. ![]() Comedy and action ensure, as two brothers rely on a handful of friends to face the fury of the Chinese Mafia. With the help of the Smoke Master and a fighting style based on the properties of marijuana, they will try to overcome this huge challenge. ![]() Starring Alison Brie, Aubrey Plaza, Tricia Helfer, and Molly Shannon, the uproarious story of a woman who wins an all-expenses trip to a company's gorgeous "institute" outside of Florence, and also the chance to meet the restaurant chain's wealthy and charismatic owner. However, she finds a different adventure than the one she imagined. ![]() Leonard’s manifested a date with his ex; now he’s just gotta fix his vibration. Part comedy, part self-help nightmare, WAKE UP, LEONARD follows one man's quest for wellness while failing miserably to stay on his vibe. Will Leonard learn how to not only love his higher self, but his lower self too? ![]() Executive produced by Fred Armisen (Portlandia, Saturday Night Live), a moving portrait of an eccentric New York family navigating the chaos that divides them, yet finding what makes them alike will help them reunite. ![]() Deep in the jungle of Central Vietnam, lies a magnificent underground kingdom. Hang Son Doong (“mountain river cave”) is the largest cave passage in the world and a place of spectacular beauty. The paradise is now in danger from those who would develop there. But there are those who would fight to protect the delicate eco-system. ![]() In a dusty filing cabinet in Monterey, California, a 1938 film is discovered that depicted a joyous Japanese-American community just before their lives are destroyed. Along with this remarkable never-before-seen film was a trove of signed petitions demanding the restoration of civil rights to those same Americans. ![]() The gripping story of an African-American woman determined to force Harvard University to cede ownership of photos of her great-great-great grandfather--who was an enslaved man named Renty. With a focus on Lanier and her lawsuit, it is a captivating journey, both powerful and inspirational. ![]() Parents and teachers around the world struggle with kids’ dependence on devices today. How might we better prepare our kids for this digital world? ![]() Featuring folk rock icons Indigo Girls, renowned pianist Vijay Iyer, and famed Jamaican rapper/activist Talib Kweli, a transformative documentary exploring the most intense and unique relationship between music artists and their fans. ![]() Executive produced by Rosario Dawson, the inspiring stories of five teenage poets in Los Angeles takes us on their journey as they navigate their final year of high school, exploring identity and expression, transitioning into adulthood, and overcoming mental health issues – all through the unique prism of their poetry. ![]() Featuring appearances from legends of the past, veteran journeymen, rising and current independent stars and important wrestling experts, Out in the Ring explores the rise and history of LGBTQ+ professional wrestlers and representation in the sport. ![]() Bruce Swedien is considered the best sound engineer ever. For three decades he was Michael Jackson's right-hand man and together they created the best-selling hits of all time. Inspirational and highly entertaining, Sonic Fantasy tells the beginning of that magical adventure. ![]() When a filmmaker asks anyone in the Memphis LGBTQ community to sit and share a memory, the result is an incredible blend of humor, emotion, and power. ![]() In the summer of 2006, the San Francisco Bay Area was “Going Dumb! And Ghostriding the Whip!” WE WERE HYPHY examines and celebrates Hyphy, a thumping subgenre of hip hop, famous for its pounding bass, humorous slang, and insane dances! ![]() Shot over ten years, the story of two courageous women as they fight for their freedom against a patriarchal Afghan society, while exposing the complicity of the European Union in censoring their voices, and how the international press forever alters the course of their lives. ![]() The path to enlightenment begins at the world’s deadliest wave. This feature-length documentary from award- winning filmmaker Stacy Peralta lifts the veil on one of surfing’s most enigmatic heroes, Gerry Lopez—a man who’s as radical as he is Zen. ![]() A young performer is stuck under the harsh demands of her father and their community's expectations. During a night out to let loose and have some fun with her friends, she meets a young man with whom she quickly forms a bond, forcing her to question everything she has known. ![]() Natascha McElhone (The Truman Show) stars as Carmen, a woman finding a new start to life. After her elderly brother, who was a priest, passes, she’s no longer expected to devote her life as caretaker. Through a set of odd circumstances, she finds herself hearing confessions in a local church, to the delight of many parishioners and the horror of the authorities. ![]() Starring Sol Miranda (Unbreakable Kimmy Schnidt), Victoria Cartagena (Batwoman), and Tovah Feldshuh (Star Wars: Resistance, The Walking Dead), the beautiful story about a Latinx mother and daughter facing major life changes and how their love challenges and sustains them. ![]() Based on a true story, a moving and potent portrait of a woman in the aftermath of trying to take her own life, and her journey of self-discovery, newfound friendship, unwavering love, and a life she never imagined possible for a girl like her. ![]() "GLORY" meets "DANCES WITH WOLVES." When a soldier deserts from battle, he soon discovers the true cost of war through a young heroic black man, who teaches him the real meaning of Freedom. ![]() Discovering all their neighbors have left for winter, two star-crossed lovers hatch a devious plan to ditch work, tour the neighborhood, and visit every single empty house for a drink. Startling revelations are revealed…until their once idyllic life becomes uprooted for good. ![]() An exhilarating and taut drama wherein a war crimes tribunal investigator goes to Belgrade to hunt a man whom everybody thought was dead. ![]() Mack wants to get away to her family’s rustic cabin and spiritually connect with her recently deceased sister. A nice idea…that is, until her Type-A bestie and her offbeat friend decide to show up too—leading to emotional highs, lows, and all in between. ![]() In this adult coming-of-age story, Harper takes medical tourism to a new level as she escapes city life to have her abortion in a small cottage resort town on a long weekend. While there, she experiences her childhood playground in a new light. ![]() Attempting to start a new chapter in life, Jay moves in with her high school best friend (a woman with whom she used to be secretly in love) and befriends a charismatic gay man who has long given up on love. Just another day in the inevitable cycles of love, loss, and everything in between. ![]() Clemence looks after her sister Romane, who was disabled in a car accident as a teen. But, when Clemence returns home one night with her new boyfriend, Guillaume, and he begins to form a bond with Romane, the bonds the sisters have created begin to crack and force new decisions. ![]() Love, sex, and disillusion in the modern world. Lucy is unhappy at work and unhappy with her partner. No surprise she finds herself on the cusp of a not-so-secret affair. But, while this new relationship may seem like what she needs, the answers are far more complicated. ![]() Two old friends; one VERY big ask. Two childhood friends find themselves in Vegas on the same weekend, and one night together—with one life-altering favor—will change everything for them both. ![]() Montreal’s underground nightlife is legendary. Follow Ramy, a poet from the Middle East who is in Montreal for med school, and thanks to his partying cousin, meets two local girls and embarks on a relationship that shows him his destiny. ![]() Three teens in Lisbon are on the precipice. With uncertain futures and shadows from their past and present…and not one of them can pretend nothing ever happened. ![]() The story of a small community family—a grandfather (Mahadu), his widowed daughter-in-law (Lakshmi), and her young son (Shambhu)—who traditionally assist people in carrying out the last rites of their loved ones. While Mahadu believes in age-old traditions and that Shambhu will follow in his footsteps, Shambhu wants more for himself. Will this tear their family apart? ![]() Structured like a jazz composition, an emotionally powerful journey that uses the diverse tapestry of Harlem as the backdrop for exploring multiculturalism through the lives of several strangers who are forever changed after a shooting at a historic jazz bar in Harlem. ![]() A timely, powerful, resonant drama following a woman’s resilience after loss and her determination to find closure, all while finding the strength to raise her son in a complicated world. ![]() 1985: Josef’s younger sister moves in with him, and an unexpected friendship blossoms between Josef and his 4-year-olf niece, Nina. Thirty-five years later, Nina is in trouble, and Josef must make life-altering choices in order to help her. ![]() A failed journalist picks up a struggling artist for what he expects will be nothing more than a kinky one-night-stand. But when they find each other more engaging than they anticipated, the two lonely nonconformists begin to cautiously explore the possibilities of an unconventional relationship. ![]() Three Arab women living in modern day Jordan must put their differences aside and work together. Tangled in a family drama after a man dies, his two wives and his adopted daughter navigate his inheritance, finding out that the only way forward is to try and make peace with each other. ![]() When an actor throws an impromptu soirée at his Hollywood home, with only his closest friends in attendance, a fun evening devolves into something much darker after he makes an unexpected announcement to the group. ![]() A young woman struggles to run her recently departed mother's countryside guesthouse as a local criminal attempts to extort her and her father. She accepts the aid of a local shaman as she attempts to save her family's home. That is when everything changes. ![]() Seven possibilities; one woman. There are infinite possibilities of circumstances one can be born into, and what a person can become. An anthology of seven women, a tour-de-force performance, all played by the same actress; and each woman refuses simple definition. ![]() Mesmerizing, beautiful, inspirational---a story in which a girl watches her father struggle to keep his single-screen theatre alive, as her hometown Allahabad in India acquires a new name and starts losing traces of its past. ![]() Habib and his 15-year-old son Ahmed are brought together by Habib’s worsening state of health. Unfortunately, Habib’s political past causes turmoil, and it is Ahmed’s job to now protect his father. They soon find themselves in a chaotic position for which neither is prepared. ![]() Three siblings attempt to reconcile over their mother’s death but are torn between mourning and greed. Family isn’t all it’s cracked up to be, as they soon find out. ![]() The members of the Parker family have had their fair share of complications. When matriarch Kate Parker miraculously survives plummeting over a waterfall in a barrel—a feat captured on a video that goes viral—the dysfunctional Parker’s have to do something they never thought possible: act like a real family. ![]() Starring Corey Stoll (Ant-Man, The Strain), Karen Pittman (And Just Like That, The Morning Show), and Michelle Veintimilla (Gotham, Seven Seconds), a timely, emotional thriller in which three characters battle it out at the intersection of race, class, and criminal justice. ![]() When obsessive free-spirit Stephen finds out his teen half sister Sarah is pregnant, he desperately tries to convince her to keep the baby. Sarah finally agrees when Stephen promises to father the child, and they embark on the journey of parenthood—for which neither is ready. ![]() Executive Produced by Spike Lee, Spike Jonze, and Riz Ahmed, director Dina Amer’s powerful debut feature wherein cultural and intergenerational wounds erupt in a story about two sisters on the outskirts of Paris, and a choice that shocks the world. Attacking one of the darkest issues of our time, an evocative and intimate story about family, love, sisterhood, and belonging. ![]() An unstable farm girl becomes prisoner to a beast to cure her father's illness. A modern retelling (with a twist) of the classic ‘Beauty and the Beast” fable. ![]() One-hit-novelist Guy Laury’s (Jay Duplass) been selected for a very exclusive (and mysterious) island winter-residency. On the cliff’s edge of obscurity, he stumbles onto a lost manuscript, a decades-old murder-mystery and a culture of ghosts, demons and mythology that could be the key to his redemption. ![]() When Marga decides to spend a few days alone in her old family home, her peace is upended by an invisible entity who seems to know a lot about her and won’t let her leave. But this strange presence is only the beginning, and her reality is literally in peril when she discovers the truth. ![]() Two sisters, Fay and Alice, reconnect after their father’s disappearance. While Fay is on the brink of madness and misremembering the past, Alice attempts to ground her sister and help bring her back from the precipice. But their past is about to come back with a vengeance. ![]() Filled with humor and powerful drama, an intensely realistic look at modern love through the lens of two romantics navigating their way through a new relationship. ![]() A fresh, vibrant, and youthful adaptation of Shakespeare’s “Much Ado About Nothing” is played out in a house of university students, whose party spins out of control. ![]() Szilvi makes a quick decision: she flees her wedding and jumps into Petya’s taxi—who just happens to be going to his own bachelor party that evening. Their day around Budapest together will become their adventure and their story. ![]() A late-in-the-game pregnancy and the sudden ending of a relationship are not necessarily catastrophic by themselves. Combine the two, and it is like throwing fire accelerant on charcoal. A comedy that is sometimes absurd and often hilarious. ![]() In Toronto, lively music, intricate textiles, and vibrant colours paint an unlikely story of love and family when Badi and Sharon, two young students with very different upbringings in a divided Iranian community, accidentally fall in love. ![]() On the battlefield a soldier is hit with a blinding light and wakes up in a room with no doors, windows, or exits. He radios for help, but the only person he reaches is a woman claiming to be trapped in a similar room. Can they find a way out before it's too late? ![]() In the vein of Blade Runner, a female slave deprived of her senses and memories finds herself discarded by society, yet one man discovers her value. ![]() A deliriously fun comedy-fantasy in which a millennial discovers that the world she knows is just a simulated version of reality that is being shut down. Suddenly, she's the only one who wants to stick around. ![]() A comet is about to destroy the human race in a few months. Three sisters who have been living separately for a long time, come to live together after the death of their father. Will they once again become a family right at the end of the world? ![]() After undergoing an experimental time travel “process” that sends a man into his future, he investigates the man he has become, by engaging in a romance with his future self’s girlfriend in a mindbending reality. ![]() A surreal fever-dream inspired by the isolation and suffocation of quarantine. ![]() On a film set, there are always unforeseen events. Some days, it's all there is. And sometimes it's even worse. ![]() Four women explore the constructs that have helped shape their sexual confidence. ![]() Triana is an Andalusian woman who needs to fight against tradition. She arrives in a village full of mysticism and women, where her mission is to liberate them. ![]() This music video is a portrait of a man exploring the subconscious journeys we go on in our dream states, and the parallels they end up mirroring in our waking lives. ![]() During the Irish Great Famine, a grieving farmhand’s life takes an unexpected turn when he encounters a ghostly thief and is led on a journey of hope. ![]() A young couple with Down’s syndrome must overcome prejudice and danger, to try and save the AI baby they want to adopt. A film about the disposability of disability. ![]() On a cloudy London day, an American babysitter takes care of two young British sisters. Parental instincts and the fragility of misunderstandings rise to the surface, as she realizes something is amiss. ![]() A day in the life of ten girls from remote and regional areas of Australia who have been selected for a songwriting mentorship program. ![]() By a stream in the woods - a place between worlds - two women find each other ankle-deep in the water, letting go of what's past and wondering what will come. ![]() An Indian man must unpack childhood trauma inside a family heirloom in order to live again. ![]() Heavily-pregnant Pearl (Gemma Arterton, "Quantum of Solace," "Kingsman: The Secret Service") leaves the house in distress and rages against the world, as she tries to process a hidden pain. ![]() On Halloween night, an arrogant TikTok influencer refuses to acknowledge her cultural appropriation of Mexican culture as strange things happen in the shadows. ![]() Through an energetic pop anthem, a woman addresses her date’s blind spots and challenges his ‘Nice Guy’ persona. ![]() A young woman thinks that nothing is real, and it turns out she’s right. Somebody’s watching her – but who? ![]() When a car bomb detonates while she’s babysitting, Rosa must bring her sister to safety by convincing her that aliens have arrived to greet them. ![]() A neurotic waitress with a phobia of coins struggles with visions of the microscopic world of dirt and germs. As she fights to control her darkest fears, reality falls apart. ![]() A mysterious conquistador obsesses over a group of villagers in 16th century Spain. ![]() While trying to sneak out of her house, a Mexican-American girl meets an unexpected friend. ![]() A story where two neighbors get acquainted in an unprecedented way during an unprecedented time. ![]() A computer designed to flag violent internet content starts creating its own, with the inventors as the subjects. ![]() On Halloween night, a young woman is terrified into a monstrous transformation. ![]() Athens 2022. Rumor has it that after dark, a genderqueer robber is roaming the city streets. A few sleepless Athenians will cross paths with this elusive creature and for the first time in a while, they will go to sleep. ![]() A part time driver’s last ride of the night may be the last ride of his life. ![]() Five unique individuals take us on a journey where their achievements shine beyond preconceived ideas of what is possible. ![]() A desperate search during a strange and sudden evacuation. ![]() Traversing their differences and their pasts, Romi and her brother Yoni hike the Israeli desert. ![]() All Don wants is a quiet life in the Scottish Highlands. Unfortunately the Universe has other plans. ![]() Twin brothers. A bag of chalupas. A dead body. Now's their chance to prove themselves as bounty hunters—and chase their lifelong dream. ![]() In the abandoned hangar of a young girl's fantasy, a gang of bloodthirsty fashionistas are figuring out exactly how to assemble the ideal man. ![]() In a near future when women rule the world, a politician visits a "Grooming School" to snag a trophy husband, but her boring date takes a turn when her Stepford-y match stops pretending to be something he's not. ![]() FIRST DOWN is a gripping documentary that profiles an underdog team in America’s first all-girls tackle football league. This band of misfits and outcasts compete for the title while tackling their struggles both on and off the field. ![]() A real estate agent desperate to sell a foreclosed house gets more than he bargained for when he shows it to a couple whose marriage is falling apart. ![]() When not seeing difference makes you very different. ![]() An intimate portrait documentary of Spandau Ballet's Gary Kemp which explores an artist's journey towards making a solo album. ![]() A group of girlfriends prepare for the anticipated summer party in a cramped bathroom. Between boy talk and makeup, Mercedes navigates her blossoming attraction for her friend Julia. ![]() When Chloe is gifted a mysterious crystal, she finds it gives off more than just good vibes. ![]() A peaceful morning at the playground turns into a stroller standoff when two overly ambitious fathers escalate a sustainability argument into a duel - because this playground ain't big enough for the two of them. ![]() Somewhere in an enigmatic and dystopian future, a queen gets entertained by her very own brutal talent show. ![]() She loves him. He loves her… and heroin. ![]() Somewhere foggy - a place in a VR game where the purpose is to find your own house while starting somewhere unfamiliar. Jeong-Im begins to enjoys the game a little too much, only to find that it does not seem to end. ![]() An alcoholic seeks the comfort of strangers on a video chat website after her infant daughter disappears. There, she encounters a mysterious woman who may have the answers she's desperate for. ![]() On a call with her absentminded father, a simple question sets off an anxiety prone woman. ![]() A journalist investigates Europe's most innovative Escape Game. ![]() Going beyond the media blockade of Australia's apocalyptic megafires first-hand, see the volunteer firefighters who fought against all odds protecting their communities from total annihilation. ![]() Through a series of vignettes, the often inexplicable behaviors of contemporary humans are observed and commented upon by a droll narrator. Narrated by the timeless Stephen Fry. ![]() An absurdist dance and animation extravaganza about when cult followers turn on their leader. |