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Water Poem is an experimental documentary short film in which a Vietnamese trans man recites a poem as images drift and shift beneath words, in an exploration of water against boundaries of time. A meditation on transness, ancestral memory, and grief on the body that carries the way a river carries sediment.
When a covert black-ops contractor seizes Alcatraz, the CIA smuggles hardened agent Lt. Jack Callahan inside to extract whistleblower Anya Turner and her damning evidence before the mission spirals into a deadly fight for survival.
In the wealthy suburbs of Arizona, an animal-rights extremist has her ideology thrown into a tailspin when she meets an unhoused teenager in the desert behind her school.
In a bustling Los Angeles strip mall parking lot, Mandy is a well-to-do arrival in a gentrifying neighborhood. She brushes off locals, including the woman panhandling outside the laundromat, Lena. But when a dryer eats the last of her quarters, Mandy goes through literal head changes for fifty cents. Blinded by her own biases, she repeatedly dismisses Lena, who keeps approaching her with a soda cup full of change.
Lucy is a musician who is slowly losing control over her body and voice. Her psychiatrist Dr. Cruz sends her to a clinic in Spain where she meets Tony. What begins as a treatment slowly becomes a journey towards an unexpected understanding of herself.
When a dead newborn is found, wrapped in bloody sheets, in the bedroom wastebasket of a young novice, psychiatrist Martha Livingston is called in to determine if the seemingly innocent novice, who knows nothing of sex or birth, is competent enough to stand trial for the murder of the baby.
A father and son have nothing in common except a first name, Richard, and an apartment on a housing estate. The burly, good-natured, 30-something factory worker listens to heavy metal and occasionally lets his girlfriend into his life. The frail, retired teacher, who raised the boy after his mother’s departure, is the embodiment of care and understanding. However, their tranquil, shared reality, which embraces both the hardcore band Našrot and Bergman’s “Cries and Whispers,” is disrupted by the sudden death of the mother. Young Richard sets out on a peculiar initiation journey with bizarre encounters and moments of unexpected enlightenment.
"What Lives in Room 214?" is a psychological horror featurette that follows actor Cory King who moves into a hotel for semi-successful actors, producers, and directors. The longer he stays, the more he notices things around him have never been what they seemed. "What Lives in Room 214?" tells a cautionary tale about the cost of fame.
Where does the Ukrainian road home begin and where does it end? The poetic journey follows a Ukrainian actress, Yelyzaveta, who emigrated to Lithuania, traveling back to her homeland country ravaged by war. Will we reach the final destination? How to reach home? Relatives? How to get back to the past which no longer exists? Can we wake up from the dream?
Set largely within the confines of a hospital ward, the film follows a crisis involving long-time partners Neil and Bong. When Bong falls severely ill, the situation forces a reunion with his estranged parents, Benjie and Gloria, bringing long-standing family rifts and unspoken truths to the surface.
In the early morning following a night shaken by citywide protests, Ali, a man in his twenties, is awakened by police sirens and forced to act as a “Hazirun” during a search of a neighboring apartment. Drawn into the process with no ability to intervene-valued only for his presence, signature, and silence-Ali becomes trapped in a gray zone between law, authority, and conscience, as events spiral out of control and irreversibly fracture his everyday life.
A 40-year-old woman, cynic about love and addicted to failed dates, receives a mysterious anonymous message that leads her on an absurd and emotional journey through digital love...
In a world that seems to be falling apart, poetry, empathy, and music remind us of the urgent need to understand one another. Through fado and the distinctive voice of its most famous singer, Carminho, a glimmer of hope emerges across the landscapes of a Japan once devastated by bombings. The film follows the Portuguese artist on tour across the country. Through concerts, backstage moments, hotel rooms, taxis, silences, and whispers, the film weaves together the world of fado and Japan’s cultural landscape.
When something goes bump in the night Adam fears he may not be alone in his new apartment. Whatever is residing within his walls, it seems to want out.
To win back the family he lost through a lifetime of infidelity, an aging scrap dealer leads his estranged children on a bizarre quest to sell a sacred relic left by a dead friend. Along the way—from weddings to funerals—they find something far more precious than money.
After Pooja rejects Aniket’s romantic advances, his subsequent death by suicide leaves her facing accusations. As lawyer and friend Sana investigates the circumstances surrounding the incident, questions of obsession, consent, responsibility and the truth behind Pooja’s relationship with Aniket begin to emerge.
A dramatic story featuring Kevin (the hot blooded cooking teacher), Stacy (the kind librarian), Jane (the foreign exchange student), and Ozwald (a student who has fallen in love with Jane). For the next 2 minutes and 55 seconds, you will be transported into their world and experience the DRAMA and SUSPENSE that only an indie film of this caliber could provide.
Two decades after their last body swap, Cláudio and Helena are living a new phase of their lives alongside their daughter Bia, now an adult and married with Aquiles. Everything seems balanced until an unexpected situation shakes up the family dynamic and puts their relationships to the test. When lightning seems to strike the same place again, the whole family is forced to learn to put themselves in each other's shoes, in a very literal way.