Sugar Dumplin

Attempting to forge a deeper connection with her estranged father, who is grappling with dementia, a young woman prepares foods that evoke memories of his Jamaican childhood.

2025-02-11 | en

The other Emma

Overwhelmed by fury and delight, a woman burns her clothes, her photographs, and souvenirs. She cuts her hair, and in front of a mirror, chooses a new name: Emma. From hereon, she fabricates a new life for herself.

2011-10-20 | es

In Hands Reach

A young girl returns home to an empty apartment. She gets invited on a date but she has to finish her chores first. This would be very easy for her, but her addiction makes it a struggle.

2017-09-11 | en

Numero 69

Two friends enter an Emergency Room, seeking help after an incident. They will find themselves living a series of surreal experiences through the eccentric characters that populate the waiting room. But will they get the help they need?

2018-07-05 | it

Spacca La Testa

Antonia and Zeno struggle with their marriage during a surreal dinner - while a mysterious Aztec whistle seems to be influencing their actions.

2020-02-20 | it

The Widow

Through her stream-of-conscious testimony, 40-something widow, Tomoko Tanai, recounts her experience of dating a man 15 years her junior, Satoshi, a handsome prince-charming who may not be what he seems.

2018-12-05 | ja

Transmission

Based on 'The Statement of Randolph Carter' by H.P. Lovecraft, an apprentice recounts his ghostly experience with a parapsychologist on their hunt for the occult.

2019-04-10 | ja

Not Alone: Songs from the Nebula

In the second installment of Not Alone, eccentric 80s rock star, Alex Estrella, reappears 70 years after mysteriously disappearing on stage and is interviewed by the skeptical, Stacy Kay, for her talk show. Alex's reasons for disappearing are as strange and confusing as they are for suddenly reappearing, and the answers to Stacy's questions leave her wondering what to believe.

2023-10-07 | en

For Dorian

A father fears the sexual awakening of his disabled son, a teenager living with Down syndrome, and struggles with the notion of letting him grow up.

2012-06-02 | en

Le dernier mardi

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Aimé

Three sisters meet to empty out their late father's cluttered apartment. A disturbing and tiresome chore, filled with ghosts from the past. At the end of the day, it is still messy, but hearts and souls have been set free.

2019-03-15 | fr

Dedication

A young maid enlists supernatural help in order to escape her past.

2021-07-04 | en

Pre-Drink

Alexe is a young trans woman, and Carl a gay man. Best friends since forever, an evening spent together destabilizes Alexe, when both decide to have sex together for the first time.

2017-09-09 | fr

Land Where My Fathers Died

When a fiercely independent young African American woman and her nouveau-nationalist photographer boyfriend decide to visit the father she hasn't seen in years, the tragicomic reunion shatters her illusions and provokes the two lovers to reveal that they are both the wounded children of alcoholics. The revelation changes their perception of themselves and each other and serves as a springboard to a new way of relating. This award winning short narrative co-stars Daresha Kyi and Isaiah Washington in his first film.

1991-01-01 | en

G23

The lives of three characters intertwine through a ticket-tearer working at the local Indian cinema, who soon develops an interest in the stories of his patrons.

2005-01-01 | zh

Weapons and Their Names

Struggling to connect with her grieving family after the sudden death of her stepfather, a teenager sneaks off to shoot guns in rural Florida with her best friend.

2023-01-21 | en

The Wasp

Simone single-handedly runs a seedy motel, day and night, day after day. She is raising money for her 17-year-old daughter’s education. But when a stranger checks in, everything changes. He doesn’t fit in: he is well-dressed, he has money, and he wants a room for several days. But worst of all, this strangely familiar man seems a bit too interested in Simone’s daughter…

2022-07-23 | fr

The Water Diary

A story through a child's eyes about living through a drought.

2006-06-06 | en

Love You More

Two teenagers are drawn together by the Buzzcocks' single 'Love You More' during the summer of 1978.

2008-02-05 | en