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The Trap

August 2019 •English

Isolation and loneliness converge on an unexpected journey when intrigue and new come to town.

Fraud

June 2022 •English

A trans rocker girl getting by with petty credit card fraud is left to question who she wants to be when her latest target surprises her with an unforeseen proposition.

Immanence

March 2011 •English

After his brother Seth goes missing Jess must piece together his brother's whereabouts by retracing his steps.

Alan Smithee

July 2012 •English

'Alan Smithee' is a film about a boy growing up. It delves into the darker side of what 'growing up' sometimes means: growing into your flaws, inevitably being met with the errors of your parents, and the necessity to make room for the pain. While Alan is surrounded by what is thought to be the American ideal, all the material comforts that should equate happiness, he learns that sometimes all we are is lost in the woods.

Full

January 2001 •English

Jamie is a young man who suffers from both anorexia and bulimia. His memories of being teased for being over-weight coupled with people's treatment of his sudden weight loss lead him to question his decisions for the first time. We are allowed into his reality and given insight into his perspective as he holds everyone at a distance while he examines the details of his disillusioned world. And this allows him to see just how paper thin the reality he has been living in truly is. "Full" is not about overcoming an eating disorder; it is about understanding an eating disorder, and how a young man comes to understand it.

UDIN

Invalid date •Indonesian

Udin, a Betawi boy who loves painting, dreams of joining a competition. But his father insists he practice pencak silat like other boys his age, unaware that Udin is being bullied at the training center.

Everlasting memories

September 2023 •Spanish

Abraham, a seventy-year-old pianist, receives an invitation to a tribute in his honor. But he's having trouble remembering things. During a visit from Diana and Iris, Abraham tries to remember his most precious composition before it's too late.

A Teachable Moment

April 2016 •English

Henry lies at the side of the road, bleeding out from a gunshot wound. A young mother with a bizarre sense of appropriate uses his final moments as a teachable lesson for her 6 year old son.

The Miu Miu Affaire

August 2024 •Spanish

Nothing went as planned: what seemed to be an original idea (taking an international fashion event to a small town in the Argentine Pampas) ended up as a mysterious affair, with a mannequin who seems to have vanished, and who insists on leaving small clues scattered across the immense plains. But nothing seems to be too strange for Commissioner Sirota and her particular method which, this time, includes a clairvoyant, a legendary detective arriving from Santa Rosa and some picturesque “peritas” who choose to work at night, swinging to the rhythm of Ska. In the middle, a disturbing question: Is it a police case they are dealing with, or is someone taking them (the police, the whole town, the Italians – all of us, perhaps) for a fool?

Beauty Is Not a Sin

August 2024 •Italian

When a young woman attends confession, she admits her fault of resisting temptations, causing the priest to experience a revelation by sharing in her ultimate sin.

Dreams Come True

February 2021 •Chinese

Toto Forever

April 2010 •English

A wide-eyed young postman and a gangster in trouble with the mafia find their lives become inexplicably intertwined when a heady affair attracts danger at every turn.

Love and Death

March 2018 •English

A young boy (Sammy Trulock) is led to explore his sexual drives, whilst wandering about in the woods near his home, in this dark coming-of-age drama.

La Trocha

Invalid date •Spanish

Panda Syndrome

June 2004 •Danish

A young boy, Bjørn, discovers on his 17th birthday that his problems with the girls might not be self-inflicted.

Dead End

September 2015 •English

A man at the end of his rope, gets carjacked by 2 addicts and goes on a surreal journey.

And So We Put Goldfish in the Pool.

April 2017 •Japanese

One summer day, 400 goldfish were found in the swimming pool of a secondary school. This is a story about the four 15-year-old girls who put them there.

Hot Seat

January 2017 •English

Teen Andrea uses a male stripper to gain the respect and admiration of cool girl Daphne. Hot Seat, which is based on a true story, explores coming-of-age sexuality and the complexities of relationships between teen girls.

The Serpent's Song

February 2017 •Thai

At a secret monastery located in a rural area of Thailand, a music teacher is trying to help a young nun to be able to speak again. The nun's passion and sexuality clashing with her religious convictions have caused her to shut down.

No Bruises

April 2023 •English

“No Bruises” is a narrative short film that explores the cyclical nature of emotional abuse, played out in vignette-style glimpses into one man’s relationships with three different women over time.