Highway Hypnosis

The Forged Bride

March 1920 •English

Professional forger Bill Butters realizes one day that the police are closing in on him, and convinces his daughter Peggy to flee.

It's Still Your Bed

June 2019 •English

David comes home from college to his family’s farm to find that his parents have hired a young man named Brent, who is also sharing his room. David is still in the closet and wants to come out to his high school friend, but he finds himself drawn to his new roommate and tries to determine if he is also gay.

Confinement

July 2022 •English

Waking up in a locked room, a prisoner must overcome their personal demons in order to move on from heartache and earn their freedom.

Clay Farmers

January 1988 •English

Mike, a young hired hand in California is working a small farm with a close friend, Dan. Mike is content on the farm and obviously attracted to the handsome Dan. Dan seems to be attracted to Mike as well but is a drifter and not happy as a farmer. He longs to finish out the contract and move on to a big city, perhaps with Mike. Gary, a boy from the next farm over, befriends them during their daily chores. When an innocent session of skinny-dipping is misconstrued, the young hired hands soon find themselves unjustly suspected of wrongdoing in a suddenly hostile small town.

Closing Dynasty

June 2022 •English

On a school day, a seven year-old girl, Queenie, hustles and schemes ways to make money on the streets of New York City.

Deuce and blues

November 2023 •Spanish

Andrés waits at the wrong bus stop, there he meets Lucía who offers to help him search for the correct stop. Together, they take a journey not only through the beautiful and melancholic city of Córdoba at night, but also through their thoughts and ideas about the city, people, music, and life.

Amor

June 2023 •Portuguese

An anguished woman awaits her love. A film is made about this. The parallels between the love between the woman and the film team are interspersed and show how this feeling can be both a pain and a joy.

Wayward

June 2022 •English

After a meet-cute in a bar, Dawn and Micah's road trip to Portland turns into a nightmare when they're hunted by an infamous serial killer known as the Mechanic Maniac.

Watermelon Juice

February 2019 •Catalan

In the summer heat of Catalonia, Pol and Bàrbara are lying down on a bed. An invisible wall that words won't break is pulling them apart. Old wounds take time to heal...

Pelageya

October 2022 •Russian

From Our Family to Yours

November 2020 •English

A granddaughter brings joy on Christmas morning by mending her Filipina grandmother’s beloved Mickey plush and decorating her house with Filipino Christmas lanterns ‘parols’; reviving a family tradition and evoking memories of Christmas past. In partnership with Make-A-Wish. Featuring "Love Is A Compass" by Griff.

Incomplete

June 2023 •English

A man shares a letter expressing his longing for someone he has never met. He reflects on his loneliness and questions whether he needs another person in his life to feel complete, or if what he's truly missing is a deeper connection with himself.

Heartbeat

April 2022 •Korean

Caught up in anxiety, eight-year-old Chul in school tells his teacher that he is going to the bathroom but runs straight home.

Sugar

September 2017 •English

Through the eyes of our protagonist Ellis, who suffers in silence in a world which pounces on any form of perceived weakness, we consider the harmful effect of needing to conceal the truth from the people around you.

Harbinger

March 2019 •English

A Los Angeles detective discovers the unbelievable while searching for a missing child and in the aftermath his life begins to unravel.

Enter

February 2018 •French

During a night of drinking, M. arrives by chance in an apartment where an orgy takes place. Embarrassed, he locks himself in the bathroom where he will find a sleeping guy he knows pretty well.

La Nueve

October 2020 •Spanish

A young man accompanies his mother to a nursing home where he meets don Manuel, a World War II veteran.

A Bright Light: Karen and the Process

February 2019 •English

A music documentary in the form of a road trip across the U.S. in search of '60s singer Karen Dalton and the process of artistic creation.

The Coach

April 2009 •Danish

A small-town tale of Niels, a 14-year-old boy with nothing on his mind but handball. His coach, recognizing his great goal-keeping talent, takes special care of him. On the night of the qualification rounds for the final Danish championships, the coach throws a party for the whole team and lets Niels and his girlfriend Pernille use his bedroom, but Niels falls asleep and things take a surprising turn, which puts Niels under pressure both on and off the field.

Brothers

September 2015 •English

The story of two brothers, Tom and Jake, and their problematic relationship.