The End of Shinbangumi

Youssou & Malek

October 2022 •French

On a sprawling urban suburbia during a sweltering summer, two young boys in love are at an impasse. Youssou has an opportunity to study abroad with a prestigious scholarship, while his boyfriend Malek advances in his art degree at a local school. As the pair wrestle with these destinies that are pulling them apart, their friends attempt to untangle the ambitions of these star-crossed lovers, all while tensions rise with the police who patrol the neighbourhood.

Rewrite the Label

January 2021 •English

Based on inspiring true events, a cruel teacher humiliates Logan - an ambitious student with ADHD. When he threatens the boy's future, Logan's mother breaks down and pleads with her son - until an unexpected stranger steps in and does the impossible. Alvin Law was born with arms and given up for adoption at birth because of his disability. Despite everything, Alvin is proof that the word "can't" shouldn't be in anyone's vocabulary and that your label doesn't have to define you.

The Mirror/Mirror The

October 2022 •English

A socially awkward teen gets caught between a changing friendship and a life-altering discovery.

You Will Be Fine

August 2017 •French

Give it time. You'll get over it. Jean celebrates his birthday, gets drunk and recalls the dreadful weekend that led to his break-up with Mathilde.

Sous bois

October 2013 •French

During an unusual event, seven-year-old Max finds a way to confront a schoolmate who constantly threatens him. This act of courage demonstrates his father how to forgive.

Polaroid

August 2014 •Italian

Giuseppe, 33, is still struggling to build his life in a small Italian town where he has to hide his homosexuality. With a Polaroid in hand, he decides to leave for Berlin to find Peter, a summer love he has never forgotten. The shock of a cosmopolitan city is nothing compared to the moment he realizes that the German artist has a "normal" family. For him this represents the possibility of 'losing' himself and meeting Marco, who takes him around all night to arrive at dawn to the conviction that love is the only strength to find one's identity. "Polaroid" is one of five short film segments in an omnibus feature titled "A Quintet".

How Do I Tell You This

February 2024 •English

Two long-time internet friends - Ted, the hometown artist, and Liz, a globe-hopping humanitarian. On the night of his gallery opening, on a river that goes nowhere, they meet for the first time. Neither one knows that the other loves them.

The Bench

January 2014 •English

Michael has a routine. Every day at noon, he heads to his favorite local park where he sits and enjoys the sun on the same bench. However, this time is slightly different, he is greeted by a mysterious woman who soon seems to know everything about him. However, he doesn't recall ever meeting her.

White Night

January 2010 •English

Explores a fleeting moment between two strangers, revealing their brief connection in a hyper real fantasy.

The Last Ride

July 2025 •Hindi

Desperate to secure a dowry for his sister's wedding and escape his exploitative boss, Aman – a migrant ride-share driver in Mumbai – decides to steal his boss's taxi. But his plan spirals into a nightmare when his last minute passenger turns out to be a Chudail (a demonic witch).

In The Small Hours

Invalid date •English

Set against the noir backdrop of Los Angeles' illegal boxing circuit, a 5'7" fighter called FUN-SIZE falls for ANDY, a med-student and urgent care nurse who patches him up. When FUN-SIZE wins a fight he isn't supposed to, the world as he knows it crumbles around him - and he'll do whatever it takes to set things right.

Nadie puede ser tan malo haciendo café

November 2018 •Spanish

The Turk Shop

January 2017 •Swedish

At a creative firm somewhere in Stockholm, there's a short break in a meeting. Cecilia relates an anecdote from a hen party, about a 'Turk kiosk' that turned out to be closed. Asal, relatively new at the workplace, questions Cecilia's choice of words, and this seriously offends Cecilia. In the end it's Asal who is accused of inappropriate behaviour.

Lacrimosa

February 2017 •German

A young woman finds her lost lover in a world of ever-changing surreal landscapes. But love, she discovers, is more complicated than she imagines.

Surface

January 1998 •English

The director offers a rare glimpse of the actor and fashion muse Chloë Sevigny in the late 90s when she as an emerging ingénue. Shot on 16mm black and white, Sevigny plays air guitar and dress-up in a film that beautifully captures the spirit of the time.

Freestyle Swimmer

April 2020 •German

Young Max discovers that grandfather Gustav cannot swim and decides to teach him. But Gustav thinks that it may be too late for him...

Jamie's Secret

June 1992 •English

PAUL RUDD'S FIRST ROLE! A teenager who was sexually abused by his father. Faced with his conflicting emotions, Jamie finally learns to overcome the most difficult part of his ordeal: feeling "alone ... trapped inside this nightmare." With the advice of caring adults and, most importantly, a friend of his age, Jamie finds the strength to make the most difficult decision, that of facing his father in the courtroom.

Boydem

August 2019 •Hebrew

This particular summer, at an age that falls between childhood and young adulthood, while their grandparents are taking their afternoon nap, Keren and Noam play games in the attic ("Boydem" in Yiddish) that introduces them to a new level of intimacy.

Young Men at their Window

August 2017 •French

Two graphic designers at work, by mistake, start playing with an empty scanner's possibilities. They venture into assumptions, eventually open up to each other, and let go of the strange images, until they let go of themselves.

Passerby

February 2019 •English

An immigrant love story set on a street corner.