9 Waves

May the Beasts Come

April 2024 •Catalan

Vega hits something on the road, but there is nothing on the pavement. Looking for help, she meets Elvira, who tells her that she may have run over a disoriented animal due to the solar eclipse that will take place in the next few hours. The strength and magnetism of the phenomenon and the environment will lead Vega into a journey she could never have imagined.

I'm Not Myself

October 2021 •Spanish

Pepe wants to belong to the luxurious lifestyle of Leo, his best friend. To achieve this, he creates a world of lies that will put more than his friendship at risk.

Maccarìa

March 2024 •Italian

The story of a young nun who, one night on a deserted beach, meets an old fisherman who is desperate because of the poor catch. Suddenly, a miracle occurs, leading him to believe that she is the Virgin Mary, while she exploits the man's blind faith to leave her convent forever. It is a story that speaks first and foremost of faith in the broadest sense of the term, that is, believing in something at all costs, but also of the desire for revenge and emancipation.

Los Colores Pardos

February 2018 •Spanish

Ambaradan

August 2017 •Italian

Ambaradan is the story of a need: the need to feel accepted, integrated, and acknowledged by others - Luca has only one belief - hate - he does not recognize the color of his skin, but only the "black" of his ideology. His life is an ambaradan, a chaos of violence and hypocrisy.

Better Than I Was

Invalid date •English

After six years of estrangement, Gene returns home for Thanksgiving. In the events leading up to dinner, Gene attempts to reconnect with their sister and brother, both resentful of Gene's long absence, while the unwavering conservatism of their parents poses a challenge to Gene's authenticity.

GAZE

Invalid date •English

In the vein of Raymond Carver, this abstract monologue captures the hidden truth behind our personas. What happens when you “see” a person for the first time? No walls up, a real face emerges.

Parchai

March 2024 •Hindi

A man leaves his house for a stroll while his shadow stays back.

Miracle in Milan

February 1951 •Italian

Once upon a time a wise and kind old woman discovers a baby in her cabbage patch. She brings up the child and, when she dies, the boy, Totò, enters an orphanage. Totò leaves the orphanage a happy young man, and looks for work in post-war Milan. He ends up with the homeless and organizes them to build a shanty town in a vacant lot. But when greedy developers threaten the community’s land, Totò will need all the help he can get in order to find an impossible way out.

Despair

September 1978 •English

Berlin, 1930, during the rise of Nazism. Hermann Hermann, a Russian emigrant and chocolate manufacturer, married to the capricious Lydia, loses his temper more and more every day when dealing with his workers and other businessmen; until he meets Felix, a vagrant, who seems to be physically identical to him; a disconcerting fact that leads Hermann Hermann to plot a particular way out of a fake world he actually hates.

Forgotten Love

September 2023 •Polish

A once-respected surgeon who's lost his family and his memory gets a chance at redemption when he reconnects with someone from his forgotten past.

Advantageous

June 2015 •English

In a near-future city where soaring opulence overshadows economic hardship, Gwen and her daughter, Jules, do all they can to hold on to their joy, despite the instability surfacing in their world.

The Difference Between Us

April 2025 •English

A conflicted woman discovers she is pregnant and must confront unresolved issues shadowing her relationship.

The Island of Lies

May 2020 •Spanish

Galicia, northern Spain, January 2, 1921. The steamship Santa Isabel, sailing towards Argentina with more than two hundred emigrants on board, sinks off the coast of Sálvora Island. Three island women, María, Josefa and Cipriana, who have bravely set sail aboard a fragile skiff to save the shipwrecked, are treated as heroes by the cynical authorities; but León, an inquisitive and tenacious Argentinean journalist, starts asking uncomfortable questions.

Nostalgia of a (Still) Alive Heart

August 2024 •Spanish

On the wake of tragedy, two siblings must navigate through a three-day odyssey across the desert towards the nearest city.

Nocturnal Girls

April 2023 •Spanish

Luna runs away from home in the middle of the night. In an unexpected encounter with a group of drag queens, she redefines her concept of family.

A Good Man

June 2012 •English

Bryan Wilmoth is the oldest of eight children who grew up in a very strict household. Eventually, all the siblings became estranged from their parents. At StoryCorps, Bryan told his brother mike about the day their father discovered that Bryan was gay.

Goodbye, Farewell

June 2025 •Indonesian

Wyn arrives in Seoul searching for her missing boyfriend, Dani, and meets Rey, an Indonesian worker who helps her. As they grow close, Rey uncovers Dani's secret new identity but keeps it hidden. When Wyn reunites with Dani, she disappears soon after, leaving Rey to embark on a desperate search to find her.

Pariah

December 2011 •English

A Brooklyn teenager juggles conflicting identities and risks friendship, heartbreak, and family in a desperate search for sexual expression.

Chronicles of a Wandering Saint

June 2024 •Spanish

In a tiny rural village in Argentina, Rita Lopez, a pious yet insatiably competitive woman, discovers that staging a miracle could be her ticket to sainthood.