Drama High is a romantic comedy series about a working-class high schooler, who uses her knowledge of Asian dramas to gain a favorable social status at her new elite school. Along the way, she catches the attention of the two richest and most popular boys at school, which causes her to rethink her strategy. Through the main protagonist’s tenacity, the series explores popular Asian drama tropes, AAPI issues, and class conflict–all through the microcosm of high school.

Vincent is an internationally recognized painter. He's been a prisoner in his own house for few months now. He lives with agoraphobia. He will have to find the courage to get out of this hell through the only thing he got left, his talent.

An exploration of life for one woman living in isolation in 2020 through breath as the soundtrack. Created by an all-female team.

In a world scourged by a terrible disease, a healthy, mother-to-be, must escape the clutches of an authoritarian government or risk losing her life and that of her unborn child.

Based on the poem by Agnes Walsh. The story of how the old ones found a use for everything. When Jeannie lost her father, he is waked at home, his pine box laid across two chairs in the parlour. Jeanie’s father has long lived inside a box.

Sheer Qorma is a story of belonging and acceptance, identity and family, and how it comes together under one roof, as resilient, queer Muslim women and non-binary characters of colour, choose to embrace love that exists beyond their personal beliefs and social moralities.

We Save Us is a short poetic documentary centering the expressions of New Yorkers leading up to the 2020 U.S. presidential election results. As tensions rise, the movement led by Black female activists to end police violence is ever-present. Combining various montage techniques with soundscapes that evoke sociopolitical histories of the past, We Save Us portrays the voices that echo the unrelenting fight to preserve Blackness in America.

Clothed Minds is a documentary focusing on the effects that school dress code policies have on Black girls in the Washington DC public and charter school systems. Based on the report “Dress Coded: Black girls, bodies and bias in DC Schools” from the National Women’s Law Center, this documentary seeks to explore the impacts that strictly enforcing dress codes on Black girls over

How to fight far right, fascist and nazi ideas that are contaminating institutions all over Europe? The story of the trial against Greek neonazi party Golden Dawn that lasted more than 5 years is one of the answers.

Zowie is a first time novelist thrust into the throes of grief when she loses her person, and with them: her own gravity. Now the only “novel” she can manage is a children’s book about a girl whose only superpower is falling down. That no one wants to publish. Caught between mourning and reality, can Zowie figure out how to get her feet back on the ground?

On the night of a couple's migration, the child of their friend who has been entrusted to them gets lost, and then a secret is revealed ...

Based on a true story. Amparo Pacheco is a Theatre actress since child. She receives a call at age 86 that may change her life.

The year is 2069. Aboriginal Australian girl Luna, the only child ever born on the Moon, yearns to travel to Earth but her weak Moonling body would never survive there. At least that’s what her mother has always told her …

Meet four “second” responders employed at St. John’s Episcopal Hospital in Queens, NY, where the first case of COVID-19 was diagnosed in NYC. While doctors and nurses are rightfully praised as heroes, the support staff at St. John’s --the Head of Security, a Janitor, a Logistician, and a Chaplain— must also bear witness to the untold ravages left in the wake of a worldwide pandemic.

The Game Is Up: Disillusioned Trump Voters Tell Their Stories

MILA is a war story that takes on a child's perspective. Inspired by World War II stories from the director's mother, the character of Mila represents the best of humanity. Although she has lost everything - her family, her house, her peace - she still clings to hope. With a little more than imagination and humanity, Mila manages to profoundly impact others, including a caring stranger who saves her.

A coming of age story set in 90’s London, of a teenage girl whose uncle (with no criminal record) dies in prison awaiting trial. Set on the day of her uncle’s funeral, this story aims to share a moment in time as she speaks to her deceased uncle.

Tinna, herself a recovering long time drug user, has her heroin addicted son living with her in her rehabilitative "half-way home". As Tinna gets a job, she decides its time for her son to move out.

“Red” is a film about empowerment, communication, and consent. Through this piece we strive to remove the taboo associated with desire and provide an example of how having pride and communicating your sexual preferences leads to successful relationships and empowers others to do

Meral is looking for her baby brother Ferhat, a missing ISIS member. Oliver, a convicted terrorist, is trying to find his way back into western society. They are connected through one fateful photograph - can Oliver help Meral to find some answers?
More than 5.000 young people left Europe to join ISIS. How did we lose them, and how do we treat those who come back?

After many years, Ava finds his terminally ill father who is one of the artists who suffered a mental breakdown in the eighties when the revolutionary extremists harassed artists and most of the art activities especially music were banned. Ava, an artist with a great voice, faces the same challenges as a woman.

Jiawei finds a mysterious vial amongst her late mother's things, transforming her into their ancestors and descendants. A Cure for All Things is a story of what we leave out and what we leave behind.

Hannah ends three-year on-again, off-again "situationship" with Roman due to irreconcilable world views that have potentially serious ramifications. But it wasn't "all a wash."

Morkovcha, Korean Carrot Salad tells a story of ethnic Koreans from Russia and the post-Soviet territories. The history is told through conversations between a mother and a daughter, fragmented memories, and my family photo archive. An important character of the film is Morkovcha, an invention of the Russian Korean diaspora; its essence is symbolic of this mixed identity.

Ballet dancer realizing a tough reality after an accident.

This candid short doc features interviews with Black women who have or are currently experiencing a mental health crisis; insight from Black therapists regarding the particular mental health challenges Black women face; resources to cultivate healing and tools to identify self.

Discussion surrounding the LGBTQ+ community is full of heated tension in Siloam Springs, Arkansas. Part of The Kingdom amplifies the voices of the LGBTQ+ students at JBU, providing them with a platform to share their story. This piece tackles conversations that are uncomfortable for most Christian communities head on, teaching us that it should be safe to be known.

Tumbling Towards Home is a coming of age story about Malcolm Adams, an Irish immigrant who moves to New York in 1989 to study acting under Alan Langdon. He works through the grief from the loss of his mother and his friend Philip Seymour Hoffman. This leads to his decision of where to put his hat down and call it home. Short documentary.

In a near future world where the date of one's death is predicted by an app, a death doula is tasked with helping his first love reach her final hour.

The girl suffers from a feeling of great discomfort that comes without warning, like an uncontrollable disaster. When the panic is accompanied by a flapping of wings, a chaotic, dissociated journey into her unconsciousness begins.

The film is based on concepts of panic attack and ornithophobia. Through materializing the feelings of people who suffer from panic attack and ornithophobia, the director aim to discuss the core issues of fear, life and death.

The film is a collaborative project with the Wellcome Collection. The Wellcome Collection is a famous museum based in London, where displays a mixture of medical artefacts and original artworks exploring ideas about medicine and art.

The animation techniques in the film contain computer animation, object animation, stop motion animation, and multiple experimental artistic practice, such like cotton, beads, acrylic, and celluloid.

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In the midst of the BLM protests, there’s been a new chant included in the rally cries. Black TRANS Lives Matter. A community previously left out of conversations, holds one of the largest marches of the BLM movement where in the crowd, a woman who has long fought for justice, chants at the front lines.

After watching her parents' difunctional relationship for years, Danica doesn't have an idea of what a healthy relationship looks like. Now, she is on a quest to gather money, though she keeps silent about what it's for.

Girls Night In is a satirical horror short that was created based on the Bechdel test. The test examines works of fiction to see whether there are interactions between female characters that don’t involve discussing a man. Which of course begs the question, where is the most ridiculous place these two women could be fighting over some dude…

Sezim (19) wants to fulfil her dream of studying in the Kyrgyz capital when she gets kidnapped by a group of young men and taken to the hinterland. There she’s forced to marry a stranger. If she refuses the marriage, she is threatened with social stigmatization and exclusion. Torn between her desire for freedom and the constraints of Kyrgyz culture, Sezim desperately seeks for a way out.

'Of Expansion' is a short film inspired by quarantine musings and art-making. This studio visit follows 2 puppets through a time and space distorted art exhibition. The visit features a collection of collages, photography, banners, textile studies, and mixed media pieces exploring 'what is the ideal scenario and how do we get there?'

DOMestication is a short documentary that pays homage to bridal reality shows. The story follows the upcoming nuptials of a Chinese American professional dominatrix, Kim Ye, who is about to get married to her past client, Brian Bardos. Kim’s generational trauma of having to be the “perfect Chinese girl” makes her doubt her perfect union with Brian.

A woman's garden is polluted by disposable pads during her menstrual period but is being saved by a wonderful reusable pad.

IN HOLLYWOODLAND is a dark fantasy short film that follows Zodwa, a struggling actress, as she heads to an exciting, once-in-a lifetime audition and lands in a strange place reminiscent of Lewis Carroll's most famous work.

Directed by Giulia Achenza, Fenice - Momoni SS21 is an ode to the cyclical, regenerative nature of life. Employing dance to unfold its narrative, the fashion film celebrates the world of symbolism through a series of sensual, yet ethereal movements and gestures.

A woman awakens from her sleep enlightened, taking on a new persona. She’s now at one with the earth that surrounds her, looking to approach her new found relationship with nature with love and respect. As part of her new life, she connects with the spirit of our times and discovers that beauty, health, human contact and spirituality are the new luxury in her life - the true path to feeling content and at peace. She embarks on a journey into herself, leading her to connect with her surroundings, feeling balanced and whole despite the constant state of flux of the world around us.

Single mother and immigrant; Sonia works in sheltered accommodation. When a resident makes an official complaint against her, she must continue to face each one of them without bias.

Alexis wakes up in a pool in the middle of nowhere. She walks in a fog until she comes across an old friend. Just as she thinks she knows who and where she is, she jumps into an entirely different life. Then jumps again. As she tries to make sense of her three lives with her therapist, she's hounded by sounds and images that begin to fracture her sense of self and reality.

The “Cottage Cheese” protest in Israel 2011 was named due to the rising prices of housing and basic products. Lee (45) puts up a tent together with all the young protesters. When her daughter gives her an ultimatum to come back or else she will move to live with her father, Lee must decide what to do.

From being abandoned in small-town Oklahoma, running with Andy Warhol, becoming homeless in Hawaii, to setting up shop in Santa Fe - this is the life of famed Native American artist Poteet Victory, in his own words.

TOPRAK is the dramatic story of a simple family in rural Turkey dealing with poverty, family traditions, and religious heritage. Since the death of his parents, the teenage Burak has lived with his uncle Cemil and grandmother in a remote Turkish village. The small family unit has been trying to make a living by selling fruits. While the religious Cemil is satisfied to live his life in poverty, Burak struggles to leave for the city and attend university. When grandmother falls sick, both Burak and Cemil have to make tough decisions that will change their lives forever.

ÁINE is a story about raising a daughter in a world that has already defined her potential. This documentary short film follows the life of a young girl with Down Syndrome from her mother's pre-natal findings through to her present day challenges. As the family navigates unexpected turns, this little

Collector's Item is a short thriller drama that explores themes of sexual assault, empowerment, misogyny, and kink.

The story of a sweet delivery man who's in for a big surprise when the wind carries away one of his letters, right into a sticky situation

A short comedy about a bunch of misfits whose fight for justice captured the hearts of the nation.

A French teacher is hired to tutor a young women. She has no interest in learning. Things take a turn

Camino De Santiago Faith Walk with Kristin and Peter is a personal look at our transformation while on pilgrimage across Spain in 2019. As we walked, challenges from our past came to our minds, we share them in this video, followed by how the Camino helped us move forward in our lives. We talk about God, blessings, visions, Divine intervention, struggles with depression, the biggest challenge in our marriage, in-laws, gratitude, contentment vs happiness, and how if something in life needs changing—act on it, because it’s not going to fix itself.

For this 500-mile pilgrimage, we carried multiple cameras (Osmo Pocket, Sony a7iii, two iPhones), a laptop and a drone.

Going into this journey, our goal was to capture our experience and share it with those who might not be able to physically walk this same path. Now that it’s completed, we realize that documenting it for others actually helped us more-fully recognize the lessons and blessings from our Camino, which continue to transform our lives.

Jean, a reclusive housewife trapped in the prison of a dreary suburban existence, begins to descend into madness. When she suspects that her husband Michael may be a serial killer, she must decide whether to let sleeping dogs lie... or question the very reality of her existence.

Two sisters in the Hudson Valley draw on their familial farming practices, using hemp to heal soil while blazing a trail in regenerative agriculture.

Directed By Us is a documentary series centered on BIPOC stories. We feature stories of creatives and entrepreneurs directing their purpose, starting with the people of The Bronx, New York.

This video documents Mariel Mejia, founder of Pink Root Products, a natural hair care brand she developed for the natural hair community.

In the aftermath of the 2102 coup and jihadist occupation of Northern Mali, Malian women voice their views about the crisis that has disrupted their lives. They also struggle to advance women's rights, threatened by gradual islamisation of secular society.

Marie, a thirty-year-old Black woman, is waiting for her appointment with M. Bonnet, a casting director. Her afro-haircut doesn’t go unnoticed next to the three White women who are also waiting their turn. The casting director’s assistant doesn’t understand Marie’s presence in the room. But the assistant doesn’t know who she is dealing with...

Five heroines from five different, yet similar, worlds face social and systematic oppression and injustice. We follow their journeys as they struggle for hope and a better life.

1. Diana, a young farmer who comes from a conservative family, lives in the rural villages of the country. During her day-off, she and her two sisters sit on the rooftop, preparing themselves for the wedding of one of the neighbors. Weddings are an essential occasion for the women in the village; they use it to celebrate what's left of their femininity, which is lost mainly due to their hard work on the farms. As for Diana, it's a great chance to meet her secret boyfriend. After she meets with him on the appointed time and place, where they would have their privacy, her mother discovers her relationship with the young man, which leads to her whole family finding out as well. On the third day, at dawn, all of the family women ride the truck to go to work on the farm as usual. As Diana's father requested, her brother, who accompanies them, takes all the unmarried women with him. He wants them to see it. None of the girls on the truck are talking; no birds are singing; it is cold. It is Diana's last day.

2. Crossroad Happiness: Latifa, who is in her 30's, is working at the Birth and Civil Status Authorities. This film tells the story of her longing for children of her own and her troubled married life. Latifa regularly gets into physical and emotional clashes with her husband. Suspecting infertility on her husband's side and his refusal to get tested leads her to re-think her choices; she decides to disregard the abuse. She begins exploring her options, which include the highly priced artificial fertilization methods. She turns to her family and friends for financial support but comes up short, yet she stays motivated and gets creative with her means to reach her goal.

3. Shakwa: Hoda, a veiled woman, enters a police station in Beirut to submit a claim of rape. After being questioned thoroughly, she admits to the police officers that it is her husband who is abusing her. The officer at the station is surprised and somehow amused to hear this and quickly dismisses her request since it is not against the law. Nevertheless, Hoda insists and claims that he has also been physically violent, which grasps the officers' interest since the case turned into domestic violence, which is punishable by law. The officers ask her to provide them with proof of violence, get a report from a legal doctor, which costs 200 USD, so she can submit a proper claim. Since she doesn't have that kind of money, she decides to leave the station. The moment she decided to go, the officers asks her to show them her ID card for a standard background check. She provides them with what they had requested, not knowing that they will find old unpaid parking tickets in her name that has accumulated to become 200,000 LBP with the penalties. She denies having a car up until they clear the model, which turned out to be a car her husband brought supposedly for her, but then he never let her drive it and then sold it back. She begs them to let her go since she doesn't have the money, and is too scared to call her husband, but they persist in saying to her that she cannot leave before paying the penalties. Every option she has will lead to an even more problematic domestic environment.

4. Mercy Table: In the slums of Cairo, millions of children work to support their families. Amira, which means Princess in Arabic, is an eight-year-old girl who drives a rickshaw for a living. In the holy month of Ramadan, Muslims do not eat or drink from dawn till sunset. Wealthy Egyptians pay to have huge dining tables in the streets of Cairo filled with free food for the poor, this tradition is called "Mercy Tables." The women in Amira's neighborhood cook for Mercy Tables for a living. Amira receives an offer to deliver the food to the "Mercy Table" before sunset to the fasting men and women, knowing that the Egyptian government made driving rickshaws illegal. If Amira refuses to take the journey on her rickshaw, she will fail the women who depend on her not to lose their jobs. If she agrees, she risks the confiscation of the rickshaw and loses her only source of income. Amira takes us into her world to see it through her eyes.

5. Children's Game: Children's game is the story of Camilia, an eleven-year-old, curious, and energetic girl, who lives with her mother on their own. When she faces a traumatic experience staged in her neighborhood among neighbors and playmates, she finds herself in the middle of a sexual scandal. Camilia gets abused by a thug in a building undergoing construction while playing outside. She tries to protect her reputation by manipulating and blackmailing Samih, the boy next door, to help her convince the others of her innocence, using his shameful secret and threatening to reveal it. The street that was once her playground becomes an arena of struggles to save her reputation. Her little world crumbles around her, and she will do anything to get out of it.

Alba discovers love and sexuality at the moment where she’s quitting childhood to become a woman.

A smart, satirical comedy about the ageism and sexism lurking in Hollywood. An actress gets a harsh reality check when there's a mix up at an audition and she finds herself on the other side of the hot young thing.

Milagro suspects her boyfriend Davis is cheating. According to him, it’s probably just due to stress from recently learning she’s adopted. Are her feelings really unfounded? Or perhaps her intuition points to something more sinister lurking in her heritage.

One evening, Anika and her mom Corrye sit at a table and look through old photos. Anika points out a photo from one of her "Gotcha Day" parties, and asks her mother to tell her her adoption story again. Anika has always known she was adopted, but this time she wants to know more. Deciding she is finally ready, Corrye retrieves a box from her birth mother and shares it with her.

Valerie Lambert arrives at the home of her boss and her boss's wife for dinner. But does the wife know Valerie's secret? If so, why has she been invited there? As the evening progresses and the tensions rise, the answer reveals itself.

The climate crisis is crying out for a new model of leadership. CEO & ‘dreamer’ Fabian Dattner leads 76 scientists on an Antarctic voyage to transform them "into the sort of leaders they want to be." But as personal stories of workplace gender biases are revealed, Dattner's leadership is tested.

A broken-hearted woman finds unexpected companionship and closure in the process of cleaning up period blood the morning after a hookup.

Michèle has four children, from three different fathers. I’m her only daughter. She’s single, and works in the health sector. Her job carries a lot of responsibility, her bosses are American, and there’s constant pressure for results. Her car is both her workspace and her means of escape. She’s always on the road. She loves driving fast. When she comes home, she feels oppressed by the mountains. She dreams of a new start, by the sea, in the sun. Michèle is what the French call a bonne vivante - someone who enjoys having fun. She smokes far too much, and often drinks too much, too. She loves men, but refuses to get attached. She hasn’t got time for emotional turmoil. She’s a free spirit, who burns the candle at both ends. She’s a warrior. At the age of 56, she was diagnosed with devastating pancreatic cancer. I decided to leave Quebec, where I’d been living since the end of my film studies there, in order to be alongside her, in her battle against the disease. For the very first time, my mother took off her mask and let me in to her intimate world. I managed to get someone who had never stayed still, to open her heart…
Laura Lardeux

“field of dreams” is a home-going service that exists within a larger self-care conversation. In this piece, the audience is taken on a journey of a young woman releasing and mourning the power she has given to other people. The artist realizes that in order for true spiritual growth to occur, she must lay down prioritizing people and focus on self-exploration and individual need first. The process reflects how difficult life’s trajectories can be while offering a closeness to the emotion of grief. Through this burial, we find that she reframes her own relationship with self, and ultimately concludes that peace comes within and cannot be found anywhere else.

An Iranian woman leaves her husband and travels to Russia. Memories of her world cup trip come up, as well as an uncomfortable secret...

British Columbia, home to 60 million hectares of temperate rainforest, the largest temperate coastal rainforest in the world: The Great Bear Rainforest. Although stunning to see in person, these old growth forests are astonishingly rare, and unless action is taken, they are about to become extinct.

In this modern romantic (?) comedy, a Tinder date takes an unexpected turn when Cassandra, a chronically single Black woman, stops apologizing and starts speaking her mind.

An experimental art film that explores collage/montage techniques to create fiction out of decontextualized realism. This short work merges editorial testimonials into a fictional narrative arc.
Based on a factual event, this true-life "War of the Worlds" occured in the city of Villavicencio, Colombia, in December of 2011. The filmmaker chose to implement a kitch inspired aesthetic fusion in a tour de force of rapid fire motion graphics that builds in pace while expressing humor and humanity.
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Casi llegada la medianoche del dos de diciembre de 2011 los habitantes de la ciudad de Villavicencio fueron sorprendidos con un mensaje en cadena que llegó a los dispositivos móviles de la época. Este mensaje alertaba sobre una presunta avalancha que amenazaba con destruir la ciudad, los vecinos chismosos salieron a gritar, los celulares no paraban de sonar, el rumor se propagó rápidamente.
La estampida no se hizo esperar: la multitud en pánico intentando huir para salvar sus vidas, la anarquía se apoderó de la situación y el caos causó más de un estrago. Tres horas después de la emisión del mensaje -y con una ciudad patas arriba- los ciudadanos se enteran de que es una falsa alarma. Hoy, varios años después, los protagonistas del evento nos cuentan con ironía y gracia una serie de relatos que reconstruyen el día en que se vino Chingaza.

An imaginative young girl goes searching for a planet that can sustain life. But when the girl finds herself unexpectedly stranded its left up to her mother to guide her daughter, and herself, home.

RESIST: The Resistance Revival Chorus captures the efforts of a diverse group of women and non-binary individuals’ mission to confront fear, oppression, and prejudice with the bonding call of poet Toi Derricotte’s words, “Joy is an act of resistance.” With the harmony of their voices uplifted in song, a universal language of justice and joy engages the world.

Neighbours, Frank and Rose share a distain for each other. When Rose has a bad dementia episode in public and latches onto Frank, the walls come crashing down. Rose encourages Frank to fight his cancer and Frank assists Rose to live at home with her dementia unassisted.

The plot describes a girl with a slight handicap who leads an ordinary life at school. Her best friend usually takes good care of her. But during these days, the girl gradually found that there was an atmosphere of love permeating around her best friend. She has never been in love, so she has a longing for a relationship. When a girl meets a boy, she gets very curious about the boy with the same disabilities. Gradually, they begin to walk into each other’s lives, the emotion of youth is also slowly fermenting...
What we want to express is that with the growth of fast-food love culture in modern society, depressive tendencies, emotional blackmail, and verbal bullying have frequently spreaded. Recall that in relationships, people are always blind, they will choose to turn a blind eye or turn a deaf ear, and even use extreme measures to hurt each other. But just imagine, when one day, all the abstract malice becomes concrete, when we really can’t hear, and can’t say I love you anymore. Without the voice and senses, can we still have the courage to love someone? Therefore, through the above reflection, we decided to use the physically and mentally disabled as the main axis of the story to illustrate their unique emotional appearance. We also hope to tell everyone that they are not too different from us, and hope society will treat them with gentleness.

Remember Their Roots studies the impactful influence Black musicians have on the American music industry.

​​The 8th traces Ireland's campaign to remove the 8th Amendment - a constitutional ban on abortion. It shows a country's transformation from a conservative state in thrall to the Catholic church to a more liberal secular society.

​​The 8th includes voices from both sides of the debate, but its primary focus is on the dynamic female leaders of the pro-choice campaign. The film follows the veteran campaigner Ailbhe Smyth and self-described glitter-activist Andrea Horan as they chart a bold strategy of grassroots activism and engineer the impossible. This dramatic story is underscored by a vivid exploration of the wrenching failures that led to this defining moment in Irish history.

​​An urgent narrative, a cautionary tale and a roadmap for progressive reforms in a modern era where authoritarianism is on the rise, The 8th shows a country forging a new progressive path at a time when reproductive rights are threatened around the world.

For the first time in three years, Morgan travels home for the holidays to Kentucky, where she’s forced to confront her father, a low-functioning alcoholic reeling from the suicide of his younger brother. Morgan visits first her mother, and then her father, hoping to take him to the family’s annual Christmas Eve Eve party. But nothing goes according to plan.

Cpt. Nathalie "Nat" Hernandez returns home from deployment in Iraq, to marry her girlfriend, Lucy Gainor. Nat's best friend, Sgt. Anton Peters, throws them an engagement party at the bar owned by his wife Millie. But Nat and Lucy are hit by drunk driver on their way home. When the court system fails them, Nat must decide how far she is willing to go for justice for Lucy.

Along with an incredible cast of doctors and advocates, filmmaker Meg Allan Cole bares all to expose the dark and dangerous world that patients living with Endometriosis have to endure, and a broken medical system that gaslights and traumatizes the people already in crisis.

After going through an exhausting breakup, Izzie's friend challenges her to go on a different date, every day, for a week. What ensues is both hilarity and heartbreak as she tries to define what "closure" really means.

EP 1: Talia (20), living in London, is combining her passion for photography and climate activism by using her instagram channel. Since an early age, environmental activism has been a part of her life. Both her parents had been involved with the Green Party politics and she had been raised very conscious of the impacts of human consumption and in what ways we live our lives.

What happens when the leading national museum focuses its gaze on the slavery history of the Netherlands? This is the subject of New Light, a highly topical documentary from director Ida Does about the genesis of the slavery exhibition in the Rijksmuseum. This film shows up close and personal how painful and bitter, but at the same time healing and liberating compiling the exhi

The fly of the starling speaks of a love story of two unknown in an
unsolvable equation A relationship that runs through the streets of Madrid in the 80 s, in which our main character far from cultural revolution of the time, lives his love story in the most absolute secret.
His boyfriend ends up disappearing without a trace and the only memory he has of him are his letters that were never sent to him. At his elderly age he recalls those memories and reflects about his love and loss.

Needing to flee the family home and protect her younger sister from Female Genital Mutilation, Zara reaches out to Maya, an old friend from the same community.

Despite aiding in the escape, Maya ultimately betrays Zara, bringing the sisters back home to face the consequences alone.

The short doc explores the threats and gender violence towards Mexican female journalists. Mexico is one of the most dangerous countries in which to practice journalism: 131 reporters have been assassinated since 2000. Within this context, female journalists face a double challenge: in the first place, working in a country with a high level of hostility towards this profession and, secondly, the state and situation of their gender in a country riddled with femicides. Through a series of six interviews with female Mexican journalists, the topics investigated are discrimination, digital and workplace violence and harassment, and dangerous environments for the press. This short doc is a byproduct of a research fellowship.

TAKE MY HEART received the 2021 DAYTIME EMMY NOMINATION for Outstanding Daytime Fiction Program.

Mackenzie is a talented singer and songwriter who reconnects with her father, Ray, when he hears her sing for the first time due to a few years of separation. Their opportunity to reconnect is almost upended when Mac's ex boyfriend, Fox, appears on the scene. A family story about forgiveness and redemption.

Marie intends to tell her boss about a sanitary problem at their company, but he fires her. She tries to warn people and tell the local press, but no one seems to listen to her. Her loneliness starts to take over, and it becomes harder and harder to differentiate between the truth and her paranoia.

A military wife, struggling to balance all the pieces of her life, breaks down when she realizes that the life she had planned for herself may not be possible.

Lyssa, a driven college student diagnosed as clinically high-risk for schizophrenia starts seeing a dark figure stalking her. Despite the pity and mistrust of the people closest to her, she has to find a way to prove he’s real, or risk losing her grasp on reality for good.

A young screenwriter is pitching her script when an old mentor arrives unexpectedly.

For almost a century, the State of Tennessee sent “wayward colored boys” and later, white boys as well, to a “reform” school, Taft, in a remote area of Appalachia. Investigation of Taft by a death penalty defense investigator who grew up in the region led her to produce TAFT as her first documentary. It exposes, in their own words, the
torture, trauma, and lasting damage to those boys, now middle aged men, sent to Taft. Though Taft finally closed, we are challenged to question if things are really that much different today

Makayla Murphy (Amber Nicolle) is given a box with her estranged husband’s (Bobby Burrelli) last effects. And through the process of sorting his items, Makayla must come to terms with his death and what that means for her life.

In this very personal, modern drama, we see that mourning a suicide is often times bewildering, frenetic and intensely isolating.

After the death of her mom several years ago, Su feels estranged from her father. In honoring their traditional family camping trip on his birthday, she hopes to reconnect with him. But when her father cancels it in deference to his new girlfriend, Su is forced to deal with her unresolved grief.

Get Lost is an innovative web/ TV show with a unique blend of lifestyle, travel and news. With dynamic veteran host Sophie Lui we take the viewer on a journey back to destinations that were once off limits. The viewer joins Sophie as she rediscovers places once plagued by war, dictatorship and natural disasters.

Everlasting waits and undelivered messages bring Rebeca and Nuria together to appreciate what really matters.

Ali is an UBER driver who picks up Mina. Mina has some bruises in her left eye, So the driver become curious of the reason.

When fiercely independent Monika moves back to New York from Los Angeles determined to make it this time completely on her own, the last thing she ever expected was to meet Trent with an open heart and open arms.

Sundays In July takes an intimate look at two lovers navigating the minefield of their egos, fears, and flaws to dive into the most foreign and uncharted territory- true love.

Fascinating drama about not everyone is trustworthy............
(The social issue movie centers around a poor woman)

True stories of 6 women who chronicle the various experiences that reshaped their approach to body, sexuality, and relationships. This diverse group is all played by the same actress based on interviews she made with women who wish to remain anonymous. All project creators are women

Through the loss of her leg, her children, her marriage, and her voice, Christa Couture learned how to lose everything. She presses stories of loss into the pages of this field guide, showing us days in bed spent under the heavy blanket of grief; introduces us to Sorrow, a stubborn but loyal friend; and grants us the right to honour and to forget our most painful memories.

Sara is in bed with her lover when her husband calls. When he asks for something in his sock drawer, she runs home, stalling for time, asking endless questions about Wichita, Kansas.

A mini-documentary short following a young artist around her home city of Boston.

Calli, a young woman trying to make it in LA, wants to have a relationship with her father back in England but has to come to terms with the phone call that changed everything for her. It’s a story about family, responsibility, and how Love is not turning your back on someone even when they’ve failed you.

A tragic scene takes place between a mother and daughter outside an animal clinic. Many observe the scene and pass by, but only one dares to really be there. The movie is to honor the one.

At first gathered to create an after-school film project, six Black middle school girls return each week to collaborate with their Black and *white mentors on a feature-length documentary about their own coming-of-age in Baltimore City. Weeks turn into years. Then, shortly before the girls’ high school graduations, a sea of misunderstanding arises about what’s to come. This self-defined ‘second family’ is left to question if their solidarity will survive the realities of living in a world of racial inequity.

*We have capitalized ‘Black’ and lower-cased ‘white’ in recognition of Black Lives Matter and Decolonizing Cinema with presence and spaciousness.

Jared Peters and Sergei Radic, two youth from vastly different backgrounds become forever linked in a split second with the four pound trigger pull of a snub nosed 38. Twenty two years later, that single moment still reverberates when Jared Peter is released from prison for the death of Sergei’s father, a convenience store owner. Deeply regretful, Jared tries to forge ahead into a better life and the art of his ancestors. Conversely, Sergei descends into an abyss of revenge driven obsession. As the story develops both men must face their sins and each other; where one man might lose his life while the other his sanity.

A visual love letter from a mother to her daughter,born in 2020, a year that we all will remember.

Due to the intensity of the explosion and bombardment of the sun, the tiled wall breaks and it gets dark everywhere. People help each other to build a new sun for the sky

This story is about how women experience fear and discomfort while walking on the street. In this film we see Maya going through this feeling of insecurity in a task as simple as walking home, a thing made dangerous by the current violent climate in Mexico. This is not an uncommon feeling found in all women who experience the fear and questionable security on the streets of their home towns.

In a dystopian future where Corporate hiring practices are policed by an elite division of the military, a General must determine if her ideal candidate is fit for the position or must pay the price for non-compliance.

After getting married to a stranger, a newlywed woman feels uncomfortable in her new home. Instead of seeking comfort with her husband, she is attracted to her sister-in-law.

The victory of the resistance camp candidates came too late.
'Citywide Uprising!' The loud slogan could be heard across New Territories West in the Summer of 2020. Wong Ji-yuet, 22 years old, arrested in the Rescue Poly-U Action, charged of Rioting, runs in the Democrats Primary election as an independent candidate.  If a politician's job is to gain support from both the supporter and the opposer,let's see how Wong Ji-yuet did her job as a resistance camp candidate.

Beth, an aspiring young artist, and her charming commitment phobic coworker, Brian, definitely have a “thing”.  When he invites her along to a Halloween party, she thinks their relationship might actually move out of the “friend zone” spurring her to take a romantic leap of faith.

What makes us human is our strong ability to feel different emotions. While we may all endure different intensities of emotion during our lives, it's beautiful to think that we will go through all the same feelings and that we are universal in that way.

Beneath the brims of hundreds of colorful hats is a woman who shares her wisdom, humor, and personal experiences about being black in America, then and now. Frances Pratt’s hats make a bold statement as does her southern charm and pithy expressions which she garnered through a lifetime of service to her community fighting for racial equality, voting rights and education.

2D hand-drawn experimental animation about an inconvenient attack at a parking lot. An average person stands at a parking lot to get to his car, but an unexpected panic attack strikes taking him into an unescapable turmoil. all of this happens while physically he is unable to move in reality. Physical Representation of an internal experience with panic attacks.

When Sarah meets Kaley, her inability to admit she’s out of her depth quickly spirals out of control, landing her face to face with the self-styled “pharmaceutical entrepreneur” Dirk. Mistaking her big-noting for interest in becoming a dealer, before she knows it Sarah is $20,000 in debt to a cartel, waging a sex war and trying not to get bloodstains on the 'good towels'.

Sandra, a woman in Honduras, and Rosario, a Mexican woman living in the U.S., develop a strong friendship over a series of direct messages. They share common experiences of violence in their respective home countries. When the danger intensifies for Sandra and her 15-year old son, Carlitos, Rosario offers financial assistance to help them get out of harm’s way and begin a journey to the U.S., but the path to safety comes at a higher cost.

Looking at the formation of the Iranian film industry and its relationship with socio-political events, the film narrates the challenges of women who chose this controversial and unorthodox career in Iran’s patriarchal society and the consequences that they were faced as a result of their choice. Benefiting from a wide range of rare archive materials, this feature-length documentary focuses on one century of the representation of women in Iranian cinema. It also highlights the integral role that female filmmakers have played in Iranian cinema to tell women's stories, to challenge the tradition, sharia law, and ultimately to overcome the suppression of female authority on screen.

By means of dance, visual effects, stunt work, and utilizing juxtaposition, this project is a visual representation of finding the middle ground during divisiveness.

🎥 160+ films. 🌍 30+ countries.🗽30 New York Premieres. 🌍 27 World Premieres. 🇺🇸 5 US premieres. ➡️ 6 East Coast Premieres. 🌏 3 International Premieres.

We are proud to bring the 2021 edition of the Imagine This Women’s International Film Festival. This year’s lineup represents a vibrant and entertaining selection of fresh new films made by women and non-binary filmmakers

Two women try not to kill each other on their first vacation together aka a modern queer love story.

Abby is an artist, Emily is an army officer; they come from opposite worlds yet have fallen hard and fast for each other and must navigate their completely different love languages on the way to what could be forever or the end of the road. 
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In the tradition of John Cassavetes, Wong Kar Wai and Jane Campion, this short film takes a brief glimpse into the lives of two people in love trying to understand each other.

After the quarantine was lifted, the daughter visited her father and had lunch with him. She revealed to her father the nightmare she had always had recently: dreaming that she had a younger sister. But her father said that she was thinking too much. The daughter was not reconciled, and after a few questions, the father recalled the past: After witnessing her mother's suicide, the daughter suffered from mental illness and produced many unrealistic "illusions". After the daughter left his house, the father turned over some well-hidden photos. There were indeed a pair of twins in the photo......

Madness ensues in a restaurant parking lot when a desperate server confronts her disappointed table, a young couple celebrating their Tinder anniversary, after they write a negative review about her service (and hair) online.

A mother forced to flee from her abusive partner with her daughter finds short-lived refuge, until she is unwittingly tracked down, with dire consequences.

Since Marie joined Bruno Mercier's restaurant, a multi-star chef, she only thinks to perfect her skills. But Thomas, the sous-chef, is wary of this possible rival. During a service, Mary cuts herself, letting a few drops of blood mix with her sauce. When Bruno tastes Marie's dish, he considers it perfect.

All Bonnie Blue ever wanted was to chase tornadoes with her Dad, but dreams die with time. Now, she’s a different kind of storm chaser, hawking storm doors for Flip Smyth: a cultish father figure who preaches Disaster Capitalism, chanting “Flip the Switch!" As she realizes he's exploiting customers, a different kind of switch flips inside Bonnie —unleashing a storm of violence.

Aimee Victoria is a short film conceived and created entirely remotely during the lockdown of 2020 and inspired by true stories of relationships from disabled and LGBTQIA people which never make it to the screen.
A film about two profoundly deaf women of color whose relationship is tested during a period of unprecedented turmoil. Separated on their anniversary, Aimee is shaken out of her self-imposed apathy as she demonstrates her love to Victoria.

Episode 1: "The Photo" - A radio interview with “writer extraordinaire” Pamela Hairston, reveals mysterious events surrounding a prominent public figure, at a remote, all black women artist utopia.

"The Retreat" was devised and executed by an all black-women cast and crew.

When facing their fear of darkness, a young child receives help from some unlikely defenders.

The Darkness Demon has swept over the world, trying to set the ending of Light unlike the earlier promises and prophecies. It is in such an era that a flock of Red birds travel in search of the Red Fire; a Fire that according to the prophecies, wipes out the blackness and puts an end to the constant eclipse and absence of the Sun. But where are they going to find the Red Fire?

After many years of being estranged from her family, Behnaz Jafari returns home and reveals secrets to her Sisters.

This short film is an ode to the giant kelp of the pacific and to ecofeminist values.

Fusing Contemporary Art and Science
Using artistic film of kelp to explore how linked patriarchal, colonial, and capitalist systems oppress women and ecological foundation species.
In collaboration and dialogue with the scientists from REEF CHECK Foundation and the Musician Gabo Lora.

An inside look at The Prospect Park Women’s Softball League which was formed in 1981 with a radical vision to welcome all women to play regardless of prior experience. It remains a place where women meet across differences of race, economic class, sexual orientation, education, religion, and gender identity to play softball.

While Anali struggles to maintain her control, Jaxon and Dina are forced to decide whether the quality of their relationship with Anali exceeds its new quantity. 'Centerfold' is a short film that explores vulnerability often grown out of love, while challenging the hold it has on us all.

What makes this film* unique is its approach to non-monogamous relationships -- rather than focus on the nature of such relationships, it draws attention to the decisions one may make when asked to be involved. It's not about the idea of what polyamory could look like but rather how each character's motive serves their greater purpose, which may or may not lend to the throuple they've found themselves in.

*The producer, writer, director, and 1st assistant director of this film are all Black women. This film was also crafted by a majority-Black crew.

Amiree Knight is a 20 year old African-American woman seeking guidance from Dr.Sims.

During her therapy session Amiree reflects on her past and what currently brings her in.

The Color In Grief is a story about grief and accepting what can't be changed by one person.

Geetha, a control and order loving Indian-American woman, finally has sex with Vehd one afternoon but things quickly turn messy when period blood stains her pristine couch and a fight erupts mid-coitus, causing her pent-up feelings to spill over.

We as humans have a way of reacting to life’s curveballs. Society, in many ways has enabled us to weld these reactions into public defense mechanisms. We use them so often that these reactions become second nature. An internal switch -- But what do you do when the chair has been kicked from under you? What do you do when the black women that you love are no longer here? Could you have protected them? How can you protect other black women around you?

This is a social experiment centered around what it means to Protect Black Women.

A sane woman fakes the symptoms of a mentally unstable patient in order to be admitted into a mental institution for a secret psychiatric experiment. Inspired by the Rosenhan Experiment of 1973.

FLESH & BONE is a narrative short set to music about a man with many hobbies who lives contentedly alone until one day he looks out the window and longs for more. The story is set to "The Robot Song" by Tony-nominated composer, Joe Iconis.

In an attempt to make her daughter "perfect" for the ball to attract the gaze of the prince, Haegin's fussy Fairy Godmother physically transforms her daughter with her magic into the "perfect princess". However, Fairy Godmother is about to learn that when she measures her daughter against strict beauty standards, she may lose what makes her unique in the first place.

In any war, there is always a soldier who has lost and the women who are waiting for him to return. The dreams these women weave carry them to the farthest seas. Knowing there is no return, they weave and weave to treat the wounds of war.

Body of Water explores how women self-identify in a world that presents us with constantly conflicting perceptions of what it is to be female. It examines the destructive nature of eating disorders and body dysmorphia within a narrative film framework.

Stephanie, a woman in her mid-thirties, is trying to overcome chronic anorexia in order to re-establish her relationship with her daughter, Pearl. Pearl now lives with Stephanie's mother, Susan and her fiancee Annette. The burden of Stephanie's illness puts pressure on their relationship, with Pearl angry at her mother but also hopeful that Stephanie is getting better. Stephanie is also challenged by a tension quietly simmering between herself and Susan, while attempts to find solace in a relationship with her nurse, Shaun, invite more turmoil.

A Chinese woman is diagnosed with intramural fibroids but the hospital refuses to give her further treatment without her parents’ consent for it might damage her hymen despite her being an adult. And her parents also express concerns that the consequences might negatively affect her future marriage. She goes to her friend in distress and realizes something more...

A babysitter, Cassie, finds an old TV set in the basement which pulls her into the world of The Viewer; an anonymous entity in a mask who broadcasts seven stories of horror from lying boyfriends and ominous stalkers, to ancient curses and personal demons in this anthology.

Reimagining Tomorrow follows Adjua as they create a watercolor portrait of close friends who took part in a "love dinner." This dinner & portrait project sought to answer the filmmaker's question “How do you reimagine your reality?” The project in its entirety ends up exploring gender expectations, polyamory, and more.

A dramedy film that explores the humor, trauma and absurdity of infertility in a refreshingly bold and raw way. This story is inspired by creator Helen Kennedy Turner's many years struggling with infertility and the stories and experiences of others she met along the way.

When uptight Claire entrusts her beloved dog to laid-back Olivia, things quickly go awry. Soon the two women discover they've lost sight of more than just the dog and that in order to find Buddy they'll have to find themselves.

Jenny, a sleepless mother, desperately goes to a dealer in a suburban basement to regain her sanity.

AMBROSIA follows the lives of three people in rural Iowa: a woman in an abusive marriage, an alcoholic husband, and a bartender. Margaret, the wife, publicly bares her bruises as she spends her time longing for an escape. As her day goes on, a foreboding storm rolls in, and all three characters are forced together in a shocking twist of fate.

A fashion model leaves her life for the desert and meets a mysterious stranger who finally brings the change she's been looking for.

A Native American family confronts the harsh reality of being split apart from their daughters.

Claire is given a mission that no one wants by her advertising agency : to dust off the communication of a small parish, Notre-Dame du Saint-Esprit. Initially unmotivated, she ends up putting her heart into the work, won by the enthusiasm of the young and dynamic father Vianney. The campaign she launched on social networks then works beyond her expectations: Jesus seems to respond to it, via a Twitter account...

Fadhumo and Helen are two refugees who need sanctuary in Israel and Germany. Each in her own way copes with discrimination, foreignness, and a life without roots. Simultaneously they become close friends and social activists determined to help women like them and provide a better future for coming generations.
Between Tel Aviv and Berlin they live under differing regimes – the "open door policy" on one hand; the "infiltrators' exile" on the other. Their fate is identical: an unstable life controlled by government policy, exposed daily to human kindness and cruelty, hoping that despite everything, their dreams may still come true.

CREA MADDEN (Níkẹ Uche Kadri), a Genderfluid freelance artist and their partner of four years ARMANI CRUZ (Jojo Brown), a Trans Femme accountant and extreme planner, are gripped with fear when they find themselves unexpectedly pregnant. In the heat of the moment, they choose to raise their child gender-free but as Crea’s belly grows, cracks in their relationship appear.

Esther is a young woman who has a special place in her heart for mermaids. After being bullied during her childhood for her fear of water, she decides to take matters into her own hands and performs a supernatural ritual with her two closest friends.

An anxious divorcée and a free-spirited wanderer form an unlikely friendship as they journey to the West Coast and self-discovery.