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Browse 40 movies from University of North Carolina School of the Arts
In the southern United States, two young women meet by chance in the back of a police car and, without saying a word, experience the injustice hovering above them.
Oct 2019
A dancer must battle a supernatural manifestation of their anxieties in order to achieve greatness.
May 2024
Short film made in 1997 while David Gordon Green was attending the North Carolina School of Arts that formed the genesis of his feature film debut, "George Washington".
Jan 1997
Led by Dylan Arnold (Oppenheimer, Halloween, Halloween Kills, Netflix's You), premiering at Cannes Court Métrage and landing its creators on Variety Magazine's "Students to Watch" list, Helpless comments on the high stakes of violence in America.
Sep 2013
Daniel is a performance artist. Everything is going great with his new girlfriend Maggie, until his best friend convinces him to use her as the subject of their latest art piece.
May 2004
An adaptation of a Stephen King short story of the same name, "All That You Love Will Be Carried Away".
Nov 2010
A character piece between a widower and his teenage daughter, as the father realizes his tomboy child is becoming a young woman.
Jan 1998
A park ranger is led down a path of hope and grief in the same woods where her daughter went missing.
Apr 2023
A girl gets what she wants for Christmas.
Dec 2005
After a deadly car accident, a boy finds himself trapped in a sinister hospital and begins to wonder if he could be more than human.
May 2015
Claire, trapped in an endless white void, is questioned by an unseen being with a series of patterns. One of them reminds her of her forgotten past.
Apr 2022
After trying out for the all-boys high-school hockey team, Rhea, a young goalie, must navigate her place in the sport amidst her mother and coach.
Two teenagers push the boundaries of their friendship while they explore an abandoned farmhouse together.
Feb 2017
A pair of strangers in a train clash over an unknown threat which takes the life of a fellow passenger. Is it the religious end of times or is there a more realistic explanation?
Jul 2024
Set in the Oklahoma territory in the early 1900s, this musical tells the story of two pairs of lovers. Curly is a cowboy who has trouble admitting his feelings to Laurey, as she does to him, because of their stubbornness. Judd, the hired hand at Laurey's farm, tries to come between them. Ado Annie is torn between Will, a cowboy who has strong feelings for her, and Ali Hakim, a peddler who's a ladies' man and doesn't want to marry her. The University of North Carolina School of the Arts' production of Rodgers & Hammerstein's Oklahoma!, staged in early 2011, uses the original 1943 set and costume designs, dance choreography, and orchestrations.
Oct 2011
Patrick, a senior outcast in his small town high school, is on a journey to reunite with his estranged older brother.
A short film about Todd, a guy who suffers from Chiraptophobia the fear of being touched.
Apr 2014
After her father, the don of a rich mafia family, suddenly dies, Francesca must fight for her rightful spot as head of the family.
Following a devastating break-up, a bitter man decides to become a clown only to end up as the entertainment for his ex's wedding three years later.
Apr 2019
A cargo-ship-piloting alien is on his usual livestock abduction route when an angry farmer sneaks aboard the ship disguised as a cow, with a burning desire for vengeance.