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Massoud has spent all of his life running, trying to make something of himself. However, nothing seems to work out. No matter how hard he runs, life gives him nothing in return. After chasing things that lead nowhere, he finally finds what he is meant to do.
Once-acclaimed thriller novelist, Killian, can no longer distinguish between reality and delusion as her search for creative rebirth spirals into a harrowing descent through guilt, grief, and self-deception.
Music feeds the soul, and a queer chorus raises hearts and visibility. Queer voices from all over Austin, Texas join together to sing, to compete, to protest.
A day in the life of a plant loving assassin.
A millworker stuck in the same daily routine takes on the highs and lows of starting a new hobby after encountering a mythical cyclist riding past his jobsite.
An eighties rock veteran and a twenty-something queer performer collide in 'Fama y Guita', an intergenerational electro-punk duo setting the Buenos Aires night ablaze amidst karaoke tracks, leather fetishism, and a 'Yoga and Drugs' philosophy.
A man named Jerry Cheeseburger attempts to decipher a mysterious and nonsensical book for a potential unknown prize.
When a whimsical family moves to their grandparents for a time, the young siblings become fascinated with the magic in the Green Room.
Comedian Aaron Branch delivers a half-hour special live from Zanies in Nasheville.
In a daring pastiche of Kenneth Anger, Cologne Group helmers Markus Mischkowski and Christos Dassios pay tribute to the iconic Eastern Bloc car New Knight Tourist.
A young woman is forced to confront her failing relationship during a nightmare proposal.
As a man watches his husband’s mind fade, their shadows come to life to reenact cherished memories and spark a final moment of recognition.
Mor only wanted to meet her end, but instead she meets an incompetent angel.
At a film festival, a filmmaker tries to figure out what the jury is looking for in order to win the award. But the fear of failure threatens to ruin more than just his career, while the search for recognition throws his own desires into crisis.
Filmed during one night in July 2025 by forty filmmakers and hundreds of citizens, The Illusion of a Quiet Night paints a vast collective portrait of war-torn Ukraine. Between fear and exhaustion, moments of joy and scenes of the ordinary day to day, we watch as life goes on in spite of everything, witnessing the resilience of a nation gripped by uncertainty.
The boy is quiet, living and suffering as a prisoner of fate. He invents a game to figure out who he belongs with, but he breaks his own rules and spirals into a swirling indecision about love and, honestly, his entire existence... He just sits there staring into space, and his girlfriend doesn't get it.
