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A Nepali immigrant entrepreneur's fight to change Mississippi State Law.
At the height of the rubber boom, the British presence transformed the Amazon. Ports, railways, mansions, and river transport connected Manaus and Belém to the world. Behind this legacy, however, lay a profound human cost. Revisiting this period, the documentary reveals how modernization was sustained through the exploitation and erasure of Indigenous peoples and Black communities, questioning the enduring marks left by this past.
Animal Studies relates to and overlaps the Short Film Series, which I began in 1975. The beauty of working in a series is its flexibility; films can be added to or dropped, the order and manner of projection can be varied. Each film is like a brick, insignificant in itself, but can be combined into all kinds of structures. My filmic interest in animals is that they are unselfconscious, authentic, and can’t act. (EXiS — Experimental Film and Video Festival in Seoul, 2026)
On July 4th, two young women finally find themselves alone beneath the glow of fireworks and string lights. What begins as an ordinary evening of shared silences, stolen glances and unfinished conversations slowly becomes a turning point, forcing them to confront the feelings they've both hidden for far too long. As dawn approaches and life threatens to pull them in opposite directions, they must decide whether some connections are meant to remain beautiful memories or whether love is worth the risk of changing everything.
As the world comes to an end, Shah Ismail embarks on a quest for the water of Life.
A poem by Prévert that talks about migrant workers who lose their freedom after entering a great/powerful country.
When TTRPGS go... wrong? An Elf in our world, a modern human in theirs. What could possiblly go wrong?
After Jasmines mother dies mysteriously, something begins to haunt her.
Maria and Matías feel life is slipping through their fingers, and turn to birds, real and imagined, in a search for meaning and connection.
Dan Burisch recalls his time at Area 51.
A documentary exploring the relationship between devotion, dairy, and modern Hindu practice through the lens of Krishna consciousness in contemporary India. In the excuse of God, we have institutionalized a contradiction. "What Krishna Saw" investigates the profound disconnect between the ancient, revered sanctity of the cow in Hindu tradition and the stark realities of the modern, industrial dairy complex that fuels today's rituals.
An iPhone dropped in the water, then it stopped working. Then at school, it gets destroyed.
Spirits must pay up with screams to keep their haunting privileges, and Ghost is in arrears.
A small excerpt from the scenes of a complicated relationship between a mother and her daughter.
