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Tells the story of 11 year old Joseph and his 12 year old best friend Joyce. We follow them as they sneak off into the bush behind their house to smoke a cigarette for the first time. As the story unfolds we realise that Joseph's rich and powerful friendship with Joyce serves as a beacon of hope and positivity in contrast to the not so ideal life he must endure at home.
Aug 2026
Jul 2026
After surviving a livestream exploitation warehouse, Ashley is taken in by the Scissors, a covert brothel that tracks and punishes sexual predators. When she discovers Kiko is still being streamed online, Ashley returns to the warehouse with her Scissors to save her friend.
Director Ewan Dunn showcases the making of two surrealist films that almost caused his departure from filmmaking.
In a post-apocalyptic world of decaying skeletons, Our Lady of Rot uses her flesh to speak for those who can no longer do so.
Jun 2026
In a crowded nightclub under violet lights, Avril can’t stop looking at Carla dancing across the room. When a drunk guy starts to make Carla uncomfortable, Avril steps in and that moment brings them together. After hiding out in the bathroom and helping each other out, the connection between them begins to grow.
As a common teen finds himself scrolling he rediscovers his passion for art.
After years of silence from the woman he once loved across borders, a lonely man revisits their memories through a heartfelt letter, searching for closure he may never find.
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When his father's old circus company comes back in town, Zampano see's it as a chance to get back on a flying trapeze and to leave with Nina, the trapezist he's in love with. But his father reminds him he has vertigo.
An impressionistic exploration of the canopy, captured frame by frame.
A person gets lost in the world of fantasy, while chasing a strange human figure and coming across the most bizarre spaces.
a short film about the sophomore album from Michigander
In a quiet rural town in the outskirts of the Philippines, an impoverished young man dreaming of a better life finds himself ensnared by the Batibat during his sleep, causing him to enter a deceptive dream of comfort and wonder that slowly turns into a calming nightmare in which he may never wake up again— nor the rest of the town.
Forrest Galante explores America's strangest alien sharks in celebration of the nation's 250th anniversary.
A Nepali immigrant entrepreneur's fight to change Mississippi State Law.
A small excerpt from the scenes of a complicated relationship between a mother and her daughter.
Enrique Zuniga, a man looking for a job, faces a setback after losing the wallet he needed to buy the suit that would secure his position at the company. However, he decides to obtain the suit in a different way.
After losing his parents in an accident, Jason Gaterson slowly begins going crazy