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Near the end of the Showa era in the late 1980s, in Misaki town, an old mansion is rumored to be the home of a witch. After moving into the mansion, Aoko Aozaki begins to learn sorcery from a young mage, Alice Kuonji, the rumored witch of the mansion. The Aozaki family oversees the land on which Misaki is built and the heir (Aoko) is tasked with protecting it. Mysterious intruders have been disrupting the bounded field in Misaki, leading Alice and Aoko to investigate. A mannequin or puppet attacks them and is incinerated. As this happens, both of them spot someone running away, a civilian who must not get away having seen magic alive. Unexpectedly, a young boy named Soujuurou Shizuki is drawn to the mansion and comes to reside with them as well.
When the castle ghost Hui Buh, of all people, is chosen to free the heart of a cursed princess from 1001 Nights together with the clumsy Genie Amira, he and his friends embark on the greatest adventure of his life.
An in-depth look at how fascism hides behind facades of a tolerant, intellectual and open-minded society.
A dejected man gets his morning latte stolen. With the help of a stranger, he embarks on an absurd journey to find the perpetrator.
Knowing Gaze is a loving roast of gay culture. This animated short moves fluidly through a series of interconnected vignettes—from online personas to offline hookups, from the thrift store to the dance floor to the bathhouse. Rendered in expressive brush strokes, the story unfolds as candid conversations carried by acidic dialogue and vulnerable interior monologues. At its core, the film probes the tenderness and tension of modern gay identity. Beneath a million witty one-liners, the soul cries out.
Old Man River continues Iyabo Kwayana’s exploration of lineage, memory and inheritance through an intimate portrait of her father, a 100-year-old political activist and nation builder from Guyana who helped found the country’s first multiethnic political party. The film sits beside him as he reflects on a lifetime shaped by political struggle, idealism, sacrifice and the contradictions within revolutionary movements.
Souleymane, an Afro-German trans man, travels from Berlin to Dakar to repair his father’s kora, and in doing so, himself. A fragile search for harmony between body, sewing, ocean, heritage, and faith.
A family vacation turns into a nightmare when fun Uncle Freddy accidentally kills the Boogeyman and takes on his powers.
Four students are stuck in a detention room with no teacher and a door that won’t open. At first it’s just annoying, but as time goes on they start to panic and try increasingly stupid ways to get out, and things slowly spiral out of control.
An upcoming feature-length documentary on one of the most important baseball games every played.
