The Shimmering Bodies

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.

In a stylized world of neon drenched sunsets, the cult of Santa Muerte keeps a gang of rebel surfers young forever. But when a straight-laced teen named JOHNNY falls for the wrong girl, he must fight for life and love against the bad boys that rule the beach. This is Hitchcock set to surf rock in a land of dark sands, welcome to the SURF NOIR.

Life in the neighborhood is bleak for Dorrie, a misfit 10-year-old whose restrictive upbringing by her disillusioned grandmother leaves her with few friends and a desire to repeatedly run away. But now her mother Lorna is coming home for one of her rare visits, this time determined to turn over a new leaf -- to stay off drugs, raise her daughter, make peace with her mother. All Dorrie wants is to have her little family back to what it once was, but the future will come at a high price, higher than any of them could have imagined.

Kid Vargas is forced to face up to some devastating truths after he kills his opponent in the boxing ring.

A woman of high society and a street prostitute connect while being oppressed by the men in their lives.

A man who cheats death through the help of cryonics has to learn the hard way that death is a undeniable part of life.

When Conrad returns to his hometown to identify his mother's body, he is forced to confront the painful memories of his childhood.

An electrician is trapped in a looping room and goes mad.

In Alonso Ruizpalacios’ bracing and stylish film, security guards in an armoured van try to manage the stress that comes from being close to a pile of cash in Mexico City. The team’s stability is imperilled when one member nears his boiling point.

In the aftermath of a robbery gone wrong, two criminals bury their accomplice and face a harrowing choice: split his share or send it to his family.

A young orphan named Sam yearns to find a forever home, so he and his pet ferret Booger conjure up a little magic.

Crystal Lake is about a group of young girls who take over a skate park, forming an all-female force field on the half pipe. There on the reclaimed ramp, with no boys around, they are thriving and visible. This is an anthem for young feminists, which presents female friendship as a means to survive adolescence.

Before a crucial tennis championship, Leo encounters his former coach, who physically abused him nearly ten years ago. Leo, who has been struggling with mental health problems since then, threatens to spiral out of control, caught between the tennis court and the gambling halls.

A multi-era tale about a man's struggle with immortality.

A young athlete struggles with the weight of witnessing his fellow teammates commit an act of violence.

A meeting with a holocaust survivor teaches a self-consumed and preoccupied young man that life can change in a moment.

A vampire living in a morgue encounters a drowned girl whose fate may be entwined with his own.

In the wake of a traumatic incident at a funeral, an aging widow is faced with a bizarre, impossible choice.

The rise and downfall of a family over the course of 20 years, in one living room, in a single shot.

A lonely 9-year-old boy stumbles across a modest caravan in the American Midwest. Inside the caravan lives Dotty, an eccentric but kind women; old enough to be his grandmother. Dotty invites the boy into her rainbow decorated caravan that is littered with exotic memorabilia from her past, and in particular an incredible collection of brightly colored shoes. The boy, who has a hidden sadness he wont discuss and a suspicious bruise on one arm is able to forget about his troubles momentarily as Dotty and the boy embark on a journey that spans her colorful life.