After a death in the family, a fragile young man struggles to cling to his fractured reality, which is not at all as it seems.
A brilliant but impulsive young surgeon spirals into self-destruction after a painful breakup, struggling to cope with love, loss, and the consequences of his own temper.
The story of Tanya, who is suddenly hit by a feeling that her existence is hopelessly devoid of meaning, is set in St. Petersburg. The city landscape provides the backdrop for Tanya's ups and downs as she takes drastic action, gets into scrapes and grows up as a result of the trials - both deliberate and accidental - that she faces.
A character study on internet addiction
Twenty-year-old Ryan struggles with a debilitating anxiety disorder following his father's death. Together with his two brothers, he must fight to break the destructive cycle threatening their family as ancient darkness closes in on them.
A boy is thrown into the middle of an increasingly bizarre local disturbance.
After bankruptcy and a mental breakdown, former high-flyer Timothy returns to live with his parents in Wollongong.
A girl who always found comfort in tomorrow.
The personal story of a woman struggling with an inherited illness, as told by Signe Baumane, the Latvian director-animator living in New York City. With humour and courage, the director sets out on a challenging journey to discover her family’s best-kept secret. Featuring five stories about the courageous women in Signe’s family and their battles with madness, visual metaphors, surreal images and director’s narration.
A depressed filmmaker takes on a new project that might help him break into the mainstream or drive him further into despair and reclusivity.
A desperate man places a bizarre classified ad to end his life, but a strange turn of events occurs when an aimless girl decides to answer. As their lives collide, they realize the smallest choices can be the difference between life and death.
An inspirational speaker becomes reinvigorated after meeting a lively woman who shakes up his mundane existence.
When overwhelming expectations tower over him, Cecil must silence the doubt controlling him, while an aspiring film career slowly becomes the least of his worries. Written and directed by newcomer Aaron Fisher, Mr. Misunderstood takes a close look at the endless pressures that loom over one aspiring filmmaker's life, as he conveys the beautiful imperfection of our most human characteristics.
A lonely priest must find a way to connect with an irreverent teenager after the boy confesses his plans to commit suicide.
LUANA (19), after the death of her parents and her sister in a car accident, finds herself in depressive pit from which she cannot get out. However, she is forced to continue with her life, working as a party clown and thus hiding her true feelings. Every day she tries to hide her pain by transmitting happiness and making sure that the joy of others is not affected.
Suffering from addiction and homelessness, Abigail wanders the city on a cold winter late afternoon, suffering withdrawal, slipping in and out of hallucinations and dreams as the cold sets in.
An exploration into the world of someone's psyche and how they find the words to explain the way they are viewing the world around them.
Violet realizes that her entire life is built on fear-based decisions, and must do everything differently to become her true self.
Tom has faced many rivals in his ten-year career as a jump Jockey. Some have been faster, stronger, younger, wiser; but now he faces a different rival. A silent and anonymous opponent who is struggling to understand. The narrative is centred around the aftermath of a fall at the last fence of a race, where the horse (Habitare) would have passed the winning line in front had it not been for the fall. This film aims to show the lonelier, darker side to horse racing; the brave face that must be put on and not show weakness.
A young IT worker is in search of meaning in his life as he struggles to fulfill his dreams.