11-year-old Akeelah Anderson has a way with words. After winning her schoolwide spelling bee, she decides to enter the competition, despite her classmates' derision and the antipathy of her mother Tanya. Thanks to the efforts of her teacher Dr. Larabee, she reaches the finals. As she gets to know her fellow competitors, Akeelah realizes that coming first isn't everything in life.
A young mother, Dr. Marie Sol passed away soon after discovering that the fossil fuel company she worked for had been falsifying her research. Years later, her colleague turned world renowned climate scientist and author, Dr. Phyllis Lambert, has retired into isolation. A journalist, Claire Dimas, now seeks to expose their employer's greenwashing campaigns and fraudulent reports. Dr. Lambert refuses to cooperate as she battles haunting visions of her past decisions, forcing Claire to involve Dr. Sol's daughter, Isabel. By placing her at the center of this investigation, Isabel is now determined to find the truth and confront her grief.
Pansy is a woman so full of rage that every interaction she has devolves into lashing out, whether at her utterly cowed husband and son, or random strangers who have the temerity to address her. In contrast, her younger sister Chantelle lives with her two vivacious daughters and plies a successful trade as a hairdresser, putting clients at their ease all day long. Yet beneath Pansy’s abrasive exterior are hints of a more fragile psyche, one motivated by fear and damaged by repressed pain.
A Grieving mother suspects that her son's ex-girlfriend may have been involved in his death.
A short portrait of a mother-daughter relationship.
Sou Eu Quem Queima na Noite
In the summer between high school and college, a group of kids try to gain control of their relationships, emotions and lives for the first time.
Me cuesta tanto olvidarte
The employees of an independent music store learn about each other as they try to stop the store from being absorbed by a large chain.
A relentless documentary filmmaker struggles to unravel the mystery of his uncle's death as an unknown adversary threatens to destroy the project and his family.
Police officer Colt Hanson believes he is finished with the Russians—until the vengeful cartel returns to kill Colt and everyone he loves.
Sem Corpo, Sem Crime
Dolores lives with her brother Pablo and spends her days with her friend Fatima, trapped in a normality that oppresses them. They live in circumstances that escape them, in a small town on the outskirts of Nuevo Leon, Mexico.
Colt Hanson has embraced rural life and policing once again. However, the Russian assassins return, led by Vasily Sokolov, and an evil plot unfolds. Colt and his fellow officers become entangled in a murderous plan, as they race – against all odds – to save the Prime Minister.
A retelling of Daniel Chapters 1-3 in a world of sci-fi and fantasy. Thralldom, a tyrannical regime has conquered a magical and music-loving land called Songville. Danny, Mish, and Hanan, now exiles, rise from captives to high-ranking overseers under the Iron Master’s rule. They faithfully serve their master while secretly pledging allegiance to the true High King and the ways of Songville. However, as tensions rise and the cost of resistance grows, they must decide whether to risk their lives for the sake of faith and what they truly love— or remain silent in the face of tyranny. Are they willing to put their lives on the line for it?
During WWII's crucial Battle of the Scheldt, the lives of a glider pilot, a Nazi soldier and a reluctant Resistance recruit tragically intersect.
Set over three generations and beginning with a sexually frustrated orderly during WWII who relieves his tensions in the most outlandish, gross ways. The result of his liaison is a glutton who grows up to be a champion speed eater. He produces a child who becomes obsessed with taxidermy.
A middle-aged fisherman and a young college co-ed fall in love with each other.
Two half-brothers meet for the first time after the death of their estranged father and embark on a road trip across Northern Ontario to spread his ashes.
A man on the brink of death, has a conversation with a stranger. The pair philosophize about the meaning of a life well lived.