Break the Cycle

Venus convinces Matheus to create a documentary series about their lives, attempting to bring the representation they always dreamed of during their adolescence to reality. Meanwhile, they try to balance their love lives, harsh family realities, and questionable mental health with this ambitious project. It's a last-ditch effort to boost their careers by creating something original and starting their adult lives 'for real' on the right foot.

Two neglected sisters set out to retrieve their mentally ill mother from a playground, discovering grit, tenderness, and childhood resilience along the way.

Ali, a teenage Inuit hip hop fan, lives in Ivujivik, a small Arctic village where nothing interests him. All of his problems seem to materialize in his father's old snowmobile, constantly breaking down. His only way out ? The famous Rich E. Murdoch, Ali’s favorite rapper.

17-year-old 'antisocial butterfly' Hawi has one goal – to join her classmates on a school trip to Mount Kenya. But her father wants to take a holiday to his rural childhood home, which is close to the mountain. While plotting her escape, her Aunt Sulwe shows up, still nursing a grudge over her brother’s scandalous memoir. Soon, a quiet family visit swells into a simmering battleground.

In returning to their old ballet school burnt-out dancer – Sylvie - explores their past in order to decide what to do with their future.

Longtime Minimoys fan Alex is taken by his friends to the filming location for his 18th birthday, unaware that they're all in for a horrific time.

Drs. Bernard Nathanson and Mildred Jefferson square off in a national battle in this untold conspiracy that led to the most famous and controversial court case in history.

Federico is a child-killer running from the law. Wounded, he is taken in by an 11 year old girl named Simona. Their strange love affair is interrupted by Simona's depressed, oversexed mother Vera, who concocts a plan with Federico to kill her wheelchair-bound, reclusive husband. Simona does not take kindly to this new relationship between Federico and Vera.

At the deathbed of his used-to-be militant mother an older man looks back at his childhood, when he was in love with his sensual aunt Coleta.

On his bike, Titouan is jealous of his older brother, Quentin, who has his own motorbike. Like him, he would like to win the esteem of a motorcycle gang, participate in underground races and have a girlfriend. The sibling rivalry that opposes them will lead Titouan to live a tragic experience.

Hannah, an aspiring young actress, has dreamed all her life to make it big in America. When this dream doesn't come true, she must learn to live life back home again and heal past relationships.

Drama is afoot at Shirobara Middle School when the bold Henmi Ryoko transfers into Class A, 9th Grade. She immediately picks a fight with, Masuda, the head of the preparation committee. The girls' battle for control of the gang soon grows out of control as it sweeps up the entire school. Brawls. Seduction. Yakuza. And more!

Host Scott Forrest presents a curated compilation of eight independent short films in this rapid-fire science-fiction feature. Genres collide, narratives twist, aesthetics clash, and even humor, both campy and dystopian, showcase the vast creative possibilities of each story's individual world, offering the viewer a brief glimpse into the lives of every character's attempt to survive the otherworldly chaos around them. Released in 2001, the selected shorts span original creation dates of 1997 to 2001; most of the featured filmmakers also appear as themselves in short video interviews to talk about their inspirations, creative process and motivations while working on their individual shorts.

A young man must choose between his mother's plans or to follow his lifelong goal as a session musician.

2014. Davi turns 14 and experiences one of his last family birthday celebrations. 2022. Manuela prepares for a mission that will change her life, dealing with longing, nostalgia, and farewells.

A full improv feature film that explores the awful realism of a zombie apocalypse in Northern England.

Alicia, who had decided not to cry since age 6, faces separation from her family for work reasons.

Sophie, only 11, turns a day of mourning into a journey of discovery and connection. At her mother’s funeral, Sophie’s imaginative spirit leads her away from traditional grief rituals and toward an impromptu birthday celebration for a new friend who is also riddled with his own grief. Glitter, toy guns and fleeting friendships collide creating strange, messy beauty of connection. Sophie’s actions challenge the adults’ somber norms and tell a story of resilience, showcasing how children’s innocent play can transform pain into healing and forge unexpected friendships and meaning.

A grief-stricken ex-boxer is pulled back into East Tennessee’s underground fight scene when his younger brother is brutalized by a former rival with blood ties to his past.

A lifetime of loneliness ends when Elise meets a kindred spirit, finally finding understanding and friendship in an unexpected encounter.