Johnny and his young nephew forge a tenuous but transformational relationship when they embark on a cross-country trip to see life away from Los Angeles.
Two stories showcasing the problems children face while growing up.
When Gabriel and Emilie meet by chance, he offers her a ride, and they spend the evening talking, laughing and getting along famously. At the end of the night, Emilie declines Gabriel's offer of "a kiss without consequences". Emilie admonishes him that the kiss could have unexpected consequences, and tells him a story, unfolding in flashbacks, about the impossibility of indulging your desires without affecting someone else's life.
A poetic exploration of the multi-generational affects of Canada's Indian Residential School system, based on the personal trials of Aboriginal playwright Yvette Nolan.
Arrogant, self-centered movie director Guido Contini finds himself struggling to find meaning, purpose, and a script for his latest film endeavor. With only a week left before shooting begins, he desperately searches for answers and inspiration from his wife, his mistress, his muse, and his mother.
A tragic portrait of mother and child exploring grief through music and lyrical imagery.
Promoted to general manager on the condition that she clear her mother's property for development, an ambitious real estate agent must return home and confront the mother she abandoned three years earlier after a bitter falling out.
It all starts with a premonitory dream. A national paper reporter for a southern region of Azerbaijan, Karim lives his boring daily life. But something, a memory, is deeply bothering him. The arrival of a new editor-in-chief increases Karim’s worries, he has to go to Baku to meet him.
Ten-year-old Rabia wants to know why her school has suddenly closed. Rumours are rife in the village and the authorities are no help. Courageously setting out to find the truth, Rabia navigates rural superstitions, local corruption and a wall of silence.
Tacatani leads a project where people share the words they never got to say. But one story feels all too familiar.
After the end of an intense relationship, Aurora returns to the places that marked its beginning and end. While reliving good and painful memories, she confronts what she lost of herself in trying to hold onto the love. In writing a final letter, Aurora attempts to transform the end into a learning experience—and understand that letting go is also part of moving on.
Monica, after a restless night, meets a strange man, in a place she does not recognize. He questions her about past events that she doesn't quite remember.
Left to her own devices during an August heatwave, a seven-year-old wild child and her companion have an adventure filled with squirt guns, cicadas and rain dances.
Experiencing extreme sleep deprivation for months, a young man tape-records his memories for preservation against sinister, clandestine watchers.
A portrait of a depressed mother and her child.
In the 1970s, a bubbly photographer falls in love with a charming man, only to realize that he's not the person she believed him to be.
Two sisters are deciding whether or not to play with a dead fish.
An experimental short film about sensory seeking behaviour in childhood. Filmed on VHS.
Between memories and intimate ghosts, a narrator wanders through the haunted corners of her own memory.
After returning home from the Vietnam War, veteran Jacob Singer struggles to maintain his sanity. Plagued by hallucinations and flashbacks, Singer rapidly falls apart as the world and people around him morph and twist into disturbing images. His girlfriend, Jezzie, and ex-wife, Sarah, try to help, but to little avail. Even Singer's chiropractor friend, Louis, fails to reach him as he descends into madness.