Flares

The founding of the first English colony at Jamestown, Virginia, in 1612 and the many problems that confronted the struggling colonists are depicted.

A precocious kitten wants to be a witch's familiar and must pass a test or she will forever be just simple cat, but the witch sees something in the kitten she does not expect.

This feature-length documentary brings together six of the rare television interviews given by Gilles Groulx between 1966 and 1983. Through these interviews, the filmmaker's ethical and aesthetic concerns are revealed. A striking coherence emerges in his thinking regarding his conception of cinema and the role the filmmaker should play in his culture and society.

Lo (14) is living alone with her father at his farm. Bored and frustrated she's fantasizing about sexy boys, spying on the hot seasonal workers. Rune (45) is a single parent too busy making ends meet to be paying attention to his child becoming a young woman. When he catches her masturbating in her bedroom, he goes out of his mind thinking she's a victim of male sexuality. Daddy's Girl is about fear of losing and fear of not getting.

An experimental half-documentary half-fiction about a young person’s routine of getting to sleep and waking up.

Jarred by the loss of his closest friend, a farmer on Tasmania’s remote West Coast, begins to mentor at-risk local youth. In an area renowned for its poverty, low literacy, and high suicide rates, Stafford Heres is determined to provide opportunities for kids who have few. Eden Alone Surpasses Thee explores his relationship with the land, loss, and the young men he takes under his wing.

A Jupatarama

High school students Jae Nam and Seo Hyun are happy just to be together. But after an unfortunate live broadcast, Jae Nam is suddenly nowhere to be found.

The Wedding of Jack and Jill

Following the passing of Rod Roberts, renowned host of the tacky paranormal reality show 'The Ghost Hunter', his estranged daughter Bec struggles to find the means to grieve, blinded by her cynicism towards his career.

Jessica, a passionate young student, is suspicious of her best friend Tim after arriving back from an overseas stay.

One last desperate chance of redemption.

Kiko, who is pessimistic about herself being a lesbian, spends her days worried because she cannot convey her feelings to her best friend. A story about the conflicts and decisions of lesbian women.

Pierre Carles questions the privatization of the leading French televisions channel : is it not scandalous that the TFI-Bouygues concession has been automatically renewed since 1987 ? Taking up the anti-television fight he initiated with "Pas vu Pas pris", his first film, he confronts the people responsible for the news who have always avoided tackling this taboo subject. But the investigation does not go as planned : the old dinosaurs and young guardians now how to handle this media critic. To find his "fighting spirit" again, Carles calls to arms his friends and changes methods : Henceforth, no more concessions !

Geeky Pavan takes his ‘English Rose’ on a date to the most authentic Indian restaurant in the city. To his horror she goes off-menu, in Hindi...

The life and the work of José Leonilson, one of the most important Brazilian artists of the 80's, who died of AIDS at the age of 36 in 1993. The video explores Leonilson's poetic and intimate universe through his work and through fragments of a diary he recorded between 1990 and 1993, where he talks about art, sex, memory and poetry.

An observational portrait of the California Chinese community through the eyes of a Chinese restaurant in Monterey Park and an LA-based recent graduate trying to navigate the difficulties of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Julian is a short film about a girl named Anna who is struggling with moving on from an abusive relationship. She enters in a therapy program where she does therapeutic exercises to confront the past and move forward.

This short film proposes just a profound fair of essence of manhood – the vulnerability, truth behind appearances and gestures defining a person, not exactly his genre or sexual preferences.