The discovery of self-awareness in a twisting venture between dreams and reality. (The first piece of the director's Transformational Trilogy)
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An extravagant, exotic and moving look at Rembrandt's romantic and professional life, and the controversy he created by the identification of a murderer in the painting The Night Watch.
An avowed communist who is an experimental superhero born in a test tube during the Cold War meets his old friend who plans to change the history of mankind once and for all. The protagonist has to decide whether to allow changes in world politics or to kill his own and most importantly his close friend.
A young girl is trying to relate to her grandmother's death which quickly becomes more than a personal loss.
“No Bruises” is a narrative short film that explores the cyclical nature of emotional abuse, played out in vignette-style glimpses into one man’s relationships with three different women over time.
A love story based around two characters - Angela and Tennille. Growing up through out the years Angela, a heterosexual female, never realizes that Tennille, a dominant female, is deeply in love with her. After several years of Angela being in the dark about Tennille's true feelings, she soon discovers the love that Tennille has for her and realizes those feelings are mutual.
5 girls and 5 guys find themselves mysteriously trapped in a room and are forced to play a psychological game of dare.
This film is a series of six short films that depicts six different cases of sexual harassment in the workplace, all based on real events.
An Indian tourist couple arrive in the hill country of crisis ridden Sri Lanka to celebrate their 5th wedding anniversary. But, when things take an unexpected turn, conflicts deepen revealing cracks in their relationship.
An indigenous American single mother entwined in a sordid affair with a wealthy businessman finds herself on the run from the law with her 3-year-old son.
Roda Viva is a school project that used Chico Buarque's memorable song "Roda-Viva" to tell the story of a girl who feels oppressed by her authoritarian parents, but who is determined to rebel against the imposed expectations.
A view of the end-of-the-century Mexican family. A father who comes back home after a long absence, but who would rather be somewhere else. A daughter suffering from a trapped pain. A son full of guilt and recriminations. A little kid who soaks up all the tension in the house, like a sponge, and a self-effacing mother who would like to go away and leave everything behind.
Emotionally wounded, blaming her father for the loss of her mother. Nozi navigates through life hurdles in search of healing and peace through music.
Rob West is a down on his luck ex-con who is trying to change his ways for the better. But when he gambles away twenty grand, he must try to escape the wrath of his bookie and is forced to come out of retirement for one last job.
In a windy Somali village, a newly assembled family must navigate between their different aspirations and the complex world surrounding them. Love, trust and resilience will power them through their life paths.
An unexpected encounter with his past prompts a young man to choose between his sexuality and his faith.
Ina, an introverted 11-year-old immigrant, finds herself captivated by Petra, a new classmate coming from the same country as her. Faced with the newcomer’s indifference towards her, Ina embarks on a desperate quest for connection in a world oscillating between dream and reality.
This original comedy-drama from Oscar-nominated writer Ron Nyswaner ("Philadelphia") and director Robert Allan Ackerman ("The Reagans") charts the lives of male and female employees, as well as their chic clients, at New York City's most exclusive and expensive escort service.
In the upscale Toronto strip club Exotica, dancer Christina is visited nightly by the obsessive Francis, a depressed tax auditor. Her ex-boyfriend, the club's MC, Eric, still jealously pines for her even as he introduces her onstage, but Eric is having his own relationship problems with the club's female owner. Thomas, a mysterious pet-shop owner, is about to become unexpectedly involved in their lives.