Mantis religiosa

The life of the French seer and some of his selected quatrains are reviewed.

An accident on the way to the cottage has horrifying consequences for an interracial queer couple contemplating parenthood.

Jay, a 13-year-old boy, is fascinated by his toned and athletic older brother. In order to get close to him, Jay feigns an interest in basketball so that his brother will practice with him. Steadily, Jay's fascination develops into an attraction.

Freeform is the first student film by artist Jacob Sizemore. The narrative follows a woman in a mask as she longs to be free. The video is set to the musical piece Reach by Jeremy Levin.

Two friends move to Rio de Janeiro and begin to perceive each other better through daily and close coexistence, which shows signs of new possibilities for affection and rapprochement.

A married woman has an affair. She gets pregnant by her lover and they live serenely together, although war is thundering towards their city. Despite lineups, traffic jams and shortages they manage to live a peaceful life with their little girl.

A young deaf women confronts desperate crooks who are using one of her remote resort cabins for a hideout.

What's a Hug?

Chauncey Wright, a champion bull rider, has been risking his life on the weekly to give his kids the ultimate gift—a jet ski. But when he takes Annie Sue and Tommie on a weekend lake trip for a joy ride on their new toy, they are all forced to confront a stubborn legacy swimming just beneath the surface.

When the pressure of a homophobic town and family weighs too heavily on the shoulders of a young gay man, he must confide in his best friend and true love.

In New France before the British Conquest, Marie, an indigenous slave, serves the local surgeon. Her daily life of household chores is bleak and alienating. The encounter with a young girl she presumes to be her child will give her motivation to undertake radical actions.

Emily Eximo finds herself sat in a strange room, with a strange man, who's sitting in a strange chair. Denton Elicient wants her to settle a debt she didn't even know she had.

After an incident at her high school pulls her into the orbit of the only other Black girl in her year, “Essex Girl” Bisola is plunged into a journey to discover a whole new side of herself.

An anguished woman awaits her love. A film is made about this. The parallels between the love between the woman and the film team are interspersed and show how this feeling can be both a pain and a joy.

Alexio, a tough guy with something to prove, is finally given a real job: to hunt down and kill the notorious mob enforcer "Black Eddie". Along the way, he's challenged by others who have witnessed Black Eddie's reign of terror first hand. The legend is becoming real...

Two children discover a black hole and imagine what it would be like to travel through time.

Ran returns to the kibbutz where he grew up to visit his father, who recently suffered a heart attack. Ever since Ran became fervently religious, the two have been estranged. Ran is anxious about the impending encounter with his father and the chance for reconciliation, when his van breaks down on the way.

A picnic by the river. Pablo is in love with his pretty older cousin, but she would rather be alone with her lover, so she gets rid of the boy by sending him off in search of a gift. Something strange happens to Pablo during his trip. Upon his return, he is not the only one whose innocence is at stake.

El Viaje

A woman hires a photographer to document her estranged family's last day with their dying matriarch, but her sister is running late.