Locals

Two estranged brothers inherit Marukin Hot Springs, a small-town bathhouse. One sees it as an homage to their late father; the other—a struggling architect—as lucrative real estate for condos. Their eclectic collection of townsfolk customers show them the value of the bath goes way beyond a scrub and soak.

In 1980s Wales, a neglected, young man named GG seeks friendship and community. He meets Bill, who lives in isolation on the mountain. Their lives collide by chance forming a brief but enduring connection, proving that, even though the world can appear cruel, life is inherently good and will find a way to survive.

A Widowed Plumber races against time to follow-up on the payment for his rendered service in order to save his critically ailing son.

Inspired by the incredible true story of a hairdresser who single-handedly rallies an entire community to help a widowed father save the life of his critically ill young daughter.

A woman struggles to keep her fading family restaurant alive, stuck upholding its legacy alone. When Meng Po — the old goddess who serves soup to the dead to erase their memories — visits her one night and offers her a bowl, she must decide whether to forget her past, or continue carrying its weight.

In this unpredictable dramedy, Maurice returns home where he must face his haunting past, the hole his father's death has left in the community, and regain his belief in his people. In the culture.

Naureen Shah's life is turned upside down when her best friend, Yousef Ahmed, tries to die by suicide, a Cardinal sin in Islam. The fallout that ensues with their friendship, his family, and the greater community traps and alienates Yousef, when all he needs is the understanding and support of the people he loves.

A community-based HIV screener spends his night to accomplish his final volunteer work until his client tries to quit out of fear.

A serious young man of free spirit is forced by his surroundings to become rich at all costs. A group of blind children tries to open the eyes of the unbelievers to the Christian faith. Retired nuns who open a brothel, to pay the running costs of the convent. These rather ironic paradoxes turn this fairytale into a philosophical fable.

Ten-year-old Meng nervously prepares for his debut solo singing performance at his school's National Day skit. His part is to sing the rousing finale song but he has one problem: he can't sing. Along the way, his family members try their best to support him in their own little ways. But when it's time for him to take the stage, Meng finally learns what it takes to complete the song.

The communal justice system accuses Don Evaristo, 80 years old, of the murder of his granddaughter Yana-Wara, 13 years old. During the hearing, everyone learns the tragic story of this young girl.

Haunted by his tragic past, Basant befriends a married woman even as the migrant community of Salt Bridge frowns upon this relationship.

A travel center cafeteria in the small Icelandic town of Vik is packed with tourists stranded by a winter storm. Merida looks for the owner of a GoPro she and her friends found on a glacier near Jökulsárlón. And then... there’s Parker, looking just as intimidatingly cool as they did in their GoPro videos. Brandon and Trey force Merida to go talk with the person she wouldn’t shut up about in the car. But Parker initially seems aloof and uninterested. Parker’s and Merida’s story explores themes of isolation and community, bravery and fear, and how we can seem so different on the outside from how we feel on the inside.

When a devoted deacon is unexpectedly asked to deliver next week's homily, he must confront a crisis of faith and the hidden wounds that have kept him from moving forward.

An Amish minister buys a crippled championship steeplechase horse and nurses him back to health. But the horse has not lost his yearning for the racetrack, a trait not appreciated in the strict Amish world.

Three families struggle to find their true selves and their soulmates in a world full of expectations, pressure and obstacles. Inspired by real events, this film shows how they pursue their dreams and potential without losing themselves.

A pub landlord in a previously thriving mining community struggles to hold onto his pub. Meanwhile, tensions rise in the town when Syrian refugees are placed in the empty houses in the community.

At a downtown Madrid building, an ordinary meeting of neighbors commune to vote on a change of elevator. However, the event escalates into a full-blown conflict after the unexpected announcement that a new, mentally ill tenant will rent an apartment.

In 1950s Ireland and New York, young Eilis Lacey has to choose between two men and two countries.

Old lovers reunite, a friendship is betrayed, a pet is killed, a runaway discovered, and a co-worker comes back from the dead in these five interconnected tales about suffering from kindness. Shot over five-years worth of weekends featuring a massive cast and crew, this ambitious, feature-length, no-budget indie shows a side of Maine not seen anywhere else (no lobstermen here, sorry) and finds bleak comedy in a backwater state being dragged into a diverse and inclusive 21st century.