A Chance at forgiveness

Seven years after losing his wife and child to a group of sadistic eleven-year-olds, Paul meticulously plans his brutal revenge against the now-teenage perpetrators. In a tense confrontation, Paul is visited by the ghost of his late wife, Helena, who pleads with him to abandon his violent quest. As Helena tries to convince him of the consequences of vengeance, Paul reveals the dark steps he has already taken in his pursuit of retribution.

Ein Leben dazwischen

The different ways a single Vietnamese mother loved her three daughters comes to fruition when Junie, the middle child, reunites with her sisters in their childhood home on their mother’s death anniversary.

This is a short film about two childhood best friends who have always been inseparable. As they now embark on a new chapter of their lives, they are forced to confront hidden truths about their friendship, and the emotional echoes of memories.

Getting ready to go their own ways in life, an uncertain boy and his anxious girlfriend have to decide how to navigate their next steps.

A student film in which an emotionally troubled teenager meets a spiritual being named Corinthians, and is shown the existence of love. The trouble is, he won't hear Corinthians' words.

Essai Post-Romantique

A young woman's future is jeopardized by a secret arrangement that throws her life into chaos — but it may be the only way to save her family.

This film is an adaptation of Etgar Keret's famed short story 'What Of This Goldfish Would You Wish?' in which a young man named Yoni (Jason Ritter) sets out to make a documentary about the secret longings of everyday Americans. By knocking on strangers doors and asking them this question: 'If you had a magic goldfish that granted you three wishes, what of this goldfish would you wish?' Yoni thinks he will discover the hopes, dreams and greatest wishes his fellow citizens. But Yoni is not prepared when he meets an elderly immigrant named Sergei who we learn has been wrestling with the exact same question for years and is desperate not to lose his old friend-- a beautiful talking goldfish (Lucy Punch).

Anna is thinking of quitting sex work. She hears screaming from out the window.

Kevin is forced to confront trauma from his childhood.

An estranged brother and sister reconnect after a troubling family event.

A story about finding your own way of life, about exclusion and community.

Two 13-year-old boys spend an idyllic summer together, but their connection is put to the test when they become the subject of speculation at school.

Four adult siblings must set aside their differences after their mother's health declines, but can they come together and be a family again?

Ali, once a promising young boxer from the Romani community and the only daughter of a Romani leader, falls in disgrace when she gives birth to her second child out of wedlock.

Flynn, a former spelling bee champion, meets a running coach named Cosmo Walgreen and together they embark on a journey to discover what's next for Flynn.

After the ode to love of "Loving", the b-side, about sadness, breaks-up, loneliness.

A film following the elderly Cankle Chiyembekezo, a once skilled dancer suffering from undiagnosed arthritis. Unable to cope with his rapid deterioration, Cankle shuts himself off from the world. The majority of the film was destroyed in a bombing raid during the Sudanese civil war, only 12 minutes of footage remain.

When they find one another by chance in the middle of the woods, old friends Zach and Ellyn seem smiled-upon by the gods of summer, fated for a carefree season ranging across hills, lakes and forests. Gradually, however, their charmed reunion is distorted by an unseen but ever-expanding presence. Are they hidden in a quiet glade after all, or perched on the tip of the universe, buffeted by cosmic winds? Directed, shot, and edited by Ian Clark, A Morning Light finds a new mode for the sci-fi thriller, one of insomniac watchfulness. With its eerily precise photography and uncanny soundscape that pulses, rumbles, and roars behind sedate scenery, it poses the otherworldly as something very near, something embedded in our own eyes and ears. — Jon Kieran, New Orleans Film Festival