Wendy, a Chinese “parachute kid,” is struggling to adapt to her new American life.
A story about an international student, Diego, coming to Utrecht to study and make new friends. He quickly finds himself overwhelmed with his new life, and cant seem to fit in. However, with the help of some friends and his loving mother, he finds the confidence to try again and this time succeed in his new life.
After Raam, an international student, moves to Newfoundland to pursue his dreams and education, his housemate Joseph loses his job amidst the global pandemic. As they set out on a whale watching trip together, tragedy strikes leaving Raam questioning everything he knows.
A short film inspired by personal experience. "Answers" follows Mars, a Singaporean who has recently emigrated to Canada for school, as he battles with relocation depression.
On the eve of Chinese New Year, Steven, a closeted Chinese international student living in New Zealand oppressed by the expectations of his parents, plans to lose his virginity to a stranger that he meets online.
"While I'm Away" is a first-year student animated short. This short is about the sense of not fully belonging to one place, and missing the other one when you are away. The guilt of moving abroad in the first place. Being the first generation to do this in your family. The constant self-reassurance that you aren’t doing anything wrong but still having no idea how to navigate all this. Re-birth. Alienation. Growth. Guilt. Renewal. Envy.
Tourists, foreigners and outcasts converge on the streets of Osaka in this sprawling ensemble drama by Japan-based, Malaysia-born filmmaker Lim Kah Wai. His eighth feature explores the lesser-known aspects of the Asian melting pot city through the eyes and experiences of a dozen characters who struggle to find their place in society: among them a Nepali refugee with dreams of opening a restaurant, a Burmese student struggling to make ends meet while working two jobs, and a Taiwanese sex tourist who travels to meet his favorite adult video actress.
A naive international student struggling to make ends meet decides to try webcam modeling to support herself financially. But within the lurid online world where every body is treated as a commodity, what will the ultimate price be?
Karma, an international high school student from Sikkim struggles to fit in and hold onto his cultural identity when he is stuck at home with his host sibling, Alex.
On a college backpacking trip, a Chinese girl grapples with questions of identity after she finds herself at a crossroads between her Chinese classmate and her fear of being perceived as an outsider.
The daily life and experiences of three Erasmus students who spend their time in the small town of Abrantes in Portugal.
This short film shot in a small town in Sweden navigates themes of nostalgia through an original monologue, reflecting on gender identity struggle and the pursuit of a new beginning in a foreign land.
International college student Wei Feng goes on a chaotic mission to convince his traditional parents that he’s on track to graduate, despite secretly flunking out due to an over-the-top party lifestyle. What ensues is a ride through culture clashes, identity crises, and the highs and lows of growing up between two worlds.
In a chaotic student apartment, a missing tupperware leads to a hilarious series of accusations and cultural clashes among four international roommates, only to reveal that the truth has been under their noses the entire time.
An experimental documentary featuring international college students commenting on their experiences of cultural isolation in America.
Shakespeare's King Lear is reimagined as a singular historical epic set in sixteenth-century Japan where an aging warlord divides his kingdom between his three sons.
Two Australian sprinters face the brutal realities of war when they are sent to fight in the Gallipoli campaign in the Ottoman Empire during World War I.
A chief commissioner investigates the murder of a young woman and a fatal car accident. Apparently there is a connection between the two cases.
Originally this was just another Italian drama, but because of the Naples Earthquake, the producers added some stock earthquake footage and changed the title to Terrible Earthquake. Larry Anderson
A year after losing her mother, a young girl learns that she must journey across Japan to the annual gathering of gods in the sacred land of Izumo.