Surviving Theater 9

Bulgaria-based director Kevork Aslanyan’s European Short Film Festival-winning sci-fi short sees a man trying to overcome an obstacle of gravitas for love. In a dystopian post-communist world, Constantine and his father Atanas share a small flat in a run-down apartment block. A tragic accident has disturbed gravity on Earth beyond repair, so everyone weighing less than 120 kilos flies up into space. With only 60kg body weight, Constantine cannot go outside, nor does he want to. Stuck in the flat, at the mercy of the electrical mood swings of a household gravitational normalizer, Constantine leads an almost normal life. He is content spending the days looking at the world through his window. Until the beautifully plump stewardess moving in next door changes everything.

An intimate evening between a film director and an escort is disrupted when a familiar face arrives.

Daniel Crane is an American civilian engineer working to rebuild war torn Iraq who is kidnapped on his last day in Fallujah. Beaten and alone he is hostage caught up in the drama of war.

On a family trip to observe the shooting stars, Chloé, a withdrawn teenager, discovers a dazzling attraction for her mother’s new boyfriend.

Beau wants to be just like the boys, yet most of his middle school peers won't make room for a kid with Down syndrome. An unexpected invitation from a classmate changes everything.

Álex and Ruth meet through a dating app, immediately become inseparable, move in together, and live as a happy couple, until Álex notices that Ruth is experimenting certain changes.

A Syrian migrant working as a crane operator in Beirut volunteers to cover a shift on one of the most dangerous cranes, where he is able to find his freedom.

Follows Supernova, a young Christian, and the backlash they face after coming out to their church as LGBTQ+. Loosely based on director Tatiana Navarrette’s own experiences.

In a couple, there are wonderful, tender and desperate moments. Losing your pet when you are waiting for your first baby can trigger them all at once.

Over the past few months, less so now, I've been experiencing some fairly intense spouts of anxiety. Something incredibly new and quite frightening for me. After a bunch of CBT sessions, my therapist recommended channeling my experience into video form. So, here you are. With the help of the incredible Suli Breaks, I've made this little video. Trying to demonstrate how it felt for me. Hope you take something from it.

A dramatic short about a troubled gay man named Gary. Gary's a reclusive, middle-aged nobody, obsessed with the idea of reproducing himself. He's caught up in a hostile social climate, which furthers his isolation and exacerbates his desperation. But despite this, he presses on. Gary eventually meets Madonna, an old street woman for, as Tom McSorley of Take One Magazine calls, "some of the most awkward and decidedly twisted sex in all of Canadian cinema." The film explores deep into the psyche of the protagonist, touching the viewer in more ways than one.

Twelve year old Stephen is mocked and ridiculed for his faith. But that test leads to a new understanding and inner strength that changes his life.

It's Maxim's birthday. He's 8 years old. He lives together only with his mother in a village not so close to the big city. For his birthday, his mother will take him to Bucharest, to McDonald's. There, Maxim hopes to meet his father.

Once again Mads is forced to walk home because his big brother, Anders, is running late. Finally Anders arrives, but during a stop on the drive back home to their father, Mads is confronted with the questionable path that Anders is heading down. When an unforeseen collision with a deer occurs, their relationship is tossed around on the highway.

Two strangers discover a devastating secret that binds them together... and offers unexpected options for the future.

This is a short film based on Taylor Swift's "mirrorball" from her Academy Award-winning album, 'Folklore'. Ben Stafford plays James, a celebrity who serves as a metaphor for a mirrorball; fame can be glamorous and incredible, but also terrifying and fragile.

Alma is a nine year old girl living in an urban environment in the U.S.. When she loses her mother, she has to travel to her grandmother Esperanza in an indigenous village in Mexico.

A blind violinist's sight is restored by an operation paid for by a young woman who loves him, but the fickleness of fate strikes them further tragic blows.

A young Black girl from humble beginnings struggles to be accepted at her new affluent school.

It's July of 1969. The most historical event in history has just occurred. Families and friends have all come together to see the impossible happen: The Moon Landing. Dave Hunter is accompanied by his loving wife, Carolyn, and his space aficionado son, Charlie, for the President Nixon broadcast of welcoming the astronauts back to Earth. Dave is not only thrilled to see the astronauts return home, but also eager to begin his assignment as a darkroom photographer for NASA. He's been selected to develop photos from the moon landing for LIFE Magazine. Dave is very passionate about his career, but he always makes time for his family. Charlie and his father have a long running tradition of Dave bringing home a photo from work for his son. Charlie's tendency to be over observant he notices a flaw in one of the photos he is given. This causes Dave to investigate the Manned Spacecraft Center in Houston, Texas and see why this photo is like this.