Hoyle, a girl with a sharp mind and a weakness for bourbon, finds herself on the trail of a reclusive genius. Along the way, her reality becomes disconnected and surreal. Her loyal partner and an ethereal lounge singer help her along the way, but ultimately she must turn within and confront her own...
Gentrification and displacement are affecting all big cities throughout the world, but none more egregiously than my hometown of New York City. As a Native New Yorker, I am disturbed to see my beloved hometown become a haven for the wealthy when it was once a city that valued culture and community...
Abruptly abandoned by her husband in a country completely foreign to her, Colombian native Mariana (Paola Mendoza) struggles to take care of herself and her two young children on the unforgiving streets of New York City. Sebastian Villada, Laura Montana and Anthony Chisholm also star in this gritty...
In 2001 a rowdy group of Austin women were determined to ressurect an old sport, but with a new spin. This is the beginning of a revolution: HELL ON WHEELS is the ass-kicking documentary film telling the story of a group of Texas women who band together to resurrect roller derby for the 21st...
Aiko, a 24-year old Japanese woman, moves to London to study painting and meets Oliver, a much older, British artist. Oliver becomes obsessed with her, his new passion revitalising his art. When she finally agrees to visit his studio in Greenwich, their attraction becomes mutual.
Critically acclaimed DO PAHAR recounts the unlikely and fascinating friendship that forms between Sudha, an elderly abused woman and Bilal, a young hit man who she observes one day planning to murder her neighbor. He becomes her hero and savior; she becomes his most improbable partner-in-crime.
An idealistic grade school teacher has a fear of speaking up in public (other than in front of her kids). But when she finds out that children in her school are going hungry- thanks to federal cutbacks in school lunch programs- it compels her to do things she wouldn't have thought she could do,...
Tabitha, a self-proclaimed fish enthusiast, is convinced that her 'touch' is lethal after pet fish and unexpectedly dies following contact. Consequently she dons a pair of latex gloves and finds work in a taxidermy studio where the risk of killing anything else is minimal. Yet just as Tabitha...
An idealistic grade school teacher has a fear of speaking up in public (other than in front of her kids). But when she finds out that children in her school are going hungry- thanks to federal cutbacks in school lunch programs- it compels her to do things she wouldn't have thought she could do,...
Hundreds of pictures scattered all over the floor of a dark and solitary room. Monika, an East-German woman, has lost her memory and can only fantasize of a forgotten past and an impossible future. A message from her friend Kirsten, on a voice recorder, pushes her to remember her life and friends,...
Anahida, a contemporary Armenian woman, is pregnant with the child of her Turkish lover who is haunted by the past. An artistic blending of the real and unreal, the past and present are tightly woven into emotionally visual experience. In Armenian, Hokees literally means "soul" or "spirit."
Metallic sounds mixed with rain are the background for the exploitation of two women held as prisoners in an abandoned cinema. They are pimped for pennies by a crude tormentor. Sometimes sharing bad luck can unite, while it can't preclude loneliness. Sometimes the only obstacle to freedom is...
Jameson finds out his girlfriend has been cheating on him. As his world slowly spirals out of control the only one there for him is his closest friend, Emily, who struggles to reveal a life changing secret of her own.
A documentary that focuses on the topics of human migration and inequality. Intimate and informative, it explains the complexity of human migration by providing valuable data and showing how this affects two friends in their day-to-day lives.
Shot between 2004 and 2008, Made a Machine By Describing the Landscape follows acclaimed indie-rock icons Califone on the road and in the studio. Featuring heretofore-unseen live recordings and interviews, Made A Machine By Describing The Landscape is a lovingly crafted tribute to Califone and its...
"Vena Amoris" celebrates life with hope in our hearts and an eye toward the future. This film depicts how easy it is to live a happy life when we're surrounded by friends and family who love us and how easy it is to stray when left alone James (Christopher Newell) is a successful and attractive...
Alistair meets June on a park bench at lunchtime. She's not aware he is blind but when he misses the handkerchief she is trying to pass him, she realizes. She feels sorry for him but then he charms her with his conversation and acute sense of smell. They agree to meet again but June is late and...
When sorting out her mother's estate, Sarah uncovers evidence that the real cause of her sister's death was an attack by a mutant, brain-eating jellyfish that had infiltrated the water supply.
"FRECKLES" is a short psychological drama that follows a super-freckled thirty year-old virginal, self-hating woman's descent into a dark, depressive, lethal insanity.
