Gaining & Losing

A 17-year-old dancer joins a "thinspiration" website and devotes herself to the almost religious glorification of "thin", until she becomes completely possessed by the dark world of anorexia.

A woman watches time pass beside the suitcases of her ex-lover (who is supposed to come pick them up but never arrives) and a restless dog who doesn't understand that his master has abandoned him.

A drama centered on a go-go dancer with multiple personality disorder who struggles to remain her true self and begins working with a psychotherapist to uncover the mystery of the inner ghosts that haunt her.

A lonely typographer with a cruel speech impediment but an eloquent inner voice must face his greatest fear.

A young man with a bright future suffers a near-fatal accident and recreates his new life with the help of an unlikely animal friend.

The story of a young writer's transformation when her past invades her present.

Suffering from a severe case of depression, toy company CEO Walter Black begins using a beaver hand puppet to help him open up to his family. With his father seemingly going insane, adolescent son Porter pushes for his parents to get a divorce.

A psychotherapist helps a law student cope with schizophrenia in one of five interconnected tales dealing with mental illness.

On the outside, Helen has it all – a loving family and a successful career – but when her suppressed mental illness resurfaces, the world crumbles around her. Crippled by depression, Helen finds solace through her friendship with Mathilda, a kindred spirit struggling with bipolar disorder.

In a suburban landscape, the lives of several families interlace with loss, despair and personal crisis. Esther Gold has lost focus on all but caring for her comatose son, Paul, and neglects her daughter and husband. Lawyer Jim Train is devoted to his career, not his family. Helen Christianson wants to find a new spark in life, while Annette Jennings tries to rebuild hers.

Hunter, a newly pregnant housewife, finds herself increasingly compelled to consume dangerous objects. As her husband and his family tighten their control over her life, she must confront the dark secret behind her new obsession.

Davey Gordon, a New York City boxer at the end of his career, falls for dancer Gloria Price. However, their budding relationship is interrupted by Gloria's violent boss, Vincent Rapallo, who has eyes for Gloria. The two decide to skip town, but before they can, Vincent and his thugs abduct Gloria, and Davey is forced to search for her among the most squalid corners of the city, with his enemy hiding in the shadows.

Two dancers at an elite ballet academy in Paris must compete for a contract to join the highly coveted Opéra National de Paris as they confront their competitive nature, sexual awakenings and how far they would go to win.

A man is released from prison after 15 years. He reunites with his high school girlfriend, now a single mother of three. What follows is a lyrical take on love, regret and second chances.

An aimless young man who is scalping tickets, gambling and drinking, agrees to coach a Little League team from the Cabrini Green housing project in Chicago as a condition of getting a loan from a friend.

Clara and her two sons escape from her abusive husband with little more than their car and plan to start over in New York. After the car towed away, the family meets Alice, who gets them into an emergency shelter. While stealing food at a Russian restaurant called ‘Winter Palace’, Clara meets Marc, who has been given the chance to help the old eatery regain its former glory. The ‘Winter Palace’ soon becomes a place of unexpected encounters between people who are all undergoing some sort of crisis and whom fate has now brought together.

The true story of 20-year-old Colleen Stan, a hitchhiking woman abducted by a young couple and held captive for seven years, during which time she's tortured and forced to live as a slave to her captors.

A troubled young woman becomes obsessed with her mysterious new neighbor, who bears a striking resemblance to the girl's dead mother.

The legendary Roberto Duran and his equally legendary trainer Ray Arcel change each other's lives.

A former professional dancer volunteers to teach dance in the New York public school system and, while his background first clashes with his students' tastes, together they create a completely new style of dance. Based on the story of ballroom dancer, Pierre Dulane.

Minutes before leaving the floor that they have shared for years and ending their relationship, Gala and Marçal try to confront all those feelings that they have never been able to express.

Three stories about people at emotional moments in their lifes.

Actor Marc Berger is unhappy. In an interview, he explains why this is the case and why he feels he has never been loved.

One day the boy met a friend who understood him without words.

Yeonhee questions herself while being in a relationship with her boyfriend, Junhee. One day, she tries to meet a lesbian girl, Wonjin.

Gustavo and Sebas go on a journey to satisfy their hunger by venturing off towards their local McDonald's.

A man confronts his past during an experiment that attempts to find a solution to the problems of a post-apocalyptic world caused by a world war.

Kansas City 1959: When Andy's boyfriend leaves, Andy goes on a trip to confront him and discovers his lover's double life.

The 15 year old footballers Loris and Thomas are bored, and steal their trainer's mobile phone, where they discover photos of young footballers naked in the shower. Loris decided to use the pictures as a revenge.

Aaron, an apprehensive 18-year-old, is stuck. Stuck in a small town, helping his father in a job he hates. His life is soon turned upside-down when he meets Mike at a party. At first, Aaron denies his feelings but an unexpected kiss changes everything. As he enters into a hidden relationship with Mike, Aaron finds that some secrets are harder to keep than others. The more he explores his sexuality, the more he begins to consider the impact this may have on the rest of his life.

Video letter directed by Anne-Marie Faux on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the Côté Court Short Film Festival.

Love can seem beautiful, enviable and mutual always. But sometimes it seems so cold, painful and delusional to some couples. This is exactly what this couple show us; they face fights, and relationship problems. They show us how loving can hurt.

On a road trip with her younger sister, Charlie struggles to hide a secret addiction.

Daniel arrives at school wearing brand-new sneakers from America, gifted to him by his father. When he sees another boy wearing the same sneakers, he begins to suspect that their shoes are the key to a terrible secret.

Desperate for help, a woman in recovery asks an unlikely stranger on a dinner date.

Edouard has been living in Port-au-Prince with just his daughter Zara for five years. Since his wife left, his daughter and him have only received a cassette from her, and that was a long time ago. After years of absence, what can we expect from a distant love?

Having been recently discharged from rehab, 26-year-old Phoebe takes her young son on a road trip that will determine their future.

When a Latinx filmmaker is offered a dream job abroad, she discovers a supernatural way to navigate the U.S. immigration system and get the coveted travel permit she needs. But what seems like a magic solution soon shows unexpected consequences.

After her best friend dies, a woman sees visions of her friend appearing in the form of a portable toilet. She interacts with the toilet as if it is her deceased friend.

A 1950s Southern teen questions her faith and sexuality on the eve of her baptism when urged to repent her feelings for her best friend.