Since You Left

As he copes with the death of his fiancee along with her parents, a young man must figure out what he wants out of life.

Laura and Simon have been best friends since college. Over the years, they've realized their bond is more than platonic. Can they—and should they—risk everything to explore a love that has existed all along?

Bridger is a young outsider who's always wanted more. He and his mother flee an abusive home, eventually finding a small town in the middle of nowhere. Once there, Bridger finds true acceptance with another misfit.

Trying to put her life back together after the death of her husband, Libby and her children move to her estranged Aunt's goat farm in central Texas.

A 17 year old finds out that his girlfriend is dying, so he sets out to give her an entire life, in the last year she has left.

Captives of the very relationships that define and sustain them, nine women resiliently meet the travails and disappointments of life.

New parents Adrienne and Matteo are forced to reckon with trauma amidst their troubled relationship. They must revisit the memories of their past and unravel haunting truths in order to face their uncertain future.

Clare and Aidan make a pact to break up before college — no regrets, no broken hearts. But will one epic goodbye date offer them a last chance at love?

A tough, street-smart kid serving a sentence in a state youth reformatory meets a beautiful, innocent girl studying at a nearby convent. When forbidden love blossoms between them, they must fight the prison authorities, their parents and the law.

A U.S. soccer star suffers a career-threatening injury in the run-up to the World Cup, and during his recovery, embarks on an epic romance with a Russian single mom.

A car accident and shifting affections test the bond between a married couple.

A pair of former high school sweethearts reunite after many years when they return to visit their small hometown.

An aspiring musician agrees to a marriage of convenience with a soon-to-deploy Marine, but a tragedy soon turns their fake relationship all too real.

A novelist is blinded in a car crash that killed his wife and several years later rediscovers his passion for life and writing when he embarks on an affair with the neglected wife of an indicted businessman.

Remi and Barnes, two very different teenagers, meet by chance in the winter of their senior year, then spend four days together over the course of a year that will change their lives forever.

A suburban architect loves his wife but is bored with his marriage and with his work, so he takes up with the neglected, married beauty who lives down the street.

In contemporary Los Angeles, two millennials navigating a social media–driven hookup culture begin a relationship that pushes both emotional and physical boundaries.

Shaw Landon has loved Rule Archer from the moment she laid eyes on him. Rule, a fiery-tempered rebel tattoo artist, doesn’t have time for a good girl pre-med student like Shaw — even if she’s the only one who can see the person he truly is. She lives by other people’s rules; he makes his own. But a short skirt, too many birthday cocktails, and spilled secrets lead to a night neither can forget. Now, Shaw and Rule must figure out how a girl like her and a guy like him are supposed to be together without destroying their love…or each other.

A pregnant New York social worker begins to develop romantic feelings for her gay best friend, and decides she'd rather raise her child with him, much to the dismay of her overbearing boyfriend.

A single mother and an incarcerated man forge an unlikely bond through heartfelt letters, unlocking a door to redemption, hope and love against all odds.

"A socially anxious college student reluctantly heads to a party attempting to make new friends. Nande Walters directs “Who Are You Really?”, an experimental portrait of insecurity characterized by a raw, youthful energy. Anya walks into the room and immediately feels like everyone is judging her. Eventually she strikes up a conversation with a young man, but neither really knows what to say and it doesn’t go anywhere. After struggling through the awkward night, she’s surprised to learn that an extroverted friend didn’t fare much better. Walters is only 19 years old, one of the youngest we’ve ever featured on NoBudge, and her film is the work of an artist still learning her craft but she clearly knows the feeling she’s after and captures it with pops of style and a touching closing monologue." -Kentucker Audley

After a career-ending injury, Dan Greentree and his wife find themselves at odds over their future. As tensions rise and painful truths surface, their love is tested like never before. But beneath the anger and uncertainty, one thing remains clear—they can’t bear to lose each other.

In this short film the director reflects on the feeling of being on the wrong path in your life, that you have no control over your own life. But coming to the conclusion, it's life, we all go through it, and without these moments of fall we don't learn to live.

Albert Minogue is a grieving father looking for spiritual reconciliation, instead he discovers a baby alien called Petey who he believes to be a reincarnation of his deceased son.

Four different but similar stories of four teenagers trying to escape a twisted, fragile, and empty society.

A young boy rides around his childhood village for the last time before moving away to a new town.

Hamish and London were lovers on the loneliest nights, forever dancing around each other's hearts. When London's desires became of him, he reached out to Hamish, only to find that their love wasn't black and white.

Following the sudden death of her conservative father, a transgender woman returns to her small Oklahoma hometown to help her estranged mother arrange the funeral, forcing both women to confront the painful choices that tore their family apart three years ago.

An introverted, lonely, obituary writer deals with mortality while navigating her own unfulfilled life.

Dulcima, treated as a drudge by her family, becomes a housekeeper to Parker, a curmudgeonly widower living in drunken disarray on a neighbouring farm. When she sees the amount of money he has stashed around the place, Dulcima is happy enough to indulge his growing desire for her, and a strange, yet mutually beneficial, relationship develops. But a handsome young gamekeeper, newly arrived on a nearby estate, also catches Dulcima's eye...

Erik is a university student struggling to find work in the games design industry. At home he battles living with his emotionally abusive and alcoholic mother who will stop at nothing to hinder his success.

A TV field producer travels to Catalina Island to film an interview with a retired fisherman, but as the shoot unfolds, unresolved pieces of his past begin to surface.

A brokenhearted young man has a strange encounter with a beautiful girl as their cars are parked in front of each other. The awkward situation soon turns into a tender moment, under the streetlights and a summer starry night.

Luca, a lonely young man, has lost touch with his surroundings and with who he once was. Amid drinks, music, and dancing, he will come face to face with Daniel, with whom he will feel an instant connection. Through their conversations, he will revisit his memories while battling his own mind.

Amidst the glitz and glamour of her chart-topping career, singer Melanie Buchinger retreats to the peaceful mountains, seeking to rediscover her true self and carve out a new path for her future.

A dreamy autumn picnic goes awry when it receives an unexpected visitor.