Recess

When a brilliant nine-year-old working in a sweatshop gets a chance to attend school, she must make a difficult choice for her and her sister's future.

At Phoenix Progressive School, students take notes lying on parlor couches and are encouraged to explore their gifts through electives like break-dancing and graphic-novel writing. In the midst of all this liberal pedagogy and budding talent, Molly Maxwell feels unexceptional, until she falls for her attractive English teacher, Ben.

Kate has been absent from high school for a week due to a fractured foot. Upon returning, she discovers that her clique of friends has devised a new, secret plan codenamed "Lick the Star."

Nola grew up living in a van with her father, Clint—two nomads against the world. When tragedy strikes, Nola must confront the reality of life on the road alone, learning to own her grief, her past, and her new destination.

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

Vincent, an artist with unresolved inner demons, meets a mysterious girl who helps him come to terms with his creative legacy… and eventual death.

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

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

In 1958 New York Diane Arbus is a housewife and mother who works as an assistant to her husband, a photographer employed by her wealthy parents. Respectable though her life is, she cannot help but feel uncomfortable in her privileged world. One night, a new neighbor catches Diane's eye, and the enigmatic man inspires her to set forth on the path to discovering her own artistry.

A teenager faces an uphill battle when she fights to give women the opportunity to play competitive soccer.

Katy McLaughlin desires to work on her family's mountainside horse ranch, although her father insists she finish boarding school. Katy finds a mustang in the hills near her ranch. The headstrong 16 year old then sets her mind to tame a mustang and prove to her father she can run the ranch. But when tragedy happens, it will take all the love and strength the family can muster to restore hope.

Young teen girl Xiu Xiu is sent away to a remote corner of the Sichuan steppes for manual labor in 1975 (sending young people to there was a part of Cultural Revolution in China). A year later, she agrees to go to even more remote spot with a Tibetan saddle tramp Lao Jin to learn horse herding.

A jaded mother makes a last-ditch effort to keep her family together by taking them on a trip to their teenage daughter’s pole dancing competition.

Sophomore year has been a nightmare for Jessica Burns. Relentlessly harassed by her former friend Avery Keller, Jessica doesn't know what she did to deserve the abuse from one of South Brookdale High's most popular and beautiful students. But when a shocking event changes both of their lives, a documentary film crew, a hidden digital camera, and the attention of a reeling community begin to reveal the powerful truth about A Girl Like Her.

When fifteen-year-old Tyson attends public school for the first time, his life is changed forever. While helping his father clean up after the football team, Tyson befriends champion marathon runner Aklilu. Never letting his autism hold him back, Tyson becomes determined to run his first marathon in hopes of winning his father's approval. With the help of an unlikely friend and his parents, Tyson learns that with faith in yourself and the courage to take the first step, anything is possible.

Feeling awkward and isolated, an imaginative and strong-willed teenage girl runs away from home with an older punk rock drifter.

In New York City, a young girl is caught in the middle of her parents' bitter custody battle.

A poor, struggling South Carolinian mother and daughter face painful choices with their resolve and pride. Bone, the eldest daughter, and Anney her tired mother, grow both closer and farther apart: Anney sees Glen as her last chance.

After returning home to his long-estranged mother upon a request from her deathbed, a man raised by his parents in an orphanage has to confront the childhood memories that have long haunted him.

Alone in her empty flat, from her window Anne observes the people passing by who nervously snatch up the personal belongings and pieces of furniture she has put out on the pavement. Her final gesture of taking a ring off her finger signals she is leaving her previous life in Holland behind. She goes to Ireland, where she chooses to lead a solitary, wandering existence, striding through the austere landscapes of Connemara. During her travels, she discovers a house that is home to a hermit, Martin.

A pilot navigates a storm. Inspired by the book by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. Shot on an iPhone XS.

A young woman finds herself alone in the house of her late mother where an unsettling and sinister presence emerges. Short, remade full length in 2012.

Ilmari is escaping snowy Finland to go skateboarding in Barcelona, but a quiet evening at a house party escalades into misunderstandings, arguments and too many “second opinions”.

The Force That Through The Green Fire Fuels The Flower, a contemporary silent film follows a man through a journey of memories in the course of one night. During one drunken night at a bar, vivid flashbacks of his life come back to him making him realize that memories may appear in unexpected forms.

After a year of separation, a young Taiwanese American girl and her mom struggle to reconnect with her dad and two older sisters across familial and cultural divides.

In the midst of a climatic apocalypse, Sol and Alex live in a shelter adapted for their survival. When the system that provides them with oxygen begins to fail, their fears and ghosts become present. Facing the imminent end, they find comfort in one another, accompanying each other on their last day of their lives.

The various moods and problems of adolescents during puberty are highlighted. Even the most intimate problems of the main characters are portrayed in a sensitive manner.

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.

A short film based on Dusko Radovic writings.

Michael has a one night stand with his boss Geena and when trouble ensues.

A modern horror adaptation of an old Scandinavian folktale.

In a game of dominoes, a young man has a conversation with his younger self in an open field. During their conversation, the young man reminisces about his past with his younger self, missing all the good times he's had, but also the not-so-good times.

A young woman named Yeon-hee is traveling to Pyongyang with a coach full of elderly people. As she flips through old photographs, she remembers telling her husband Min-woo that she wouldn't allow him to "cross over" to North Korea given the political situation of the day. But Min-woo left anyway and never returned home, and their marriage was torn apart by the Korean War. Now, sixty years after the division of Korea, she looks forward to reuniting with her beloved Min-woo again.

A young boy thinks his new goldfish is gay, much to the horror of his conservative father.

Johnny Hardwick (Douglas MacLean) is the owner of the fastest horse in the next race. Although it's almost guaranteed that he will win big, Hardwick ruins his chance by saving a little girl who has run out onto the track. The child's father shows his gratitude later on when he offers Hardwick a job as a clerk in his hotel -- Hardwick has been forced to flee after a fight in a roadhouse.

Curious little Afonya wants to know EVERYTHING in the world! And it is completely beyond him why his old grandfather sleeps all day. Based on a short story by A.P. Platonov

A short film inspired by the book "Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets" of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Sáenz.

Arthur studies at the library of his high school. Sarah, near him, looks at him with interest. Nothing prepared them for what awaited them, behind the door.

Sergio and Octavio discover each other in a game between seduction and desire during a night of celebration. At daybreak, each will have a piece of the other: their joint gay moments.