THERE WAS, THERE WAS NOT follows four women in the Republic of Artsakh, an unrecognized country facing the aftermath of one war and the threat of another. As they build lives of hope and resilience, war disrupts their world once again, forcing them to take up arms or flee as refugees. Their journeys reflect a homeland lost and the enduring power of storytelling to preserve...

I Am Somebody is the inspiring story about six street-connected children who represent their country at the Street Child World Cup in Qatar, which will change their lives...

A Californian backpacker travels to Buenos Aires to pay homage to the Argentine pirate who conquered his hometown of Monterey in 1818. Along the way, he becomes entangled in a polyamorous relationship with a gang of young actors who plot to kidnap the U.S....

Alvin has just come out of prison, he is on parole and is starting to work at a tool and die workshop in Staten Island. He lives in a project with his grandmother, who has feeble health. He keeps a low profile, avoiding reconnecting with the crowd who ended up with him in prison. His mother, who he has not seen for many years, unexpectedly calls asking for help: she needs money to bail her out of prison. To appease his grandmother’s anxiety and worried for her deteriorating health, Alvin...

An inmate is relinquished into the care of his prison guard. He gets his fix of heroin which is used to combat his violent werewolf transformations so he is unable to harm...

Jim is going insane, he has been in the hospital forever. When the doctor finally arrives with his tests, the results are unexpected. A matter of laugh or...

In the remote Darién Gap rainforest, indigenous communities face an existential threat to their way of life and the ecosystem upon which they rely. When a rare Harpy Eagle nest is discovered near their community, the Emberá tribe of Playa Muerto find an unlikely ally. By protecting their lands and the Eagle's habitat, they can benefit from the ecotourism she attracts, and reconnect with their own traditional heritage. This film is an exploration of this renewed relationship between the tribe...

Ashley Solis is a high school senior who must divide her time between school and supporting her family as a second-generation Mexican American. Located in a California working class town, the harshness of agricultural labor in the strawberry fields shares a stark contrast with the beautiful nature and relationship to her spiritual ancestral upbringing. This film documents Ashley’s life guided by the spirit world through her hardships and joys in modern...

The Tallahassee Unified Family Court (Florida) specialises in judicial cases involving minors. It is the only court in the United States that deals with matters relating to children and parents. The families are summoned to this court when accused of abuse, abandon or negligence in regard to the minors. The objective of this court according to the Law is to reunite families as quickly and safely as possible. The movie takes its inspiration from the words of James Baldwin: “If one really wants...

During the lockdown, everyone in Spain shows their gratitude to the health care workers by applauding from their windows at 8pm. Greg would like to join them but he’s too busy solving an international online relationship...

During a therapy session, conducted by the prestigious psychiatrist Patrice Allen, the mentally unstable patient Kenneth reveals that he killed his own father when he was a teenager, to protect her mother and himself from his abuses. Soon Dr. Allen finds out that Kenneth is emotionally connected to her neglected daughter, who’s dealing with severe drug issues, and he blames her for...

A young boy, Anselmo, faces his fears of bullies and his drunk abusive father. He escapes reality by reading his comic-book "The Mighty Blitz" and learns to stand up for himself with the help of his...

In 1998, Zoilamerica accused her adoptive father of rape and sexual abuse. Almost 20 years later, she lives in exile while caring for her 10-year-old son. Her adoptive father is Daniel Ortega, leader of the Sandinista revolution and current president of...

As part of an experimental therapy, a depressed employee must navigate his office job with a personal narrator who speaks aloud his every...

Five elite female athletes fight for acceptance and recognition in the sport they love - that continues to exclude girls and women. This is the story of women in baseball, fighting for a "league of their...

A lonely beautician suffering from the onset of menopause is encouraged by her young client to pursue a love interest. The two women, youthful and aging, find unexpected insight in the advice of the...

With only a 5th grade education, Jabulile Ndaba, a tall black woman with a contagious sense of humor, never thought of herself as a manager. Now she is a leader-in-training at a women’s project near Johannesburg. The project, Kopanang, enables women to earn money through embroidery -- and enables Jabulile to learn management skills. Jabulile is the sole provider for her large family. Her husband drinks away his earnings at the local bar. When Jabulile discovers that their teenage son has...

A convict awaiting death who doesn’t jump at an opportunity for rescue doesn’t make sense. Unless he has another...

Gioula lives a simple life on her olive farm on the Greek coast. When a golf resort destined for wealthy foreigners threatens to change her entire world, she fights...

Judgment comes to a man who must reckon with the state of his unfulfilled life. He must physically confront the commonplace clichés that most of us tell ourselves instead of following our dreams. He will either waste his life in his humdrum existence or he will break through the walls of conformity and climb his personal...

In a remote town where gypsies come and go, Roberta receives a call about her husband’s sudden death. She becomes consumed with the uncertainty of her...

Sparked by backlash to a neo-Nazi rally and a stream of strict anti-immigrant laws passing in the state of Arizona, a group of activists organizes to build Phoenix Allies for Community Health, a unique free clinic serving undocumented immigrants. The film follows their journey, delves into the heart and history of the clinic, and chronicles the poignant stories of undocumented patients as well as their courage and...

Alterations is a short comedy that follows J, an adolescent trans woman previously known as Jesus, as she sets out to reconnect with her amnesic mother for the first time presenting as a...

Nick, 35, has cerebral palsy and still lives with his parents. His loyal twin brother Chris has always felt guilty about the daily struggles Nick goes through, which he doesn’t. As Nick finally gets his wish to move out on his own, Chris has to deal with his own fears and feelings about this...

A documentary film about the origins, development and expansion of one of the most elitist and secret organizations in today's world: The Bilderberg...

Francesca celebrates years and wants to carry out her true desire. That will lead her to raise a premeditated revenge on the incest of her father for that uses as an accomplice the whole...

Six Middle-Aged women are learning to live with chronic pain and the associated symptoms of Fibromyalgia (FMS), but nothing compares to living with the shame that comes with this gender specific illness. In a general context of suspicion they live misdiagnosed, overmedicated and accused of exaggerating and faking their disease, but when they meet Dr. Palop and his team of humanist doctors things start to change. Shedding light over the patriarchal structures still operating within spanish...

Louis scapes from Amber's relationship looking for his new tinder target, Jennifer. This time he only can arrive there by Uber with Peter driving. Although these are not his only intentions in this trip, that changes their destiny...

The story of the struggle of a small African community against a factory that poisoned their lives with lead, a killer industry operating across Africa in front of the eyes of careless governments and global...

Lori, a Syrian-Armenian girl living in Armenia, believes her father is taking her on a summer trip. When she learns that her family is really leaving Armenia after already fleeing the war in Syria, she tries whatever she can to stay in a place that has great meaning for...

Michael Ta’Bon spent 15 years in prison, where he promised himself that one day he would start a movement to prevent young people from repeating his mistakes. Now married and with two kids, his fierce commitment to community activism may ultimately cost him his...

The film is the result of the intersection between a series of interviews with people that live in Harlan today and the voices from the past gathered by Alessandro Portelli. While the places are the same, the themes, though connected, are often in opposition. Today's Harlan is facing the crisis of the ming industry and, as a result, poverty, crime, social isolation, and drugs are on the...

A documentary that approaches polyamory from the intimate point of view of an Afro-American family who decided to live an authentic life without denying the option of diversity in their love and...

Love in Porn is an insider's look into the romantic lifes of those that succeed in the world of adult...

Californian farmer Jesus Ramos was born in Mexico City and migrated with his family to the U.S. for a better life. He picked oranges in his youth and worked his way up to owning a 140-acre orange farm. As extreme drought wreaks havoc on the American West, Ramos finds himself on the front lines of a water shortage that threatens the future of his farm, his family and his community. As agricultural communities struggle while big coastal urban centers boom, farmers are cutting their losses and...

A short film about how technology has changed the way we...

Jason lives hidden in the room of a hotel with fear of coming out. He can only trusts his girlfriend Lila. Lila takes him to a friend's house in the desert, where an unexpected guest makes him too many questions. Jason´s confidence in Lila begins to...

It's a quiet Sunday morning in an up-and-coming Brooklyn neighborhood. Naive manchild Johnny stumbles upon an anonymous box in the middle of his dead-end block. The other residents of Schenectady Street gather to nervously investigate. What's in it, and who left it? Johnny struggles to convince his ridiculous neighbors that a mysterious box left in the middle of their street doesn't prove one of them is a...

Michael Thomasson has spent a lifetime amassing the world's largest video game collection. Now, with his mother sick and facing an enormous mortgage, Michael put his collection up for sale and hope that someone will pay enough to cover his...

After a mysterious synaptic connection beyond scientific explanation, two women, Clara and Gio establish a dreamlike relationship that leads them to share their deepest dreams and hidden desires during a coma. Two strangers who have never met in reality are finally given the opportunity that they, subconsciously, have always craved: to love another woman. A journey through their extraordinary dates, scattered throughout the dream world, will end in one final and significant encounter, where the...