An aspiring author is offered the chance to be the front person for a literary hoax and discovers a far worse fate than rejection.
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Michelle Tea
Olive Clutch
Guinevere Turner
Kate Lady Luck
Clint Catalyst
Bell Wartock
Steven Reigns
The Actor
A vibrant anthology of LGBTQ+ short films and music videos that delve into the complexities of youth, identity, and desire. This diverse collection showcases a range of cinematic voices—both emerging and established—exploring the exhilaration, vulnerability, and confusion of coming-of-age through stories that celebrate queer love, self-discovery, and the breaking of societal boundaries. Blending narrative shorts, experimental visuals, and music-driven pieces, the anthology offers an evocative, multifaceted portrait of innocence transformed.
A man and his daughter, living in an isolated log cabin built in an open field near an inhospitable forest, are terrified by the mysterious mist rising from the trees.
The 12-year old Dolores, a feisty preteen desperate to be seen as a grown-up in 1976 suburbia is on her humiliating, hilarious journey from girlhood to growing up. She fantasizes about sex, womanhood, work... and Freddie Prinze. The girl thinks she's got the lowdown on being a woman, but when her overworked single mom Janice hires Cleo to babysit her world collides with the super cool black 16-year old's, each learns painful truths about what it really means to grow up.
In an inhospitable place, a boy and his family struggle for survival.
'Lukas & the Aspies' is a story about 12-year old Lukas. In many ways, Lukas is a normal kid: He plays in a band, hangs out with his friends and fights with his little brother. But Lukas' has also Asperger syndrome - and hence his own set of unique problems.
Sincho is a cruise ship clown who is evicted from his home without much money. He hallucinates about a lawyer who offers to help him. Homeless, Sincho decides to commit suicide rather than suffer on the streets.
8-year-old Jérémy is ready for a typical evening with his parents and little brother. But his mother’s behavior grows more and more unsettling.
A young college student reluctantly meets with her estranged father only to discover the truth about the events of the wild summer of '75 that drove them apart.
Three friends leave their small town to walk to Chicago, but find the tension among themselves rising.
Mourad is a young Moroccan man who lives alone on his parents' farm. After a meal, Mourad's family realizes that the scars of the past are beyond anything they could have imagined.
Amanda struggles to keep something inside as she spends the day taking pictures of her best friend.
A tragic comedy of a sweet little girl, who grows up to be a crazy old cat lady.
A woman makes a powerful connection with a surprising stranger on her 30th birthday.
A short animation by Makoto Shinkai in Lightwave 3D. Inspired by Haruki Murakami's book "Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World" with music by Tenmon.
A look at the challenges of living in a small Australian town, portrayed through the lens of a novelist and her teenage son.
When a young girl’s father is taken to hospital, a familial bond between her and her uncle is tested.
A heartwarming story delivered by the New Santa.
China, 1997. An unhappy marriage, a love affair and a child who holds all the secrets.
A bride walks on the desert. She takes off her bridal ornaments and turns into a harlot. A multitude of people crawl on their bellies, become sick and soon die. A volcano erupts. White ashes of lahar cover the earth. The bride remembers her betrothal and repents--symbolically paving the way for the resurrection of her people. A final bridal march into a new heaven and earth takes place.
A top lad recollects fights, friends and painting his toenails with his dad.
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.
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.
Jonas Cord is a disagreeable young tycoon who's building planes, directing films, and catting around on the corporate make in 1930s Hollywood.
A retired boxer intends to return to the ring for one last shot at the title, but first he must make the weight. Holed up in a room in Las Vegas with an unscrupulous trainer, he embarks on an intensive and illegal weight-cutting program.
The story of a young writer's transformation when her past invades her present.
A street smart runner develops an intense rivalry with an equally ambitious wealthy young athlete.
An optimistic, talented teen clings to a huge secret: she's homeless and living on a school bus. When tragedy strikes, can she learn to accept a helping hand?
A pro ball player with a substance abuse problem is forced into rehab in his hometown, finding new hope when he gets honest about his checkered past, and takes on coaching duties for a misfit Little League team
A pair of twin brothers from East L.A. choose to live their lives differently and end up on opposite sides of the law.
The relationship of a couple who meet by chance in New York City is put to the test when they encounter a life or death circumstance.
A disconnected teenage girl enters a relationship with a man twice her age. She sees him as the solution to all her problems, but his intentions are not what they seem.
A down-on-his-luck coach is hired to prepare a team of the best American dancers for an international tournament that attracts all the best crews from around the world, but the Americans haven't won in fifteen years.
The legendary Roberto Duran and his equally legendary trainer Ray Arcel change each other's lives.
Evangelist Carlton Pearson is ostracized by his church for preaching that there is no Hell.
Up-and-coming sports reporter rescues a homeless man ("Champ") only to discover that he is, in fact, a boxing legend believed to have passed away. What begins as an opportunity to resurrect Champ's story and escape the shadow of his father's success becomes a personal journey as the ambitious reporter reexamines his own life and his relationship with his family.
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.
A teenager faces an uphill battle when she fights to give women the opportunity to play competitive soccer.
Stanley manages his boxer brother Lion but when a devastating loss in the ring leaves the pair in debt, an opportunity to recoup the cash leads to a series of misadventures that threaten to break the bond between them.
American retired Judge Randall Nemes and his hired gun, Gaspar, track down a con man posing as a priest in a small Colombian town only to be thrown off-course by a scrappy 16-year-old girl intent on reuniting with her sister in the United States.
An urban love story set on the hard streets of the Bronx. A struggling female pimp, named Wednesday, grows up learning the game from her dad. Once he's gone she's left to look out for her prostitute mother and girlfriend Nikki.
