The Day When Phoenix Flowers Blossomed

Mother Tongue

A young speech therapist disconnected from her Tongan heritage lies about her Tongan language skills to get a job. Out of her depth, she must find a way to communicate or risk her patient’s life.

The Masterpiece

Leo and Diana, a wealthy couple, meet Salif and Yousef, two scrap dealers, at a recycle center. Offering them more junk, Diana invites them to their mansion, but the immigrants actually might be the ones with something she wants.

The Lost Season

As the world experiences its final winter, desperate measures to hold onto the season awaken a radical labor consciousness.

Thirstygirl

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

Grace

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.

The Looming Cloud

Three siblings return home after their mother’s death and face their most daunting task: figuring out how to post about it on social media.

The Bleacher

The disappearance of her sock at a local laundromat sends a fragile Rita over the edge. Hellbent on finding it, she searches deep and gets sucked into a washing machine, entering an otherworldly cycle from which she may never escape.

Augusta Makes Herself Beautiful

Augusta tries everything in order to make herself look beautiful.

MUFFA

Jake Gyllenhaal Challenges the Winner of the Nobel Peace Prize

A remixed narrative that combines two Jake Gyllenhaal films (Donnie Darko and Jarhead) with news footage of former President Barack Obama.

Into the Stream

A psychological drama for the media-saturated age. In a world of viral videos, memes, and fake news, where cats ride skateboards and people get struck by lightning, one man erodes the boundary between online and real.

The Astronaut

A man suffering from dementia asks his son to help him fly to the moon so he can say goodbye to his late wife. Manuel Trotta and Luigi Sciamanna star in this award-winning short film.

invisible string

Believing love has departed from her life, an emotional dependent immigrant runs into a new girl and they find out they have a lot in common, including their final destination.

Squares

An abstract computer-generated film. The image is of squares revolving in space around and through each other. Colors and forms multiply and divide against a beautiful symphonic score by George Kleinsinger.

Minha Primeira Memória

Busuru

Lins came from the interior of Bahia and now faces difficulties reconnecting with his origins.

Hummingbird’s Wings

Experimental Short bridging the gap between live action and animation, documentary and poetry.

Harvey

A man without his own half of the body is looking for the other half in the opposite sex. As for the integrity of his body, so for the sake of emotional healing.

The Job

THE JOB follows Jeff, a washed-up cyclist, who gets a job requiring him to bike alone in a concrete room for hours. The walls are bare; there is not even a clock to keep time. His stationary bicycle is wired from the rear wheel to the back wall. Jeff demands answers from his coworker, Bruce. "Where do the wires go?" "Don't ask questions." What's on the other side of the wall?

The Mess He Made

A man spends 15 minutes waiting for the results of a Rapid HIV Test.