Rose fabricates her own version of a perfect fairy tale to escape the harsh reality of her life. When a mysterious visitor turns up she must choose between the safety of her own imagination and the acceptance of her true identity.
Esme Nichol
as Rose
Therese Collins
as Mrs. Stone
Tommy Knight
as Alex
Tosin Cole
as Jude
Brett Allen
as Dad
"Go Make Memories", is a short film which hopes to raise awareness of the ultra-rare and devastating group of genetic conditions, Niemann-Pick disease (NPD). By using a mixture of live action and animation the film explores the impact this rare condition has on those affected by it, by following the deterioration of the child and the subsequent emotional turmoil that comes hand in hand with such a diagnosis...especially when this is followed up with the suggestion by the family's doctor to simply, "Go Make Memories".
It's the mid-1930s, and brakeman Kvist has had enough of working on the train, jumped off, and started to walk on the train tracks in the middle of nowhere in Lapland, Northern Finland, hoping to find new work and adventures. Based on the novella by the famous Swedish author Eyvind Johnson.
The Housewife is a student-made short about a housewife, Susan, and her abusive husband, Harold.
The film deals with unexpected and unexplainable loss. Due to an accident, the life of a happy family turns into a larger-than-life tragedy.
A son inherits the unhealthy habits of his work-obsessed father to write the perfect student short story.
The tired man standing on the platform is 27-year-old Ayumu Ueno. Facing an unwelcome trip to his childhood home, he goes to light a cigarette. What he finds in his pocket, however, is a jujuba fruit. The shiny red skin brings back vague memories of his second mother, Rèn Shìróng. Born in the Sichuan province of China, jujuba fruits were her favorite snack. At the time, he didn’t want to call her “Mom,” so at his father’s suggestion, she became “Sis.” As he thinks back on Sis, past and present meet, drawing us into a world neither dream nor reality. –"People can never really understand each other. Thinking back, I feel this way because of my former mother-in-law. That time, when Kansai dialect and Sichuan Chinese flew back and forth around me and I called my mother Sis, is recreated on expired 8 millimeter film. The expiration date of the film used is the same year that she walked out on us."
Dysfunctional truth rap and suspended youth - the final skate between two best friends.
One day, Takuhiko Kitamura returns to his parents' house in Gifu. He notices a postcard sent to him by a classmate from his high school days and visits the place pictured on it. This is a drama depicting an exchange through postcards.
When 13-year-old Cricket walks past the local strip club with his friends, nothing can prepare him for who they see walking into work: his mom. With rumors starting to spread, Cricket must take matters into his own hands to clear his mom's name and prove that she isn't a stripper.
"Sodom's Cat" follows Sun, a young man adrift at a sex party, struggling to feel present as those around him lose themselves in pleasure.
Wallace, an obsessive college swimmer, navigates a swimming injury and romantic tensions with a teammate.
A friendship is at stake when love comes in the way. A hurtful conversation is overheard. The bond between two sisters breaks when a bloody secret is revealed. The girls' bathroom is a place full of conflict that forces the truth to the surface. But it is at the same time forgiving and accepting.
After rejecting unwanted advances from her husband’s mates, Monica is forced to defend herself against "The Testosterone Club". Fortunately, she's found the perfect recipe for a little revenge.
Elle, 78, doesn't like Sámi people—even though she is Sámi. Pressured by her son, she returns north for her sister's funeral. When she realizes he's planned for them to stay with their relatives, Elle checks into a hotel.
Part work of ethereal realism, part dance film, this contemporary-set short follows a young man facing the probability of an HIV+ diagnosis.
Daniel a dad who lost his son recently by depressed self killing creates a paradise in Earth for the suicidal people to have their wishes before killing themselves
