RÍO AL SUR (2023)

Happy People

After recovering from an attempted suicide, a high schooler named Autumn struggles with her attempt’s repercussions on her family and friends. However, in struggling to heal, she comes to recognize her second chance and learns to appreciate the beautiful mess of a life everyone lives.

Bondi Boy

Radhesh, a high school student in Sydney’s affluent Bondi, betrays close relationships and his own self worth in order to claw his way up the social ladder.

Instinct

After a diving excursion in the middle of the ocean, Lindsey is viciously sexually assaulted by Bruce, her instructor. She fends him of and they fall overboard into the water. Bruce grabs her and sinks her to the depths of the ocean. In this spiral of violence, she has no way to breathe.

Blade Runner

In the smog-choked dystopian Los Angeles of 2019, blade runner Rick Deckard is called out of retirement to terminate a quartet of replicants who have escaped to Earth seeking their creator for a way to extend their short life spans.

Grease Trap

Determined to break free from her insignificant role as a bread-toasting line cook, Annie's inventive spirit clashes with Chef Louie's strict rules, sparking a culinary clash that challenges the restaurant’s status quo and ignites her own journey of self-discovery. As Annie navigates the chaos of the kitchen, she unearths the memories of her father's teachings, using them as inspiration to transform her outlook and prove that her creativity is more than just a garnish.

Momo and the Seven Papagenos

Twenty-five-year-old Momo has friends. Her parents live some distance away, but they sometimes get together to dine out. She dates an acceptable guy, and they share drinks at home. She apologizes to unreasonable clients over the phone at work and hones her ability to keep things civil with coworkers at drinks after work. This perfectly ordinary life means Momo doesn't immediately notice a nagging feeling: "I want to die." For her, it's a phrase she must never say aloud. One summer, unable to bear the thought of the coming Monday, Momo takes a day off from work. She begins to visit other people who struggle with thoughts of suicide, but have discovered alternatives and choose to live instead. She connects with these "Papagenos" through social media. Over the course of her difficult journey, Momo herself begins to discover other choices beyond death.

She Said

New York Times reporters Megan Twohey and Jodi Kantor break one of the most important stories in a generation — a story that helped launch the #MeToo movement and shattered decades of silence around the subject of sexual assault in Hollywood.

The Unnamable

A cryptic young creature takes the train from Dublin to Sandycove, confronting ideas of a splintered self-image, loneliness, and being seen in a fundamentally blind world.

STIMULANT

A desperate student races against the clock to find a specific coffee in order to finish his essay before midnight.

The Art In Anguish

Josh Thomas is an artist grieving the loss of his wife, channelling inner turmoil into art. When presented with an opportunity, Josh must decide whether he’s selling art or his emotions.

First Day of School

A documentary about an Iranian boy's first day of school. The beginning of hardships and understanding the realities of life, and perhaps unwanted pain and suffering.

The Lost Bus

A determined father risks everything to rescue a dedicated teacher and her students from a raging wildfire.

The Girls with the Red Ribbons

Jeta is a student who is a member of the illegals and tries to create a group of antifascist girls in her school.

Connection

The biggest boxing fight of 1960 takes an unexpected turn with the help of a powerful twin connection.

OTEP The Dreamer

Embarking on a remarkable journey, Otep, a 16-year-old high school boy, faces a challenging narrative of education. It is where resources are as scarce as they are essential: as simple as a paper to write on and a pento write with. Realizing that his brother’s efforts in yielding meager wages will not make the cut in reaching for his dreams, Otep makes it his compass, resolving to carve his own destiny.

3 Idiots

Rascal. Joker. Dreamer. Genius... You've never met a college student quite like "Rancho." From the moment he arrives at India's most prestigious university, Rancho's outlandish schemes turn the campus upside down—along with the lives of his two newfound best friends. Together, they make life miserable for "Virus," the school’s uptight and heartless dean. But when Rancho catches the eye of the dean's daughter, Virus sets his sights on flunking out the "3 idiots" once and for all.

Fighting Elegy

Kiroku boards with a Roman Catholic family and falls for the daughter Michiko. He ignores his feelings, joins a gang, gets in fights and, eventually, becomes involved with the radical Kita Ikki group.

I Saw the TV Glow

Teenager Owen is just trying to make it through life in the suburbs when his classmate Maddy introduces him to a mysterious TV show — a vision of a supernatural world beneath their own. In the pale glow of the television, Owen’s view of reality begins to crack.

Pines

A man returns to the burnt forest where he last saw his brother.

A Jellyfish Who is Afraid of the Ocean

Robin is a bit clumsy in life and struggles socially. When he finally gets a friend, Lilly, it becomes difficult for him to cope with the fact that his one friend has more friends than just him.

ViewFinder

A student film in which an emotionally troubled teenager meets a spiritual being named Corinthians, and is shown the existence of love. The trouble is, he won't hear Corinthians' words.

Dear David

A secret fantasy blog might jeopardize the promising future of Laras, a talented student, when the blog is revealed to her entire school.

Tow

After her car is towed and she is left with a shocking $21,634 tow bill, an unhoused woman wages a relentless fight to reclaim her car—and her life—exposing a broken system and redefining what it means to persevere against all odds.

I Know When You Dead

Siena is able to see signs that people will die. The sign appeared on Brama, someone she loves. Siena tries hard to prevent Brama's death.

71 Fragments of a Chronology of Chance

71 scenes revolving around multiple Viennese residents who are by chance involved with a senseless gun slaughter on Christmas Eve.

The Love Effect

The journey of two men wrestling with loss, suicide and their unexpected friendship that helps them rediscover life's greatest gift.

Blue Valentine

Dean and Cindy live a quiet life in a modest neighborhood. They appear to have the world at their feet at the outset of the relationship. However, his lack of ambition and her retreat into self-absorption cause potentially irreversible cracks in their marriage.

Call Sign "Banderas"

In the autumn of 2014, in the ATO zone, an intelligence group headed by experienced captain Anton Saienko (called by nickname "Banderas") tries to prevent sabotage and neutralize the Russian saboteur.

Men, Women and Children & Others

Two gender confused youth question the binary that surrounds their every day.

I Remember

A high school student faces uncertainty when presented with the thought of growing up. As he delves into his memories, he uncovers the blissful childhood that once was.

Our 30-Minute Sessions

College student Sota picks up a cassette tape left behind by musician Aki when he died a year ago. When the tape is played back, Aki takes over Sota's body for just 30 minutes. They share the same body and rush to reunite a band that split up and bring a smile to Aki's girlfriend Kana's face.

Beyond the Blackboard

Inspired by a true story, “Beyond the Blackboard” is about a 24-year-old first-time teacher who makes a difference in the lives of the homeless children she teaches in a shelter’s makeshift classroom. Set in 1987 in Albuquerque, New Mexico, this movie tells the story a brand-new teacher and Mom who is given a tougher than expected teaching job and winds up teaching homeless children in a school that is housed in a room and called, literally, The School with No Name. She has some personal prejudicial hurdles to cross before she is able to be a true teacher for these children and of course there are hurdles like the lack of books and supplies.

Stucked

The hard, sad and routine life of a student causes him to have to take action.

Forever A Never

Two best friends, about to marry others, write wedding speeches for each other, reflecting on what it truly means to love and if they’ve been expressing it right all along.

Son

Through one last voicemail, a son reflects on his memories with his father.

Rob Peace

An underprivileged, gifted young black man from Newark reaches Yale University, only for shadows and injustices from his past to threaten his future.

Kintsugi

Kylie, a college nursing student troubled and traumatized by the recent events of her passing boyfriend, learns to find peace and strength through an ancient practice from the relationships around her.