Mother Tongue (2024)

Dawn

On an evening commute, Tye detects racism from another passenger's glance. In revenge, he decides to follow and confront the man. Tye's preconceived notion of race and sexuality are tested when he discovered that his younger brother is gay, and the victim is in fact his younger brother's lover.

My Biggest Distraction is That I Get Distracted

The only thing more distracting than love, is the thought of love. You start to lose focus on what's important and you start making more bad decisions than you ever had before. It sounds like a dead end but you can bounce back if you realize what is more important, the uncertain future with someone or the good times that you're having now.

Salmon

Transformed into a salmon, an Indigenous street artist travels through decayed urban landscapes to the forests of long ago, in this sublime mixed animation.

Sliver

A woman moves into an apartment in Manhattan and learns that the previous tenant's life ended mysteriously after they fell from the balcony.

Monkey-Love, Please Hold

An offbeat dark comedy that follows the life of the reclusive, karaoke loving and heartbroken Ben. But when he receives an unsolicited package from a mysterious delivery man, his stale dreary life is turned upside down, taking him on a wild ride that brings a new love into his life.

Somniphobia

A doctor with the ability to visit people's dreams helps a young woman confront the terrifying reality of her nightmare

Same Difference

Twin brothers Leon and Noel share their parents, their school and their bunk bed. But when Leon becomes interested in Abi and Abi becomes interested in Noel, a love triangle threatens to tear the twins apart - until Noel makes a declaration of his own.

Hysterical Sisters

"Hysterical Sisters" is an artistic and abstract poem about the chronic menstrual illnesses Adenomyosis and Endometriosis, that visualises the daily struggles of affected people. Adenomyosis is often described as the "evil sister" of Endometriosis - and vice versa. Two personified illnesses, that cause immense suffering and debilitating pain. Since loneliness, shame and a lack of understanding shape the lives of many affected people, the short film aims to raise awareness, break taboos and ultimately show sufferers they're not alone.

Under Your Fingers

The day of the cremation of her grand mother, Emilie, a young mixed-race Asian girl, buries herself into her grandmother memories. She discovers the Indochina of Hoa, her romantic encounter with Jacques (a French colon), the birth of Linh (Emilie's mother) and her tragic departure to France in 1956. She relives with Linh the arrival into the camp of Sainte-Livrade, the exploitation of the Indochinese women by the market gardeners of Lot-et-Garonne. Between memories, dance, anger and traditional rituals, Emilie learns to accept this heritage.

Dandelion

Ingrid, a teenager who lives in a small town in Mexico, faces a reality in which others decide for her, forcing her to experience situations that put her life at risk and leave her vulnerable at a very young age. With the help of her best friend, Brenda, and against the complicit silence of the town, Ingrid will have to make decisions that will completely change the course of her life.

Fight on a Swedish Beach!!

A western Swedish beach during high summer. A variety of people come together to socialise and enjoy the heat. A family with children, a watercolour artist, a group of upper middle-aged friends and a bunch of middle school adolescents. The situation that arises will be called Fight on a Swedish Beach on Youtube.

Confidences

Wedding invitations are about to be mailed when Casey abruptly calls off the wedding sending her fiancé, Clay, into a tailspin. Clay's best friend Reggie breaches the sanctity of their friendship to bring Clay face to face with what his 'business as usual' approach toward Casey has fostered and what he must do to correct it.

The Christmas Carol

A Christmas Carol was a 1949 syndicated, black and white television special narrated by Vincent Price.

Alive

Victoria is disabled and yearns for intimacy, so her assistant Ida offers to help by making a Tinder profile. Victoria gets a match, but the guy she is matching with is very shady, and Ida worries about what might happen if they meet.

Episodes in the Life of a Gin Bottle

A gin bottle is personified with a spirit. As the gin bottle changes hands the spirit of the bottle tempts the various possessors to take a drink. A pro-prohibition movie, the story exemplifies the tragedies of drinking.

Tsuyako

In postwar Japan, Tsuyako, a factory worker and mother, must decide between duty and love, her family and her freedom.

Los Hijos de Dios

1525. In the midst of the Spanish conquest of America, an idealistic friar plans, along with other soldiers of the crown, to escape from a devastating expedition that only seeks riches.

Las Frías Sobras

Capital is dead labor that, like a vampire, lives only by sucking up living labor; and the longer it lives, the more work it sucks.

Hora Petrolera

Alberto, a collective taxi driver, observes through the lives that pass through his car, the beauty hidden in the decadence of the oil city where he works.

Bro

Bro is the story of Jamal and AJ, two brothers in NYC. Jamal returns home from prison to see a different world and a younger brother following in his footsteps. Their lives collide into a day they wont forget.

Shackles

The discharge of the nuclear sewage has brought great crisis to the environment. A particular mermaid becomes victim to it all.

Safety Net

12-year-old Terry is in emergency care with guardians after his mother’s arrest. Cheeky and living with a disability, he outwits one guardian and connects with the other in a surprising way.

Can

Andrés, who lives with his grandmother in a decadent mansion, decides to become a dog in order to overcome his moral prejudices so that he can commit a horrible act.

Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown

Pepa resolves to kill herself with a batch of sleeping-pill-laced gazpacho after her lover leaves her. Fortunately, she is interrupted by a deliciously chaotic series of events.

Turkish Gothic: Portrait of a Family

An upper-class family who wants to have a picture of their family made meet with a famous painter. In this process, the painter, who witnessed the inner dynamics of the family, helps these people to face their own reality through painting.

Exposure

As a young couple fights for survival in the harsh California desert, they confront the choices that brought them to a crossroads in their relationship.

Shadow Puppets

Set in Israel during the 80's, a young boy's role model uncle - a shadow puppet artist - is slowly losing his mind, drawn ever deeper into a web of Local folklore, Israeli Ethos, and unearthly puppetry.

A World for Raúl

When thirteen-year-old Raúl is asked to entertain the local landowner's son, a game of power and pride starts between the two boys.

Il contrappasso

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As They Slept

Eleanor and Margaret are childhood friends. After one semester spent apart at universities, they get together for an evening in the city, testing their friendship.