Hey Sweet Pea (2024)

Reminiscence: A Life Through the Lens

A visual essay on the stimuli that draw a bridge to past memories of my life; a real documentary about where I was and where I am, what I did and what I do; a reflection of the person I was and continue to be.

Limelight

Chicano first-year college filmmaker Joshua Trujillo carries the burden of three unfinished projects. Despite the setbacks in his career, his countless prayers to God have convinced him that this journey is one of divine purpose. With a bike to traverse the winding landscape toward recognition, Joshua embarks on a quest to craft a picture worthy of advancing his filmography into the limelight.

DisoVlog

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Quantum Suicide

The story of a physicist on a quest for the Grand Unifying Theory of Physics. In the process of his experiments he suffers radiation poisoning, loses his vision and alienates his partner, who leaves him. But in his obsession he finds clarity and the key to understanding our reality. There is one final test he must perform.

Saint Lucia

A slasher film centered around the Swedish celebration of Saint Lucy's Day.

Recap

A boy reflects on his summer break through a school assignment.

Madoc Under Attack!

A large, lizard-like monster emerges from Moira Lake and attacks the town of Madoc. The citizens of Madoc work together to end its tyranny.

JMG: The Movie

Before she can waste her life away to the vast internet, Jade Emjee is called by an upcoming game studio in dire need of new staff. However, as the more she starts to work there with her co-worker, Leonard Grimes, the more the truth behind the company and its CEO are revealed.

Café Chairel

Two lonely people cross paths while working in a coffee shop. Even with opposite personalities, they both want to move forward with the business which they use as a conduit to heal their wounds, even though they know nothing about coffee.

Art Gave the World a Voice

A young artist journals her surroundings in an attempt to discover the meaning of art.

Fragments of Us

As Louis prepares to move house; he relives memories of a past relationship, figuring out what went wrong and hopefully finding the key to moving on for good.

LOVE LOVE

Summer of 1999. Aspiring filmmaker Nik's search for love intertwines with a fantasy western he's writing, and Sapna, a visitor from India. As they navigate love, identity, and their pasts, they find the courage to embrace their future.

Mimic

A young couple makes one last ditch effort to recuperate their failing relationship. Taking an impromptu trip to a secluded camping location amidst dense woods they soon make shocking discoveries.

FRIDA!

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Nothing Unusual

In Japan, Rokurokubi are known to be like Vampires. They're known to be dangerous Yokai for committing horrible deeds... Except for one.

Mr. Yanagi’s Aliens

Two public broadcast employees, tired of their dead-end jobs, set out to make a documentary proving aliens exist in a small Minnesotan farming community.

Those That Go Unnoticed

This is a short film about two childhood best friends who have always been inseparable. As they now embark on a new chapter of their lives, they are forced to confront hidden truths about their friendship, and the emotional echoes of memories.

The Balcony

Three college roommates accidentally lock themselves out on their balcony, they patiently wait for their fourth roommate to let them back inside.

Dog of the Samurai

After the death of his master, the Dog of a Samurai warrior seeks revenge on Japan’s last wolf.

CLUMP & THUD, THUD, THUD.

A young woman finds herself stuck with a clump in her head. Unsure what to do about it, she roams the streets of Dublin in an attempt to rid herself of the monotonous thuds and escape her roommate's acting practise. Safe travels you old clump.

Sale

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「HD VIDEO」

A college project that was never finished. In a cult that worships technology, the HD becomes a sacred object.

Six Nights at Simpson's 3: Brother Location

After Joe Blow meets his end in Sunny Simpson's Super World, Mr. Simpson goes missing much to the dismay of Manager Willy Donald. Mr. Simpson's path leads him to the unsuspecting Bo Blow, for one final confrontation.

Blood and Lust

Gus fills the empty void in his soul with sex, drugs and gambling, he's spiraling out of control. His tendency for self-destruction becomes a quest for survival when one faithful night he's faced with unspeakable terror and is stalked by a bevy of beautiful creatures of the night.

Mustang

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Wrench

A recovering kleptomaniac plots an impromptu Christmas dinner with her unconventional family to win back her ex-boyfriend, but an unexpected proposal reveals old habits die hard.

Mask or Foe

Take a walk through the neighborhood to the forest with the "boy" as he's emerged into autumn vibes of fallen leaves and Halloween decor. But what happens when an ominous man in a mask approaches him in the woods?

Breogán

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Mi Jardín

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Mystery Kids 2: The Return

After 7 years of development, the much-awaited fan sequel to the internet cult classic Mystery Kids has finally arrived. Following a terrifying dream, the gang must face an enemy from one of their pasts, though this foe might only be the tip of the iceberg for bad memories.

Watch Me

Gerrad Attwater returns to boxing after a hiatus. Despite the ridicule of his son and the boxing community, he decides to take one last crack at the champion. If Gerrard loses, he may never regain the admiration of the boxing community or worse strain his relationship with his son forever.

Promise

Karla and Olivia embark on a series of dates, exploring their connection amidst laughter and shared moments of joy. However, when Olivia expresses her desire to make their relationship official, Karla hesitates, unsure if she's ready for the commitment.

Dawson's Christmas

A Christmas Obsessed boy named Dawson has his world turned upside-down when he learns that he is moving to Florida - and the date of the move is December 24th.

Lucid

Winter and summer, day and night, life and dreams. Lucid is all about duality. Anxious and awkward in real life, Everett decides to make a change. After coming across studies in the art of Lucid dreaming, Everett hopes to improve his inept social skills. Will having full control of his dreams help him feel complete? Find out in the second feature-length film imagined by Nate Ross & Daniel Walker: Lucid.

Midnight Drink

Midnight Drink is a gripping short film about a guy whose bike gets stolen in an instant

Além da Máscara

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Just a Couple

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Dieter Roth. Solo Scenes. 1997-98

These 131 video monitors stacked in a grid present simultaneous, continuous footage of the German artist during the last year of his life. In this filmed diary-project that Dieter Roth executed while convalescing in Reykjavik and Basel, we see him not only working in his studio but also while he sleeps, bathes, and uses the bathroom. It is nearly impossible to pay attention to only one video without becoming distracted by an unexpected sound or movement coming from one of the many other screens. Each monitor broadcasts a different point in the artist's daily routine, while the gridlike arrangement of monitors reinforces a sense of order and chronology.

How Animated Cartoons Are Made

Wallace Carlson walks viewers through the production of an animated short at Bray Studios.

Interdependence

Started in 2018, the project – comprised of 11 segments by filmmakers from all around the world – reflects on the intertwined relationship between human society and nature that is aggravated by climate change on multiple scales, hinting at possible solutions.

Alabama Snake

The story of Pentecostal minister Glenn Summerford — a man accused of attempting to murder his wife with a rattlesnake in the sleepy town of Scottsboro, Alabama — and the investigation and trial that haunted Southern Appalachia for decades.

Capturing the Friedmans

An Oscar nominated documentary about a middle-class American family who is torn apart when the father Arnold and son Jesse are accused of sexually abusing numerous children. Director Jarecki interviews people from different sides of this tragic story and raises the question of whether they were rightfully tried when they claim they were innocent and there was never any evidence against them.

Wattstax

A documentary film about the Afro-American Woodstock concert held in Los Angeles seven years after the Watts riots. Director Mel Stuart mixes footage from the concert with footage of the living conditions in the current-day Watts neighborhood.

Dixie Chicks: Shut Up and Sing

Shut Up and Sing is a documentary about the country band from Texas called the Dixie Chicks and how one tiny comment against President Bush dropped their number one hit off the charts and caused fans to hate them, destroy their CD’s, and protest at their concerts. A film about freedom of speech gone out of control and the three girls lives that were forever changed by a small anti-Bush comment

You Don't Nomi

Released in 1995, Paul Verhoeven's Showgirls was met by critics and audiences with near universal derision. You Don't Nomi traces the film's redemptive journey from notorious flop to cult classic, and maybe even masterpiece.

Push

Housing prices are skyrocketing in cities around the world. Incomes are not. PUSH sheds light on a new kind of faceless landlord, our increasingly unliveable cities and an escalating crisis that has an effect on us all. This is not gentrification, it’s a different kind of monster.The film follows Leilani Farha, the UN Special Rapporteur on Adequate Housing, as she’s travelling the globe, trying to understand who’s being pushed out of the city and why. “I believe there’s a huge difference between housing as a commodity and gold as a commodity. Gold is not a human right, housing is,” says Leilani.

Tripping with Nils Frahm

An illustration of Nils Frahm’s lauded ability as a composer and passionate live artist as well as the enchanting atmosphere of his already legendary Funkhaus shows.

Two Men at War

As the war between Russia and Ukraine rages, this George Stephanopoulos documentary pulls back the curtain on the rise of the two men at the center of the conflict – Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

Oceans Apart: Greed, Betrayal and Pacific Island Rugby

Presented by former Samoa rugby player Dan Leo, who sacrificed his own career to confront corruption in his national union, Oceans Apart looks at the bond between the Pacific and modern Rugby and reveals the darker side of the sport.