1. Laggies
Overeducated and underemployed, 28 year old Megan is in the throes of a quarterlife crisis. Squarely into adulthood with no career prospects, no particular motivation to think about her future and no one to relate to, Megan is comfortable lagging a few steps behind - while her friends check off milestones and celebrate their new grown-up status. When her high-school sweetheart proposes, Megan panics and- given an unexpected opportunity to escape for a week - hides out in the home of her new friend, 16-year old Annika and Annika's world-weary single dad Craig.
It has an average vote of 6.117 on TMDB.
2. Studies on Hysteria (Studies on Hysteria)
Short film about a young man discovering pants in a nudist world. A parable of the societal intolerance to anything different.
It has an average vote of 5.6 on TMDB.
3. Hold Fast
Two teenage boys escape an unhappy home, embarking on a perilous journey of self-discovery that takes them deep into the Newfoundland wilderness.
It has an average vote of 6.1 on TMDB.
4. Momentum (Momentum)
It's summer break, Emma and her father are rehashing a painful previous year but it's time to move on, Tom's return to the small town won't help make matters easier. Emma is only sixteen and has her whole life ahead of her.
5. Youth Topia (Youth Topia)
The perpetual underdog, Wanja gets the unique chance to start a career as an architect and becomes an adult. Amongst all the new privileges she starts missing the friends from her youth.
It has an average vote of 1 on TMDB.
6. Sopa de pescado (Sopa de pescado)
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7. El caracol (El caracol)
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8. El día menos pensado (El día menos pensado)
What would happen if the world's largest city ran out of clean water? The situation is portrayed through the eyes of a mature couple who are reluctant to leave their home and who defend their last drops of water at gunpoint.
It has an average vote of 6 on TMDB.
9. Monangambeee (Monangambeee)
Filmmaker-griot coming from the theater, it was with a camera, while the war in Vietnam occupied everyone's minds, that Sarah Maldoror gave visibility to the African wars of decolonization: Angola, Guinea Bissau, French Guinea, Cape Verde... His short film Monangambée addresses the torture by the Portuguese army of a sympathizer of the Angolan resistance. At the end of editing, Sarah Maldoror approached the members of the Art Ensemble of Chicago during a Parisian concert and offered to add sound to her film. The next day they watched the film, were convinced and, in the process, recorded their first soundtrack. Free. As evidence of African-American solidarity. Shot in Algiers, Monangambée is a film about torture and, more broadly, about the incomprehension between the colonized and the colonizers. It is based on a novel by the Angolan writer Luandino Vieira, then imprisoned by the Portuguese colonial power.
It has an average vote of 6.8 on TMDB.
10. Wyspa R.O. (Wyspa R.O.)
"Wyspa R.O" is a highly personal story about freedom, fate and love as well as Lenica's personal creative testament. The allegorical story, full of symbols and the author's quotes, tells of a secret corner of the world which was once inhabited by convicts, where only one lonely guard remains. Lenica was one of the most important creators of Polish poster art and his films have been honored at many international festivals.
11. OVERRATED
Benin has left Adelaide for a new life in Sydney, but he will soon realize that there is only so much charm to a fresh start. The struggles of adulthood seem to escalate around him - a recent breakup, followed by a series of other failures, has cornered him into a dark state of mind. With some help from his friends, he'll have to strive for the obvious personal development needed in order to keep moving forward.
It has an average vote of 1 on TMDB.
12. Presentation
Holly, an anxiety-ridden high school sophomore, is faced with the challenge of giving a class presentation.
It has an average vote of 5.5 on TMDB.
13. Tableau
Struggling to navigate a promising career, a new romance, and her family life, a photography student confronts notions of love and loss during her senior year of college.
It has an average vote of 9 on TMDB.
14. Cold in July
While investigating noises in his house one balmy Texas night in 1989, Richard Dane puts a bullet in the brain of a low-life burglar. Although he’s hailed as a small-town hero, Dane soon finds himself fearing for his family’s safety when Freddy’s ex-con father rolls into town, hell-bent on revenge.
It has an average vote of 6.557 on TMDB.
15. The Oval Portrait
An artist is so consumed with painting a portrait of the women he loves that he doesn't notice she is dying until it's too late. Shot as a silent film.
16. Graduation
Two friends, Will and Gambino, navigate their transition to adulthood in a heartfelt short drama.
It has an average vote of 10 on TMDB.
17. Mute
A mute man with a violent past is forced to take on the teeming underworld of a near-future Berlin as he searches for his missing girlfriend.
It has an average vote of 5.6 on TMDB.
18. Reset
Sophie lives alone with her mother on a desolate farm in the middle of nowhere. A place that hides a secret far worse than she could have imagined.
It has an average vote of 5 on TMDB.
19. Elegy
In the future, nature has evolved to destroy humans. One man fights across a treacherous landscape to reunite with his past.</p><p>
It has an average vote of 4.5 on TMDB.
20. Frau Gertrud Namenlos (Frau Gertrud Namenlos)
A housewife's domestic bliss is destroyed when her husband has an affair.
