In search of her lost son, a beleaguered Mahia enters a mystical forest. Chancing upon an otherworldly apparition, her grip on reality begins to fracture.
Marta has been living in solitude since she restarted her life in another city. When her sister and an old flame return, the silence gives way to reunions marked by hurt, memories, and the longing for reconnection. Between what once was and what might still be, the affection between two women tries to blossom once again.
Frankie lies. Frankie remembers an unfortunate event from his past and how it spiralled into the state he’s in now, with a little help from an old friend.
Nino, a young man with a speech impediment who is seemingly obsessed with his small pocket watch, lives with his sister Felicitas and her boyfriend, Nahuel. His presence is causing a crisis in their relationship due to the responsibility of caring for him. To try and resolve the situation, they are attending couples therapy sessions, but these are very expensive and they can no longer afford them. So, they go to one more session to cancel their appointments with their sinister therapist, who doesn't take it very well. But will it really be the last session?
Crushing Wheelchairs, with an original screenplay written by houseless poet and povertyskola tiny gray-garcia, adapted from her award winning play of the same name focuses on the violence of homelessness, city and state sponsored sweeps, and poLice terror. The movie includes an all houseless/formerly houseless cast whose motto is: “We aren’t acting, we are living.” It was shot primarily in houseless communities (encampments) and on the streets in Oakland and San Francisco.
On the morning of her wedding day, Mona, a non-monogamous British-Indian woman, questions her rushed marriage and reflects on a period of self-discovery from her past.
In 2014, in Kurdistan, thousands of Yazidi women are kidnapped by ISIS and reduced to sexual slavery. Most of them become pregnant. Once freed, the surviving mothers are forced by their own community to abandon their children.
An egotistical, talentless director insists on filming a behind-the-scenes documentary to showcase his “genius,” only to expose his incompetence as his low-budget action film collapses into chaos.