Upcoming Movies
Kuchar-esque
A high-spirited romp through the (former) campus of San Francisco Art Institute, with two films each from George and Mike Kuchar. Features: Bloodsucker (1975, Mike Kuchar, 21 min.) – 16mm orig presented in digital format; I, an Actress (1977, George Kuchar, 10 min.) – 16mm orig presented in digital format; The Asphalt Ribbon (1977, George Kuchar, 21 min), – 16mm orig presented in digital format; and Happy Birthday (2013, Mike Kuchar, 20 min.) – digital video 16:9.
Scrapped Fabric
Fearing her mother’s disapproval, a 17 year-old trans girl secretly sews a prom dress from her mother’s scrap fabric (“retaso”).
Swords Of Or
On October 7th, 2023, Adir (Nati Adovitzki) was murdered by Hamas terrorists. The film follows his best friend Or (Adam Rubenstein) after the tragic incident. While dealing with the loss and the tragedy that he and the people of Israel are going through, a new kid arrives at his school, Amit (Alma Amir), an evacuated kid from the south. Both had gone through a lot in this absurd situation, which creates a lot of tension between the two, Watch Or’s journey in ‘Swords Of Or’.
The Sunlight in Winter
Always the good daughter, Chieh-Ju meets Wai-bun, who has recently moved to Taiwan from Hong Kong, and the lovers soon contemplate marriage. During the wedding preparations, an unexpected encounter with Wai-bun’s old acquaintance from Hong Kong causes turbulence in the relationship, when secrets of Wai-bun’s past surface. Chieh-Ju realises that there is much she does not understand about this stranger from this strange place with a strange history, and her ideas of love, honesty, loyalty and goodness face an unprecedented challenge. This short offers a rare discussion of contemporary sexuality set against the recent social upheavals of the region.
a lonely night
Paul is a loner who's down on his luck. Can his therapist and an unlikely stranger turn that around?
Deadline
A full-length documentary about old age on the eve of death. Everyone is afraid of senility. We talk about old age not as a path through the clinic and oblivion in the cemetery, but as a bright period of life which has many advantages associated only with older age. This film is about people who know the reasons to live and what to do with their lives at any age. The characters of the film answer the main questions of younger people’s crises by their actions, fulfilling their evolutionary mission by giving young people faith in the future. The film doesn’t have a finished script, it’s a true story. We are filming in real-time. Each character has their own line, and time will tell how it will develop.
«Vaults»: ColLab 2023
Vaults is an art production center, a Collaboration is an annual program that offers artists to become residents of workshops for a while. In the film, the residents of last year present their work and tell what it was like for them to participate in the ColLab. For some, the program gave an impetus to joint creativity and the exchange of ideas — for example, Misha Brown makes installations from found artifacts, and fragments of works by other artists became part of them in the "Vaults". She inspired others to experiment thanks to her well-equipped workshops.
Downpour
A man suffering from insomnia rides out a torrential storm within the walls of his house over five days, throughout each day he is plagued by the memories of his past, turning his world into a surrealistic nightmare. On the second day he is confronted by a figure of his past, who is set on making him relive his darkest moments.
BTS 10th Anniversary Fireworks Show Live
Live to celebrate 10 years of the biggest Boy Group BTS
Clotilda: The Return Home
Descendants of Cudjo Lewis and Gumpa Lee, survivors of the last American slave ship, embark on a journey to fulfill their ancestors' dream of returning to their ancestral home, accompanied by National Geographic Explorer Tara Roberts.
Cult Massacre: One Day in Jonestown
Exploring an idealistic religious movement led by Jim Jones, its utopian community in Guyana spiraled into a mass casualty event leaving 918 dead. Told through survivors, it immerses in the final hours preceding this dark chapter.
Kindling
The year is 2074. Access to all art has been prohibited for 40 years. A man aims to share a song with his partner. With the risk of certain death, she must choose whether she will face the music or remain lost in a mundane society.
Whispered Voices
Orphaned siblings Mikaeel & Jane clash over leaving home. Mikaeel's schizophrenia worsens with eerie whispers; a vengeful past resurfaces.
Tabefaction
Cain suffers from an unusual ailment that induces the expulsion of a shimmering black substance, leading to his self-isolation and exclusion from society. His friend, Ridley, endeavors to alleviate his physical and mental distress and integrate him back into the normal world; all the while an eldritch entity strives to steer him towards an inevitable, tragic course.
Look!
After witnessing a traumatising road safety film, Peter, an extremely anxious young man late for an important date, struggles to leave his home due to being plagued by visions of past traumas he seems to have forgotten.
Here to Climb
Follow professional climber Sasha DiGiulian as she rises from child prodigy to a champion sport climber, and ultimately makes her mark by taking her talents to the biggest walls on the planet with a series of bold, first female ascents. Confronting both physical and mental obstacles head on, Sasha charts her own course in a sport where a path didn’t exist, enabling her passion to become a viable profession.
Slow Down the Fall
The reunion of two ski jumping champions whose romantic past will resurface as they face the demands of their sponsors.
Reflections in Synagogue
This film presents the exterior of every synagogue in Manhattan paired with poetic voiceover to explore the ways modern Jews navigate their relationships to their religious and cultural identities, as well as to Manhattan at large.
Cita
A young woman who secretly sleeps with her husband’s son. The two form an alliance to kill her husband but fate has other plans for Cita.
Diss Order
X and their father are new a city. They both do not identify with the existing binaries of the society and find it difficult to find safe spaces for themselves. X faces humiliation at school when they are unable to fit themselves in either the boys or the girls row. Parallelly, the father is bashed at work for using his discretion to create another category than the existing ones of vegetables that he sells at a mandi. As they both face their shares of difficulties in retaining their identities and individualities, they cope with what comes in their own ways.
Um Dia Antes de Todos os Outros
While young Sofia improvises rhymes with her friends in the community where she lives, her mother, Marli, organizes the evacuation of the upper-middle class apartment where she worked for most of her life as a caregiver. Old dreams and new plans appear on the horizon on this last day of work.
Queen Rising
Struggling school teacher Madison strikes a lucrative book deal to help solve her financial troubles. As she dives into her dark past surrounding the "College Town Slayings," she realizes it may still be a part of her present after all.
The Fuscos
The three estranged Fusco sisters come together on the eve of their mob boss father's funeral to fight for their liberation in a male dominated world. Revenge is a dish best served with marinara.
Fishbowl
Two late-twentysomethings–and former high school theatre department legends–house-sit in the Hamptons where they try to avoid their exes and attempt to keep a goldfish alive for the weekend.
Dance Revolutionaries
A visual journey through an emotionally-charged world of dance set in stunning locations.
Red Radio Over Shanghai
The story of "Electric Wave" takes place on the eve of the liberation of Shanghai, and is based on the true story of the martyr Li Bai. It is a city card born from the red genes of Shanghai. There is no dialogue in the dance drama film, and the emotional explosion is vividly expressed through the body, conveying the strong love between the two through their dance, eyes, and body movements. The emotional struggle and compromise, as well as the mutual empathy between them, are more intense and lasting than any line of dialogue.
The film is adapted from the original dance drama of the same name.
Nouveau monde
After the fall of Kabul in August 2021, Rohid, a young Afghan refugee in Paris, has to find work to send money to his mother, who is being extorted and threatened with death by the Taliban.
Bloomed in the Water
When school picture day gets lost in translation between Korean-American single mom Min and her kindergartener son Noah, Min tries to course-correct with the ragtag help of her assimilated sisters, a sharp new outfit for Noah, and an ocean’s determination to give him better.
Sound of Hope: The Story of Possum Trot
Led by Donna and Reverend Martin, 22 families from a rural Black church in the small East Texas town of Possum Trot adopt 77 of the most difficult-to-place kids in the foster system and kickstart a movement in the process.
The Talking Kitty Cat Movie
When a dark version of Sylvester shows up from the future, Sylvester the talking kitty cat and his friends must save the world from Dark Sylvester trying to alter the past.
Suspended Time
April 2020––Lockdown. Etienne, a film director, and his brother Paul, a music journalist, are confined together in their childhood home with their new partners Morgane and Carole. Every room, every object, reminds them of their childhood, and the memories of the absents––their parents, their neighbors… This compels them to measure the distance that separates them from each other and the roots they share, those of their ground zero. As the world around them is becoming increasingly unsettling, unreality, and even a disturbing strangeness, invades their daily gestures and actions.
A Man and A Woman
In the early spring of 2021, a man (played by Huang Bo) and a woman (played by Ni Ni) flew to Hong Kong at the same time, and while waiting to enter the mainland, they stayed in the same hotel, separated by a wall. During the short intersection of their lives, the two confided in each other the pressure they were burdened with, and found a spiritual harbor in Hong Kong, where tenacious vitality was blooming. And before the answer is revealed, the choice stops abruptly.
Inheritance
When their rich uncle passes, his mansion of intricate puzzles becomes the backdrop for his estranged family's quest to secure a portion of his wealth.
You Matter
“You Matter" is a poignant film that follows the turbulent journey of Spahn Nuien, a high schooler grappling with the elusive quest for inner peace and purpose. Caught in the throes of domestic strife with his alcoholic mother, Spahn also wrestles with a profound sense of burdensomeness on his friends. As he navigates the challenges of adolescence, the film explores the universal theme that life is a journey fraught with trials, and the key lies in overcoming them. Through Spahn's narrative, "You Matter" delivers a powerful message about the resilience of the human spirit and the inherent value of every individual life.