12-year-old Bailey lives with her single dad Bug and brother Hunter in a squat in North Kent. Bug doesn’t have much time for his kids, and Bailey, who is approaching puberty, seeks attention and adventure elsewhere.
Hippo, a peculiar adolescent, and his Hungarian step-sister Buttercup struggle to come of age in late 1990s America, under the roof of a mother who has been institutionalized at least once.
A family gathers on Christmas Eve for what could be the last holiday in their ancestral home. As the night wears on and tensions arise, one of the teenagers sneaks out with her friends to claim the wintry suburb for her own.
Scarpedicemente is a claustrophobic, dark comedy based on the play written by the two leads, husband and wife team John Vamvas and Olga Montes. Luigi (John Vamvas) is a delusional gangster madly in love with his ditzy gangster moll wife Holly (Olga Montes). The larger-than-life couple are celebrating their one-year wedding anniversary at a low rent Las Vegas motel. While deeply in love, Luigi and Holly share an inability to live in the present. Luigi a walking film projector, playing out the favorite gangster movies of his mind. While Holly's exuberant exterior hides a troubled past bubbling to the surface of their relationship. Sparks fly in this tale of two troubled souls mired in their hefty emotional baggage. —Donato Totaro
Eight years after immigrating to the US, exile Tibetan filmmaker Kunga Choephel returns to India to find the home he once knew isn’t how he remembered it. In the beautiful landscape of his hometown, Kunga explores the meaning of home, the sacrifices caused by his immigration, and reconciles with how time has changed the community he left behind.
Self-appointed Mother of the Year, Ronnie has given her daughter Audrey everything, so when Audrey selfishly falls into a coma, Ronnie has no choice but to keep their dreams alive by assuming her identity.
The Herdman kids are undeniably the worst kids in the history of the world. They lie, steal, cheat, bully and overall terrorize their small community. But this Christmas, they're taking over their local church Pageant – and they just might unwittingly teach a shocked little town the true meaning of Christmas.
Ozzy Taylor, a charismatic high school teen, discovers he can't control his intrusive thoughts of suicide, setting off a life-changing shift in his destiny.
Jerry, an ordinary immigrant dad, retired in Orlando, is recruited to be an undercover agent for the Chinese police. Jerry’s family recreates the events on film and his three sons discover a darker truth. True crime meets spy thriller in this genre-bending docufiction hybrid about an immigrant’s search for the American dream. A Slamdance Film Festival Grand Jury and Audience Award winner.
In a world where the inconvenience of human emotion has been eradicated by a single daily vitamin, one young couple skips their dose and discovers love, joy, sex, and all the baggage that comes with it.
Holiday romance seems to bud when Sarah's childhood best friend, Kevin, returns home just in time for Christmas. But outside forces and mixed feelings conspire to risk their relationship and possibly their friendship.
Carmen's family has an annual Christmas tradition that supports her neighborhood. When her mother dies suddenly, she loses the holiday spirit, and no longer wants to continue, until she's visited by her late father's spirit who encourages her to keep hope alive.
Melody, an exotic dancer, and her doctor boyfriend, Patrick, prepare to spend the holidays with Patrick's family. When they arrive, they are met by Patrick's overprotective judgmental mother, and she unleashes her wrath on Melody, as she's not good enough for her son. Will Melody become part of the family? Or succumb to Patrick's mother's insecurities.
Christmas is here and 2 orphan girls are left rejected and without a family. Their only wish is for parents and now they are the only two remaining at the children's home. They will be joined by a new troubled child for the holidays that will bring more naughty than nice to the home. The director of the children's home decides to cheer them up with a visit to a farm.
A week before Christmas, plans to tear down the old iconic lighthouse at Xander Point are announced, sparking debate. When the mayor's son goes missing, the town's hopes rest on a Christmas miracle to save him and the lighthouse.
Aurora wants to enjoy the holidays this year in some warmth and sunshine, and invites her three best friends to Miami for a Christmas trip to remember. When they arrive at their AirBnb, they discover it's been double booked...by Aurora's ex-girlfriend and her new partner Axel. They have no choice but to combine their plans, and celebrate the holiday together.