By Wednesday, Camille, a 12-year-old boy, must find someone to kiss in the middle of the school playground. But his fears, stronger than his desire for Zelda, will turn this moment into a fantastical ordeal.
In a village from Mozambique folk tales, Nwavu, and old blind man, is running out of time to leave a descendent. With the aid of the venerable Wizard, he plans to marry the young Djamilah, who is caught by the imposition of traditions and has her freedom at risk. But Nwavu's acts will open the doorways to the spirit world, where the laws of reality don?t apply in the same way. When the plan backfires, Nwavu will have a taste of his own medicine.
A surreal political saga unfolds within the walls of Germany's most iconic police station. Reimagined in an alternative universe. A crew of journalists uncovers the station's peculiar secret: the so-called "butterfly trick" - the only means of escape.
In this dreamlike film, Miryam Charles explores the depths of grief, exile and familial memory. Through the story of a young murdered girl, she evokes the invisible but palpable presence of spirits and ancestors in a Haitian diaspora family living between Canada and the United States. Ethereal, superimposed images unfold across Haitian landscapes, which, despite the ambient heat, appear to be bathed in a cold light. The funeral march emerges as a distant voice, a ballad, and a song from beyond the grave that combines nature, the sea, love and life after death.
Consumed by her past, Michelle seeks to avenge her parent's death while dealing with her new found powers. The short films stars Angelia Bissoon as Michelle Hernandez, Maurice George as Conner Lockwood,Sameerah Osborne-Pope as Adira,Joel Anthony Woo Chong as Alvaro Hernandez,Saraswati Ramlogan as Icy,Sydney Ledger as Paralysis,Keyon Byron as Batchack-Man,Luis Freites as David Lockwood,Irod Telesford as Mr A.B.C.
An adolescent boy struggles to balance his own childish desires with the presence of a dark and mysterious figure living in his family's farmyard on the Canadian prairies.
A young woman rents spare rooms of her parent's house as a BNB unsuspecting that you really need to be very careful as to whom you invite into your home.
The life of a young man who, after being abused as a child, pursues the only love he knows. As an adult, finding that kind of love becomes impossible. His alienating life in an inhospitable world will be affected by this lack of love with extreme consequences and loneliness.
When Adrian's friend denies him a loan of money, a rampage of thoughts starts within him. Why won't Jacob lend him any money? And why won't he lend any to him, specifically?
Marly, an emotionally unavailable disabled veteran is plagued by the weight of unresolved paternal issues. Marly receives a profound revelation from a divine being: his estranged mother is gravely ill in her homeland of Jamaica. Determined to uncover his ancestral roots and confront his own inner demons, Marly sets out on an extraordinary quest that not only has the power to change his own destiny, but perhaps the very fabric of the world itself.
5 members of a family meet in the house of their recently deceased mother. But wine reveals everyone's secrets, even if it means destroying everything.