Saving Face
A Chinese-American lesbian and her traditionalist mother are reluctant to go public with secret loves that clash against cultural expectations.
Director: Alice Wu, Mariana Hellmund
Actors: Ato Essandoh, Brian Yang, David Shih, Guang Lan Koh, Jessica Hecht, Jin Wang, Joan Chen, Lynn Chen, Michelle Krusiec, Nathanel Geng
Feeling Butterflies
When you need butterflies for your wedding or birthday, there’s only one woman to call: Emily Mariposa. It’s what her business ‘Feeling Butterflies Inc.’ is all about – and right…
Girl Crazy
Rich kid Danny Churchill has a taste for wine, women and song, but not for higher education. So his father ships him to an all-male college out West where there’s…
It’s Such a Beautiful Day
The concluding chapter of Don Hertzfeldt’s animated trilogy of shorts about a man named Bill and his wavering mental state.
Strange Affair
Eminent psychiatrist Dr. Brenner invites cartoonist Bill Harrison and his wife, Jack, to a banquet honoring war refugees. Bill volunteers to pick up fellow psychiatrist Dr. Baumler at the train…
Eaten by Lions
Omar and Pete are half brothers. When their parents are eaten by lions they embark on a journey to find Omar’s real father. What follows is a funny, heart-warming journey…
Little Treasure
Margo is an ex-stripper who meets her long, lost father in Mexico. She looks after him in the waning days of his life, with the help of a traveling projectionist….
7 Days in Hell
A fictional documentary-style expose on the rivalry between two tennis stars who battled it out in a 1999 match that lasted seven days.
The Constant Husband
Charles Hathaway wakes up in West Wales with no recollection of who he is or how he got there. With the help of a Cardiff specialist he traces his life…
Sheng Wang: Sweet and Juicy
Sheng Wang delivers a laid-back set on juicing, mammograms, how snoring is an evolutionary mistake and the existential angst of buying pants from Costco.
Deadly Cuts
A black comedy set in a working-class Dublin hair salon where the stylists become accidental vigilantes and community heroes as they take on the gang members and gentrifiers threatening their…
The Charter Trip
Stig-Helmer and Ole Bramserud on a trip to the Canary Islands for Christmas.