Behind the Curtain(2025)

The Dancer(en)

A mute female dancer who wows audiences in club competitions but can't get Broadway jobs because of her handicap, develops a "voice" when a young scientist invents a device that allows her to make music via her dance movements.

City Island(en)

The Rizzos, a family who doesn't share their habits, aspirations, and careers with one another, find their delicate web of lies disturbed by the arrival of a young ex-con brought home by Vince, the patriarch of the family, who is a corrections officer in real life, and a hopeful actor in private.

Take Me to the Moon(zh)

Zheng Xiang reunites with the members of his high school band and reminisces about their lead singer and his past love, En Pei, whose pursuit of her dreams ended in tragedy. He regrets encouraging her to join the pageant, wondering if she would have died if he hadn't done so. Drunk after the memorial, he's suddenly transported back to the past, where he sets out to stop En Pei from making the same mistake.

Stage Fright(en)

Micahel walks onto stage to perform for the first time.

My Favorite Year(en)

Fledgling comic Benjy Stone can't believe his luck when his childhood hero, the swashbuckling matinee idol Alan Swann, gets booked to appear on the variety show he writes for. But when Swann arrives, he fails to live up to his silver screen image. Instead, he's a drunken womanizer who suffers from stage fright. Benjy is assigned to look after him before the show, and it's all he can do to keep his former idol from going completely off the rails.

MAD(en)

After running around the city all day, Mandy finally realizes something a little too late.

Les Siffleurs(fr)

Young actors drift around Paris looking for job opportunities in pursuit of their happiness. The Finnish film, made with a French cast, follows the paths signaled by nouvelle vague and cinéma vérité.

Lo que viví, Lo que vivo, Lo que viviré(es)

Dreams Unpainted(en)

A budding young artist's dreams clash with his Chinese immigrant mother's wishes; they later seek reconciliation.

Una canción sobre lo que sea(es)

Elena wants to record her song in a good studio. Desperate, she reconnects with an old privileged friend to ask for the money.

High School Musical(en)

A popular high school athlete and an academically gifted girl get roles in the school musical and develop a friendship that threatens East High's social order.

The Selfish Girl(uk)

Lily has saved up a large sum of money to fulfill her dream of studying acting at an American university. On the day she receives confirmation that she has been accepted, her dysfunctional mother returns to Lily's life and tells her that she has a huge debt that needs to be paid off immediately. In one day, Lily tries to find a way to help her mother without using her savings. Lily is faced with the choice of buying her future and remaining a bad daughter, or letting it go, bending to the needs of others.

The Amazing Life of Molly Star(en)

A famed Hollywood actress from Lebanon walks viewers through the pivotal steps she took to achieve international success in her career, until she is forcefully disrupted by the unexpected.

The Egg(en)

A college freshman takes advantage of a rumor, straining the relationships with those around him.

A Beat to Rest(en)

Late into his career, an elderly jazz drummer is forced to come to terms with aging after a bandmate suggests he retire.

Ka Benjie(tl)

The quiet life of the dreamer Ka Benjie was shattered when he heard of the enrollment in the other village.

In Her Shoes(en)

Irresponsible party girl Maggie is kicked out of her father's and stepmother's home—where she lives for free—and is taken in by her hard-working sister, Philadelphia lawyer Rose. After Maggie's disruptive ways ruin her sister's love life, Rose turns her out as well. But when their grandmother, who they never knew existed, comes into their lives, the sisters face some complicated truths about themselves and their family.

Carmen(es)

A French writer documents the seductive power of the beautiful Carmen, who has enchanted José, a young soldier, awakening his most fervent passions leading to tragedy. A path chained to obsession, jealousy, betrayal, and blood.

Narcolept(en)

After breaking up with his girlfriend, a narcoleptic man falls into a state where the line between dream and reality is blurred. Within his subconscious, he must confront the mistakes that led him down this path head-on.

The Definition of Insanity(en)

Co-director Robert Margolis stars as Robert, an actor who may or may not be himself in this intense and often hilarious film about acting, aging and the dark side of ambition. Blurring the line between fact and fiction, The Definition of Insanity was filmed over the course of 18 months, as a documentary crew follows Robert Margolis obsessively from one failed audition to another, recording in raw detail his every humiliation and small triumph as he searches for that elusive perfect role that will catapult his career into the next level. Just when it seems that he will be forced by family and financial pressures to give up everything he has worked for, he meets legendary filmmaker Peter Bogdanovich («The Last Picture Show», «Papermoon»). That encounter changes his life profoundly, but in a very different way than he had anticipated.