Daydream Therapy is set to Nina Simone’s haunting rendition of “Pirate Jenny” and concludes with Archie Shepp’s “Things Have Got to Change.” Filmed in Burton Chace Park in Marina del Rey by activist-turned-filmmaker Bernard Nicolas as his first project at UCLA, this short film poetically envisions the fantasy life of a hotel worker whose daydreams provide an escape from workplace indignities. —Allyson Nadia Field
6.0The Supporter is a short film that provides an insight into Swedish supporter culture. Through its main character Axel we are drawn into a world of dependency, affirmation and violence. Hooliganism is an ever-present phenomenon, reported on daily in the media. We see how a more organized criminality blends in with families with children and ordinary fans. And all the time we ask the question: 'how close is this violence to ourselves?'
0.0A struggling young man secretly plays a magical trumpet that transports him from his desolate world into a colorful "bliss." When his younger brother discovers his secret, their relationship is put in jeopardy.
7.0Led by Donna and Reverend W.C. 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.
0.0A queer female artist struggles with her first major painting and its impending deadline. Concealing herself in her cluttered bedsit, she begins to experience hallucinations which she ultimately decides to use to her advantage.
7.4An emotional and generational conflict between mother and son in the twenty-first century, except for one detail: Mother is none other than death.
5.2A sinister fairytale depicting the lives of two brothers and their daily suicide attempts.
0.0When a voice from the past returns asking a favor, Sean Hunt is powerless to resist. But as the stakes raise, Sean quickly finds himself in over his head.
6.5Olaf is on a mission to harness the best holiday traditions for Anna, Elsa, and Kristoff.
6.8In 1930s England, a group of pretentious rich and famous gather together for a weekend of relaxation at a hunting resort. But when a murder occurs, each one of these interesting characters becomes a suspect.
Set in Remies, France in 1941 during World War II, a Jewish man tries to escape Nazi persecution and a chance encounter with a woman sitting next to him on the train. Based on a true story.
0.0After meeting online, a woman allows a virtual stranger into her home to fulfill an agreement.
0.0A father pays his son a visit after years of conflict and turns up in the middle of his house move. The son, Vincent, reacts violently to that intrusion. Emotionally weakened, the father involuntarily reveals the true reason of his visit, which revives the tension between them. Within a few minutes, the anger, the memories and the crossed looks move the two men deeply.
6.0In a hospital that struggles not to close its doors, two children discover their first love.
2.0A sheltered boy with a dream of starring on Broadway survives day-to-day life by imagining the world as a musical.
6.0A man decides to leave. He knows he wants to do something with his life. He just hasn't figured out what yet.
2.2A man's life becomes threatened after he goes on a date with a woman who's in love with the Devil.
1.0When Rose goes to reconcile with her drug-addicted brother, she instead meets the nephew she never knew existed.
6.9When Robin's daughter Lacy wants to buy an expensive guitar, Robin reminisces about the days when she was a teenager, asking her dad for her first car, an Olds Cutlass Supreme.
