necroeconomy(2024)

Everywhere I Look(en)

A young trans woman travels back to places she visited as a child with her mother, reflecting on memory, loss, and grief.

The Mies van der Rohes – A Female Family Saga(de)

An epic family saga told by the women around the famous architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe.

Bedtime Story for Ghosts(es)

Three generations of women return to the old family home in Sinaloa to confront the ghosts of their past. Our story, wherever we begin to tell it, begins with a broken heart.

Love Chaos Kin(en)

An Indian immigrant mother helps her adopted twin daughters reconnect with their White birth mother and estranged Native American father, exposing raw class divides while transforming their understanding of identity and belonging.

Beautiful Something Left Behind(en)

In New Jersey, the Good Grief community focuses on a holistic way of dealing with grief, where children can give in to rage in ‘the volcano room,' and say goodbye to a dying teddy bear patient in ‘the hospital room.' Over the course of a year, we follow the weekly meetings and get close to Kimmy, Nicky, Peter, Nora, Nolan, and Mikayla and their close companion: grief. It is sometimes heartbreaking, but also humorous, to experience the questions about life and death through their open and curious minds. Grief is high and heavy as a mountain, but it helps you understand what has happened, and that death is irreversible.

The Boy Who Was Born a Girl(en)

Jon is a typical teenage boy in all respects except one: he was born a girl. He has now been diagnosed with gender dysphoria, a condition that affects over 100 British children every year, and is embarking on an extraordinary journey of transition. Director Julia Moon follows mother and son through the first three months of Jon's life-changing treatment as the testosterone pushes his female body into male puberty.

Il était une fois... les Contes pour tous(fr)

A nostalgic deep dive into the world of Rock Demers’ popular children’s film series.

How To Get Away From My Toxic Family(tl)

A hardworking and loyal OFW, a chef from Dubai, returns home hoping to pursue his dream of owning his restaurant and starting his own life. However, he finds himself at odds with his family and their toxic tendencies, making him question “Where does sacrifice end and selfishness begin?"

Kuya Noy(en)

Noy Pillora, once a Filipino rock legend, now lives in the slums of Tel-Aviv and works as a cleaner. At the age of 61, he picks up his old guitar and dares to dream of a new future.

Something about Mamma(it)

An home movie documentary about a young man with a camera who tries to recount and reframe a pivotal moment in his childhood: the death of his mother. An intimate and personal story about what remains of that mother-son relationship, now marked by an unbridgeable distance and an absence with which it is necessary to come to terms.

The Maid In London(tl)

Inspired by true events, Margo who is a young mother and her best friend Faye are forced to cling to the edge of a knife so they could travel to the United Kingdom. They plan to work there even without a work permit and with only six months visa, time is running out and they may face the risk of deportation.

And the Breadwinner Is...(tl)

When Bambi discovers that her family has squandered their savings, they devise a plan to cover their debts — but first, she must fake her death.

Dubai(tl)

Summoning his younger brother Andrew to the city of Dubai, the financially stable Raffy, a Filipino citizen who's spent several years overseas, hopes his sibling can find work so that they can finally move to Canada. Unfortunately, Raffy doesn't expect Andrew to fall in love with his ex-girlfriend, Faye, a woman Raffy, in fact, still cares for very much.

The Happiest Baby on the Block(en)

THE HAPPIEST BABY reveals a secret used for centuries by the world's top parents...the calming reflex. It is almost an "off switch" for your baby's crying and an "on switch" for sleep. With just a little practice, you'll calm most crying fast...and add 1-3 hours to your baby's sleep! For over 30 years, Dr. Karp has taught his remarkable techniques to over a million parents.

Paul dans sa vie(fr)

Paul Bedel will be 75 soon. He's and old bachelor, a peasant, a fisherman and a verger. He lives in a farm from another time with his two sisters, also unmarried. This year, they will retire : « Our lives will be filled with emptiness ». Their territory is the Cape of la Hague. The air is bracing, the wind is unpredicable, the granit is rough, and the horizon without boundaries. In here, Paul resisted to modernity, keen to preserve and improve his link to nature.

Caregiver(tl)

Sarah Gonzales, a grade school English teacher, joins the 150,000 Pinoy OFWs working in the United Kingdom to support her husband, Teddy Gonzales, in making a better living for their family. More than just a chronicle of the Filipinos experience working as nurses and caregivers in the UK, this story also charts Sarah's journey to self-discovery from a submissive wife who makes sacrifices for her husband's aspirations to an empowered woman who finds dignity and pride in a humbling job as a caregiver in London.

Father(ro)

Filmed across Italy, Moldova, and Romania, Tata is a raw portrait of a family locked in a relentless struggle against toxic masculinity and the tale of a daughter’s poignant quest to break the cycle for herself, the next generation, and even for the one who hurt her.

La memoria inmortal(es)

Finally, With You(tl)

Janno, the filmmaker, captures mundane but distanced moments at home with his retired OFW father, Michael. As the father-son attempt to rekindle their veiled relationship, years of pent-up sentiment gushes out, revealing the key to their long-awaited reconnection.

Migrante(tl)

The film portrays the true stories of Filipinos, who, due to poverty in their country, are forced to go abroad to look for work, hoping they would find a better life.