Caught Between the Two(2016)

People on Sunday(de)

A semi-documentary experimental 1930 German silent film created by amateurs with a small budget. With authentic scenes of the metropolis city of Berlin, it's the first film from the later famous screenwriters/directors Billy Wilder and Fred Zinnemann.

Akeelah and the Bee(en)

11-year-old Akeelah Anderson has a way with words. After winning her schoolwide spelling bee, she decides to enter the competition, despite her classmates' derision and the antipathy of her mother Tanya. Thanks to the efforts of her teacher Dr. Larabee, she reaches the finals. As she gets to know her fellow competitors, Akeelah realizes that coming first isn't everything in life.

Car Wash(en)

This day-in-the-life cult comedy focuses on a group of friends working at Sully Boyar's Car Wash in the Los Angeles ghetto. The team meets dozens of eccentric customers -- including a smooth-talking preacher, a wacky cab driver and an ex-convict -- while cracking politically incorrect jokes to a constant soundtrack of disco and funk. Some of the workers find romance as the day moves along, but most are just happy to get through another shift.

Daydream Therapy(en)

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

Greased Lightning(en)

The true life story of Wendell Scott, the first black stock car racing driver to win an upper-tier NASCAR race.

Can I Just Tell You?(en)

After a few weeks of dating, Izzy wants to avow her feelings to her girlfriend Mabel for the first time, but this proves to be harder than expected...

Alma's Rainbow(en)

The teenage daughter of a Brooklyn beauty-parlor owner blossoms under the influence of her recently-returned show-biz aunt.

A Time to Kill(en)

A young lawyer defends a black man accused of murdering two white men who raped his 10-year-old daughter, sparking a rebirth of the KKK.

Un tiempo precioso(es)

I Can't Wait Until It's Dark!(ja)

Three cinephile university students have a go at making their own Super-8 film.

The Year of The Day(en)

A short amateur film made by G.D Stami which deals with ambiguities of one's ill-fated life.

A Baleful Reunion(en)

Struggling to make ends meet, Reuben's desperation for money lands him in a cyber theft scheme that seems seemingly straightforward. Things take a turn when the victim turns out to be an old friend.

I Wish I Never Met You(en)

Lauren Thomas is turning 40 and no one is more excited than her. She is married to Andrew, an amazing husband, a true provider and father. Andrew's brother, Franklin, is in a wheelchair due to a military attack. His wife, Mahogany, is currently pregnant with their first child. The two couples, along with three other couples and a few friends, are celebrating Lauren's birthday during the holidays since she is a Christmas baby. However, once the other women grow tired of Lauren bragging about her success, even though she is a stay-at-home wife, attitudes and snide comments take control. Over the course of the evening, things escalate and the entire cast gradually gets involved in the free-for-all until everything hits the proverbial fan.

Two Wrongs(en)

She worked hard for the money but he inherited his power. Kevin and Liberty Dallas were living the American Dream. Their journey in life was full of promises, commitments, spiritual guidance and childhood friendships that kept them focused on being the best and having the best. When lust, lies and deceit mingle, Two Wrongs have never made anything right.

Golden Earrings(en)

An obsessive young woman begins to believe that she's being haunted by the ghost of her recently missing best friend.

Black Girl(en)

An aspiring dancer and her two wicked sisters resent their mother's love for a foster daughter.

Sirwiñakuy(en)

The story of an obsessive relationship between a young French woman and an older Bolivian man. Their unusual romance, like the country in which they live, is transforming, sometimes violent and difficult to understand.

J'ai besoin d'air(fr)

A long relationship comes to an end, which is the loneliness: Anna leaves the city, finds new friends and soon meets a man who brings her smile back.

La guarida(es)

A very impoverished man wanders the cold and hostile city looking for cigarette butts. After being humiliated by rude people at a bar, he comes back to an isolated hut where he lives with a lazy man who refuses to abandon the place, which is more a lair for savage animals than a shelter for human beings.

If I Was Your Girl Again(en)

A happily married yet utterly bored lesbian couple befriends their alluring new neighbor, who is actually a jilted lover plotting her revenge.