

In this absurdist critique of our media landscape, a voice-over actress, a theatre group and a beginning director are carving their own way. About the pitfalls, the highs and deep lows of the creative process.

In this absurdist critique of our media landscape, a voice-over actress, a theatre group and a beginning director are carving their own way. About the pitfalls, the highs and deep lows of the creative process.
2024-10-10
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6.6A pair of twin brothers from East L.A. choose to live their lives differently and end up on opposite sides of the law.
6.1A teenager pretends to be dying from cancer as a way to cope with the realities of his daily existence and his father's terminal illness.
6.4An improv group deals with several crises, including the loss of their lease and one member hitting the big time.
5.8Evangelist Carlton Pearson is ostracized by his church for preaching that there is no Hell.
6.2While serving life in prison, a young man looks back at the people, the circumstances and the system that set him on the path toward his crime.
6.2A teenager faces an uphill battle when she fights to give women the opportunity to play competitive soccer.
6.6An uninterrupted rehearsal of Chekhov's 'Uncle Vanya' plays out by a company of actors. The setting: their run-down theater with an unusable stage and crumbling ceiling. The play is shown act by act with the briefest of breaks to move props or for refreshments. The lack of costumes, real props and scenery is soon forgotten.
6.2A group of suburban teenagers try to support each other through the difficult task of becoming adults.
6.994-year-old Eleanor Morgenstein tries to rebuild her life after the death of her best friend. As a result, she moves back to New York City after living in Florida for decades.
6.3Gentle and broken, a homeless man fights others on video for money but soon finds comfort in an unlikely friend and the lost diary of a young girl.
6.4A fashionable contemporary art gallerist in Chelsea, New York falls for a brooding new music composer in this comic satire of the state of contemporary art.
5.8When strangers Jim, Eva, Emily and Mo meet William online in his new 'Chelsea Teens!' chatroom, they're completely seduced by his fast-talking, charismatic character. But beneath the surface lies a much darker truth. William is a dangerous loner, channeling all his energies into cyberspace. He's become an analyser, a calculating manipulator who finds it almost impossible to interact normally with others in the real world, instead turning his hand to manipulating people online.
6.8The film tells futurist, architect, and inventor R. Buckminster Fuller's incredible story through two teens hoping to get laid, become punk gods, and survive high school.
6.3A man in his mid-20s, still living at home with his mother and stepfather, puts all his eggs in one basket: the girl who works at his local coffee shop. The problem is, she has a serious boyfriend. As they become closer, the line between friendship and intimacy is blurred, and the situation forces both to examine where they are in their lives.
6.2A pair of high-frequency traders go up against their old boss in an effort to make millions in a fiber-optic cable deal.
7.2A poor, struggling South Carolinian mother and daughter face painful choices with their resolve and pride. Bone, the eldest daughter, and Anney her tired mother, grow both closer and farther apart: Anney sees Glen as her last chance.
6.5A couple's lives are thrown into disarray when their daughter is cast opposite a controversial major star.
6.6A 21-year-old reformed gangster's devotion to his family and his future is put to the test when he is released from prison and returns to his old stomping grounds in Watts, Los Angeles.
6.2Two law school friends find themselves at odds when one becomes a Justice Department lawyer and the other goes into politics.