FILMS 2021
Aguilucho: Dance of the Harpy Eagle
The discovery of a rare Harpy Eagle nestling on their land reawakens a relationship between an Embera community in the remote Darien Gap in Panama and the endangered raptor species.
BALANCE
A young man in a sexually frustrated relationship ventures out to find satisfaction and gets more than he bargains for.
BEAUTIFUL
A teenage girl reckons with love and loss as her mother battles a dangerous disease. A story about the enduring bond between mothers and daughters, Beautiful explores the transformative power of resilience.
CHANGING THE DISCIPLE
After years of hardship and tragedy, a former gang leader changes his life for the better through yoga and by helping others in need.
CHRISTMAS EVE EVE
A woman goes home for the holidays to Kentucky, where she’s forced to confront an unresolved family trauma.
DEATH HOMEWORK
A brother and sister mourn their father’s death through reflection, humor and cannibalism.
FAREWELL SYMPHONY
A woman’s journey from defying her family’s gender expectations and migration to the United States, to her life decades later after an accomplished career as a professional cellist.
FOR HEMINGWAY
A lonely teenage girl learns that she can communicate with her recently deceased uncle through a series of audio cassette tapes. Together, they attempt to escape the oppressive grasp of her desperate mother.
FRANK
After his wife leaves him for a vacuum salesman, Frank takes refuge in routine until a number of chance encounters force him to embrace spontaneity and face the ultimate unknown: Himself.
GOODBYE HOME
A boy must say goodbye to his home and save some animals as a fire ravages the forest around him.
GREENSHIELDS
When an out of work playwright arrives to close up his family’s summer home, the ghost of his great uncle interrupts his seemingly endless solitude.
Hot Girl
In the midst of the Covid-19 Pandemic, Mia is a young woman in the throws of the female experience and what it means to be a “Hot Girl”, this slice of life takes a look at her social commentary and journey to acceptance.
INTAKE
After an unfortunate incident, a high school senior finds herself participating in a drug and alcohol abuse evaluation with a seasoned administrator.
It’s Look Sunshine
Young-eun returns to Jeju for her mother’s death anniversary and meets her old friend Seung-hwan on a beach where he is beachcombing.
KILLING EVAN
A poser bass player is forced to find her voice as her punk band’s new lead singer after her abusive ex-boyfriend suddenly dies.
LULLABY TO LOVE
Past, present, and future collide when two ex-lovers meet.
MOUSE
A lonely groundskeeper struggles with the crushing guilt of a local murder, eventually losing himself as he desperately tries to cling onto an innocence he never truly lost.
NARCISSUS
Under the familial pressure and countless rejections in her career, an Asian American actress blames everything on her appearance and blindly takes action to better herself.
NEULAND
Conflicted by her identity, Amelia Chan is an American-Born-Chinese waitress who is drawn into an unimaginable circumstance by a mysterious man in a black limo.
ODYSSEY
ODYSSEY is a surreal journey story; a wordless, danced film set to the gorgeous music of Cross Record.
RED BEAN
An individual who is suffering from the obsessive-compulsive disorder and forced to migrate to outer space, he misses his mother and homeland. However, the only response to his calling his mother is an endless busy tone.
ROSIE “THE RIVETER” LESSLIE
Rose Lesslie helped build dirigibles on a California airforce base during WW2. As she shares her incredibly personal story we’re left wondering, could she be the real Rosie the Riveter?
SEASICK
Sadie, a 17-year-old ferry deckhand has her day turned upside down when she tries to delete a love-confessing text message before outing herself to the crew.
SUPERMALO
“Supermalo” portrays a young artist’s fight for creative freedom in Havana, Cuba.
The Appointment
A troubled author launches an obsessive hunt to uncover the identity of his 12 o’clock appointment.
Touch
A woman’s affair with her blind masseur leads to dark consequences.