Whilst employing shady tactics to help Neema gain citizenship, can Athena grasp a rare chance for redemption?
Social & External
The people behind it
Adrian Bracken
Prime Minister (voice)
Leon Ung
Max 13 yrs
Dionne Neish
Athena
Amy Newton
Reporter (voice)
Annapoorna Virdi
Ritika (voice)
David Rodgers
Police Officer (voice)
Sergute Mariam
Neema
Elijah Forsdyke
Scout / Max 8yrs (voice)
Dylan Moore-Jaunaii
Max
"Blood Sisters", Danish filmmaker Louise Friedberg's sophomore short film, is the kind of flick that you simply can't take your eyes off of. It's a relatively simple story that has been played out time and time again: a young girl feels threatened by her best friend's new friend/neighbour, jealousy brews, and tempers flare.
A young girl hitchhikes across Eastern Europe. Soon she has to find her way on her own for the first time in her life.
A story of a hopeless romantic, who's only means of communication are voiced through a sketchbook.
A social worker recounts the case of Ella Jackson, a girl who sees a man standing behind her in the mirror
In the school cafeteria, 10-year-old Victor buried his face in his plate. Are his parents really abusing him? The legal system is in motion. An investigation is underway. Together with social services, we delve into the private life of this perfect couple to try to understand what really happened to this "beloved" child.
Leonor desperately search for her son Perico, without realizing that she is wrapped in her Alzheimer's disease.
Laura will make her boxing debut in Las Vegas, but she doesn't know what kind of opponent she will have to fight against.
Roberto escapes from his pursuers and reaches a beautiful lake, which is his safe place. There a lonely man stalks him.
In a world where childbirth is state-regulated, a couple applies for a license to have a child. They pass the first round of the process, but have no idea what awaits them in the second round.
Nine-year-old Sophie and her wayward mother Hariette journey to the race to meet Sophie's dad for the first time. When things fall apart, Sophie realises that everything isn't as it appears.
Hugh gives his dog to Nancy while he goes to sea. When Nancy's father runs out of money, he must return to the sea with Hugh.
Short film by Herbert Achternbusch
The film relates the beliefs the author held for a certain time concerning water and diving into it. It all begins with a dive and with a whirlpool that never existed; two visual prototypes on the basis of which the mischievous view of the author created a filmic inversion of water and its flow, of the diver and of the imaginary whirlpools. This expansion, unforeseen in spontaneous natural phenomena is, however, foreseen by the very little spontaneous nature of the diver, who, after repeated efforts, ends by realizing a plunge which is at once fatal and desired.
An imaginatively choreographed dance interpretation of the ballad by Nina Simone explores four common stereotypes of Black women.
Experimental super 8mm film by Dejan Vlaisavljević.
The story of an influential event 2000 years ago from the viewpoint of two people who had a unique perspective.
The dreamlike Eldora describes love’s fragmenting effects on the consciousness of an adolescent girl.
A picture of the life of residents of a modern apartment block. Thanks to the use of the trick technique, the film shows in cross-section apartments-similar boxes, the interiors of which are inhabited by different tenants. Hundreds of events happen in the big, busy moloch house: mundane and unusual, funny and tragic. However, they are all episodes to which no significance is attached. Life goes on...
Milo, a rebellious young child, has been experimenting with different outlets for his angst and budding sexuality. When Milo's worn-out and irritable father discovers a disturbing secret of his son's, he takes his son's punishment too far - creating unfortunate consequences for the whole family. Disgrace is a relentless study of top-down aggression.
When a brilliant nine-year-old working in a sweatshop gets a chance to attend school, she must make a difficult choice for her and her sister's future.
A woman is released from prison after serving a sentence for a violent crime and re-enters a society that refuses to forgive her past.
In order to be reinstated to the bar and recover custody of her daughter, a hotshot lawyer, now in recovery and on probation, must take on the appeal of a woman wrongfully convicted of murder.
The story of a young writer's transformation when her past invades her present.
A 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.
“Snow gently falls on the blood-stained streets of a seedy out-of-time New York City. Steam envelopes the nightmare unfolding within its narrow alleys. Iron is the will of the one who would dare to resist… fight… survive.”
American retired Judge Randall Nemes and his hired gun, Gaspar, track down a con man posing as a priest in a small Colombian town only to be thrown off-course by a scrappy 16-year-old girl intent on reuniting with her sister in the United States.
The relationship of a couple who meet by chance in New York City is put to the test when they encounter a life or death circumstance.
The legendary Roberto Duran and his equally legendary trainer Ray Arcel change each other's lives.
In a suburban landscape, the lives of several families interlace with loss, despair and personal crisis. Esther Gold has lost focus on all but caring for her comatose son, Paul, and neglects her daughter and husband. Lawyer Jim Train is devoted to his career, not his family. Helen Christianson wants to find a new spark in life, while Annette Jennings tries to rebuild hers.
Years after her son's suicide, a woman longs to confront both the past and a friend of his who took his business idea.
An aging, out-of-work actress accepts one last job, though the consequences of her decision affect her in ways she didn't consider.
Conman Robert Freegard poses as an undercover MI5 agent and kidnaps countless victims amidst a high-stakes manhunt, until the woman who fell for him brings him to justice.
A pair of twin brothers from East L.A. choose to live their lives differently and end up on opposite sides of the law.
Deep into Hell Week, a favored pledgee is torn between honoring his code of silence or standing up against the intensifying violence of underground hazing.
The human resistance works to convert a sentinel to their side. Part of the Animatrix collection of animated shorts set in the Matrix universe.
A noir thriller set in Miami, the film follows an enforcer who discovers his femme fatale boss has branched out into cyber sex trafficking, putting a young runaway he’s befriended at risk. He sacrifices everything to save the young girl from the deadly organization he’s spent his life building.
A psychotherapist helps a law student cope with schizophrenia in one of five interconnected tales dealing with mental illness.
Waking up in an unfamiliar city, a man with no memory must confront the mysteries of his own identity. However, his desperate search to uncover the past pits him against a powerful enemy, leading to a showdown that ultimately reveals the truth.
Rory is an ambitious entrepreneur who brings his American wife and kids to his native country, England, to explore new business opportunities. After abandoning the sanctuary of their safe American suburban surroundings, the family is plunged into the despair of an archaic '80s Britain and their unaffordable new life in an English manor house threatens to destroy the family.
