A short film by John G. Avildsen.
Social & External
The people behind it
Roy Scheider
Carl Lerner
Melissa McCall
George Mercadal
Hugh Mooney
The short film is about the heroism of Azeri soldier.
Daunted by obligation to his father, a young cuban cowboy spends his days dreaming of another life while toiling in the fields grazing his family's cows. One day while in town collecting his government food rations, he encounters his estranged sister and childhood friend, forcing them to confront long held resentments and decide which truths remain unspoken.
Aysun is a director in her late twenties. While casting the film she is preparing to shoot, a cargo arrives from her sister Arzu, who lives abroad. Arzu sent a letter and a cassette containing camera recordings taken by Aysun when she was twelve. The footage features her family's car ride. This event that Aysun experienced in her childhood is also the subject of the movie she is about to shoot.
A divinely inspired peasant woman becomes an army captain for France and then is martyred after she is captured.
Ben, an Iranian refugee and rideshare driver in Los Angeles, becomes entangled in a criminal underground when a passenger asks him to help save her twin sister from a human trafficking ring run by Russian mobsters.
Across the years, a mother watches her gladiator son fight, while she remembers his childhood: the last lighthouse keeper prepares for his final trip ashore: and an actor returns to the stage to play his part in a Greek myth.
The film is about freight handler's life.
Matoom, a young Thai boy comes to the gradual understanding on the ephemerality of his family life through his re-collected memories - inspired by 'Bright', the first Thai novel by a female writer to have appeared in English.
A delusional young woman mourning the loss of her cat receives a visit from an unexpected visitor.
The hero of the film put out the fire. The film is about his heroism.
Set within the aftershocks of South Africa’s Apartheid, a gay farmhand writes letters to his lover.
After a near-death experience, a person floats in a mysterious space, gradually being reborn by reconnecting with the sensations of their body.
Two boys take an awayday in August, to Brighton to catch the last summer girls.
A young man with no plans discovers an old pay phone and tries to reconnect to his past.
The film is about political events which took place in 1989.
A modern, suspenseful 'Hitchcockian' coming-of-age drama about sport and morality.
In Grenoble's Gypsy community, a young kick-boxing champion learns about manhood from his gay elder brother.
A young wrestler’s only way out of his dead end town and the trauma tied to it is to fight his way onto the Australian team. But when an unexpected tragedy strikes, his fight to escape turns inward, trapping him alongside the very trauma he cannot outrun.
A nameless drifter navigates a barren landscape punctuated by satellite dishes, radio towers and droning airplanes. Stopping periodically in anonymous hotel rooms, she makes attempts to connect to an unidentified second party.
Short film made with the help of the Sundance Film Institute and serving as a proof-of-concept for the subsequent feature film.
A professional cellist has an encounter with a stranger on the subway which has unexpected and far-reaching ramifications on his life.
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.
An animated short based on Hans Christian Andersen's tale about a poor young girl with a burning desire to find comfort and happiness in her life. Desperate to keep warm, the girl lights the matches she sells, and envisions a very different life for herself in the fiery flames filled with images of loving relatives, bountiful food, and a place to call home.
Two large, ignorant bullies ruthlessly pursue a small, brilliant boy in this young adult Roald Dahl short story.
Davey Gordon, a New York City boxer at the end of his career, falls for dancer Gloria Price. However, their budding relationship is interrupted by Gloria's violent boss, Vincent Rapallo, who has eyes for Gloria. The two decide to skip town, but before they can, Vincent and his thugs abduct Gloria, and Davey is forced to search for her among the most squalid corners of the city, with his enemy hiding in the shadows.
Inspired by Chris Marker's iconic 1962 featurette La Jetée; the year is 2073—a not-so-distant dystopian future—and the setting is New San Francisco, the scorched-earth tech-dominant police state where democracy and personal freedom have been well and truly obliterated.
The legendary Roberto Duran and his equally legendary trainer Ray Arcel change each other's lives.
The eldest son of a ruthlessly tough MMA champion must fight his way out of the abusive cycle his father has continued.
The true story of 20-year-old Colleen Stan, a hitchhiking woman abducted by a young couple and held captive for seven years, during which time she's tortured and forced to live as a slave to her captors.
A nightmarish evening unfolds for neighbors David and Robert when they accidentally hit a woman on her bike and flee the scene. While David is increasingly plagued by feelings of guilt, Robert shows no remorse and becomes overbearing and possessive.
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.
20 men are chosen to participate in the roles of guards and prisoners in a psychological study that ultimately spirals out of control.
94-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.
A woman taking a cab ride from JFK airport engages in a conversation with the driver about the important relationships in their lives.
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.
The story of a young boy in the Midwest is told simultaneously with a tale about a young girl in New York from fifty years ago as they both seek the same mysterious connection.
Bruce Conner's landmark experimental film consisting entirely of found footage edited to a new score.
Avery (Jones) returns to college as a competitive swimmer after getting his life back on track. But his life takes another unexpected turn when he and his two friends (Bonds, Casseus) are wrongly accused of murder and end up in prison.
