Strike
Genre: Comedy

Bad bets, lost shoes, and a dogmatic cult send a weary bowling team spiraling as two of its members create more trouble for everyone.  +

Old Habits Dyed Pink
Genre: Drama

Rejected by the mental hospital, a traumatized woman joins an odd order of nuns who dance, charm, and love her back to health.  +

Highwaymen
Genre: Drama

Driving through the Mojave Desert, Frankie and her daughters encounter unfriendly strangers. The girls’ fixation with Westerns and outlaw tales quickly spirals into real danger.  +

A Sacred Pause (Formerly entitled "Selah")
Genre: Documentary

At Selah Carefarm, grieving families explore healing that holds rather than fixes grief; sparking a quiet revolution in how we mourn, connect, and carry love forward.  +

Take Five
Genre: Drama

A jazz pianist and DoorDash driver in Chicago risks everything to repay a dangerous debt, as music, family, and survival collide in his double life.  +

In Loving Memory
Genre: Drama

An old, lonely man coping with the death of his only brother is reunited with his estranged son for the upcoming funeral.  +

little bunker hill
Genre: Drama

At a decaying utopian commune, Ellison must contend with the suspicious arrival of her wayward brother.  +

Silenced
Genre: Documentary

Japanese immigrant Kenji Shimizu & U.S. veteran Blake Robertshaw embark on a poignant journey across continents to document untold stories of WWII internment camp survivors.  +

The Third Guy
Genre: Drama

An immigrant and an online sex worker get to know one another over the course of one night in New York. But each has a secret that threatens to ruin what starts off as flirtation  +

Always Enough
Genre: Drama

A woman spirals through memory, trauma, and surreal visions, confronting her past in a haunting journey toward healing, truth, and self-worth.  +

Le Faux Marin
Genre: Drama

A young woman and her father break down on the side of a desert road while en route to her wedding.  +

Seeking Rapture
Genre: Drama

A young16-year-old girl falls in love with a man who can hear the voice of God.   +

Bowery Hunter
Genre: Comedy

A bounty hunter confronts the delusions of his reality as he tracks down a local gangster on the lawless frontiers of downtown New York City.  +

The Burden of Shadows
Genre: Drama

After Title 42 expires, a desperate landowner clashes with Turkish and Kurdish refugees, including a pregnant woman, as survival and fear ignite an irreversible tragedy.  +

A Pocket Guide to Pigeon Watching
Genre: Documentary

A love letter to our kindred avian neighbors: New York City’s pigeons—told by the New Yorkers who adore them (and even some who don't).  +

Sacred Animals
Genre: Drama

An estranged father and son revisit their deer hunting tradition in the Idaho mountains. Packing out their kill brings their wounds to the surface.  +

The War Joint
Genre: Science Fiction

When lifelong friends Shane and Jamal partake in a particularly potent strain of marijuana, they find themselves trapped in a bewildering repetitive cycle.  +

Rishta
Genre: Drama

A dependent little brother fears losing his only friend when his big sister is introduced to a potential rishta (suitor) during an Eid gathering.  +

Wide Awake
Genre: Student Film

In rural Texas, a sensitive teen and his troubled friend confront cycles of violence, testing their bond and choices between revenge and forgiveness.  +

Dear Michelle
Genre: Comedy

A trio of pre-teen misfits must rally their small town Southern community to save their local ice rink from closing in the summer of 2002.  +

One of These Days
Genre: Comedy

A production assistant rushes to find a pair of important shoes and her roommate’s missing boyfriend.  +

SELFLESS
Genre: Drama

A devoted mother, desperate to fulfill her and her husband’s American promise for their son, enacts a tragic plan to secure her son’s future—forcing her family  +

BIG GIRL FACE
Genre: Comedy

BIG GIRL FACE is a crime-comedy about a desperate young woman who kidnaps an arrogant neurosurgeon to save her mother's life.  +

Artists Did This!
Genre: Documentary

ARTISTS DID THIS! reveals how artists and determined neighbors reclaimed 1970s –‘80s New York, transforming abandoned spaces into cultural hubs.  +

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