California teen Anita Minteer struggles in the face of an absentee mother, her mom's abusive boyfriend, Rooney, and a lack of respect from her...

The events of a crisis hotline business on one crazy night during the Christmas holidays.

Apathy and depression keep a young, would-be writer from bringing her relationship and her life into focus.

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...

A displaced black queer boy finds refuge in his city's underground Kiki Ballroom scene.

What happens within the walls of an American high school?

As Anna and her girlfriend Mia spend their last hours together before Anna sets off to leave Milwaukee to join the Peace Corps, Mia is troubled by...

A young Nigerian student and poet, abused and neglected by his cruel stepmother, finds solace in friendship. His wrongful arrest tests his...

An aspiring actress has lost considerable weight to land her first movie role, but what the director didn’t tell her was that it includes a...

Mick and Kev, teen Irish lads, are at the shore, throwing rocks at empty cans, drinking cider. Mick's the pushy one, engaging Kev in a game of mumbly...

Socialite Vita Sackville-West and literary icon Virginia Woolf run in different circles in 1920s London. Despite the odds, the two forge an...

Lisa Spinelli is a Staten Island teacher who is unusually devoted to her students. When she discovers one of her five-year-olds is a prodigy, she...

Convicted of witchcraft, 8-year-old Shula is brought to live in a penal colony where witches do hard labour in service of the government.

Naples, Trajan's district. Initially it was intended for the inhabitants of the shantytowns on the seafront of Naples, who were homeless after the...

While staying at a tropical resort, a man becomes convinced the American timeshare company running it has an evil plan to take away his loved ones.

The story of several friends in New York City facing financial poverty, homophobia, AIDS, and, of course, rent.

A faithful Jehovah's Witness is forced to shun her own sister because of a religious transgression. As the separation draws out, she starts to...

Riley wants to rebuild her relationship with her mother and little sister, who are shut-ins due to her sister's illness. When Riley realizes her...

Cambodia, once the ancient kingdom of Funan, April 17th, 1975. The entire country falls under the tyranny of Angkar, the communist party of the Khmer...

Conrad Lang, a handyman in a rich family - he has been raised like a brother with Thomas, who has the same age -, accidentally puts fire to the big...