The Passing

In the latest true-life portrait by the Austin team of Ivete Lucas and Patrick Xavier Bresnan, a veterinarian’s series of home visits culminates in a painful but very kind-hearted experience with a special patient. – Notes by Jason Anderson, TIFF  Programmer, Short Cuts. A New Yorker Release. Upcoming Screening Schedule North American Premiere: TIFF -(Shortcuts…

You Resemble Me

“A strong, muscular, heartfelt film.” – Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian “An extraordinary directorial debut — based on actual events — in which form and content fuse to discover a new cinematic language.” – Ann Hornaday, Washington Post “Filmed and edited with dynamism, You Resemble Me catches our attention by touching on a number of central…

We Might As Well Be Dead

It may only be a tower block on the edge of a forest, but you can tell by the look on the faces of the people hoping to join the building’s community that this must be one of the last bastions of civilization in a world that has fallen apart. Here, the goal is to…

Give Me Pity!

“Sophie von Haselberg shines bright in this lurid picture of stardom undone.”– Wendy Ide, Screendaily “A thing of beauty and wonder, relishing excess.” – Alexandra Heller, AFWJ “Best watched late at night with your mind and third eye wide open.” – Richard Gray, The Reel Bits   A Primetime Saturday Night Network Television Spectacular starring Sissy St. Claire! Sissy St….

To Erase a Cloud

Taking a drunken cab to his mother’s grave, robbing a porno from the local liquor store, John Little (Sonny Hall) meanders from the realities of his daily existence into a fantasy life where there is beauty in the bleakness.

My Sister and the Prince

Two sisters prepare in the hall of the castle as the prince awaits his suitresses. There’s a lot at stake for their small village and it’s not everyday that you find yourself so close to the power. However, the procedure for the visit has changed and the girls must now do everything they can in…

OG Black the Snake Man

The famed Hollywood Boulevard Snake Man’s main motive in life is to make people laugh, and he feels he is blessed to do so with his companion Butterfly. “I met him walking the Hollywood Boulevard with my best friend and co-director Tucker Tripp,” says LA-based filmmaker Hunter Ray Barker. “The Snake Man of Hollywood Boulevard is…

The Bugs and the Slugs

A human boy embarks on a journey of sexual discovery on an alien planet. When his forbidden romance with a troll is discovered, he must earn his place in the village or he will be roasted alive.

Nothing But the Sun

Trying to preserve their dying culture, Mateo traverses the arid and desolate Paraguayan Chaco, recording stories, songs, and testimonies of other Ayoreo natives who — like him — were exiled from the forest, losing their ancestral territory, their means of subsistence, their beliefs, and their home.