Identity Movies

Striving to build a successful life in London, Reza places an ad in a peculiar newspaper and discovers the Iranian community hidden in plain sight....

People from different ethnic backgrounds with "difficult" names by Western standards share their experience with moving through the world with an...

Shelley is a timid elderly lady who is competing in the Miss Senior USA pageant. Immersion in an extravagant world that also touches on the universal...

Shot during three seasons, Kenuajuak's documentary tenderly portrays village life and the elements that forge the character of his people: their...

When one thinks of the American Deep South, the image of veiled Muslim students strolling the University of Alabama campus is the last thing that...

A young boy searches for the meaning of life, but instead must learn to cope with issues much greater than himself.

Greg is addicted to Realm of Conquest, an online fantasy game where he plays an axe wielding barbarian. After battling on-line together for a year,...

Jeanne is a black artist in her sixties who hasn't had the career she'd hoped for. She has fallen into a deep depression. Bitter, she is unable to...

A dreamlike portrait of Akhira unraveling beneath the weight of her own reflection. A meditation on loneliness, transformation, and the haunting...

Watch “still here.”, a VHS story by filmmaker Marcos Gale about Rocco (Christyan McGray), a boy who walks between silence and memory,...

Lindani, a neurotic young trans man, struggles to tell his partner Tam he loves them after a random encounter with a stranger shakes his...

Born with an unusual defect that left her without a navel, she grows up feeling like she doesn’t quite belong. Her body and her being carry...

Suzanne is waking up. In the fleeting moments before she forgets her dreams, she searches her subconscious for an answer to the question on the tip...

This is not just a “folkumentary”, but an invitation to reflect on the future of humanity on a planet where tradition and technology...

After his father's death, Mario finds some letters written in Yiddish. They are letters his father received from relatives in Warsaw. Mario decides...

A moving recording of the late writer and renowned jazz singer Abbey Lincoln is captured in this new film from Brooklyn-born director Rodney...

Liminal explores the everyday sensation of being in-between, offering a moment to consciously experience what we usually pass through unconsciously....

Purple Leone is an experimental short film exploring how trends emerge and spread across the world. Through a blend of visuals and sound, it reflects...