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Not Too Hard and Not in the Face

November 2022 •Estonian

The 30-year-old protagonist Slava wakes up in a strange place with missing memories from last night. He’s taken to a hospital where Slava learns that in this odd, even dystopian world he has awakened, all the men have gone extinct long ago, leaving him the only man left in the world. Experimental fever-dream-like voyage through the mind and emotional turmoil of a young man trying to make sense of life as well as accepting the end of his relationship.

Impenetrable

May 2023 •English

Jules has a big goal for her birthday: get laid. But she's got a big obstacle in her way: herself. With an anthropomorphized dilator by her side, Jules learns she may need to open up in more ways than one.

Exposição

April 2024 •Portuguese

During the pandemic, introverted painter Hélio meets aspiring model Theo and begins a report that will make him face his deepest insecurities in a way he never imagined.

The Bird of Paradise

June 2022 •English

A colorful exploration into a lost girl's journey to self-acceptance as she learns to find her wings.

Fat Chance

October 2016 •English

Alison, an overweight dental assistant, is challenged to find her self-worth when she falls into an online relationship with her long-time friend and crush, Justin. But there's a problem -- she used the photo of her attractive friend in her online dating profile, which is what caught Justin's eye. Alison spends the summer with Justin, balancing both versions of herself until the secret slips out. Inspired by a true story.

Earmark

July 2024 •English

Meet Mark. A daydreamer who has lived with hearing loss for his whole life. As his condition deteriorates, Mark must listen to his past and face the present, in order to move forward with his life. Sometimes loss doesn't mean lost. At a routine checkup with his lifelong audiologist, Mark is presented with a hearing aid and with a choice. Between the torment from his childhood - and his stigma around wearing the hearing aid - he lashes out. But he remembers his young self, loving and loved; along with the care his late mother showed him. Through courage, he is able to connect with her; as she guides him through this tumultuous time in his life. He realises he can either continue to shut himself off from the world, or open up and begin to accept himself for who he really is.

Ruthful

June 2023 •English

When a Chinese-Canadian college student returns home to Toronto, she visits a Hong Kong cafe she frequented during her childhood. Through eating the food, she is suddenly able to relive suppressed memories of her deceased grandmother. Now she must confront their multifaceted relationship and her own identity to find her peace.

Hedgewitch

November 2007 •English

A schoolgirl victimized by bullies discovers that the gift of self acceptance is worth more than anything else in the world.

Hair or No Hair

September 2023 •English

Hair or No Hair is a short dramatic film about a young Black woman. She has been hiding behind wigs for years until her Alopecia is exposed publicly. She uses this experience as a catalyst to break free of the shame she feels towards her baldness.

Seeker Wing

January 2015 •English

One person makes the long and difficult journey towards finding their own beauty. In trying to mimic the beauty of others around them, they repeatedly fail at their attempts to be something they're not. Only when they muster the courage to look inward, do they find what they were looking for all along.

Echo

November 2024 •English

A peculiar pigeon navigates the city in search for validation and sheds his unique identity to fit in with different city groups. After losing his prized possession, he discovers the value of his own identity.

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Invalid date •German

Red Herring

May 2024 •English

When Kit Vincent, a young filmmaker, receives a terminal diagnosis aged 24, his first instinct is to turn on his camera and document those closest to him.

How to Blend In

December 2024 •English

When a teenage girl gives in to peer pressure and takes a mysterious pill, she soon discovers chilling consequences that force her to confront the cost of changing herself to fit in.

Doors To Go Through

October 2024 •English

A domestic tale of one who lived in solitude to the point of living himself apart.

Colourful

December 2018 •

A girl in an underwater environment learns to accept her true colours.

ATROPHIE

Invalid date •French

Prion

July 2023 •

A surreal meditation on chronic illness and anxiety, Prion follows a character's struggle with self-acceptance as their fears manifest in the form of a sickly, white deer.

La moitié du monde

December 2023 •French

Yakuza Justice: Erotic Code of Honor

July 1973 •Japanese

Monk Seigen saves Misako the daughter of an area Yakuza boss from some tough guys. The two become a couple and find themselves being pursued by some criminals. Seigen plunges deeper into a life of crime and sin.