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It is the Iranian New Year, 1988. Sadaam is bombing Tehran. And Gilaneh's family is being ripped apart by the war. Her son-in-law is missing after deserting the army. Her charming son, Ishmael, is heading off to fight for his country. Fifteen year...

God's Hand is a coming-of-age story of a trio of Brooklyn-based artists immersed in the subculture of graffiti, who witness their finest mural being torn down by sanitation crews just as they are about to take photos of it for an international com...

Irene is an old Seminole woman spending the day in the waiting room of an Indian health clinic. While there, she interacts with two younger men, one a construction worker in his mid-40s, the other a punk in his 20s. Through their communication, th...

Digital video camera footage and still photographs were manipulated and rotoscoped to achieve the visual effects in this meditative, thoughtful short on Midwesterners’ memories and the meaning behind their trips to the ranges of Colorado.

Plympton’s latest film answers the eternal question: Why do dogs bark at such innocent creatures as pigeons and squirrels?

Pablo, a Peruvian street kid, abandons his job of selling gum to tourists to help an American girl, Mary, find her mother. Trouble arises when Pablo’s older brother Mano protests the idea and abandons Pablo and Mary in favor of making money. But P...

A typical American family goes to the beach. Their seemingly perfect life is turned upside-down when the mother Carol, who has long felt overlooked in her marriage, kisses a lifeguard and is caught by her husband.

A five-year old Asian-American girl travels through her ethnically mixed neighborhood as she tries to find a cure for her hiccups. Through comic scenes and montages with deli owners, restaurateurs, friends, and neighbors, she is offered many diffe...

A young couple at the airport turns the terminal into an amusement park as arriving and departing flights are announced. Holiday is a melancholic tale playfully staged with magical imagery.

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From enormous sneezes to gigantic wails, the outrageous antics of these mischievous dinosaurs are sure to bring laughter to all. Narrated by author Jane Yolen, with music by Jerry Dale McFadden.

An unabashed portrait of black independent film pioneer Melvin Van Peebles. Angio's intimate use of film clips, photos, and interviews, including ones with Spike Lee and son Mario Van Peebles, charts the accomplished and colorful life of this rena...

The story of a mother, who at her wits end, invites two neighborhood girls to her home with the hopes that they can befriend her lonely 11-year old son. And she's completely surprised by the end result. How To Make Friends is a warm, touching, an...

This avowedly autobiographical deadpan comedy, directed by and starring Zahedi, details the life of an insecure young man who becomes addicted to prostitutes, and finds himself unable to stop even though it destroys all of his relationships. His s...

This playful collage of sea, sun, and ice is also a beach extravaganza starring suicidal skiers, soaking tigers, plunging mermaids, and more.

What do you do when your favorite toy disappears and no one will help you find it? This spunky detective learns that if you keep searching, you may find more than you expected.

Death is "just a breath away" in this horror film from Japan that is set in a horrifying hospital whose overworked staff is busy covering up their own malpractice until one patient exhibits gruesome, and deadly, symptoms - and then disappears.

When a young Turkish woman is brutally attacked and raped, the responsibility for restoring her family’s so-called “lost honor” is left in the hands of her younger brother, a 13-year-old boy. Based on a true story.

Forget 4-H, the kids are not alright in Iowa. A harrowing account of the methamphetamine addiction ravaging the sons and daughters of the heartland, who should be out working in the local Wal-Mart or milking cows on the family farm but instead hav...

Janie and Jerome: THE LAST NOTE is one in a series of adventures featuring spirited preschooler Janie, her beloved teddy bear, Jerome, and Janie's vivid, slightly surreal dreams. In this story, Janie is stymied in her efforts to play a song she's ...