Keyword: Realism

Dave Lizewski is an unnoticed high school student and comic book fan who one day decides to become a super-hero, even though he has no powers,...

Unemployed Antonio is elated when he finally finds work hanging posters around war-torn Rome. However on his first day, his bicycle—essential to...

At the end of a tangled relation- ship, Myra and Percy begin to feel the anxiety of the everyday creep in.

An emotional journey of a former school teacher, who writes letters for illiterate people, and a young boy, whose mother has just died, as they...

In a summer’s sweltering heat, 20-something Fei begins to suspect her boyfriend is cheating. As doubt takes root for Fei, she searches for...

Hard-partying young woman Effi lives in rural Wales, whose life largely revolves around drinking vodka with her friends and eating instant noodles to...

'The Statement’ is a wedge of realism; cold and current. A one-act play, with four characters locked in their own battle for control, and with the...

Using verite conventions, a young couple with a baby and a child are worn away by the monotony of their lives.

King is a young man, but he's already a veteran of life on the streets of Los Angeles. The de facto leader of a group of teenage runaways, King acts...

Prior to a city council election, the collapse of a building leaves a land developer and his political backers defending themselves against a scandal.

An impoverished teen seeking to escape the clutches of a human trafficker must weigh living up to his moral code against his struggle to survive.

This tale of familial warfare and sacrifice takes place in hard-pressed Shanghai at the end of the 1940s. Hu Zhiqing can barely support his wife and...

The film was originally conceived as a portrait of Dr. Nawal El Saadawi, the well-known Egyptian doctor, writer, and women’s rights activist. But...

Auguste is an aging prostitute who falls in love with Felix, a younger student. While Felix has strayed away from his parents, Auguste starts taking...

At daybreak, a mother and daughter muse over loss, pain, and absence.

In a quiet Rajasthani village, young Ali clings to his cricket bat as his friends chase it. What starts as playful mischief reveals a film crew...

A quiet coming-of-age story about friendship, uncertainty, and the moments that change everything. As three young men navigate love, loss, and the...

March, 2021. Claudia, a 24-year-old girl, tries to barely survive in the pandemic and precarious Madrid. After being threaten by his landlord in case...