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- Two adolescent Navajo cousins from different worlds bond during a summer herding sheep on their grandmother's ranch in Arizona while learning more about their family's past and themselves.
- After being dumped by Philip, her one true love, the infatuated Nessa enrolls at his private school in the hopes of winning him back.
- After the tragic overdose of his estranged friend, Will, a recovering addict, returns home, where he is reunited with Claire, his friend's grieving mother, with whom he begins a secret but volatile affair.
- Follows the intertwining stories of Walter Dishman, a melancholy parole officer struggling with the doldrums of married life, and three eccentric ex-convicts recently placed under his supervision.
- With an older brother in jail and living with their single mother on Pine Ridge Reservation, Johnny and his sister Jashuan's lives develop new challenges when their absentee cowboy father suddenly dies. The loss prompts Johnny to strike out for Los Angeles, but would mean leaving behind his beloved sister.
- A serial killer decides to teach the secrets of his satisfying career to a video store clerk.
- A Haitian demolition worker is faced with the realities of redevelopment as he is tasked with dismantling his rapidly gentrifying neighborhood.
- Rom-com obsessed teen Christine has always longed for the picture-perfect romance - but she's soon confronted with the fact that her ideal prince charming might actually be a princess charming instead.
- Two miles into the earth, nine Appalachian miners struggle to survive after a methane explosion leaves them with one hour of oxygen.
- While solo thru-hiking the Appalachian Trail, a married woman from Spain's journey to reclaim her identity becomes sidetracked when a lone American hiker pursues her.
- A drama centered on the trials and tribulations of a proud Palestinian Christian immigrant single mother and her teenage son in small town Indiana.
- Randy Schoenberg (grandson of the famous composer) and his 18-year-old son Joey journey through Europe and the centuries to reclaim 500 years of family history.
- Freshman Neil's Vanguard stories are all he cares about...until he meets the older Julia, who pushes him to put his own fan fic online. When the website's moderator takes a special interest in Neil's work, it opens up a whole new universe.
- Comedian Hasan Minhaj hosts a celebration of the best in artist-driven film and new television programming.
- Aubrey Plaza leads a satanic cult of actresses in a sacrificial offering to preserve the integral values of independent cinema. Opening skit for the 2019 Film Independent Spirit Awards.
- In the early 1990s, a teenager and his gang of friends enjoy their summer playing games as they grow up.
- The investigation about two women are each other companions: one suffering from depression, the other one helping her manage her mental health issues. An unexpected turn of events at a gun range, unfolds a revelation.
- The horror of a woman suffering from hysteria.
- Four women band together to get revenge on four young successful players because the guys mistreated them in some way.
- In the mountains of Pakistan, a mother and her ten-year-old daughter flee their home on the eve of the girl's marriage to a tribal leader. A deadly hunt for them begins.
- An artist's shortsighted film about a failed relationship is reedited into a more collaborative, more inclusive work of art.
- The death of Tupac draws different reactions from a father and his young daughter, forcing them to confront the emotional aftermath of their own tragedy.
- A sheltered, sensitive teenager visits his tough, older cousin in Laredo, Texas and learns a hard lesson about what it means to be a man.
- In Los Angeles, a 40-year-old actress works to make it in the cutthroat business of Hollywood while contending with ever-youthful competition.
- Film Arabi is a groundbreaking web series in which filmmakers from the Arab world cover the filmmaking process from script to screen while highlighting the impact of storytelling in our lives. Filmed in Egypt, Lebanon, Morocco, Palestine and the UAE, the series features a diverse group of filmmakers who provide their insight on specific elements of filmmaking and provide examples from their work and from Arab cinema.
- A gay porn star's mysterious disappearance becomes an obsession for both a writer and another adult film star, leading them into dark supernatural corners that were never meant to be explored.
- When an elderly Chinese man's cultural naivety gets him in trouble after he touches a young American boy, he struggles with his son and the legal system to make the context of the 'touch' understood.
- America's roller rinks are bastions of regional African-American culture, music and dance.
- Trying to navigate love and intimacy in the digital age, a woman and her boyfriend's teenage children become unlikely guides in each others relationships.
- Films and television productions from over 15 countries will vie for the coveted Film Independent Spirit Award.
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- An in-home caregiver balances her duties with the illness of her own mother.
- Films and television productions from over 27 countries will vie for the coveted Film Independent Spirit Award.
- In a dystopian future where people live nocturnally to avoid the harmful rays of the sun, a young black girl unravels the lie that has kept her and her sister in the dark.
- When their father gets into a car accident five siblings rush to the hospital. Though they find him in good shape the collision causes past secrets to spill out over one harrowing night.
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- Chelli Look, a leather bag artist, faces overwhelming grief after the murder of her sister. Chelli's journey towards healing forces her to rediscover who she is as an artist, leading to a revelation that takes her in a new direction.
- Palestinian director Bassam Jarbawi's debut feature film tackles the physical and emotional toll of one man's return home after 15 years in an Israeli jail.
- Sam is a movie producer. He is 48years old and still single. Never married, but suddenly decides he wants a family. However, even with his hope, he has no idea how to build relationships as he lived single and free his whole life. The story finally deepens as he meets a Lisa, who is a widow and much younger than him. Considering the age gaps, the story illustrates the two characters' mental age as a serious, but interesting love-comedy.
- Two families search for their loved ones who went missing in the fields of Brooks County, Texas, and find a haunted land with more questions than answers.
- The best independent and artist-driven films are celebrated by the members of the not-for-profit arts organization, Film Independent.
- An awkward family reunion at a business dinner leads a Chinese mother to realize the consequences of leaving her daughter in the care of an American homestay family.
- The best independent and artist-driven films are celebrated by the members of the not-for-profit arts organization, Film Independent.
- Alex and Milagros deal with great life upheaval as they prepare to dance at their community's redevelopment groundbreaking ceremony.
- A pair of siblings make a late-night drop-off at a funeral home to deliver their grandfather's mason ring for him to be buried in the next day. But unexpected events lead to an impromptu goodbye with the deceased.
- A grieving Chicana mother confronts an uninvited family member before her Día de los Muertos celebration.
- ShortTwo brothers tragically separated after a destructive childhood accident - one becoming a relentless police officer, the other a rising crime leader - find themselves on a collision course to reunite, as family loyalties are challenged and fates align at a major arms deal in Los Angeles.
- A teenage boy experiences awkwardness and struggles to navigate the uncertainties of his sexuality after his first time with a girl doesn't go as expected, forcing him to confront his feelings of desire for his best friend.
- In 2020, Global Media Makers and Film Independent Fellows were invited to capture and share life under quarantine in their part of the world, from the inside out. The documentary was shot by 21 filmmakers in 14 countries in North America, North Africa, and West and South Asia.