Lena Samoilova, a headstrong and creative teenager in suburban Russia, yearns for the support and approval of her working-class parents in pursuit of her dream to become an actress.
Things turn sour when an amateur improv class meet for the first time after one of the group misjudges the situation. https://shortoftheweek.com/2021/11/22/doughnut
Based on a true story of two brothers in 1970's Ohio. It tells of their abandonment by their alcoholic parents and how the brothers turned to each other for support.
A Short Film by Lars Ostenfeld. Inspired by Hans Christian Anderson's fairytale, this Danish film tells the story of a Christmas tree from a most unusual angle - through the 'voice' of the tree itself. The tree has big ambitions, doing everything it can to grow so tall that it reaches the sky. Featuring extraordinary photography, the film follows the adventures of its life from sapling to maturity, culminating in a triumphal Christmas Day. Along the way, viewers experience the natural - and human - world from a strangely moving perspective.
A young Dutch boy goes on a boy's night out with his friends in Amsterdam for a night of sex,drugs and rock and roll. But an expected encounter with a sex worker shows him something he could have never imagined.
When a young hiker encounters a sexy stranger deep in the woods, suddenly, nothing is what it seems. A novice hiker exploring a lush forest with the help of a smart phone application, is closely watched by a host of wild animals. Choosing a path less traveled he encounters a mysterious and sexy stranger. As their paths cross, the game changes and an innocent exploration of the forest becomes a much more dangerous and exciting experience.
The true story of a young mother sitting in a tree, while a rope languishes around her neck.
The story of a gay man looking for love within the ever changing landscape of queer culture. Throughout the story, Jack develops a unique relationship with a dating app on his phone, which in the end is what leads him to a powerful lesson about the search for love.
Christine attends her first and last prom accompanied by Martin Fredericksen
About the isolation and loneliness of the person with dementia, and the person caring for the person with the illness.
A boy is awakened in the middle of the night by some noises in his room.
Shams and Stella are in love and the relationship sprouts. But Shams has not told Stella that she is paperless and seeking asylum.
Lewis starts to recognise himself in other people. Having reflected on his past, he attempts to affect his future.
It's Stacey's first day of her new job working as a PA for experienced actress Peggy. How will her first day go working with the film diva?
Troubled youth Eddie McGeer, on a whim, steals a motorcycle and takes it on a short joy ride with his girlfriend Marie before they ditch it when they hear police sirens. Indeed, the police do know he stole the bike. Eddie doesn't know what to do except hang low for for while and dream about getting away from his troubles by going someplace like Acapulco with Marie. He tells his friends that they haven't seen him if anyone asks. He doesn't tell his mother what trouble he's in this time. And his social worker, knowing something is the matter, tries to get him to at least open up to him. Eddie eventually does tell his social worker, who knows that Eddie is not a bad kid but a scared one who needed to grow up far too quickly. Only Eddie can decide to take his advice to turn himself in, or continue to run, especially as Marie seems to be distancing herself further and further from him
One summer's afternoon, Laure and Vincent decide to go for a picnic - just the two of them. But Laure's younger sister Sarah manages to join in. Their minds fuddled by wine and the afternoon heat, the two adolescents end up awkwardly expressing their fondness for each other. Sarah, whom they have both forgotten, witnesses the scene.
Morbidity, absurdism and a oral fixation for young girls.
Newly employed in an emergency shelter for people experiencing homelessness, Geneviève is shaken to meet a young woman there whom she believed to have succeeded in reintegrating when she was her social worker.
Alan is an anxious and unhappy man. Thanks to his work, his life has become more and more sad and miserable. A visit to the psychiatrist could be the solution to all his problems.