Sara is in bed with her lover when she gets a phone call from her husband, Josh. He is on a business trip in Wichita, and needs a business card from his sock drawer. But Sara is not at their house. So she only has a few minutes to race home before he catches on. To stall for time, she asks a million questions about Wichita, Kansas. “What’s Cowtown like? Did you see Kirstie Alley’s house? And Pizza Hut? Didn’t that start there too?”

WICHITA

How fast would you run to hide your affair?

Facing the climate crisis, Louise, a philosophy teacher, turns words into action.

THEREFORE, SOCRATES IS MORTAL

Facing the climate crisis, Louise, a philosophy teacher, turns words into action.

Set in 2007, Alex is a 20 year old double above the knee amputee and competitive swimmer. He also has a huge crush on Jen, the swim coach at the local pool who secretly likes him back. When Jen tries to ask Alex out, he falters and causes an awkward encounter. Humiliated, Alex asks his friends for advice, only for them to steal his phone and send her a raunchy text message. Mortified, Alex must get to her phone before she sees the message or risk losing her forever.

DIVING IN

Amputee swimmer Alex is mortified when his friends send his crush a raunchy text message, which he must delete before she sees it.

At the time of the attack of the Mongols, a young musician and the love of his life are separated from each other. Fifty years later, the musician is summoned to perform at the castle of the Mongols where his beloved is being held.

NAVOZANDE, LE MUSICIEN

At the time of the attack of the Mongols, a young musician and the love of his life are separated from each other. Fifty years later, the musician is summoned to perform at the castle of the Mongols where his beloved is being held.

In a cotton-farming village in Sudan, 15-year-old Nafisa has a crush on Babiker, but her parents have arranged her marriage to Nadir, a young Sudanese businessman living abroad. Nafisa’s grandmother Al-Sit, the powerful village matriarch, has her own plans for Nafisa's future. But can Nafisa choose for herself?

AL-SIT

An arranged marriage in a cotton-farming village in Sudan. Does 15-year-old Nafisa have a choice?

Mabuhay! Welcome to Learning Tagalog With Kayla. Kayla is pleased to teach you the basics of Tagalog, the language of her homeland. In this lesson, we'll start with conversational phrases and common expressions. If time permits, we may even get into Kayla's newfound hobby of baking, hatred of exercise, occasional disdain for her cats, and her affinity for Vivi, a black mage with a heart of gold from the popular role-playing game, Final Fantasy IX.

LEARNING TAGALOG WITH KAYLA

In this lesson, Kayla teaches you Tagalog, the language of her homeland.

A documentary short, following five women as they fight for their children through the cycle of homelessness, drug addictions and neglect from their own parents. Unique, yet undoubtedly familiar to many; a story on fear, sacrifice and the unconditional love between a mother and her children.Love is abstract. It’s confusing to describe, hard to action and difficult to imagine. But when you think of a ‘mother’s love’, all of a sudden the word holds more weight and becomes more tangible. When you hear of a ‘mother’s love’, you think of your interactions with your own mother: strong, warm, soft, painful, intellectual, spiritual, absent, and attentive. A tapestry of dichotomies; a memory of what she was, is and is not. A ‘mother’s love’ stretches beyond our imagination. It’s the first relationship we encounter when we enter this world, and the one we often times deem most impactful in our analysis of ourselves. So our film strives to start here, at the very core, at the life-giving center of our universe.

THE HEART STILL HUMS

A documentary that follows young mothers dealing with homelessness, drug addictions, and the neglect they received from their own parents.

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