Sometimes you have to make trouble but you always have to look good doing it. These films will get you cheering for those looking to shake things up.

NIGHT RIDE brings focus to gender identity and prejudice. In the middle of an uncomfortable and potentially violent episode aboard the tram, Ebba must face her own fears and make a decision about how to act.

NIGHT RIDE

As Ebba waits for the tram, an unexpected turn of events transforms her ride home.

Rosa makes robots. Living within the robots' cold metal bodies are the souls and personalities of her favourite fictional characters from the world of film and television. Rosa believes this perfect life can continue forever, but some of the robots have other ideas. This short features cameos from BREAKING BAD's Hank (Dean Norris), THE OFFICE's Janet (Melora Hardin) and STRANGER THING's Bob (Sean Astin).

CELEBRITAS EX MACHINA

Rosa lives happily in the household of celebrity robots she built for companionship. The robots aren't quite so happy.

In the small police station of White Heights, they're struggling to catch a break with an endless collection of unsolved homicides. When Ava starts to talk, Detective McHendry cannot believe his ears. He could have never imagined the motivation for the crimes.

ON YOUR BEHALF

We've all encountered irritating people and thought "I could kill them," but Ava goes one step further.

Breakthroughs don’t come easy, especially for up-and-coming actress Anna. Rejected from her most recent audition, Anna returns home to find that her dad has already made other plans for her life. Her last chance: playing the victim in training exercises for the local fire department. Whether she is rescued from car wrecks or placed under toppled trees, Anna gives it everything she’s got because a job at the local bank seems utterly unthinkable.

HOLLYWOOD

A failing actress is cast as a victim in training exercises for the local fire department, screaming for her life and career.

When two disabled college students get placed together as dorm roommates, they embark on a quest to experience a hangover.

ROOMMATES

Two disabled girls are forced to live together in their first days of college.

After two Jewish pro-Palestinian besties lie to get on a free Birthright trip to Israel, a shocking outburst leads to their removal. But a run-in with a sexy soldier in Tel Aviv causes their trip to take an unexpected turn.

BAD JEWISH GIRLS

Two best friends lie to go on a free trip to Israel.

Nicki, a bratty trans girl, spices things up at her mom’s struggling tofu restaurant while working to afford her breast augmentation surgery.

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The only thing standing between a young Korean trans girl and her dreams is money.

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