Independent Spirit John Cassavetes Award
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This week's challenge is to watch a previously unseen film that has been nominated for the Independent Spirit John Cassavetes Award.
From Wkipedia: "The Independent Spirit John Cassavetes Award is presented to the creative team of a film budgeted at less than $500,000."
This week's challenge is to watch a previously unseen film that has been nominated for the Independent Spirit John Cassavetes Award.
From Wkipedia: "The Independent Spirit John Cassavetes Award is presented to the creative team of a film budgeted at less than $500,000."
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- DirectorDaniel MyrickEduardo SánchezStarsHeather DonahueMichael C. WilliamsJoshua LeonardThree film students vanish after traveling into a Maryland forest to film a documentary on the local Blair Witch legend, leaving only their footage behind.Winner
- DirectorDavid RikerStarsAnthony RiveraJoseph RiganoMiguel MaldonadoThe stories of four Hispanic immigrants living in New York City.
- DirectorZeinabu irene DavisStarsJohn Earl JelksMichelle A. BanksNirvana CobbThe life of a deaf African American woman in the early 1900s parallels with another living in the 1990s.
- DirectorEric MendelsohnStarsBarbara BarrieBob DishyEdie FalcoA lonely, talented teacher enjoys a flirtation with the (married) principal of the school, who returns her affections but is hampered by his family members. An eclipse enables the teacher and principal to steal several more fleeting moments.
- DirectorScott KingStarsLance BakerNick OffermanJonah BlechmanThis film has nothing to do with Robert Louis Stevenson's classic story. Rather this movie is about the World War II naval base called Treasure Island that was located in San Francisco Bay. Set in mid WWII, two code specialists are hard at work trying to decipher Japanese messages and sending confusing messages to deceive the Japanese. However the film is more about the sexual mores of the day than about the wartime effort. It seems each of the coders has a secret. The first is secretly a polygamist, with one wife being Japanese-American that he keeps hidden away so she won't face detention and the other wife being sickly leaving her unable to go out, as well. The other man can only have sex with his wife if another man is watching his performance.
- DirectorMiguel ArtetaStarsMike WhiteChris WeitzLupe OntiverosAn oddly naive man-child stalks his childhood best friend and tries to reconnect with their past.Winner
- DirectorMia TrachingerStarsPetra TikalovaEdward DratverElizabeth LiebelAfter fleeing a war-torn country, a couple finds that their only means of survival is to don giant bunnysuits to make a living.
- DirectorMarc ForsterStarsRadha MitchellMegan MullallyCatherine Lloyd BurnsThe story of a Californian couple expecting a child and their group of friends confronted with the tragedy of a big loss.
- DirectorGreg HarrisonStarsChris FerreiraMackenzie FirgensElizabeth SunAn inside look into one night in the San Francisco underground rave scene.
- DirectorJim McKayStarsKerry WashingtonAnna SimpsonMelissa MartinezFocusing on the bonding between three girls in Brooklyn's "Jackie Robinson Steppers Marching Band" and the choices the girls face once their high school closes down for asbestos removal.
- DirectorMichael PolishStarsJon GriesDaryl HannahGarrett MorrisSunny Holiday, an aspiring singing star, abandons his wife and young baby to set off on a nine-month tour of bleak western towns. He takes off with his road manager in a pink Chrysler in search of their own version of the American Dream: a country loving audience.Winner
- DirectorRosemary RodriguezStarsAna ReederMichael HyattChristopher KadishAlix is taken in by a photographer, Digna, who despite her friends' protests, tries to help Alix piece her life back together and overcome her addictions.
- DirectorPatrik-Ian PolkStarsSeth GilliamDwight EwellAndre JohnsonThe tale of 4 gay African-American friends in L.A: shy, virginal photographer Marcus, outgoing Lothario Hill, hot-to-trot rich kid newbie Dante, and fabulous drag diva Crystal.
- DirectorJoe MaggioStarsClint JordanKirsten RussellAnthony GormanVirgil Bliss is a man obsessed with living a normal life, finding a good job, marrying a decent woman, and building a family of his own. But as a recently paroled career thief with a hair-trigger temper and the social skills of a child, he faces distinct challenges. At the halfway house where he gets his first taste of freedom in over a decade, Virgil meets Manny Alvarez, a fiery miscreant who takes the emotionally naive Virgil under his wing and initiates him in the ways of the world. It's Manny who introduces Virgil to Ruby, an opportunistic junkie with whom Virgil falls instantly in love. As Virgil and Ruby learn to trust each other, they share their concerns: Ruby plans to win back custody of her four-year-old son and Virgil confesses the horrible and senseless crime that landed him in prison. After his release from the halfway house, Virgil finds work as a janitor and moves in with Ruby. But their attempts to adjust as a family come undone with the arrival of the psychotic Manny.
- DirectorRebecca MillerStarsKyra SedgwickParker PoseyFairuza BalkThree women's escapes from their afflicted lives. Each struggles to flee from the men who confine their personal freedom.Winner
- DirectorEric BylerStarsJacqueline KimEugenia YuanMichael AkiMichael, a young mechanic, is forced to choose between a daring tryst with an alluring stranger and the habitual comfort of his bittersweet obsession: his beautiful young tenant.
- DirectorDavid JacobsonStarsJeremy RennerBruce DavisonArtel GreatBiopic about notorious American serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer, taking place in both the past and the present.
- DirectorBernard RoseStarsDanny HustonPeter WellerLisa EnosUpdate on Leo Tolstoy's "The Death of Ivan Ilyich," set in contemporary Hollywood.
- DirectorAlex SmithAndrew J. SmithStarsRyan GoslingDavid MorseClea DuVallA young man finds solace with a young woman, his mother, and a high-school football coach who recruits him to quarterback a six-man team.
- DirectorTom McCarthyStarsPeter DinklagePatricia ClarksonBobby CannavaleWhen his only friend dies, a man born with dwarfism moves to rural New Jersey to live a life of solitude, only to meet a chatty hot dog vendor and a woman dealing with her own personal loss.Winner
- DirectorLisa FranceStarsCarlos LeonEric SmithJackie QuinonesThe coming of age story of a young female rapper, who finds her inspiration by reading the Diary of Anne Frank.
- DirectorJustin LinStarsParry ShenJason TobinSung KangA group of over-achieving East Asian American high school seniors enjoy a power trip when they dip into extracurricular criminal activities.
- DirectorPeter HedgesStarsKatie HolmesOliver PlattPatricia ClarksonA wayward daughter invites her dying mother and the rest of her estranged family to her apartment for Thanksgiving dinner.
- DirectorDeborah KampmeierStarsElisabeth MossStephen Brian JonesAndrew ThamanWhen a teenager finds herself pregnant, with no memory of having had sex, she determines that she is carrying the child of God.
- DirectorJacob EstesStarsRory CulkinRyan KelleyScott MechlowiczWhen a teen is bullied, his brother and friends lure the bully into the woods to seek revenge.Winner
- DirectorDebra GranikStarsVera FarmigaHugh DillonClint JordanA woman stuck in a stale marriage struggles to raise her children and manage her secret drug habit. But when winter comes to her small town, her balancing act begins to come crashing down.
- DirectorLori SilverbushMichael SkolnikStarsAnny MarianoJudy MartePaola MendozaFollows the choices made by three young women - one a drug dealer, one an addict, one a pregnant teen - in Jersey City.
- DirectorMario F. de la VegaStarsLouie Olivos Jr.Víctor MartínezPedro PanoThree intertwined stories follow characters whose lives are affected by crime as they come into contact with an illegal shipment travelling along the U.S.-Mexico border.
- DirectorFerenc TóthStarsAntarah AventAlexandra BosquetMnuke BouleCharacter triumphs over adversity and temptation when a young African-American man is unexpectedly thrust onto the streets of Harlem.
- DirectorMora StephensStarsBasilAdrian BlueJennifer BrownAt the 2004 Republican Nation Convention, love blooms between a Republican delegate and a Democrat protesting the event.Winner
- DirectorRian JohnsonStarsJoseph Gordon-LevittLukas HaasEmilie de RavinA teenage loner pushes his way into the underworld of a high school crime ring to investigate the disappearance of his ex-girlfriend.
- DirectorMark BanningStarsMichael EalyAndre RoyoOpal AlladinAfter being released from a psychiatric ward, a young man attempts to lead a normal life.
- DirectorJay DuplassMark DuplassStarsMark DuplassKatie AseltonRhett WilkinsJosh Sagers drives cross-country on a mission to deliver his father's birthday gift - a giant purple LazyBoy.
- DirectorKyle HenryStarsCyndi WilliamsKenneth Wayne BradleyAlex KiesterAn overworked, middle-aged Texas woman embezzles from her employer and abandons her family to seek out a mysterious room that has been appearing to her in visions during seizure-like attacks.
- DirectorRichard GlatzerWash WestmorelandStarsEmily RiosJesse GarciaChalo GonzálezAs Magdalena's 15th birthday approaches, her simple, blissful life is complicated by the discovery that she's pregnant. Kicked out of her house, she finds a new family with her great-granduncle and gay cousin.Winner
- DirectorMichael CuestaStarsConor DonovanJesse CamachoZoe WeizenbaumAfter his twin brother is accidentally killed by vengeful bullies, a 12-year old boy and his friends face the harsh realities of death, teenage hormones, and family dysfunction.
- DirectorMike AkelStarsTroy SchremmerJanelle SchremmerShannon HaraganAn improvisational take on the high school experience, told from the educators' point-of-view.
- DirectorSusan BuiceArin CrumleyStarsSusan BuiceArin CrumleyJulia Ann AmesA shy videographer (Arin) and an uninspired artist working as a waitress (Susan) meet on the Internet and spark a relationship. Fed up with the usual dating game, the two decide to communicate non-verbally, through only artistic endeavors.
- DirectorKelly ReichardtStarsDaniel LondonWill OldhamTanya SmithTwo old pals reunite for a camping trip in Oregon's Cascade Mountains.
- DirectorChris EskaStarsPedro CastanedaVeronica LorenAbel BecerraAugust Evening follows an aging undocumented farm worker named Jaime and his young, widowed daughter-in-law, Lupe, as their lives are thrown into upheaval. Lupe is more of a daughter to Jaime than his own children, and the two try to stick together... but change is inevitable.Winner
- DirectorStephane GaugerStarsCat LyThe Lu LeHan Thi PhamIn modern-day Saigon, three lonely strangers form a unique family as a ten-year old orphan plays matchmaker to a zookeeper and a beautiful flight attendant.
- DirectorChris SmithStarsNana PatekarVenkatesh ChavanJhangir BadshahA boy in abject poverty works in a hotel and becomes obsessed with a swimming pool in the opulent hills of Panjim, Goa, India. His life gets turned upside-down when he attempts to meet the mysterious family who lives at the house.
- DirectorAaron KatzStarsErin FisherCris LankenauSarah HellmanJamie is 21. She's from Atlanta. She's come to Brooklyn to visit her friend Samantha, but she can't find her. Jamie meets a stranger named Charlie on the subway and spends 24 hours hanging out with him.
- DirectorJeff NicholsStarsMichael ShannonDouglas LigonBarlow JacobsSet in Arkansas, this poetic and powerful film directed by Jeff Nichols (Mud, Take Shelter) tracks a blood feud that erupts when two sets of half-brothers come to blows at their father's funeral.
- DirectorAlex HoldridgeStarsScoot McNairySara SimmondsBrian McGuireBroke and alone on New Year's Eve, Wilson just wants to spend the rest of a very bad year in bed. But, when his best friend convinces him to post a personal ad, he meets a woman bent on finding the right guy to be with at midnight.Winner
- DirectorSean BakerStarsPrince AduKarren KaragulianAiden NoesiA New York street hustler specializing in name-brand knock-offs finds his highly profitable game suddenly complicated when his ex-girlfriend shows up toting the son he never knew he had.
- DirectorDavid BrucknerDan BushJacob GentryStarsAnessa RamseyJustin WelbornScott PoythressA horror film told in three parts, from three perspectives, in which a mysterious transmission that turns people into killers invades every cell phone, radio, and television.
- DirectorSean BakerShih-Ching TsouStarsCharles JangJeng-Hua YuWang-Thye LeeAn illegal Chinese immigrant falls behind on payments on an enormous smuggling debt. Ming Ding has only until the end of the day to come up with the money.
- DirectorChris EigemanStarsFamke JanssenJaymie DornanRip TornA pool shark takes the ultimate gamble when she kidnaps her own son and flees her ex-husband.
- DirectorLynn SheltonStarsMark DuplassJoshua LeonardAlycia DelmoreTwo guys take their bromance to another level when they participate in an art film project.Winner
- DirectorRobert SiegelStarsPatton OswaltKevin CorriganMichael RapaportA hard-core New York Giants fan struggles to deal with the consequences when he is beaten up by his favorite player.
- DirectorTom QuinnStarsPaul BlackwayAndrew ConwayAnthony DiFulvioWhen Mike and Lisa separate, their children suffer quietly in the middle of the annual Mummer's Parade.
- DirectorSo Yong KimStarsChae Gil ByoungJung Gil JaShin Hyun JeIn Seoul, Korea, two sisters must look after each other when their mother leaves them to search for their estranged father.
- DirectorTariq TapaStarsMohamad Imran TapaTaniya KhanAli Mohammad DarA chance encounter between a teen pickpocket and one of his victims changes his plans to escape his dreary life.
- DirectorBenny SafdieJosh SafdieStarsRonald BronsteinAlex GreenblattSage RanaldoA father juggling his kids with the rest of his responsibilities is ultimately faced with the choice of being their father or their friend.Winner
- DirectorBradley Rust GrayStarsZoe KazanMark RendallMaryann UrbanoOn a summer break from college, a young epileptic woman struggles to balance her feelings for her fledgling boyfriend while her friend Al crashes with her for the season.
- DirectorMatthew BonifacioStarsCarmine FamigliettiMichael AronovMiriam ShorA 315-pound man decides to kick his food addiction by moving to the country.
- DirectorBryan PoyserStarsChris DoubekHeather KafkaAlex KarpovskyA dark comedy which follows two brothers who are in love with the same woman.
- DirectorDiane BellStarsMichael PiccirilliGaynor HoweFrank Hoyt TaylorGeorge, a lonely librarian, believes love is obsolete, until a road trip to Death Valley with a cinema projectionist named Sophie teaches him otherwise.
- DirectorDee ReesStarsAdepero OduyeKim WayansAasha DavisA Brooklyn teenager juggles conflicting identities and risks friendship, heartbreak and family in a desperate search for sexual expression.Winner
- DirectorEvan GlodellStarsEvan GlodellTyler DawsonJessie WisemanTwo friends spend all their free time building flame-throwers and weapons of mass destruction in hopes that a global apocalypse will occur and clear the runway for their imaginary gang "Mother Medusa".
- DirectorMaryam KeshavarzStarsSarah KazemyNikohl BoosheriReza Sixo SafaiA wealthy Iranian family struggles to contain a teenager's growing sexual rebellion and her brother's dangerous obsession.
- DirectorMatthew GordonStarsWilliam RuffinJohn Alex NunneryPatrick RutherfordAll fourteen-year-old Robbie Hendrick ever wanted was a family. Yet as another Mississippi summer begins, his wayward mother has run off again fearing a breakdown and he's left to burn the days caring for his half brother, Fess. As the deep days and nights pass without her return and with older brother Lucas dangerously in their lives again, Robbie must face the fact that his dream of a family may only be a dream and he might just lose the only family he's ever had: Fess.
- DirectorAdam ReidStarsSabrina LloydJames UrbaniakLynn CohenLonely since his wife left him and alienated from his daughter, a cantankerous voice-over artist strikes up an unlikely friendship with his regular deliveryman. Many suburbs away, an elderly widow loses her license to drive and turns to her wry younger neighbor for nostalgic cuddles and comfort. Meanwhile, a young urban sports fanatic meets a girl online and unexpectedly falls in love, though the trials the couple endure prove even more unexpected. Adam Reid's enchanting, compassionate debut weaves together the worlds of six lonely individuals as they negotiate the age-old process of giving and receiving love. It isn't easy, and it never happens the way they expect it, but for these isolated souls, there's an oddball magic in the way they make connections they never imagined.
- DirectorAva DuVernayStarsEmayatzy CorinealdiDavid OyelowoLorraine ToussaintRuby goes on a journey of self-discovery when she drops out of medical school in order to focus on her incarcerated husband's well-being.Winner
- DirectorLaura ColellaStarsJonah ParkerTheo GreenDavid A. ParkerSyd is an eccentric bookseller with delusions of grandeur fueled by red wine. He caused a rift 5 years ago between his bohemian housemates and the family next door, but now tries to recruit his 14-year-old neighbor as a collaborator.
- DirectorAlex Ross PerryStarsCarlen AltmanBob ByingtonKate Lyn SheilWhen a brother accompanies his estranged sister on a road trip, they rediscover how obnoxious they are together - and how much they might need each other.
- DirectorAurora GuerreroStarsFenessa PinedaVenecia TroncosoJoaquín GarridoAfter being assigned as study partners, two Chicana high schoolers find a bond that confuses them at times.
- DirectorSean BakerStarsDree HemingwayBesedka JohnsonBooneeAn unlikely friendship forms between twenty-one-year-old Jane and the elderly Sadie after Jane discovers a hidden stash of money inside an object at Sadie's yard sale.
- DirectorChad HartiganStarsPaul EenhoornDemetrius GrosseTom PlunkettMartin Bonner has just moved to Nevada from the East Coast, leaving behind his two adult children and a life he spent more than two decades building.Winner
- DirectorAndrew BujalskiStarsKriss SchludermannTom FletcherWiley WigginsA 1980s-set story centered around a man vs. machine chess tournament.
- DirectorSebastián SilvaStarsMichael CeraGaby HoffmannJuan Andrés SilvaAs Jamie travels in Chile, he invites an eccentric woman to join his group's quest to score a fabled hallucinogen, a move that finds him at odds with his new companion, until they drink the magic brew on a beach at the edge of the desert.
- DirectorJem CohenStarsMary Margaret O'HaraBobby SommerEla PiplitsWhen a Vienna museum guard befriends an enigmatic visitor, the grand Kunsthistorisches Art Museum becomes a mysterious crossroads that sparks explorations of their lives, the city, and the ways in which works of art reflect and shape the world.
- DirectorYen TanStarsBailey BassMarcus DeAndaYesenia GarciaRecovering from an ill-fated affair with a married man, Gabe finds solace in the relationship he maintains with his ex-wife and daughter. On the other side of town, Ernesto evades life at home with his current live-in ex-boyfriend by spending much of his spare time visiting a different, comatose, ex-boyfriend, who was in a recent accident. Impervious to the monotony of their blue-collar world, they maintain an unwavering yearning for romance. The emotional isolation the two men have grown accustomed to is captured in a subtle, optimistic, poetic fashion while avoiding melodrama. The film premiered at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival, and was also screened at several other film festivals in the US and Canada, including a variety of both traditional and LGBT themed fests.
- DirectorAaron KatzMartha StephensStarsEarl Lynn NelsonPaul EenhoornDaníel GylfasonA pair of former brothers-in-law embark on a road trip through Iceland.Winner
- DirectorJeremy SaulnierStarsMacon BlairDevin RatrayAmy HargreavesA mysterious outsider's quiet life is turned upside down when he returns to his childhood home to carry out an act of vengeance. Proving himself an amateur assassin, he winds up in a brutal fight to protect his estranged family.
- DirectorEliza HittmanStarsGina PiersantiNyck CautionGiovanna SalimeniLila wants to emulate the sexual exploits of her more experienced best friend. She fixates on a tough older guy who will "sleep with anyone" and tries to insert herself into his world, putting herself in a dangerously vulnerable situation.
- DirectorDave BoyleStarsAyako FujitaniPepe SernaKazuki KitamuraA mystery outside of San Francisco brings together small-town sheriff Paul Del Moral, Japanese author Aki Akahori, and a traveler from Reno who soon disappears, leaving behind his suitcase and a trail of questions.
- DirectorChris Mason JohnsonStarsScott MarloweMatthew RischEvan BoomerIn 1985, a gay dance understudy hopes for his on-stage chance while fearing the growing AIDS epidemic.
- DirectorTrey Edward ShultsStarsKrisha FairchildAlex DobrenkoRobyn FairchildKrisha returns for Thanksgiving dinner after ten years away from her family, but past demons threaten to ruin the festivities.Winner
- DirectorJennifer PhangStarsJacqueline KimJames UrbaniakFreya AdamsIn a near-future city where soaring opulence overshadows economic hardship, Gwen and her daughter Jules do all they can to hold on to their joy together, despite the instability surfacing in their world.
- DirectorCharles PoekelStarsKentucker AudleyJason SheltonOona RocheA heartbroken Christmas-tree salesman returns to New York City hoping to put his past behind him. Living in a trailer and working the night shift, he begins to spiral downwards until the saving of a mysterious woman and some colorful customers rescue him from self-destruction.
- DirectorBenny SafdieJosh SafdieStarsArielle HolmesCaleb Landry JonesBuddy DuressA young woman struggles to reconcile her love for her boyfriend and for heroin, as she finds out that suicide is the only way for her boyfriend to forgive her for her misdeed.
- DirectorTakeshi FukunagaStarsBishop BlayZenobia TaylorDuke Murphy DennisA struggling Liberian rubber plantation worker risks everything to discover a new life as a Yellow Cab driver in New York City.
- DirectorAndrew AhnStarsJoe SeoYoun Ho ChoHaerry KimA closeted Korean-American teenager takes a job at a Korean spa to help his struggling family, only to discover an underground world of gay sex at the spa that both scares and excites him.Winner
- DirectorJake MahaffyStarsDavid HarewoodEdwina FindleyRaJay ChandlerSet in the distinctive world of storefront churches, based on actual events, Free in Deed depicts one man's attempts to perform a miracle. When a single mother brings her young son to church for healing, this lonely Pentecostal minister is forced to confront the seemingly incurable illness of the child and his own demons as well. The more he prays, the more things seem to spiral out of his control.
- DirectorJosh LocyStarsAndre RoyoGeorge Sample IIIKellee StewartAfter a 3-year stint in prison, an unreasonably optimistic middle-aged man returns to his stagnant neighborhood to win back his girlfriend only to find that she and his family have done what they always wanted to do - forget he exists.
- DirectorSo Yong KimStarsRiley KeoughJena MaloneJessie Ok GrayThe relationship between two friends deepens during an impromptu road trip.
- DirectorKelly Daniela NorrisT.W. PittmanStarsJacob AyanabaGrace AyarigaJustina KuliduUpon his father's sudden death, a talented medical student must return to his home village in Ghana to fight for his family's survival.
- DirectorAntonio Méndez EsparzaStarsAndrew BleechingtonRegina WilliamsRobert WilliamsStanding on the edge of adulthood, Andrew yearns to find his purpose as a young black man in today's America. With his mother longing to find more to her life than parenting, Andrew is forced to take on the mounting pressure of family responsibility. His search for connection with an absent father, leads him to a dangerous crossroads.Winner
- DirectorAmman AbbasiStarsDevin BlackmonDontrell BrightLachion BuckinghamIn the wake of his older brother's death, 13-year-old Dayveon spends the sweltering summer days roaming his rural Arkansas town. When he falls in with a local gang, he becomes drawn to the camaraderie and violence of their world.
- DirectorDavid LoweryStarsCasey AffleckRooney MaraMcColm Cephas Jr.In this singular exploration of legacy, love, loss, and the enormity of existence, a recently deceased, white-sheeted ghost returns to his suburban home to try to reconnect with his bereft wife.
- DirectorAna AsensioStarsAna AsensioNatasha RomanovaDavid LittleMost Beautiful Island is a chilling portrait of an undocumented young woman's struggle for survival as she finds redemption from a tortured past in a dangerous game.
- DirectorMichael O'SheaStarsEric RuffinKarin CherchesChloë LevineWhen troubled teen Milo, who has a fascination with vampire lore, meets the equally alienated Sophie, the two form a bond that begins to blur Milo's fantasy into reality.
- DirectorJim McKayStarsFernando CardonaGilberto JimenezAbel PerezA group of undocumented Mexican immigrants work long hours six days a week, and then savor their day of rest on Sundays on the soccer fields of Brooklyn.Winner
- DirectorPatrick WangStarsTyne DalyElisabeth HenryJames MarstersAfter 40 years of running their community arts space, The Bread Factory, Dorothea and Greta are suddenly fighting for survival when a celebrity couple--performance artists from China--come to Checkford and build an enormous complex down the street catapulting big changes in their small town.
- DirectorAugustine FrizzellStarsMaia MitchellCamila MorroneLiz CardenasJessie and Angela, high school dropouts, are taking a week off to chill at the beach. Too bad their house got robbed, rent's due, they're about to get fired, and they're broke.
- DirectorAlexandre MorattoStarsChristian MalheirosTales OrdakjiJayme RodriguesAfter his mother's sudden death, Socrates, a 15-year-old living on the margins of São Paulo's coast, must survive on his own while coming to terms with his grief.
- DirectorJim CummingsStarsJim CummingsKendal FarrNican RobinsonA police officer faces a personal meltdown following a divorce and the death of his mother.