In a dark, isolated home, a Chinese American teenage girl lives under the strict control of her mother, who treats punishment as care and obedience as survival. As the girl’s compulsive hair-pulling turns into a secret obsession, the tension between them builds toward a violent confrontation.
Female Director
Free Fish
Free Fish is an intimate short documentary filmed entirely in Gaza during one of the deadliest years in recent history. The film follows two brothers, Mohammad and Ahmad Kaloob, separated by siege and displacement, yet bound by the sea, it’s not just a story of survival, but of grief, inheritance, and the quiet defiance of those who refuse to disappear.
Okurimono
Noriko Oi returns to Japan, her native land, in the hopes of reviving her mother’s memories, a survivor of the Nagasaki atomic bomb, while preparing for her childhood home’s sale.
interiorem pueri (inner child)
Beatrice makes a pilgrimage to have a Last Supper with her inner child, before abandoning her, and their shared dreams, in a desert bunker.
Changing them both forever.
Another Hero
A disillusioned young woman spends her days crafting her body into a weapon, so she can go out at night and look for trouble.
Dadda
Amidst his wife's flourishing career, a once hotshot director turned stay-at-home dad, becomes convinced his hands are inexplicably shrinking. In a desperate search to re-enlarge his hands, he puts his family and sanity at risk as things grow out of control.