2023 Films

An only son faces a heart-wrenching dilemma when his mother's cancer resurfaces before his college departure. As a First-Gen student, he grapples with sacrificing his dreams to care for her, but she insists otherwise. This emotional journey explores the challenges minority communities endure, balancing school aspirations with unwavering family responsibility.

Iran in 1971. Two young students from opposite ends of society meet by the sea at a time when revolution hangs in the air. Bijan (Shahrooz Mahmoodi), the son of aristocrats close to the regime of the Shah, prepares to leave for college and feels the pressures of a future already decided by his powerful father. He meets Layla (Rana Ghiassi), a girl from the wrong side of Tehran, who forces him to question everything. Their bond will challenge class…

A pedantic mother-to-be hires a stranger to role-play as her unborn daughter.

A disaffected, young gas-station clerk on the midnight shift must learn to give a damn about something after malevolent mind-controlling bugs are set loose by irresponsible oil drillers.

Fleeing the violence of Pancho Villa’s revolution, a widow finds refuge with a unit of female freedom fighters known as soldaderas… only to discover her estranged sister among them.

A lover is revisited in a distant memory to make peace with their broken relationship, but turns sour as details unfold.

A young woman struggling to adjust after experiencing major life changes finds love, awakening, and adventure when her world is intersected by a man from a parallel Universe.

A caucasian man is nervous to meet his Mexican girlfriend's parents for the first time.

Mud and Esther get more than they bargained for when a smart device meant to rekindle their relationship proves to have a mind of its own.

This is Angela’s story, a girl who discovers at a very early age that actions don't always have consequences. All human beings live with a good and bad side within themselves. But we can decide to take any direction that we want, only to conclude that still, nothing happens.

Avi and Sara may look human and live in a human world, but they are not human. They are the newest models of androids to labor for humans. Throughout the day, they go through the physical and mental strain of human life, even though the people who take advantage of them do not realize that. At the end of the day, they seek solace and comfort from each other in their minds, away from the cruel world that they were…

Two agents investigate a potential super-powered criminal to learn what abilities he may possess.

Meg, professional teacher's pet and amateur harpist, decides to stage a full, musical reenactment of the shooting that took place at her high school in honor of the 10 year anniversary.

A college freshman goes outside her comfort zone to impress the older girl she wants as her sorority "big."

A non-binary daydreamer pines for the life of the girl next door, but soon finds out the grass isn't always greener on the other side.

When a workaholic city detective and her laid-back partner try to stop a disheveled girl staggering down the middle of a country road, they discover some unseen entity is stalking her with a horrifying ultimatum: you stop moving, you die.

A coming-of-age story of lust, grief, and friendship. After the father of a former friend passes away, Roman is invited to take a 'trip' to the past, while confronting his own lingering prejudices.

Jane and Teddy are on the brink of divorce – but when their marital problems come to a sticking point, they have an unexpected breakthrough.

A documentary film crew follows a man who leaves his mark on concrete sites in Cedar Hill, TX.

Set in a big theater, where a white light shines down on MIME. His performance starts, from a fetal position stretching his limbs towards two lights that shines next to him representing his parents, he feels happy, secure, hopeful.

When Ellie's husband is taken by a mandatory emergency draft, she turns to her neighbor Turner, who asks her to do the unthinkable to help him avoid the same fate.

A vasectomy consultation goes awry as an unsure patient faces a quirky doctor and aggressive medical staff who don't want him to remain intact.

A young woman suffers the eerie consequences of her compulsive vibrator use.