Empathetic Movies

Lio, Odessa, Tavares, Arthur, and Rick are five young people, each facing a defining moment in their lives. Lio, a terminally ill influencer, uses...

A thief falls in love.

A lonely middle-aged man must reconcile with his grief when his rambunctious 9-year-old niece enters them both into a local dance contest.

A young girl of 13 lives with her mother on an isolated property. They are awaiting the return of their father and husband. But instead, another man...

AN ARTIST RESPONDS TO WAR is a vibrant portrait of Peter Schumann, the visionary founder of the Bread & Puppet Theater, whose six decades of radical...

A short film inspired by Port of Entry, the immersive theater experience created by Albany Park Theater Project and Third Rail Projects.

A journey that promised freedom turns into a nightmare that haunts one man. Now, he is forced to return and confront the mistakes that caused him to...

A personal and intimate portrait of disabled, gender fluid cosplayer Paul/Paula. Inviting us into her world, Paula lives life to the full, embracing...

Eager to celebrate the 4th of July, a group of young black and Latino friends experience a police encounter that shatters the meaning of the holiday.

A lonely tube sock abandoned in a laundromat struggles with grief while searching the streets of Los Angeles for his other half.

The extraordinary story of a world-renowned patent attorney in Sugar Land, Texas who, at 57, came out as a trans woman and is now navigating LGBTQ+...

Minor Inconvenience Man finds himself in a tough spot in his life whilst also dealing with two new adversaries.

On March 27, 2026, ten students and two teachers set course for the Dominican Republic. Their mission? To change a family's future.

Follows the sad life of two deaf brothers. Shin Kyung-sook’s short story, which published three novels, including...

After their friends are discharged from the psych ward, a hot tempered teen must learn to be a role model to a new patient, a sweet lost soul in dire...

When viewed from far away, life on Earth can seem meaningless. But when a star inhabits a dying girl, they experience the tragic beauty found at the...

In a pirate timeline of the future, a pirate in space sings the ballad of pirate freedom and warns of the Alien Surf Dude's involvement in the...

This visually stunning short film set in the rural wheat belt of Western Australia, provides a candid insight into the life of Ronan, a 14 yr old boy...