Identity Movies

Through testimonies from people who practice the art of drag, this short film offers an intimate insight into this world of rhinestones and glitter.

"Dear Future Self," is based off a letter I wrote to myself back when I was 13 years old. The film highlights the struggles and confusions about...

Jeanne is a black artist in her sixties who hasn't had the career she'd hoped for. She has fallen into a deep depression. Bitter, she is unable to...

Experimental film woven around a poem about Chicano culture in the U.S. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2017.

Something's got a hold of Jack, and it's killing his work-life balance. He's hours away from losing the last good thing he has, but can he take back...

80,000 Thoughts is a poetic autobiographical and fictional film about testing oneself and one's possibilities—sexually, gender-wise, and...

In the wake of one of the worst social experiments in the history of mankind, 'I'm not Black, I'm Coloured' is one of the first documentary films to...

What if you are made to feel ashamed when you speak your "mother tongue" or ridiculed because of your accent? "Pidgin: The Voice of Hawai'i"...

What will you do, what will you say, when you meet the Ex? A young woman must confront her fiance's secret past and resolve her misgivings when she...

It was summer on the shores of Lake Geneva. Alice was on vacation at the campsite with her mother, she was bored. One day by chance, she met Zack...

Tara Byte is a documentary short that explores the art and performance of the eclectic Soren Liu (He/They) while illuminating the interplay between...

Filmmaker Sophie Dros enters into a dialogue with strong women in a powerfull document about being a woman in the Netherlands today. Inspired by...

CodeSwitching is a mash-up of personal stories from three generations of African American students who participated in a landmark voluntary...

Linger in Singapore's public housing and the first thing you will notice is the void deck. The empty space on the ground floor of HDB blocks brings...

18 year old Em goes on a journey, with biscuits from her grandmother that she eats and shares with new friends. When down to her last biscuit, Em has...

The Mejia family emigrated from Oaxaca to Fresno, California 40 years ago. Filmmaker Trisha ZIff filmed the family in 1996, and returns now to see...

Spontaneous portrait of an endearing and cheerful teenager living in balance between traditionalism and modernity. She presents her regalia to us and...

Dreams and reality collide as Shelly, a lonely 50s housewife trapped in a loveless marriage, struggles to reconcile her identity with her conflicting...

An experimental short film that explores perceptions of Dominican cinema and its identity through personifications of commercial and independent film...

We all compare ourselves to others. We spend our lives wondering what others think and say about us. Some of us even wish we were someone else. We...