π Award-Worthy Movies (311 results)
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Yesterday and Today
Nothing happens in βYesterday and Todayβ β and thatβs precisely what itβs about. Two minutes of stillness, a figure dissolving into darkness, Debussy in the background. A film about mourning something you canβt quite name, or just watching it pass. Maybe both.
Overhead
Kenneth and Jon-Paul, connected by an unspoken past, find their bond tested when one returns home with a girl who feels almost otherworldly, her presence drawing out long-buried tensions and forcing them to face what still lingers between them.
Borges and Me
Jay Parini finds himself stuck in a Morris Minor, chauffeuring the brilliant, blind Jorge Luis Borges through Scotland. Quiet and conservative, 23-year-old student Parini dreams of becoming a writer but is at a loss to make sense of the wild, irrepressible 70-year-old Borges. As the journey takes a surreal turn, their differences magnify until, in the tradition of a classic road trip, the two ultimately find common ground.
Bro
Summer 2024 was an unforgettable time when many found the dream to become famousβincluding Lukas, whose cousin decided it was the perfect moment to make a move. But as they plunge into the world of ambition and pop culture, they face the ultimate question: at what cost?
Darwin Rao's The Bench
A grieving elderly man and a heartbroken young stranger form a silent bond over several days, exchanging small acts of kindness that ultimately help the young man heal and carry that compassion forward after the old man is gone.
Cat's Blood (Proof of Concept)
Through the eyes of William Maves, the personal driver of Nico Marchesi, we follow a deadly clash between two rival families in South Africa, where blackmail, betrayal, and revenge turn love, loyalty, and blood into weaponsβand one misstep can be fatal.
CAMP
Emily is the cause of two tragedies early in her life; her dad suggests she go to a Camp for troubled youth to ease her guilt. When Emily arrives, she is taken in by the other counsellors; they accept her as she is and wrap her in a veil of peace & forgiveness. Emily stands at the forefront of a new kind of life, but thereβs a voice out there in the woods she canβt ignore, telling Emily to go home.
Loneliness and the Sheep
We follow the trip of a heartbroken man. Long after his break up, he cannot let it leave his mind continuously searching for meaning in every mundane thing, only to ultimately find peace in the carelessly afraid sheep at the footsteps of Mont Saint-Michel.
Oliver West
West Knight secretly helps Oliver, a ghost only she can see, cross over to the afterlife before his spiritual essence deteriorates completely. While her step sibling Jaime navigates a new romance with coworker Quinn, West discovers that Oliver's unfinished business isn't about supernatural ritualsβit's about experiencing human connection and love.
Holo
When her abusive partner dies, Claire contacts Looking Glass Technologies, a controversial company specializing in artificial encounters by means of an actor and futuristic facial technology β in order to confront him, gain closure, and control her life again.
Westhampton
Haunted by an accident he caused in high school, a damaged filmmaker is forced to go back to the scene of the tragedy and face the friends whose lives he ruined and a town that disdains him. Jumping between the present and an indie film he made about the accident reveals how the true events played out far differently than depicted in his movie.
The Slow Man and His Raft
Set in rural Bengal, Pradipta Bhattacharyyaβs contemplative drama about the human condition, The Slow Man and His Raft, centres on Nadhar, a motion-impaired, middle-aged man, βslower than a slothβ, who is swept into a touring circus following the death of his caregiving mother. Nadhar is something of a relic, a slow man stranded in a frantic, productive society. For those around him, his slowness can at best serve as a derisory spectacle. An expansive meditation on human nature, slowness and being profoundly out of step with the world.
Eastern Western
This beautifully understated Western is the story of a son raised by two fathers, one from the European East and one from the American West. On the cusp of the 20th century, somewhere on the American frontier, Igor, an immigrant and recent widower, struggles to raise his two-year-old son Ivo on his own. When his American friend and mentor Duncan decides to move his horse-breeding business and young family to California, Igor and Ivo join the wagon train headed West.