A young Black girl from humble beginnings struggles to be accepted at her new affluent school.

When a young teenager learns of his grandfather's memory sickness, he forces his father to meet with him, despite having bad family history.

Set in Depression-era Eastern Ontario, "The Fires of Joanna" tells the story of a woman struggling to endure a harsh and unforgiving life. Joanna...

A Romanian assassin and her Japanese driver spend a night in Los Angeles working until things start to go horribly wrong.

A young wrestler’s only way out of his dead end town and the trauma tied to it is to fight his way onto the Australian team. But when an...

Ben, an Iranian refugee and rideshare driver in Los Angeles, becomes entangled in a criminal underground when a passenger asks him to help save her...

Timothy is bullied by homophobic classmates at his all boys high school. While studying A Midsummer Night's Dream, he imagines a world where he isn't...

After spending several years trying to distance herself from her childhood and her father, Kia is forced to return. Her father is in critical...

When a brilliant nine-year-old working in a sweatshop gets a chance to attend school, she must make a difficult choice for her and her sister's...

Suzanne Simonin describes her life of suffering in letters. As a young woman she is sent to a convent against her will. Since her parents cannot...

A poor, struggling South Carolinian mother and daughter face painful choices with their resolve and pride. Bone, the eldest daughter, and Anney her...

Young Violetta and her mother Hannah are a peculiar couple. Ten-year-old Violetta lives a quiet life with her grandmother, while her mother Hannah is...

A bourgeois couple, modern yet conventional. One night by accident, a young prostitute barges into their lives. Hounded down, beaten up, threatened,...

94-year-old Eleanor Morgenstein tries to rebuild her life after the death of her best friend. As a result, she moves back to New York City after...

In a suburban landscape, the lives of several families interlace with loss, despair and personal crisis. Esther Gold has lost focus on all but caring...

The story of a young writer's transformation when her past invades her present.

When Jeanne, a meticulous insurance assessor, is suddenly left to care for her estranged sister’s two children after their mother vanishes, her...

Years after her son's suicide, a woman longs to confront both the past and a friend of his who took his business idea.

Facing eviction in a city her family can no longer afford, a woman plunges into a desperate and increasingly dangerous all-night search to raise...

The eldest son of a ruthlessly tough MMA champion must fight his way out of the abusive cycle his father has continued.