Identity Movies

An anthology of four diverse stories about identity and belonging through prism of love and loss, sexuality, marriage and wish to fulfill dreams.

A migrant worker suffocates in the quiet aftermath of a hate crime video circulating online. As every response fails, he discovers that the only...

Pisces is an art film which explores ritual, identity, and transformation, drawing from Lovecraftian mythos, Chinese Folk ritual, Five Elemental...

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...

When one thinks of the American Deep South, the image of veiled Muslim students strolling the University of Alabama campus is the last thing that...

Niall Cunningham has spent his life on the waters of Dalkey, a place that has always felt like home. His father, Ken, served as the ferryman, a role...

In 2022, when the economic crisis in her native country was at its peak, she decided to visit her family there. She turned her short trip into a...

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

A young woman arrives in a small town, looking for a place to spend the night. Strange events will force her to flee.

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...

Alexandra has been playing tennis for as long as she can remember. After years of training under the instructions of her father, Julio (a retired...

A young woman is found unconscious in a city street - claims to be another person who was brutally murdered two months earlier - escapes from a...

Edward Said's book Orientalism has been profoundly influential in a diverse range of disciplines since its publication in 1978. In this engaging and...

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

Steven, a pupil in a special-needs class, learns that his school has won a trip to Alcabideche, Portugal. He is overjoyed to get the chance to...

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

"Niña Linda" follows the story of a young Dominican-American college student, Carolina (played by Aileen Pujols), who begins to find a new...

Shelley is a timid elderly lady who is competing in the Miss Senior USA pageant. Immersion in an extravagant world that also touches on the universal...

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