Hopeful Movies

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

Non-human animals have always been around us, shaping and being shaped by our shared worlds. Yet in the modern city, their presence is increasingly...

Hozumi is a widower. He meets the Kondos at a bar, and is intrigued when they make a wish before drinking their hoppy cocktails. Hozumi decides to...

A colorful portrait of Kent Ohio's local drag scene, following performers as they balance school, identity, and art.

Through therapy sessions and poignant flashbacks, a man confronts his deep-seated loneliness and struggles with connection, ultimately realizing the...

Beyond the sensationalized stories dominating the news, real people share their unfiltered experiences of life in San Francisco, a city far more...

Having left their home country for almost 20 years, a mother, her son and her daughter reminisce of their days in Armenia and reflect on how...

This film is not art... it is something much.. much... much... More.

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...

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...

When a young woman returns to the home she once ran away from, the unease, the longing, and the unspoken words resurface, making her reflect on the...

In the weeks and months surrounding the overthrowing of Bulgaria's socialist dictatorship, the public's taste for democratic discussion begs to be...

Virtual reality creator Hiyu is facing kidney failure. His online friend Photographotter travels from New York City to Stockholm to be a live donor...

The boy with talent in photography arrives to summer camp. The main magic of his photos is that he can make couples from people on his works. But...

After You Get Back follows two best friends searching for a way forward after life has been interrupted. Fresh out of an inpatient mental health...

Striving to build a successful life in London, Reza places an ad in a peculiar newspaper and discovers the Iranian community hidden in plain sight....

A Miami boy’s journey into manhood over the most important summer of his life as he must learn to escape the influence of his mother’s...

Follows world record-holding surfer Blake Johnston's journey of transforming personal tragedy into meaningful action, examining how suicide impacts...