Bill Gabriel Young (Bashar Shbib), a B-filmmaker with a past, discovers he has some kind of blood cancer. He sets out to do his last film and throughout the making of, tells his three children Tanya, Laila and Amir (Maïa Nadon-Chbib, Camille Fortin-Chbib and Tadzeo Horner-Chbib), how he knew, by…
In war-torn Iraq, an orphaned boy is taken in by a soldier and his grandmother, who recounts the heart-wrenching story of Lady Fatima, the daughter of the Prophet Muhammad, in 7th century Arabia. Lady Fatima’s commitment to her father’s message of hope and justice was unwavering. Through…
The La MaMa Love Cabaret celebrates intersectional queerness at this moment of historical change. This fundraising event brings together New York’s most illustrious queer artists with performers from abroad to envision a new future: a future that is full of love! The Cabaret is a live, on…
Sixteen year-old rebel Anita’s father is seriously ill and waiting for a marrow transplant. His brother is a compatible donor, but the two haven’t spoken in years. Anita decides to intervene, in a rough and contaminated Sardinia. “The Lamb is a very well-grounded story, but like…
Winner of five Best Feature, Audience Choice, and Best Actor awards at film festivals around the nation, "The Land" is a story literally ripped from the headlines. Sixty-something farming couple John and Mary Lou Martin come face-to-face with mistakes from their pasts and an uncertain future…
A feature film set on Rotuma, an island of Fiji, about a young girl who is inspired and haunted by her island's mythical "warrior woman". The lush tropical beauty of Rotuma belies the stifling conformity of her island culture as Viki challenges the most powerful men on her island.
A man organizing the family photos discovers a Polaroid shot of his old car on a certain day which confirms that his brother-in-law was not where he said he was on the night his wife was murdered, which prompts him to investigate whether the killer of his sister-in-law was her husband, by calling people…
Japanese cult auteur, Sion Sono, directs this first ever ficional film abou the 3/11 earthquake that devastated the Northeast coast of Japan and the meltdown of the Fukushima nuclear plants. In wake of the disaster, two families face the threat of nuclear crisis and imminent eviction from their homes.
The year is 1941 - as the dark cloud of World War II hovers perilously over the Southern Hemisphere the people of Australia brace themselves for an uncertain future when Japanese forces get ready to invade. The Last Bastion goes behind closed doors and into the minds of the big decision makers –…
A movie by Heinz Emigholz An archeologist and a weapons designer – who, in a prior life, knew each other as a filmmaker and a psychoanalyst – meet at an archeological excavation site in the Negev Desert and begin discussing love and war; a conversation they continue in the Israeli city…
A grieving widower and his reluctant, teenage granddaughter embark on a pilgrimage of hope and faith that become a turning point in each of their lives. An adaptation of the pioneering environmental novel “Last of the Curlews” by Canadian naturalist Fred Bodsworth. Starring RH Thomson,…
Fetsy and her ragtag theatre troupe must put together a last-minute performance to secure an artist residency.
