Optimistic Movies

Pedro and Felipe are two 11-year-old boys who are very different but fall in love with each other. However, they will have to face prejudice and...

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

Two roommates find out they have one day left to live.

Phil, once a terrifying villain of the silver-screen, struggles to find work in modern Hollywood due to being an out-of-date special effect. Refusing...

Told by a member's son, this is the story of five kids from L.A.'s Watts neighborhood who formed a little-known funk and soul outfit in the 1970s.

Bruno, a misunderstood teenager, has developed an obsession with burning objects, recording them, and uploading videos to the internet to deal with...

In a low point of his life, a man is visited by his future self with words of reassurance. A short film made in collaboration with the York Student...

15-year old Sam Trottier decides to make a film after he finds a box of his mom's videotapes hidden in their attic from the summer of 2006. The tapes...

When illness forces her away from her beloved trauma cleaning business, Sandra Pankhurst faces up to her traumatic past and begins a search for her...

After a series of personal failures, Savannah, a college student, creates Boxland, a world where she does not have to take responsibility for her...

A Puppet has a comically bad day in Melbourne.

The marshmallow test became the poster child for the idea that there are specific personality traits that are stable and consistent. And this drives...

Arturo Urbiola, independent singer/songwriter, talks about the influence music has had on his life, it's impact, and what's in store for his artistic...

Shadow plays flicker, birds call, and colour leaks into grey walls. In Starlings, live action collides with puppetry and poetic visuals as a teen...

In a galaxy not so far away, the world the two moons "Alphamoon" and "Betamoon" is very divided. While life on "Alpha" is wealthy, luxurious and...

After the end of the world, Merv's life in the lonely wastes is comfortably boring until an unexpected signal heralds the coming of a stranger.

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...

A guy walks into a café...