İshak is completing his compulsory duty of teaching in a pathless village in Anatolia when a female student goes missing.

A collection of student films from the University of Southern California Cinematic Arts.

Inspired by true events, the film tells the timely story of Imani, a Nigerian single-mother living in Los Angeles. When she offers to help a perfect stranger reunite with her son, Imani learns this simple act of kindness threatens to jeopardize her own path to citizenship.

In the tough streets of DOG CITY, Ace inherits a saloon from his late Uncle Harry and is unwilling to pay the protection money. A puppet parody of classic gangster films directed by Jim Henson.

A ramen chef spends his final evening alive hanging out with the Grim Reaper. Through a bowl of ramen, they discover what it means to be human.

On her stepsister’s birthday, Nina struggles to feel part of her new family confronting a side of her that she didn't know existed.

A nun in Uganda is consumed by fear and doubt about her decision to take the solemn vows of poverty, chastity and obedience. Her anguish intensifies night after night as she lies on a hard bed in her small room at the convent and listens to the rhythmic, beckoning drums of her village. Adapted from a short story by Alice Walker, the film was a deliberate first move by director Julie Dash toward narrative filmmaking, The work precedes and anticipates...

Pari gets called in by her brother to cover up the bruises on his 3-year-old daughter’s body.

The will-power of a mother is tested as she endures the audition process of a popular Philippine game show.

In a dystopian world where touch is forbidden, Matta and Matto offer refuge to the lonely at Hotel Vaip. In the deceptive labyrinth of mind bending rooms at their transient hotel, deepest desires are fulfilled and surpassed, but this comes at a price.