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Another Year Together chronicles three different romantic relationships in the same family during the Holidays in New York City. Jonathan and Sophie, 30s, on the fence about getting married. Jonathan’s sister, Julie, 40’s, newly single and starting anew with her brother’s best friend David. Jonathan’s parents, Barbara and Eddie, 70’s, married for almost 50 years and on the precipice of divorce. Between Thanksgiving and New Year’s Eve, each couple goes through their own evolution as they become face to face with the realities of what it means to be in love. Director: Daniel Hendricks Simon
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The Bellmen When the charming bell captain at a popular Arizona resort decides that becoming a manager is the only way to win the girl of his dreams, he must navigate a crazy group of guests, allies, and rivals to earn the promotion and affection he covets. Director: Cameron Fife
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The Black Emperor of Broadway Charles S. Gilpin was the most famous Black man in America. In 1920, his portrayal of Brutus Jones in Eugene O’Neill’s play, The Emperor Jones, was hailed as “revelatory.” He became the first African-American dramatic star in a lead role on Broadway, and was named one of its finest actors. Gilpin immediately became the darling of the theater world, receiving accolades and recognition no other Black actor had ever gotten—even being invited to the White House. But by 1930, while O’Neill went on to become a legend, Gilpin was lost to history. Director: Arthur Egeli
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Family Matters (Hemelrijken) When Kelly (Jennifer Welts) comes out of jail, she returns to her birthplace Hemelrijken. Although her sister Samantha (Esmée van Kampen) can barely make ends meet herself, she is ready to help. She takes Kelly home and arranges a job for her at a package delivery company. As an old acquaintance (Maarten Heijmans) reclaims a large sum of money from Kelly, the financial problems pile up and Kelly sees no other solution than to go and deal for him. When Samantha hears that, she doesn't want to know anything about her. Until things really go wrong... But family doesn't abandon each other, right? Director: Stanley Kolk
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High Tide Laura has lost control. After she sleeps with Weisman, the lead contractor building a barbecue shed in the backyard of her beach house, the other two workers on the job cross a boundary, making Laura feel that her space has been encroached upon. As Weisman disappears, sheltered and privileged Laura must manage the laborers herself. Her admonishments fall flat, forcing her to retreat behind the pristine glass windows—keeping watch and being watched simultaneously. Tensions churn, the workers become more unruly, and Laura ignores calls from her husband while downing bottles of red wine, waiting for Weisman to reappear. Director: Verónica Chen
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Team Marco Screen time alert! Marco, 11, is obsessed with his electronics and hardly leaves the house. But when his grandmother dies and his grandfather moves in, Marco’s life is turned upside-down and he’s forced...to go play outside. “Nonno” (Grandpa) introduces him to bocce — the world’s oldest game — and to the neighborhood crew of old Italian men who play daily at the local court. With sport, laughter and love, “Marcolino,” as his grandfather calls him, finds connection to other people “in real life” and rounds up a team of neighborhood kids to take on his grandfather and his pals. Director: Julio Vincent Gambuto
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Time is Precious Miguel, an actor suffering a decline in his profession, faces his last voyage caused by an incurable illness. His son Carlos is in a dilemma about whether he should help a father who abandoned him years ago. Sandra, Miguel’s partner and Carlos’s aunt, tries to rebuild the father-son relationship and also recuperate her own, almost lost, romantic relationship. Agapito, an invisible friend, appears and accompanies Miguel through tender and dramatic scenes till the end of his days. Miguel’s tragicomic life in Madrid, filled with his weaknesses, fears and ghosts, takes an important turn when he arrives on the island of Ibiza. It is there that that he rediscovers his childhood memories, old friends, a rekindled love and his very being. Throughout this dynamic voyage we find ourselves caught up in the human struggle between debility and nobility and sympathize with these characters who have found out that “time is precious." Director: Miguel Molina
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Woman of the Photographs A gynophobic photographer discovers for the first time in his life the joys of loving a woman, this one confused about her self-identity and self-esteem, by helping her in her perceptions of herself with his photographic retouching skills. Director: Takeshi Kushida
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