Movies: Acceptance

A suicidal man forces his bartender to carry out his death wish through a life-defining conversation....

In a vibrant yet dystopian Dubai, aspiring writer Carol struggles with her perfectionism while stuck in a mundane job. Her carefree boyfriend, Nicolas, challenges her high standards, leading to conflicts that heighten her insecurities. With support f...

After her world is shattered before her eyes, sixteen year old Maeve finds herself unable to escape the violence of her life in this gritty urban drama...

A short film by Ori Alfassi on the theme of reckoning....

A poetic and metaphysical view on a daily life routine in a distant nursing home, on a top of the mountain in Uzice, Serbia – the closest place to heaven. This is the last station on earth for old people that called “clients”. While they’re waiting...

In our darkest days, Moonboy reminds us to grab the light, music, love... and just dance in an elevator!...

This MGM John Nesbitt's Passing Parade series short tells the story of Mark Carleton, a worker for the USDA who travels across the world trying to find wheat that farmers can grow despite various disasters....

It’s Father’s Day and Mehdi is impatient to see his daughter. He now lives a perfect life with boyfriend Axel, but will his precocious princess accept Axel?...

It's 1996 and Roohi has decided to follow her heart and be with the person she loves....

A young Vietnamese-Canadian swimmer finds himself struggling between the expectations of his family and the demands of his heart. His father wants him to marry soon, but his mother, haunted by a past romance, hopes her son will stand up for what he b...

Max learns about immigration and the meaning of home from his friend Srijoni, who shares her story of moving to Canada from Bangladesh when she was young....

Jean-Luc Godard's acceptance video for the 2015 'Prix d’honneur'....

The road can be long when allowing yourself to love again. Shy and self-effacing Léo leads a solitary existence, but an encounter with the confident Thom turns his world upside down....

The film follows Matt, who struggles to cope with the loss of his daughter, Sophie. He contemplates suicide but realizes the impact it would have on his wife, Sarah, and others. With the help of a therapist, Matt works towards finding acceptance. He ...

In just sixty years, South Korea went from being one of the poorest countries on the Asian continent to having the 12th largest economy in the entire world. Every year, it is measured that Korean students have some of the highest test scores and a hi...

Having undergone a laser eye surgery, Søren struggles with complications that causes his eyesight to worsen. In an attempt to better understand his new reality, Søren starts to film the world around him....

This film evolves around a mother and a son and their day on May 17, 2013. The story starts in the morning when a woman discovers her son wearing her red dress. The film is dedicated to the theme of homophobia and is closely related to May 17, 2013,...

”Autoportret: fragmente din mine” is a poetic and introspective short film that blurs the line between visual diary and experimental cinema. Built around an original poem, the film follows no traditional narrative, instead weaving together fragments ...

An exploration of the interconnected experiences of queerness and illness, this film navigates personal and collective journeys through medical spaces, sexual violence, and survival, displays the profound impact on body and identity....

Searching for a moment of calm in the rain, a young man finds his voice in the most unexpected of places: the silence....