Personal Movies

The Text Allows No Interpretation is a personal essay documentary displaying the director’s conversation with his trauma in a stream of...

Christina Assi spent her life photographing other people’s wars. On October 13, 2023, the war turned on her: a targeted strike on the Lebanese...

Milestone No. 3 is a documentary following three lifelong friends as they travel across the country to California for the very first time. Armed with...

A lonely college student grieving the loss of his mother has found purpose in a local megachurch. When a young pastor invites him to Chicago for a...

A fist-person story of the director of the documentary, who talks about the loneliness that entails living with an eating disorder and her vision now...

An observational documentary following Steven Brooke and how the solitude of painting impacts his life and artwork.

A personal reflection on hands, the word "tear," and caring for oneself that experiments with sound, silence, and definitions.

Twenty-six years after her parents' dramatic break-up, film director Nicoline Skotte takes on the task of revisiting her childhood trauma by inviting...

A Small Paradise is a film documentary about the Greek island Kos and the people there. It is a cinematic and nostalgic journey. In the film...

Following a suicide attempt, a filmmaker assembles years of home videos and poetry to explore the trauma running through his family and his distorted...

A personal, poetic essay film exploring eye contact, social anxiety, and the nature of connection between self and other.

After running his grocery store for over 40 years, Chuck reflects on his childhood in South Korea and his lifelong commitment to serving the unique...

A documentary film about nothing but footage of things that make a person's life. A young man films short scenes in his home before moving out.

After years away from each other, a mother tries to reconnect with her daughter.

Before Jack moves away from her for a year, he creates a visual love letter expressing his feelings for his lover, Jimena.

A powerful film that reveals the human side of the industrial pollution crisis in the Limoilou neighborhood. The air itself becomes a silent killer,...

A dialogue and home video about belonging, from young people living in modern colonial society.