
A Stone Tape film inspired by the yellow fever epidemic in 19th century New Orleans, using analog camera techniques and contact microphones to excavate the material traces of trauma. Coined by archaeologist and parapsychologist T.C. Lethbridge, Stone Tape Theory posits that material objects record traumatic events of the past… and that they can be played back.
2026-09-06 00.0

Based on a true story, USC graduate Shalin Shah leaves behind the expectations of his Indian-American family and his girlfriend Fiona to serve as a Peace Corps volunteer in Peru. But when a persistent cough leads to a devastating diagnosis of synovial sarcoma, a rare and aggressive cancer, Shalin is forced to return home and confront a future he never anticipated. Surrounded by his family, Fiona, and his closest friends, he begins to reconsider what it means to live with purpose when time can no longer be taken for granted. As Shalin’s perspective deepens, his reflections on gratitude, love, and mortality inspire the essay “Thank You, Cancer,” which is published by HuffPost and goes viral with readers around the world. A devastatingly beautiful story of family, resilience, and the lasting impact of one life, Paper Flowers is a reminder to cherish the people we love and the moments that give life meaning. #SunsetsForShalin
2026-08-21 00.0

Known for her razor-sharp wit and heartfelt storytelling, award-winning comedian Mina Hartong mines her personal life- her Connecticut upbringing, life as a lesbian, and years as a public school teacher- to deliver a comedy special that is as hilarious as it is healing.
2026-09-15 00.0

In besieged northern Gaza, Osama, a former artistic photographer turned war documentarian, struggles to protect his wife and newborn while capturing devastation around him. Amid hunger, loss, and trauma, he persists, driven by duty and hope, offering a raw, intimate portrait of resilience and humanity in wartime.
2026-09-05 00.0

After 18 years away from Teruel, Bruno returns to the place where he was once happy. What begins as a visit tinged with nostalgia soon becomes a reunion with Ángel, his best friend from his youth, with whom he left behind much more than memories. Amid silences, resentments, and fragmented recollections of their last encounter at a costume party, they must confront the weight of time, the decisions that separated them, and what they never dared to say to each other.
2026-08-29 00.0

After his father passes away, a man returns to a soon-to-be-demolished Aerotropolis community to sort through unfinished documentary footage and remnants of a life once lived. The fractured bond between father and son remains unresolved. As the roar of airplanes echoes through the emptied neighborhood, his days lose direction. One night, an uninvited spirit that cannot be driven away enters his home.
2026-08-22 00.0

Kath, an Italian-Filipino woman, works remotely as a digital content moderator in Genoa. When she learns that a colleague in the Philippines has taken his own life—crushed by the very job that fills her own days (the endless cataloging of beheadings, torture, live-streamed suicides, and child abuse)—she initially takes two days off, then extends her break, no longer convinced she can bring herself to return to her terminal. A massage appointment introduces her to Jenny, a Filipino woman who tends to people's bodies as a side job. That scheduled hour evolves into something more—an encounter neither woman expected. Each carrying her own burdens and losses, they finally find a way, together, to stop being invisible. The screen, once capable only of wounding them, now reflects a new image: a redemptive possibility for healing.
2026-09-11 00.0

In 2002, Cheng's father murdered his mother. He is both the son of the perpetrator and the beloved son of the victim. That afternoon, he met the children of two other death row inmates. The three of them talked about life, about marriage, and about their greatest fear: their fathers, and the death penalty.
2026-09-04 00.0

In 1976, there was a call to boycott the Shiraz Arts Festival. Some well-known international artists joined immediately; others reluctantly. “The giants aren’t coming this year,” wrote the Iranian newspaper Kayhan. Between fragments of films commissioned by the Shah and the films and books banned in the same years are stories that first began with ‘crime-producing’ poems – each returning to a fire that never stopped burning.
2026-09-12 00.0