Gay Abel-Bey

Marva Anderson

Larry Bell

Jeff Cox

Keith Taylor

Daydream Therapy is set to Nina Simone’s haunting rendition of “Pirate Jenny” and concludes with Archie Shepp’s “Things Have Got to Change.”  Filmed in Burton Chace Park in Marina del Rey by activist-turned-filmmaker Bernard Nicolas as his first project at UCLA, this short film poetically envisions the fantasy life of a hotel worker whose daydreams provide an escape from workplace indignities.  —Allyson Nadia Field

Leah, a lonely little girl going through a difficult time exchanges magical letters with Felicity, a friend from a happier world.

Now aged 17, Antoine Doinel works in a factory which makes records. At a music concert, he meets a girl his own age, Colette, and falls in love with her. Later, Antoine goes to extraordinary lengths to please his new girlfriend and her parents, but Colette still only regards him as a casual friend. First segment of “Love at Twenty” (1962).

Luna Calista, a 10-year-old influencer, helps pays her parents's debt through her online content. The more viral she gets, the more her parents will exploit her. Will Luna be able to take back control of her life?

When fifteen year old Mercy faces the unimaginable, her courage and resilience come to the fore. What could have been the end of her story is only the start of a new journey.

This featurette stars a young Miss Edmonton Teenburger 1983, who escapes into a world of fantasy, as she deals with the pressures of youth.

A short film dedicated to old classics of south Indian films. Raju and Seema fall in love, but a twist in Dinesh (Raju's friend) life changes all their lives. A classic plot point explored and presented by many film makers back in those days.

Vincent grew up in a violent surrounding, his own family. After a new family feud Vincent decides to call the police but is taken to a youth center unintentionally. There Vincent beats up the director who touched him improvidently. It seems that violence looms large in Vincent's life. Then he meets Butterfly, a diffident young boy who collects butterflies to bear his parent's death. Vincent gets curious about the butterfly boy and tries to empathize. Step by step Vincent gains the friendship of butterfly. But one day his mother reappears to tell him he is not wanted at home anymore. Vincent is stunned. All of a sudden his feelings burst out and he beats up his defenseless roommate: Butterfly.

Two strangers meet at a train station on the day of an LGBT march. Their conversation drifts from topic to topic, as they flirt, argue, do small talk, and eventually share their secrets and loves.