Movies: Identity

Pablo is seen less and less in the neighborhood. So much so that his friends no longer even know what's become of him. His secret: he has a passion for horse-riding and hides, for fear of having to cope with other people's attitudes. One day, his pal...

After a Hollywood agent suffers the loss of her biggest client and closest friend, she is asked to represent an AI version of the deceased actor....

After five years studying in Paris, Arash has not adjusted to life there and has decided to return to Iran to live. Hoping to change his mind, his two friends Hossein and Ashkan convince him to take a last trip through France....

Filmmaker Sophie Dros enters into a dialogue with strong women in a powerfull document about being a woman in the Netherlands today. Inspired by Simone de Beauvoir's essay The second sex, filmmaker Sophie Dros (winner of the NFF Debut Competition 20...

Identity is an experimental short film about gender fluidity, memory, and transformation....

A man looks into a mirror and sees a reflection version of himself dancing, carefree, and rebellious -- only for the reflection to be shattered by a mystery man with a box over his head....

Striving to build a successful life in London, Reza places an ad in a peculiar newspaper and discovers the Iranian community hidden in plain sight. Winner of the Netflix Documentary Talent Fund....

A short film exploring the notion of identity in relation to our actions and society's perception of individuals....

Shelley is a timid elderly lady who is competing in the Miss Senior USA pageant. Immersion in an extravagant world that also touches on the universal need for visibility, beauty and being included....

Two women live awaiting the return of their husbands from across the border, where they went seeking fortune. During their long wait, each one tries to find a way to deal with the absence....

A gritty crime drama set in Oakland about a Vietnamese brother trying to throw a Tết (Lunar New Year) celebration for his little sister. But when life gets in the way, he turns a traditional dice game, Bầu Cua, into a street hustle and builds an unde...

Best known for his work in video, Richard Fung has made the politics of gender, ethnicity, and sexual orientation his central focus. Chinese Characters (1986) examines the ambiguous relationship of gay Asian men with white gay porn....

Katiana talks about her experiences as a woman in Haiti. As a woman, she faces many limitations and abuses from men who are more privileged than she is. Despite the difficulties of her condition, she has found the courage to achieve greater personal ...

We see a rock. It transcends languages and cultures. It traverses time and space. Perhaps it has its own nature and memories....

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

Maya confronts societal expectations through therapy, triggering emotional turbulence that threatens to upend her life....

A young woman is faced with a choice: give up her ability to transform into a dog or face the familial and societal consequences of keeping it....

In 2018 Joz Norris had a breakdown that made him afraid to leave his own flat. In 2019 he was evicted from that flat and had to say goodbye to the identity he had constructed for himself in the eight years he lived there. You Build The Thing You Thi...

The story of a traditional Kyoto woman who runs a failing kimono business and the entrepreneurial, biracial, business consultant who comes to help keep it solvent. Along the way they fall in love, but his need for change clashes with her desire for t...