Directorial Debut Movies

When a group of five soon-to-graduate high school seniors skip the last day of school, attempting to make it the best day possible, they slowly...

Three Sicilian summers mark the growth of Leo/Indigo and Tore, two young people from different worlds but united by an unbreakable bond: they will...

Yan, a junior private investigator, goes undercover to attend a dating workshop for trans women.

In an unnamed city, a beauty salon becomes a space of passage where those cast out gather, suspended between life and death. At its center is the...

Set against the vibrant spectacle of the jaripeo, a symbol of Mexican cowboy tradition and machismo, this story unveils a hidden world of queer...

In New York City, a 16-year-old boy reckons with manhood while vying for 'boss' status from the grill master at the local bodega, only to learn that...

Based on an original idea Samantha Carroll developed over several years, 'Close to Nowhere' follows small-town Coco, who, while struggling with...

Hoping to rekindle an old friendship, childhood buddies Ron and Erik set out for a day’s ice-fishing, on the last day of the ice-fishing...

Follows the experiences of young Black men whose lives have been abruptly snatched away. Micah is a young man who finds himself in the Inbetween, a...

In 1950s New England, Billie Blake returns to her hometown after her mother inherits a dress shop. Next door is a diner run by Calvin Wilkes, her...

Noble Kristian Silk Williams rushes home after Aunt Meek Meek warns that PawPaw's health has taken a turn for the worse. After visiting him in a...

Hunting for hope in a city ridden by immorality, young Kedar Barua is tickled into madness by ghosts of the past. Paro's love brightens his path to...

A sceney podcaster's life unexpectedly changes when she interviews a charming guest who is not all he seems.

Richard, a small-town man whose unusually large penis made him a local legend in his youth, has found himself 35, alone, and realizing the one thing...

Over the final 24 hours before high school graduation, an overachieving valedictorian discovers that a psychedelic edible has caused her to begin...

The movie will chart Cole’s journey as musician and quiet revolutionary, navigating racial injustice, Hollywood sabotage and self doubt to...

In present day Leiden, Jan and Luiza share a single night at a summer music festival in Poland — an impulsive moment of passion that was never...

In a world just following a modern-day war, four returning soldiers reunite at the house of a family friend. Old grudges resurface alongside fresh...

In a small Spanish town, teenager Mio's parents mysteriously disappear, forcing him to undertake an odyssey between childhood and adolescence that...

On the way to Europe, teenage refugee Ahmed's father dies. As an orphan alone in Brussels, his dream of reaching England fades. Instead, he finds...