Pan African Film Festival 2020 – Code_Switch
After losing a loved one, Ruby Oliver enters a broken VR game for a last chance to see the dead – little does she know that this game treats all girls as a virus as she fights to get out.
Read MoreAfter losing a loved one, Ruby Oliver enters a broken VR game for a last chance to see the dead – little does she know that this game treats all girls as a virus as she fights to get out.
Read MoreHigh school freshman Jalen Young, placed on the autism spectrum, must call upon his inner superhero to confront habitual bullying by other students.
Read MoreThousands of children are trafficked across the borders of West Africa each year. Most arrive at their destination, slave away and die in oblivion. One of them refuses this fate and searches for wealth, power and passion in the riveting streets of Lagos.
Read MoreThe year is 1942 and it's negro actor Archie Glass' only chance to see his Hollywood dream come true: find a missing white movie star. To do so he must go where there is no white: ma ca, the clubs, pool halls, and back alleys of black Hollywood.
Read MoreTera Wong, a desperate 20-year-old Asian girl, drops out of college to help work at her family’s failing restaurant. With her mother suffering from back injuries, and unable to seek medical care at the expense of closing the restaurant, Tera decides to take matters into her own hands and parlays her Chinese food delivery expertise into a profitable drug hustle.
Financially trapped in a crime and violence-filled Los Angeles territory referred to as the ‘Low Bottoms’, Tera seeks help from a local drug kingpin, Lalo. With the cash rolling in, Tera intends to move her family restaurant to the suburbs and go clean. But after a series of tragic events, the dream Tera built on a foundation of lies comes crashing down, only to realize that she and Lalo have more in common than she could have ever imagined.
Read MoreWhen a water contamination issue forces a trailer park to be closed, a young girl must come to terms with leaving everything and everyone she's ever known behind.
Read MoreThe Timepiece tells the story of an unlikely friendship between two people from different cultures, different generations and different sexual orientations. When Sunny (Karan Choudhary), a young, straight guy from India, meets Larry (Bill Bateman), a middle-aged gay guy in New York, they discover their shared love of film, acting, life and each other’s company. But their friendship is tested when Larry’s prized possession goes missing and he jumps to a biased conclusion accusing Sunny of the theft. Will these newfound friends overcome their differences to forget and forgive? Only time will tell.
Read MoreAllie invites her ex-boyfriend over to help her make a video for her first-ever profile for a dating app. Emotions boil over as they attempt to define her personality in just a few seconds.
Read MoreDignity is a love story between a woman and her family. However, the family's strength is tested when a moral decision must be made.
Read MoreFollow Ethiopian refugee, Tolassa Elemaa, as he pursues his life long dream of competitive running.
Read MoreWhen 13-year-old Gabrielle signs up for ballet class, she encounters bullying both from her teacher and true friendship where she least expects it. A story about resilience, body image, finding what moves you, and knowing your worth.
Read MoreA film director whose life crumbles after the suicide of his Hollywood starlet girlfriend becomes obsessed with a lifelike robot that appears to be her exact duplicate.
Read MoreA young boy discovers a home for forgotten imaginary friends.
Read MoreThe loneliest saguaro cactus in the world befriends a tumbleweed, falls in love, and experiences loss—all in one day.
Read MoreDialogue free and universal in its story-telling, Stood Up is a short film filled with memories of happily ever afters and love at first sight.
Charming, loyal and perpetually single Ben is tired of always being the best friend and wing-man. After deciding to shake things up, he agrees to a blind date. But, when things go awry, will fate step in and save him from forever being friend-zoned?
Kobi takes things from others to avoid giving himself to anyone. Until he gets caught.
Read MoreConcerning three groups of children from disparate upbringings, A Black Hole is a Black Hole in the Ground intimately depicts the strange, ephemeral realities that arise on evenings of play, when dimensions of space and time, not fully cemented by adulthood, begin to dissolve.
Read MoreHard-boiled noir meets hipster chill in this tale of familial strife and vigilante justice. Desperate to bail her father out of jail, Suri (Indian, blonde and bougie) comes face-to-face with the criminal underworld that operates inside her seemingly quiet suburban community.
Read MoreAlvin Cruz, a depressed and lonely remote network engineer, finds solace in video games, TV, and binge eating. While paying for dinner, Alvin suffers a heart attack. He wakes up in a hospital and encounters a stoic nurse who provides more questions than answers. Dr. Miller, cocky and charismatic, arrives to explain Alvin's problematic medical record. Despite his protests, Alvin is forced to undergo a strict dietary and exercise regiment. It's an arching intervention that drives Alvin to overcome internal anguish and sad truths.
Read MoreThree young adults experience parallel struggles with mental health and identity. In Moscow, a woman struggles with severe OCD, while her cousin in Berlin tries to build a romantic relationship ignoring her own bipolar disorder. Meanwhile, in New York City, a heartbroken boxer faces addiction and lack of self-worth in the aftermath of a break-up
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