Powerful Movies

Told by a member's son, this is the story of five kids from L.A.'s Watts neighborhood who formed a little-known funk and soul outfit in the 1970s.

INDEPENDENTS Season 1. Screened for the first time, worldwide at INDEPENDENTS PREMIER 2025. CUE: "First" Toronto Metropolitan University. 1/4

Set in rural Bengal, Pradipta Bhattacharyya’s contemplative drama about the human condition, The Slow Man and His Raft, centres on Nadhar, a...

After their friends are discharged from the psych ward, a hot tempered teen must learn to be a role model to a new patient, a sweet lost soul in dire...

This is an inspiring portrait of Shawn Welcome, an acclaimed spoken-word poet finding his true passion for empowering others with poetic expression...

Mateo, a young Mexican man, embarks on a pilgrimage through Spain to confront his past, but becomes entangled in a dangerous Catholic cult where...

The American government prepares for a covert operation to kidnap the Venezuelan president. The fate of global trade and potential military...

Portrait of Seraphim Bit-Kharibi, an Assyrian Orthodox Christian monk residing in Georgia, who sings in Aramaic, the mother tongue of Jesus Christ

A young drummer obsessed with the idea of making the perfect jazz rhythm.

Atmospherically shot in black and white North Circular Road travels the length of the eponymous road exploring the history, music and streetscapes of...

After a breakup and personal downfall, Lewis spirals through grief and memory, revisiting the past in search of meaning-before confronting a...

When a world-famous film director is finally given the chance to write his own script, painful memories from his past resurface. Seeking solace, he...

The Garden addresses a recurring theme for David Hartt: the historically determined world that we call "natural" and tend to consider as lying beyond...

An examination of how Africa's mythological stories have served as the basis for the world religions that came after, especially in Western...

A police officer tries to find out who is to blame for a crime committed against a candidate for mayor of a small town. He hears versions of a hired...

Pinnicer Warner, struggling to support his grandmother due to unstable jobs and her gambling addiction, gets involved in a dangerous situation after...

The LGBTQIFA+ Center of Lille has been welcoming people for several years who fled their countries due to homophobic or transphobic persecution. A...

Aninag is a story about identity, memory, and the search for meaning in the moments that are easiest to overlook. Sometimes, the faintest reflection...

An award-winning student short film shot on iPhone, reflecting the director’s experience in Rome. It inspires viewers to embrace life’s...