They can be our best friends or our worst enemies, but our families are inescapable. This selection of shorts delves in to a range of family dynamics, from sweet to sour.
In two long takes the director effortlessly captures a raw conversation between a mother bent on being the more liberal parent, and her son, whom she councils on how to broach the subject with his father.
In 1930s farm country, a father wants a son, but he gets a little girl. He tries to toughen her up by giving her toys intended for boys... a charming animated tale with a twist.
A teenage girl is disillusioned with her party-girl mom, and develops a fascination with a new neighbor. A coming-of-age story with the energy and intensity of Andrea Arnold (Fishtank).
Fearful she has been killed by poachers, a zoologist searches desperately for a missing tiger in the jungle in a quest that becomes more and more personal.