Audience Favorites

Favorite films as voted on by our audience and filmmakers.


The Speech

May 2003, Beijing, China. The SARS outbreak is real. The city is closed. Most students have been sent home. Inside a private boarding school, three eight-year-old girls have to find a way to make sense of the world.

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Running Time: 25


The Starr Sisters

Patte and Randa Starr are fun experts. After overcoming a dark past, these sisters are committed to living out the childhood they never had.

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Running Time: 15


Status Pending

With immigration law under attack, five first-generation immigration lawyers (who call themselves “The Tribe”) strive to help immigrants obtain safety and status in the United States.

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Running Time: 26


Take Me to Prom

Featuring intimate, charming interviews with queer Canadians ranging in age from 88 to 17, Take Me To Prom invites audiences to revisit an adolescent milestone while telling a story of social change that spans more than 70 years.

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Running Time: 21


Your Monster

Nothing is going right for Laura. Sick and brokenhearted, she moves back home and finds that the terrifying monster who inhabited her closet as a kid is still alive and well -- and wants to talk about life.

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Running Time: 16



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