Movies: Identity

Through testimonies from people who practice the art of drag, this short film offers an intimate insight into this world of rhinestones and glitter....

An experimental short film that explores perceptions of Dominican cinema and its identity through personifications of commercial and independent film styles.‭...

Openland is an art film guided by issues surrounding micro states and its derivative definitions. Through intertwining interviews, meta-narratives, and digital landscapes, Openland unfurls a dialogue between consciousness, individuality and collectiv...

Tara Byte is a documentary short that explores the art and performance of the eclectic Soren Liu (He/They) while illuminating the interplay between art and identity, showcasing the dynamic intersection where Liu's creativity and self-expression conve...

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Since more than 10 years the director Darío Aguirre lives between two totally different worlds, Germany and Ecuador. He decides to make an extraordinary journey, visiting five unknown men called Darío Aguirre as well: One in Mexico and four in Argent...

We see a rock. It transcends languages and cultures. It traverses time and space. Perhaps it has its own nature and memories....

Two women live awaiting the return of their husbands from across the border, where they went seeking fortune. During their long wait, each one tries to find a way to deal with the absence....

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'Haftasonu' tells the story of Hasan, who travels to Cyprus after many years following the death of his father. As he spends a weekend in his childhood village, his sense of belonging and identity will be questioned by all within. Following a festiv...

A restless young man roves in the gay hotspots of a metropolis. Anonymous places dressed in mirrors, intense colors and kitschy decors are the landscape for this stranger in search of comfort, connection and himself....

A young woman named Olive struggles to define her own identity, which manifests into her two inner "celestial beings," Sol and Luna, coming into a conflict....

'9 waves' is an independent film, produced almost entirely by crowdfunding, approaching the issue of identity in the contemporary world. It tells the story of a man (played by Dario Merlini) who forgets his memories by drinking water from a fountain ...

An average nobody explores the struggle of self-recognition through the lens of a photographer who has spent his life documenting everything....

Mondele is a poignant coming-of-age film that explores the immigrant experience through the lives of Mary and her son Nathan, immigrants from the Democratic Republic of Congo, who strive to build a new life in the American Midwest. As Nathan pursues ...

It Ain't Necessarily So captures a budding Japanese jazz singer and her biracial vocal instructor who struggle to agree on the proper way to sing Gershwin’s “I Loves You Porgy.” Humor is no stranger to jazz singers Eiko Katayama and Kazue Hiraoka who...

With intertwined life stories, this film starts from the questions: Is Ecuadorian society essentially mestizo? What is a mongrel? This documentary aims to bring to the fore issues that have been poorly resolved both in the way in which Ecuador define...

Farida is back in her father’s native Algeria for the first me since she was a child. She discovers her grandmother’s house in the middle of the countryside. When the night comes, her sleep is disturbed by an intruder, a strange creature which has b...

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A short movie about dreams and the personalities we become in an unknown world where everything is possible....