Identity Movies

As puberty draws near, a young Seventh-day Adventist girl’s secret acts of self-expression threaten the beliefs and expectations that have...

“To begin a new chapter, you must close the last — even if it hurts to turn the page.” Savage Song is a poetic short film that...

Watch “still here.”, a VHS story by filmmaker Marcos Gale about Rocco (Christyan McGray), a boy who walks between silence and memory,...

Born with an unusual defect that left her without a navel, she grows up feeling like she doesn’t quite belong. Her body and her being carry...

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...

Brayden Olson has spent his life wondering about the father he never knew. Armed with only a name, a faded photograph, and an improbable lead, he...

The Bronx is legendary as the birthplace of hip hop, break dancing, and graffiti—or as Butch Da Barber calls it: 'A Mall of Culture.' In this...

A young woman drifts through fragments of images, memories and borrowed realities while questioning the future she has been taught to desire. Work,...

Obsessed with dreams, he embarks on a long, long dream that banishes his deepest darkness from his soul, reaching a life-changing conclusion.

In a surreal hotel filled with unlicensed businesses, anyone's identity can be changed for a price. But when a grieving twin goes to erase the face...

A short film about facing one's identity.

In this video self-portrait, the artist presents his identity in such a way that questions the value of physical and social characteristics. In doing...

A short film about identity and gender.

"Dear Future Self," is based off a letter I wrote to myself back when I was 13 years old. The film highlights the struggles and confusions about...

After the death of his Mother and allegations of arson and slander from The Village, Horst Cassell finds himself on a beaten path. Only one man can...

Photography, drawing and video merge to tell the story of an artist who seeks purpose in the act of creation. Through his struggle to reconstruct his...

Suspended between recognition and expression, a narrator moves through memory, cinematic references, and personal reflection to examine what it means...

A story about nostalgia for the city, for an unforgettable person and time spent with him. A memory of that "cosmic" encounter in the 1990s, which...