Movies: Magic realism

It took a hundred queer years for Lola Perla to be finally recognized by a government that never really took notice of the likes of her. But that’s okay, because along with the president’s anti-climactic, and in many ways, almost insincere recognitio...

On the wake of tragedy, two siblings must navigate through a three-day odyssey across the desert towards the nearest city....

On the night of his eighth birthday, Pablito mourns the loss of his Amá. However, his spirits are lifted when his Abuela tells him a fairytale about La Bruja Del Mar, a mystical witch longing for a son....

A surrealist short film that tells the story of a young woman navigating the whirlwind that is adolescence. Dreamlike sequences of young love, afterschool house parties, and midnight woodland rites come together in this pseudo-autobiographical tale....

Two men on the run cause chaos in a small community that is on the brink of getting swallowed by war....

Mr. Pye is a missionary whose mission to spread God's love on the tiny English Channel island of Sark faces supernatural setbacks in this comic fantasy from the author of Gormenghast....

It follows Samantha Heather Mackey. She receives an invitation to the Bunnies' fabled "Smut Salon," and finds herself inexplicably drawn to their front door and ditching her friend, Ava, in the process. Based on the novel by Mona Awad....

A 12-year-old girl lives life on the run alongside her father who has Tourette Syndrome. Desperately seeking a normal family life, she befriends a group of outcasts who want to harness a volatile supernatural power her father is hiding....

No one could ever imagine that one day La Chingada Vieja would fall in love. Because she is always alone, because no one has ever turn to see her, because everyone is always closing the door at her nose, because when they feel her coming they cross t...

A young actress rehearsing for a play about human trafficking begins to relive terrifying scenes that may be dreams -- or an alternate reality....

A homespun high school fairy tale comedy, What I Love About Concrete is a tour through the unbearable awkwardness, nascent cynicism, and disarming wonder that comprise the 11th grade experience, in a world where synchronized swimming breaks out in ru...

Leopold Kohák married a rich widow a long time ago and now has nothing to do compared to his energetic wife. He's growing old and troubled by the fact that he betrayed his first love Emča and his beloved river Sázava where he spent his childhood and ...

Kohata Anime Studio is a place full of dreams where animation is made. Baja was raised in this studio by the people who create animation. Floating in a pond outside are his friends the ducks. One night, when all the people are no longer at the studio...

What do fictional characters do with the rest of their lives, once their stories have been told? This charmingly offbeat, deadpan fantasy attempts to answer that question....

For over 85 years, steamship Ste. Claire transported generations of Detroiters to Boblo Island, an amusement park nestled in the waters between the US and Canada. When the vessel comes under threat of ruin, a doctor, psychic and amusement park fanati...

Claymation adaptation of Kenji Miyazawa's short tale about a pair of hunters that, after getting lost on the mountains, find themselves looking for a meal at the mysterious Wildcat House restaurant. Faced with endless corridors and doors, and many si...

Somewhere in the Balkans, Anna explores her power of intuition while road-tripping with her old friend Armando, an amateur video-blogger who tries too hard. When Anna starts to wonder if friendships have an expiry date, she meets Goran, a famous acto...

In this coming-of-age-film about self-love, Maya is a girl who has always held a pessimistic view of the rain, reminding her of failed love and other depressing things. Will the rain ever stop her in her journey to overcome past heartaches?...

An obsessive carpenter is forced to reevaluate his life and relationship when his latest creation, a beautifully crafted table, begins to speak to him....

Imagine you had ten seconds more in your day. What would you change about your life?...