Artificial Paradises (2012)

A young teenage single mother (Maggi) struggling to raise her baby daughter (Lucy) finds the weight of responsibility bearing down on her shoulders. Maggy was forced to grow up before…

The story of a mischievous manchild living in a Punjab village surrounded by a lush jungle. After a comical misunderstanding, Illti befriends Bhajno, a spirited girl seeking to reclaim her…

Sofía, a well-to-do socialite and her husband must wrestle with the impact of Mexico’s 1982 economic crisis.

FIX takes you from Beverly Hills to Watts, and places in between, in one day, as documentary filmmakers Bella and Milo race to get Milo’s brother Leo from jail to…

Elizabeth, a sexually yielding policewoman, is miserable in the narrow-minded town in which she’s living. While Rita, a lonely eel-hatchery worker, is trying to escape from the sticky situations of…

Maggie must navigate an eventful first day in daycare. At the Ayn Rand School for Tots, Maggie is diagnosed with average intelligence. Barred from the gifted children, she longs to…

ASP Walter IPS, who plays the titular role as a cop, gets the mandatory, yet routine hero introduction scene when a protest turns violent in Kumbakonam. Later, he takes up…

Teenager David Clemens develops a hysterical fear that he will die if he comes into physical contact with another person. Perturbed, David’s overbearing mother places him in a home for…

After withdrawing to the Chateau Marmont, a passionless Hollywood actor reexamines his life when his eleven-year-old daughter surprises him with a visit.

An elderly widow must find meaning and activity in her life when her son suggests she is no longer capable of handling her own affairs.

A hyper-repressed and schlubby accountant (Jonas Chernick) strikes a deal with a worldly but disorganized stripper (Emily Hampshire): he’ll help her with her crushing debt if she helps him become…

Wanted for killing his boss, Manuel flees with his wife Rosa to the sertão, the barren landscape of Northern Brazil. Thrust into a primordial violent region, Manuel and Rosa come…