Rising Voices

A young Caribbean immigrant mother struggling to make ends meet at her fabric factory job finds a release through her abandoned dream of dance.

A coming of age story of a rebellious Korean American teenager named Hayoung who discovers the complexities of her mother’s love.

After sweeping hair at a local barbershop, a 12-year-old boy uses his first payment to honor his late mother.

The sun rises and sets. The stars dance, and fade away. Only the moon stands still. Three generations of Chinese women say goodbye to their family ballroom-dance studio.

Following the death of her grandmother, a disenchanted flamenco dancer resigned to a desk job is forced to rekindle her passion by confronting a family curse.

Unresolved issues and old resentments ignite a forbidden blaze between two childhood friends that must be doused if one is to have any chance of escaping the past.

After an ICE raid, a Nigerian immigrant father must tell his son why his mother is not coming home.

Rosa loves aliens and hates everything else, including her annoying little sister. When a car bomb detonates, Rosa must bring her sister to safety by convincing her that aliens have arrived.

Determined to portray an authentic depiction of female pleasure for her role in a film, a movie star accepts her therapist’s offer for an unconventional treatment and discovers the enigma

Isolated from society in a deserted delta community with his austere father, a child musical prodigy prepares for the audition of a lifetime while navigating a newfound skill in

Nikki spices things up at her mom’s struggling tofu restaurant while working to afford her breast augmentation surgery.

A valet attendant dresses up as his late sister to help his mother deal with grief, and prove that he’s the most filial son.

Maps charts the tumultuous relationship between a working mother and her daughter throughout the years, examining the sacrifices parents make and the difficulties their

In a desperate attempt to make ends meet, a father takes on a lucrative full-time job that emasculates him.

During the telecast of a historic Dodgers game, a Latinx mother working as a live-in caretaker struggles between the demands of her job and finding a way to stay connected with her children t

Bertie Bee Hooks, the gifted granddaughter of an experienced midwife, absorbs the wisdom of folk medicine and a mystical connection to the spirit world as she becomes exposed to the tragedies of a wounded American past.

Every year Henry looks forward to his job working as a mall Santa alongside his son Otis. But as Otis grows older, this may prove to be their last holiday season as a duo.

In the wake of the Americans announcing their withdrawal from Afghanistan, an Afghan prosecutor fleeing from the Taliban seeks the help of an American journalist, to evacuate

A non-binary South Asian teen uses bharatanatyam dance to explore their gender expression.

Haunted by the loss of her partner, a former astronaut struggles to connect with her unborn child.

A wicked Talk Show Host faints on air and wakes up in the nightmare of her mind in this musical thriller.

When Tita, an elderly fieldworker, reluctantly hires an AI humanoid to fill in for her picking strawberries, she attracts the engineers' attention because their humanoids cannot do

Desperate for a promotion, a Chinese American woman enlists her “perfect” brother to help exploit her grandpa’s death anniversary for her company’s AAPI heritage month social takeover.

An immigrant fishing family is forced to decide whether to stay or leave Alaska behind after the snow crabs disappear.

A man has a life-changing encounter with an otherworldly ice cream truck.

Trapped in a cycle of work and self-isolation, burnt out Kelsey’s reality starts to blur until an irregular order for pickup disrupts everything.

A platonic companion for hire wrestles with her own longing for true connection.

After the loss of her father, a young woman takes on a third job to make ends meet in San Juan, Puerto Rico.

A mother and daughter sift through old memories as they prepare to permanently close down their family's photo lab.

A promising Asian photographer fighting against the last stage of her sudden vision loss, needs to prepare for her biggest exhibition before going blind.

A whimsical fantasy about a Black woman regaining her sense of self after years of being a corporate cog in the machine.

Tasked with installing self-service manicure stations at a nail salon, an automation technician meets a Vietnamese American nail tech whose job he is there to replace.

Nate, a workaholic drummer, spends all his time practicing, always striving for perfection. After he meets Yazmine, a like-minded, dedicated modern dancer, he realizes that the

On the night of their first major tour, a young manager gets potentially life-changing news about his client: an up-and-coming hip hop star that may derail his career before it begins.

In a family-owned restaurant, a cutting-edge algorithm creates strikingly accurate personalized fortune cookies, blurring the lines between fate, fortune, and the

After being denied parole, an incarcerated wildland firefighter desperately tries to call his daughter while his crew combats a fire. Amidst the chaos of the field, an accident

A documentary crew interviews the man responsible for taking care of the last surviving goldfish on Earth.

In search of closure, a desperate teenager strikes a deal to go fishing for corpses with a stranger

In a not so distant future, a burgeoning streamer is torn between her ambition and the ultimate cost of her success after joining a novel program.

Felix returns to his old home, triggering memories of his life there, while uncovering what was happening in the world outside

Freyr was born with a third hand growing out of his chest. At his funeral, a friend and coworker, Tom recounts the story of how they bonded over being different.

A young chef must take care of his Chinese-immigrant father who accidentally consumes psychedelic mushrooms on the opening night of his restaurant.

When gentrifiers mysteriously begin to die, a Gullah Geechee handywoman who recently lost her home, must decide whether to help them or leave the newcomers to their fate.

After her mother's death, an entomologist struggles to process her grief while working.

When her mother is forced to leave their family’s bustling food stand, a determined immigrant girl must team up with her pesky kid brother to keep things running and earn enough to

As a father prepares to confront the greatest tragedy of his life, memories of his past as a bare-knuckle street fighter resurface-- forcing him to reckon with how this shaped the

After years of delighting fans as Honey the Bear, a beloved sports mascot must confront his identity as he prepares to leave the role behind.

Suspended high above the city, two undocumented immigrant window cleaners face a moral dilemma when they witness a woman in distress inside a luxury high-rise apartment,

A customer at a Little Saigon convenience store reanimates his dead father for one last conversation, but when the reunion goes awry, the no-nonsense clerk must deal with th

A perfectionist sets out to orchestrate the ideal breakup only to crash into something real.