Understated Movies

Gosha is a trucker who carries goods to the remote Northern parts of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia). Together with food, he brings burnt vodka to...

A young couple struggling with infertility seeks the aide of a healer with a promised remedy, while unknown forces also work to provide them with...

In this reenactment of a propaganda documentary, a woman is falling prey to the role assigned to her in slow motion. Upon her arrest, diplomat...

A little kid-ghost called Pluft lives with his ghost-mother and ghost-uncle, in a remote house in a desert island. He doesn't even believe people...

A young man struggling with a shopping addiction embarks on a fashion-fueled journey to cleanse himself of an ailment called "Deep Silver."

A widow living alone develops an affectionate bond with young man hired by her children to assist her at home and offer her companionship.

In the halls of power, a minister has fallen from grace. Government agent Beckett recruits a deadly operative Richards with a dubious past to restore...

Martin Greenfield learned to sew while mending shirts for the Gestapo in Auschwitz and went on to make suits for U.S. presidents and stars. Now, at...

Paulo Ventania is a black Brazilian man, always doing his best to bring some happiness in his life, and by happiness he means money. When he's at a...

An archival footage compilation exploring the nature of youth, and the passage of time.

Zane finds solace in their time at church, a peace that is not always reciprocated by others in the community. With a pastor they have known since...

A university student grapples with a new type 1 diabetes diagnosis.

An older man begins to work in a modern dairy factory. He feels distant and does not identify with the place, the people and even the society. Little...

The aspiring actress Marivalda, her husband Wanderley, a bankrupt insurance broker and a false priest do their best to get along in life. But they...

Levi Dante is a worm who lives in the left ventricle of the heart - the only world he has ever known. One day he unexpectedly gets ejected out and...

A documentarist is convinced by her son to travel to Brazil's Northeast so she can throw his dad ashes at São Francisco river.

A woman takes time in private on a tiny island in Helsinki to contemplate a loss that has caused sudden changes in her life. This tragedy has...

Hot Nasty is a humorous documentary short set entirely inside a Chicago massage parlor called Big Bertha’s. The film features interviews with...

The friendship of two young women is put to the test when one of them becomes unintentionally pregnant and the other one proposes raising the baby...