When Jack, a cinephile, has his movie night constantly interrupted by strange guests, he is forced to reflect on his fractured relationship with his brother.
A lonely day in the life of someone who feels like simply an extension of the spaces they inhabit. They are hit with the dreadful isolation that exists as a result.
A feature-length road trip drama, set on the iconic London canals. We are narrated an unlikely story mixing reality with hints of British folklore. Vincent (Alex Scrivens) is a lone mechanic boater on the canals who’s grieving from the death of his wife. Nursing his wounds with alcohol. One morning he stumbles back to his boat only to find a girl, Samantha (Olivia Griffiths). She’s going up the canal to find her mum, so they travel together, slowly finding a common purpose.
A young man who loses his job is trapped in a small town that has fallen victim to economic ruin. He resorts to extreme measures to escape and start a new life.
"A socially anxious college student reluctantly heads to a party attempting to make new friends. Nande Walters directs “Who Are You Really?”, an experimental portrait of insecurity characterized by a raw, youthful energy. Anya walks into the room and immediately feels like everyone is judging her. Eventually she strikes up a conversation with a young man, but neither really knows what to say and it doesn’t go anywhere. After struggling through the awkward night, she’s surprised to learn that an extroverted friend didn’t fare much better. Walters is only 19 years old, one of the youngest we’ve ever featured on NoBudge, and her film is the work of an artist still learning her craft but she clearly knows the feeling she’s after and captures it with pops of style and a touching closing monologue." -Kentucker Audley
A window into the broken soul of Bruce, battling long-term depression and the culmination of events leading up to the tipping point of his bottled up shame, guilt, and self-destruction.
Blue Blitzkrieg is a study on depression. The product of this study was applied as a short film containing a fictional story about the last day of a young man who suffers from the disorder
Written and Directed by Santiago Cantu, following a high school student and the loss of his brother.
Merenguito, a little piñata boy, wakes up on a school table after being put together by a group of primary school children. Soon they discover his gift: dispensing candy at will. When the children become absorbed by their greed for candy, Merenguito finds comfort in his friendship with Bruno, a gentle child outcast from his peers due to his delicate health condition. Chaos soon erupts and Merenguito becomes a victim of merciless bullying that spirals him into a choice with terrible consequences.
Arthur Fleck vive con l'anziana madre in un palazzone fatiscente e sbarca il lunario facendo pubblicità per la strada travestito da clown, in attesa di avere il giusto materiale per realizzare il desiderio di fare il comico. La sua vita, però, è una tragedia: ignorato, calpestato, bullizzato, preso in giro da da chiunque, ha sviluppato un tic nervoso che lo fa ridere a sproposito incontrollabilmente, rendendolo inquietante e allontanando ulteriormente da lui ogni possibile relazione sociale. Ma un giorno Arthur non ce la fa più e reagisce violentemente, pistola alla mano. Mentre la polizia di Gotham City dà la caccia al clown killer, la popolazione lo elegge a eroe metropolitano, simbolo della rivolta degli oppressi contro l'arroganza dei ricchi.
New York: Travis Bickle, veterano del Vietnam in congedo, soffre d'insonnia e decide di impegnare le proprie notti facendo il tassista. Completamente disadattato ma idealista alla ricerca di uno scopo, l'uomo si invaghirà di una ragazza e le chiederà di uscire. Quando le cose tra i due andranno storte, Travis, definitivamente disilluso riguardo la società, si chiuderà in se stesso. Comincerà così per il tassista una claustrofobica discesa nel baratro della solitudine, in bilico sui margini della sanità mentale.
Daniel Plainview è un cercatore d'argento che, alla fine dell'800 trova il petrolio nell'Ovest degli Stati Uniti. La sua ricchezza diventa considerevole, ma l'uomo, sempre più accecato da una misantropia assoluta, allontanerà da sé anche il figlio, precipitando sempre più nell'avidità del possesso.
Three outcast queer teens runaway from society.
Memories of Mortlake is an antique shop in West London owned by Elke from Germany. In her tiny shop there are no spaces left uncovered, every shelf and surface is piled up with wonderful old treasures. But she's only able to keep going because she owns the freehold to her building, a luxury most junk stores can only dream of. She's a passionate maker of things too so has an astonishing collection of old buttons, lace, ribbon, beads and fabric. She talks about the demise of sewing skills among the young, how no one appreciates the workmanship in all the hand made stuff and the death of the retail shops during the pandemic in London.
Koey believes happiness is like a bottle of coke, it'll soon become tasteless if you don't enjoy it right away. Simon believes happiness is similar to planting trees. You need to water them everyday, and the true satisfaction comes when they blossom. Willy does not believe in happiness at all. Three lives intersect. Three totally different personalities. Three ways of experiencing life and love.
Hirayama conduce una vita semplice, scandita da una routine perfetta. Si dedica con cura e passione a tutte le attività della sua giornata, dal lavoro come addetto alle pulizie dei bagni pubblici di Tokyo all’amore per la musica, ai libri, alle piante, alla fotografia e a tutte le piccole cose a cui si può dedicare un sorriso. Nel ripetersi del quotidiano, una serie di incontri inaspettati rivela gradualmente qualcosa in più del suo passato.
It's been a long time since they have met, and when an unexpected event happens, something shifts. Uncovering what they actually meant to each other, everything seems more clear than ever.
Louis è un ladro di materiali edili quando lo incontriamo, non è chiaro cosa abbia fatto prima ma ora ruba rame, ferro e simili per rivenderli sottoprezzo ai cantieri con un obiettivo più grande: trovare un vero lavoro in una congiuntura economica non facile. Tuttavia nessuno assume un ladro. Un giorno è testimone di un incidente stradale e vede una troupe televisiva accorsa per riprendere l'accaduto, capisce che è un vero lavoro e uno che paga ma nemmeno in questo caso trova qualcuno pronto ad assumerlo così pensa di poter fare da sè e con i propri metodi (il furto) ruba il necessario per comprare un'attrezzatura di base e iniziare a girare le strade di Los Angeles in cerca di incidenti, furti e cronaca dura da rivendere ad un'emittente locale con pochi scrupoli. Quando il business si fa più serio aumenta anche la sua abilità ma non il suo senso del limite e dell'etica verso le vittime.
This 2005 documentary film chronicles the life of Daniel Johnston, a manic-depressive genius singer/songwriter/artist, from childhood up to the present, with an emphasis on his mental illness and how it manifested itself in demonic self-obsession.
Estonia, 1872. The uncompromising new owner of Robber's Rise must battle with hard work, his spiteful neighbor and with his own family and beliefs to transform the poor land into a flourishing farm of his dreams.