Movies: Self discovery

Comedian and ventriloquist Nina Conti explores the world of new age and alternative therapies in a quest for self-knowledge, enlightenment and happiness. With her puppet Monkey as the voice of scepticism, Nina undergoes naked yoga, laughter therapy a...

Young, Jewish and misunderstood Simon Markowitz gets himself into hot water with his Rabbi when he creates his own recipe for a knish that no one in his family seems intent on eating....

Ah-Kuan, a teenager who grew up in a single-parent family, could not find warmth in his family, so he turned to friendship and love for solace. However, for the sake of friendship, he was caught in a dangerous storm and almost lost his life in the st...

Feith and Dallas, a married couple, are struck with news on their son’s sudden death. They are going to the morgue to recognise his remains. Meanwhile on the same road 17 years ago they find out that they might become parents. In a lonely gas tank th...

As young adult Quinn cleans out their childhood closet, they reflect on the keepsakes they associate with their gender identity struggle, and ultimately come to a decision that could change their life for the better....

Everyday Is Like Sunday is a comedy/drama aiming the lens at post-collegiate characters stuck between their imminently-ending youth and impending adulthood. The film follows Mark, Jason, and Flora, as they realistically attempt to pull themselves out...

A doctor finds his purpose in a patient who reminds him why he chose medicine in the first place. We return to his childhood revisiting the death of grandmother. He finds inspiration and purpose in an essay he wrote about the experience....

23-year old Tiel travels to Austin with hopes of reconnecting with her longtime lover, only to end up disillusioned. A turning of events leads her to find her own self-worth in a strange and chaotic world....

Abu and Nuwas are two teenage boys in boarding school. With different characters, both try to keep a secret between them while grappling with the challenges of bullying and self-discovery in a time of uncertainty and self-doubt....

Ayla wakes up in a mountainous landscape, surrounded only by vegetation and a river. Driven by curiosity and a desire to get to know the place, she goes on a journey of discovery and diving. As she discovers where she is, she also discovers herself....

The ideal of youth is at the centre of this eloquent film, mixing documentary and fiction, art and experimentation. Demonstrating both formal and narrative freedom, Bélanger weaves a deliberately loose weave in which the initiatory journey of two you...

Something's got a hold of Jack, and it's killing his work-life balance. He's hours away from losing the last good thing he has, but can he take back control?...

A vulnerable coming-of-age drama about friendship, rejection, and learning to choose yourself when no one else does....

In just sixty years, South Korea went from being one of the poorest countries on the Asian continent to having the 12th largest economy in the entire world. Every year, it is measured that Korean students have some of the highest test scores and a hi...

An animated exploration of the restraining and freeing of a bounded soul. A journey on the never-ending search of belongingness....

The main character has a dream: he wants to become a director. On his way to achieving it, he faces many challenges, and the hardest one is his divorce from his family. But he doesn’t give up and finally reaches his dream. Now, he must win his family...

Music is Melody's biggest obsession; she can hardly live without it. After meeting this new guy at a record store, Melody's life is flipped upside down. Her love for music begins to fade and she spirals into a depression as she struggles to find a wa...

The 6 minutes film unfurls the story of self discovery in the strangest time through a MakeUp Artist. His only guest happens to be economic crisis. With the moist eyes and the time he is left alone with, his sight is beclouded. So, he turns to himsel...

A disconnected young woman floats through the events surrounding the night of her housewarming....

After a concerning therapy session, Anna, a troubled teen with mental health problems opts to find something that makes her happy to support her in recovery....