Empathetic Movies

After Peter Cercis faces months of writer’s block trying to write his latest story, he tries to look for motivation, as his "other half" quite...

A pickpocket assumes various identities to steal from the aristocracy in early-20th-century Rio de Janeiro.

Joelho Ralado is a narrative about love and overcoming, where the protagonist Amanda travels to the city of Indaial, finding on the hiker's route an...

In this mother-daughter story, a young woman explores her own mortality through art and poetry as her terminal illness holds her back from a normal...

Jordon (Michael Charles Wagner) reconnects with mother Wendy (Lisa Ludwig), in the midst of a mental health crisis, over the course of an afternoon...

The story of Stress & Relax: a businessman who thinks only of money and a film director who lives for insisting that this invest in their projects....

Tony is a young aspiring musician who accidentally goes on an adventure to get a magic guitar string for his favorite rock star and save his concert.

A heartwarming look inside a brother and sister's difficult relationship as the brother does not want his sister to know the hard time he is having,...

Three third-culture children suffer from a lack of belonging in their hometown after they return for college life. After completing their college...

From discussions of group sex, to monogamy, to coming out, a surprise 30th birthday party is the catalyst for this story based on the experiences of...

Bill takes Trina into his depression camp cabin. Later, just as he finds showgirl LaRue who will support him, Trina becomes pregnant.

The story concerns a young woman named Elena who ascends from rags to riches when she inherits a substantial fortune; having no one else with whom...

This is the story of Vicente, a successful, married, economist with a nine-year-old son. It also tells the story of Antônio, the same man,...

Eager to celebrate the 4th of July, a group of young black and Latino friends experience a police encounter that shatters the meaning of the holiday.

When an 80 year old intellectual is confronted with issues of old age and death, she reminisces the death of her mother that happened 30 years...

Universam Grochów was a now-defunct shopping and service mall that emerged in the 1970s in Warsaw's Praga-Południe district. This...

In the shadows of a tree, young Amir, a child laborer, finds himself observing a girl... This narrative explores a brief connection between a child...

A lonely middle-aged man must reconcile with his grief when his rambunctious 9-year-old niece enters them both into a local dance contest.

A short film inspired by Port of Entry, the immersive theater experience created by Albany Park Theater Project and Third Rail Projects.