Escapism Movies

James Gillespie is 12 years old. The world he knew is changing. Haunted by a secret, he has become a stranger in his own family. He is drawn to the...

Teenager Owen is just trying to make it through life in the suburbs when his classmate Maddy introduces him to a mysterious TV show — a vision...

Every morning is the same morning: the alarm, then breakfast, then shower… And every morning the same desire, the same wish to break with...

The members of a reading group exchange cultural and literary references with such vigor that there’s little room for anything else: an attempt...

A young female escapes her past and absconds to England in search of a new life. She takes a job caring for a tetraplegic, but burden of the job...

When the time comes, Masayuki confronts oblivion with the help of a mysterious stranger. Aimlessly wandering the streets, drinking and gambling...

While a plague devastates the peasantry, a mad prince hosts a masquerade ball for the noble class in his castle. When a noblewoman is exiled, her...

Amanda Wingfield dominates her children with her faded gentility and exaggerated tales of her Southern belle past. Her son plans escape; her daughter...

A grey asleep scenario pushes a young man beyond the boundaries of his consciousness.

“The Moon Is Essentially Gray” is a 3-minute CG animated short about a young child, her makeshift rocket, and her fantastic flight to the...

Inundated by the relentless, breakneck pace of Seoul, a weary woman seeks to anesthetize her misery with alcohol and partying. Longing to break free,...

An experimental short film that follows a man who arrives home alone during the holidays after a long day of work. Finding himself consumed by his...

A young woman battles depression as her husband avoids both his and her issues.

An experimental short film about a girl's troubled relationship and dance which is her only escape from daily troubles.

Rohan, a young man, returns home to a bustling household in preparation for his birthday party. As the family gets caught up in the chaos of the...

A person comes into contact with quietness.

Suffering from addiction and homelessness, Abigail wanders the city on a cold winter late afternoon, suffering withdrawal, slipping in and out of...

On their way home from a party „The Escapist“ is haunted by what they are tying to flee from. After they’ve arrived at home they...

Torn between the desire to protect his little brother in a violent world and the longing for the utopia of a queer community, Hector (23) embarks on...