Empathetic Movies

Veronica, a young woman, lives in Recife, one of the most violent cities in Brazil. Her life is filled with fleeting love affairs and passing...

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.

After a toxic and mysterious pink cloud suddenly appears around the globe, people are forced to shelter in place. A woman finds herself stuck in an...

Grace, a deaf woman from Lebanon, just got her first job as a graphic designer at a travel agency in London. However, her new colleagues don't know...

The fun and inspiring journey of a woman, from her 8 to 40 years of age, in search of herself and her own pursuit of happiness. When pressured by her...

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...

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....

MIDWESTERN PASADENA follows Maisie Andrews who is home from college on her "winter break". As she gets settled in, she bumps into her neighbor,...

After the death of his mother, a lonely farmer in rural Switzerland considers finally starting a family of his own. Eventually he pays for a bride...

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,...

Inspired by the alarming increase in real-life tragedies involving high school bullying and suicide, Teens Like Phil tells the story of a gay teen,...

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...

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...

The film follows a trio of varsity baseball players as they enter their senior year of high school and navigate difficult choices on and off the...

Three metropolitan stories entwine in São Paulo. Would-be actress Marina arrives in the city looking for independence, falls madly in love...

Atmospherically shot in black and white North Circular Road travels the length of the eponymous road exploring the history, music and streetscapes of...

Josh Biggs (Tyler Langdon, The Incredible Burt Wonderstone) is a young man riddled with severe anxiety. When he agrees to be the subject of an...

This moving documentary chronicles the last year in the life of Robert Eads, a trans man dying of ovarian cancer. We're introduced to several...

Following a breakup, David takes the stage and sings about his ex Cecilia. David’s world flips as he revisits the memory of their last...

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.