Optimistic Movies

A strange story from Somerset, England about a filmmaking farmer and the inspiring legacy of his long-lost home movies.

Three intersex individuals overcame shame, secrecy and unauthorized surgery throughout their childhoods to enjoy successful adulthoods, choosing to...

When a family has to relocate due to the war, they are ostracized by their new community.

When four high schoolers get “Saturday Detention”, they quickly realize things just got a whole lot worse when they discover what they...

Polo is furious! He has to move in with his mother, who is a doctor at a hospital in the countryside. From that moment on, he has only one goal: to...

A guy walks into a café...

A thirteen-year-old boy battling severe chronic asthma refuses to abandon his ambitions of joining the Indonesian National Youth Football Team,...

A Puppet has a comically bad day in Melbourne.

Told by a member's son, this is the story of five kids from L.A.'s Watts neighborhood who formed a little-known funk and soul outfit in the 1970s.

A gang of street boys foil a master crook who sends commands for robberies by cunningly altering a comic strip's wording each week, unknown to writer...

A short film by Emil Guliev in honor of Victory Day in Azerbaijan.

Advances in artificial intelligence are accelerating at a breakneck pace. A journalist connects these innovations to the changes they bring to our...

The film, adapted from French writer Laurent Baffie’s play “Toc Toc,” revolves around the adventures of six individuals with...

Eight iconic performers of the first generation of Brazilian transvestite artists go on stage to celebrate their 50th career jubilee. The film...

"Terry" tells the story of 21-year old amputee Terry Fox who attempted to run across Canada with only one leg. Unfortunately, he only made it to...

To reconcile her sins, Mrs. Garbo invites her friend, Bovete-Berta to a tea party and engages in gossip. But her husband, Jean-Jacques, unexpectedly...

When illness forces her away from her beloved trauma cleaning business, Sandra Pankhurst faces up to her traumatic past and begins a search for her...

Robert Palko, a 59-year-old mechanic and passionate cyclist, takes us into his world – from childhood and his first rides to his father’s...

Bruno, a misunderstood teenager, has developed an obsession with burning objects, recording them, and uploading videos to the internet to deal with...