Realism Movies

How have the changing views on children been reflected in their representation in art? From Baby Jesus to the first photographic portraits, an...

Part work of ethereal realism, part dance film, this contemporary-set short follows a young man facing the probability of an HIV+ diagnosis.

Two officers—one idealistic, one cynical —pursue a brutal serial killer. As they close in on the elusive Jujji, their inner conflicts...

Auguste is an aging prostitute who falls in love with Felix, a younger student. While Felix has strayed away from his parents, Auguste starts taking...

This tale of familial warfare and sacrifice takes place in hard-pressed Shanghai at the end of the 1940s. Hu Zhiqing can barely support his wife and...

Amin, a construction laborer of a mosque, has to go to his sick wife in his hometown, but the salary of a construction worker is not enough for him...

Gore Vidal's historical novel is brought to life in this television production of Turner Network Television's Billy the Kid.

Selfhood follows 5 individuals and the difference between their sense of self compared to how they present theirselves to the outside world.

Hamaguchi wrote and directed this film as a graduation project for the students at ENBU Seminar (film and theater school in Tokyo) when he taught...

Struggling to survive on the margins of society, two outcasts manage to build a beautiful friendship as they face loss and hardship.

An estranged daughter returns home to surprise her younger sister for her birthday.

A young adult silently drowning in trauma, yearning to let out what’s inside of him, navigates a series of encounters—each revealing...

Charts the trials and tribulations of Ana, a free-spirited 26 year-old returning home to Strasbourg for the summer after living abroad for long...

Art student Ian Jing impresses the realism-loving art teacher Mrs. Hui from the get-go. Following her advice, he draws exactly what he sees,...

Bringing the Kuleshov effect into the streets of Culiat.

The story of Nisar Ahmed Khan, told through his children and the people he served, a spiritual guide whose followers still visit his tomb on his...

A final conversation between a recently separated couple on their last night together before parting ways.