Optimistic Movies

Three months after a devastating breakup, Carson's roommates resort to drastic measures to make him get over her.

A woman's bleeding hand rests against a tree with a dying leaf in her palm. Through a fable of a leaf that falls far from home and the stranger who...

Arturo Urbiola, independent singer/songwriter, talks about the influence music has had on his life, it's impact, and what's in store for his artistic...

A short film uploaded to youtube briefly exploring the users experiences in 2006 through the lens with a traditional sounding theme upholding the...

In a low point of his life, a man is visited by his future self with words of reassurance. A short film made in collaboration with the York Student...

A woman takes drugs in a Los Angeles hotel, and has much to say.

Shadow plays flicker, birds call, and colour leaks into grey walls. In Starlings, live action collides with puppetry and poetic visuals as a teen...

After the end of the world, Merv's life in the lonely wastes is comfortably boring until an unexpected signal heralds the coming of a stranger.

A personal and intimate portrait of disabled, gender fluid cosplayer Paul/Paula. Inviting us into her world, Paula lives life to the full, embracing...

A university student grapples with a new type 1 diabetes diagnosis.

College sophomore Miles Stoops decides on a whim to make a movie with no clear direction, but is repeatedly distracted by JRPG monologues, a second...

A short documentary film produced by the British government in 1964. With the help of modernist animations, it covers the development of penicillin...

sit and enjoy the sunrise.

The Billion Dollar Hotel is a documentary that explores life in and around the Burj Al Arab Hotel. It follows the experiences of hotel staff at all...

Following the journey of a Glaswegian litter picker and the strange and compelling locals he meets in a single day. Sometimes, what you notice when...