Optimistic Movies

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.

In the summer of 2015, former US Marine and world record weightlifter Janae Marie Kroczaleski was publicly outed as being transgender. The reaction...

15-year old Sam Trottier decides to make a film after he finds a box of his mom's videotapes hidden in their attic from the summer of 2006. The tapes...

Phil, once a terrifying villain of the silver-screen, struggles to find work in modern Hollywood due to being an out-of-date special effect. Refusing...

A Northern Irish businessman gets stuck in the middle of the Portuguese countryside while on a business trip.

In this sequel to DONOVAN 17: THE WEEKEND WARS, after the clones, created by the Alien Surf Dude, questioned the purposes given to them, they decided...

In a galaxy not so far away, the world the two moons "Alphamoon" and "Betamoon" is very divided. While life on "Alpha" is wealthy, luxurious and...

The marshmallow test became the poster child for the idea that there are specific personality traits that are stable and consistent. And this drives...

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 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...

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

When a long-awaited family celebration puts everything on the table, a guarded woman must confront her fear of disappointing those she loves-and stop...

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...

Two roommates find out they have one day left to live.

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...

A guy walks into a café...

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

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

At just 32 years old, Nelly Shaheen has defied odds to become the world's oldest known survivor of Harlequin Ichthyosis, a painful condition which...