Identity Movies

In the microcosm of a private school, the latent traumas of adults coexist with the teenager’s wild search for identity. From somewhere on its...

Edward Said's book Orientalism has been profoundly influential in a diverse range of disciplines since its publication in 1978. In this engaging and...

In the suburb of Lille, Stéphane holds a tobacco shop with his father, Maurice, a retired military officer. Although feeling trapped in his...

Two women live awaiting the return of their husbands from across the border, where they went seeking fortune. During their long wait, each one tries...

Set against the eerie backdrop of a small Pacific Northwest town during a relentless heatwave, "Hot Year" follows two childhood best friends whose...

411 BC, Sparta and Athens are in a endless war, but Lisistrata, a beautiful woman has an idea to stop the fight, and convinces all the women to do...

In a whimsical world of imaginary friends, an ordinary-looking outcast must impersonate his fellow peers in hopes to become a child's imaginary...

Yuji and Kosaku become involved with a brother and sister who want to drive a local yakuza gang member out of their neighborhood.

A serial killer targeting the city's mobsters taunts police with clues and photos left behind at the crime scenes. A veteran cop takes on a rookie...

Although director Olga Kosanović was born and raised in Austria, she is not allowed to be Austrian. Her first attempt at naturalization failed....

After nearly a decade apart, two former lovers from Hong Kong unexpectedly meet again in the UK, where they have each built a different life. Their...

When lesbian writer Audrey runs into her ex-boyfriend, Julian, she must confront her bisexual panic or risk losing her sense of identity.

Mona and Pénélope, ages 9 and 10 years old, have a blossoming, intimate, pure friendship. Under the watchful eyes of a protective...

A group of influencers in a famed Hollywood apartment building pursue their dreams of social media stardom. The residents of 1660 Vine confront...

Ramin flees from persecution in Iran and ends up living in the limbo of exile, far from everything he knows, in the tropical port town of Veracruz,...

"Africa Light" - as white local citizens call Namibia. The name suggests romance, the beauty of nature and promises a life without any problems in a...

Love doesn’t break all at once. Nine standalone stories catch it in the moment of fracture, from a bedroom argument to cross-border espionage,...

Julie Wyman’s quest to find her place within the little people (LP) community at a moment when dwarf identity is poised to radically change. As...

How are biographies charted? How is identity constructed? Can we relive our past, reinvent it, rearrange or recycle it? Can we really know who we are...

Tina and Fred, a couple in their fifties, are desperate in their search for a boy's name. But for whom? And why? A thoughtful look at a social issue.