Nyles Washington

Kai, a brilliant young inventor, creates a device that allows him to journey through his own past. When his mother refuses to reveal the truth about his father, he travels back to the night he was conceived—only to uncover a secret that changes everything

In a near future Los Angeles, drought has worsened and the water supply is cut off. Masami Kawai’s visionary and atmospheric lo-fi sci-fi depicts an elder immigrant woman braving the sweltering heat and policed streets to procure water for herself and her disabled neighbor. -JAPAN CUTS: Festival of New Japanese Film

A queer, black college student is forced to confront the masks he wears in his relationships.

n a barren, oil-soaked wasteland after global catastrophe, a man clings to the last flower on Earth. As danger mounts from unforeseen forces, his connection to the flower proves a window to the past.