The West 4th Street Hustle

A teenage cartoonist rejects the comforts of his suburban life in a misguided quest for soul.

This cinéma vérité film explores the life of Mason Watson, a five-year-old boy from Fort White, Florida. As the short observes not only the playful but also the harsh ways his grandparents treat him, it illustrates how love can be expressed in complicated ways.

A broken-hearted filmmaker finds meaning as he documents punk band Show Me the Body record their latest album.

A young man takes his nephew to the zoo, then discovers something wrong with him.

Shahery’s studied, clear-eyed documentary vignette follows Hayes Johnson, a swaggering country-singing busker and DIY porn performer in Nashville, as he moves through the city over several days, navigating personal and professional fallout from multiple allegations of sexual misconduct. The film refrains from passing judgment on its subject, instead regarding Johnson—and the consequences of his actions—with an ethos of quiet, observational interest.

Julian is a short film about a girl named Anna who is struggling with moving on from an abusive relationship. She enters in a therapy program where she does therapeutic exercises to confront the past and move forward.