Escapism Movies

An aging Southern Belle complicates life for her ambitious son and crippled daughter because of her own warped views of what life should be.

“The Moon Is Essentially Gray” is a 3-minute CG animated short about a young child, her makeshift rocket, and her fantastic flight to the...

Echoes of the Wild follows a boy who escapes the weight of chaos at home by venturing into an otherworldly forest. There, he encounters the...

The members of a reading group exchange cultural and literary references with such vigor that there’s little room for anything else: an attempt...

Haunted by his past, a man retreats to a sailboat anchored in the middle of a vast lake, where he lives in self-imposed isolation. But his solitude...

Inundated by the relentless, breakneck pace of Seoul, a weary woman seeks to anesthetize her misery with alcohol and partying. Longing to break free,...

An experimental short film that follows a man who arrives home alone during the holidays after a long day of work. Finding himself consumed by his...

Impression and interpretation: A film that relies on sensory techniques to tell a story about depression, alienation and ultimately loneliness.

Pursued by a relentless presence, The Woman must confront the mystery behind The Shadow's unyielding chase.

Every morning is the same morning: the alarm, then breakfast, then shower… And every morning the same desire, the same wish to break with...

A young woman battles depression as her husband avoids both his and her issues.

After the social uprising in Chile in October 2019, Camilo el Hueto seeks refuge in Italy, attempting to escape the memories that haunt him. However,...

A young boy searches for the meaning of life, but instead must learn to cope with issues much greater than himself.

After a freak accident leaves a young man in a surreal limbo, he must team up with a talking puppet to map a mysterious island from fragments of...

Art being used as an escape from reality.

An experimental short film about a girl's troubled relationship and dance which is her only escape from daily troubles.

Torn between the desire to protect his little brother in a violent world and the longing for the utopia of a queer community, Hector (23) embarks on...

Suffering from addiction and homelessness, Abigail wanders the city on a cold winter late afternoon, suffering withdrawal, slipping in and out of...

After fiddling around with reality-hopping gadgets, good pals K and 907 embark on an alternate universe bender. The two quickly realise you can't...