S1.E20 ∙ Pretenders

A documentary survey of urban night life and insomnia. Following several characters who inhabit the dark world of 24-hour bars, slot machine dives, night clubs and casinos, this film offers a glimpse into the world of people who live in an eternal night.

In a southern Mexico's coast small village, a group of young deaf people receive an unusual proposal: to make a movie out of their dreams. While Eric and his friends watch films and discuss the stories they wish to film, we meet their everyday life full of desires as well as deceptions. Eye Music is a reflection on the dreamy world of silent films and its cross-linking with sign language, perception and culture of the Deaf.

A movie based on Transgenders, the 'in-betweens' that are shunned by society, unaccepted and forced to make ends meet through sex work. The film, revolves around the lives of three transgenders, their work, their difficulties, their childhood, their relationships, their hobbies, their normality. The film captures small to larger than life movements in their lives, giving us a peak into their world. This is not only a story of the dark and difficult life of the transgenders, but also of their beautiful journeys filled with psychedelic and vibrant colours of the 'vibgyor' that will engross us and captivate us till we are all hit by one question, how can such beautiful, flamboyant people be denied basic human rights and be victims of todays democracy?

The streets of Latin-america's big cities are crammed full of cars. Justified by poor public transportation or having chosen isolation, people drive one car each. Outside, a diversity of urban characters take the traffic light, a mere traffic control device, and turn it into their own meeting place.

Ghost Robot presents A Love Letter For You, the genre defying new film by award-winning director Joey Garfield. A Love Letter For You seamlessly mixes documentary and narrative, love and loss, community and solidarity, art and crime, to paint a compelling portrait of two artists and their impact on the neighborhood they grew up in. The film documents the notorious graffiti legend, Stephen "ESPO" Powers as he returns to his old stomping grounds in Philadelphia to paint a series of murals on 50 rooftops along the Market train line. The film also weaves in the fictional narrative of FIRE, a young graffiti king who is fresh out of prison on a quest to win back the love and attention of his ex girlfriend. A Love Letter For You mixes a local cast with real-life characters as they rediscover the soul of West Philly and it's dynamic community. The film is a multi-faceted project by Stephen Powers with the City of Philadelphia Mural Arts Program and is sponsored by the Pew Center for Arts & Heritage through the Philadelphia Exhibitions Initiative. The murals have garnered international attention and been published in a coffee table book, featured in a gallery exhibition and generated community education workshops.

The film follows the story of five women, "Sanaz, Saedeh, Tala, Ladan and Beheshteh", each with a unique story, but one thing in common: they all live in a women's shelter in the south-end of Tehran, either by choice or by force. But now they all aim to change their lives for better, even if it is just for a tiny bit.