Optimistic Movies

The marshmallow test became the poster child for the idea that there are specific personality traits that are stable and consistent. And this drives...

In a post-apocalyptic world brought on by the Coronavirus, communism runs rampant, meetings are forbidden and Christianity is illegal. A band of...

Arturo Urbiola, independent singer/songwriter, talks about the influence music has had on his life, it's impact, and what's in store for his artistic...

A short film by Emil Guliev in honor of Victory Day in Azerbaijan.

After their friends are discharged from the psych ward, a hot tempered teen must learn to be a role model to a new patient, a sweet lost soul in dire...

Told by a member's son, this is the story of five kids from L.A.'s Watts neighborhood who formed a little-known funk and soul outfit in the 1970s.

Three months after a devastating breakup, Carson's roommates resort to drastic measures to make him get over her.

College sophomore Miles Stoops decides on a whim to make a movie with no clear direction, but is repeatedly distracted by JRPG monologues, a second...

Polo is furious! He has to move in with his mother, who is a doctor at a hospital in the countryside. From that moment on, he has only one goal: to...

Mixing archival footage and interviews with the band and its crew, this film celebrates the 40-year history of legendary rockers Paralamas do Sucesso.

Not only has she got pink extensions, painted on eyebrows, glitter stockings and superman hotpants, Starlady’s a youth worker in some of...

A personal and intimate portrait of disabled, gender fluid cosplayer Paul/Paula. Inviting us into her world, Paula lives life to the full, embracing...

After a series of personal failures, Savannah, a college student, creates Boxland, a world where she does not have to take responsibility for her...

John's life was always centered around his girlfriend, he did everything for her. When she dumped him, he was lost, he had a hole in his heart to...

Robert Palko, a 59-year-old mechanic and passionate cyclist, takes us into his world – from childhood and his first rides to his father’s...

A university student grapples with a new type 1 diabetes diagnosis.

Phil, once a terrifying villain of the silver-screen, struggles to find work in modern Hollywood due to being an out-of-date special effect. Refusing...