Compassionate Movies

Music as a counter-project to a bourgeois existence: Musicians, club and label operators, record store owners and other music lovers talk about how,...

Caught between the expectations of academic responsibilities and the pull of her passion for music, Skylar finds herself torn between two worlds....

This lyrical film is an impassioned plea to protect our country's rivers, using beautiful animation, historical materials, and a poetic script to...

A Palestinian boy becomes entranced with a beautiful Romani girl and a fairy tale world she weaves amidst conflict in Gaza. The children explore...

A young doctor has a promising career in São Paulo, but the diagnosis of a serious illness profoundly changes her relationship with the world...

As an astronaut mourns the death of her canine companions, a pet shop employee sees to help her fill the fluffy void. Unsuccessful, they both despair...

In the last 24 hours before Lucy moves away, her and her two best friends, Eva and Tess, must navigate everything they should and shouldn't have said...

A short film inspired by Port of Entry, the immersive theater experience created by Albany Park Theater Project and Third Rail Projects.

A perfectionistic fitness influencer faces judgement, distractions and insecurities as she races to finish a "Get Ready With Me" video before a...

'Pictures of Us' examines the importance of the people in our lives, and their role in shaping who we are and what we do. "After a rule-obsessed...

An instructional video by Rick Danko, bassist and vocalist from The Band.

A couple returns to Aghdam, the city they once fled 32 years ago due to the war. It's a story about memory held in people, and about the small,...

A documentary that journeys through the history of Trick Roping as it evolves from Mexico to the dazzling arenas of American Rodeos. This film...

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...

A woman takes time in private on a tiny island in Helsinki to contemplate a loss that has caused sudden changes in her life. This tragedy has...

After years away from each other, a mother tries to reconnect with her daughter.

A Martian is sentenced to visit earth to cure a selfish man.

A group of cats have a warm safe place to stay but no food. When Tom the Turkey comes to town to begin his acting career the cats intervene so they...