Coming of Age

Two Tears

By Bobby LePire | April 2026

Two Tears, written and directed by Josefina Pieres, follows best friends Ginny (Sofia Bela) and Deana (Sydney Goldstein), who are passionate about…

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Two Tears, written and directed by Josefina Pieres, follows best friends Ginny (Sofia Bela) and Deana (Sydney Goldstein), who are passionate about their...

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Set against the backdrop of 1979, Ali Marsh's short film Pittsburgh is a coming-of-age story about a little girl who discovers that the adults in her life...

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Writer/director Marcellus Cox delivers Jamarcus Rose & Da 5 Bullet Holes as a deeply personal tribute — a story based on true events about a young...

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In Ben Richardson’s short film, The Session, Ashton (Matta White) steps into her first counseling appointment, fearful that she’s going to screw it up....

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Get your tissues ready, you're going to need them for Libby Ewing's brilliant directorial debut Charliebird, written by Samantha Smart. The drama follows a...

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Do we look upon our youth as a more innocent time, because we were once as innocent and devoid of cynicism? This is the question at the core of...

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Writer-director Marlene Emilia Rios keeps things intimate and immediate in Lucia & Nicole. The short drama zeroes in on how one unexpected encounter...

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SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL 2026 REVIEW! Makato Nagahisa writes and directs Burn. The dramatic feature follows Ju-Ju (Nana Mori), a teenage girl in Tokyo with a...

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SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL 2026 REVIEW! Writer-director Paloma Schneideman is a graduate of Academy Award-winning Jane Campion's "A Wave In the Ocean" film...

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SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL 2026 REVIEW! Co-writers and co-directors Andy and Carolyn London's 1981 drops you into a memory that feels too specific to be...

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