Movies: Expectations

When yet another anniversary passes without a marriage proposal from her boyfriend, Anna decides to take action. Aware of a Celtic tradition that allows women to pop the question on Feb. 29, she plans to follow her lover to Dublin and ask him to marr...

For all his life, wealthy businessman Wesley Deeds has done what's expected of him and has settled into a predictable routine. His scripted life begins to change, however, when he meets Lindsey Wakefield, a struggling single mother who works as a nig...

A first-generation Nigerian American and her Black American partner must decide between being true to themselves or trying to live up to their families’ expectations....

A teenage girl faces her obstacle in her love for a talented boy....

Aswath's thirteenth birthday is the occasion. The celebrating family is confounded by Aswath's lack of enthusiasm towards the various gifts he receives. It turns out that Aswath has been harboring a surprising sentiment....

A bucolic fantasy frolic in which an adaptable young woman must navigate a bewildering and whimsical phantasmagoria, populated by anthropomorphic and bombastic creatures. The characters she encounters, she discovers, reject established facts and know...

Maciek is no longer a boy, but has not yet become a man. He wants to satisfy the ambitions of his father, and - as everyone in the family - be a butcher. But he is too sensitive to make an animal suffer. The boy directs all his warm feelings towards ...

What if you love your child, but are unhappy in your role as a mother? Spijtmoeders is a documentary film about mothers who, if they could make the choice again, would rather not be mothers. Three women talk about their struggles with motherhood, the...

without a job, education or friend to rely on. Alex finds himself forgotten by society. However through help from an outside source will be be able to defy expectations and take those first steps in moving on?...

A father and his son are losing the race. To win, the boy turns himself into a car tyre. Sierra looks at toxic masculinity through dark irony, while pulling us into the surreal car racing world. Loosely inspired by the director's childhood, this anim...

Angel and Veronica have had a "digital romance" for quite some time now, but they're finally set to meet in person, so they must manage their expectations in order to make real life match their electronic feelings....

A film depicting the clash between the expectations of immigrant parents and the non-traditional aspirations of their first-generation children. Reina is a talented Filipina artist who struggles to gain the acceptance of her mother after revealing sh...

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A self-proclaimed pageant queen as she vies for the crown of the local pageant. Through a series of surreal visions, she reflects on the sacrifices she's made for the sake of her onstage persona....