codependency

Black Cake follows an Indo-Caribbean woman in Queens who's stuck in a routined life after the death of her mother. She's presented with an opportunity that could change her life, but it requires her to step away from her comfort zone to sell her mother's home.

Documentary filmmaker Zhou Hao examines the complicated relationship between two drug addicts who become dealers over the course of three years. Shot in the city of Guangzhou, the film offers a rare look into China's unknown heroin subculture.

Olly and Ade are two friends who cherish their bond and relationship. However, one strives to leave the environment by any means while the other grows dependent on the friendship.

A gentle yet troubled college student battles with her abandonment issues as her friendship comes to an end and she relies on the guidance of her therapist to move forward into her next chapter of life.

After an agonizing school year bruises his relationship with his well-liked older brother Jonah, socially awkward Teddy meets Cole—a disarming boy—by chance on the street. As their friendship deepens, actions begin to speak louder than words, unraveling the fragile balance between brotherhood, belonging, and yearning during a blistering summer break.

In a cramped apartment that feels like it’s collapsing in on itself, two young men try to outrun addiction and each other. Jay is fighting for sobriety. Alex is fighting not to feel. When pills resurface between them, what starts as a familiar argument spirals into a breaking point that tests the limits of love, loyalty, and survival. Paperwings is an intimate, claustrophobic portrait of codependency, recovery, and the fragile hope of choosing to live.