AFF 2021 Feature Films

A fresh and exhilarating take on the beloved teen musical genre featuring eight original songs and a fully integrated cast and crew of people with and without disabilities.

Paulette and her husband have been running a housekeeping school. After the sudden death of her husband, Paulette discovers that the school is on the verge of bankruptcy and has to take responsibility.

When a recently widowed mother becomes houseless, she convinces her 8-year-old daughter that they are only camping for fun while working to get them off of the streets.

A love story between clashing cultures and families. A romantic misadventure crossing all borders. When two generations of Israeli women fall for a German woman and a Palestinian man, chaos follows. What happens with lovers who don't seem to fit by society's standards but definitely belong together?

After a half truth lands her under immense financial pressure, Ludi Alcidor embarks on a frantic scour through Miami's private care-taking world in an increasingly desperate attempt to send money to her family in Haiti.

An aspiring singer living with his grandmother in the capital of Bhutan dreams of getting a visa to move to Australia.

A man risks everything to provide for his wife and newborn son by entering Malta's black-market fishing industry.

After landing a gig at a marshmallow theme park, a cameraman uncovers the shocking truth about America's candyland and his own sugarcoated childhood.

A teenage delinquent teams up with a surly children's party magician to navigate her dysfunctional family and inner demons.

A closely observed psychological portrait of four women, whose lives are bound together by an incident on the New York City subway.

Mervi and Kata, a lesbian couple living in Helsinki, are considering coming out of closet. They soon realize that they are not the only ones with secrets.

One Moment is a humorous, heartwarming story of a recently widowed aging father and his middle-age children struggling to redefine their new family roles and responsibilities.

When an introverted editor locks himself out of his apartment, he's forced to confront the world he's been avoiding in search of a way back inside.

A bittersweet story about coming of age in the shadow of mental illness.

A determined young Saudi doctor's surprise run for office in the local city elections sweeps up her family and community as they struggle to accept their town's first female candidate.

Paul, a displaced teen from the midwest, travels to New York City to live with his estranged half-sister.

Follows the talented Ansis as he negotiates a national dictatorship in his pursuit of an art career.

The son of a Holocaust survivor who lives in Trieste as a surgeon begins to doubt his actions of refusing to help a victim of a traffic accident that he encountered on his way home from work.

When a young loner becomes the gestational surrogate for a single man in his 40s, the two strangers come to realize this unexpected relationship will challenge their perceptions of connection, boundaries and the particulars of love

Christine is homeless in Paris. On a winter night she finds Suli, an 8-year-old Burkinabe boy, sobbing in front of her shelter.

A disillusioned musician's romantic spark is ignited by a young trans man as they work together to save his community nightclub for the deaf.

Faced with life changing news, Maria, a fifty-five year old woman, chooses to take a trip to Greece with her closest girlfriends against the advice of her son and doctors.

A gentle, sweet, funny, romantic story of love in later life following a couple in their sixties, Dave and Fern, who get to know one another over the course of 23 dog walks.