Optimistic Movies

High-school hijinks and song/dance numbers.

In the shimmering heat of Brazil, 13-year-old Irene discovers a dark secret her father's been hiding: he has another family and even another daughter...

Three intersex individuals overcame shame, secrecy and unauthorized surgery throughout their childhoods to enjoy successful adulthoods, choosing to...

Getting your fiancee's father to like you is not an easy task. The Chinese guy Pen also faces this problem when he goes to Moscow for his love, Ira,...

Robert Palko, a 59-year-old mechanic and passionate cyclist, takes us into his world – from childhood and his first rides to his father’s...

A Northern Irish businessman gets stuck in the middle of the Portuguese countryside while on a business trip.

Not only has she got pink extensions, painted on eyebrows, glitter stockings and superman hotpants, Starlady’s a youth worker in some of...

When a long-awaited family celebration puts everything on the table, a guarded woman must confront her fear of disappointing those she loves-and stop...

A strange story from Somerset, England about a filmmaking farmer and the inspiring legacy of his long-lost home movies.

After years of estrangement, a trans woman returns home to help care for her dying mother.

A Puppet has a comically bad day in Melbourne.

15-year old Sam Trottier decides to make a film after he finds a box of his mom's videotapes hidden in their attic from the summer of 2006. The tapes...

Comedy in which a bungling railway worker is given the job of stationmaster at a rundown station in rural Ireland, where his sidekicks are a...

Eight iconic performers of the first generation of Brazilian transvestite artists go on stage to celebrate their 50th career jubilee. The film...

A taco guy, a girl-next-door, a shit-face boyfriend and a sea monster collide in this absurdly epic comedy about love, identity, and what it truly...

A short film by Emil Guliev in honor of Victory Day in Azerbaijan.

In a post-apocalyptic world brought on by the Coronavirus, communism runs rampant, meetings are forbidden and Christianity is illegal. A band of...

Our heroes need to take a trip in time, in a Time Machine, in order to recoup the essence of the four elements before the Earth gets frozen. The Gang...