*World Premiere* A poetic meditation on the estranged relationship between a half brother and sister after the passing of their mother. Wonderful performances from Imogen Poots and Ben Rosenfield lead the way...
*Online Premiere* A very unfunny family history is spun into brilliant comedy from co-directors Samy Burch and Alex Mechanik. They begin with a doozy of a premise and keep pushing...
Thanks to all the filmmakers who screened films on NoBudge in 2016. We’d like to acknowledge some of those films now with the 4th Annual NoBudge Awards...
Ah, the vaporizer. Cigarettes’ libertarian cousin. The clean coal of smoking. The accessory that says “I left my fedora at home, but you get the idea.” It’s no exaggeration to say that vaping has captured the American imagination...
This extraordinary tale of a young Chicago stock-trader turned ocean-adventurer focuses primarily on a three year sailing trip around the world. It’s a life-affirming feature-length documentary, an emotional mix of joy and adventure, full of incredible images of the people and places of the world...
At an age when many of his peers are worried about starting careers, paying off student loans, and making rent, Corey lives with his mom, fitfully searches for jobs, and worries mostly about vanquishing orcs and leveling up in DungeonQuest...
*Online Premiere* Mads is 12, a young boy playing free in the picturesque snowy mountains of Norway until the arrival of the internet coincides with an onslaught of new hormones...
*Online Premiere* A portrait of a young woman who exudes affection but isn’t sure where to put it. She’s in a rut with a longtime boyfriend and desperately seeks change. A hilarious lead performance by Bridey Elliot...
*Online Premiere* John and Mel are an impossibly lovey-dovey young couple moving out on their own for the first time. At work, they’re caught in the service industry spin cycle. At home, they tease and tussle with the play-aggression of puppies...
What is it about watching bickering couples that’s so damn interesting? Humans have been kicking back and enjoying marital strife on stage since at least Lysistrata in 411 BC, and even those of us who won’t admit it have gleefully spied on lovers’ subway spats...
The Itching is a short horror film about two girlfriends whose cozy social life turns ugly when one of them contracts a mysterious illness. Beginning with a tiny itch, she rips a ragged hole in her own leg, a pooling landscape in which some terrible urge is reflected...