A girl sends a sexually explicit DM to her celebrity crush. In Jessica Ryan’s “I Swear to God I’m not Crazy,” a young woman from Worcester, Massachusetts attempts to craft a raunchy video through a series of peculiar role-played performances and an amusing narration. Piper Conley stands in front ...

On an idyllic girls trip, a woman recounts whether a sex dream about her best friend actually happened or not. From L.A. to the California coast, Allison Bunce’s “Ladies” is a 16mm drama observing female friendship and the intimate in-betweens of a low-key bachelorette party weekend. Cheese board...

Two buds take a weekend getaway to address one of their major personal problems; meanwhile, four girls have double-booked the same Airbnb. In Michael Rees’ “His Parents Never Taught Him,” we watch a misunderstanding unfold between hyperactive personalities of colliding friend groups. Kyle and Lia...

Two friends decide to start a band even though they can’t really play music. Clara Ribot and Maple Leung direct “Come on Let’s Go,” a medium-length, lo-fi hangout film about two recently reconvening friends impulsively embarking on a new project. It’s been a while since seeing each other but afte...

Set in a near-future industrial wasteland, a desperate woman turns to a questionable temp agency in hope of a fresh start. Veronica Rutledge directs “Citizen Zero,” a dystopian satire focused on the hopelessness of a woman named Lulu in a crumbling world. On her way home one day, she notices a fl...

A man finds out that his lover's ex-boyfriend resembles his personal hero. Free Man Agyapong’s “Malcom Ex” is a darkly humorous look at navigating insecurities in a new relationship. A group of friends kick it on the beach. Guy and Nairobi have been seeing each other recently. With the rest of th...

While waiting for a delayed bus, a woman kills time in Downtown Brooklyn and is confronted by her dependence on a brand new massage vest. Victoria Pandeirada’s “Massage Vest” is a telephoto comedy observing the peculiar behavior of a woman who is newly addicted to shoulder and neck relief. When t...

On the precipice of a breakup, a couple briefly reunites to euthanize the cat they fostered together. “Cathy Doesn’t Know,” directed by Gregg Kearns, is a naturalistic drama where the hurt of saying goodbye to a pet meets with a fraught relationship. As another friend hovers in the kitchen for mo...

A man traverses a series of pastoral landscapes to his childhood home where he finds his sister packing their parents' belongings. Brothers Dakota Mina Fox and Dylan Pailes-Friedman co-direct “Afternoon of Dying Trees,” a grainy meditation on delusional and dwindling memories. As Calvin moves thr...

A pair of long lost friends re-discover the power of friendship, the quaint traditions of a small town, and the importance of coffee. Graeme Achurch and Nathan Hare write and perform in “Coffee is Important,” an extreme satire on the tropes of a sitcom, specifically poking fun at an archetypical ...

Two tortured men spend the day taking care of one another. Michael Rees’ “Guzzle Buddies” features a charismatic Lewis Pullman and Kyle Chase in a darkly comedic examination of male friendship and deep-seated crisis. Lewis comes home to find his roommate, Kyle, in the middle of an existential pan...

A young woman teeters on the brink of adulthood while trying to grapple with the heartbreak that comes from a drifting friendship. In “It’s All Happening,” Sammy Grand contends with the realities of adult friendship, observing shifts in emotions and perspective. Their current form of friendship i...

A group of friends in Los Angeles get together for a soup competition. Aelfie Oudgiri presents “2nd Annual 2007 Soup Off: the Documentary,” a fun-loving profile of a tongue-in-cheek event built around an ensemble of soup makers/eaters/judges. Slowly but surely the competitors arrive with their so...

Four friends live in a toxic state of limbo until world events change everything. David Dunnington’s “What Is You Laughing Four” is an energetic look at the highs and lows of male friendship in all its camaraderie and inexplicability. Set in Philadelphia, we meet the group of friends as they slow...

A guy asks his friends to see the new Beyoncé movie. Tynan DeLong’s “THE DAYS FLY GALLOPING FROM ME; YET THE LONG DRAGGING OF EACH ONE MAKES ME WEARY, WEARY” is a split screen dark comedy observing a middle-aged man’s grossly mundane endeavor to arrange a hangout. After carefully composing a mes...