New on HighballTV

New on HighballTV

A selection of films recently added to HighballTV

Share
New on HighballTV
  • Shall We Dance?

    3 items

    This collection brings together films that treat dance on film as both art and language. In The Dance, performance becomes an intimate expression, every gesture carrying emotion. Breath: with Pina Bausch offers a rare encounter with the legendary Pina Bausch, whose choreography forever changed th...

  • I Will Bury You

    1 season

    This multi-award winning dark comedy series follows two brothers as they attempt to carry out their mother’s final wishes by scattering her ashes in the places she loved… if they can only figure out where that might be. Dealing with issues of grief, loss, and sibling rivalry, this genre defying s...

  • Strangers In a Room
    Movie + 6 extras

    Strangers In a Room

    Movie + 6 extras

    Jae Kim, a second-generation Korean actor, encounters a demonic vision on the day of a big commercial audition. After a micro-aggression during the audition deeply affects him, Jae is plunged into a state of shock and depression. Seeking solace and grappling with his feelings, Jae isolates himsel...

  • Little Bird

    Movie

    Toronto International Film Festival

    Little Bird follows the journey of a young adult struggling to face the paramount loss of their mother. In this semi autobiographical film, we are taken on an afternoon journey through grief. This short film will break your heart and help piece it back togethe...

  • Rustic Oracle
    Movie + 1 extra

    Rustic Oracle

    Movie + 1 extra

    imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival
    Vancouver International Film Festival
    Kingston Canadian Film Festival

    Set in the 90’s, this dramatic feature introduces audiences to 8 year old Ivy as she grapples to understand the circumstances around her older sister becoming a missing person. Highligh...

  • ODEHIMIN

    Movie

    Accompanied by the beat of a drum, Odemin, heart berry, reminds us of the importance of connecting oneself with the land and water while exploring themes of self love and body image in this healing short film.

    Canada - 2020 - 3mins
    Directed By: Kijâtai-Alexandra Veillette-Cheezo
    Written By: Kij...

  • Ajornavianngilatit
    Movie + 1 extra

    Ajornavianngilatit

    Movie + 1 extra

    imagineNATIVE Film & Media Arts Festival

    An incredibly sweet story of a single mother who has dedicated her life to her child and, working hard for her family, goes out for a night of fun. She meets someone special and has to navigate her feelings during the initial parts of a queer relationship...

  • Angakusajaujak - The Shaman's Apprentice

    Movie + 1 extra

    Toronto International Film Festival
    Annecy International Animation Film Festival
    SXSW

    We are transported to the arctic and beyond as a young shaman apprentice is met with her first obstacle. On a guided journey to the underworld she is tasked to find the answers needed to help heal an sick comm...

  • The Boonashy

    Movie

    Winner Best Actor, Best Animation, Best Director - Wild Bunch Film Festival 2023
    Winner Best Cast - Alternative Film Festival 2023
    Winner Best Director, Best Editing - Indie Shorts Mag 2023

    Lem tirelessly seeks the prized Boonashy, a notoriously taxing and addictive creature to hunt. But then a...

  • LAND
    10 items

    LAND

    10 items

    LAND connects us to our ancestors, both future and past. As time spirals forward, it is the land that continues to ground us. Exploring the interactions and relationships between LAND, stewardship, cultures, communities, and Nations by Indigenous filmmakers from around the World.

    Content Warning...

  • Maybe Someday
    Movie + 1 extra

    Maybe Someday

    Movie + 1 extra

    "Maybe Someday is, indeed, a beautiful little film about loss and grief, love and letting go." The Independent Critic

    BFI Flare
    Cinequest Film Festival
    Outfest LA Film Festival

    Maybe Someday follows Jay (Michelle Ehlen), a photographer in her 40s, battling a mixture of denial and depression as ...

  • Mama Gloria
    Movie + 1 extra

    Mama Gloria

    Movie + 1 extra

    "In her first feature, director Luchina Fisher lovingly captures the lived experience of a woman who deserves to go down in queer history." POV Magazine

    Chigago International Film Festival
    BFI Flare
    Inside Out Film Festival

    Meet Mama Gloria. Chicago’s Black transgender icon Gloria Allen blazed ...

  • Last Days At Sea

    Movie

    "Venice Atienza’s wistful and evocative documentary is rooted in the liminal space between childhood and adolescence." The Guardian

    Berlin International Film Festival
    Hot Docs International Documentary Festival
    International Documentary Festival Amsterdam

    12-year-old Reyboy lives in Karihatag, ...

  • How The Room Felt
    Movie + 1 extra

    How The Room Felt

    Movie + 1 extra

    "A group of Georgian queers laugh, argue, party and love in this intimate and nuanced portrait of a close-knit LGBTQ+ community." POV Magazine

    International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam
    Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Film Festival
    Thessaloniki Documentary Festival

    In the Geo...

  • La Leyenda Negra
    Movie + 1 extra

    La Leyenda Negra

    Movie + 1 extra

    "...a deft blend of the intimate and the political that recalls the fire-in-the-belly feistiness of early Spike Lee joints." Screen International

    Sundance Film Festival
    IndieLisboa International Film Festival
    BFI Flare

    In writer-director Patricia Vidal Delgado's debut feature, a soon-to-be undo...

  • Usina-Desejo contra a Indústria do Medothe

    Movie + 3 extras

    Created by filmmaking collective Anarca Filmes, Usina-Desejo contra a Indústria do Medothe is the group's first interactive film, bringing alternative endings (see Screening Instructions below) for the viewer to choose from. Directed by Amanda Seraphico, Clarissa Ribeiro and Lorran Dias, the film...

  • Project Gutenberg
    Movie + 1 extra

    Project Gutenberg

    Movie + 1 extra

    "Chow Yun-fat channels some of his most iconic screen work as a suave, sophisticated, sharp-dressed gentleman criminal..." Hollywood Reporter

    Tokyo International Film Festival
    San Francisco International Film Festival
    MoMA - The Contenders

    Directed by Felix Chong (writer of Infernal Affairs) an...

  • The White Fortress
    Movie + 1 extra

    The White Fortress

    Movie + 1 extra

    "The White Fortress is a startling, hypnotizing, but above all haunting work destined to linger." Globe and Mail

    Berlin International Film Festival
    Thessaloniki International Film Festival
    Vancouver International Film Festival

    Set in the rundown Sarajevo suburb of Alipasino Polje, writer/direct...

  • Immaculat
    Movie + 1 extra

    Immaculat

    Movie + 1 extra

    "a compelling story about lost innocence" Cineuropa

    Venice Film Festival
    Stockholm International Film Festival
    São Paulo International Film Festival

    Directors Monica Stan and George Chiper-Lillemark powerful, gripping drama centres on Daria (Ana Dumitraşcu), a young woman entering rehab having ...

  • The Slaughter
    Movie + 1 extra

    The Slaughter

    Movie + 1 extra

    A group of friends, looking for a place to party, break into an abandoned film studio. Amusing themselves by screening some old movies, they stumble across what appears to be home-made film featuring a brutal masked murder. They soon begin to suspect they might be the victims in the sequel when t...

  • Dust and Ashes
    Movie + 1 extra

    Dust and Ashes

    Movie + 1 extra

    "A grieving young South Korean factory worker resorts to desperate measures in Park Hee-kwon’s enigmatic drama." Screendaily

    Talinn Black Nights Film Festival
    Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival
    Five Flavours Asian Film Festival

    Set over a three day period, Dust And Ashes follows a g...

  • Pattern
    Movie + 1 extra

    Pattern

    Movie + 1 extra

    Reelworld Film Festival
    Montreal International Black Film Festival
    British Urban Film Festival

    Intimate, and powerful, Pattern examines the challenges facing Curtis (Al St. Louis) who, while coming to terms with the death of his partner, is struggling to cope with a heavy workload, financial ins...

  • When A Farm Goes Aflame

    Movie + 1 extra

    Berlin International Film Festival
    BFI London Film Festival
    CPX:DOX

    A filmmaker completes his debut film: A reflection on his parents assumed monogamous long-distance marriage as well as his own Nigerian background and identity. He thereafter accidentally discovers his father’s secret; a second...

  • Who Loves The Sun
    Movie + 1 extra

    Who Loves The Sun

    Movie + 1 extra

    "A gentle, often funny chamber piece in which his wonderful cast works out family problems against the stunning backdrop of Canadian cottage country." Globe and Mail

    BFI London Film Festival
    AFI Fest
    Cleveland International Film Festival

    Five years after suddenly disappearing from the Manitoba ...