‘Little Boxes’ Had Good Intentions, But...
In 'Little Boxes," an interracial family moves to an all-white town where they face the judgement of others who have never been exposed to people of color before.

Aflah and his team began working on a personal documentary about Aflah challenging himself to lose weight. But as time went on, his goals began to crumble, his diet slowly lost focus, while Aflah’s desire to control the direction of the film only grew stronger. His team began to question whether this documentary was truly about change, or simply about Aflah wanting to make himself the center of the story.
In 'Little Boxes," an interracial family moves to an all-white town where they face the judgement of others who have never been exposed to people of color before.
Complex relationships between mothers and daughters are far from a new concept, whether the strain comes from abandonment, beliefs, or trauma. In My Only Wish, an Incluvie Film Festival submission, Brenda Gutierrez’s take on her character’s maternal divide comes in the form of abandonment.
“I’m always interested in exploring female fantasy, and the sexy witch is a loaded archetype that is simultaneously about men’s fears and fantasies about women, and women’s feelings of empowerment and agency. So whereas we are used to seeing the sexy witch or the femme fatale from the outside, I wanted to explore her from the inside.” - Anna Biller, on why she made The Love Witch
The Night Doctor achieves telling an original story in which the pace accelerates progressively while supported by dark aesthetics.