The Novice Captures the Essence of An Obsessed Artist’s Anxiety in the Context of College Athletics
Despite this genre not being a new one, The Novice offers a fresh perspective with its study of performance anxiety

Annie Breuer, a single mother in her mid-thirties, lives with her two children, Lena and Tino, on the top floor of an old apartment building in Vienna's suburbs. She sometimes doubts whether she can handle life's diverse challenges and challenges. She has better days and worse; sometimes a dark shadow hangs over her mind and the entire world—at least, that's how Annie feels.
Despite this genre not being a new one, The Novice offers a fresh perspective with its study of performance anxiety
Striving for validation. Let’s be frank….we ALL want to be successful. Whatever we put our efforts into, ideally it is to make it culminate in the best possible results across the board, especially when it comes to what career path we are pursuing. We WANT to excel, to shine, to advance, to be acknowledged. AND…let’s hope that we also wish to better everyone around us to boot. However, what occurs when those whom we initially put our trust in suddenly become a burden instead of a boon? Do we falter under the weight of rejection? Or STAND UP for WHO WE ARE?
The trouble with Yara (2021) is that in its attempt to tell the whole story, it struggles to tell a consistently engaging story.
Jeff Aquino’s film “Viral” placed second in 2020’s Incluvie Film Festival fest, he’s back again with his film "An A Peel for Justice".
Nightbooks, the newest entry in children's horror, honors classic horror films, focuses on themes of acceptance, and has awesome production design.
Films staring black transgender actresses/actors are few and far between, it’s refreshing to see a demographic represented in film that hardly gets any attention. This is especially important as the Black trans community has been shown in studies to face the highest level of discrimination amongst general trans and non-binary groups. That is why it’s so crucial that we amplify their voices through any way we can, storytelling being a great medium to do so.