2023 Summer Hot Films

A widow refrigerates her husband's body so she and her children embark on a quest to find a new plot after their original burial site receives a generous offer from a foreign real estate developer.

Free Play is a documentary highlighting how a mother’s perseverance in the face of adversity led to the creation of Middle Tennessee’s largest all inclusive playground. In a way to pay tribute to her late daughter Tabitha, Karen West spearheaded the creation of the Gallatin Miracle park. The park has several features that cater specifically to children with physical and mental disabilities. As Karen describes, these interactions lead to long lasting friendships between children of all abilities. The physical exercise that these children receive from the playground translates into other aspects of their life as they gain a sense of independence and freedom.

Incredible and unconventional stories of love from around the world that redefine romance, family and connection; based in science.

A joyride through silent-film era Hollywood, whose center of gravity is a rising, 24 year-old starlet whose violent death clips the rose of her silver-screen dream. One hundred years later her grandsons embark on a 20-year journey to share her story!

Women and families with diverse perspectives courageously share stories of pregnancy loss to clarify misinformation, shine a light on healthcare challenges, examine our emotional attachment to "terms," and inspire empathy toward the one in four who experience reproductive issues.

“Choose You” is an intimate romantic short film about a Bengali Indian-American outlier who must introduce her Bengali girlfriend to her parents to fit into her family, despite having latent feelings for her American best friend.

After an inquisitive young girl is told that her recently deceased dad is now an ancestor spirit that she can feel whenever she needs, she tries to find his spirit before her first day of kindergarten.

After finding out that his family has been kidnapped by an underground street sorcerer, a young and unrealized clairvoyant boy must embark on a journey of self discovery in the magic arts to save his family and take down the shadow king. Think Straight Outta Compton meets Lovecraft Country, following the coming of age adventures of those similar to Harry Potter. Ominous, edgy & suspenseful with occasional comedic relief embedded in the racial & socioeconomic undertones of South Los Angeles.

In New Orleans, the birthplace of jazz and home to dozens of brass bands, teen tuba prodigy Mackyrin "Tubadu" Holmes knows he can be truly great. He and his ailing mother Celeste launch his career as the city's youngest band leader. Despite hardship, trauma and violence, young Tubadu takes on the legacy of band leadership in a city where that title means stepping up for the community. But Celeste's health is failing as her organs begin to shut down. With whatever time they have left together, they fight for Tubadu's dream with an astonishing sense of joy, working to record an album that will put him on his path to greatness.

A new documentary that follows a multigenerational group of inspiring women leaders in Belize striving to protect the world’s second largest coral reef system and associated livelihoods.

A refugee (Muhammad Ali) risks his life to help take down a drug lord (Colt White) who's terrorizing his new home in North-Side Pittsburgh.

Lovers who want togetherness and love, they show love can cross the borders on the Turkish and Syrian border lovers do not care about any danger on the borders.

As vampiric hedge funds suck up and devour local newspapers across the country, a group of Baltimore journalists, backed by a billionaire philanthropist, band together to save local journalism in their city.

A queer climate comedy about two commercial actors who land a gig filming a series of political ads for a not-so-local energy company. In between shoots at the studio, where they learn how to pronounce "Puget Sound" and extol the benefits of cooking with natural gas, they struggle to break out into new roles in their personal lives.