Po Yuan Juan’s It was just a virtual kiss is a game video essay that reimagines a love story unfolding within the world of World of Warcraft. The narrative transforms the virtual realm into a canvas for exploring how players construct and extend their identities, using digital avatars as vessels for intimacy. By venturing beyond the screen, the characters evoke the illusion of tangible connection — touching, embracing, and even kissing— across diverse fantasy incarnations. Employing a blend of machinima and computer-realistic animation, the work challenges traditional perceptions of the body, proposing a new, digitally constructed form of existence. The game world becomes a meeting ground for digital haptic perception and actual bodily movement, effectively blurring the line between the virtual and the real. This immersive exploration prompts several provocative questions: Could alternative forms of embodiment exist beyond our physical limitations? To what extent does media technology overcome the constraints of the human body? Might these digital embodiments inspire a new kind of spirit or emotional connection?

Through a series of chance encounters, sparks fly between college literature professor Mia and Tony, a headliner at a Manhattan supper club. Unbeknownst to them, Mia’s mother, Marlene, and Tony’s mother, Sofia, are working some maternal matchmaking magic.

Through a series of chance encounters, sparks fly between college literature professor Mia and Tony, a headliner at a Manhattan supper club. Unbeknownst to them, Mia’s mother, Marlene, and Tony’s mother, Sofia, are working some maternal matchmaking magic.

From the personal archives of journalist and filmmaker dream hampton, this visual ode to the golden era of hip-hop provides intimate access to some of rap’s greatest minds, including dream herself.

From the personal archives of journalist and filmmaker dream hampton, this visual ode to the golden era of hip-hop provides intimate access to some of rap’s greatest minds, including dream herself.

In this third entry of the ongoing HBO documentary series celebrating America's favorite pastime, the focus is on the 1960s, when Major League Baseball was slowly evolving from pure sport to big-bucks entertainment. Using footage of players and fans, the film covers the Yankees' ascension to greatness, the western expansion of both leagues, the increasing inclusion of black players and the rise of free agency.

Ana is a woman who has a love affair with her best friend's ex-husband, in a film about love, friendship, loneliness, fear, guilt, and the world of women.

Drowning in debt and evicted from their house, a family of four comfort themselves with a few drinks at a food cart. The drunken father stumbles off to take a leak and gets hit by a truck. Their saving grace? Insurance! They find themselves with a slightly injured father, a handful of insurance money, and an ingenious new way to get rich quick. One by one, they find new ways to hurt themselves, making enough money to buy their dream house. Their luck almost runs out when an insurance investigator finds out the truth, but with a beautiful daughter and a very loose dressing gown, the family traps him and forces him to marry her. All five of them are determined to get one last big payoff… life insurance. The only question is, who dies?

Two college students are shocked when their phones glitch — showing them pictures from 10 years in the future as a happily married couple with kids.

Two college students are shocked when their phones glitch — showing them pictures from 10 years in the future as a happily married couple with kids.