Movies: Abandonment

“The Moon Is Essentially Gray” is a 3-minute CG animated short about a young child, her makeshift rocket, and her fantastic flight to the moon. The film explores the role escapism plays in the lives of children who suffer some form of neglect or aban...

A cinematic masterpiece about abandonment, resilience, and the transformative power of properly hydrated cereal....

John, a baby who has never been without his parents, spends nine days in a nursery without them....

Luca visits his frail Nan on her deathbed, and reflects on their shared past through a series of vivid memories....

The Rastreadoras de El Fuerte are a group of mothers of disappeared persons in northern Sinaloa who, in the absence of the authorities, twice a week go out with picks and shovels in search of the remains of their children; a testimony of the abandonm...

Julián is a single father, who will try everything to give his daughter Renata, a very special birthday present. Meanwhile, he will realize Renata's mother is further he thought....

Dumped unceremoniously by his wife, Nikhil tries to figure what to do with his wife's dog while trying to figure his own depression and abandonment....

Emilio is a lifelong farmer in his eighties who lives alone on his abandoned farm. Everyone close is gone. One animal is all there is left. Today is the day he decides to sell it....

Dayane suddenly leaves. Her mother Marluce, her sister Mariana and her fiancé Antônio stay. Between the incessant search, silent resignation and silent denial, this touching family drama from Ceará is located....

John, Ryan, and Phil are heading off to Milwaukee for a designer's conference but during their panic, they leave Phil behind at the office. To make matters worse, two thieves show up in an attempt to rob the studio, leaving Phil in charge of protecti...

Elías is a boy who faces abandonment by his mother, but is willing to do everything to see her again....

A gothic tale of mysticism and violent crime. Two women go out into the fringe of rural culture to seek a revelation. They get trapped in a fierce place, and one murders a man with an ax after she has a vision that he is an evil thing....

Oupa en Ouma try to survive during harsh conditions on a farm. With no one around to help. they rely on nothing but their faith....