Optimistic Movies

The marshmallow test became the poster child for the idea that there are specific personality traits that are stable and consistent. And this drives...

sit and enjoy the sunrise.

Phil, once a terrifying villain of the silver-screen, struggles to find work in modern Hollywood due to being an out-of-date special effect. Refusing...

Three months after a devastating breakup, Carson's roommates resort to drastic measures to make him get over her.

At just 32 years old, Nelly Shaheen has defied odds to become the world's oldest known survivor of Harlequin Ichthyosis, a painful condition which...

In this sequel to DONOVAN 17: THE WEEKEND WARS, after the clones, created by the Alien Surf Dude, questioned the purposes given to them, they decided...

The Billion Dollar Hotel is a documentary that explores life in and around the Burj Al Arab Hotel. It follows the experiences of hotel staff at all...

Follows world record-holding surfer Blake Johnston's journey of transforming personal tragedy into meaningful action, examining how suicide impacts...

In a galaxy not so far away, the world the two moons "Alphamoon" and "Betamoon" is very divided. While life on "Alpha" is wealthy, luxurious and...

College sophomore Miles Stoops decides on a whim to make a movie with no clear direction, but is repeatedly distracted by JRPG monologues, a second...

Following the journey of a Glaswegian litter picker and the strange and compelling locals he meets in a single day. Sometimes, what you notice when...

A short documentary film produced by the British government in 1964. With the help of modernist animations, it covers the development of penicillin...

In a low point of his life, a man is visited by his future self with words of reassurance. A short film made in collaboration with the York Student...