Nowness Movies

  • 2016
    His Sweat

    His Sweat

    His Sweat

    4.22016HD

    In the first of a new series of Define Beauty, Berlin-based directer Matt Lambert—known for his often-NSFW work exploring sex and intimacy—gets under...

    His Sweat
  • 2024
    Stargazing

    Stargazing

    Stargazing

    02024HD

    A young astrophysicist in a war-torn country watches the stars and black holes, holding a dialogue with her unborn daughter about the nature of light...

    Stargazing
  • 2018
    Anatomy of Goth

    Anatomy of Goth

    Anatomy of Goth

    02018HD

    What does it mean to be goth—to be an outsider, to live both on the margins and in the midst of society? Filmmakers Jordan Hemingway and Alban Adam pr...

    Anatomy of Goth
  • 2014
    Fruits De Mer

    Fruits De Mer

    Fruits De Mer

    02014HD

    A frazzled adulteress played by Parisian beauty Zoë Le Ber wakes up in the familiar surroundings of Bar Chateau Marmont, only to find herself trapped...

    Fruits De Mer
  • 2018
    Lou

    Lou

    Lou

    5.52018HD

    Lou, a teenage tomboy in a small Californian town, idolizes her single father. When he has a date over one night and she is cast out of the house, Lou...

    Lou
  • 2022
    Lucky Fish

    Lucky Fish

    Lucky Fish

    82022HD

    Two Asian-American teenagers meet in the bathroom of a Chinese restaurant while having dinner with their families.

    Lucky Fish
  • 2013
    Real Life Exp.

    Real Life Exp.

    Real Life Exp.

    02013HD

    Two girls find themselves locked in an Oslo public swimming hall and bond over school gossip, boys and dancing to the psychedelic sounds of Lindstrøm.

    Real Life Exp.
  • 2018
    Where are the African Gods?

    Where are the African Gods?

    Where are the African Gods?

    02018HD

    A moving recording of the late writer and renowned jazz singer Abbey Lincoln is captured in this new film from Brooklyn-born director Rodney Passé, wh...

    Where are the African Gods?
  • 2019
    Touch

    Touch

    Touch

    12019HD

    After recently going blind, a young gay man struggles to navigate his new life in the shadows.

    Touch
  • 2014
    Life

    Life

    Life

    6.82014HD

    Life
  • 2016
    Maze

    Maze

    Maze

    1.52016HD

    Two young people discover each other as they explore a labyrinthine derelict Glasgow swimming pool. A high-energy contemporary dance piece shot in the...

    Maze
  • 2016
    Muxes

    Muxes

    Muxes

    72016HD

    In the indigenous communities around the town of Juchitán, the world is not divided simply into males and females. The local Zapotec people have made...

    Muxes
  • 2014
    Tongue Tied

    Tongue Tied

    Tongue Tied

    5.22014HD

    Artist and filmmaker Quentin Jones joins forces with Miley Cyrus in a kinky collaboration, stripping away the pop phenomenon's cartoonish persona in "...

    Tongue Tied
  • 2021
    The Countdown

    The Countdown

    The Countdown

    02021HD

    Emerging filmmaker Jade Ang Jackman shares a fierce new film about Olympian fencer Ysaora Thibus and her journey to the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. The Count...

    The Countdown
  • 2022
    Phoenix

    Phoenix

    Phoenix

    02022HD

    Sohaila, Zahra and Zeinab train every day. Their dream is to become professional fighters and to show the world that all people are equal. Director Lu...

    Phoenix
  • 2016
    On (Dis)Covering

    On (Dis)Covering

    On (Dis)Covering

    02016HD

    A 16mm account of the power of wearing a headscarf.

    On (Dis)Covering
  • 2018
    The 99 Names of God

    The 99 Names of God

    The 99 Names of God

    02018HD

    Arab-American filmmaker Yumna Al-Arashi embraces the rhythmic rituals that have run alongside Islamic tradition throughout the centuries in this surre...

    The 99 Names of God
  • 2012
    Pretty Pretty Peggy Moffitt

    Pretty Pretty Peggy Moffitt

    Pretty Pretty Peggy Moffitt

    02012HD

    Pretty Pretty Peggy Moffitt
  • 2021
    The Chrysalis

    The Chrysalis

    The Chrysalis

    02021HD

    “Sex work. The phrase evokes so much emotion, yet we understand it so poorly,” rising director Yago Hunt-Laudi wrote on an Instagram post celebrating...

    The Chrysalis
  • 2020
    Paradiso

    Paradiso

    Paradiso

    02020HD

    Meet Giovanni Mancusou, a small-town Italian man who lives on Italy's Mediterranean coast. The wisened Calabrian invites the viewer into his sun-washe...

    Paradiso