Nowness Movies

A portrait of Victoria Sin, and the transformative power of drag.

An original and danced adaptation of the Shakespeare classic.

“Take life lightly, for lightness is not superficial, but gliding above things, not having weights on your heart.” This is the quote from...

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

It's about a memory of a place and a time. It’s about an idea of isolation and the sea’s omnipresence. An exploration between temporary...

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

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,...

Over a monsoon-soaked day in a crumbling Mumbai building, a young masseuse moves quietly from body to body. Her caring touch soothes the pain of an...

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

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

Uprooted from the Ivory Coast and sent to live in Denmark as a child, professional boxing champion Landry “Hardkore” Kore tells the story...

Marking the 30th anniversary of Derek Jarman's passing, close friend and collaborator Tilda Swinton leads a poetic tribute to the late artist and...

“When I was growing up, my mum very rarely spoke about her life in the Philippines,” says director James J. Robinson of the inspiration...

Mala Hierba is a documentary about a country, a people and a miracle crop, hemp, which lies at the heart of the sustainability movement in fashion....

At the edge of Shirahama, a coastal tourist town in Japan, an ageing scientist works to unlock the biological secret of immortality held in the life...

NOWNESS China has released a new series of films focusing on traditional Chinese culture as defined by a new generation of young people. Young...

Drifting from her reality on the streets of Mexico City, a woman's chaotic thoughts spill into verse in short film Weird - directed by Flavio Morales...

In this five-minute film, professional bull rider Ezekiel “Blue” Mitchell introduces the audience to his world of bucking bulls and...