Ela Thier

A lonely film student documents a man who believes that he’s the Grim Reaper, as he leads her on a magical journey to meet herself as a teen, as a young girl, and as an infant, to recover her ability to love – while she still can.

On the day of her older sister's burial, a bereaved woman meets an amicable bartender who helps her find the courage to continue on. A story about sisterly love and the bonds that will always remain.

When a historian living in the year 2592 time-travels to 2015, she navigates the societal woes that she's read about in history books.

A bittersweet coming-of-age film, Foreign Letters is itself a love letter to the unshakeable bond between friends. Set in the pre-email era of the 1980s, young Ellie, newly arrived to the US from Israel, anxiously waits for letters from her best friend back home. Suffering from homesickness, language difficulties and rejection at school, life brightens when she meets Thuy, a Vietnamese refugee her age. As the two bond and become inseparable, they eventually hurt each other, and Ellie must find a way to restore their trust. Based on director Ela Thier's personal immigration experience, Foreign Letters is a film about poverty, prejudice, shame, and the healing power of friendship.

A lonely film student documents a man who believes that he’s the Grim Reaper, as he leads her on a magical journey to meet herself as a teen, as a young girl, and as an infant, to recover her ability to love – while she still can.

A lonely film student documents a man who believes that he’s the Grim Reaper, as he leads her on a magical journey to meet herself as a teen, as a young girl, and as an infant, to recover her ability to love – while she still can.

A lonely film student documents a man who believes that he’s the Grim Reaper, as he leads her on a magical journey to meet herself as a teen, as a young girl, and as an infant, to recover her ability to love – while she still can.

On the day of her older sister's burial, a bereaved woman meets an amicable bartender who helps her find the courage to continue on. A story about sisterly love and the bonds that will always remain.

When a historian living in the year 2592 time-travels to 2015, she navigates the societal woes that she's read about in history books.

When a historian living in the year 2592 time-travels to 2015, she navigates the societal woes that she's read about in history books.

When a historian living in the year 2592 time-travels to 2015, she navigates the societal woes that she's read about in history books.

A bittersweet coming-of-age film, Foreign Letters is itself a love letter to the unshakeable bond between friends. Set in the pre-email era of the 1980s, young Ellie, newly arrived to the US from Israel, anxiously waits for letters from her best friend back home. Suffering from homesickness, language difficulties and rejection at school, life brightens when she meets Thuy, a Vietnamese refugee her age. As the two bond and become inseparable, they eventually hurt each other, and Ellie must find a way to restore their trust. Based on director Ela Thier's personal immigration experience, Foreign Letters is a film about poverty, prejudice, shame, and the healing power of friendship.

A bittersweet coming-of-age film, Foreign Letters is itself a love letter to the unshakeable bond between friends. Set in the pre-email era of the 1980s, young Ellie, newly arrived to the US from Israel, anxiously waits for letters from her best friend back home. Suffering from homesickness, language difficulties and rejection at school, life brightens when she meets Thuy, a Vietnamese refugee her age. As the two bond and become inseparable, they eventually hurt each other, and Ellie must find a way to restore their trust. Based on director Ela Thier's personal immigration experience, Foreign Letters is a film about poverty, prejudice, shame, and the healing power of friendship.