Unlike Ghostlight’s Dan, who was processing a trauma he had no ability or desire to confront, I was all too aware of how desperately I needed respite from a world that seemed to tilt more and more out ...

Netflix is unveiling “Fresh Perspective: Short Films,” a collection of 12 shorts from up-and-coming filmmakers in the U.S. and Canada who have been supported by the Netflix Fund for Creative Equity.

The power of film, as many professional and part-time directors have no doubt discovered, lies in its ability to show us things in a new light -- to take on a different perspective. Through the camera ...