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First-time father Henry Spencer tries to survive his industrial environment, his angry girlfriend, and the unbearable screams of his newly born mutant child.
Sep 1977
A Chinese teenager travels with her mom to States as a translator to find her abandoned sister after the One-child-policy. When she finds the sister, she has to choose between telling their mom and risking their relationship or keeping it to herself.
Mar 2021
Comedy trailblazer Eddie Murphy celebrates his legendary film career in this star-studded tribute filmed live in Los Angeles.
May 2026
Four generations of the "People Who Live Where the Cedar Trees Start to Grow" (Wah-up-weh-tuhneum), also known as the Mono or Western Monache people, and their attempts to maintain cultural traditions such as acorn collecting, food preparation, music, dance, powwows, and games. Colliding Worlds won Best Documentary Short at the American Indian Film Festival in 1980.
Jan 1980
A young man takes his grief-stricken boyfriend to recover at an idyllic desert resort, but awakens to an eerie new reality.
Nov 2022
To escape neglect and abuse from his parents, a young boy plants some strange seeds and they grow into a grandmother.
Jul 1970
Rehearsals are in full swing at the Sweetwater Boarding School; the End of the Year Show is just around the corner. This year’s motto is sea creatures, as the costumes suggest. But four girls have other plans. Disappointed by their parents and fellow students, these outsiders form a pact for their grand finale. An explosive story, both in terms of form and content, with a strong quartet of girls A, B, C and D.
May 2024
13-year-old Toby Fisher has to learn to face his fear of earthquakes when scientists discover a new fault line running through his neighborhood.
Mar 2007
Linh, a disillusioned Vietnamese woman carrying out evictions for a landlord, is instructed to evict Vietnamese refugees. She must decide whether to follow through with their eviction or reject it in solidarity.
Oct 2024
Krzysztof, an introverted 10 year old, faces his father's decision to hide a Jewish boy from a nearby village in the family's house. As the new boy prompts the father's attention, Krzysztof develops a flammable jealousy towards the other boy which reaches a dangerous peak and leads him to an irreversible act.
Aug 2017
After he's been cast (again!) as a background tree in his annual middle school play, an ambitious and imaginative Israeli immigrant boy leads a revolution on stage that his intolerant drama teacher will never forget.
Jun 2019
After a fight with his mom, a dysfunctional 16-year-old with a habit of biting is taken to an abusive, remote therapy program in the woods for troubled teens, where he is forced to confront his aggressive instincts to grow and find some semblance of inner peace.
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Embarrassed by her un-American look, a young girl betrays her younger sister during their first Sunday at a Chinese-American church.
May 2018
A cyclical film, without sound, that goes from day to night and back again. First, from the porch glider, daytime movement is seen--children running and bicycles and cars going by. The nighttime scene is a long poetic and dream-like look at adolescent lovemaking.
Mar 1970
A domineering wife puts pressure on her weak-willed, submissive husband to kill an old man who she believes has a treasure trove hidden somewhere.
Oct 1973
In Ancient Nazareth in the year Zero, a pregnant teenage girl (Mary) and her gay best friend (Joseph) must hatch a plan to save their lives when they discover they might get stoned to death for their sexual "sins". Their plan? They'll convince everyone that God made Mary pregnant with the new Messiah.
May 2025
A man's car breaks down on the side of the road. Something watches him.
May 2014
A naive young girl becomes the target of a murderous sociopath when she attempts to reinvent herself to impress the boys in her small Texas town.
Nov 2014
An intellectually disabled young man has his childlike world threatened by a violent neighborhood loan shark.
Feb 1981
A middle-aged couple from China arrives in the United States for the first time to organize the funeral rites of their only child. In the midst of dealing with the logistics of the funeral and their overwhelming grief, they begin to unravel the escalating fractures in their relationship and the uncertain futures that lie ahead of them.
Feb 2016