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A young woman with a painful past discovers her DNA holds the cure to cancer, instantly making her the most valuable secret on earth. As powerful interests close in, and her past haunts her, she must choose between her own safety and well-being, or risking everything to share her secret with the world.
Caught in the repetition of their classroom life, high school students sit through days that never feel complete.
The How We Look Project is a collection of three short narrative films about dwarf culture and identity, created and performed by Little People (LPs). Each film centers one act of image-making, from renaissance portraiture, to sideshow photography, to medical imaging. APPOINTMENT: three LPs named Avery visit a doctor who is more fascinated with his own medical technology than the patients before him. CARNIVAL: Jessica and her “ Midget troupe” pose for a 1924 souvenir postcard. But this moment of commodification also offers Jessica rare hope to reach her disappeared lover and the outside world. COURT: While Fabio, a Court Dwarf in 1572 Italy endures the uncomfortable act of being painted, he wonders if this image can be a means of communicating with future dwarfs.
What does it mean to create and (re-)create a body on film? Crafted from a small set of short 16mm film negatives, assembled in repeating patterns through a loving and laborious process of DIY contact printing that is partially narrated in the film's soundtrack.
When Daniel receives an opportunity to be promoted at the office, there’s only one thing he must do to prove his worth and reach the next step of his career... kill his closest colleague.
Two Cowboy's who used to be friends rekindle together for a final showdown of honor and friendship
Amidst a deadly overdose crisis in Vancouver, a daring activist funds a non-profit drug testing centre by operating the illicit Coca Leaf Café and Medicinal Mushroom Dispensary, risking everything to provide life-saving harm reduction and advocate for drug reform.
Elena, a fisherwoman from the Empordà region in Catalonia (Spain), struggles to keep alive the craft inherited from her family, but it becomes harder every day, and her livelihood risks disappearing.
When faced with the haunting memories of her complicated relationship with Mark, Kate is forced to decipher if what she believes happened between them is reality.
The morning calm is broken in Skultuna and Rönnby in Västerås when a VMA is sent out and residents are asked to stay indoors. The police are hunting a 38-year-old suspect after two brutal violent crimes. A child calls 112 and says that his mother is being attacked. Shortly afterwards, a woman is found dead in her home. Leif GW Persson examines the case and the legal process.
Randy Feltface tells the story of the mysterious First Banana.
Marie and Amy's long-term relationship, living in an isolated cottage, is fraying with both struggling to deal with the realities of being neurodivergent. With Marie chasing long-held dreams, Amy is close to giving up on hers.
Two emotionally scarred individuals feel an instant connection when they meet, but their shared trauma slowly turns their bond into obsession, possessiveness, and darkness. As the relationship spirals, betrayal, revenge, and shocking revelations unfold in a slow-burn mystery thriller where both protagonists become each other’s enemy.
Two men meet on a birthday evening, each knowing far too much about the other. What begins as a return to an old love quickly turns into an emotional rollercoaster, where past grievances and still‑burning feelings fight for the final word.
In the world of film theory, the director is the supreme creator. However, for Bob, the protagonist of this one-minute meta-metaphysical nightmare, that hierarchy collapses with a single keystroke. While trying to enjoy a well-deserved moment of peace with a piece of cake, Bob realizes his reality doesn't belong to him, but to an invisible Editor. Time for Bob ceases to be linear-he becomes a victim of a brutal "Undo" process. Through a series of violent jump cuts, absurd wardrobe changes, and forced rewinds, Bob experiences a digital version of purgatory. The film explores the thin line between the silver screen and reality, turning a technical glitch into existential horror. In the end, Bob doesn't seek salvation from a director; instead, he attempts to "cut" the very light source of the machine that created him, proving that in the digital age, the only true God is the one with their finger on CTRL+Z.
To inform the public about the science of Dollmaking, a scientist films a gonzo instructional documentary using a blend of handmade puppetry and rhinestones; however, contemplations of creation and livelihood obscure her research.
the friends& man of constant sorrow music video is about loving 00s indie rock music while reckoning with its commercialization. the video imagines a futuristic stomp-clap band that makes the streets of Williamsburg their stage — like a demented arcade fire or edward sharpe and the magnetic zeros. tormented by a 5.7 pitchfork score, the couple at the centre of the band, played by william banks and lea rose sebastianis, descend into a frenzy of ketamine use and emotional abuse. directed by nate wilson and dozzy chroma.
Laugh out loud with Andrew Ivimey in his full stand-up comedy special LET’S GO — a hilarious, high-energy, and brutally honest performance packed with sharp observations, relatable storytelling, and nonstop laughs.
