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Fear and madness mingle when an inanimate object somehow feels alive.
A couple grieve the sudden loss of their late friend, until he reappears at their doorstep.
The world sizzles with climate change. A politician lets it burn. A young couple finds out they are pregnant. What should they do if they find the politician alone and barely breathing? A darkly comic drama that asks what will you do when the world is on fire?
When a convenience store worker gains unexpected superpowers, she is forced to navigate the exhausting double life of providing for her family while answering the needs of a community that now looks to her as a superhero.
Ana Paula (42) and Mariana (25) follow parallel paths as prison officers, far from their roots and emotional ties. While Mariana dreams of a transfer that will boost her career and adult life, Ana Paula longs to return to São Paulo and live in the metropolis. The exhausting days inside the prison units make decisions increasingly difficult in the search for a future. At Christmas time, emotions run high, both because of the prisoners' dream of freedom and the female officers' desire to belong. After all, when all seems lost, who can they trust?
A young hiker stalked by a sinister presence forms a brief romantic entanglement with another woman.
Milena takes care of two children, a grandmother, and a pregnant sister while her husband is in rehab. When overwhelmed, she drives to the airport to watch travelers. One day, she meets a man there who mistakes her for his driver. Milena plays along, bonds with the stranger, and starts an affair.
After being threatened with a gun by Maria, Eloise has to choose between her and Charlie once and for all...
The film shines a light on the long and rich history of Bonthe, a town on Sherbro Island, and the island’s immense contribution to the formation of Sierra Leone. Beyond celebrating its heritage, the film addresses the ongoing challenges threatening the island’s survival—climate change, mangrove loss, and rising sea levels—while highlighting a new generation rising to find solutions and safeguard its future.
What do you get when you cross two of Australia’s most recognised television actors with a musical wizard? A troubadour trio of conscientious ‘vagabonds’, 160 years between them, who want to bring their ‘bad ass gospel’ country music to the most remote and marginalised people in Australia. Through their larrikin humour and story telling, they are creating a new wave of excitement in Australia’s fringes, leaving behind smiles and some good ole feeling. Oh and quite a few hangovers. Along the way they meet some quintessential Australian characters, a window into the sunburnt country with its oddballs and strange country folk on the fringes of society.
When their favorite childhood musician announces a surprise tour during their last summer together, two lifelong friends commit to doing whatever they can to raise the money for tickets—even taking up with a nefarious ring of bogus Girl Scouts selling counterfeit cookies.
A short drama horror film.
Flora leaves. Antonis gets left behind. Elit moves in. Benni and Caro can’t seem to move on. In the classrooms, cafes, bars and train stations of an unnamed German city, the lives of several young people intersect.
A mother and daughter sit around with a paluni in blueness
A brand new hour-long documentary featuring newly filmed interviews on the making of the 1985 film, Innerspace.
