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"Hollywood’s Mermaid" takes a deep dive into Esther William’s remarkable life’s story. We follow Esther from a 16-year-old Olympic hopeful to a 90-year-old Hollywood icon and see first-hand how her unique blend of athleticism, grace, and charisma continually captivated audiences across the globe for decades.
Documentary short by Samspicolli featuring Maniac Productions, Leather Church, Crossbreak, Parasite Trveforce, Fortress and Omen.
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Cut, drowned, burned, buried, and evaporated, Myeong Wol's body eumhwa blossoms in a dream. Eumhwa is erotic image, negative, and secret story. Part I traces colonial courtesan body, exploring erotic of rumor via peach, parasite, and film metaphors. Part II reworks 79 experimental films as negative found footage. Work in digital and film, letting vanished body's eumhwa blossom.
The film tells the gripping story of a millionaire merchant who hides his wealth in the taiga during the civil war. The legend of the lost gold is passed down from generation to generation until 1975, when geologist Boris Albertovich discovers a coin with the initials "TB." In the present day, his grandson Sasha and friend Vitaly, deeply in debt, decide to find the treasure to change their fate. Their journey is fraught with danger and conflict, culminating in the discovery of a letter from Toyon Baaya's servant, revealing the tragic history of the treasure. The film emphasizes that true treasure is family and love, and immerses viewers in the cultural richness and picturesque landscapes of Yakutia.
In a future where an AI called BlankBox has erased all pain from human life, a teenage boy journeys to find something that no longer exists: love.
After being diagnosed with pelvic contracture, Maga begins treatment with a physical therapist who is secretly an apprentice dominatrix. The encounter leads to a night where roles are blurred and both transform their relationship and those around them.
a collection of thoughts about the meaning of art, narrated in the language of good, toki pona.
When Daan visits his cousins again after a long time, they excitedly tell him about their day in the Efteling. But when they say they only went to Land van Laaf, Daan is overcome by a creeping sense that something isn’t right, as if his cousins are hiding something, or worse, as if they never truly left.
Living out of her car and hustling gig to gig, a woman takes a last-ditch job house-sitting a cat, only to discover she isn’t there to care for the cat; she is the cat.
During excavations on Wrangel Island, a living baby mammoth is discovered, sleeping in a man-made cryogenic sarcophagus. The obsessed scientist leading the expedition decides to keep the discovery secret from the public and pass it off as the result of his cloning work. The baby mammoth is to be dissected to obtain material for cloning and research. Young schoolchildren come to the aid of the baby mammoth, accidentally discovering that it is intelligent. They help the baby mammoth escape and return to Wrangel Island to uncover the mystery of its origin.
Jimena admires the perfection of her parents marriage. However, an unexpected gesture from her mother awakens a doubt in her that begins to unsettle the idealized image she has always had of her family. Jimena confronts the hidden side of morality and comes to understand that nothing is as it seems.
Three stories of failure over the course of a single night.
Two wandering spirits are forced to confront their spiteful relationship as they watch time progress—without them—towards an era of relief that arrived too late.
This is a reboot performance that adds new production to the first "Musical Nintama Rantarou" performed in 2010. Will the 6th graders, who face a tough battle, be able to safely help Rantarou and his friends? Unless!?
Sensing his reanimated partner slipping away again, a lonely gardener clings to their fragile connection while battling the fraying edges of his sanity.
A young man's life is turned upside-down when he buys a doll at a seemingly-innocent garage sale. Little does he know, the doll is haunted.
