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Unfortunately topical socio-political songs from Tuomari Nurmio's catalog spanning over 40 years. The themed concert "Songs of War and Dictatorship" was performed at the Helsinki Festival's Huvila pavillion, Tampere's Tavara-asema, and again on September 30, 2024, at the Tavastia Club, where this documentary was recorded.
Scorching heat in a suburban neighborhood in the South of France. It’s the end-of-year party at the local sports club. Birds are falling from their nests, wildfires are raging, and Kiki remains under the spell of her Bad Star.
The protagonist, Colonel Andrey Zabrodin, receives an urgent order to fly to Syria and establish contact with militants in the city of Douma. Unarmed, Zabrodin infiltrates enemy territory. The lives of hundreds of hostages and civilians in the city depend on the outcome of his negotiations. His adversary is the field commander Abu Humam. Will the Colonel be able to win this deadly game of chess?
Ana locks herself in her favorite hotel to spend her twenty-seventh birthday. She has decided to end her life and, before doing so, she calls her closest friends and family to say goodbye.
A former chief psychiatrist of the Soviet Estonian Psychoneurological Hospital, once the only professional sexologist in a country where sex did not exist, collects frozen sounds and restores a manor once owned by Peter the Great.
How did a city rubbish dump transform into a collection of gardens that is now a major visitor attraction? The story of how Hamilton Gardens became a unique museum of humanity, showcasing gardens from ancient Egypt to the surreal future, is told on screen.
A psychological thriller about a young woman who is influenced by the media to embrace her true self.
After life dealt her a bad hand, Carol spends her days in the last place she can find happiness: the video slots of her small-town pub. There's nothing more life can do for her, but that doesn't mean she can't do anything for herself.
An intimate portrait of four childhood friends who must suddenly manage the shift from their rehearsal room to national stardom, highlighting their reliance on one another amidst a "loud world"
Regina, 75, takes every opportunity to line up in the government's arduous medical assistance dole out program just to secure mitigating financial help for her sick husband's increasing hospital bill. In the last two hours before she reaches the end of the line and receive help, Regina bears with her own debilitating illness due to old age, confronts a fixer condoning corruption, and temporarily leaves the line to look for her missing granddaughter who wanders off.
Benji needs his phone to fall asleep.
A Film By Dorian Hurst
Two amateur thieves break into a thrift store hoping to score big, but they instead come across a donated bag full of sinister secrets.
Shot rather surreptitiously in train stations in NYC, Philadelphia, and Baltimore. All sound was recorded on location. Shot almost entirely with an IPhone.
