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How do you gain the most votes or lose the fewest? How do you cast your lead candidate in the best possible light? In his long-term observation Wahlkampf, Harald Friedl accompanies a young, ambitious campaign team on their way through the “super election year” of 2024.
When three disaster-prone girls accidentally kill the beloved class president three hours before his pep rally, they resort to voodoo to cover their tracks.
A whimsical filmmaker turns to his rational zoologist mother to help film animals. As memories of tigers and pet rabbits surface, the zoologist is compelled to question her relationship with animals.
Two friends, Alex and Jordan, reflect on their past, one last time.
A documentary portrait that encapsulates the ten lives of Gonzalo García Pelayo, producer, film director and gaming professional, in eight dizzying minutes.
A brand-new little book gets lost in the vast maze of a grand library and journeys through every section in search of where he belongs, only to realize that the most meaningful place to be isn't always where you fit in best.
The deaths of children in the village are believed to be due to the Sandekala myth, a time considered terrifying in the afternoon. Bayan is a child who has lost his friends. However, behind this incident, it turns out there is a dark secret: a soil-fertilization ritual. Slowly, the truth is revealed, including who is behind all the deaths.
A girl jumps rope on a hill while a sonnet is recited. Segment from Fringe Hippo's anthology film "Elegy Apokalypto".
A recovering alcoholic clings to her daily routine after a well liked newcomer disappears just days before his first sober anniversary.
Young reporter Lewis Lapham is invited by Aldous Huxley to report on a trip he will never forget....
Goodfeathers follows the story of 17-year-old Henry Adams, the son of a detective who is sent undercover by his mom to help take down an underground fighting ring that is running rampant through his high school.
After three students see something they shouldn't have, a merciless tech CEO hires a hitman to take them out, one by one.
Teo and Mikey are inseparable friends - until a small betrayal sparks a fight before their school’s year-end show.
An intimate portrait of an uncompromising feminist artist and musician, depicting both her fierce creative drive and the personal costs of using her own life as raw material.
