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A man has the same dream every night.
When an anxious Chinese American drag queen hosts an all-AAPI showcase for an unconventional audience, a surprise guest sends her spiraling into self-doubt. Meanwhile, backstage shenanigans from her chaotic drag family threaten to derail the whole show.
A student's life is disrupted when the inciting incident occurs.
In the process of preparing to move, Claira finds an old journal of hers telling a story of doomed love, causing her to reflect on her failed relationship and her feelings in the face of change.
Witness Beginning Und End Of The Fly.
Two childhood best friends fake a pre-wedding photoshoot in the city during their last night together in Cebu City, Philippines.
In this sly comic zinger from Director Deanne Bray, a hearing Hollywood casting agent is having no luck casting a Deaf role authentically. When an actor named Frank (played by John Maucere) walks in, however, the casting agent gets more than she bargained for.
A quirky new hearing employee joins a Deaf-owned business and quickly begins to drive her boss crazy.
Joseph is an isolated elderly Deaf man who lives alone and likes it that way. When his nephew gifts him a computer, he reluctantly learns to use the internet, which opens an unexpected door into his past.
Meet Rudolfs Stupans, one of the top Deaf competitive swimmers in the world. This exhilarating film follows Rudolfs as he gives us a glimpse of his training routine and what drives him to push forward to the top of his game.
This upbeat self-portrait chronicles the personal journey of Donald M. Falls. Born Deaf and raised without adequate support, Donald transforms into a confident young man with pride and purpose.
A Deaf maximum-security prisoner undergoes an experimental medical procedure to earn early release and be reunited with his daughter. However, the procedure results in unexpected consequences.
When the filmmaker’s sister undergoes a cosmetic procedure on her bottom, no one in the family knows what to think. Taïna De Coen embarks on a joyful family investigation to try to understand why our bodies in their pure form are no longer enough. In this amusing fable, we discover that everyone has their little secrets to feeling good in a world where image is everything.
To save her family restaurant, returning chef Ting must rediscover the lost flavor of its signature dish. The true recipe, however, lies hidden in a memory she has long sealed away.
Every year, the most important folk festival in Brazil takes place on the island of Parintins, in the heart of the Amazon rainforest. As the celebration is prepared, faith, ritual and religious syncretism begin to reveal themselves as the invisible forces shaping the spectacle. Blending observation and myth, the film unfolds as a fairytale documentary, where reality gradually takes on the texture of legend. At its center is the mythical figure of the Bumbá Ox, a symbol born from the deep coexistence of different peoples – Indigenous communities, Black Africans and Europeans – whose traditions merge in the Amazon to form a unique Brazilian cosmology.
New movie by Marina Maria Ovchinnikova.
