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On the brink of turning 18 and terrified of adult responsibilities, a teenager finds a pair of glasses that transports him back to the "safe haven" of 2016. But when the portal begins to collapse, a frantic race against time begins, leaving him with only two choices: remain trapped in his memories forever, or take on the biggest responsibility of all—growing up to save his life.
Mima, an American college student, embarks on a road trip to the rural Romanian village where her grandmother, Esther, was born. Her friend Jacob, a recent film-school dropout, joins her in the old country, along with an 18-year-old translator whom she found on Facebook. Decades after Esther’s death, Mima relies on her grandmother’s unmarked photos of the village and recorded oral history to orient herself in the remote area. As the trio scale walls and trek through fields searching for any evidence of Esther’s life in Romania, the deeper unknowns animating Mima's journey begin to reveal themselves.
A group of teens are trying to make a horror short film for a summer class but they cant get it right.
A powerful cultural documentary about a Caribbean father and son who return to Grenada to reclaim ancestral stories. Blending folklore, myth, and underwater visuals, the film preserves Black heritage and reframes the feared Jab Jab as a symbol of resistance and identity.
Sometimes it's hard to be someone who everyone loves.
When a covert rescue mission goes wrong, four former Navy SEALs are captured and thrown into an underground death match. Watched by depraved billionaires, they are forced to fight in a brutal tournament. With no weapons and no way out, the team must rely on their training and unbreakable bond to survive the bloody arena, dismantle the entire operation and reclaim their freedom.
In the haze of a California summer, two best friends must reckon with their feelings for one another.
Set in a Shinjuku bathhouse brothel, the film uncovers the sexual eccentricities of everyday people. Focusing on three female prostitutes, the colorful, unpredictable look into the hidden underbelly of Japanese nightlife is playful but also unafraid to explore the darker sides of the business. The fleeting nature of relationships in such an environment and the consequences of toying with feelings are presented with a melancholy tinge.
Anto was entrusted to his grandmother in the village, grew up to become a successful doctor, and then returned to make her proud—only to find that his grandmother had died while waiting for him.
An ageing Serbian neuroscientist lives a reclusive life in Athens, having been branded as a paranoid schizophrenic for his radical research on the effects of electromagnetic radiation on humans. But when, decades later, he is rediscovered by a group of young dreamers who are trying to change the world through his ideas, he decides to quit his medication and join them in their scientific commune, risking his sanity in pursuit of a higher goal.
Anke is about to leave her small German town in the Black Forest region, while Lisa finds it hard to feel at home there. They meet by chance on a cold, grey autumn day, and wander the streets together. Cracks in the thin membrane between reality and dream transform their stroll into a journey to new places.
Drama of Bangladesh
In a cotton-farming village in Sudan, teenage Nafisa is raised on heroic tales of battling British colonizers told by her grandmother, the village matriarch Al-Sit. But when a young businessman arrives from abroad with a new development plan and genetically engineered cotton, Nafisa becomes the center of a power play to determine the future of the village. Awakening to her own strength, Nafisa sets out to save the cotton fields – and herself. Neither she nor her community will ever be the same again.
Even after her breakup, Evie isn’t alone. Evie has algorithm, like almost everyone. Algorithm understands you, knows your desires, even before you do. Smart home, personal assistant and social media manager all in one perfect companion. When her ex-girlfriend wants to restart their relationship, Evie is overwhelmed. Luckily algorithm has her back, but is it’s advice trustworthy? After all, algorithm loves nothing more than a postable love story.
"120 beats per minute—at this tempo, twice as fast as the human heartbeat, disco music gets the blood pumping and revs up the libido. In the 1970s, when eroticism took over the silver screen and sex ceased to be a purely private matter, disco became the soundtrack of the sexual revolution. A film about the surprising connections between disco and pornography—and how erotic content increasingly found its way into pop culture.
During a tense encounter in a bar bathroom, Bash gets trapped in a time loop with his ex-best friend—and his only hope of escape is to confront what tore them apart.
A look back at the meeting in Munich in 1977 between composer and producer Giorgio Moroder and singer Donna Summer, which was to result, amongst other global hits, in the extraordinary “I Feel Love”.
