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Ray Patterson, a 47 year old unemployed dad, spends his days hitting baseballs at the community park in a desperate attempt to make it back onto the Atlanta Apaches, a major league baseball team he was signed to when he was younger. His struggles with drinking, which got him booted from the team in his early 20s, are still a daily problem. Ray is plagued with dreams of what he believes are Native American ghosts and supernatural forces that are attempting to bury him and his dreams in the dirt. When a metaphysical event threatens Ray's existence, his family watches hopelessly, while his wife, Holly, finds comfort in suburban witchery and the cosmic answers that the Tarot provides.
Vast, wild, yet extremely fragile. The coldest place on our planet is also one of the most affected by global warming and needs to be protected. The expedition focuses on exploring, documenting, and surfing in the South Shetland Islands and the Antarctic Peninsula, in the area known as Domain 1, which is being pushed for Marine Protected Area (MPA) status. Protected areas are very important for mitigating climate change and, in this case, also for regulating human activities such as concentrated fishing. This film helps us understand the importance of this area and the threats affecting it.
When the sun returns and the moon comes and takes all the love, the sun receives nothing in return.And how can people be similar in relation to the sun and the moon?
An Eid special drama, Prematal, is set to present a poignant story of love, disappearance and the anguish of waiting.
While making his graduation film in Cairo, Omar Ibrahim learns that his home country, Sudan, is being shaken by revolution. In the film’s fictional story, a family is unable to bury their deceased child – a theme that strangely echoes the sense of powerlessness experienced by the filmmaker who, in Nothing Happens After the Revolution, reflects on exile.
Valeria Guy Germanica's documentary "Emelianenko", dedicated to MMA fighter Alexander Emelianenko.
Antu is a 10-year-old girl who was born blind. Thanks to her unusual sensitivity and curiosity, she discovers the world around her in detail. Aboard an old truck, she travels across Argentina with her parents, showing films in small, forgotten towns and imagining the stories she will never be able to see.
The announcement of the opening of a centre for asylum seekers causes a stir in a small Swiss village.
An aging country musician who's struggling to make ends meet receives an offer for an unusual private gig. Based on the life of cowboy singer Johnny Bencomo, who plays himself in the film.
Four very different schoolgirls are thrown together in detention. As they plan their escape, the situation spirals out of control.
Two cops chase a killer who creates art out of his victims.
Rio Reiser would have been 75 years old. Before he became the “König von Deutschland”, he was the King of Kreuzberg - together with his band Ton Steine Scherben. In 1968, Rio moved to Berlin-Kreuzberg, at the time a blank spot on the city map, and made the area around Heinrichplatz his home. Together with R. P. S. Lanrue (1950 - 2024), Kai Sichtermann and Wolfgang Seidel, he founded Ton Steine Scherben and changed German rock music forever.
The dark world of cybercrime and illegal gambling, specifically focusing on "scammer" activities involving online gambling and forex (foreign exchange) investments. The plot centres on the high-stakes operations of these criminal syndicates including significant "plot twists" that are expected to surprise audiences.
A salvage crew finds a relic box on an abandoned ship. Opening it unleashes Krampus, an ancient predator now stalking their vessel. With the creature picking them off, the crew races to decode the relic's origins before their mission-and their lives-are swallowed by the darkness they unleashed.
This short film captures the vibrant moments, places, and emotions experienced and recorded over 24 hours in Bangkok, as seen through the eyes of talented Italian directors, producers, and actors who were invited to visit Thailand’s capital. Each of them documented unexpected experiences of the city at different times of the day and night. The result is an honest and unpredictable visual diary that reveals surprising perspectives of Bangkok.
In the vibrant and contradictory world of the Barranquilla Carnival, Your Queen tells the story of Alondra, a trans woman who becomes a leading contender for the gay pageant, a space for expression, identity, and resistance. Amidst the celebration, music, and color, her life intersects with that of a man haunted by his past, sparking an unexpected relationship that will test his prejudices, fears, and desires for redemption. The film explores, through thriller and human drama, themes such as identity, freedom, and the search for recognition in a society still grappling with tensions surrounding diversity.
