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A personal meditation on loss, family, home and reclamation through the artistic process of Adebunmi Gbadebo. Gbadebo creates works out of organic materials from the South Carolina plantation cemeteries where her formerly enslaved ancestors and their descendants are buried.
In a quiet house, Leonor spends her days in near-constant solitude, while her mother, Diana, works tirelessly around the clock to support them. One night, after a terrifying experience in her room, Diana tries to comfort her by giving her a puppy, hoping its companionship will help her sleep peacefully. At first, the dog becomes her refuge and inseparable companion. But when the shadows begin to move again and the strange noises return, Leonor will discover that not everything that licks her hand in the dark is her pet.
After surviving a horrific car crash and losing his arm, an unstable family man develops a bizarre fascination for augmenting his body with bionic prosthetics.
Based on a true story, USC graduate Shalin Shah leaves behind the expectations of his Indian-American family and his girlfriend Fiona to serve as a Peace Corps volunteer in Peru. But when a persistent cough leads to a devastating diagnosis of synovial sarcoma, a rare and aggressive cancer, Shalin is forced to return home and confront a future he never anticipated. Surrounded by his family, Fiona, and his closest friends, he begins to reconsider what it means to live with purpose when time can no longer be taken for granted. As Shalin’s perspective deepens, his reflections on gratitude, love, and mortality inspire the essay “Thank You, Cancer,” which is published by HuffPost and goes viral with readers around the world. A devastatingly beautiful story of family, resilience, and the lasting impact of one life, Paper Flowers is a reminder to cherish the people we love and the moments that give life meaning. #SunsetsForShalin
Reese finds herself in the desert after a party when her drunken girlfriend hurts someone. When she wakes up, they are preparing for the same party. The time is ticking to solve the time loop, while those around her become increasingly beaten and broken, mentally and physically.
In an age of grim violence and gore-drenched savagery, a brave warrior embarks on an epic adventure to rescue a beautiful harem girl from the clutches of insidious evil. Journey with Grunk as he braves the Catacombs of Madness, bargains with fiendish witches, and smashes strange and fantastic creatures in his quest to quench his lusty barbarian appetites.
After being displaced from his home by the U.S. Navy to build a military base, Puerto Rican fisherman Carlos “Taso” Zenón pledged his life to fight against the military occupation of the island of Vieques. Alongside Puerto Rican fishermen and activists, Zenón organized countless efforts to halt U.S. war games in the Caribbean Sea. Never-before-seen archival footage reveals the artisanal strategies implemented by fearless fishermen to defy warships, inspiring one of the most influential environmental and anti-war movements in the Caribbean.
A biographical film that dramatizes the life of Jean-Philippe Smet, better known by his stage name Johnny Hallyday, a French rock and roll and pop singer and actor.
A scorned student uses AI to spread a rumor about their ex-situationship, leading to unintended consequences.
In a quiet backyard, Gaby finds her friends frozen over their phones. When they finally look up, an ordinary afternoon spirals into a bloody, absurd fight for survival.
A group of girlfriends arrive at a forest lodge to celebrate, but things take a horrific turn as they realize that the forest is home to bloodthirsty lunatics who perceive themselves to be characters from classic fairy tales.
Accused of murdering her lover, a young businesswoman hires a brilliant lawyer. With only three hours left, they must uncover what really happened.
Jack, a grieving man in his thirties who recently lost his wife, turns to a mysterious drug called The Return Solution, which promises to reconnect users with what once made them happy. Desperate to see her again, he takes it and is briefly reunited with her through vivid visions. But after misreading the instructions and ingesting it incorrectly, the experience turns into a physical nightmare as his body begins violently rejecting everything he eats as if it were never consumed.
After leaving prison, Alice takes a job as a waitress in a small cafeteria that sits next to an auto repair garage. She befriends a young man named Milo, who works at the garage, and slowly it becomes apparent that Alice's real reason for getting close to him is deeply personal: Milo is her son.
Lidia goes with her mother, Gina, to the beach house where they used to vacation during her childhood. What should have been an opportunity to relax by the sea, begins to reveal unresolved issues in their relationship.
Leanne gradually falls into a dependence on virtual reality. These dreamlike worlds, infinite in beauty, give her a euphoria she can no longer find in real life. Until one experience shakes her deeply: the line between reality and the artificial blurs, and her grip on the real world begins to falter.
A reckless group of twelve year olds set out on a mission to spend the rest of their lives at sleepaway camp. They'll just have to get past Bob - the camp's deranged, relentless, 50-year-old lifer counselor.
The comedy explores the clash of cultures between a French woman and a Quebecer, highlighting the complexities of language and cultural differences between families.
