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On a quiet summer day, Florence walks through the suburban streets she's known forever. Strange encounters, burnt toast...and a hamster to bury.
In a world where digital distance reshapes human bonds, genuine closeness has become a fragile treasure. Finding Connection follows those yearning for trust and emotional intimacy, only to discover an unexpected anchor in the algorithms of AI. The deeply personal exchanges between humans and machines give rise to questions that echo long after the credits roll. The film’s perspective remains refreshingly unbiased, inviting reflection rather than judgment.
Allan E. Smith is an aspiring filmmaker who admires influencers and content creators. As such, his inspirations grow increasingly stark when he decides to make a short film utilizing the vertical format.
In dreams, Anthony is a villager who enjoys a fruitful lifestyle, helping his neighbourhood and creating unique friendships with the townsfolk. When he suddenly sees his long lost biological parents in one of his dreams, he journeys through his subconscious in an attempt to find them and potentially reconnect. However, throughout his journey, he crosses from his own dreamworld into an astral plane, of which he cannot return from.
A Batak musical film that will bring the audience's hearts back to their hometown.
Within the confines of a massive wall, a group of children plays as if there were no tomorrow
The students are having a school dance in Winterstein. Finja is glad that Sydney the koala is looking after her younger siblings. Outsider Zack revealed the secret of the magical animals to a stranger online - and now he’s been given Zeki the porcupine. Will the class manage to catch the animal thief together?
At the foot of Tepozteco, a sacred hill that governs the winds and fertility, lies the small town of Tepoztlán. Against this backdrop, fifteen-year-old Karla's body and mind are undergoing a revolution.
An older brother tries to spend one last day with his siblings, the day before he leaves for college.
Struggling with anxiety and loneliness, college freshman Victor forms an unexpected bond with his new roommate Abbey, who died in the dorm decades earlier. Together, they discover friendship, courage, and the comforting sense of belonging.
Soberly and with restraint, the director reconstructs the attempted femicide she survived fourteen years before. Intense conversations with people from her past provide an external perspective on an act subjectively and objectively impossible to grasp.
Nestled in the redwood forest of Northern California, the Humboldt Crabs, founded in 1945, are the oldest continuously operated summer collegiate baseball team, with their own band, ardent fans, and tradition of winning.
In 1976 with the Cold War raging, the Philadelphia Flyers took to the ice to play the unbeaten Russian Red Army team. What happened that day went down in sports history.
When two stoners go on a journey to a charity shop, they run into trouble with the police and two other stoners. When they finally get a copy of a dvd from the charity shop, a mysterious evil character called “Gimp Man” comes to take it from them. Only god’s son himself, “Jesus Christ” can help them.
