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For generations, the Samburu people and their livestock have had a deep connection with water, depending on the rains for their survival. The Land Smiles Back is the story of the Samburu community in Westgate Conservancy, who made the land “smile” again by returning to ancient hydrotechnology.
A small argument between two girls snowballs into an all-out physical brawl.
In the busy streets of Kampala, Viola waits anxiously for her mother to return from a work trip as night falls and the last taxi fills up. At the same time, a gang leader known as Big Dog plans a major robbery with his crew. When one member receives a strange message and backs out, the plan begins to fall apart.
Nowhere else does the experimental kitchen of digital democracy simmer as intensely as in the geopolitically threatened island republic of Taiwan. The "recipes" for these menus were created by activist students from the open-source community. Visionary Digital Minister Audrey Tang is spreading the concept internationally. At the heart of the film, however, are the creative cooks of the LGBTQI+ community and the emerging environmental movement.
A group of friends are terrorized by a masked killer on Halloween.
Ordinary Heroes follows Matthew Arnold, a free-spirited, creative father and husband who dons a superhero suit to cheer up children in crisis — only to discover that real strength lies not in the costume, but in the resilience of family and friends who teach him what it truly means to be courageous as he overcomes his greatest battle yet.
At 3:13 AM, a lonely insurance worker notices a pale figure standing outside his window, quietly filming him in the dark. Night after night he searches for answers, but the closer he gets to the truth, the less it seems to make sense. Soon the line between watcher and watched begins to dissolve.
WANDERER is a religious action thriller set in an alternate, dystopian future where the United States has been disbanded and divided into eight individual factions. A lone wanderer journeys across these factions, carrying a forbidden item: a Holy Bible. Hunted relentlessly by faction leaders and their military forces, the Wanderer uses the Word of God to spread hope among the oppressed citizens and fight back against the evil forces controlling them.
A cold-blooded contract killer known only as Deadsight executes without hesitation in order to clear his criminal record.
The father fought against the dictatorship in East Germany using his typewriter. His son took active measures. Two forms of resistance and an abyss of silence. Götz Schauder uses video messages to build a bridge between the two men. A painful struggle for the truth begins.
On a Christmas Eve that quickly spirals out of control, a group of friends finds themselves embroiled in an unlikely mystery that no one quite knows how to solve. Amid absurd suspicions, embarrassing revelations, and an investigation as improvised as it is chaotic, Christmas Eve dinner transforms into a game of accusations where everyone seems to have something to hide.
A costumed mascot, fueled by an unyielding ambition to break into the entertainment industry, unexpectedly finds himself in a high-stakes situation: a chance encounter with a renowned Hollywood agent at a boisterous children's birthday party, where he must use his comedic timing and infectious energy to make a lasting impression, all while navigating a chaotic environment filled with cake, confetti, and the boundless enthusiasm of screaming kids…& Adults.
A decade after Jallow's sexual relationship with his teacher, Miss Watkins, they meet again and are forced to confront the past they never quite escaped.
At half-time in the 2005 champion league final Liverpool were 3-0 down. What happened next made football history - as players recall in this documentary.
