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Newsman Chet Huntley narrates this documentary showing the rise of the African resistance movement known as the "Mau-Mau" against British rule in East Africa in the early 1950s.

Two stray cats come to secretly steal milk from a pharaoh's bath, but one of them becomes hypnotized by a life of wealth.

A couple of stories revolve around the last days of a stripclub called 'Mau Mau'.

A documentary that takes a retrospective look at the influence of Mau Piailug, a native from the tiny Micronesian atoll of Satawal, in reviving the art of non-instrument navigation in Polynesia. Relying solely on his knowledge of celestial bodies, oceanic currents, and natural markers, Mau guided the traditional sailing canoe Hokulea on a 1976 voyaging to Tahiti, a journey not completed in more than 600 years. For Native Hawaiians, this expedition signaled an exodus from the cultural doldrums of the previous century. Sail along on this remarkable journey and share Mau's story of reinvigoration, reconciliation, and redemption of a people as the master wayfinder and teacher that breathed life back into the sails Polynesia's voyaging tradition.

Shoko and Maiko Ougi are apparently two ordinary schoolgirls in pursuit of graduating and having fun. Shii-chan is the more serious while Mai-chan is more fun-loving. In reality, the two sisters are powerful exorcists from the Karura temple. Each wields half the power... Shii-chan can see the spirits, and Mai-chan can banish them. This is a spooky series with heavy emphasis on traditionally Japanese occult themes.

Three brothers are confronted with an imposing father who avail them the heritage, identity and emotional intelligence: seven weeks is the deadline for each of them find the respect and love of a woman.

When his family stares down the barrel of criminal charges, a commoner channels his street smarts and knowledge of action films to tie the long arm of the law into an investigative Gordian knot.

In October 1952 the British government declared a State of Emergency in Kenya. Its object: the defeat of "Mau Mau." In the war that followed, fewer than 40 of Kenya's 40,000 white settlers were killed while more than 15,000 Africans lost their lives, and hundreds of thousands more were arrested and subjected to a humiliating and often brutal process of "rehabilitation." But what was Mau Mau? A movement based, according to the British Colonial Secretary, on a "perverted nationalism and a sort of nostalgia for barbarism"? Or the Land Freedom Army, an organized political and military response to repression and armed aggression? Using newsreel and previously inaccessible archive footage, and drawing on interviews with participants on both sides, Mau Mau examines the myth and the reality of Africa's first modern guerrilla war.

Shoko and Maiko Ougi are apparently two ordinary schoolgirls in pursuit of graduating and having fun. Shii-chan is the more serious while Mai-chan is more fun-loving. In reality, the two sisters are powerful exorcists from the Karura temple. Each wields half the power... Shii-chan can see the spirits, and Mai-chan can banish them. This is a spooky series with heavy emphasis on traditionally Japanese occult themes.

The film focuses on four biker buddies who go for a joy ride until one of their bikes is stolen. Determined to retrieve the missing bike, the four friends embark on a road trip in search of the lost bike and they come across many wacky and funny troubles along the way.

In an ever-growing chinese capital, everyone dreams of a better life. What will happen when the dream of the city will overcome the dream of its citizens ?

Mau follows the unlikely story of design visionary Bruce Mau and his ever-optimistic push for massive change.

A documentary about the history of exploitation films that focuses on the careers of legendary producers David F. Friedman and Dan Sonney.

Maurício Dias & Walter Riedweg often say the streets are their studio. From the observation of them and of those who populate them there arise installations about encounters, identity and territoriality. The Brazilian-born Dias met the Swiss Riedweg in 1993. Together they learned that they could boost one another’s ideas. “This marriage became Mau Wal,” says Dias. In this documentary, they present their works and the many characters behind them: people who make day-to-day living in the big cities. Street vendors at a Northeast Brazilian fair in São Paulo, illegal immigrants in their quest for the European dream, street kids and their memories. In stories or in the role it plays, the human element is always a centerpiece to the duo’s work.

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Soleh and his friends, Lukman, Marsyel, Eko, and Fey created a campus magazine focusing on news, gossip and opinions. However, they had to deal with a campus magazine gang that already existed first.

A team-building event goes wrong and brings the owner of an architect studio face-to-face with the lower-class neighborhood that his company is gentrifying.

Wayward boy punishes his mother’s lover. Beauty and horror fondle each other. Young gods callously abjure conventional morality. Death goes whoring in child’s guise.

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From Jacques Prévert's poem “Petit déjeuner du matin”, Mau Dia experiences a dilation of the time in which the banality hides the lived drama. All elements are decomposed and then rebuilt - painted walls, orchestrated rain, spoiled actions, depicted or sung…

A look at the Mau Mau Rebellion of the 1950s as experienced by filmmaker Donald McWilliams.

Wealthy eccentric Sir Vincent Brampton and his fiancée Linda Latham hire Ken Duffield to lead them on a jungle hunt. Duffield is looking for the murderer of his son; he gets the killer and Linda.

Estelle Bingham starts her journey cycling through Hell's Gate National Park, before heading north to meet a Mau Mau freedom fighter. She continues into the tribal lands of the Northern Frontier, hangs out with some Samburu tribesmen, tracks lions in Laikipia, and participates in a young Pokot boy's initiation ceremony into manhood. From there she takes a beautiful flight over the Rift Valley to the Masai Mara Game Reserve to stalk the dangerous buffalo. She makes a quick trip to the capital Nairobi and gets to spend some wonderful time up close to baby elephants in Daphne Seldrick's elephant orphanage. She ends her trip on the coast in the remote Arab trading port of Lamu.

Set at the edge of the Noto Peninsula in Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan, with its beautiful scenic views, the film revolves around two women from different backgrounds who develop a friendship, and how they begin to influence and change each other’s lives.

Akinori Kimura (Sadao Abe) and his wife Mieko (Miho Kanno) opens an apple orchard in their hometown of Hirosaki in Aomori Prefecture. Due to Meiko's allergic reaction to pesticides, Akinori Kimura has to grow his apples without the aid of chemicals. Because of this challenge, his family endures hardships and suffers severe financial difficulties. Akinori Kimura even contemplates suicide. A miracle then happens...

Tachibana was once in the limelight as a nature photographer famous for a TV program following his adventure but forced into debts from his agency. Alone and without dreams, he abandons his camera and spends his life paying off the debts. But one day, from taking a photo of his mother's friend, his life with a camera starts moving again. Tachibana, now in 40s, starts a studio at a share residence and seeks for his resurrection.

MOS's first one-man live "Reboot!!" will be distributed in the form of a recorded live without an audience on the live distribution service "Streaming+". Also, at this live, trumpet player Remi graduated from the group. It is the last stage with 6 people and the first stage with 5 people.

Right after she moves in with him, Frederico's new girlfriend Francesca sends him back to her former boyfriend's apartment to fetch her something she forgot - but he's surprised to find him lying there - dead. Assuming that Francesca killed him and sent him for cleaning up, he cuts him up in pieces, puts him in a suitcase and tries to get rid of it... but he has a hard time finding a suitably quiet place. Unfortunately there's a witness, who comes back on him. One thing leads to another, and the normally shy and overly fearful Frederico has to rid himself of more and more corpses until this black comedy ends.

In 1989, Sabrina, a young woman full of dreams, meets Romeo, a boy talented in the art of making snacks. Impressed, she proposes that they open a savory company together. With the help of Edu, a marketing specialist, and Sam, a renowned businesswoman.

When Phoebe goes missing, Mari takes it upon herself to find her. With an old friend’s help, they uncover a sinister website linked to the kidnapping, forcing Mari to confront her past to save Phoebe before time runs out.

Hannah is a divorced mom who finds a seemingly wonderful man, Daniel, on a popular dating app. However, when people turn up dead and she becomes the next target, Hannah starts to suspect Daniel is the culprit.

Rebuilding a stale marriage, Martin and Linda face an unexpected challenge when Martin is bitten by a vampire, leading them to test vampire theories and protect their town from the undead.

"Casulo Musical" is a documentary that explores Brazilian rock artist Pitty’s creative process during a unique musical project born in pandemic lockdown. The film follows collaborative songwriting sessions with various artists in her home studio and showcases the making of her 2022 EP Casulo, released alongside her new label of the same name. Divided into four episodes, it highlights the EP’s production during a Twitch channel series in 2021

In 1995, a large gathering of transoceanic canoes took place on the island of Raiatea, an opportunity for the navigators of the South Pacific to renew old alliances and reunite their peoples. This film retraces the history of contemporary ancestral navigation through interviews with a number of distinguished Pacific navigators.

Rieko Saibara is a cartoonist and mother of a 6-year-old boy and 4-year-old girl. When she has a difficult time, she throws away her problems with laughter. Her husband Kamoshitda used to be a war camera man, but now he's addicted to alcohol. He struggles to overcome his problem, but keeps failing. Finally, they get divorced. After Kamoshida loses his family, he realizes how precious they are. He focuses on getting away from alcohol, but another disease comes to him. Even though Saibara knows that he can not make it for long, she accepts him back to her family again. Since then a happy, but short, time exists for the family of four.

The Congolese Sikumoya faces prejudice and racism on a regular basis. He's accused of not adapting enough to the "German culture" and tries harder. A Neo-Nazi group and his mother-in-law push him to the breaking point. While in a coma, his metamorphosis completes.

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Everything is perfect for Marc: He has moved in with Lara, they want to get married, and Marc is no longer worried about the small flaw in his best piece. But then Lara's ex-boyfriend Tim suddenly appears on the scene. He still gets along with Lara splendidly, and when Marc gets to see Tim's best piece, his self-confidence is over: Tim has been very generously provided for by nature.

The son of a farmer is bathed in his blood in front of an isolated mountain hut. There is no record of the attacker. Two investigators disappear without a trace. Years later, policeman Brenner sets out to find his colleagues.

An alienated man, has no idea of what's going on outside his decrepit apartment in Burbank. When surrealistic events start happening around him, an inner struggle begins in which he'll have to figure out whether there's a strange presence haunting him or if it's just all inside his head.

"Saṃsāra" explores the cyclicality of all life, matter and existence through the voice of consciousness. A deep reflection in the context of isolation originated by the pandemic, focused on how to overcome pain, accept reality and let go from the past in order to inhabit the present moment by constant introspection. There where memories blend with dreams.

The ordinary life of a color-blinded man, will soon meet someone that will change his life forever.

Violetta (337), a curious and cheeky fairy, gets lost in the human world. To find her way back to the fairy world, she teams up with the human girl Maxie (12) and discovers her true destiny.

The story centers on tough police officer Alex Steiner, whose brother Tommi is shot in an assassination attempt and ends up in the emergency room of the sharp-tongued young doctor Rita. While Alex tangles with a cold-blooded underground organization in his hunt for those responsible, Rita discovers that the bullet in the young man's body isn't the only reason for his condition, which is deteriorating by the minute. Alex and Rita find themselves in a race against time, and with every new clue, they get closer not only to the diagnosis and the perpetrator, but also to each other.

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Fatima, a woman in her forties, becomes an online overnight sensation. Sofi and Cami, a pair of young influencers, will try to take advantage of Fatima's sudden popularity by pretending to be her friends, unbeknownst to them that they messed with the wrong person!

Performing at a bar, Mexican stand-up comedian Mau Nieto dishes on his modest upbringing, his failed relationships and his attempts to stay sober.

After learning an irreversible truth, Camila, Teté and Margo must abandon their busy lives to come up with a plan to end their mother's life.

Yuka Shibuya, a struggling actress, and Hatsue, a widowed chestnut farmer, meet a mysterious, bloodied man in the farm. The three end up living together during chestnut season and form a special bond while a miracle slowly unfolds.

A group of friends raised in a children's home encounter each other again as adults.

A number of terrifying experiences take place in a school! The mysterious incident "The Day You Were There" at a closed-down alma mater, "The Day of the Dead" in which an older sister in despair after losing her only living relative, her younger sister, and a former teacher standing in a school building just before it was demolished. A former teacher stands in a school building just before its demolition. What is the abominable event he had sealed away ?

Amy is a single 29 year old Jewish woman. She wrote a successful self-help book about how women can't truly be in love and experience "mental orgasm." Her parents and acquaintances always try to give her advice. Eventually, she breaks her celibacy and starts dating a radio shock jock, who is known for hitting on his bimbo guests. Of all men, will she find in him the true love she never believed in

Vampires Galen and Miranda have just moved to a renovated warehouse in Los Angeles. Galen is tired of the vampiric life and becomes attracted to Jennifer, a dancer living in the building opposite who is trying to perfect a piece of erotic performance art.

A married ex-Marine gets seduced by the same mysterious woman because of whom he ended up in prison some years ago. Is she the true love of his life, or the biggest mistake he's ever made?

Four estranged friends are bound by a scandalous event that would test their friendship.

Pretty Boys is a romantic comedy following Grey, a flamboyant and charming twink, and his longtime best friend, Jonas, a heartthrob with a masculine appeal.