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An unfocused twentysomething moves in with a former co-worker, who is suffering from low self-esteem because of her weight, looks, and a case of eczema. Their relationship is based on unending drink, drugs, and sex.

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A look into the mind of an artist

The process of violin making performed by Ivan Hus (1898-1992), a well-known Croatian violin maker.

In the turmoil of the Spanish Civil War, a young man comes of age sexually, through a string of relationships with a wide range of mature, older women.

A documentary about the various forms of the desire for perfection. Director Eva Tomanová uses the stories of four protagonists to show the motivations that lead people to often unrealistic aspirations, and explores why and at what cost they aspire to fulfil them. She reflects on how treacherous the process of reaching the ideal is and how easy it is to get lost on the road to perfection.

Someone we hear talking - but whom we do not see - speaks of a project which describes the four key moments of love: meeting, physical passion, arguments/separation and making up. This project is to be told through three couples: young, adult and old. We do not know if the project is for a play, a film, a novel or an opera. The author of the project is always accompanied by a kind of servant. Meanwhile, two years earlier, an American civil servant meets with an elderly French couple who had fought in the Resistance during World War II, brokering a deal with a Hollywood director to buy the rights to tell their story. The members of the old couple's family discuss heatedly questions of nation, memory and history.

A group of skeptical friends are faced with mysterious hauntings and repressed memories in an unfamiliar area.

A feelgood documentary about Nothing, in which Nothing, tired of being misunderstood, tries to defend its cause. Filmed worldwide by 100+ complementary DoPs, scored by cabaret grandmasters Pascal Comelade & The Tiger Lillies, narrated - in simple childish verse - by Iggy Pop.

The life and death of famous Korean singer, Yun Sim-deok in the 1920s.

An immensely rich farmer lives peacefully with his family in Pala and has no idea about the hectic metro life. He gets introduced to it when he hides a love-stricken couple in his house.

Province of Lugo, Galicia, Spain. A year in the life of A Fonsagrada, a rural region whose inhabitants live both near and far from urban civilization; a praise of the distance that crosses the four seasons of the year, whose inevitable passage transforms both the natural environment and the existence of people, a simple, dignified and peaceful existence.

This interview-based documentary is made on the occasion of the 70th birthday of Aydin Aghdashloo, Mohammad Ehsaei and Abbas Kiarostami, and deals with "aging" from the point of view of these three prominent friends and artists.

Beto a beekeeper is the guide in this poetic documentary on a Western Sierra Madre village in Mexico: where elders tend to animals while youth are in school, some of them rehearsing for a production of Romeo and Juliet.

On the day he was supposed to graduate from elementary school, a precocious boy runs away from home and goes with his best friend on a journey to his friend’s faraway home. He encounters diverse, interesting people and discovers that “precocious” isn’t what he had once believed.

Documentary about Björn Afzelius, a well known contributor to modern Scandinavian music history.

A short animated film by Tadanari Okamoto.

A man who works at a book shop and writes for a film magazine meets the woman who photocopies his ID; as well as another man, an illustrator. They get together with a man who works as a waiter and produces independent cinema.

A series of six fifteen-minute shows, directed by Pantelis Voulgaris, in which the unforgettable actress Elli Lampeti reads excerpts from the Gospel of Matthew, as well as from the Hymns and Praises of Holy Week.In the fourth show, M. Thursday, Elli Lambeti reads excerpts about the Crucifixion of the Lord, excerpts from the Gospel of Matthew and Antiphon 4 from the Holy Passion Sequence. The simple direction focuses on the face and the evocative voice of the great actress, while in some parts of her speech she makes use of photographic and film material. The broadcasts were shown for the first time in April 1979 by the television of the then YENED.

A young man wanders around the park, looking for a phone. He meets the usual characters of the park and is willing to do anything to be able to call his traditional mother before Shabbat.

In the continuing saga of the Corleone crime family, a young Vito Corleone grows up in Sicily and in 1910s New York. In the 1950s, Michael Corleone attempts to expand the family business into Las Vegas, Hollywood and Cuba.

A lifetime of taking shots has ended Rocky’s career, and a crooked accountant has left him broke. Inspired by the memory of his trainer, however, Rocky finds glory in training and takes on an up-and-coming boxer.

When scientists discover something near Antarctica that appears to be a buried Pyramid, they send a research team out to investigate. Little do they know that they are about to step into a hunting ground where Aliens are grown as sport for the Predator race.

In 18th century France, Marquise de Merteuil asks her ex-lover Vicomte de Valmont to seduce the future wife of another ex-lover of hers in return for one last night with her. Yet things don’t go as planned.

Kanji Watanabe is a middle-aged man who has worked in the same monotonous bureaucratic position for decades. Learning he has cancer, he starts to look for the meaning of his life.

A US Army officer, who made a "friendly fire" mistake that was covered up, has been reassigned to a desk job. He is tasked to investigate a female chopper commander's worthiness to be awarded the Medal of Honor. At first all seems in order. But then he begins to notice inconsistencies between the testimonies of the witnesses...

As Garibaldi's troops begin the unification of Italy in the 1860s, an aristocratic Sicilian family grudgingly adapts to the sweeping social changes undermining their way of life. Proud but pragmatic Prince Don Fabrizio Salina allows his war hero nephew, Tancredi, to marry Angelica, the beautiful daughter of gauche, bourgeois Don Calogero, in order to maintain the family's accustomed level of comfort and political clout.

A poverty-stricken woman raises her sons through many trials and tribulations. But no matter the struggles, always sticks to her own moral code.

The news of Patricia’s sudden death disrupts the lives of her friends. After several years apart, they have to meet back together to pay their last respects to their dearly departed.

Newly engaged couple, Brian and Kim check into the small Inn where they are planning on having their steamy wedding night. During conversations with the couple that own the place, things start to really heat up. When talk turns to the sexual exploits of their friends, Kim's wedding jitters set in and she realized just how fragile most relationships are.

An underachieving vocal coach is motivated by her father, the king of movie-trailer voice-overs, to pursue her aspirations of becoming a voice-over star. Amidst pride, sexism and family dysfunction, she sets out to change the voice of a generation.

Talib Shah Hossaini, a 37-year-old Afghan filmmaker and asylum-seeker, lives in Moria on the Greek island of Lesbos – the biggest refugee camp in Europe until it burnt to the ground in autumn 2020. One year into his life in the camp, Talib Shah finds himself on the verge of losing hope. Instead of giving up, however, he decides to shoot a film called Picnic − an insider’s look at the lives of thousands of refugees stuck in a place sometimes described as a humanitarian disaster. Exploring topics such as dreams versus reality, art as a means of survival, or the current immigration policies in Europe, the film invites us to become better acquainted with the people who will soon be our neighbours.

A trio of teenage robbers set in motion a plan to rob a house in their neighbourhood, however all hell breaks when one of the robbers carries the wrong bag and gets the whole crew caught.

When an eight year old kid, Ningning, had a pink chick who fulfilled the love she has been longing for from her sister, she once again experienced the joy of her childhood. However, it was cut short when the pink chick suddenly vanished. This has lead her to discover the harsh realities inside their household.

Neelan and Kevin are two brothers who get in over their heads after losing their mother's prized Tupperware to a local gang. Their mission to retrieve it leads to chaos, laughter and action in this uniquely South African action comedy.

Joel, a father to a dead daughter who took her life after being groomed online, seeks peace through acts of vigilante justice.

When an impulsive young woman, Voke, hides from her ex at a party, she meets a withdrawn young man, Tari, haunted by his own ghosts of love.

“Sowing Seeds” is centered on a young lady Nthanda presently aged 26 who was married off to her teenage boyfriend (Jay) who impregnated her. The story depicts issues that teens are likely to face as effects of early marriages and early childbirth.

David finds himself choosing between his best friend and the love of his life while dealing with the loss of his departed mother and his pet turtle.

The face of homelessness and addiction has changed markedly in the past five years; no longer is it someone you don't know. They are your neighbor's son or daughter, your nephew or niece, your best friend or partner and they are dying at a rapid rate. Watch as we reveal the story of life as someone who lives in the eye of the needle.

An angry aborted baby seeks vengeance against the young Ghana woman in America who terminated her pregnancy in order to take care of her own mother.

CHIUGO a girl with a rare gift met her worst fear within mankind, to be free she must face to fight her demons.

In 1970, a 16-year-old Nigerian refugee in Virginia tries to keep her family together when a newcomer draws her sister away.

A visual poetry evaluating the similarities that fuels our differences as human beings.

A student is tasked with creating an original idea for an essay, but everything she comes up with is from a movie.

Three zombie apocalypse survivors try to escape a building, until one gets bitten.

Two teenagers find love and quickly discover the chaos that comes with it.