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1965 · ★ 0.0 (0)

Surrealistic short animation by Hermína Týrlová.

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Poster for Victims

2010 · ★ 0.0 (0)

Jessica is a quiet and somewhat solitary teenager who lives in her own world, a kind of wonderland where her imagination travels freely, allowing her to keep away from the harshness of reality. No one seems to listen to her and understand her, but something could suddely change.

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2017 · ★ 0.0 (0)

A hardworking high school senior faces circumstances beyond her control that may hinder her path to college.

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Poster for Scream Therapy

2023 · ★ 0.0 (0)

Five gal pals struggling with life decide to head to the desert, for a girls weekend of restorative scream therapy. Their vacation takes a sharp turn when they cross paths with a few dead-beat dudes who turn out to be demon-worshipping incels on the hunt for a human sacrifice. When these guys discover a secluded house with five lonely women – they decide to make them their sacrifice forcing the women to outwit and outlast these demonic henchmen who have no lives.

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Poster for Home Sweet Loan

2024 · ★ 8.2 (17)

The youngest daughter in a crowded house, Kaluna struggles to balance her familial responsibilities while working and saving to buy her own home.

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Poster for Bergman: A Year in a Life

2018 · ★ 7.4 (39)

The year 1957 was one of the most prolific for the Swedish filmmaker Ingmar Bergman: he shot two films, released two of his most celebrated films and produced four plays and a TV movie while juggling with a complicated private life.

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2011 · ★ 0.0 (0)

RAISING RENEE is the story of a family's remarkable response to being broken apart and rearranged after nearly 50 years. The film explores deep themes of family, race, class and disability through the interplay of painting, cinema and everyday life. Produced and directed by Oscar nominees Jeanne Jordan and Steven Ascher, RAISING RENEE is the third part of a trilogy about resilient families that includes their acclaimed feature documentaries So Much So Fast and Sundance Grand Jury Prize winner Troublesome Creek. RAISING RENEE is about a unique group of women, the tenacity of family bonds and the power of art to transform experience into something beyond words.

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2026 · ★ 0.0 (0)

In CURTAINS, Sandra Hüller tells the story of a woman who breaks out of a long-term violent relationship and of a political and social system that prefers to look the other way. The film shows the power structures behind the facades and how the state inadequately protects women.

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Poster for 残雪

1980 · ★ 0.0 (0)

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Poster for Tsampa

2011 · ★ 0.0 (0)

A young nun quietly prepares tsampa in a traditional yak tent, treating viewers to a brief lesson in how to make eating a mindful act. Tsampa—sometimes called the Tibetan national food—is a mixture of roasted barley flour, yak butter, and tea, and is often the only food available to the subsistence farmers and yak herders of rural Tibet.

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Poster for Prisoner of Love

2022 · ★ 5.6 (16)

An 18-year-old begins dating a charming 50-year-old man who treats her to shopping sprees and fancy restaurants, creating a huge rift with her mother. Mom’s instincts prove right when the man becomes psychologically manipulative, turning the girl into an emotional prisoner in his mansiIon.

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Poster for Český Alláh

2018 · ★ 6.0 (1)

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Poster for The Seer and the Unseen

2019 · ★ 7.7 (3)

A magic realist fable about invisible elves, financial collapse and the surprising power of belief, told through the story of an Icelandic woman - a real life Lorax who speaks on behalf of nature under threat.

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Poster for Something New

2016 · ★ 5.7 (227)

Lucia and Maria are two best friends, who have known each other from the beginning of their life, but have very different tastes and behaviors. Lucia is done with men, Maria, on the contrary, cannot be without one. One night, the perfect man shows up in Maria's bed: handsome, sensible, mature and passionate.The next morning brings up misunderstandings and lies which make the two friends split up and take a break for themselves. Maybe that young man met by chance is really the one every woman is looking for, because with his simple theories he manages to paint the perfect picture of the two women's lives.

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Poster for Breaches

2020 · ★ 0.0 (0)

—You really loved him? —Yes, I stopped loving him recently. (Interferences. Silences. Fissures. Two women talking. A radio-graphy).

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Poster for OnlyBob

2026 · ★ 0.0 (0)

The Olympic dream comes at a price: Bobsleigh world champion Lisa Buckwitz fights for gold and financial freedom - in the ice channel, against prejudices and with OnlyFans as a sponsor

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Poster for The Silence of Others

2019 · ★ 8.1 (83)

The story of the tortuous struggle against the silence of the victims of the dictatorship imposed by General Franco after the victory of the rebel side in the Spanish Civil War (1936-1975). In a democratic country, but still ideologically divided, the survivors seek justice as they organize the so-called “Argentinian lawsuit” and denounce the legally sanctioned pact of oblivion that intends to hide the crimes they were subjects of.

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Poster for New Territories

2015 · ★ 6.0 (1)

New Territories is a journey of initiation through faith and beliefs on the border between life and death. Two women poles apart, two paths: one is a living French businesswoman; the other is a Chinese textile worker. While Li Yu is preparing herself to reach Hong Kong clandestinely in search for a better life, Eve is conquering the Asian market with a new funeral rite.

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Poster for Rocks in My Pockets

2014 · ★ 7.8 (26)

The personal story of a woman struggling with an inherited illness, as told by Signe Baumane, the Latvian director-animator living in New York City. With humour and courage, the director sets out on a challenging journey to discover her family’s best-kept secret. Featuring five stories about the courageous women in Signe’s family and their battles with madness, visual metaphors, surreal images and director’s narration.

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Poster for Chimps: So Like Us

1990 · ★ 6.3 (3)

An educational documentary on chimpanzees, narrated by and based on the work of zoologist Jane Goodall.

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