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Poster for Strange Frequency

2001 · ★ 4.3 (9)

A Rock 'n Roll version of the Twilight Zone, with four segments: "Disco Inferno," where metalheads find themselves in hell; "My Generation," where hitchhikers help you die before you get old; "Room Service," rock star room-trasher vs. the hotel maid; "More Than a Feeling," an A&R man feels talent in his gut but can't hold on to the artists he finds.

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Poster for SMILF

2015 · ★ 5.9 (14)

A young single mother struggles to balance her old life of freedom with her new one as mom. It all comes to a head during one particular nap-time when Bridgette invites an old friend over for a visit.

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Poster for Antiques

2023 · ★ 8.0 (1)

When a jaded shop girl discovers a vintage gold dress inside a mysterious case, a vengeful spirit is released. She quickly learns that some relics of the past should be respected.

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Poster for Cat and Clown

1988 · ★ 5.6 (5)

A clown adopts a talking stray cat who is also a shapeshifter. The cat assists the clown on stage, where he loves the public's ovations.

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Poster for Daria: Look Back in Annoyance

2002 · ★ 0.0 (0)

A retrospect of the past 5 years of Daria, an INTJ high school girl without the big, emotional outbursts, with her friend Jane and their class mates, in Daria's own words - a cheap-ass clip show.

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Poster for Hollywood’s Children

1982 · ★ 0.0 (0)

A documentary about child actors, since the beginning of motion pictures (narrated by Roddy McDowell).

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Straight8 project starring the filmmaker's father as he reignites his love of acting.

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Poster for Sweets

2023 · ★ 0.0 (0)

Three friends hide from some boys who are looking for trouble and discover together how to solve it.

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Poster for Yaya

2023 · ★ 0.0 (0)

Yaya is a young woman with Down syndrome who is tired of being ignored and infantilized by everyone around her. While working at her uncle’s grocery store, Yaya befriends Genesis, a rebellious teenager who proposes getting a tattoo together, challenging her to break free from her restricted routine.

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Poster for Daughter of a Lost Bird

2021 · ★ 0.0 (0)

What does blood have to do with identity? Kendra Mylnechuk, an adult Native adoptee, born in 1980 at the cusp of the enactment of the Indian Child Welfare Act, is on a journey to reconnect with her birth family and discover her Lummi heritage.

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Poster for DAU. Nikita Tanya

2020 · ★ 3.4 (5)

Within the top secret Institute of Physics Problems, the scientist Nikita Nekrasov is visited by his wife and small children. While away from his family the physicist has managed to fall in love with other women. In open conversations with his spouse – in the bedroom, the dining room, and while out walking – he attempts to convince her of the legitimacy of polygamous relationships, and to test the limits of her unconditional love.

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Poster for Teen Angst

2024 · ★ 0.0 (0)

What is it like to grow up in times of war? In a documentary film they developed themselves, nine young Ukrainian women offer a unique insight into their lives—into everyday life in a state of emergency. In the documentary, nine Ukrainian teenagers tell their stories. Some of the young women have fled to other countries, while others remain in Ukraine, but all of them become co-authors of their own lives: How much is left for oneself when fear for family and fellow human beings, when death, separation, and trauma are omnipresent?

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Poster for The Mystery of Jade

2024 · ★ 0.0 (0)

The Imperial Astronomer suddenly commits suicide in the bustling city. Before committing suicide, he kept chanting, "Pisces is now in chaos, and the mirror is full of vitality!" Emperor Renzong gives Bao Zheng three days to solve the case. Bao Zheng and Zhan Zhao goes to the Supreme Court to investigate the case, but the Supreme Court is deliberately making things difficult for them. Despite this, Bao Zheng still finds important clues. The Pisces Jade Pendant that is supposed to be on the Imperial Astronomer goes missing, and the vice minister of the Supreme Court is also exhibiting the same strange behavior as the Imperial Astronomer before his suicide. The legend of the Pisces Jade Pendant surfaces, but there are still no leads, and there is only one day left before the deadline...

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Poster for Six Degrees of Celebration 1914

2014 · ★ 5.8 (45)

100 years ago, the Russian Empire ... Christmas Eve. December plugs, holiday celebrations, balls and modest luxury holidays, titled nobles and ordinary peasants, the royal family and the soldiers of the First World War, progressive poets and the first skaters - everything was different, except ... the holiday. People prepared, lived, believed dreaming and waiting for this miracle - Christmas!

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Poster for Searchdog

2016 · ★ 0.0 (0)

SEARCHDOG is the story of Matthew Zarrella, a Rhode Island State Police Sergeant who rehabilitates “unadoptable” pound dogs and transforms them into Search & Rescue/Recovery Dogs. We come to know Matthew and his dogs and witness extraordinary moments over four and a half years of real-time searches as he trains troopers and their new canine partners to find missing persons.

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1983 · ★ 0.0 (0)

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Poster for Planet Malek

2019 · ★ 10.0 (1)

Ahmed Malek’s name might have been forgotten by his fellow Algerians but his timeless tunes certainly haven’t. Called the Ennio Morricone of Algiers, he composed music for more than 200 movies, amongst which the most famous films of the Algerian New Wave in the 70s and the 80s can be found. Paloma Colombe, a DJ, digger and documentary director, went to Algiers to meet his daughter, friends and former coworkers. Images of the city by night offer a perfect background to Ahmed Malek’s music. Globetrotter, pioneer of electronic music and of the concept of the home studio, he created a unique sound that truly goes beyond genres and countries.

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Poster for To Arms, We Are Fascists!

1962 · ★ 6.8 (12)

Documentary compiled from archives and accompanied by a poet's commentary, shows the sweep of modern Italian history from 1911 to 1961, centering on the conditions leading to Fascism and the post-WWII reaction to the Fascist experience.

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Poster for The One and Only

2016 · ★ 0.0 (0)

Hannah & Olivia, Lily & Alice, and Sophie & Eloise are three pairs of identical twins, and although at first glance the sisters can be hard to tell apart, in fact there is nothing identical about them. The more you get to know them, the more you come to realise how uniquely different they are. In a series of simple documentary portraits we hear them talking about the unique bond they share and how they found their individual taste and style through years.

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Poster for Taking Shape

2013 · ★ 0.0 (0)

This short film tells the story of Isaci Etidloie, a man well-known in the Arctic for his pedigree and prowess in shaping old rocks. His creations often serve to recount taboo stories and Inuit myths.

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