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Poster for Each Time I Kill

2007 · ★ 5.5 (2)

A shy high school senior (Paralta) finds a magic locket that will allow her to trade one physical feature with anyone she murders.

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Poster for For Those Who Hunt the Wounded Down

1996 · ★ 0.0 (0)

Jerry Bines is trying to live down a past that includes killing a man (in self-defence), theft and an alcoholic, abusive father. He sees hope for redemption by providing life-giving bone marrow to his leukemia-stricken son. But time is running out because an escaped killer (Gary Percy Rils) is coming to town to exact revenge for ancient sins. And like the old buck in a backwoods tale he spins for his kid, Bines must stop running and turn to face his hunter.

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Poster for Les Inshortables, Vol. 5

2021 · ★ 0.0 (0)

A love letter to a childhood friend, a charming 3-way that puts a couple to the test, a first kiss that could change everything... Get your fill of emotions with volume 5 of Les Inshortables! From Israel to Italy and Taiwan, discover six never-before-seen short films from around the world.

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Poster for Before the World Set on Fire

2023 · ★ 10.0 (1)

An unidentifiable virus breaks out at a college, forcing professor Anya Davis to conduct her seminar online. After a tragedy happens in the class, a battle of ethics begins between Anya and the institution.

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Poster for The Fair

1999 · ★ 0.0 (0)

The story of a young woman, who in the process of going after her dream of singing, is led to change her relationship with her father through the wisdom of her quirky, elderly roommate.

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Poster for Escaping the NXIVM Cult: A Mother's Fight to Save Her Daughter

2019 · ★ 4.8 (19)

The shocking true story of Catherine Oxenberg and her fight to save her daughter India from a dangerous sex cult.

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Poster for L'Habit ne fait pas le moine

2013 · ★ 6.0 (1)

Monique, happy and about sixty, is at the head of a small meeting agency, specializing in the third age. Her friend Madeleine is a regular and does not hesitate to make her organize meetings with the gents that she finds to her taste, more out of curiosity than of desire to find the soul-mate. While, the meetings follow each other and are all different. Love does not, necessarily, knock where we expect it too !

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Poster for Concerning Nice

1995 · ★ 5.1 (8)

Anthology of short films about the French city of Nice, by various directors. A homage to Jean Vigo and his "À propos de Nice" from 1930.

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1977 · ★ 8.0 (1)

South Shields born animator Sheila Graber takes a wry look at the ups and downs of women’s quest for emancipation. Along the way, we meet some of the North East’s true pioneers – Northumbrian Jacobite heroine Dorothy Forster, gutsy Grace Darling, Labour class warrior and Jarrow crusader, Ellen Wilkinson, and the militant suffragette, Connie Lewcock. The title is the message, which subverts a popular Geordie chant: ‘Get a move on lasses!’

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Poster for Natal 71

1999 · ★ 6.0 (2)

Natal 71 is the name of a record given to the soldiers of the portuguese colonies overseas for Christmas 1971. Niassa's Songbook is the title of an audiotape illegally recorded by soldiers during the war years, in Mozambique. They are memories from a country which was shut from the rest of the world, poor and ignorant, laid to sleep by a stale and primitive propaganda which tried to hide all the conflicts from us and kept us from thinking and recognising the repressive nature of the regime we lived in.

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Poster for Documentary of AKB48 To Be Continued

2011 · ★ 0.0 (0)

This documentary follows the unstoppable all-female Japanese idol group, AKB48. With a complicated balance of competition and friendship among the members, their bond is strong. The footage was taken from over 1000 hours of recorded videos throughout 2010 and includes personal interviews with select members revealing each of the girls' struggle, joy, growth, and dream.

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Six months after the genocide in Srebrenica and after the Peace Treaty was signed, the women still don’t know the whereabouts of their sons. Out of desperation, they organize protests and private investigations. Despite being emotionally fragile, often under-informed and lacking education, these women embody an incredible strength that overcomes all political and bureaucratic barriers. They demand their sons, the truth, and justice, and nothing can stand in their way.

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1985 · ★ 0.0 (0)

That winter, no snow fell on Saint-Florent-le-Vieil. But it was very cold. According to custom, Aélia, the young bride, is pursued by the entire wedding party. She takes refuge in the church she has just left. Suddenly, she discovers the cold presence of a stone effigy. Months passed. Aélia seemed wary of her husband. The village gossiped. One day, she saw two white peacocks mating. The next day, she gave herself to the effigy. She was overcome with a sense of immense wonder.

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Poster for Rebuilding a Dream Christmas

2021 · ★ 5.7 (17)

With help from her childhood crush and his six-year-old son, Abbey rediscovers her Christmas spirit as she recreates her grandmother's handmade ornaments for her hometown's annual Christmas fair.

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Poster for Welcome Back

2020 · ★ 0.0 (0)

After being deported to Venezuela, one of the most dangerous countries in the world, Rosa and her daughter must find a way to escape to Colombia.

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Poster for The Best Day of My Life

1999 · ★ 4.0 (2)

Short drama by Sarah Polley. The film was made for the "On the Fly 4" film festival. The film was shot and edited in one day.

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Poster for Her

2018 · ★ 10.0 (1)

To escape a marriage arranged by her extremely religious father, a young girl seizes the chance to run away and save more than herself.

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Follows an ex-couple who, years after their acrimonious divorce, learn that the cryptocurrency they won on a crazy night on a cruise is now worth millions… but they’ve forgotten the password. With only three days left before the account expires, they must retrace their steps that night, not just to find the password to their fortune, but also why they fell in love in the first place.

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Poster for Moonscape

— · ★ 0.0 (0)

An unfiltered journey into the most intimate sides of friendship. Teenagers Aruna and Chiara navigate love, betrayal, and their descent into womanhood. As the summer winds down, Aruna falls for a troubled boy, Julian, who lives on his own in an RV. As their relationship progresses and Julian's issues start to emerge, Aruna grows increasingly uncomfortable. But when she reaches out to Chiara, it becomes clear the terms of their friendship have changed.

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Poster for Big Breasts

1992 · ★ 2.0 (2)

A woman who passed the audition to become a campaign girl for a certain manufacturer without her boyfriend knowing. Her boyfriend berated her more persistently than usual, telling her not to get excited at the thought of seeing these big breasts, which only he had seen, exposed to the public eye on TV and in gravure magazines. Her debut was decided, and it was the day of her photo shoot. It was supposed to be a promise that she would wear a swimsuit, but the demands of the manufacturer's representatives and photographer gradually escalated. Campaign models like this are just trying to lure in the lewd minds of men who treat her like a toy, thinking that she's just a sex product. She finally gets mad at the fact that all the men around her behave like that...

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