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Poster for Nepantla

2021 · ★ 0.0 (0)

Cecilia, a dancer, tries to escape from a mysterious place where she is locked up, while reliving her past that led her to this punishment.

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Poster for Later... Presents Oasis

2000 · ★ 0.0 (0)

A special episode of "Later... with Jools Holland" showcasing Oasis. Holland welcomes the band to the studio to perform an hour-long concert.

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Poster for Karma

2021 · ★ 0.0 (0)

A man completing a hit on someone gets what he deserves.

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Poster for The Issue with Elvis

2021 · ★ 5.0 (1)

West Virginia mushroom expert, Dr. Michael Mercer, lives alone in the mountains. One afternoon he happens upon a boy who follows him home. The scientist takes the child in, learning that his name is Elvis and he has a complicated history.

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Poster for Peripeteia I

1977 · ★ 0.0 (0)

Peripeteia I and Peripeteia II, shot by the artist in Oregon’s rainforest, alone and without electricity.

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Poster for The Humble Beginnings of the Balloon

2013 · ★ 0.0 (0)

Balloons were originally created for scientific experiments in 1847. But what event changed history to spark widespread use of the way we utilize them today?

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Poster for 空中の音楽II

1992 · ★ 0.0 (0)

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2010 · ★ 5.0 (1)

A lone man avenges the death of his father.

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Poster for Juan de la Sierra

2005 · ★ 0.0 (0)

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Poster for The Dream and the Radio

2022 · ★ 8.5 (2)

Raoul and Beatrice’s eyes meet in the Montreal metro. This sets off a chain of events that will affect the whole city. He's a rock star activist on a secret mission, she's a bohemian who wanders the streets at night, handing out books to the homeless. Every Thursday evening, she meets Constance and Eugène in their small candlelit apartment, for their weekly reading ritual. Constance broadcasts her live-sampled, politically conscious sound art on an independent radio station; Eugène has been working on a novel for years, whilst trying to shut himself off from the outside world. The three young friends all dream of their own poetic revolution, inspired by the situationists, on whom Raoul has modelled his persona.

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Poster for Untitled

1974 · ★ 0.0 (0)

A dead tree. A body. Ocean waves.

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Poster for Lifelong Songs

2019 · ★ 0.0 (0)

Two women with very different lives, united by their common name Nadia, which means hope in Ukrainian, but also by their deep love of song. Some time ago, singing in Ukraine was commonplace; traditional songs were powerful collective meditations that accompanied people from birth to death. Nadia Mykytivna, 82, from the village of Kriachkivka, is one of those few who still keeps this fading tradition alive. She has been singing in the Drevo folk ensemble for 58 years, and is well-known by folklorists all over Eastern Europe. Nadia Mykytivna is the last member of the original Drevo ensemble, and musicians from all over the world travel to Kriachkivka to learn from her. On the other side of the ocean, in the United States, there is another Nadia. A short visit to Kriachkivka and hearing its songs changed her life. Inspired by this, Nadia made an intimate autobiographical theatrical monologue, The Broken…

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Poster for Der Stein zum Leben

2019 · ★ 0.0 (0)

Final resting place: German documentary film about a stonemason who works with relatives to create individual gravestones.

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Poster for In Training

2022 · ★ 5.0 (1)

A couple finally hooks up... but it doesn't go as planned...

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2021 · ★ 0.0 (0)

A year has passed since the presidential elections in Belarus, when the current government harshly suppressed protests against falsified results. Thousands of people are still in prisons, tens of thousands were forced to go abroad. Among the new emigrants there are politicians, they are even called the government in exile. And there are ordinary citizens who could not even imagine that they would ever have to leave their homeland. The film tells how this Belarus lives, a huge community of migrants that has emerged over the past year. The stories of the heroes add up to a chronicle of what is happening in their country after the elections on August 9, 2020.

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Poster for Sophie Scholl - Allen Gewalten zum Trotz

2005 · ★ 7.0 (1)

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Poster for The Invention of Species

2024 · ★ 0.0 (0)

Carla arrives in the Galapagos with her father, an expert biologist in turtle conservation. As he talks about raising endangered species, she faces the risks of her own species. Like the iguanas, which to survive mutated into sea creatures, Carla will transform into an Island and learn to cling to the stone, dive and wait.

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Poster for So Red and A Little Blue

2015 · ★ 0.0 (0)

The fragments of information scatter amongst computer and Internet, and constitute the world of Red and Blue. When they meet, their faces look red, but are their moods also a little blue?

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Poster for Lesbian National Parks and Services Presents: Endangered Species

2009 · ★ 0.0 (0)

Lesbian National Parks and Services' Endangered Species are a series of public service announcements, created by the indefatigable Lesbian Rangers, who serve the lesbian wilds from dawn to dusk and well beyond.

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Poster for Defiance

1993 · ★ 0.0 (0)

A voice-over soundtrack repeats some common heterosexist lines: If only they didn’t flaunt it… It’s nothing personal but… A simple image, consisting of two women embracing, contradicts the soundtrack. This video examines the resilience of lesbian desire in the face of relentless homophobia.

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