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Poster for Turbulence

2015 · ★ 0.0 (0)

"Turbulence was filmed in the medieval town of Alet les Bains [...] In the middle of the peaceful city, with a warm and relaxing climate, known for its thermal baths, one can see [...] a small waterfall, the images of which, as well as the title of the film refer to the present state of the world today." - Light Cone

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2003 · ★ 0.0 (0)

In a rural village of southwestern China a bevy of young girls yearn for an education. Their parents are poor and illiterate. It is difficult for them to scrape together the money to send their daughters to school in another village. The money for tuition, books, and room and board away from home is often more than parents can spare.We follow several as they make the weekly three-hour trek to the local school. Among the teachers there is only one female who is an inspiration to them all. She encourages them in their studies and challenges them to progress. But we also witness the pain of one family who simply cannot pay for their daughter's schooling. She must drop out and put off her dreams for a while. The son who is less talented is favored for schooling.Beautifully photographed in the lush mountain greenery, these fresh faced girls hold onto their hopes of becoming teachers and doctors against great odds.

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Poster for Ysrael

2001 · ★ 0.0 (0)

An adaptation of Junot Díaz's short story "Ysrael."

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Poster for Pappa kom fram

2012 · ★ 0.0 (0)

Martin has a feeling of emptiness inside and decides to visit a medium. He hopes to get in touch with his dead father...

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Poster for North of Blue

2018 · ★ 0.0 (0)

A dense multiverse of images and shifting focal points that explore the tension between two dimensional patterns both familiar and alien. Conventional icons are deconstructed, creating shapes that spark a sense of connection and shared history, while scenes transmogrify from rhythmic explosions to sublime trance-inducing patterns.

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2006 · ★ 0.0 (0)

a 2006 documentary film directed by Anne Makepeace and filmed by Joan Churchill & Barney Broomfield that chronicles the experiences of two Bantu as they are transported by relief organizations from Kenyan refugee camps to Atlanta, Georgia and then Springfield, Massachusetts.

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Poster for Bailiwick

2017 · ★ 0.0 (0)

BAILIWICK is the story of John, a lonely, quiet man who is given a magical gift that changes his life. Do you like magic? Bailiwick is not officially rated but the director suggests a PG-13 rating for language and violence.

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Poster for A Mother Brings Her Son to Be Shot

2017 · ★ 6.2 (4)

Five years in the making, this brave and level-headed documentary exposes paramilitary activity in present day Northern Ireland during a supposed time of peace.

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Poster for Westernhagen: Keine Zeit

1996 · ★ 8.0 (1)

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Poster for My Father's Room

2016 · ★ 7.0 (1)

She was abused by her father during childhood. Since he left, the pain and anger had begun to fade. One day, unexpectedly, she was struck by a revelation about her father's life that cast her feelings about him into confusion.

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Poster for Elbow Room

2002 · ★ 6.0 (1)

This animated short tackles the subjects of personal space, conflict and conflict resolution in the workplace. At the office, tempers flare as two coworkers who are sitting dangerously close find themselves bumping elbows and spilling ink. The film demonstrates four common approaches to interpersonal tensions: retreat, aggression, denial and - finally - negotiation.



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Poster for Khalil, Shaun, A Woman Under the Influence

1994 · ★ 0.0 (0)

Sharon Lockhart's debut film from 1994 is divided into three parts. All parts are linked in showing the progression of a devastating skin disease of two ten-year-old boys which is successively revealed to be the progression of a skilfully applied special effects make-up. Shot against coloured backdrops, the first sections show portraits of the boys who are introduced by preceding titles as Khalil and Shaun. The third section is a dramatic sequence based on one of the last scenes in John Cassavetes's film A Woman Under the Influence (1974). Lockhart refrains from reproducing the scene literally. Instead, she places and collapses several moments into one, amplifying the main theme of the film - the attempt to pretend that everything is okay. Shaun is presented with his face horribly disfigured by blisters and wounds. His mother's pledges of future happiness thus become rather ominous.

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Poster for Diablillos de arrabal

1940 · ★ 5.0 (2)

In a poor neighborhood in Mexico City, two gangs of kids fight for control of the center where they work as "boleros", musicians or announcers. "Completo" joins the gang led by "Rorro", a rival of the group headed by "Curricán".

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Poster for A True and Faithful Account

1989 · ★ 6.5 (4)

The young girl, Antónia Margarida Castelo Branco, is handed over by her mother to Brás Telles de Meneses because of the obscure interests between rural aristocratic families in the North. Brás is a ruined man, a bohemian with a reputation for violence and erratic behaviour. Antonia’s fortune is the first sacrifice made by the young wife. Fascinated by the man who humiliates and ill-treats her, she follows him in a pilgrimage to increasingly barren lands, to increasingly less hospitable houses.

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Poster for The Marble Goddess

1978 · ★ 0.0 (0)

A 2000-year-old woman has a pact with the devil to preserve her youth. She must extract the essence of life from the people she has sex with.

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2015 · ★ 4.5 (4)

Patrick Haggerty grew up the son of a dairy farmer in rural Dry Creek, Washington, during the 1950s. As a teenager, Pat began to understand he was gay—something he thought he was hiding well. But one day, after performing at a school assembly, Pat learned that his father could see him much more clearly than he realized.

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Poster for You Have to Pay For Mistakes

1982 · ★ 0.0 (0)

A film about a small, clumsy donkey, that "didn't mean to do that," to whom for the excuse, and everyone responded, "for not meaning to they’re mighty mean to you," except for the kind girl...

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Poster for Kholodny Yar. Intro

2016 · ★ 0.0 (0)

Kholodny Yar is a misterious place in the heart of Ukraine, where history meets present in strange ways. Stunning landscapes and meditative moods are represented in this version of the film. Following the nature we plunge in the history of the paradoxical amount of rebellions and try to answer the question: what forces people to defend their freedom at the cost of their own lives?

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Poster for From the Reports of Security Guards & Patrol Services – Part Eight

1986 · ★ 5.0 (3)

Here is the third and last of three self-contained shorts by Helke Sander from her series of shorts entitled From the Reports of Security Guards & Patrol Services . BTW the numbering of the parts is a bit confusing, the only existing parts of the series are No. 1,5 and 8.

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Poster for Women's Bodies

2011 · ★ 7.7 (3)

The representation of women in contemporary Italian media

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