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Poster for La figura femenina de Jean Luc Godard. Fondo vs Forma

2024 · ★ 0.0 (0)

The representation of the female figure in Jean Luc Godard's cinema reflects a duality between the context of the time and the author's cinematic language. This contrast reveals a profound reflection on gender roles and contemporary society.

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Poster for Scary Stories You Don't Know 3

2012 · ★ 0.0 (0)

This is the third installment in the omnibus ghost horror series, featuring 12 short, hair-raising tales of horror, ranging from terrifying psychic phenomena to familiar fears.

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Poster for Margens de um Amor

2024 · ★ 0.0 (0)

Going down the river to wash her clothes, Iris finds much more than just the sound of the water.

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Poster for Tenebris Lux

2023 · ★ 9.0 (1)

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A study of the education – as well as their intimate lives with family, friends, the street, and play – of two children in very different parts of Brazil.

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1990 · ★ 0.0 (0)

On the outskirts of a city, two brothers live in a run-down apartment. When the older one hits a run of bad luck, he gets himself a gun and barricades the apartment, ready to take on the rest of the world.

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2022 · ★ 0.0 (0)

A Berlinale Kompagnon-Fellowship winner.

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Poster for Butterfly Dream

2024 · ★ 0.0 (0)

Unsaid stories of a transgender couple in a meeting after two years of separation.

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Poster for Belonging: Tiger Bay Boxing Club

2024 · ★ 0.0 (0)

An intimate portrait of group of young people in the Butetown area of Cardiff. How does a boxing club in a deprived neighborhood manage to navigate the challenges of limited resources while pursuing a big vision to support young people to thrive?

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2005 · ★ 0.0 (0)

The people's college movement started in the early forties and after a brief flourishing it was finished by the end of the decade, as it was banished by the Rákosi dictatorship. However, its impact is still felt today, as many excellent people emerged from these colleges for advanced studies.

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Poster for Men Do Not Sham Convulsion

2018 · ★ 0.0 (0)

Cecilia tries to follow her normal routine. She goes to classes; however, she decides to go somewhere else. She tries to work on a project but fails. Javier, a friend of Cecilia, invites her to a party. Cecilia agrees to go to distract herself and feel better. Something bad happens, and Cecilia needs to stop it.

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Poster for The Misunderstood Epidemic: Depression

2010 · ★ 0.0 (0)

The Misunderstood Epidemic: Depression is an intimate look at how depression affects its victims and their families. The film explores through firsthand accounts how depression can happen to anyone regardless of age, race, or socioeconomic background. One by one the topics are addressed in candid detail: symptoms; suicide; the stigma and lack of understanding; the stress in families and relationships; the loss of ability to work.

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An investigation of modern female sexuality exposing the ‘lady machismo’, a sadomasochistic contest that leaves the spectator in a burlesque dance of willpower, compassion, pain, physical, and emotional strength.

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Poster for Half of Me

2022 · ★ 0.0 (0)

When one brother dies, the other is left with his memories. He struggles with the toxic relationship and his feelings, does the death means relief or does it deserve mourning, because they are connected by blood and half of him will always stay.

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Poster for Carnitas

2013 · ★ 0.0 (0)

With their last savings, the family of Valentina, a ten year old girl, can only buy a minute pig made in China. With the firm intention of fattening it up for Christmas, only a miracle can save the pig from its doom: a lot of imagination and strong ties of friendship.

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Poster for So Shoot Me: The Life and Art of Michael Kanarek

2024 · ★ 0.0 (0)

Michael Kanarek was born in Pittsburgh in 1946, and participated in “Three Rivers Arts Festival”. After graduating High School, He was accepted to Cooper Union Art College. His work was awarded and recognized many times including a Gold Record Award. His story is told in this original documentary with original interviews by Kanarek, his family, close friends, and associates.

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Poster for Maybe We'll See Each Other One Day

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Viktoria, a regular at Flygfyren, is out shopping when she bumps across Pia, an old classmate. Viktoria makes a spontaneous proposal, which creates an awkward atmosphere between her and her former classmate.

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Poster for Work Girl Play

2022 · ★ 0.0 (0)

"Home videos from my childhood and teens, archive and found footage sampled with with new material make up this personal documentary that reflects on how women experience themselves as objectified beings affected by media and social constraints. The work is a response to old material, some of which I did not have control over, yet it has still defined me." A poetic narrative, full of contradictions, about a girl who has an awakening to these effects that lead her to contemplate control over her own identity, ideology and political awareness.

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Poster for Pretty For Her Age

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Dani accompanies her mother Gabi to plastic surgery. With sensitivity and courage she observes her older mother, who refuses to come to terms with her age. They argue about looks and beauty without reaching an agreement. Will Dani manage to shake off the legacy of conservative femininity that her mother is trying to instill in her? And will Gabi agree to accept her daughter as she is?

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Poster for Execution of a Teenage Girl

2006 · ★ 0.0 (0)

On 15 August 2004, a 16-year-old girl was hanged in a public square in Neka, a small Iranian town by the Caspian Sea. Atefeh Sahaaleh's death sentence was for "crimes against chastity". Despite Iran being a signatory to an international convention that promises not to sentence to death or execute those under 18, permission was obtained from Iran's Supreme Court by the local mullah and head of the city's administration to do exactly that. Eyewitness accounts and dramatic reconstructions, plus undercover filming in Atefah's hometown tell the powerful story of the life and tragic death of an ordinary girl.

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