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Poster for Dancing Fruit

2023 · ★ 1.0 (1)

From the music of UK composer Rachel Portman, Vietnamese-Czech filmmaker Diana Cam Van Nguyen crafts a story of animated fruits that is a celebration of life, a bat mitzvah of a film, dense with color and cheer. This short film is part of the 2x25 Project of Film Fest Gent and the World Soundtrack Awards. The project commissioned 25 composers to compose a short piece of music, after which 25 filmmakers made short films that are the ultimate symbioses of music and cinematography, fitting completely within the DNA of the festival. The result: 25 exceptional films where the music inspired the form, narrative and texture.

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Poster for Be Careful, Grandma!

1961 · ★ 3.5 (4)

Young Lena becomes a chief manager of a workers' club. The problem is this club is not constructed yet and finishing it takes too much effort from a young girl. The solution is found by her grandmother and her 'old guards'. Look out Lena's enemies. Here's her grandma coming!

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Poster for Unfollow Me

2022 · ★ 0.0 (0)

Ieva has been an obedient granddaughter for years – choosing a safe career in a bank as her grandmother wanted. Her mother left the family years ago when she had to look for work abroad. That has made ties between Ieva and her grandmother especially tight. Dissatisfaction with the constant adaption to the material world is flickering under the surface and Ieva lives her dreamlife with her friends. She plays the keyboard in a girl band and stays out late. When Ieva decides to have a provocative tattoo on her arm made, her grandmother goes completely nuts.

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Poster for Connected

2025 · ★ 8.0 (2)

The film chronicles the final journey of 88-year-old Russian former top-secret scientist and philanthropist Dmitriy Zimin, alongside his longtime American friend Augie Fabela, acting US police officer, before Zimin’s scheduled euthanasia. Against the backdrop of geopolitical tensions between Putin’s Russia and the USA and the outbreak of war in Ukraine, the film captures the closing scenes of a life and a time of peace. Zimin’s story is an embodiment of the harsh historical cycles that have defined Russia over the past century.

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Poster for Coach Bernie

2015 · ★ 0.0 (0)

When Rick Pitino was hired to coach the Kentucky basketball team in 1989, the once-proud program was reeling from NCAA probation and the loss of scholarships. He needed to shake things up and give the players who stayed a fresh perspective. To help achieve this, in 1990 he hired Bernadette Locke, only the second female assistant coach in Division I men’s basketball history.

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1975 · ★ 6.2 (3)

Film about vandalism made for classroom exhibition

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Poster for Samsara

2019 · ★ 0.0 (0)

The story is of three friends from school who meet up after about 18 years. One of them is a successful businessman, the other runs his in laws business and third one is a writer with a writers block. He asks old friends to help. In the process the three get back some fun of the past. But as they can't help the writer and some strange things keep occurring the three friends quarrel. But then the writer gets a clue and the three friends embark on a journey. In the strange place they land up, the three keep meeting people who are look alike from their past. Initially they try to reason, but finally as all three get involved and remember the stories involving these look alike the three start fretting. They are uncomfortable and worried - Disturbed. And this disturbance, distress, confusion, turmoil . It's their past present and future all rolled into each other..Their mind is in a mess - Old memories comes back haunting them.

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Poster for Lifeboat

2018 · ★ 6.0 (1)

Iben and Thomas, a couple from Scandinavia, are on vacation on a sail boat in the Greek archipelago. Suddenly, one night, Iben hear a cry for help from the water.

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Poster for Ama

2018 · ★ 0.0 (0)

Pepa, a 31-year-old woman, and her 6-year-old daughter, Leila, find themselves homeless after a major fight that marks the beginning of the story. "AMA" is the journey of these two forces, which travel a complex path, bringing the concept of "love" into sharp focus.

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Poster for Frontera

2020 · ★ 0.0 (0)

Juan Carlos is a lonko who has fought in defense of Mapuche autonomy. Many question him because he agreed to work for the government in order to improve conditions in his community. At home he shares his concerns, while his animals watch the tension grow and the seasons advance.

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Poster for The Fur Hat

1907 · ★ 4.8 (10)

A grenadier had come to see his lover, a servant in the homes of wealthy bourgeois people. Hearing a noise, he is afraid of the masters and allows himself to be locked in a cupboard so as not to be seen. This is a hiding place that will spark many adventures.

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Poster for Closer

2024 · ★ 0.0 (0)

Divorced couple Bernardas and Silvia live together, avoiding interaction through a strict schedule. Unexpectedly, Lukas arrives with a cryptic message for Silvia. As they navigate this twist, Bernardas recalls how they met through a similar ad. Tensions rise, love rekindles, and desires resurface. Closer explores love's complexities, unexpected encounters, and self-discovery in a poignant and emotionally charged tale of second chances.

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Poster for Hypnotic

2021 · ★ 6.0 (675)

A young woman seeking self-improvement enlists the help of a renowned hypnotist but, after a handful of intense sessions, discovers unexpected and deadly consequences.

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Poster for De dragul tău, Anca

1983 · ★ 7.3 (3)

A teenager has problems coping in school in family. She doesn't feel she fits anywhere, but there are still some people that give her hope and strength.

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Poster for The Errand

2025 · ★ 0.0 (0)

On the precipice of a life-changing event, Hayley is faced with the cost of letting go as she struggles to complete the final errand that will close the door on her past and force her to embrace an uncertain future.

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Poster for Lou & Lena

2003 · ★ 5.8 (3)

Two friends, Lou and Lena... An agreement for this all night walk.

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Poster for Longing for the Rain

2013 · ★ 4.2 (5)

Linking several genres in a surprising and successful way, Yang Lin’s fiction feature debut is an Asian ghost story in which documentary scenes show how incongruous today's reality can look in China. Protagonist Fang Lei lives in material wealth and only has to care for her daughter. One night, a young mysterious lover appears and makes passionate love to her.

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Poster for Hot Grease

2017 · ★ 0.0 (0)

Set in Houston, Texas, the energy capital of the world, HOT GREASE is the surprising story of how kitchen grease is opening a new green energy frontier. It is a modern-day gold rush that could yield billions of dollars in profits for the industry’s evangelists.

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Poster for Love in Another Town

1997 · ★ 3.7 (3)

A fortyish interior designer, dumped by her husband, moves across the country and finds love in another town in a relationship with a much younger man.

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Poster for Six Kids and Their Uncle

1966 · ★ 6.8 (10)

Erik Lund is a child psychologist and defend a doctoral thesis on the subject. His knowledge is at the very theoretical level, and he will be seriously trouble when he for a time has to babysit his sister's six children ranging in age from baby to teenager. Fortunately, the neighbor cute daughter, Lisbeth has a more practical take on things.

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