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Poster for Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase

2019 · ★ 6.4 (253)

Nancy Drew, a smart high schooler with a penchant for keen observation and deduction, stumbles upon the haunting of a local home. A bit of an outsider struggling to fit into her new surroundings, Nancy and her pals set out to solve the mystery, make new friends, and establish their place in the community

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Poster for The Red, White and Blue of My Hair

2016 · ★ 6.7 (7)

Seyna, a young Cameroonian woman fascinated by French history, dreams of gaining citizenship of the country she so loves as soon as she reaches 18. Will it be just a formality, or a much tougher path?

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Poster for Ferda the Ant

1944 · ★ 7.0 (3)

Ferda Mravenec (Ferda The Ant, 1944 ) runs over ten minutes, telling the tale of an ant colony versus a spider. This one is teeming with characters, with impressive animation, fun gags, and a good story.

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Poster for A Gay Girl in Damascus: The Amina Profile

2015 · ★ 5.9 (14)

There is no indication that this typical online flirtation between two strangers would turn into a case of shocking international intrigue. For months, Sandra in Montreal and Amina, a Syrian-American, bond romantically and intellectually. Encouraged by Sandra, Amina launches a blog called "A Gay Girl in Damascus," representing a marginalized voice in the Middle East on politics, religion, and sexuality. Rapidly garnering worldwide attention, Amina becomes something of a star blogger. But when Syria enters the Arab uprising of 2011, Sandra receives word that Amina has been kidnapped, and soon the search for Amina becomes a global concern and an even larger mystery to solve.

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Poster for Iman

2022 · ★ 8.0 (0)

Follows three interconnected stories in modern day Nicosia, Cyprus: a civil engineer is blamed for the collapse of a building; a teenage girl becomes involved in a dangerous sexual relationship; two radicalized Arab women plan out an Islamic terrorist attack.

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Poster for Votes for Women: Wanted!

2012 · ★ 10.0 (1)

From the late nineteenth century to 1928, those who were nicknamed the "suffragettes" made the United Kingdom move from the census vote to universal suffrage, completely redefining the notion of citizenship. This documentary follows the struggle of five of these women, who have dedicated their lives to this fierce struggle, some advocating civil disobedience or lobbying MPs and Lords, the others choosing violent action, braving prison, and even death.

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As the world of opera begins to shift its rules, Elīna Garanča stands at the peak of her career, already starting to plan how to bring it to a close—while also continuing in new ways. Her talent, self-discipline, and strong character won’t allow her to stop, driving her instead to pursue an unfulfilled dream: to become a dramatic theatre actress.

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Poster for The Truck

2024 · ★ 0.0 (0)

Against the simmering anxieties of post-Roe America, a Chinese-American teenager and her boyfriend attempt to buy the morning-after pill in a small town where reproductive rights are contested and quietly policed.

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Poster for My Baby's Daddy

2004 · ★ 4.6 (60)

A trio of young men are forced to grow up quick when their girlfriends all become pregnant around the same time.

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Poster for Les Alimenteurs

2012 · ★ 0.0 (0)

They are everywhere. At home, in the canteen, in restaurants, processed foods fill our plates. Overcome by obesity, diabetes, heart disease, taste dulled by the easy and artificial flavors of gastronomy, the population no longer has a choice. For fifty years, the agri-food industry has been at our table. And she stuffs herself. Indulgence or complacency with regard to this takeover, the authorities only exercise limited and a posteriori control over this mountain of foodstuffs that are too fatty, too sweet, too salty. Unlike the good recipes of our grandmothers, inspection in the back kitchens of these feeders.

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Poster for Beware the Slenderman

2016 · ★ 6.5 (263)

In this horrifyingly modern fairytale lurks an online Boogeyman and two 12-year-old girls who would kill for him. The entrance to the internet quickly leads to its darkest basement. How responsible are our children for what they find there?

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Poster for Coney Island Baby

2002 · ★ 0.0 (0)

After spending time in New York City, Billy Hayes returns to his Ireland hometown. He wants to get back together with his ex-girlfriend and take her to America in hopes of opening up a gas station. But everything isn't going Billy's way — the townspeople aren't happy to see him, and his ex-girlfriend is engaged and pregnant. Then, Billy runs into his old friends who are planning a scam.

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Poster for With Every Heartbeat

2011 · ★ 7.1 (376)

After they meet at their parent's engagement party, Mia and Frida are intrigued by and attracted to one another, despite Mia's own upcoming engagement to Tim. Mia must decide whether to continue her life with Tim or to follow her heart with Frida.

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Poster for Afterwar

2024 · ★ 0.0 (0)

The children transform into adults before our eyes. Yet they remain in limbo, haunted by memories of the war in Kosovo. Combining raw realism and staged performance, Afterwar is a meditation on the long-term repercussions of war.

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The film will focus on Lauren Simmons’ journey as the youngest-ever equity trader to work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, only the second Black woman in history to fill that role.

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Poster for Three Men and a Cradle

1985 · ★ 6.4 (284)

Three young men - Jacques, Pierre, and Michel - share an apartment in Paris, and have many girlfriends and parties. Once, during a party, a friend of Jacques' tells him he has a quite compromising package to deliver, and asks him if he can leave it discreetly at their place. Jacques agrees and, as he works as a steward, flies away for a one-month trip in Japan, telling Pierre and Michel about the package. Then, one of Jacques' former girlfriends drops a baby before their door, making Pierre and Michel believing it is the package they are waiting for. Their lives are then completely changed.

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Poster for Anna Asti. Царица

2025 · ★ 0.0 (0)

A documentary about the creation of Anna Asti's stadium concert.

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Poster for Nudo Mixteco

2021 · ★ 7.0 (5)

The imprint of the past is made present by the return of three migrants to a community in the upper Mixteca region of Oaxaca, where the three stories intersect.

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Poster for The Calling

2023 · ★ 0.0 (0)

Tamar has been called to become a minister, and for most, this would be an honorable moment, but for Tamar, it is the worst thing that could happen. Tamar is the daughter of prominent Deacon Jessup, and is a lesbian. Taught that her desires are not that of God, Tamar has suppressed them for the last 16 years and has never dated a woman. When the Future Minister's Ministry opens for a new class, Tamar finds herself falling for the only other woman in the class.

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Poster for Je marcherai jusqu'à la mer

2013 · ★ 0.0 (0)

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