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Poster for Kobane

2022 · ★ 6.4 (8)

Despite being outnumbered and outgunned, a female Kurdish fighter guides her fellow fighters in the resistance to defend their city, Kobanê, from the deadly threat of ISIS. A real story of war, sacrifice, love and hope that kept the whole world on tenterhooks.

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Poster for Golden Girl

2016 · ★ 5.7 (3)

Golden Girl is a film about the forces at play around Frida Wallberg, WBC world champion. It's about putting it all on the line in a deadly sport. About rosy dreams that crash into a nothing less than brutal reality.

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Poster for Life Without Gabriella Ferri

2008 · ★ 5.2 (4)

A man and a woman lead a complicated love life, filled with erotic tension and despotic passion. Their son is an involuntary witness to all this, cooped up despondently in his room banging his head against the wall. To get away from the situation, he escapes into a virtual world. But when the man finds himself inopportunely stuck out on the balcony of the apartment, a burglar gets into the building. At the same time, in a neighbouring apartment, spies are getting ready to listen in on a group of scientists.

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Poster for Our Infinite Further

2019 · ★ 0.0 (0)

Adapted from real stories from an innovation and entrepreneurship competition for university students, it features a group of university students helping with poverty alleviation through a startup business.

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Poster for Personal Velocity

2002 · ★ 5.8 (45)

In a series of three vignettes, three women in turn struggle to free themselves from the men who restrict their personal freedom.

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1994 · ★ 0.0 (0)

A 4 minute film based on flowing changing images from liquid-like faces to flashing abstract imagery.

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Poster for The Railway Children

2000 · ★ 6.7 (25)

At the dawn of the 20th century, following their father's arrest on suspicion of betraying state secrets, the three Waterbury children—Bobbie, Phyllis and Peter—move with their mother to Yorkshire, where they find themselves involved in unexpected dramas along the railway by their new home.

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Poster for Messy Legends

2025 · ★ 0.0 (0)

A group of wayward Millennials embark on their own unique, regressive journeys during the same night out on Montreal’s Plateau strip, chasing the past and losing the plot.

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Poster for Crocodile Eyes

2025 · ★ 0.0 (0)

In "Crocodile Eyes," Canada’s "DIY queen of indie filmmaking" presents a collection of raw, unfiltered vignettes that delve into the heart of human intimacy.

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2018 · ★ 0.0 (0)

A young woman makes her way through an oppressive city in a final act of desperation.

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Poster for Ausencias

2020 · ★ 0.0 (0)

Two women have been seeing each other through a window for months. Little by little their gazes seem to become complicit. March 14, 2020 arrives, the state of alarm caused by the COVID-19 crisis in Spain is declared and many love stories are interrupted by the confinement. This is just one more.

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Poster for Rock It, Stone Fish!

2024 · ★ 6.5 (2)

Zhanna returns from Moscow to the city of her childhood, having learned that her father is dying. She did not communicate with him for the last 20 years after he left his family. Zhanna does not have time to catch him alive and plans to return to Moscow immediately after organizing the funeral. But the story takes a new turn: the father's corpse comes to life. He demands to spend the last day together.

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Poster for Kräfte

2020 · ★ 0.0 (0)

Johanna’s dangerous talent is showing early – after a traumatizing loss of control she is forced to keep her powers in check. As she gets older, it’s getting harder and harder to do, so she contacts a secret group. The members want to unleash Johanna’s powers and tempt her to more drastic steps.

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Poster for Goodbye Gibraltar

1993 · ★ 0.0 (0)

Goodbye Gibraltar, directed by Ulrika Bengst, is a film about reconciliation, encountering different lifestyles and dreams.

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Poster for Committing

2023 · ★ 0.0 (0)

Fresh off of accidentally killing her boyfriend, Emmy frantically enlists the help of her four best friends to help her get rid of the body. Unfortunately for Emmy, no one will help her until they hear the embarrassing story of how she killed him.

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Poster for If Only

2020 · ★ 6.3 (54)

Alma, Jean and Sebastiano, the children of divorced parents, arrive in Rome from Paris on a visit to their father. During a holiday, the family’s tensions come to the surface.

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1993 · ★ 0.0 (0)

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Poster for A Simple Lie

2022 · ★ 0.0 (0)

When Boma tries to win back her ex by telling him that she has cancer, her simple lie soon spirals out of control.

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Poster for Las lloronas

2004 · ★ 4.8 (8)

"Las Lloronas" is an adaptation of the legend of "La Llorona"(Weeping Woman). It's based on the story of three generations of women within a Mexican familiy. Cursed by la llorona, these women fight to overcome the situations that arise by this. Through the struggles that these women face, they must eventually come to terms with destiny. "Las Lloronas" is a story of love, loss and triumph of the spirit, as well as the inner strength that each women has within.

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Poster for The Independent

2022 · ★ 6.7 (129)

It's the final weeks of the most consequential presidential election in history. America is poised to elect either its first female president or its first viable independent candidate. Reporting history as it's made, an idealistic young journalist teams up with her idol, legendary journalist Nick Booker, to uncover a conspiracy that places the fate of the election, and the country, in their hands.

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