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Poster for The Hamburg Cell

2004 · ★ 5.3 (10)

A fictionalized account of the September 11 hijackers.

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Poster for Zôressha ga Yatte Kita

1992 · ★ 1.0 (1)

During WWII most zoo animals that could pose a danger to the public were slaughtered. Only two elephants survived the war, and trains were arranged to bring children from all over the country to see them.

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Poster for Happy Endings

2016 · ★ 1.0 (1)

A 10-minute short film that tells three intertwined LGBT love stories.

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Poster for By Fire

2023 · ★ 5.0 (1)

Anya is a wide-eyed uncorrupted understudy who has to replace the actress she idealises in the role of Medea, as she navigates within a morally distorted theatre company.

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Poster for Paradise Lost

2003 · ★ 0.0 (0)

A picturesque fishermen village overlooking the Mediterranean, Paradise is a Palestinian enclave inside the state of Israel, with a history that ecoes stories of a massacre and deportation. When the director investigates the secret past of her village Paradise, she uncovers more than she expected. Before she knows it, she is warned by her mother: "don't be like Sou'ad" - referring to the sad story about a rebellious "bad girl" whose story became a myth in the village. Accused and imprisoned as a PLO activist back in the 70's, Sou'ad is more than just a role model for the young director. But when she deepening her research, her trouble really begins. A filmic-diary about recreating a lost history, and about re-defining modern womanhood within the traditional village life.

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Poster for Hudson River Blues

1997 · ★ 0.0 (0)

Hoping to help their marriage, a Manhattan lawyer (Rya Kihlstedt) brings her burned-out husband (Robert Stanton) to her mother's home upstate.

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Poster for Cinnamon Swirl

2024 · ★ 0.0 (0)

Cinnamon Swirl follows Annie, a young woman in a long term relationship. When she meets Alvy, at a party, she realizes that she might have outgrown her partner. How can these feelings can be conveyed? Stability or experiences? Past or future?

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Poster for Little Snow Animal

2009 · ★ 6.5 (4)

Teenage girl looks for love but doesn't know where to find it.

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2026 · ★ 0.0 (0)

The director presents the process of childbirth in the form of a picture book, telling the story to Butterfly’s daughter. Taking on the role of a companion—like a gentle friend—the director offers a close, eye-level perspective, accompanying a mother who chooses natural childbirth through her journey of pregnancy and delivery. In the end, the director reveals that her mother gave birth to her sister in the same way when she was three years old, yet she missed that moment. Years later, she observes and shot the birthing process, expressing a deep respect for mothers' strength and greatness interwoven with narration and reality.

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Poster for Do Paise Ki Dhoop, Chaar Aane Ki Baarish

2009 · ★ 6.0 (3)

When a sex worker hires a gay songwriter to care for her disabled son, the ensuing bonds that form offer a complex portrayal of love and family.

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2024 · ★ 0.0 (0)

It’s been 10 years since director and choreographer Juliette Roudet was last in Corsica, where she grew up. Her uncles are tough and surly, and estranged from one another. She wants to question them about events in the past, but when talking doesn’t yield enough, she uses dance instead.

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Poster for Clear Sky

2018 · ★ 0.0 (0)

Jérémy, paratrooper, returns from Central Africa after the death of his brother in arms, Sofiane. He finds himself at his mother's house, who does not know how to help him to get back on his feets . The daily slowly resumes its course, but Jeremy remains haunted by the death of his friend.

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Poster for Take Me for a Ride

2016 · ★ 4.1 (17)

Starting her senior year in high school, Sara doesn't have many friends and is caught between an overbearing mother, and a more understanding father. With uneasiness at school and tension in the household, Sara escapes to smoke in a little alley alone – that is – until Andrea, a new classmate, arrives. A close friendship develops to all that can see, but behind closed doors, an intimate relationship unfolds, which, when discovered, throws everything into disarray.

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Poster for I hate it here.

2026 · ★ 0.0 (0)

A transgender woman accidentally attends a party hosted by her freshly-gay ex boyfriend and his new partner in her old house.

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1954 · ★ 0.0 (0)

About the Ungle-Wungle bird

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Poster for Her Story

2024 · ★ 7.6 (62)

Wang Tiemei, a single mother, loses her job and moves, befriending neighbor Xiaoye who appears cheerful but is depressed. Their bond grows as Tiemei navigates relationships with her ex-husband causing trouble.

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Poster for 461 Thank-you's: Father and Son Bonding through Bento of Love

2015 · ★ 0.0 (0)

In 2010, a musician, Watanabe Toshimi was planning to go back to his hometown in Fukushima to do farming. His son Toui was going to re-take high school entrance exam which he had failed the previous year. Both looked forward to starting new chapters in their lives. In 2011, Toshimi had to cancel his plan because of the Great East Japanese Earthquake. His hometown was within 20 km of the Fukushima No. 1 Nuclear Power Plant. To cheer up his father, Toui who passed a high school entrance exam promised him to go to school every day. Toshimi promised Toui to make him bento every day.

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Poster for Asta Nielsen

1968 · ★ 0.0 (0)

A conversation with Poul Reumert recorded in the spring of 1968, Asta Nielsen is interviewed by actor Axel Strøbye in his home in Copenhagen . She tells him about her career as the first world star of the film up to the 1920s and about the time that followed, partly in the theater and partly in anonymous retreat in Denmark.

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Poster for Fat Camp

2017 · ★ 5.0 (10)

Fitness buff Hutch Daily is a foul-mouthed 27 year-old with the maturity of a pre-teen. After refusing to find employment or his own apartment, his mom gives him two choices: move to the homeless shelter or work at his uncle’s fat camp. Though he thinks fatties are disgusting, Hutch finds himself supervising an irreverent group of chunky boys, who ultimately help him grow up.

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Poster for Call Girl

2014 · ★ 6.1 (9)

In one man's attempt to exploit his date night via video-chat, he ends up sharing something far more disturbing.

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