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Poster for Can't Stop the Music

1980 · ★ 5.0 (68)

A loose biography of seminal disco hit-makers The Village People and their composer Jacques Morali.

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Poster for Tales of Taipei

2024 · ★ 5.0 (1)

A heartfelt piece that tells the stories of Taipei streets, people and communities. From ten directors across the globe, creating ten unique stories of Taipei, through various backgrounds, delivering the same heartfelt message.

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Poster for Freaky Friday

1995 · ★ 5.6 (33)

Fun-loving Annabelle Andrews and her uptight mother, Ellen, have a hard time getting along with each other. One Friday the 13th, they both wear magical necklaces that make them switch bodies for the day.

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Poster for Born to Be Human

2021 · ★ 6.2 (5)

Yang Shi-Nan is a 14-year-old boy who undergoes a metamorphosis without realising what is going on. It begins on a normal school day when he gets stomach cramps. After rushing to the toilet he notices that his urine is turning bloody red. Taken to a doctor he is diagnosed with “Disorders of Sex Development,” or intersex. Without consulting him, Shi-Nan’s parents decide to accept “sex reassignment surgery”, turning Shi-Nan into a female and changing her name to YANG Shi-Lan. The family moves to a new city to start a new life and it all seems to be going well as Shi-Lan blends in and even makes friends. It seems like the butterfly is about to break out of its chrysalis but can Yang Shi-Lan truly embrace her transformation?

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After Isla eats a plant poisoned by polluted water, Mari witnesses horrifying changes in her partner, revealing a dark truth about the village and their relationship.

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Poster for A Fabled Holiday

2022 · ★ 6.2 (32)

Talia and her childhood best friend Anderson unexpectedly reunite in a curiously familiar looking town full of Christmas spirit that restores its visitors when they need it most.

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2012 · ★ 1.5 (4)

Follow a woman as she embarks on a late-night journey through an unfamiliar urban landscape, searching for something she cannot name.

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2006 · ★ 0.0 (0)

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Poster for Trans

1994 · ★ 8.0 (1)

First premiering in the 18th San Francisco International Lesbian and Gay Film Festival (now Frameline) and moving on to play every major North American LGBTQ festival between 1994 and 1996, Sophie Constantinou’s playful document of trans man Henry gives first-hand voice to his nuanced experience and extolls the singular joy of wearing a suit.

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Poster for The Skin

1981 · ★ 6.3 (41)

Based on the memoirs of author Curzio Malaparte, diplomatic liaison between the Allied and Italian forces after the defeat of the Nazis in Italy, The Skin follows the collapse of Italian society under the US occupation and the desperate measures required for survival.

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Poster for 6 Balloons

2018 · ★ 6.0 (255)

Over the course of one night, a woman drives across LA with her heroin addict brother in search of a detox center, with his two-year-old daughter in tow.

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1999 · ★ 0.0 (0)

She regularly dances at her friends' weddings. And they usually have her to thank for their marital bliss. She clearly has a knack for setting the right "amorous vibes." But for her, love isn't working out so well. A single mother, single for years, she unfortunately always ends up with the wrong men. "The Love Servant," a financially strapped headhunter, tries to capitalize on her talent and slips into the sexy shell of a dating agent on the side.

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Poster for Do-Gooders

2022 · ★ 0.0 (0)

An elderly woman finds an ingenious way to get revenge on a condescending meals-on-wheels volunteer.

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Poster for a little woman

2023 · ★ 4.0 (1)

A bloodstain on a sheet triggers a great transformation in Tina, an eleven-year-old girl. As she spreads out the laundry with her mother, she will have to silently face all those unknown feelings she thought would never come.

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Poster for El intercambio

2021 · ★ 10.0 (1)

Inés and Raúl, a young married couple celebrating a traditional Christmas dinner with their friends, they find themselves in a bind when they notice that one of their exchange gifts could reveal a shameful secret.

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Poster for Rudolph Valentino: The Great Lover

2006 · ★ 0.0 (0)

When a young Italian named Rudolfo Guglielmi found his way to America, he became Rudolph Valentino, Hollywood's first male sex symbol. But his meteoric rise was no easy journey, as evidenced by his earliest roles in which he was cast as a villain -- primarily because of his dark skin. Relying on rare archival film clips, this fascinating documentary offers a look at the man behind the icon, chronicling his career from start to tragic finish.

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Poster for Prima

2025 · ★ 0.0 (0)

A bloody metaphor for the way women are treated in the entertainment industry.

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2022 · ★ 0.0 (0)

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Poster for También esto pasará

2025 · ★ 6.0 (9)

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Poster for Astel

2021 · ★ 6.0 (2)

While helping tend her family’s herd of cows in a northern region of Senegal, a 13-year-old girl faces changes that threaten her tight bond with her father in this vividly realized directorial debut by screenwriter and filmmaker Ramata-Toulaye Sy.

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