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Poster for Kolobok

2005 · ★ 8.3 (5)

A collection of cartoons, each of which is a uniquely decorated folk tale.

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Poster for Freak Orlando

1981 · ★ 5.3 (16)

Five more-or-less distinct sections, all featuring "Freak" Orlando, a woman played by the late Magdalena Montezuma, who appears in various guises and deformities throughout.

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Poster for Meow or Never

2020 · ★ 0.0 (0)

In a madcap musical, a catstronaut travels the galaxy looking for the meaning of life when she encounters a space pup eager to help - but only gets them into trouble at every turn!

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Poster for General Chaos: Uncensored Animation

1998 · ★ 5.6 (5)

A compilation of 20 outrageous and hilarious short animated films aimed at the adult audience.

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Poster for By the Roots

— · ★ 0.0 (0)

Madison Young, a queer gallerist and sexual revolutionary, returns to Southern Ohio to confront her past, conservative family, and emotional landmines with her partner James.

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Poster for Hunan: The Other World of Avatar

2015 · ★ 4.9 (17)

How China's magical Zhangjiajie National Park attracted director James Cameron, who came seeking inspiration for a mysterious fictional planet.

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Poster for Upstate

2010 · ★ 0.0 (0)

A romantic triangle played out as a sweetly psychedelic fever-dream of antiquing, omelet preparation and alpacas, Upstate offers a rich and moving meditation on the passage of time and the casual disappointments of life.

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Poster for Идеальная жена

2025 · ★ 0.0 (0)

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Poster for What We See

2023 · ★ 0.0 (0)

After experiencing a traumatic event in Igloolik (an Inuit hamlet in Foxe Basin, Qikiqtaaluk Region in Nunavut), Uyarak leaves her community and family in Nunavut to live in Montréal. When Covid-19 lockdowns close off the Canadian Arctic from the rest of the world, Uyarak is further separated from her closest friend, eldest sister, Saqpinak. This extreme situation blurs the lines of both the fictional lives of the sisters, and the non-fiction lives of the film’s directors, Lucy Tulugarjuk and Carol Kunnuk, who play the sisters.

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Poster for A Bigger World

2019 · ★ 6.3 (65)

In an attempt to move on from the death of Paul, the love of her life, Korine leaves Paris to undertake a project in Mongolia. But after meeting the shaman, Oyun, her trip takes a different direction. Korine has a rare gift that Oyun intends to unveil. She agrees to initiate herself in the practice of Shamanism, leading her to discover an ancient and forgotten culture, but most importantly herself.

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Poster for Quaker Oaths

2016 · ★ 4.0 (1)

To make their divorce final, a Quaker couple must follow tradition by seeking out everyone who came to their wedding...and asking them to cross their names off the marriage certificate.

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Poster for Ensemble for Somnambulists

1951 · ★ 6.0 (19)

Ensemble for Somnambulists was a film Maya Deren made while teaching a workshop at the Toronto Film Society. It was never completed, and is officially "unpublished," but this title has been restored and it screens occasionally along with her other films. It is sort of a preliminary sketch for The Very Eye of Night. ~ David Lewis, Rovi

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Poster for One Night Surprise

2013 · ★ 6.0 (10)

After her birthday party, ad executive Michelle finds herself caught between cheerful Tony, dreamy Bill, youthful Jeb, and rich Tiger. Overwhelmed with stress, another complication quietly forms in her life.

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Poster for Aristocrats

2021 · ★ 6.9 (47)

Hanako Haibara was born and raised in the city of Tokyo. After she gets dumped by her boyfriend, while in her late 20's, she goes on blind dates to find a man to marry. Miki Tokioka was born in a province. She studied very hard and entered a prestigious university in Tokyo. She experienced difficult financial times, but she now works at an IT company. Due to a man, Hanako Haibara and Miki Tokioka meet each other.

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Poster for The Treasure Seekers

1996 · ★ 5.3 (6)

Five motherless children, with the help of a famous doctor, are determined to save their financially strapped father.

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Poster for Clay Pit

2018 · ★ 5.0 (1)

In the Russian provinces life seems to have frozen since the 1990s. Here you can hide from the worries of the big world, and heal the wounds of the soul. Thus argues Mila, having decided to return home to the mother’s house after an unsuccessful attempt “to conquer Moscow”. Mila’s sister Galya also wants happiness without thinking about the price. The passion that is aroused in the women by Rustam, a young handsome man from Central Asia, disrupts the family peace. A terrible enlightenment awaits the participants of this family drama.

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Poster for Swallows and Amazons

2016 · ★ 6.3 (93)

Four children dream of escaping the tedium of a summer holiday with their mother. When finally given permission to camp on their own on an island in the middle of a vast lake, they are overjoyed. But when they get there they discover they may not be alone… The battle for ownership of a lonely island teaches them the skills of survival, the value of friendship and the importance of holding your nerve.

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Poster for The Last Birds of Passage

2021 · ★ 8.0 (1)

A nomad family migrates with their camels and goats when summer and winter turn. Balanced between traditional and modern lifestyles, migration season comes. What do they see ahead?

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Poster for Mother Mara

2025 · ★ 4.0 (1)

Mara, a successful businesswoman and single mother, is heartbroken after her son Nemanja’s untimely death. She becomes emotionally detached, refusing to communicate with friends and family. However, when she meets Milan, Nemanja’s close friend, she finds solace and comfort in their relationship.

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2023 · ★ 0.0 (0)

A short film about the growing distance between a couple.

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