Sara (2023)

I Don't Have Any Problem

Ajay and Ketaki decide to get married in court after the constant clashes of egos between their respective families. Things complicate after their routine lives take a toll on their relationship.

Maudie

Canadian folk artist Maud Lewis falls in love with a fishmonger while working for him as a live-in housekeeper.

John From

Rita is fifteen and spends the summer between warm afternoons of teenage love and party nights with her friend Sara. From Portugal to the South Pacific, the pleasures of this routine will take a turn when the young girl visits the art show of a new neighbor in the local community.

Click

A rock singer, escaping from her abusive boyfriend, forms an unlikely friendship with a struggling photographer with scars of his own.

Dragonfly

Told with heart, humor, and a little bit of magic, Dragonfly is a female led feature film about homecoming and healing for a Midwestern family divided by divorce and illness. Struggling artist Anna Larsen’s mother has never understood her. When her mom is diagnosed with early onset Alzheimer’s, Anna returns home to help but brings years of family baggage with her. As she unpacks her past, Anna rediscovers a mysterious mailbox from her childhood and embarks on a search to solve its mystery. What she learns along the way may just be the key to rekindling her own magic.

O Auto da Boa Esperança

Lost in the middle of nowhere, a pregnant Woman and a hopeful Man walk in search of Getting There, an unknown place where Hope reigns and the days are good. The Death, always lurking, tries to change the paths of the wanderers and transform their dreams into hopelessness. A seed given by Hope can change the course of the retreatants and take them to the long-awaited place of prosperity.

Golden Apple Squads

Abimanyu, Rimbat, Dista, Panca and Kusuma (10) were playing on their base, a hill owned by Abimanyu's father with the only apple tree on the hill. One day they were worried because their father would sell the land because it was barren and unproductive for cultivation. They are looking for a way to prevent the land from being sold by taking care of the only tree so that it bears fruit by treating the tree like a human by watering it, fertilizing it, talking to it, singing, dancing and playing together. The tree again gave birth to fruit and Abimanyu's father refused to sell it.

Manifesto

An edited version of Rosefeldt's installation work of the same name, Manifesto is An outstanding tribute to various (art) manifestos of the nineteenth and twentieth century, ranging from Communism to Dogme, in connection with thirteen different characters, including a homeless man, a factory worker and a corporate CEO, who are all played by Cate Blanchett. A striking humorous audio-visual experience.

A Chaos of Flowers

Set in the Taisho era, which might be regarded as Japan's Hippie Phase, Hana no ran is a story about fashionable people without impulse control. Much of the action centers on a popular woman writer, the real-life poet Akiko Yosano, and her experiences among the literati of early 20th century Japan. Because of her independent, anti-war and often erotic poetry, she was a lightning rod for revolutionaries and other extremists, many of whom were destined to glamorous, yet ultimately pointless, deaths. The closest parallels might be the Byron/Shelley group or the people drawn to the Beat Generation.

Fitoor

A young artist tries to win the heart of his muse, while her mother hatches a scheme to end his quest for true love.

Kaliyachan

It is the directorial debut film of Farook Abdulrahiman, startting Manoj K. Jayan, Tirtha Murbadkar, Vaiga, Kalamandalam Sivan Namboodiri, Babu Namboothiri, Manju Pillai, and Mani Pattambi in lead roles. It is about Kathakali actor, Kunhiraman and his relationship with his Guru, Asan. Gradually over the years, as the actor gets popular he becomes arrogant and takes to confronting with his Guru.

Love Beats Rhymes

A young woman dreams of making it big in the world of hip hop, but her parents demand that she finish her university degree. She dutifully agrees to complete her education, but her spoken word proves to have a powerful impact in the classroom.

Faroeste Extravaganza

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Page's Great and Grand Escape

Page is a 16-year-old who dreams about being beautiful and popular. Luckily for Page, she has a special gift that just might enable her to pull off the biggest escape of all, an escape from herself!

The Son of Man

A brief overlook on the life of certain men.

Andrea

A transgender girl runs away from home and is invited to live with a strange photographer who pushes her to help him pay his debts.

To the Bone

A young woman dealing with anorexia meets an unconventional doctor who challenges her to face her condition and embrace life.

Praiano

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codec.34 PAIN

Amidst cityscapes, an experimental short film unravels a woman's exploration of inner pain.

Being Kae Tempest

Poet, rapper, playwright and recording artist Kae Tempest is one of the most viscerally exciting artists working in Britain today. They are the youngest ever recipient of the prestigious Ted Hughes prize and have been nominated for both the Brit and Mercury music awards. Tempest has always found support and respect within the queer art scenes, a place close to their heart. In July 2020, they came out as non-binary, announcing that they would publish and perform under the name Kae. This film delves deep into their creative process and gains rare, intimate insights into Kae’s life throughout a period of profound personal and artistic change.

Mitosis

Kaveh is an LGBT sculptor. He lives in Iran and lives in isolation because of his sexual orientation. He has a lover named Farhad. Their relationship is not very good. It is Kaveh who is not happy with this relationship, he lives in his workshop because of the repression of LGBTs in Iran. He is making a statue when he suddenly realizes that this statue is talking to him. The words of the statue are not clear and are more like chatter. He breaks up his relationship with Farhad like his previous relationships, because something more than sex requires a relationship. He enjoys being alone more, but now he realizes that Farhad has destroyed the only statue they made together. The whispering sound of the statue increases and every moment Kaveh's mental state is more disturbed, to the point that he works day and night to build that statue. The statue is completed as if the statue is the lost lover of Kaveh. By completing the statue of Kaveh, he becomes a statue.

The House That Jack Built

Failed architect, engineer and vicious murderer Jack narrates the details of some of his most elaborately orchestrated crimes, each of them a towering piece of art that defines his life's work as a serial killer for twelve years.

Deck of Cards

A lost poker gambler has to change his life after an unfortunate turn of events

Hardwicke Circus: The Prison Gig

A short, low-budget documentary that follows a small jobbing band from the north of England called 'Hardwicke Circus' as they perform a gig and music workshop at 'Standford Hill HMP', a men's prison on the Isle of Sheppey in the south of England. Shot in Ben Archer's fly-on-the-wall 'gonzo' style of filmmaking and taken from the band's late-2019 tour of England's south coast, this documentary focuses on the joy of performance and music in an environment that does not often allow such expression. Bookended by short commentary from the band's lead singer Jonny Foster, 'Hardwicke Circus: The Prison Gig' is an uplifting ode to the power and necessity of art, even for those that society have deemed not to deserve it.

Esto no es un espejo

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Brothers In Arms

Two brothers tragically separated after a destructive childhood accident - one becoming a relentless police officer, the other a rising crime leader - are on collision to reunite, as family loyalties are challenged and fates align during a major arms deal in Los Angeles.

Chook Shed

Emerson Hayes is a 60-year-old sculptor who lives in a caravan and works from an old shed in the back corner of her daughter’s coastal egg farm. When she is informed that her most acclaimed and last remaining work on public display is being replaced, she seeks a new home for it with family friend Lena, who curates a prestigious contemporary gallery. Lena, however, demands that Em present a fresh new work if she is to be considered for exhibition. As Em struggles to break out of her artistic rut, she is forced to reckon not only with her place in the art world, but with her entire identity.

Groundswell

As an asteroid hurtles towards the earth, two friends journey through the forest in search of a mythical safe haven to escape the impending apocalypse. But is Groundswell truly their salvation or just a fairytale?

CARPE DIEM

A struggling artist is tortured by his day and finds his muse in the night.

Nem Tudo são Máscaras

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Chashme Bahaddar

Rajaram leads a simple life with his family in a haunted chawl. When Parveen Dholakia, a builder, learns about the chawl, he decides to vacate the place and redevelop it for his benefit.

Activities of Daily Living

When twenty year old care worker Sam is suddenly allocated the primary caregiver of grumpy resident Tommy, things don't look too bright. But after they realise they have more in common than may seem, an unlikely friendship begins; one that could change the trajectory of Sam's life forever.

Liberándome de nosotros

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Amhi Satpute

Amhi Satpute is a 2008 Marathi remake of the Hindi action comedy film Satte Pe Satta. It was made by Sachin Pilgaonkar who also appears in it, alongside other primary cast including Ashok Saraf, Supriya Pilgaonkar, Swapnil Joshi, Atul Parchure and Nirmiti Sawant.

Story As Insignificant As A Mountain

In a village where farmers struggle to make ends meet, Rajaram returns to sell his land. However, his mother dissuades him from doing so. Meanwhile, his friend Nandu is burdened by a huge debt.

Left Thumb Signature

In a village called Savargaon in Maharashtra, six male and female teachers are told to conduct the adult literacy program. This requires extra working hours but they run the program with no result.

The Boy of The Fish

"The Boy Of The Fish" follows Noon, a young boy living in a Syrian refugee camp, who finds solace and a sense of freedom in a whale-shaped doll he names "Bahr." Set against the challenging realities of camp life, Noon’s journey is both a story of resilience and a testament to the boundless imagination of childhood. Through vivid symbolism and a unique soundscape, the film explores themes of loss, hope, and the longing for freedom amidst confinement. Shot entirely on an iPhone due to restrictions in the conflict zone, the film combines raw authenticity with poetic depth to capture the emotional landscape of a young soul navigating adversity.

In This Moment

When trust is broken and a hidden prospect is revealed, a young couple must face their future together.

Eureka

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