Birthday (2022)

Gourmet Detective: Eat, Drink and Be Buried

Henry and Maggie attend the birthday party of a local publisher, where his son and stepson reenact a historical 18th century dual. Someone, however, has loaded the antique pistol with a real musket ball, so when son pulls the trigger, he kills his stepbrother in front of a roomful of witnesses. Henry and Maggie have to figure out who wanted the stepson dead and why.

FurtaCor

Between the depths of grief and the bliss of friendship, Gabriel teams up with his friends to create a film written by his late grandfather, who passed away during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Transplant

2D animation sci-fi/drama about a world that has become a toxic place, and how one girl confronts it

Syzygy

Eva, an indecisive dancer, is going to an audition for a famous dance school in a week. What Eva wants to dance is not the same as what her teacher, Dania, thinks is right. What does Eva do?

Tinā

A woman grieving her daughter's death in the Christchurch earthquakes, becomes a substitute teacher at an elite private school. Unexpectedly, she discovers students lacking guidance and care, prompting her to provide inspiration and support.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

Jane wakes up a year after a traumatic incident which coincidentally happened on her birthday. As she goes through her day preparing for her 19th birthday celebration, she gets constant flashbacks of the incident. The day ends with her confronting her past with the hopes of finding justice and relief.

Meinir's Tree

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The Convert

Munro, a soldier turned lay preacher, comes to New Zealand to minister to the first British colonists, but he is converted by the powerful chief Maianui to serve a different purpose.

Colibrí

When a young Colombian couple is faced with a major change in their lives, each one will go on a personal journey to right the wrongs of the past in order to build a stronger future.

The White Odyssey

During World War 2, four soldiers are trapped between a harsh winter and the enemy. They need food and shelter, but this comes at the expense of their position. With no where else to turn, they begin an odyssey through the mountains.

One X Two

Two old friends have been betting on the football pool since college. They meet up one weekend where everyone seems happy, but the possibility of hitting the jackpot and becoming millionaires grows increasingly real.

Essai Post-Romantique

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Heavy Metal Flower

Depressed brat wants to get rid of his boyfriend. He talks his sister into stealing his boyfriend from him.

The Catcher

A lonely young man works for the government as a catcher of invisible birds.

Secondhand Bracelet

A young boy randomly finds a bracelet, happy about this find he starts wearing it, but he notices that it changes how his drawings look, eager to find answer he goes on a mission to find the owner of the bracelet and find out why this happens when wearing the bracelet.

Wrong Way

In this short film the director reflects on the feeling of being on the wrong path in your life, that you have no control over your own life. But coming to the conclusion, it's life, we all go through it, and without these moments of fall we don't learn to live.

My Baby

Laura is pregnant. With her husband Francisco, they move into a new house in the countryside. But the baby’s arrival will be more unsettling than they anticipated and the arrival of an intriguing neighbour will disturb their uneventful everyday.

The Envelope

Bahasha is the story of Kitasa, an elected public official who betrays his family, friends and community when he takes an easy bribe. He learns the hard way and must now find the road to redemption.

Omniscient

Ravi, a progressive schoolteacher in a small village helps fight an epidemic by getting his students inoculated. He incurs the wrath of local witchdoctor in the process.

Forbearance

After a sudden terminal cancer diagnosis, a teacher and her factory worker husband work to save their marriage from the teetering edge of divorce.

Waiting For You

A nameless woman waits for a mysterious man she is in love with. As time goes by, she moves through a range of emotions born from his absence and her solitude, reflecting on the stillness she finds herself in.

Bridgeport: The Movie

Every empire needs an emperor. Watch how far Shah is willing to go to claim the crown!

Consent: The Louise Nicholas Story

Based on the best-selling book 'My Story' this feature length drama goes beyond the headlines to tell an intimate story about secrets and one woman's struggle to have them heard. In 1993 Louise Nicholas made her first shocking accusations about being raped by policemen. Some believed her, many didn't. CONSENT tells the story of the senior policeman who went to great lengths to help her fight her case, the journalist who exposed the truth, and the family at the center of the storm.

The Dance Exponents: Why Does Love?

The story of the rise and fall and rise of one of New Zealand’s most loved and iconic bands, The Exponents.

Resolve

Based on the true story of Chris Crean, who took a stand against gang violence in his community only to become a target himself.

Crooked Earth

Will Bastion returns home from the army after an absence of 20 years to bury his father, the former chief of thee Maori tribe, Ngati Kaipuku. The eldest son, he is reluctant to inherit his fathers role, so it is taken more willingly by his younger brother, Kahu. Kahu is the leader of a band of drug dealers and trouble-makers who ride horses through the middle of town, wrecking peoples gardens. Under the guise of refusal of a land settlement, Kahu makes a large marijuana deal with some murdering city folk. Will must choose between loyalty for his brother and his father, Maori tradition, and contemporary financial issues.

Tango Gaúcho

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Amrutham Gamaya

A doctor works in a clinic in a village run by his sister's father-in-law. When he meets a villager, he realises that he and his gang had ragged and murdered his son at the medical college's hostel.

Donut Boy

A Cambodian American wants to advance into the next tier of amateur boxing but his loyalty to his cousin threatens to keep him out of the ring.

The Actor The Liar The Murderer

In the last days of their tumultuous relationship Julian and Lara are confronted with a life changing event and now must bear the consequences.

To Wander the Earth

Redmond, who was raised intensely Catholic, struggles to cope with the loss of his religion throughout different stages of life, constantly seeking penitential fire through masochistic means.

Exotica

In the upscale Toronto strip club Exotica, dancer Christina is visited nightly by the obsessive Francis, a depressed tax auditor. Her ex-boyfriend, the club's MC, Eric, still jealously pines for her even as he introduces her onstage, but Eric is having his own relationship problems with the club's female owner. Thomas, a mysterious pet-shop owner, is about to become unexpectedly involved in their lives.

Perfect Creature

The vampire myth is given a stylish 1960s treatment, where a human cop partners with a vampire cop to stop a vamp bent on creating a war between the two "separate but equal" races.

I Have Sinned

Pablo confesses a crime to Anders, who has a hidden agenda.

Minden

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