A young man gives his opinion on the state of modern cinema.
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Chael Van Heerden
Young man
Dantè Maliwa
Smoking man
Habito tells the story of a poor, fat black man in pursuit of his dream of being a filmmaker, facing academic and personal challenges after his mother is diagnosed with breast cancer. A narrative that intertwines life, family and cinema, exploring the roots of Alagoas and Bahia.
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.
In a once-scenic village now dominated by a vast trash disposal site, a young man yearns to break free from a cruel fate tying him to the very grounds.
Elon, who suffers bipolar disorders, wants to please his dad, head of a southern France mafia, and reluctantly commit crimes. However, each of his acts have consequences, and a heavy price to pay.
When her viral traffic-signal performance leads to a tragic accident, young dancer Neerja flees to escape the backlash—only to be confronted by Aakash, a journalist with a painful connection to the incident. As the truth of those fateful 15 seconds unravels, Neerja must face the guilt, consequences, and human cost of her actions.
A young film student is about to make a documentary about an elderly man who has been hiding from the world for many years. But as secrets from his past come to light, their strange relationship takes a fateful turn.
A serial killer and the detective who tracked him down find themselves in an unexpected stalemate.
When the life of a troubled man is turned upside down because of his actions, the impending doom of his time begins to tick.
When famous Detective Kibbles' best friend and Co-worker Officer David "Davidson" Peterson goes missing, Kibbles and the Police Force must use their skills to find out why this is happening.
Based on a true story, RUNNING follows a Christian man who attempts to outrun his hidden pain, dissolving marriage, and fading faith by seeking isolation on a remote property, only to find himself in a gripping drama that forces an ultimate confrontation with the silent struggles plaguing Christian families and the healing that comes only when we finally let God in.
When Gabriel and Emilie meet by chance, he offers her a ride, and they spend the evening talking, laughing and getting along famously. At the end of the night, Emilie declines Gabriel's offer of "a kiss without consequences". Emilie admonishes him that the kiss could have unexpected consequences, and tells him a story, unfolding in flashbacks, about the impossibility of indulging your desires without affecting someone else's life.
A storm that has been continuing to swell over Appalachia for 5 months with no sign of stopping. While journalist and her colleague are on route to continue ongoing interviews with survivors about strange psychological behavior following the storm, she inexplicably wakes up alone in an empty jeep, parked in a clearing, surrounded only by Appalachian wilderness. After realizing the car will not start, she makes the bold decision to find her way back to civilization on foot, despite being lost. With vivid recurring thoughts and visions of personal childhood trauma manifesting around her, she finds herself unable to leave the woods, instead mysteriously returning to the clearing.
Though he began in stand-up comedy, Andre Allen hit the big-time as the star of a trilogy of action-comedies about a talking bear but now he wants to be taken seriously. His passion project about the Haitian Revolution, a movie called Uprize, was panned by the NY Times film critic. A couple days before the wedding to his reality star fiancée, he's forced to spend the day with Chelsea Brown, a profile writer for the New York Times. Unexpectedly, he opens up to her, and as they wind their way across New York, he tries to get back in touch with his comedic roots.
A student film, expressionist adaptation of Joker (2019, dir. Todd Phillips) in stop motion.
A mysterious woman living a quiet, solitary life struggles with antisocial personality disorder. Beneath her calm exterior, she kidnaps a young girl and turns her into a doll as part of her private collection. Beautifully dressed and carefully made up, the girl is confined in a silent room filled with other dolls.
A rock musician and a free-spirited woman start an intense relationship which soon spirals into a world of drug addiction and crime.
A young man is abandoned by his family, and must navigate his way through a brand new, dangerous world.
Tanti, an 18 year old traditional dancer who is sensitive and often lonely, discovers the true meaning of dance under the guidance of her wise teacher, Candramaya. She learns that dance is not merely a series of movements, but a language of the soul, where stories of life, love, struggle, and hope flow through every graceful step.
Two HIV-positive young men — a semi-employed film critic and a hot hustler — tear off on a cross-country crime spree.
Torn between the desire to protect his little brother in a violent world and the longing for the utopia of a queer community, Hector (23) embarks on a journey between reality and fantasy to reflect on his own experience of violence and to find closeness to his brother again.
The government gets wind of a plot to destroy America involving a trio of nuclear weapons for which the whereabouts are unknown. It's up to a seasoned interrogator and an FBI agent to find out exactly where the nukes are.
Based on a true story. Mike Weiss (Chris Evans) is a brilliant but self-destructive Houston attorney whose drug addiction threatens to destroy his career. When he and his law partner Paul Danziger (Mark Kassen) take on a case involving a nurse injured by a contaminated needle, they uncover a $130 billion medical supply monopoly that has been blocking a life-saving safety
Davey Gordon, a New York City boxer at the end of his career, falls for dancer Gloria Price. However, their budding relationship is interrupted by Gloria's violent boss, Vincent Rapallo, who has eyes for Gloria. The two decide to skip town, but before they can, Vincent and his thugs abduct Gloria, and Davey is forced to search for her among the most squalid corners of the city, with his enemy hiding in the shadows.
A woman wakes up in the middle of the night on board a train, but she can't remember how she got there. Danger and suspense ensue.
20 men are chosen to participate in the roles of guards and prisoners in a psychological study that ultimately spirals out of control.
A deeply religious black ex-con thwarts the suicide attempt of an asocial white college professor who tries to throw himself in front of an oncoming subway train, 'The Sunset Limited.' As the one attempts to connect on a rational, spiritual and emotional level, the other remains steadfast in his hard-earned despair. Locked in a philosophical debate, both passionately defend their personal credos and try to convert the other.
A prisoner leads his counterparts in a protest for better living conditions which turns violent and ugly.
During the 1976 Soweto uprising, a white school teacher's life and values are threatened when he asks questions about the death of a young black boy who died in police custody.
94-year-old Eleanor Morgenstein tries to rebuild her life after the death of her best friend. As a result, she moves back to New York City after living in Florida for decades.
The legendary Roberto Duran and his equally legendary trainer Ray Arcel change each other's lives.
A poor, struggling South Carolinian mother and daughter face painful choices with their resolve and pride. Bone, the eldest daughter, and Anney her tired mother, grow both closer and farther apart: Anney sees Glen as her last chance.
A psychotherapist helps a law student cope with schizophrenia in one of five interconnected tales dealing with mental illness.
A bedridden and gravely ill man believes his wife and doctor are conspiring to kill him, and outlines his suspicions in a letter.
Middle-aged widow Beatrice Hunsdorfer and her daughters Ruth and Matilda are struggling to survive in a society they barely understand. Beatrice dreams of opening an elegant tea room but does not have the wherewithal to achieve her lofty goal. Epileptic Ruth is a rebellious adolescent, while shy but highly intelligent and idealistic Matilda seeks solace in her pets and school projects, including one designed to show how small amounts of radium affect marigolds.
The story of a young writer's transformation when her past invades her present.
In order to be reinstated to the bar and recover custody of her daughter, a hotshot lawyer, now in recovery and on probation, must take on the appeal of a woman wrongfully convicted of murder.
Feeling awkward and isolated, an imaginative and strong-willed teenage girl runs away from home with an older punk rock drifter.
A troubled young woman becomes obsessed with her mysterious new neighbor, who bears a striking resemblance to the girl's dead mother.
In a suburban landscape, the lives of several families interlace with loss, despair and personal crisis. Esther Gold has lost focus on all but caring for her comatose son, Paul, and neglects her daughter and husband. Lawyer Jim Train is devoted to his career, not his family. Helen Christianson wants to find a new spark in life, while Annette Jennings tries to rebuild hers.
Thomas Montgomery, a married father of two young daughters, gets seduced by the world of online gambling and chat rooms where a virtual romance and sexual obsession ultimately leads to the murder of an innocent man.
