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- A group of Sudanese refugees, given the chance to resettle in the U.S., arrive in Kansas City, Missouri, where their encounter with an employment agency counselor forever changes all of their lives.
- A Californian family inherits a castle in Romania. This is especially exciting to the son, who is obsessed with monsters. And he is not disappointed.
- Two veterans suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder meet while working at a newspaper. Julia and Charlie, are having difficulty adjusting to civilian life after several stints in the sandbox.
- A young girl loses her mother and brother all in one day. Only to then be abandoned with her three younger sisters by her father. In order to take care of her sisters, she become a prostitute in a club. She makes lifelong friends, posessive lovers and murderous enemies along the way.
- 'Starlings' follows the lives of a typical working-class family who live in Derbyshire. Granddad has recently moved in, following an incident at the old folks' home. Rather than see him unhappy, Terry and his kind-hearted wife Jan decide to move his father into their already-crammed family home.
- Two reporters investigate a series of UFO sightings and discover a supernatural connection.
- Filmmakers Holly Dale and Janis Cole explore the culture of Davie Street, located in the underbelly of Vancouver, where dozens of prostitutes work and live every day. Surprisingly, they find that the sex trade there is stable and largely non-violent, and that the women who work on Davie Street meet daily to discuss safety and health issues and don't use pimps. The film also includes candid interviews with the prostitutes and footage of negotiations with potential clients.
- Joe graduated with an MBA, but works a street sign holder. Not having the job he is qualified for reflects on the poor state of the nation, but working at Big Mike's car dealership has a bright side: Mike's daughter Molly, Joe's high school crush. Joe and his sign holding associates soon learn there is evil brewing as Jeffrey, the scheming leader of an agency of costumed 'advertising artists,' is planning to take control of the industry. Jeffrey conspires with a corrupt local politician to start a trade organization that will change street corners forever. Joe finds himself and his friends losing their street gigs to giant bananas and panda bears. While still trying to impress Molly, Joe gathers his band of misfits including bead shop owners, a goat farmer, a wannabe clumsy stunt woman, and a sexy street stripper to devise a wickedly clever plan to take Jeffrey down. Surprise help from unexpected allies will help Joe lead his group into a confrontation with their costumed rivals, culminating in an explosive action-intense climax. Bad Signs is a comedic mockumentary sure to please a wide audience with memorable characters and hilarious situations.
- Supper club restaurants were the hot dinning trend in the mid twentieth century. They provided a place for people to spend their evenings enjoying cocktails, home cooked, high quality food and entertainment. The supper club scene slowly faded from the rest of the country, but kept a strong hold in Wisconsin due to a culture that allowed it to thrive. Around for decades, supper clubs in Wisconsin have been able to hold their own style and traditions. While chain restaurants continue to expand and threaten their future, supper clubs are fighting to survive while continuing to offer the same exceptional dinning experience and a personal touch that is not seen in the modern lifestyle of dine and dash. Old Fashioned: The Story of the Wisconsin Supper Club takes you into this uniquely Wisconsin institution.
- Every weekend through the winter, a group of middle-aged men, who dub themselves the East German Ladies Swimming Team, plunge into the freezing waters of a pond in central London. 'The Home for Broken Toys' follows the team through one season to explore their motivations for braving the extreme cold each week, a decision which seems alien to the filmmaker. The reasons she discovers are by turns comedic, poignant, and profound.
- Driven to make the world better for his baby girl, John Ennis pieces together the cycle of pay-to-play politics that rules America. When insiders control the game, how can an outsider have a voice? Through first-time candidates in Ohio, following the money in our elections, and uncovering the secret history of Monopoly, Ennis finds solutions along his surprising journey.
- Can one person really make a difference? This documentary explores the work of two non profits started by women in Recife, Brazil. Through their grassroots efforts, they help kids get off the streets and women break the cycle of domestic violence, to find a second chance.
- Hoping that a baby will help their shaky marriage, Seth and Karen Morgan seek the help of a unorthodox fertility doctor but instead end up with a chance to get to know each other from the inside when they wake up to discover their souls have been swapped. With no idea of how to find this doctor, they are forced to take the reins of each others lives and the battle of the sexes begins.
- College drop-out Luke Wheaton is trapped in a fractured family. But when he receives his inheritance he suddenly has the power to make his own path. Lured by a pretty face and the promise of winning big Luke journeys with his friends to find his future. But things are not what they seem. A criminal with a dark secret has just been released and is on a mission: one that will change the Wheaton family forever.
- GD_Charlie (Charles-Hollis Graves) has to defeat the lava monkeys after an infection has hit his friend Karma (Kylee Bennett) that spread so quick and made all lava monkeys take over 500 years later. The leader of the lavas Mr. Monke (Kylee Bennett) was found to actually be a good monkey and asks GD_Charlie's help to defeat Mr. Lair (Caleb Keel) who is trying to take over the world.
- Satoshi Murayama was so much more than a Shogi master. Ever since the age of five, he had a serious kidney ailment. Growing up in hospitals and spending so much time sick, he learned how to play shogi; having no idea that he would fall in love with the game and later become a parody. Learn his story of perseverance and competitions despite the cards Murayama was dealt with.
- From the first movie nickelodeon on Canal Street in New Orleans at the turn of the century to the mega-plex theatres in the suburbs of the city, this film traces their history. With interviews from the people that were working in silent movie theatres to the visionaries that knew that "if you built them they will come", this is fascinating look at a history in a city that is a joy in everyone's memory.
- in Lawrence Hollie's "La Casa Del Mal, a pair of young women go off in search of their missing friend inside a house of horror. The film is an homage to the visual aesthetics of 1970's era Spanish vampire movies. A Vampire Obscura Production.
- This is a behind the scenes look at the making of the film The Secrets of Jonathan Sperry (2008).
- A documentary chronicling the journey of 16 bicyclists (Team Will) who rode across America in 10 days to raise funds and awareness for childhood cancer research.
- The first thing you always do is build a shelter.
- ShortSet in a post-apocalyptic world, the government launches a mandated soulmate programme. After Ophelia doesn't get matched with her true soulmate, she sets out to find the truth behind the programme alongside her soulmate Jonah Finney, her girlfriend Sienna Richardson and her soulmate Jake Cornhill. After stealing evidence of LGBTQ+ rights and uploading it to the AI database ( Arcadia) which controls the programme, Arcadia ends the programme in an act of self-consciousness. Arcadia re-launches the programme called 'New Eden' which allows everyone to love regardless of gender. Jonah and Jake are matched through this scheme but Ophelia is matched with a woman called Jessica.
- A serial killer that was never punished as a child for killing animals, escalates into stalking women and then sadistically killing them. The authorities must catch him before The Association takes matters into their own hands.
- An impressionable Catholic boy faces his First Communion confused about the implications of eating Jesus' flesh and convinced that he is actually being turned into a zombie.
- An animated discussion about the 'ideal' respectable queer person. How would they look, act, and let people know that they're not "that kind of gay"? Based on a series of interviews with LGBTQ+ people, this experimental charcoal animation explores the pressure to be a 'good example', and the joy of refusing to conform.
- A New Documentary on Black-on-Black Crime Being Shot in Omaha, NE.
- Andy Kaufman supposedly died of lung cancer 36 years ago, and many people are sure he's really gone. Others, not so much. I'm obsessed with Andy Kaufman and this documentary chronicles my quest to find out where the comedian has been hiding all these years.
- Mattie and Johnny are two slaves who are in love. They decide to runaway when they secretly learn that Johnny is going to be sold. Johnny plots their course along the Underground Railroad. When their plan goes awry, only God knows what lies ahead on this dangerous journey.
- Wren Wriggly is an overwhelmed freshman in high school hoping to spend her summer indoors, counting the minutes until being fully clothed is back in season. When Wren is dragged out of the house to spend her summer days at the community pool, she is consumed with the anxieties of having to wear a swimsuit, unsure why she doesn't look like the other girls. Then, an unlikely figure suddenly comes alive to shake up the summer and teach Wren how to become "beautiful." Will Wren follow the advice of her new perfectly plastic best friend? Or will she resist the call to change and learn to love herself for who she is?
- Bob, an alcoholic and now a quadriplegic, endures a chilly reception from family members his first day home from the hospital after his drunk driving accident. His wife, Madge, is lonely, angry, and scared and seeks advice from her best friend, Sam.
- A dying homeless man must overcome poverty, social stereotypes and his own doubts in order to fulfill his last wish: to dine at his "favorite" restaurant.
- A global shortage of the world's favorite bean has sent vanilla prices sky-high, however, there's a new frontier for the flavor breaking ground in South Florida. Routinely represented by a counterfeit chemical, natural native vanilla is on the path to extinction, a fate determined by blurred regulation, government corruption, and increasingly severe weather patterns. You may just come to find out that vanilla may not be so plain after all.
- A woman, Laura, is stuck in quarantine. Devoid of human contact Laura fills her loneliness with snacks and bad television. Abruptly her binge is broken when her doorbell rings. With the prospect of human contact on the horizon, Laura is understandably let down when a contact-less-delivery pizza is mistakenly left at her doorstep instead. Laura returns to her couch more dejected than before - that is until the unthinkable happens: the pizza can talk.
- Every vote counts on Election Day. When the fate of a country is far too precious to leave to the masses, the secretive and powerful must organize to secure a nation's fate. An unwitting pawn in the game, the front-runner candidate soon learns of this organization's clandestine operation... and his role in it. When this man of conscience flees, the organization must pursue. Plans become clear. Enemies aligned. Allies lost. Trust destroyed. When fate itself is controlled by those who rule, futility is all that's left... and hope is its casualty. The true measure of a man is found in his convictions. When truth is something owned, men can be made. For behind every great man, is a great plan.
- The divide between man and woman was only the beginning. As women were demoted, belittled and removed from Earth's existence. Man had become enraged with power. Each man believing he was superior to the next. The fall of patriarchy - Factions of men battled to the death. Hundreds of years on and only one man remains in his own apocalyptic world - taken over by nature. Little did man know, a being returns to Earth to set things straight.
- Based on research identifying gaps in police understanding of coercive control by Professor Nicole Westmarland and Kate Butterworth (Durham University) and the impact of arts-based research interventions by Professor Maggie O'Neill (University College Cork), Rattle Snake was created by Open Clasp and funded by Durham PCC and the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) to train frontline officers in better responding to sexual and domestic violence - coinciding with the change of lawmaking coercive control in relationships a crime in 2015.
- A geek with a secret life tries to balance business and pleasure.
- Post-millennial America was supposed to be a futuristic utopia marked by progress and optimism. Who could've known that a group of crazed reactionaries would take over the United States government and turn the nation into a hellish police state? After detaining immigrants, silencing journalists, and demonizing intellectuals, the leaders of the New America decide that they need a New Enemy to distract the restless citizenry... THE QUEERS! When the new leaders discover that most Americans are willing to deny human rights to sexual minorities, the government whips the nation into a frenzy of hatred towards gays and transsexuals -- a frenzy that culminates in the mass extermination of THE GAY MENACE! Yet the new leaders make one fatal mistake: after rounding up the majority of American gay males, they assume that queer females will surrender without a fight. But the New Government quickly comes to realize that even the U.S. Army is no match for the loveably wacky militant dykes and trannies rising up from the depths of the Homosexual Underground. They thought turning America into a theocracy would be easy. But they didn't expect to fight...THE TERRORIST SHE-FREAKS OF TEXAS!
- A series about an orange gorilla named Karma (Kylee Bennett) who does silly stuff and hangs out with his friends GD_Charlie (Charles-Hollis Graves), Kay (Kay Beckman) and Idea Dude (Michael McFate). Sometimes, Karma may go on adventures and do wacky stuff, and meet new people everyday.
- The Awakening: Eve is born, becomes aware of who she is - her beauty, her sensuality, her nude body. She covers herself. Then she rejoices in the beauty of being alive.
- Gordon Pernick is a lonely guest house owner with a passion for perfectionism to the point of scaring away most of his customers. When a female customer asks to stay another week, it looks like love is in the air. But as Penelope challenges his steadfast ways, their differences in taste bring them to a sexually charged stand off.
- If you were given an extra chance at life, would you take it? 25 year old Cystic Fibrosis sufferer Pete Franklin has been offered a double lung transplant, his only possibility of leading a longer life. Seems an easy decision, right? But throw into the equation that Pete is deaf due to an NHS blunder and finding this much harder to deal with than the CF. This film follows Pete as he makes the hardest decision of his life. This film tells the story of courage, determination and positivity.
- After a fun night in the pub catching up with friends, Jen makes her way home. Trainers on, she is prepared for the short walk, but her confidence starts to dwindle as she crosses dark streets, confronts a lone police officer, and questions whether someone is following her. In spite of her own misgivings, she downloads a new app that everyone's using, "Safe Home; a drone to walk you home." She's seen other women using the drones, but will she be betrayed by the very thing that's supposed to protect her?
- When Alison's gay best friend Les starts dating women, she's confronted with her feelings for him - and his toward her.
- Loan shark Poppy is interrupted making collections by a call that his 15-year-old daughter, Sophia, has been caught in a bar room again. He picks her up and continues his collections, leaving her in the car while he does his last one at a local New Orleans bar. Properly chastised by Poppy and under an impending threat that her Sweet 16 party is going to be canceled, Sophia starts to call the police when she sees 3 armed thugs enter the bar. She then puts the phone down and declines to make the call. Poppy's final collection doesn't go as planned as the armed gunmen enter the bar and start shooting. A bloodbath ensues, ending with two men left, Poppy and one of the thugs. Out of ammo, Poppy believes he is about to be killed and concedes, closing his eyes as the final shot is fired--by Sophia, who kills the gunman and saves Poppy. The torch has been passed.
- A young man is kidnapped by a radical group, held for ransom and systematically brainwashed.
- TREAT is an intimate portrait of one girl's struggle to understand and accept her ruptured family. The film follows her quiet but dramatic journey through a suburban landscape of trick-or-treating where she discovers what matters most to her. The film seeks to deal with contemporary ideas and ideals about what "home" should look like. The cookie-cutter image of a house and fenced yard still lingers; however, most families diverge from this stereotype. With this film, we want to explore a more realistic family, one that is split up, spread out, and disconnected; yet still somehow drawn together.
- "If you are Black and gay in South Africa, then it really is all the same closet...inside is darkness and oppression. Outside is freedom." (Simon Tseko Nkoli) This documentary follows internationally renowned drag queen Odidi Odidiva from his formative years to the shaping of his drag persona in the shadow of South African apartheid.
- Miggy N Lil is a delightful coming of age story set on the lonely highways of southwest TX. It deals with the timeless issues of youthful angst, unbridled passion, and the high hopes of tender new beginnings. Miggy N Lil is a film about the greatest love of all - the love between two petty hustlers.