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Amid the failing counteroffensive, a journalist follows a Ukrainian platoon on their mission to traverse one mile of heavily fortified forest and liberate a strategic village from Russian occupation. But the farther they advance through their destroyed homeland, the more they realise that this war may never end.
After a newborn dies during delivery, the morals and professionalism of an ob-gyn, Nina, come under scrutiny amid rumors that she performs illegal abortions for those in need.
To maximise economic productivity, the government orders the elderly to relocate to distant housing colonies. Tereza, 77, refuses – and instead embarks on a journey through the Amazon that will change her destiny forever.
Documentary sequel about a former sailor and his off-the-grid life.
Two estranged brothers with chequered childhoods in the care system suddenly find themselves living under the same roof.
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When Zephyr, a rebellious surfer, is abducted by a shark-obsessed serial killer and held captive on his boat, she must figure out how to escape.
A lonely gravedigger who stinks of corpses finally meets her dream man, but their whirlwind affair is cut short when he tragically drowns at sea. Grief-stricken, she goes to morbid lengths to resurrect him through madcap scientific experiments, resulting in grave consequences and unlikely love.
When Colleen volunteers to care for her elderly neighbor Elsie, the two quickly bond. But beneath the pleasantries, motives start to be questioned leading to a devastating series of events.
Johanne’s intimate writings about her crush on her teacher ignite both tension and self-reflection within her family, as her mother and grandmother confront their own unfulfilled dreams and desires.
A hospitalised man finds his life shifting after the arrival of a new patient.
A bubblegum grindhouse adventure through sunny and romantic Trashtown, USA.
An unfaithful wife faces demonic horrors after her dead lover escapes from Hell.
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With her life crashing down around her, Linda attempts to navigate her child’s mysterious illness, her absent husband, a missing person, and an increasingly hostile relationship with her therapist.
What begins as a minor accident sets in motion a series of escalating consequences.
A grieving new mother, while struggling to make ends meet for her family, uncovers an unexpected passion within herself.
An introverted space princess is forced to leave her planet to rescue her ex.
During a weekend of rehearsals with the school choir at a convent, an introverted teenager begins to view the world from a new perspective.
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After many years, Suzanne and her two children unexpectedly show up at the home of her sister Jeanne. It initially looks like Suzanne is tentatively attempting to re-establish a relationship with her sister. But this illusion is shattered with the morning light: Suzanne is gone and Jeanne is forced to become a mother to children she barely knows.
A bored woman seduces a drifter in the hope that he'll kill her husband.
A recently discovered conversation between photographer Peter Hujar and his friend Linda Rosenkrantz in 1974 reveals a glimpse into New York City’s downtown art scene and the personal struggles and epiphanies that define an artist’s life.
FBI agent goes undercover in a surfer community to try to unmask a group of bank robbers.
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After a wildfire takes the family farm, a rancher seeks a way forward.
A father arrives at a rave deep in the mountains of southern Morocco with his son, looking for his daughter who has been missing for months.
Something bad happened to Agnes. But life goes on… for everyone around her, at least.
Four girls, Alma, Erika, Angelika, and Lenka, each spend their youth on the same farm in northern Germany. As the home evolves over a century, echoes of the past linger in its walls. Though separated by time, their lives begin to mirror each other.
Two street coaches in a bustling neighborhood face an unexpected crisis when locals transform into bizarre, slimy beings.
Three children spend the night with their grandfather after losing their grandmother and discover the power of imagination.
Struggling to process the sudden and unexpected death of his wife, a young father loses his hold on reality as a seemingly malign presence begins to stalk him from the shadowy recesses of the apartment he shares with his two young sons.
Soviet Union, 1937. Thousands of letters from detainees falsely accused by the regime are burned in a prison cell. Against all odds, one of them reaches its destination... the desk of a newly appointed local prosecutor, who embarks on a quest for justice.
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1944, Vermiglio, a remote mountain village. The arrival of Pietro, a deserter, into the family of the local teacher, and his love for the teacher's eldest daughter, will change the course of everyone's life.
A mother does everything she can to protect her children from their father at a custody hearing.
A filmmaker describes his abandoned Zodiac Killer documentary and probes the inner workings of a genre at saturation point.
59th New York Film Festival early bird highlights Futura, Jane By Charlotte, James Baldwin: From Another Place and The Velvet Underground
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