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Woman At War and Support The Girls
Amra And The Second Marriage
(Country: Saudi Arabia; Year: 2018; Director: Mahmoud Sabbagh)
A woman who discovers her husband is taking a second younger wife decides to take drastic measures.
Benjamin
(Country: UK; Year: 2018; Director: Simon Amstell; Writer: Simon Amstell; Stars: Colin Morgan, Anna Chancellor, Phénix Brossard, Joel Fry, Jack Rowan, Nathan Stewart-Jarrett, Michèle Belgrand, James Lailey, Ellie Kendrick, Kriss Dosanjh, Arnab Chanda, Joanne Howarth, Jessie Cave, Alex Lowe, Mariam Haque)
A young filmmaker faces emotional turmoil of a prospective romance and the screening of his second film.
Bill Murray Stories (The Bill Murray Stories: Life Lessons Learned From A Mythical Man)
(Country: US; Year: 2018; Director: Tommy Avallone; Writer: Tommy Avallone, Max Paolucci; Stars: Bill Murray, John Barnhardt, Johnathan Davis, Albert DiGiacomo)
Tales from the extraordinary day to day life of Bill Murray.
The Breaker Uppers
(Country: New Zealand; Year: 2018; Director: Madeleine Sami, Jackie van Beek; Writer: Madeleine Sami, Jackie van Beek; Stars: Madeleine Sami, Jackie van Beek, James Rolleston, Celia Pacquola, Ana Scotney, Jaquie Brown, Jemaine Clement, Angella Dravid, Cohen Holloway, Oscar Kightley, Gentiane Lupi, Rose Matafeo, Karen O'Leary, Chris Parker, Yvette Parsons)
Two women who run a break-up service face complications with a new client.
Crystal Swan
(Country: Belarus, US, Germany, Russia; Year: 2018; Director: Darya Zhuk; Stars: Alina Nasibullina, Ivan Mulin, Anastasia Garvey, Ilya Kapanets, Yury Borisov, Lyudmila Razumova, Svetlana Anikey, Natalya Onishenko, Vyacheslav Shakalido, Alina Nasibullina, Ivan Mulin, Anastasia Garvey, Ilya Kapanets, Yury Borisov, Lyudmila Razumova)
Young Evelina has a law degree, but her dream is to travel to the USA and earn a
living as a professional DJ. But it’s 1997 and the girl is living in post-Soviet Minsk…
The Man Who Killed Don Quixote and Bill Murray Stories
I Feel Good
(Country: France; Year: 2018; Director: Benoît Delépine, Gustave Kervern; Writer: Benoît Delépine, Gustave Kervern; Stars: Jean Dujardin, Yolande Moreau, Jean-Benoît Ugeux, Jana Bittnerova, Oleg Kupchik, Xavier Mathieu, Jean Dujardin, Yolande Moreau, Jean-Benoît Ugeux, Jana Bittnerova, Oleg Kupchik, Xavier Mathieu)
A man embarks on a get-rich-quick cosmetic surgery scheme.
The Man Who Killed Don Quixote
(Country: Spain, UK, France, Portugal; Year: 2018; Director: Terry Gilliam; Writer: Terry Gilliam, Tony Grisoni, based on the book by Miguel de Cervantes y Saavedra; Stars: Adam Driver, Jonathan Pryce, Stellan Skarsgård, Olga Kurylenko, Joana Ribeiro, Óscar Jaenada, Jason Watkins, Sergi López, Jordi Mollà, Rossy de Palma, William Miller, Paloma Bloyd, Viveka Rytzner, Bruno Sevilla, Mario Tardón)
A cynical advertising director finds himself trapped in the outrageous delusions of an old Spanish shoe-maker who believes himself to be Don Quixote.
Laugh Gala
Sometimes Always Never
(Country: UK; Year: 2018; Director: Carl Hunter; Writer: Frank Cottrell Boyce; Stars: Bill Nighy, Jenny Agutter, Sam Riley, Tim McInnerny, Alice Lowe, Louis Healy, John Westley, Bill Nighy, Jenny Agutter, Sam Riley, Tim McInnerny, Alice Lowe, Louis Healy, John Westley)
A Scrabble-obsessed tailor tries to solve the mystery of his missing son and reunite his family.
Sorry To Bother You
(Country: US; Year: 2018; Director: Boots Riley; Writer: Boots Riley; Stars: Tessa Thompson, Armie Hammer, Steven Yeun, Terry Crews, Lakeith Stanfield, David Cross, Patton Oswalt, Danny Glover, Omari Hardwick, Jermaine Fowler, Kate Berlant, Marcella Bragio, Tom Woodruff Jr., Teresa Navarro, Michael X. Sommers)
In a speculative and dystopian not-too-distant future, black telemarketer Cassius Green discovers a magical key to professional success – which propels him into a macabre universe.
Sueño Florianópolis (Florianopolis Dream)
(Country: Argentina, Brazil, France; Year: 2018; Director: Ana Katz)
Lucrecia, Pedro, and their teenage kids Julian and Florencia set out from Buenos Aires
one sweltering day in a rattletrap Renault to vacation in the Brazilian summer resort of
Florianópolis.
Sorry To Bother You and Benjamin
Support The Girls
(Country: US; Year: 2018; Director: Andrew Bujalski; Writer: Andrew Bujalski; Stars: Regina Hall, Haley Lu Richardson, Dylan Gelula, AJ Michalka, Shayna McHayle, Lea DeLaria, James Le Gros, Jana Kramer, Brooklyn Decker, Lawrence Varnado, David Bernon, Brian Bogart, Gerald Brodin, Chris V. Brown, John Bryant)
The wild story of one day at a traditional American sports bar.
That Time Of Year
(Country: Denmark; Year: 2018; Director: Paprika Steen; Writer: Jakob Weis; Stars: Sofie Gråbøl, Paprika Steen, Lars Brygmann, Jacob Lohmann, Patricia Schumann, Fanny Bornedal, Karen-Lise Mynster, Lars Knutzon, Jakob Randrup, Sofie Gråbøl, Paprika Steen, Lars Brygmann, Jacob Lohmann, Patricia Schumann, Fanny Bornedal)
A stressed-out 40something tries to wrangle a family Christmas celebration.
Two Plains & A Fancy
(Country: US; Year: 2018; Director: Whitney Horn, Lev Kalman; Writer: Sarah Dziedzic, Whitney Horn, Lev Kalman; Stars: Benjamin Crotty, Laetitia Dosch, Marianna McClellan, Michael Murphy, María Cid, André Frechette III, Travis Nutting, Kim-Anh Schreiber, Libby Gery, Benjamin Crotty, Laetitia Dosch, Marianna McClellan, Michael Murphy, María Cid, André Frechette III)
A 'spa Western'.
Woman At War (Kona Fer í Stríð)
(Country: France, Iceland, Ukraine; Year: 2018; Director: Benedikt Erlingsson; Writer: Ólafur Egilsson, Benedikt Erlingsson; Stars: Halldóra Geirharðsdóttir, Jóhann Sigurðarson, Juan Camillo Roman Estrada, Jörundur Ragnarsson)
A middle-aged woman declares war on the heavy industry in her small town, but everything changes when a Ukrainian orphan enters her life.
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