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The End Of Us and The Fallout
The End Of Us
(Country: US; Year: 2021; Director: Steven Kanter, Henry Loevner; Writer: Steven Kanter, Henry Loevner; Stars: Ben Coleman, Ali Vingiano, Derrick DeBlasis, Gadiel Del Orbe, Kate Peterman, Colin Weatherby, Caroline Kwan, Will Neff, Jesse Benjamin, Claudia Restrepo)
After a savage breakup, two exes must continue living together when California issues its stay-at-home order for Covid-19. Now they’ll try to move on without moving out.
The Fallout
(Country: US; Year: 2021; Director: Megan Park; Writer: Megan Park; Stars: Jenna Ortega, Maddie Ziegler, Niles Fitch, Will Ropp, Lumi Pollack, John Ortiz, Julie Bowen, Shailene Woodley)
High schooler Vada navigates the emotional fallout she experiences in the wake of a school tragedy. Relationships with her family, friends and view of the world are forever altered.
Here Before
(Country: UK; Year: 2021; Director: Stacey Gregg; Writer: Stacey Gregg; Stars: Andrea Riseborough, Martin McCann, Jonjo O’Neill, Eileen O’Higgins)
After new neighbours move in next door, a bereaved mother begins to question her reality.
I’m Fine (Thanks For Asking)
(Year: 2021; Director: Kelley Kali, Angelique Molina; Writer: Kelley Kali, Angelique Molina, Roma Kong; Stars: Kelley Kali, Wesley Moss, Deon Cole, Brooklynn Marie, Steven Ira Scipio, Andrew Galvan, Lamar Usher, Brian Brooks II, Jacolyn Holmes, Xing-Mai Deng)
When a recently widowed mother becomes houseless, she convinces her 8-year-old daughter that they are only camping for fun while working to get them off the streets.
Islands
(Country: Canada; Year: 2021; Director: Martin Edralin; Writer: Martin Edralin; Stars: Rogelio Balagtas, Sheila Lotuaco, Esteban Comilang, Vangie Alcasid, Pablo Quiogue, Isys Szuky, Maximus Szuky)
A shy middle-aged Filipino immigrant has lived in the comfort of his parents' home his entire life. As their health declines he becomes terrified of being alone after they pass.
Our Father
(Country: US; Year: 2021; Director: Bradley Grant Smith; Writer: Bradley Grant Smith; Stars: Baize Buzan, Allison Torem, Austin Pendleton, Corey Hendrix, Tim Hopper, Ann Whitney, Keith Kupferer, Guy Massey, Lance Baker, D’Wayne Taylor)
In a last ditch attempt to foster a meaningful bond, estranged sisters Beta and Zelda go in search of their mysterious Uncle Jerry
Potato Dreams Of America
(Country: US; Year: 2021; Director: Wes Hurley; Writer: Wes Hurley; Stars: Marya Sea Kaminski, Dan Lauria, Tyler Bocock, Lea DeLaria, Sera Barbieri, Hersh Powers, Jonathan Bennett, Sophia Mitri Schloss, Cynthia Lauren Tewes, James Grixoni)
A true story about a gay boy growing up in the collapsing USSR, his courageous mail-order bride mother, and their adventurous escape to Seattle in the Nineties.
Women Is Losers
(Country: US; Year: 2021; Director: Lissette Feliciano; Writer: Lissette Feliciano; Stars: Lorenza Izzo, Bryan Craig, Chrissie Fit, Simu Liu, Steven Bauer, Liza Weil, Cranston Johnson, Alejandra Miranda, Shalim Ortiz, Lincoln Bonilla)
In 1960s San Francisco, a once-promising Catholic school girl sets out to rise above the oppression of poverty and invest in a future for herself that sets new precedents for the time.
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