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Aliens Abducted My Parents And Now I Feel Kinda Left Out (Country: US; Year: 2023; Director: Jake Van Wagoner; Writer: Austin Everett; Stars: Emma Tremblay, Jacob Buster, Will Forte, Elizabeth Mitchell, Kenneth Cummins, Matt Biedel)
Itsy is new in town and her life seems over until she meets her space-obsessed neighbour Calvin, who believes his parents were abducted by aliens. An aspiring journalist, Itsy decides to write an exposé on Calvin but ends up discovering much more.
Chicken For Linda! (Country: France; Year: 2023; Director: Chiara Malta, Sebastien Laudenbach; Writer: Chiara Malta, Sebastien Laudenbach; Stars: Voiced by, Laetitia Dosch, Clotilde Hesme, Estéban)
When a mum makes a promise to her daughter after unfairly punishing her, she finds herself having to go the extra mile to make it come true.
Full Review See: Chicken For Linda! From reality to animation
Dancing Queen (Country: Norway; Year: 2023; Director: Aurora Gossé; Writer: Silje Holtet; Stars: Liv Elvira Kippersund Larsson, Cengiz Al, Viljar Knutsen Bjaadal, Anne Marit Jacobsen, Anders Baasmo, Andrea Bræin Hovig, Frida Ånnevik, Mona Berntsen, Sturla Harbitz, Ylva Røsten-Haga, Sil van der Zwan)
Young Mina decides to improve her dance moves when a dreamy internet sensation arrives in her town.
A Greyhound Of A Girl (Country: Luxembourg, Italy, Ireland, United Kingdom, Estonia, Germany, Latvia; Year: 2023; Director: Enzo D'Alò; Writer: Enzo D'Alò, Roddy Doyle, Dave Ingham)
A youngster whose gran is dying gets pulled into an unlikely adventure with the ghost of her gran's mum.
It's Nice In Here (Country: Netherlands; Year: 2022; Director: Robert-Jonathan Koeyers; Writer: Robert-Jonathan Koeyers; Stars: Anka Ferris, Henry Brinkerhoff, Kevin Strickland)
A young girl and a cop recall the same fateful night.
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It's Nice In Here It's Nice In Here
It's Nice In Here and Aliens Abducted My Parents And Now I Feel Kinda Left Out
Paula (Country: Argentina, Italy; Year: 2022; Director: Florencia Wehbe; Writer: Florencia Wehbe; Stars: Lucía Castro, Lara Griboff, Julieta Montes, Tiziana Faleschini, Liz Correa)
A teenager faces eating problems after becoming part of an online community.
Sea Sparkle (Zeevonk) (Country: Belgium; Year: 2023; Director: Domien Huyghe; Writer: Domien Huyghe, Wendy Huyghe, Jean-Claude Van Rijckeghem; Stars: Saar Rogiers, Dunia Elaweed, Sverre Rous, Thibaud Dooms)
After her dad's death at sea, a teenage girl becomes convinced his boat was capsized by a sea monster.
Full Review See: Domien and Wendy Huyghe talk about wrapping a tale of grief within an adventure in Sea Sparkle
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