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In Silence(pt)

In Silence (No Silêncio) STORYLINE: Eduardo Porto is a TV series director who, after being assaulted by actress Glória Pedrosa's father, gathers his filming crew at Camila's, his art director, house to try to reverse the situation before it becomes a media scandal. *_The film has won 10 awards: 6 awards - Best Feature Film, 2 - Best Director and Best Debut Filmmaker (Alexandre Britto), Best Photographer (Pedro Iorio), Best Actor (Evandro Miúdo)_* The feature film is in the international festival circuit.

Whatever Beneath the Bandages(en)

Just before a mysterious catastrophic event ends the human race, two very different individuals come together to discuss themselves, their lives and what the end of existence truly means to them, the planet, and everything on it.

One Day Before the Rainy Season(hi)

A literary film based on a play in three acts, One Day Before the Rainy Season (Ashad Ka Ek Din) portrays the love of Mallika and Kalidasa, the renowned Sanskrit poet and dramatist. Vilom, a friend to both and interested in Mallika, is a passive onlooker for the first two acts. Kalidasa leaves his verdant mountain valley home for the splendour of far off Ujjain, where he wins fame. The action of the film is rooted in the village to which Kalidasa returns years later and finds Mallika married to Vilom and the mother of his child. Mallika sacrificed her love so that the poet could pursue his muse.

Life Support(en)

Cal, a man questioning the meaning of life, goes on a journey of self discovery and reflection to find what makes life worth living.

That's Harassment(en)

This film is a series of six short films that depicts six different cases of sexual harassment in the workplace, all based on real events.

Escape(en)

A couple is stuck in an escape room, and a failing relationship, with no way out.

The Shape of Things(en)

When college student Adam falls hard for Evelyn, an ambitious art major, the meaning of both art and friendship are pushed to their limits. Neil LaBute’s Olivier Award nominated chilling comedy is now streaming exclusively on Original Online, direct from its hit run at Park Theatre, London.

My Sweet Boy(he)

Ronit hopes to spend the only day she has with her son Ari when he comes back home after time away, but realizes he already made plans with his boyfriend. Although her attempts to approach his new world fail, she finds herself closer than ever when she takes care of new wounds.

No Promised Land(en)

An indigenous American single mother entwined in a sordid affair with a wealthy businessman finds herself on the run from the law with her 3-year-old son.

Echoes(en)

Jack, a teenager in his final years in highschool is torn by grief after his girlfriend, Elizabeth, takes her own life. Not even his closest friends are able to get through to him, with their words silent throughout the film. Jack is forced through his own mind's manifestations of Elizabeth to take the steps to moving on.

Fog(en)

A lone figure drifts between reality and reflection, caught in stillness and searching for something just out of reach.

A Breakfast Chronicle(es)

A view of the end-of-the-century Mexican family. A father who comes back home after a long absence, but who would rather be somewhere else. A daughter suffering from a trapped pain. A son full of guilt and recriminations. A little kid who soaks up all the tension in the house, like a sponge, and a self-effacing mother who would like to go away and leave everything behind.

De Wind(nl)

Morlam(th)

A blind child singer, thrown onto the streets of Bangkok, must sing to free himself from the gang that controls him.

Appreciating(en)

When the diary journal of an appreciative teen, Jim, randomly gets lost, he begins searching for a solution and living his life to its fullest in order to not have the journal’s absence bother him so deeply.

War, Explosion, Depression & Other Types of Pillow Talks(en)

Rayane, a Lebanese woman, talks with her one-night-stands and lovers about how, strangely, she has great memories of the 2006 Israeli-Lebanese war.

Blindfold(en)

Blindfold is a 1928 American synchronized sound drama film directed by Charles Klein and written by Ewart Adamson, Robert Horwood and William Kernell. While the film has no audible dialog, it was released with a synchronized musical score with sound effects using the sound-on-film movietone process.

Crocus(en)

Trapped in limbo by the vivid memories of his recently departed mother, the family home becomes an allegory for a son's loss.

Breathe(en)

A woman is drawn to a lake by an unforeseeable force that keeps her there.

Exotica(en)

In the upscale Toronto strip club Exotica, dancer Christina is visited nightly by the obsessive Francis, a depressed tax auditor. Her ex-boyfriend, the club's MC, Eric, still jealously pines for her even as he introduces her onstage, but Eric is having his own relationship problems with the club's female owner. Thomas, a mysterious pet-shop owner, is about to become unexpectedly involved in their lives.

Hard Truths(en)

Pansy is a woman so full of rage that every interaction she has devolves into lashing out, whether at her utterly cowed husband and son, or random strangers who have the temerity to address her. In contrast, her younger sister Chantelle lives with her two vivacious daughters and plies a successful trade as a hairdresser, putting clients at their ease all day long. Yet beneath Pansy’s abrasive exterior are hints of a more fragile psyche, one motivated by fear and damaged by repressed pain.

Anywhere but Here(en)

Single mother Adele August is bad with money, and even worse when it comes to making decisions. Her straight-laced daughter, Ann, is a successful high school student with Ivy League aspirations. When Adele decides to pack up and move the two of them from the Midwest to Beverly Hills, Calif., to pursue her dreams of Hollywood success, Ann grows frustrated with her mother's irresponsible and impulsive ways.

I Could Never Be Your Woman(en)

A mother falls for a younger man while her daughter falls in love for the first time.

Family Romance, LLC(en)

Love is a business at Family Romance, a company that rents human stand-ins for any occasion. Founder Yuichi Ishii helps make his clients’ dreams come true. But when the mother of 12-year-old Mahiro hires Ishii to impersonate her missing father, the line between acting and reality threatens to blur.

In Good Company(en)

Dan Foreman is a seasoned advertisement sales executive at a high-ranking publication when a corporate takeover results in him being placed under naive supervisor Carter Duryea, who is half his age. Matters are made worse when Dan's new supervisor becomes romantically involved with his daughter an 18 year-old college student Alex.

It Runs in the Family(en)

This is the story of a dysfunctional New York family, and their attempts to reconcile

Paradise(en)

A 10-year-old boy spends a summer in the country with a childless couple and a precocious girl.

An American Girl: Chrissa Stands Strong(en)

A fourth grader and her friends deal with bullying from a more popular girl in their class.

Hobson's Choice(en)

A widower refuses to let his three daughters marry in order to avoid paying settlements, so they'll just have to outsmart him.

The Big Picture(en)

Hollywood beckons for recent film school grad Nick Chapman, who is out to capitalize on the momentum from his national award-winning student film. Studio executive Allen Habel seduces Nick with a dream deal to make his first feature, but once production gets rolling, corporate reality begins to intervene: Nick is unable to control a series of compromises to his high-minded vision, and it's all he can do to maintain his integrity in the midst of filmmaking chaos.

The Magic of Ordinary Days(en)

Pregnant out of wedlock, an educated young woman is pressured by her father into an arranged marriage with a lonely farmer in this drama set during WWII.

All Together Now(en)

An optimistic, talented teen clings to a huge secret: she's homeless and living on a school bus. When tragedy strikes, can she learn to accept a helping hand?

Laggies(en)

Overeducated and underemployed, 28 year old Megan is in the throes of a quarterlife crisis. Squarely into adulthood with no career prospects, no particular motivation to think about her future and no one to relate to, Megan is comfortable lagging a few steps behind - while her friends check off milestones and celebrate their new grown-up status. When her high-school sweetheart proposes, Megan panics and- given an unexpected opportunity to escape for a week - hides out in the home of her new friend, 16-year old Annika and Annika's world-weary single dad Craig.

The Truth About Emanuel(en)

A troubled young woman becomes obsessed with her mysterious new neighbor, who bears a striking resemblance to the girl's dead mother.

The Secret: Dare to Dream(en)

A widow with three children hires a handyman to fix her house during a major storm. When not doing home repairs, he shares his philosophy of believing in the power of the universe to deliver what we want.

Little Lord Fauntleroy(en)

Young Cedric Errol and his widowed mother live in genteel poverty in 1880s Brooklyn after the death of his father. Cedric's grandfather, the Earl of Dorincourt, has long ago disowned his son for marrying an American. But after the death of the Earl's remaining son, he decides to accept Cedric as his heir.

My Brilliant Career(en)

A young woman who is determined to maintain her independence finds herself at odds with her family who wants her to tame her wild side and get married.

The Clown(pt)

The life of the owners of Circus Esperança, Puro Sangue e Pangaré, father and son, who plays two clowns. At a certain point, Pangaré starts showing tiredness and sadness for being an unhappy clown.

The Color of Friendship(en)

Mahree Bok lives on a farm in South Africa. Her father is a policeman who cannot hide his joy when activist Steve Biko is caught by the South African authorities. Piper Dellums is the daughter of a US congressman from California and who lives in a nice home in Washington DC. When Mahree is chosen to spend a semester at the Dellums' house, she doesn't expect that her host family would be black. Nor do her hosts suspect that she is not a black South African.

Here(en)

An odyssey through time and memory, centered on a place in New Jersey where—from wilderness, and then, later, from a home—love, loss, struggle, hope and legacy play out between couples and families over generations.