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The Body Fights Back

2020

The Body Fights Back

2020
A feature documentary about five people navigating the paradoxes of diet culture. While promises of happiness, desirability and perfection are irresistible, joy and contentment remain out of reach. Personal stories from vastly different backgrounds quickly merge into a shockingly similar experience of battling one’s body. Self-starvation and compulsive exercise bring temporary satisfaction, only to be replaced with binging and purging soon after. Surprisingly, none of it has much to do with food.
Mary for Mayor

2020

Mary for Mayor

2020
6
Running for mayor against her incumbent mayor father, an eighteen-year-old young woman learns valuable life lessons that not only are the building blocks to saving her family, but also the town she lives in.
Comfort Farms

2020

Comfort Farms

2020
Accompanied by an unlikely group of veterans, animal-loving butchers, farmers and chefs, a former combat Army Ranger launches a new mission at Comfort Farms-a unique therapy farm meant to help those at high risk for suicide.
Cover Me

2020

Cover Me

2020
5
Mia Stone is faced with an eerie supernatural opportunity when a strange encounter with an eccentric man gives her a second chance at saving her company, marriage, family, and future.
Carrion

2020

Carrion

2020
2.7
A young woman shows up on her cousin's doorstep after a ten year absence. As dark events from the past resurface, someone in the woods follows their every move.
Space

2020

Space

2020
5.8
In the year 2050, Dr. Ada Gray and her fellow astronauts aboard The Udo fight for survival after an accident leaves them stranded in deep space.
Streetlight Harmonies

2020

Streetlight Harmonies

2020
Streetlight Harmonies shines a long overdue spotlight on the artists and celebrates the music that defined the musical generation of Doo-Wop. Utilizing all-new interviews along with HD restored archival footage the film will explore the history and social impact of this timeless era.
The Secret of Karma

2020

The Secret of Karma

2020
3.2
The story of a man who sees his past lives from before he was born after being declared dead for the second time.
This Land Is My Land

2020

This Land Is My Land

2020
7.7
“What the hell happened to my country?” After Donald Trump’s election, this is a burning question for Susanne Brandstätter, an American filmmaker who’s lived most her life in Austria. With the critical distance of a European and an insider’s eye, she gets close to Trump voters in Ohio: a microcosm of a deeply divided USA. Showing striking parallels to Europe, the documentary explores polarization and why people stick to their political opinions – no matter what. Is there no way out?
The Escape from Auschwitz

2020

The Escape from Auschwitz

2020
3.7
After an attempt to escape the SS in 1939, Kazimierz Piechowski is captured at the Hungarian border and sent to Auschwitz where his role is to transfer corpses from the gas chambers to the crematorium. After discovering that one of his friends in the camp is on the execution list, he vows to stop at nothing to prevent his death. In one of the most remarkable true stories of World War II, four men will risk their very lives as they attempt to ‘Escape from Auschwitz’.
The Porter: The Untold Story at Everest

2020

The Porter: The Untold Story at Everest

2020
6.4
A young privileged American "Nathaniel J. Menninger" attempts to make history at Everest by becoming a Himalaya Porter. But in his journey to succeed, experiences a harrowing reality instead. This is an inside look at the darker side of Everest. At the strength, pride and pain of those whose support it. And at just how hard it is for a naive foreigner to attempt the same. This is The Porter.
A Mother Knows Worst

2020

A Mother Knows Worst

2020
5.6
Tragedy strikes when Olivia and Harry Davis’ newborn baby doesn’t survive the birth. 6 months later the young couple have come to terms with their loss and are rebuilding their lives, they may even be ready to try again for a family soon. But when Olivia meets glamourous Brooke Marsden and her baby girl, she is overwhelmed by a feeling of love and longing. She quickly becomes obsessed with Brooke and her baby, which worries Harry. Is Olivia going crazy’ Or is a mother’s instinct always right’ Katie Leclerc and Jeff Schine star.
The Tournament

2020

The Tournament

2020
Over the course of a weekend tournament, youth sledge hockey teams from the U.S. and Canada battle for supremacy. Designed for players who have a physical challenge, the fundaments of the sport — passing, shooting, trash talking your opponents – remain the same. Director Sam Vint captures the end-to-end action as the Manitoba Sledgehammers do it all.
Soft Work

2020

Soft Work

2020
Chief Ademuyiwa, an accomplished businessman with over eighteen companies, whose success is attributed to a code, but centered on a heist, is targeted at him by Dare Olusegun, an attractive conman.
Treasure Lies

2020

Treasure Lies

2020
7.8
Hardworking teenager Sean feels let down by life, but faces a crisis of character through a series of his own bad decisions.
An English Haunting

2020

An English Haunting

2020
4.8
In 1960s England, Blake Cunningham and his alcoholic mother are forced to move into the mysterious Clemonte Hall, a vast isolated manor house, to care for his dying Grandfather who resides in the attic room. Soon, ghostly goings-on fill the house with dread, as it becomes apparent Grandfather's illness may have a supernatural cause that can only be cured by uncovering the terrifying secrets of the house and its dark history.
Clapboard Jungle: Surviving the Independent Film Business

2020

Clapboard Jungle: Surviving the Independent Film Business

2020
3
Following five years in the life and career of independent filmmaker Justin McConnell, this documentary explores the struggles of financing, attracting the right talent, working with practical effects and selling the finished product in the hope of turning a profit. Featuring interviews with a range of industry luminaries, not only are technical aspects and interpersonal skills discussed but also the emotional stamina and little-known tips needed to survive in the low budget film industry.
The Prodigal Cowboy

2020

The Prodigal Cowboy

2020
Two brothers; Nick, an athletic high school football star and Mark, a rising name on the rodeo circuit have always been rivals. But, after a family tragedy, the competition heats up for their father's attention. Otto Thorwarth teams up with world champion bull rider Scott Mendes to deliver this Western-style, modern-day story of the prodigal son.
Are We in Love?

2020

Are We in Love?

2020
7.6
A young woman with a miserable life receives a magical book that gives her the power to make every man she encounters fall for her.
Cabal

2020

Cabal

2020
3
A military assassin is hired to hunt down and eliminate a bloodthirsty serial killer who is committing murders in a forbidden forest.