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The Midnight Orchestra

2016

The Midnight Orchestra

2016
5
After leaving Morocco amidst racial tensions spurred by the Yom Kippur war, the son of a once famous Jewish musician travels to his home country to bury his father. As he meets the members of the band, his life unexpectedly transforms.
Detours

2016

Detours

2016
5.8
A newly single New Yorker must re-locate to Florida for her dream job. She drives south with her widowed dad, her mom's ashes in a coffee can, and a GPS with a mind of its own.
The Student Body

2016

The Student Body

2016
4
When a brave high school student takes a stand against state-mandated BMI tests of her peers, she finds herself in the middle of a heated national controversy, sparking a battle of wills between herself and government officials.
A Fighting Chance

2016

A Fighting Chance

2016
0.5
In order to get his family back, Frank must transform internally and overcome his fear instilled in him by his father since childhood. And in the process of his turbulent spiritual journey and self-discovery, he creates a Martial Arts "Transformational Training Method: H.I.G.H. K.E.Y. F.I.T.N.E.S.S. which in turn he utilizes to lead and metamorphosize an inner-city High School Karate team from last place to first place in the state. These teenagers get to realize their unlimited God-given potential to overcome barriers and break down their limited beliefs and become positive contributors to society.
Final Heat

2024

Final Heat

2024
6
The married owners of a struggling functional fitness gym have the perfect plan to raise money: they’ll bring in the best athletes to compete in The Games to win the huge cash prize. They record everything documentary-style for the athletes to confess their secrets. As the team trains, egos clash, tempers flare, and a figure from the past threatens to destroy the team, the gym, and their lives.
Spring Lakes

2023

Spring Lakes

2023
4.3
When Marcus, a down and out struggling filmmaker goes on a search for his missing sister in Spring Lakes, he encounters strange and mysterious occurrences in the form of a Satanic Cult. Marcus must find his sister before, he too, becomes engulfed by the living forest and suffers the same fate as his sister, Shiela.
Badge of Faith

2015

Badge of Faith

2015
8
The Gift

2015

The Gift

2015
6.2
To celebrate his eleventh birthday, a young boy selects his gift - little knowing that his choice will change the world.
Sirens and Screams

2015

Sirens and Screams

2015
6.8
This film is shot in a continuous 78-minute take. The story takes place in a city ravaged by crisis, poverty and crime. The people who remained belong mostly to the low class, and they're struggling to survive through various criminal activities. One of the last prosperous citizens was murdered, and we're following a large cast of characters in their quest to find his corpse. One of the characters has different plans, but he gets involved in the quest against his will.
Dearest Jane

2015

Dearest Jane

2015
4.8
A young girl learn to accept love and change, after being sent to live with her uncle in Indiana.
Christmas Grace

2014

Christmas Grace

2014
3.8
Rival toy store owners compete over several Christmas seasons, and God's grace goes to work in their lives.
To Survive

2014

To Survive

2014
4.4
A post-apocalyptic thriller about a heartbroken man and his new friends who must together battle marauders in order to survive in a new lawless world.
Seven Devils

2015

Seven Devils

2015
3
A series of vignettes that explore the seven deadly sins.
Reluctant Witness

2015

Reluctant Witness

2015
5.8
After giving up her mafia husband to the police, and starting a new life in witness protection, Erin thinks she's rid of Jimmy forever. However, a mysterious stranger has her worrying Jimmy is back.
Fever at Dawn

2015

Fever at Dawn

2015
6.5
The story of a love born in the strangest of circumstances between two long-suffering survivors of the hell that was the Holocaust. Their love overcomes all obstacles in its path, including death – when it eventually comes. Set in the Swedish rehabilitation camps during the autumn and winter of 1945.
The Boy from Geita

2015

The Boy from Geita

2015
9.2
Adam, a young Tanzanian boy persecuted because of his albinism, finds a kindred spirit in Peter, a Canadian man with the same condition. Together they embark on an unlikely journey that transcends cultures and continents.
The Devout

2015

The Devout

2015
6.8
A story about the power of belief, The Devout follows Darryl Eckford during trying times: his 4-year-old daughter, Abigail, has terminal cancer with weeks to live. Abigail is obsessed with space, and she talks with extraordinary detail of the Apollo 1 space mission. After she admits her former name, Darryl researches the space mission and finds inexplicable coincidences. A devout Christian, Darryl faces a crisis of faith when he begins to believe that his daughter was an astronaut in a former life. This newfound belief instills hope in Darryl, because, if his daughter has lived before, she will live again. He must face his wife, community and his own faith as he seeks out truth, because, if his daughter has lived before, she will live again. Its intriguing story and meticulous direction from Connor Gaston makes The Devout one of the most impressive Canadian independent films of the year.
The Saver

2015

The Saver

2015
6
When teenaged Fern is orphaned in the middle of a harsh Montreal winter, she is determined to avoid her mother’s tragic fate, and take care of herself. With Youth Protection nipping at her heels, she lies about her name and age, to get a job as a janitor another as a cook. Juggling life and work and the discovery of the book, ‘50 Ways to become a Millionaire: All you need to do is save,’ Fern decides to do just that, replacing her grief with the quest to become a millionaire. Written, directed and edited by award-winning filmmaker Wiebke von Carolsfeld (Marion Bridge, Stay), The Saver stars the newly discovered Imajyn Cardinal and is based on the young adult novel by Edeet Ravel.
Brothers of War

2015

Brothers of War

2015
4.2
When a bitter rivalry between two brothers finally erupts into bloody, life-changing violence it is younger bother Greg who signs up for frontline battle in France. Greg discovers a world of uncompromising brutality as we follow him on his journey through France at the outbreak of World War 2.
A Beautiful Now

2015

A Beautiful Now

2015
4.5
A beautiful dancer hangs on the razor's edge between reality and fantasy as she asks her friends to help her figure out the passions and relationships that have shaped who they are and who they will become.