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Coming to Africa: Welcome to Ghana

2023

Coming to Africa: Welcome to Ghana

2023
For the first time since her divorce, Akosua, an African schoolteacher, is in love again and preparing to fulfill her lifelong dream of moving to the US with her new American boyfriend, Adrian, who is struggling to gain acceptance from her family. When Adrian's brother Buck arrives in Ghana looking to make business connections, he becomes a target for a desperate gangster.
Kill 'Em All

2023

Kill 'Em All

2023
Mila and María are two teenagers who get to know each other through video correspondences they send to each other. One day, they arrange to meet in person.
Where Birds Don't Fly

2017

Where Birds Don't Fly

2017
1.7
A team of hardened detectives come face to face with evil as they investigate a killing spree in San Bernardino California.
Fatal Witness

2023

Fatal Witness

2023
5.5
The dangerous streets of the west side of Chicago get even crazier with a new serial killer on the loose. Anyone who steps in the way of the Jackson Strangler ends up as the next victim.
Breaking Point

2017

Breaking Point

2017
6
Jim Thompson was a good man, who did good things for fifty two years - Life did not return the favor.
Perfectly Good Moment

2023

Perfectly Good Moment

2023
6
Ruby and David have been on-and-off for 8 years. Six months after Ruby last ran out on him, she has returned. But Ruby has more in store than just a reunion.
Double Blended

2024

Double Blended

2024
1
Two married couples, who were once married to each other's ex-spouse, have coped with a double blended family lifestyle, until an upcoming event exposes a secret that may cause a rift in the relationships.
Heavier

2023

Heavier

2023
After a tragic night in the city, lovers, friends and family are forced to take on the dominating forces. Many are left to choose life or death.
Lucy and Whitney

2023

Lucy and Whitney

2023
Sisters Lucy and Whitney embark on an emotional journey together after Whitney’s marriage changes their lives. Home from college for the summer and not having Whitney available as before, Lucy accepts a job offer from her local church leader, Bishop Reed. While working there, she discovers a new passion for her faith when she meets newly returned Mormon missionary, Evan. Whitney, elated by her new marriage to Jacob, suddenly is confronted by the fact that married life is not quite the dream she’d imagined.
Cauce

2017

Cauce

2017
6
Ariel is a middle-class young man, a father of a family, who surprisingly loses his job in the context of a wave of layoffs. Altered and hiding from his family what happened, he escapes his father-in-law's birthday to go to a nightclub, where an old acquaintance offers to be part of a narco business. Ariel accepts, trusting that his participation will be limited, but things go out of control.
Iron Ridge

2008

Iron Ridge

2008
5
When two friends from the city take a vacation to the wilds of Montana, they find themselves lost in the depths of the big sky country.
Shadow of the Bear

1997

Shadow of the Bear

1997
5
Three young teens are stranded in the wilderness without their parents.
Nerve

2011

Nerve

2011
6.9
Josh Biggs (Tyler Langdon, The Incredible Burt Wonderstone) is a young man riddled with severe anxiety. When he agrees to be the subject of an experiment pertaining to the treatment of social anxiety disorder, he hopes it will be the end of his troubles... and a way to get closer to its pretty conductor, Aurora Pilar (Hollywood Reel Independent Film Festival "Best Actress" winner, Laura Alexandra Ramos). Little does he know, he's about to endure the battle of his life. In a performance that skillfully juggles drama and comedy, Langdon leads a colorful cast in this poignant character study. Nerve is an "instant indie classic" that takes real risks.
Bloom

2020

Bloom

2020
Bloom is an impressionistic sketch of longing, growth, memory and separation. The film intends to portray an experiential landscape of love and loss. Starting in late 90s Beijing, a time when drastic social and economic transformation is taking place, the film attends to the inner world of a young man Mu Ke, and unravels with the dialogue of "exchanging story" between Mu Ke and his younger self. Narratives, memories, imaginations and disillusions flow out into an ocean of pure time.
Agent Provocateur

2012

Agent Provocateur

2012
6
After her adopted father is assassinated, 6 year old Alex is abducted and placed into the hands of Montgomery Lomax, an elite martial arts skills trainer and mentor for a private intelligence company. Over the next 18 years, she is taught how to kill but before being placed into the field, Lomax dies. Alex hits the streets, socially naive but with exceptional physical capabilities. The Intel organization decides to cut its losses and dispatches assets to terminate Alex. She harshly deals with them forcing the company to reassess. Elite instructor Lester Casey tricks Alex into surrendering herself and through a series of brutal retraining methods, breaks her down making her compliant, but the spark of moral right that Lomax lit in her as a young girl, still flickers. After a conspiracy of betrayal, Alex goes after those who hurt her culminating in a series of lethal battles that push her skills to the limit.
The View From Here

2017

The View From Here

2017
6.7
Bay Area Chef, Mark Matheson has everything he ever wanted: A Restaurant of his own, the love of his girlfriend, Gillian and the respect of the culinary community. But in the wake of bad press and personal demons returning to haunt him, Mark struggles to hold onto everything. Before he can be called great, he'll have to learn to be okay, again.
The Dancing Dogs of Dombrova

2018

The Dancing Dogs of Dombrova

2018
5.5
This is a remarkable Canadian black comedy that leans towards the themes of the international and the familial. Sarah and Aaron are related, but their live paths have diverged a long time ago. While still solving their personal problems, they have to work together to fulfill the last wish of their Jewish grandmother, who got into a concentration camp aged 15 and has miraculously survived the Holocaust. They have to somehow find the remains of her favorite childhood pet – a dog that could dance on her hind legs, but is long dead and is buried somewhere in Poland. This is a well-formed film that refuses to employ sentimentality just for show.
Parallel Chords

2018

Parallel Chords

2018
4.6
A young violinist struggles to assert her individuality amidst the intense pressure of her pianist father, and the weight of her own musical ability.
How to Save Us

2014

How to Save Us

2014
5
Brian Everett's younger brother Sam goes missing on the island of Tasmania during the middle of a mysterious quarantine forcing Brian to traverse across enemy lines to save his brother from an army of ghosts.
Grace of the Father

2019

Grace of the Father

2019
10
Luke Mackenzie remains steadfast in his faith, although his family is tested with trials that would tear most families apart. His eldest son, Jacob, sets out on his own only to find his father waiting with open arms on his return.