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Measure for Measure

2020

Measure for Measure

2020
4.3
An improbable love affair flares up between Karima, a modern Muslim girl, and Claudio, a local musician, in Melbourne's most notorious housing estate, where ruthless gangs rule, drug abuse spreads and racial tension grows.
Cubby

2019

Cubby

2019
4.7
A misanthropic 20-something gay visual artist, Mark, finds himself unwittingly in New York City after he lies to his mother about a job at a prestigious art gallery. He then takes a survival job babysitting for 6-year-old Milo, whose faith in Mark is empowering and ultimately, transformative.
All Styles

2018

All Styles

2018
6.6
Struggling In his freshman year of college, Brandon tries to focus intently on his studies but keeps coming to the same conclusion: dance is his passion. His geeky roommate Nate proposes they start a dance crew, but their search for other freestyle dancers proves fruitless. So they expand their search across town, finding a break-dancer, a performance artist, a Bhangra dancer, an animator, a ballerina, and a ballroom dance mom willing to join the new crew. A national dance battle headlined by Brandon's previous crew, Levelz, provides the first opportunity for Brandon to prove to himself and his family that he and his crew have what it takes to make it as dancers.
Prodigy

2018

Prodigy

2018
4.3
A father must protect his son from government agents after the troubled adolescent correctly predicts three inexplicable events of potentially apocalyptic import.
Speed of Life

2020

Speed of Life

2020
4
The film follows a woman who has a chance to reflect on her life when a wormhole opens upon David Bowie’s death.
When the Starlight Ends

2016

When the Starlight Ends

2016
4.6
An eccentric writer must choose between his work and the love of his life. Looking back, he reflects on whether he has made the right decision.
Swimming

2018

Swimming

2018
6.4
Elisa and Anthea support each other through the difficulties of adolescence. But their innocent friendship soon turns into co-dependency and to maintain their cohesion, they develop a dangerous game with a camera. Eventually, their game turns them from victims into offenders.
Fear, Love, and Agoraphobia

2017

Fear, Love, and Agoraphobia

2017
3.9
An agoraphobic man and a female Marine become emotionally entangled as they struggle to escape from their personal prisons.
Ruth

2018

Ruth

2018
6.7
This is the story of a young Mozambican footballer called Eusébio, a gifted athlete destined to great achievements, coveted by rival clubs, Sporting and Benfica, which ends up hiring him. Blackmail, kidnapping attempts, ministers involved, press hysteria and huge money offers make the story of this football transfer into a saga evolving between the two continents. It ends up when the legend begins: with Eusébio’s first match at the Benfica Stadium.
Esau

2019

Esau

2019
3.4
A 40-year-old writer returns to his family house where he was raised and that he escaped after half a lifetime - to face his brother who stayed instead, inherited their family bakery and married the woman who they both loved.
Jibril

2019

Jibril

2019
6.3
The love story between Maryam and Gabriel starts by coincidence but feels like a match made in heaven. It also marks an emotional tide change in Maryam´s life in Berlin as a single mom of three daughters. Only one crucial thing stands between her, Gabriel and a “happily ever after” – prison bars. Nevertheless, the love Maryam feels empowers her not only to live in the moment, but to be true to herself when Gabriel suddenly starts to show a different side to his character.
Adam

2018

Adam

2018
5.6
After years of hospitalization for alcoholism, a techno musician makes her son swear to never let her spend the rest of her life in an institution. When her doctors diagnose her with permanent brain damage, 20-year-old Adam, who is deaf and completely on his own, must decide whether to break his promise or help her die...
Wounded by the Wind

2017

Wounded by the Wind

2017
5.7
His father's death forces David to take charge of his legacy. Among their belongings is something unexpected: letters of love of another man. Baffled by the discovery, he decides to visit the alleged lover of his father and discover the truth.
August Falls

2017

August Falls

2017
3.3
Struggling to find the truth behind her son's mysterious death, an estranged mother must confront her own hidden guilt.
An American in Texas

2017

An American in Texas

2017
5
Based on a true story, and set in late 1990 against the backdrop of the first gulf war, An American in Texas is the story of lifelong friends as they reach the cusp of adulthood and must decide between the hollow values of corporate careerism; or the narrow way of individualism and freedom.
The Jade Pendant

2017

The Jade Pendant

2017
6
Fleeing an arranged marriage in China, the independent Peony signs a contract to work as a “flower girl” in America, where she meets Tom, an American Born Chinese cook whose father works on the Transcontinental Railroad. Thwarted by a Hong Kong Triad boss seeking to extend his power into America, theirs is the tale of the first great Chinese immigration to the United States – a story of romance, bigotry, passion, food and a search for everlasting love – set against the largest mass lynching in American history, in Los Angeles’ Chinatown, in 1871.
Fishbowl

2018

Fishbowl

2018
4.3
It is 1999 in Bishop, a small town filled with secrets. Three sisters, Belle, Rachel, and Jessa are trying to cope with the absence of their mother and maintain a normal life. Silently repressing them is Rick, their damaged father who, adrift himself, is growing increasingly obsessed with the rapture that he believes is imminent. With home anything but a refuge, the sisters must cling to one another to survive.
Swing Away

2017

Swing Away

2017
6
Following a meltdown that leads to a suspension, professional golfer Zoe Papadopoulos travels to her grandparents' village in Greece to escape the harsh spotlight of the international sports world. Between baking bread and eating baklava, she meets and mentors a ten-year-old girl who is determined - against all odds - to become the next golf sensation. Along the way, Zoe rediscovers her Greek heritage, her love of the game, and the hidden strength within herself as she inspires the townspeople in an epic showdown against a greedy American developer.
Father

2016

Father

2016
4.2
Mourning the death of her father, Giulia is contacted by him from the other dimension.
Calico Skies

2017

Calico Skies

2017
5.5
Self condemned to the Mojave desert, Phoenix leads a life of forced isolation. Every month he digs a hole in the middle of nowhere and buries something. The last stronghold of society stands with the man that frequently delivers his mail.