Life isn't easy for Ally - growing up on the streets and working as a drug mule, danger is never far away. What starts out as a normal day, quickly turns sour for Ally when a customer takes advantage of her, leaving her injured, humiliated, and out of pocket. She now owes boss, who is less than forgiving and insists that she go on one last drop to make up the money. But Ally's worries are far from over. For the troubled young girl, it's just another day in her life.
A diverse set of characters find themselves together in a old diner in a small town on Christmas eve during a snow-storm. While a young expecting couple tries to make it home on a night that's anything but silent.
Roxanne moves in with her Uncle and Auntie where her past of sexual abuse against her cousins tears the family apart while discovering a deeper secret that has major consequences.
Featuring Dean Cain and Luke Schroder, One Life at a Time highlights both the importance of awareness and the misconceptions of homelessness in West Michigan, in addition to having an historical nod to Mel Trotter.
The story of reserve soldiers, who volunteered to take part in an anthrax vaccine experiment during their military service. 7 years later they discover the vaccine has disastrous side effects. They set out to expose the truth and save their own lives.
After Paul Hanson agrees to a last minute business meeting on Christmas Eave, He finds himself constantly overcoming repeated obstacles while trying to make it home in time for the big Christmas Extravaganza.
After the untimely death of his daughter, Jimmy's life is at a crossroads. The choices he is about to make will determine the rest of his life. It is at his lowest point that he is visited by three guests, each with their own agenda, that will steer him toward his destiny.
Annie is an ambitious young writer who visits her affluent, married, friend, Kim at the home she shares with her husband and young son. As Annie works on her writing in this informal retreat, she becomes increasingly inspired and intrigued by Kim’s charismatic charm and seemingly fluid sexuality.
An over-the-hill heavyweight boxing champion who suffers from the ravages of years of head trauma is exploited by his manager, despite the efforts of a compassionate young woman who tries to help him recover his self-respect.
Cezary still lives with his mother at 22 years old. He is in desperately in love with Emilia, a 20 year-old carefree rock singer. But he also has a dark secret. What will happen to Cezary, his mother and Emilia when they encounter the curse of the mythical nymph Ondine?
Although Yingying’s mother was killed in a modern day persecution and the little girl is alone on the streets of Northern China, an enchanted art form could reunite them. Enter a child’s world, where hope and imagination are more powerful than police batons or state-sponsored violence, where noble determination conquers all.
After a failed attempt at “making it,” jaded 29-year-old artist Leinad Nahallac returns home to a dead end job and a deepening depression. But when he mistakenly dials a wrong number at work, a mysterious voice on the other end shatters his malaise and offers him a way out of his misery. A twisted journey ensues in which the lines between reality and fantasy, past and present, dream and nightmare blur into a maddening labyrinth that will lead Leinad either towards his destiny or destruction.
Marlene is a film inspired by Marlene Truscott, a housewife who fought to exonerate her husband from a crime he didn't commit. Marlene became involved in the fight for justice at a young age, when Steven was arrested at 14 and sentenced to be hung. When Steven was released from prison ten years later, she fell in love with him. Marlene's story is a story of hiding, living under an assumed name and protecting her children. He was free, but now she was in prison. Through it all Marlene was determined that Steven would get justice, that they would find light in the darkness, a darkness that buried the truth. Surrounded by boxes of files Marlene found a world of lies, cover-ups, and secrets.
A young artist Ivan is preparing a work for an exhibition on the preservation of values. His work causes a public outcry: it attracts the attention of religious activists of the "God's punishment" organization, officials and journalists. As a result, the painting is removed from the exhibition, and the activists first attack, and then set fire to the artist's studio. The painting is saved, but Ivan faces a criminal case, so together with the curator of the exhibition, he goes to the Pen & Paper Bar Association to find protection and get advice on what to do next in this situation. Lawyers are preparing a defense strategy, and a bewildered artist, who by chance found himself in the epicenter of an absurd religious and cultural conflict, confronts musician Sergei Shnurov at the door of the college. Who seems to need help too.
A struggling aspiring young writer assists a reclusive washed-up author on his comeback winter book tour. Together they hit the road across rural Ontario on a tumultuous journey seeking inspiration, acceptance and redemption.
A young man embarks on a search for his masculinity by becoming a bouncer. He meets Craig who has been doing it for years and it is all that he knows. The two embark on a story of self-discovery in which they both uncover secrets about themselves; and the young bouncer soon realises there are many more elements to being a 'man' than he thought as their journey spirals out of control leading to murder.
Manhattan, New York, 1973. All low level mafia associate Donnie DiMaggio wants to be is funny until he finds out he's the main suspect in the murder of underboss Jimmy De Luca. Frankie Fredonna, head of the family asks Donnie to arrange his son's eighteenth birthday party. Frankie never asks these things. Donnie knows the score, he's getting whacked. Kill or be killed he counteracts the plot against him by moving up the ranks in the rival Vincenzo crime family. Old scandals intimidate Frankie's Uncle, corrupt Priest Father Roberto Fredonna and position Donnie favorably with rival crews. As the party approaches, Donnie continues to blind side Frankie's plans until the day of reckoning arrives and the brutal climax unfolds.