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The War Game

2017

The War Game

2017
When 11-year-old Malte moves with his mother to a new neighborhood, he quickly finds himself in a feud between two rivaling gangs. His cunning and skill helps him find a place in this new world. But his methods also serve to escalate the conflict, and it's not long until war is inevitable.
Power Play

1994

Power Play

1994
Robbie Steele is worried that her star hockey player has lost his edge. It's the high-powered attorney's job to negotiate the sale of Vancouver's pro hockey team, and she needs Cody Harris, the retired bruiser who attracted all the fans. But her plans to lure him back into the game are thwarted by a higher power; he's a Christian now, and his days of kicking butt are over. Will Robbie get him back, or will Cody show her what's important in life?
Girotondo

2017

Girotondo

2017
Intercut stories of four women and their difficult relationship with unworthy men.
Gone Shopping

2007

Gone Shopping

2007
A satirical drama about how a nation's obsession with shopping changes the course of one woman's life. Clara, a forty year old 'tai tai' (wealthy lady of leisure) faces a mid life crisis and decides to runaway to the only place that has ever made any sense to her - the shopping centres. As she lives there, Clara crosses paths with other 'creatures' of the mall, namely Renu, an eight-year old latchkey kid who has been abandoned by her parents in a 24 hour mall and Aaron, an angst-y twenty three year old who skives work to hang out at the mall with his friends. Together, these characters lead audiences through a journey of love, loss and liberation through the heart of Singapore where they find that their dreams can be bought and broken.
Diamonds in the Dirt

2023

Diamonds in the Dirt

2023
A film about the history and evolution of rap music in the city of Baton Rouge spanning from 1985 to 2017 and beyond. It covers the art in its purest form and the artists that have created the city's unique sound. It's a story of hope, redemption and dreams in a place where dreams don't exist.
Lukim Yu

2016

Lukim Yu

2016
Melissa and Jonathan are worlds apart and when they meet, Jonathan's controversial ideas mean their conversations erupt in a fiery clash of minds.
Repeat Performance

1996

Repeat Performance

1996
Music was his refuge. Then the music stopped. After being abandoned by his mother and losing his father to suicide, 17-year-old Sean Purchase (Joseph Manning, The Matrix Revolutions, Xena: Warrior Princess) is about to hit bottom. When an accident takes the life of another, Sean goes on the run from a shattered family, a back-stabbing friend, the law, and even his greatest hope. Filmed on location in New Zealand, Repeat Performance is based on actual events.
Those Left Behind

2017

Those Left Behind

2017
A family finally comes to terms with the grief over their son's suicide 25 years earlier.
Streets of Hope

2014

Streets of Hope

2014
Inspired by the true story about Rev. Roger Minassian who at the age of 53 left the security of his pastorate to step outside his comfort zone to do the truly amazing. Knowing nothing about gang youth, he took to the streets and transformed our city, ravaged by gang violence, by taking over 1,700 gang kids off of our streets. It is also the story of Santos Delgado, a gang member, who at age 16 had no future and little hope. He knew his future was either prison or death. His girlfriend was pregnant. He had to make life-changing decisions. This film is about taking risk, embracing change, overcoming the impossible, and finding hope.
Romeo 3000

2018

Romeo 3000

2018
This be the year 3000. The world has been enveloped within the flames of nuclear warfare, bringing with it a new dark age. In these times, technology can be a rare blessing, or curse, depending on its discovery and / or use. What is left of civilization, of humanity, has been reduced to numerous city states, each fighting to survive the wars between them , as well as from within. This tale takes place after a vile war between two Houses both like in dignity, in what is left of fair Verona. The House of Capulet has claimed victory and believes to have extinguished all within The House of Montague, yet one still lives. This be not the story of star-crossed lovers, but of Romeo, last of the Montague. A cyborg who seeks love, and revenge...
Coffee in Winter

2020

Coffee in Winter

2020
When a young married professional quits his job to pursue a career in photography, he gradually reveals the emptiness of his relationship with his wife as he begins to deeply connect with a German student.
Six Rounds

2017

Six Rounds

2017
Amongst the 2011 London riots, a former boxer needs must choose between his past or a new future.
Love Isn't Enough

2016

Love Isn't Enough

2016
The story of an interracial couple's marriage being tested by family and societal pressures when they realize that even love may not be enough to save it, further amplified when a child is involved in the couple's life.
Gossip Nation

2012

Gossip Nation

2012
Gossip Nation follows the conflicts and dramas of a community of African immigrants and refugees that have settled in Blacktown, (Sydney). The film is told primarily through ‘Kemi’, an unemployed Nigerian teen girl who unknowingly wreaks havoc in her community through gossip. Producer Daniel Okoduwa has recently been recognised as one of the 100 most influential African-Australians for his work promoting African film and music by the Federation of Ethnic Communities Councils of Australia (FECCA). Gossip Nation is the first Australian Nollywood film.
Banglatown Banquet

2006

Banglatown Banquet

2006
Middle-aged Muslim Bangladeshi women struggling for their freedom as they leave the familiarity of their Bangladeshi community and set out on a voyage of discovery.
Huldra: Lady of the Forest

2016

Huldra: Lady of the Forest

2016
A group of friends, having been told of a strange hermetic hippie-like society in the Swedish wilderness, set off on an adventure to find it. As they are drawn deeper into the forest, mysterious events start to unsettle the dynamics of the group, reality begins to shift in ways none of them could have imagined, and relations between the friends become volatile.
Lady Luck

2017

Lady Luck

2017
Through their individual trials and turbulence, three strangers are drawn together under one roof.
The Bicycle

2015

The Bicycle

2015
Ashes of Eden

2014

Ashes of Eden

2014
An "Urban American Graffiti" tale of choices, consequences, redemption and faith all woven into a gritty framework of tested relationships.
The Death (and Life) of Carl Naardlinger

2016

The Death (and Life) of Carl Naardlinger

2016
When a mild-mannered IT specialist discovers that a man with the same name as his is missing, he goes looking for him in the Toronto ravines. But instead of finding him, he finds the missing man's identical twin brother.