Experimental super8 film for the Legendary Tiger Man live shows. A strange man lives in a strange garden.
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Memories of youth. Homage to the super 8 film Plus X, that was extinct by Kodak in 2010.
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Caught in time, a trio of prehistoric characters lives around a dolmen. One of them, who is hyperactive, tries to stir his mates emotions with inventions and works of art. A strange object made out of bone, which re frames reality, will trigger greed and envy in them. Super 8 allegorical on Portugal, and the collective behavior of its people.
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The story of a vigilante friar, zealous caretaker of goodness and order who, after suffering unrequited love for an engaged woman, becomes a terrifying villain in a quiet town.
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The natural swimming pool of Varadouro in Faial, Azores.
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Director Júlio Bessa, who suffers from "stage fright" will make an introduction to his latest film at Festival de Cinema Luso Brasileiro in Santa Maria da Feira.
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Documentary about the legendary Portuguese guitar god Filipe "Phil Mendrix" Mendes.
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I Don't Belong Here" follows the creative process of the play, with the same name, conceived from the personal experiences of the performers themselves, who were deported unexpectedly to Azores from the United States and Canada.
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After the crisis came tourism and Lisbon's transformation. Alis Ubbo (Phoenician for safe port) follows the change in the urban landscape of the city in the last 2 years.
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Shot in two of the Azores islands, Pico and Faial, between 2015 and 2016. The idea of this film happened by accident. Going back to the footage of a location scouting from a previous project, canceled years before, another hidden film was found. The power of Nature and the role of chance in the creative process build a narrative about life, friendship, cinema and the influence of the unexpected in artistic creation.
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Ubu, instigated by his wife, murders King Venceslau and usurps the throne of Poland. Intoxicated by power, this grotesque and coward character conducts his reign in an absurd and cruel way, leading his kingdom to ruin. A cinematographic adaptation of Alfred Jarry’s play, a political satire that, cyclically, turns to the reality of world politics.
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89m
Ulaan-Baatart baygaa miniy aavd
He expressed the idea that this issue should be a universal concern, while clearly stating that the care of parents has a special role in the development of children's morals.
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Tuursuur Turulduu
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Khurgen Huu
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Pokhorony na vtorom etazhe
The film's protagonist, police colonel Ershov, investigates a crime related to corruption in the highest ranks of the KGB.
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Piekarz
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Portret Dyrygenta
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Videokaseta
Generations of a certain family meet in the living room.
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Przyczynek do teorii jezykoznawstwa
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A teenage girl masterfully describes the housing perturbations experienced by her family. She uses official jargon mixed with everyday expressions with great seriousness, and the effect is as comical as it is disturbing.
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Legend tzaghratzui masin
Armenian village at the beginning of the 20th century. Local policeman suspects clown and ropewalker Simon in aiding Bolshevik revolutionaries. Annoyed by constant surveillance of the police, cheery Simon leaves the village for Yerevan. There he's taken to prison by accident, where he still entertains and become friends with many people some Bolsheviks among of them.
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About the making of Andrzej Zulawski's Possession. Featuring director Andrzej Zulawski, producer Marie-Laure Reyre, cameraman Andrzej Jaroszewicz, and co-writer Frederic Tuten. Also features artwork by Enki Bilal and music by Ashtray Navigations.
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Possession
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La Tour de glace
Jeanne, a 15-year-old orphan, witnesses the shoot for a film adaptation of the fairy tale The Snow Queen, and she becomes fascinated by its star, Cristina, an actress who is just as mysterious and alluring as the Queen she is playing.
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117m
Kærlighedens Styrke
Saxild is shocked to discover that his seemingly innocent son Gunnar has fallen into drinking and trouble after pursuing the young woman Tove while intoxicated. After a public disgrace and conflict with his father, Gunnar is comforted by Tove and resolves to turn his life around by joining a rescue squad.
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Tatry w śniegu
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The film Tatry w śniegu (Tatras in Snow) is a reportage, until recently unknown, found in 2015, showing the beauty of the mountains bathed in snow and the tourist attractions of Zakopane and its surroundings, including the Gubałówka cable car and the cable car to Kasprowy Wierch.
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9m
Bankiet
Many guests come to the party with a wonderfully set table. They stare at appetizing-looking dishes with delight. But they are in for an unpleasant surprise.
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The beautiful widow Christina drives to the Hochsauerland on Gut Vormwald. She wants to spend the autumn holidays there with her mute daughter Veronika.
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Schiff in Not
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Altgermanische Bauernkultur
A Nazi propaganda film meant to glorify German history and to persuade people that the Teutons weren't barbarians but had a notable culture of their own. The topic is embedded into a little story line of an academic giving a lecture.
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18m
Un sueño como de colores
Sarmiento made her directorial debut with the documentary with this short about a group of Chilean women dedicated to striptease.
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Fiamme sul mare
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A partly submerged cargo ship is raised from the harbour in Naples by a collective of sailors and made seaworthy again. It embarks on its first voyage to Buenos Aires. A wealthy businessman, Matteo La Spina, offers to buy the boat from them, revealing to his daughter Diana that he actually plans to set it alight during the return passage to Naples and claim the insurance money. She returns to the ship to try and save it, but accidentally triggers the inflammable materials in the hold. Although the fire is put out, she dies in the process.
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Niebezpieczny romans
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The story of love and deception with a beautiful pet shop owner, some bank cashiers and a bunch of robbers involved.
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Mori no kajiya
When he was a child, the second son of a blacksmith climbs a tree at the instigation of a friend. He falls and becames disabled. On the way to school the elder brother carries his sibling on his back and a bad boy shouts out "Chimba, Chimba" (cripple, cripple). He vows that he will become a doctor. Later on, the older brother returns to the countryside after completing his medical training, to cure his younger brother's leg, but is accused of being a thief.
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Luis Pardo, witness to the murder of his sister at the hands of the gamonal Cesar Pradera, seeks revenge and becomes a bandit, stealing from the rich to give to the poor.
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49m
Du skal ikke solde
A long, wet night in the city results in a serious case of hangovers. Mr. Knold must realise this when he has to start his day’s work after only a few hours of sleep. From the moment he leaves the house until he returns and collapses in the middle of his wife’s coffee gathering, his day is filled with troubles. It’ll probably be a while before Knold is up for another round. Stumfilm.dk
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Sauver Les Morts
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Céline travels to Armenia to register her husband Arto's death, only to discover he lied about his identity and was considered a deserter, plunging her into a journey through Armenia's troubled present and past.
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105m
Hayatozoku no hanran
In the mist of the warring age (Sengoku Era), the Kyushu based Hayato Clan is faced with a monumental battle to determine their survival.
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90m
Zatish'ye
Arriving to check on his distant estate, the village of Sasovo, the young landowner Astakhov meets his neighbor, the landowner Ipatov, as well as his sister-in-law, Marya Pavlovna, and his neighbor, Nadezhda Alekseyevna Veretyeva, who make a strong impression on Astakhov. Planning to leave the next day, Astakhov stays for a while to get to know the girls better, thereby disrupting the tranquility of ordinary estate life.
Based on Turgenev's novella of the same name.
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A man is being chased through a night city by a mysterious catwoman. During a final confrontation, he will discover the real identity of this strange creature.
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A struggle for power between a pianist and his unruly muse turns murderous.
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Every year, the Florida government invites the general public to compete in an invasive python removal contest in the Everglades. For ten nights, an eclectic group of hunters confront the dangerous terrain, nocturnal creatures and their own desires.
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Éjszakai kultúrtörténeti hadgyakorlat
It is a parable about the contradiction between the ”chronicle of wars”, as a historical concept and the comprehensive approach of cultural history for graduates and modern illiterates.
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6m
Miślenie magiczne
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A censor’s tale about the official and unwritten rules of censorship in the People’s Republic of Poland, accompanied by shots and archival photographs. Their selection and presentation reveal the ironic attitude of the authors towards the protagonist’s statements. The film was made in the year of the liquidation of the Main Office for the Control of the Press, Publications, and Public Performances.
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Živi i Zdravi
Two days before the wedding, Dragana decides that she will not marry the weak and predictable Momo. His headstrong father Leso strikes a deal with her – to act as the bride just for the day. But instead of saving the family’s honor, it only starts a traumatic farce for everyone involved.
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The protagonist of Krzysztof Kieslowski's legendary 1977 documentary "Night Porter's Point of View" is revisited by Andreas Horvath, who finds him retired and relatively well in a Warsaw suburb. He lives on a minimum pension in a characterless one-room apartment, with a giant wallpaper depicting a Hawaiian idyll. The former night porter, once a typical exponent of the communist regime, has turned somewhat milder during the years, though he still thinks that under communism life was better.
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From a Night Porter's Point of View
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In the heart of the Finnish forest, the long-closed foundry of the little town of Karkkila has come back to life thanks to director Aki Kaurismäki and his creation of the town's first cinema. The peace and calm of the little town of Karkkila, nestled deep in the Finnish forest, is interrupted by unexpected sounds. In the abandoned foundry, noisy building work is taking place. Inside the building, Aki Kaurismäki is both builder and site manager of what is soon to become the Kino Laika cinema. The creation of the cinema is the talk of the town. In the factory still in activity, in a 1960s Cadillac, in a bikers' club, in the local pub, in the woods or in Aki Kaurismäki's former editing room, people start talking about cinema again.
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81m
Die Zirkusprinzessin
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Oeste Outra Vez
Follows two men whose paths tragically cross after being abandoned by the same woman. As their rivalry grows into open conflict, the film explores themes of masculinity, solitude, lost love, and the fragile pride of those shaped by isolation.
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As a 16-year-old girl, Christina experienced her great love – with 39-year-old Jakob. When he died in an accident, he left an irrevocable gap in her life. Twenty years later, young Patrick rescues Christina from a thunderstorm. From the beginning, he reminds her of Jacob, from his friendly and confident nature to his characteristic gestures. The two become lovers. Christina is happy with Patrick, in whom she sees more and more the Jacob she has found again. But the more the two men become one person for Christina, the more irritated Patrick becomes. When he begins to see more than coincidence in their encounter, Christina has disappeared.
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89m
Leibniz: Chronik eines verschollenen Bildes
Queen Charlotte commissions a portrait of her beloved philosopher Leibniz. As the sittings progress, they embark on a passionate quest to uncover the essence of art, love, and truth in painting.
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102m
Chizu no nai machi
A young doctor falls into a despair of developments. He plans to revenge the disgrace inflicted upon his sister, whose engagement was broken as a result.
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In the neon-lit streets of Chongqing, Wei desperately searches for his estranged daughter Fa, while Hong Kong gallerist Ren grapples with her ailing stepmother Sabine in Paris. Their lives collide in a virtual reality world, where a mystical deer reveals hidden truths, sparking a journey of discovery and connection.
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In 1975, soon after the end of the Vietnam War, Hoa Thi Le and Hue Nguyen Che fled the country on a small boat. After nine days at sea, they docked in the Philippines, where they were utilized as background extras for “Apocalypse Now.”
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15m
A portrait of award-winning, internationally acclaimed Indigenous artist and elder Dana Tiger, her family, and the resurgence of the iconic Tiger T-shirt company.
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13m
At a Cuban high school, a group of girls who call themselves “Las Perdularias” find ways to deal with the absences on an island that is becoming increasingly empty.
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The untold story about how Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and an all-star team of civil rights activists took to basketball courts to rally young voters while winning hearts of communities, and how their strategy has echoed in contemporary politics.
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A chronicle of the power and complexity of the relationship between Corinne and Tiana, two Queer Black women who experience cycles of life’s joys and pains together in the home they share.
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When a Palestinian filmmaker based in Scotland unearths a rarely-seen Scottish film archive of Palestinian wild flowers, he decides to reclaim the footage. This tender film essay questions the role of image-making as a tool of both testimony and violence when connected to entanglements between people and the land.
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An Ivorian father and his daughter set out to continue the book he never finished about a war he experienced as a child. With children in his village today, three generations create timelines, dreams, and memories.
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In China, a high school teacher has introduced a death education class for young students. On the traditional Tomb Sweeping Day, they bury unnamed ashes at a public cemetery where they contemplate and contextualize the meaning of death.
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Overlooking the sea, two young men contemplate what is beyond the horizon as their friends and family leave for the allure of a new life.
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Death takes centre stage and faceless spectators applaud the inevitable in a series of murderous dreams.
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Paradise Man searches for meaning in an unknowable universe.
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Martín, a young urban raver, is involved in a strange accident on the road on his way to a party in the middle of the Argentine Pampas. Finding refuge in a mysterious country grocery store and sheltered by two strange locals, Martín's paranoia begins to take over him. As the hours progress, his perception begins to distort, unleashing disturbing visions that will lead him to confront the supernatural forces that hide in the night.
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What if we had no choice but to live forever? In a universe cursed with eternal life, two heroes attempt to end everybody's suffering by killing an annoying messiah in this neo-psychedelic meditation on death and the afterlife by Adventure Time and Midnight Gospel artist Jesse Moynihan.
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Two lifetimes from now the world hangs in the balance. Dove, a young, enigmatic, gender-shifting warrior, discovers the gifts and burdens of their Inkwo (medicine) to defend against an army of hungry, ferocious monsters. Dove’s courage, resilience and alliance with the Earth culminates in a battle against these flesh-consuming creatures, who become stronger with each body and soul they devour. Inkwo for When the Starving Return is a call to action to fight and protect against the forces of greed around us.
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Hurikán rushes out to save his favourite beer stand from closure by fetching a new keg to impress the bartender he has a crush on. In a wild Prague district, he faces robbers, cops, and his own thirst.
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The opening of an annual flower show sets the stage for this elusive, hand-drawn animation that explores the underlying fabric of our society. While little girls are dressed up for the occasion, the older women are dealing with a completely different set of expectations. Seemingly stuck between sensual plays and discomforting gazes, will any of these girls ever find an escape from this yearly ritual?
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A meandering joke about three dreams.
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The journey of figuring out your sexuality and of rejecting the power the conventions of heteronormativity can have. It is a celebratory NO to being told that as queer people we are in anyway unnatural and is a juicy rejection of the rigidity of binary modes.
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Olivia, a young woman living abroad, returns to her hometown in Mexico in the hope of reconnecting with her past. But the violence she witnessed as a child has not abated, and the journey rekindles memories that are impossible to reconcile with.
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14m
Eager to create a monumental work of art, a shaman remains blissfully unaware that she is painting her murals in the mouth of a vain weather presenter.
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10m
What could possibly be more important than feeding your daughter?
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9m
Waiting for an asteroid to pass through the sky, two friends play around a remote landscape, driven by a curious urge to constantly aim higher.
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In 1723 London, Thomas Neville is discovered cruising in the public toilets and forced to take refuge in a Molly House. There, he encounters a secret community as they prepare for a night of festivities.
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A skilled locksmith, gifted with the ability to open any lock, yet he is unwilling to return home. The hostess he pursues has no intention of continuing to keep him company. Facing a profound sense of emptiness, he has turned himself towards another rugged path.
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When Adam, a self-absorbed and lonely millennial, wakes one morning to find his estranged half brother on his doorstep, he must face the family he’s been running away from.
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Ti-Frè and Gran-Frè, two brothers of Haitian origin living in a Dominican Republic shantytown, struggle daily to survive. On a full moon night, desperation pushes them to steal from a plantation, where a mysterious beast prowls in the shadows of the banana trees.
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A mass grave was discovered in the small town in eastern Ukraine as consequence of the 2022 Russian invasion. Olena (34) arrives with her daughter Kira (8) and boyfriend Tymur (31) to collect the DNA test result of her missing husband Ilya. During two days, Olena will not only find out if her husband is alive, but in addition to confronting the past, she also will be faced with the most important one - the present.
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Three Venezuelan women cross the border into Colombia to buy a packet of pasta.
In the suburbs of a northern Chinese city undergoing urbanization, a quirky girl who wants to see animals in the zoo is taken for a ride that will forever change her perspective on life.
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During her chaotic family’s Qingming visit, dead Grandma Nai sneaks away from her peaceful afterlife after overhearing that her queer grandson is about to get engaged to a woman.
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Based on the biblical story of Abraham and Isaac, from Genesis: “God promised Sarah and Abraham they would have a son, even though she was past childbearing age.” After Isaac is born, to test Abraham’s obedience, God instructs him to sacrifice his only son. As the pious Abraham begins to prepare for the ritual sacrifice, he is stopped by the angel of the Lord and Isaac’s life is spared at the last moment.
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As played superbly by Lío Mehiel in Bec Pecaut’s deeply affecting drama, Mad wrestles with turbulent emotions while recovering from top surgery at home with their partner and mother.
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One of Filipino cinema's most remarkable new talents, Don Josephus Raphael Eblahan crafts his boldest vision yet: an utterly distinctive blend of science-fiction allegory and existential drama that yields a profound enquiry into human interconnectedness.
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Noa attends her family’s Passover Seder for the first time since being put on a feeding tube for a gastrointestinal disorder. There, she is confronted with pushy family members, malfunctioning medical devices, and a room of food she can’t eat.