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Threesome(1994)

At a sizable public college, high-minded student Eddy is forced to room with the slovenly Stuart, but the pair strike up a surprising friendship. When attractive co-ed Alex is assigned to live with the two male students because of her gender-neutral name, a roundabout love triangle ensues. Eddy secretly yearns for Stuart, who wants Alex, but she prefers Eddy. The complex situation leads to sexual experimentation and strained relationships.

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Vinterdag 1914(1978)

A solitary railway station in northern Sweden on a bitter cold winter day 1914. Based on a short story from 1944.

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Philadelphia(1993)

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The Opposite of Sex(1998)

A 16-year-old girl visits her gay half-brother and ends up seducing his boyfriend, thus wreaking havoc on all of their lives.

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The Song of the Shirt(1908)

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Cocoon(2017)

China, 1997. An unhappy marriage, a love affair and a child who holds all the secrets.

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The Basketball Diaries(1995)

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Along Came Love(2023)

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Con Amor(2016)

In Santiago, Chile, a single mother is faced with a difficult decision - morality is pitted against vengeance, empathy versus family.

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Just Out of Reach(1998)

As the sun rises, we witness two male bodies emerge from the darkness. The younger of the two attempts to sneak out on the older man he just slept with.

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Dawn in the Dark(2019)

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A Family Affair(2019)

A woman makes a powerful connection with a surprising stranger on her 30th birthday.

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End-O(2019)

Jaq is a typical young woman, navigating the foibles of life, love and endometriosis.

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Sacrifice(2012)

Oli, his young girlfriend, and a scheming colleague are fleeing the Icelandic financial crises with a fortune in forbidden cash stuffed into a duffel bag. They head for Spain in their boat under cover of night. The seas rage and a horrible accident occurs. Marooned on a freezing outcrop of rock, the tension builds as the three violently disagree as they take drastic measures to survive.

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Myth(2022)

Collaborating with Australian circus company Gravity & Other Myths, 2020 BAFTA Newcomer and Berlinale Talent Campus alumna Alies Sluiter crafts a disquieting, quasi-surrealist tale of bravery and grief.

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Pornographer: Continued Spring Life(2021)

After overcoming differences, Rio Kijima and Haruhiko Kusumi grow closer. But tensions rise when family secrets and outside questions threaten their deepening bond.

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Duck Daze(2019)

Johnina seeks revenge on her childhood abuser and the community that enabled him, with the help of a duck.

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Crawlies(2024)

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