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Knocking on the Door of a Fortress(2024)

In 1999 A.D., a legend of a zombie dug out of an ancient tomb spreads through a small town in Sichuan. A boy who accidentally becomes incontinent during swimming lessons is labeled a “little zombie” and subjected to collective humiliation. Instead of doing him justice, his teachers attributed it to his “unlikability”. Years later, he entered the entertainment industry as an actor, and his teacher died of blood cancer. In a dream, he meets his teacher, who wants to reconcile with him, but he is obsessed with how to become as “likeable” as his teacher asked him to be. With this in mind, he approaches some entertainment stars. It turns out that all of them live with their own scars, and not all of their hatred can be found in themselves. One of the stars teaches the man a spell that allows him to travel through time and space, to fight against the past, to be brave when courage is needed.

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The Great Artist(2020)

A gifted artist finds himself in a broken balance between creating world class art and the all too silent struggle of self care as his life begins to unravel because of his Dissociative Identity Disorder.

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Nickel Boys(2024)

Chronicles the powerful friendship between two young Black teenagers navigating the harrowing trials of reform school together in Florida.

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Five Stars(2025)

A retired veteran finds transitioning into civilian life tough, when a woman with a big problem enters his RideShare begging the question, can you really escape fate?

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The Show(2022)

A high school senior looks to join his school baseball team by any means necessary.

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Zinneke(2013)

Nine year-old Thomas spends most of his days at the flea market closely observing the Wheeling's and dealings of the market's sellers . His desire to be one of them leads him to embark on a one-night adventure that overwhelms him.

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Home Again(2021)

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Text Me When You Get Home(2021)

Four young women walk home alone after a trip to town. They are all confronted with the general fear and paranoia when a woman walks home alone late at night. But not all dangers lurk in the unknown.

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Onán(2002)

When his father caught his 12-year-old son masturbating over a pornographic magazine, he does not punish him but he states: "If you do this fifty times - you will die". What will happen at the 50th?

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The Mystery of the Sleeping Death(1914)

A mystery film in which two people fall into a mysterious sleep coma; an Oriental hypnotist then tries to reawaken them.

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Barbara and Her Furs(1967)

Short film for the french TV program "Dim Dam Dom". A love letter to Barbara Steele and Sacher-Masoch's Venus in Furs.

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Barrio Boy(2014)

A secretly gay Latino barber quietly falls in love with a handsome stranger over the course of a haircut during a hot and sweaty summer afternoon in a macho Brooklyn hood.

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Just a Game(1996)

Five sunbathing teenage girls find a sleeping man in the bushes and start to play a game, but it all goes a bit too far.

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Forsvunden(2006)

Christine breaks up with her boyfriend, Martin, before leaving for a school camp. While at camp, Christine seems to withdraw. Slowly, she slips further and further away from the others.

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Ringo Rocket Star and His Song for Yuri Gagarin(2017)

A dry, tragicomic musical short about a gipsy who thinks he will become famous by writing a song for the first man in space, Yuri Gagarin.

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Akvarium(2012)

Sten is an old man who lives isolated from society. His life is uneventful, days indistinguishable from one another, only punctuated by his few daily habits and the feeding of his fish. Fish, however, do not live forever and their demise means breaking the spell of isolation and inviting reality inside his home.

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The Full Story(2017)

Toby is selling his childhood home. Walking through empty rooms, he is assailed by memories of happiness unravelling, break-down, and the helplessness and rage of being child. Why do close ties break and loved ones leave? Can we ever know the full story? And what do you do when your family's gone?

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Pulse(2019)

A desperate mother, who suffers from a mental breakdown due to her husband's death in Orlando nightclub shooting, struggles with the relationship between her son and his swimming coach.

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My Ghost Daddy(2022)

Hsiao-Lin is able to see ghosts. One night, she meets a strange ghost, asking for her help finding his daughter. She agrees and uses a catch bucket to carry him across the Donggang Township.

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