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- DirectorIvan HurzelerStarsErik CordesBruce StrickrottAcid Horizon closely follows a deep sea explorer trying to save the planet. Dr. Erik Cordes is searching for a "Supercoral" that will survive Ocean Acidification and help prevent future extinctions. Is he too late?
- DirectorGail OsherenkoOn May 19, 2015 Plains All-American Pipeline's onshore pipeline ruptured spilling 140,000 US gallons on the Gaviota coastline. Oil flowed through a culvert and into the Pacific fouling beaches from Santa Barbara to Los Angeles. Follow the story of the spill, the clean up, and the active community response. The film asks can we get off fossil fuel and ends on an upbeat message.
- DirectorMarc PierschelStarsJason BallGene BaurRyan BethencourtThe End of Meat reveals the hidden impact of meat consumption; explores the opportunities and benefits of a shift to a more compassionate diet; and raises critical questions about the future role of animals in our society.
- DirectorGreg NaughtonStarsRich PriceGreg NaughtonBrian Chartrand"The Independents" is a musical comedy/drama about three struggling singer-songwriters whose chance-meeting rekindles each of their fading dreams of making it in the music business.
- DirectorSusan KuceraStarsJeff BridgesPiers SellersWesley ClarkWhat kind of future do we want to live in? Jeff Bridges presents this beautifully photographed 4K tour de force of original thinking on who we are and the life challenges we face. This film upends our way of thinking and provides original insights into our subconscious motivations, the unintended consequences, and how our fundamental nature influences our future as mankind.
- DirectorJosh F. HuberStarsEliza CoupeSteve HoweyEd Begley Jr.After years of "manually" trying to conceive, John and Katie Kelly put their bodies, wallet and marriage through the ringer of modern infertility treatments.
- DirectorNova AmiVelcrow RipperStarsSue HalpernRobert Jay LiftonJoshua RubensteinA look at the current global climate crisis and adaptation to this profound change.
- DirectorJen SerenaRic SerenaStarsCheryl BereaRobert TownsendThrough an unconventional sequence of events, artist Robert Townsend discovers his kodachrome muse and embarks on an ambitious and emotional project that will take more than a decade to complete.
- DirectorAntonio HensStarsCarmen MauraMilton GarcíaMaría PujalteLaura is a legendary Spanish rock singer who ruined her career and now lives in a nursing home. There she tries to cheer up his teammates by forming a folk band although Marta is reluctant, the director of the center. Suddenly, Laura receives the visit of an unknown grandson, Jaime, who asks her to teach him how to be a rock musician.
- DirectorJay SilvermanStarsDania RamirezSantino FontanaJen LilleyAn unlikely heir to a fast-food empire discovers a New Mexican town where foodies salivate over the culinary treats of a feisty female chef.
- DirectorAnthony SabetStarsRachele SchankLuke Brandon FieldBrian BaumgartnerAfter a disastrous first date, Zoe and Alex get locked in a movie theater overnight. As they search for an escape and quickly fall for one another, an unexpected twist abruptly changes the course of the night.
- DirectorEmilio EstevezStarsAlec BaldwinTaylor SchillingEmilio EstevezAn act of civil disobedience turns into a standoff with police when homeless people in Cincinnati take over the public library to seek shelter from the bitter cold.
- DirectorGrant KorganBrian NilesGeoff CallanStarsTalitha Newsom CallanJohn DavisKen EvansOn March 5, 2010, while filming a snowmobiling segment in the Sierra Nevada back-country, Grant Korgan burst-fractured his L1 vertebrae and was told he would never walk again. Despite his prognosis, Grant Korgan and his wife Shawna, focused on the goal of 120% recovery. On January 17, 2012, along with two seasoned explorers, Grant accomplished the impossible and became the first spinal cord injured athlete to literally PUSH himself--nearly 100 miles (the final degree of latitude) to the most inhospitable place on the planet: the bottom of the globe, the geographic South Pole.
- DirectorAndrew PeatAn impressive bottle of fine Scotch is in your hand. From barley to barrel, who made it and how did they do it?
- DirectorMax GoldStarsOliver SingerAndrea SnædalErica LupinacciAfter his role is cut from the hottest new show, an actor takes a job at a tech company that shrouds a dark secret.
- DirectorNicolas MonetteStarsMélissa Désormeaux-PoulinMartin MatteRomane MartinsEstelle, 34 ans, conjointe et mère de famille sans histoire, s'enfonce dans une vie rangée et prévisible. Mais une série d'événements remet son identité en question. Pire : elle réalise que le noeud de cette crise est sexuel. Elle se met en tête d'organiser un « trip » à trois. Défi loin de sa zone de confort. Elle plonge dans cette quête folle, entraînant avec elle son conjoint qui se sent tout aussi incompétent.
- DirectorRiccardo FerrarisDocumenting a new, successful "back to nature" therapy for US War Veterans with PTSD.
- DirectorSteve AndersonStarsOlivia ThirlbyJohn Carroll LynchJanina GavankarA shy investigator assumes the identity of a small town murder victim in order to solve her gruesome death.
- DirectorJens DahlStarsNikolaj Coster-WaldauBirgitte Hjort SørensenLærke WintherBefore entering the witness protection program, bank robber Mikael demands 3 things from the police. 3 things that cast a whole new light on the robbery he and his partners have been jailed for.
- DirectorMichael AlaluBaram begins to lose faith in the possibility of a two-state solution, he decides to travel throughout the West Bank to speak with both the Palestinians and the Israeli settlers living there.
- DirectorKyle RideoutStarsJudy GreerDaniel DohenySiobhan WilliamsA socially awkward home-schooled kid forces his way into public-school against his suffocating but loving mother's wishes.
- DirectorTiago ArakilianStarsKathia CalilJosé de AbreuEucir de SouzaAt the age of 80, Polidoro decides to demolish the stability of his comfortable life as a retired judge and become the owner of a strip club.
- DirectorMario HainzlAfrica, Europe - Europe and Africa: Surfers live differently on each continent and Africa marks a special place - as surfing is in many places at its very beginnings. 'Beyond - An African Surf Documentary' follows locals along the coast of Morocco, Western Sahara, Mauritania, Senegal and Gambia into their homes, visits their home surf spots and takes a look into their surfing lives. Three months of shooting culminated in a 111 minute long episodic journey on a continent, that has the potential to be the next big thing in surfing.
- DirectorRojda SekersözStarsAdel AhmadEvin AhmadStina AlmquistMirja must find her place after serving jail time. When she gets a job as a hotel cleaner she starts living a double life. She's torn between her sick mother and her old group of friends, who have always been her real family.
- DirectorDaniel RezendeStarsVladimir BrichtaLeandra LealTainá MüllerBased on a true story, "Bingo" is a film about the man behind the mask. Augusto is an actor hungry for a place in the spotlight, following the footsteps of his mother, a stage artist in the 50's. While starring in soft porn and soap operas he finally gets the chance to conquer the crowds when he is cast as "BINGO", a television host clown. With his irreverent humor and natural talent, the show is a big hit, but a clause on his contract forbids him to reveal his true identity. Augusto becomes an anonymous celebrity. With makeup on, he brings happiness to children across the country but not to his own son Gabriel, that sees his father distancing himself in search of recognition. Filled with irony and humor and an exaggerated pop look from the backstage universe of the Brazilian 80's television, the film tells the incredible and surreal story of a man that whilst looking for his artistic value, finds his personal decay.
- DirectorTarique QayumiStarsHaji Gul AserLeena AlamZohra NasimA tale of one man's love of kite flying, told over five decades of political turmoil in Kabul, Afghanistan.
- DirectorPriscilla CameronStarsMelissa GeorgeEwen LeslieEd OxenbouldEvelyn, a burlesque queen bewitches single dad, Al and his teenage son, Fin. As they compete for her affections, old wounds are reopened over the death of Fin's mother.
- DirectorGrayson MooreAidan ShipleyStarsSheila McCarthyKatie BolandGrace GlowickiWhen Valerie returns home from prison years after killing her neighbor in an apparent drunk driving accident, she wants nothing more than to move on - until the deceased's son shows up at her door...
- DirectorGaël MorelStarsSandrine BonnaireMouna FettouKamal El AmriA middle-aged factory worker's life is upended when she follows her employer to Morocco.
- DirectorBirgitte StærmoseStarsDanica CurcicGustaf SkarsgårdUlrich Thomsen"Darling" is the moving love story of a dancer on the rollercoaster ride of her life, a drama about the rise and fall of a modern woman as she summons the courage to face her greatest trial.
- DirectorGentian KoçiStarsOrnela KapetaniSuzana PriftiKasem HoxhaLeta has not been able to pay the rent for several months. When she and her one-year-old son are thrown out of their apartment, they move in with Sophie, an old woman confined to bed, whose daughter has just employed Leta as a caretaker. In order to keep her job and a roof over their head, Leta has to keep Sophie alive at any cost.
- DirectorFrançois OzonStarsMarine VacthJérémie RenierJacqueline BissetChloé, a fragile young woman, falls in love with her psychoanalyst, Paul. A few months later she moves in with him, but soon discovers that her lover is concealing a part of his identity.
- DirectorSimon HunterStarsSheila HancockKevin GuthriePaul Brannigan83 year old Edie believes that it is never too late - packing an old camping bag, leaving her life behind and embarking on an adventure she never got to have - climbing the imposing Mount Suilven in Scotland.
- DirectorAntti-Jussi AnnilaStarsTommi KorpelaSidse Babett KnudsenHannu-Pekka BjörkmanOne night of 1930, nationalist thugs violently abduct Ketola from his home in Finland. Beaten and forced to walk the Eternal Road towards a foreign Soviet Russia, his only dream is to return to his family cost it what it may.
- DirectorTeemu NikkiStarsMatti OnnismaaJari VirmanHannamaija NikanderA man who euthanizes animals as a side job runs afoul of a white supremacist.
- DirectorGuérin van de VorstStarsYasser AchabWalid AfkirYassine AgezalBen, a recently free Islam convert, wants to learn to pray and to become a good mechanic. Ben will lead a fight to resist hatred, to recreate the relationship with his son, and regain his dignity as a free man.
- DirectorLiat MerThe story of the Hatuel family, the prominent fencing dynasty from Acre, dominated by Haim Hatuel the father and legendary coach. Haim starts to lose control of his children just before the Olympics in Rio, which propels them into a family duel in which they pierce each other both on and off the strip.
- DirectorBlandine LenoirStarsAgnès JaouiThibault de MontalembertPascale ArbillotA French woman hits menopause, quits her job as waitress, and feels everything going downhill. But then she meets her old love from before she got married, had 2 daughters and got divorced. Is this a new beginning?
- DirectorTereza NvotováStarsDominika MoravkovaAnna Jakab RakovskaRóbert JakabLena is seventeen years old and is on the threshold of entering adult life, but her growing up is brutally interrupted by a horrific event. Devastated, she goes into her shell and is scared to share her experience with others.
- DirectorDenny BrechnerAlfonso GuerreroMarcos HechtStarsDenny BrechnerTalma FriedlerPepe MujicaA fake Uruguayan Chamber of Legal Marijuana travels to the United States to find 50 tons of cannabis to supply the country. President Jose Mujica is the leader of the mission.
- DirectorAitor ArregiJon GarañoStarsJoseba UsabiagaEneko SagardoyIñigo AranburuA story about the world's tallest man, this is an unsettling Basque-language period drama focused on sibling rivalry.
- DirectorArturo MontenegroStarsLorna CepedaGaby GarridoPatrick VollertIn the traditional carnival of the small town called Las Tablas, there are two rival streets: Up Street and Down Street. A young couple, after an unexpected encounter at the airport, fall hopelessly in love.
- DirectorDavid EngStarsPascal MarchandPascal Marchand, an aspiring poet from Montreal, arrived in the mythical land of Burgundy to work the harvest at age 21. Enchanted by the region, he settled there and embarked on an unlikely path to winemaking stardom. Now over 30 years later, he is renowned as an artist and innovator, finding his inspiration in the ancient techniques of the Cistercian monks who meticulously studied and refined Burgundy's winemaking in the middle ages. Shot over his most difficult year ever, the catastrophic 2016 season which saw devastating frosts, hailstorms and disease in the vineyards, the film is both a love letter and a cautionary tale, as winemakers like Pascal must face the unpredictable and destructive consequences of climate change.
- DirectorLudovic BonleuxIn the depths of the Sierra of Guerrero in Mexico, after the disappearance of the 43 students, we find the reaction of wounded civil society to seek an answer to the situation of abuse of authority mixed with poverty.
- DirectorAlejandro MaciStarsGuillermo FrancellaLuisana LopilatoJuan MinujínDr. Huberman arrives at the hotel section of Bosque de Mar in search of a delightful and fruitful solitude. Little does he imagine that he will soon be involved in the complex relationships that the curious inhabitants of the hotel have been knitting.