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Three trailblazers – a young nurse, a visionary scientist and an innovative surgeon – face opposition from the church, state, media and medical establishment in their pursuit of the world’s first ‘test tube baby’, Louise Joy Brown.

In 2006, Detective Chang leads a police investigation into a murder committed in a public marketplace. Chang discovers the victim’s father has ties to several other families with dead or missing members, and a grim espionage case buried for 50 years in Taiwan’s past. Meanwhile, the kidnapped Mr. Hsu is interrogated by a mysterious mastermind. As the truth emerges, the embers of history become a deadly wildfire.

Realizing he won’t be able to pay his mortgage, Pierre faces a heartbreaking decision: to evict Micheline, his tenant and friend, who is behind on her payments.

At an unknown time, people who had never been masked, met in the town of Qinghongli. The boy from the city, looking for something lost, accidentally meets a mysterious girl holding a camera and falls into a short and drowsy dream. The young people in the town have illusions and impulses about love, and wantonly respond to life; the hotel owner occasionally immerses himself in his neon world and is not disturbed; the dumb drunken man has an insight into this field, as if he has a connection with the heaven .The old lady is still sitting on the bench, the old train shuttles through the valley jungle, and the whistle sounds every morning and night, entering the dreams of countless people.

Unable to accept her husband’s suicide, Sanam acts as if he is still alive. How long will this abnormal situation continue?

Liu Chunhe, suffering from cerebral palsy, bravely breaks through the shackles of body and mind to realize the dream stage for his grandmother, while trying to find the coordinates of his own life. After experiencing a summer transformation, he finally embarked on a new journey.

Jojo, a clumsy, goofy young gay squatter, sets out to repair a washing machine in order to satisfy Lucien, the object of his desires. He wanders around Brussels on a frantic quest, ready to take any risk to achieve his goal.

Siblings Enzo and Magda have drifted apart, and in an attempt to reconnect, Magda invites her brother on a trip to Helsinki. Over a weekend, the sibling duo encounters a series of eccentric characters and confronts situations that necessitate conversations about life, art and existence. Memories blend with the present, and dreams and reality merge for the two travelers adrift in the atmospheric city of Helsinki.

While working as a coal merchant to support his family, Bill Furlong discovers disturbing secrets kept by the local convent and uncovers truths of his own; forcing him to confront his past and the complicit silence of a small Irish town controlled by the Catholic Church.

A jaded mother makes a last-ditch effort to keep her family together by taking them on a trip to their teenage daughter’s pole dancing competition.

A year after her boyfriend dies from gun violence, a young woman prepares to graduate high school as she navigates an uncertain future alongside a community that is searching for ways to heal.

Azusa and Kanami have been best friends since high school. After Kanami dies in an unexpected accident, Azusa despairs yet finds comfort in sending text messages to Kanami’s cellphone. Kanami’s parents wonder about Azusa’s identity, and upon visiting the orphanage that their dead daughter cared about, are moved by her good deeds.

Chester Chapman–the host of America’s #1 news talk show–faces censorship from the authoritarian government his show helped inspire.

It is a dark comedy that reflects the current society. Nirban Sen, a psychologist, deals with patients and through them, we see how our everyday problems are plaguing us.

Single mother Alina tries to enroll her son, Serik, in an elite military academy, but he is bullied by his classmates because of his girlish appearance, and the principal deems him unfit for the school. Alina succeeds in getting Serik reinstated by taking advantage of Serik’s father’s high military rank. But she is warned by a woman whose son has committed suicide at the school that Serik will follow the same path…

Sultana Ahmed is a much-discussed name in Bangladesh female athletics. By dint of her shining success and sporting skill, she remains a torchbearer in the country’s sports arena. She set foot in athletics in the 60s of the last century. From the beginning, she kept her mark at provincial and national levels. Afterwards, in independent Bangladesh she got chances for three years only to participate at national level competitions till 1975. Her extra-ordinary skill and success in national contests of both the countries remains an example worth emulating.

Angele madly in love fight desperately for a relationship the lover wants to refrain from.

David Abreu is not just an artist, he is an inspiration and living proof that with talent, dedication and passion, you can conquer the world of entertainment and beyond.

Three short films shot in long take, featuring a young man in his bedroom, a young man with his family, and a young man with a missing friend.

Jenny and her boyfriend Bolle are expecting a child. This triggers ambivalent feelings in Jenny. She has clashed with the law and the youth welfare office and her relationship with Bolle is increasingly suffering from their drug addiction.

The silent struggle and systematic hate between Greek natives and refugees will lead to their brutal confrontation over the course of one night

María (34), a young writer who has just become a mother, is obsessed with a scandalous event: Alice Espanet (37) has drowned her 10-month-old twins in the bathtub. Writing about Alice will be María’s only way to understand the radical experience of her own motherhood.

David, a young middle-class Jewish boy, overweight, homosexual and afraid of flying, returns to Buenos Aires from Europe when his uncle dies. During his time there, David learns that his mother has decided to disconnect his father from the ventilator.

Zero. Winter. Ural city. A high school student is beaten on the street. He is dying. Parents experience the tragedy in different ways. Mother finds the diary. Only after the death of her son does she begin to understand how he lived. The father is obsessed with revenge and is looking for killers.

The narrative of Drazen Petrovic, a celebrated Croatian basketball player, highlights his personal life and unique character, emphasizing his deep, complex relationship with basketball – both his greatest passion and his curse.

When Noah (16) finds his own son Ziggy on the doorstep of his home, he is catapulted into adult life in one fell swoop. When it turns out he cannot combine his former life with being a father, he gets onto his moped after a flaming row with his mother. Carrying the baby in a sling, he intends to return the child to his ex Marije. His despair leads him all over the Netherlands and Belgium. Will he – in time – realise he is really and undeniably a father?

Alex, a young man about to become a father and struggling with the acceptance of his homosexuality, and his girlfriend Anna join their friends on a warm summer night in Barcelona for a lively night out. The unexpected arrival of Marc, an old friend of Alex’s from London, brings with him revelations that challenge their relationships and detonate their secrets.

Anthony Wong, as a pastor, struggles with sin and punishment in this intense drama. A boy who killed his daughter is released from prison. Torn between vengeance and God’s forgiveness…

Flávio, an actor going through a marital crisis, returns to his mother’s home while preparing a theatrical recital inspired by Gaston Bachelard’s book “The Poetics of Reverie”. Desperate for a stage to perform on, he will present the work on the streets of Recife as a poetic manifesto. The year is 2016, and Brazil is sinking into a political crisis, while the artist immerses himself in his art as the only utopia he has left. During this journey, we witness the affectionate —yet sometimes strained— relationship between mother and son, and Flávio’s moments of deep sadness, compounded by the impeachment process of Dilma Rousseff, which de watches on TV and will have severe consequences for everyone’s lives. A metonymy of Brazil’s recent history.

Excerpt from the film “Amalgam” – part from a film essay of a fictional character. A fable and a confession.

Aya, a Kataw, returns home to protect what she loves.

A mother prepares her child before she abandons her. Because today, on the night of the full moon, she will become a monster.

Simon is 21 years old. He introduces himself as a mover’s helper. He claims not to know how to cook or clean the bathroom, but he does know how to make a bed. Recently, he seems to have become a different person…

An odyssey through time and memory, centered around a place in New England where—from wilderness, and then, later, from a home—love, loss, struggle, hope and legacy play out between couples and families over generations.

After running away to try to find her father, Manon manages to free herself from this family bond and to rebuild herself in an unexpected way in order to reconnect with her dream: becoming a professional field hockey player.

Hee-yeon, a dedicated high-school teacher, seems to be going well with her life. But soon she faces personal challenges with infertility and home construction issues. To make matters worse, her student, Yu-mi, becomes pregnant. Under her colleague’s pressure, she reluctantly advises her to quit school thinking it’s best. However, her own unexpected pregnancy overturns the whole situation. Hee-yeon starts to open up to Yu-mi and go through something she had never felt before.

Set in a baby hatch where dedicated female social workers provide a safe haven for distressed women and vulnerable infants.

After her father had an accident and fell into a coma, young Paula searches for a feeling of security. Desperately, she fights to save not only her father’s farm – which has always been her beloved home – but also for his life.

Alma is sexually harassed by a friend in a club. At first she wants to forget all about it quickly and dismisses it as a drunken slip of the tongue. But the experience sends her into a downward spiral that she can’t seem to get out of – until she has to.

After 15 years in prison, Javier has the opportunity to reconnect with his family.

Alina has her first Tinder date with Louis after a long-term relationship. After the date, they have sex, even though Alina didn’t really want to.

A carefree summer in a Slovakian valley is forever changed for 15-year-old Enrique when he uncovers unpleasant news about his mother that force him to question his family’s ties and the path ahead.

Adina lives in Germany with her father and little brother after fleeing Afghanistan. War trauma and uncertainty about her mother’s fate are constant companions in the family. Adina’s need to dance her worries away is countered by her father’s strict rules.

Ruy Duarte de Carvalho, poet and novelist, finds out that his father left papers in the Namib desert that would help him shed light on a mystery that occurred in 1923. Through his search, he embarks on an epic tale that goes from the turn of the 19th century to the end of the 20th, in the magnificent Angolan south.

A seven year old Rita and her five year old brother Lolo from a working class family as the whole country goes crazy over the European football championships, with Spain in the quarter-finals.

An orphan rescued from trash becomes devoted to his elder brother in a Goan suburb run by a drug gang, both growing to be star footballers – till suspicious death of their mother threatens to tear them apart.

The story of Mildred Burke, a waitress who attended her first wrestling match and became the longest reigning champion of female wrestling. She fought and beat male wrestlers, and walked the fine line between beauty and brawler.

It is the lunchtime rush at The Grill, a New York tourist trap that serves thousands of customers on a regular Friday like today. Money has gone missing from the till and all the workers are being questioned.

A portrait of Rosa von Praunheim’s neighbor, who worked for decades as a professional dominatrix in Berlin’s Wilmersdorf district. While the real Lady MacLaine reflects authentically and wittily on her life and work, her life is retold in dramatized scenes.

In January 2020, director Xiaorui convinces his cast and crew to resume the shooting of a film halted a decade earlier. With the shoot almost complete, rumors regarding an illness begin to circulate. Some cast and crew manage to leave before the hotel is put on lockdown. Everyone remaining is confined to their rooms, and the director must decide whether to halt filming once more as Wuhan is shut down in the early days of a terrifying pandemic.

The long journey of Parthenope’s life, from her birth in 1950 till today. A feminine epic, devoid of heroism but brimming with an inexorable passion for freedom, Naples, and the faces of love—all those true, pointless, and unspeakable loves.

Steamy story about a photojournalist assigned to cover the story of an award-winning actress who is accused of killing her businessman husband.

A man seeks solace from developments in his romantic life, turning to alcohol for comfort.

Lourenço decides to leave his homophobic family and country behind to get lost in the queer mecca of Provincetown, until the intense and unexpected romance with Maurice, who also feels lost in today’s America, changes his life forever.

When Cem finds himself at the brink of losing the love of his life, Alara, he embarks on an expedition to the Blue Cave, Alara’s most beloved archeological site, to feel close to her again.

Jae-wan, a successful lawyer, takes on the case of a rich executive’s son, who has purposely run over and killed a man and left his daughter seriously injured. It’s Jae-wan’s job to defend a murderer, just another rung on his career’s golden-stepped ladder. His younger brother, on the contrary, is a scrupulous and upstanding paediatrician, who always puts the health of his patients over profit and money, often contravening the rules of the private clinic where he works. The brothers meet once a month with their wives for fine dining in expensive restaurants, but when an unexpected situation involving their teenage kids arises, their consciences are questioned and their usual dinner conversation takes an unexpected turn.

Sexy sirens Athena Red and Rica Gonzales star in a coming-of-age tale that delves into the complexities of sexuality and its big impact on their young lives.

Sonic sends TikToks to his husband Shadow everyday but Shadow never respond, Sonic thinks his husband Shadow doesn’t love him and don’t care about him, they fight and Shadow makes Sonic cry and now Shadow doesn’t know what to do.

When Juan, a young gasoline smuggler, is forced to work for a mysterious organization in the desert bordering Colombia and Venezuela, his girlfriend Diana embarks on a journey to uncover the secrets that inhabit this no-man’s-land.

As he pedals through the streets of Paris to deliver meals, Souleymane repeats his story. In two days, he has to go through his asylum application interview, the key to obtaining papers. But Souleymane is not ready.

Ingrid and Martha were close friends in their youth, when they worked together at the same magazine. Ingrid went on to become an autofiction novelist while Martha became a war reporter, and they were separated by the circumstances of life. After years of being out of touch, they meet again in an extreme but strangely sweet situation.

Mira, the daughter of a mussel farmer who needs to fight a reclamation project. She would do everything to save their livelihood even if it means sacrificing her innocence.

The film tells the story of Michelle, who is enjoying a peaceful retirement in a charming Burgundy village near her longtime friend Marie-Claude. She eagerly anticipates her grandson Lucas spending the school vacation with her, but things don’t go as planned. Feeling lonely, Michelle loses her sense of purpose, until Marie-Claude’s son gets out of prison.

An alluring dance instructor chooses Rey, a rich businessman, over Lukas, her dance partner. But when Lukas feels something is off, he knows L is in grave danger.

The legendary story of a folk hero’s rebellion against an oppressive empire, fighting for his freedom and forever altering the course of Yoruba history.

A steamy tale of love, lust, and betrayal. When Adele’s sister Bea returns with her girlfriend Cheska, a secret affair begins between Cheska and Adele’s boyfriend, Rener, leading to a climactic ending when they’re caught.

In Mumbai, Nurse Prabha’s routine is troubled when she receives an unexpected gift from her estranged husband. Her younger roommate, Anu, tries in vain to find a spot in the city to be intimate with her boyfriend. A trip to a beach town allows them to find a space for their desires to manifest.

Self-assured, mysterious, and captivating Linda agrees to work at an affluent home in Buenos Aires. Her charm sparks strong sexual attraction among all members of the family, exposing how fragile their externally happy veneer really is.

Pablo, professor at the University of Buenos Aires, has an affair with Luciana, one of his students. Natalia, another professor at the University of Buenos Aires starts an affair with her student Gonzalo. Two stories, as two sides of the same coin.

The movie is based on the true story of the “Stray Brothers” and focuses on the group of “Children in Difficult Social Situations”. The film tells the story of the wandering journey of a “petty thief” older brother and an “orphan” younger brother, and the warmth of their guardianship and redemption. Ma Liang (Wang Junkai), a boy who wanders alone, meets Xuan Xuan (Guan Zifeng), a child who has been forgotten by his family and has no one to take care of him. Similar destinies have brought the two lonely teenagers closer and closer, and in the midst of the wind and rain, they set up a small home together, embracing to keep each other warm and to protect each other. However, an accident breaks everything, a group of uninvited guests intruded into their lives, Ma Liang and Xuan Xuan’s fate and what will happen ……

In a Himalayan polyandrous village in Nepal, newly married and pregnant Pema tries to make the best of her new life. But soon, her first husband Tashi vanishes on the trade route to Lhasa. Accompanied by her monk de facto husband, Karma, she embarks on a journey into the unforgiving wilderness to find him, evolving into a quest of self discovery and liberation.

In a time of profound political, civil, and spiritual turmoil, Reverend David Hill grapples with the crucial question: Does God still have a place in politics? Compelled to enter a congressional race after the sudden death of a favored incumbent, David faces off against state senator Peter Kane, a formidable opponent determined to push religion out of the public square and cause greater divide.

Laura, a talented influencer and beloved friend to many, struggles as she becomes paralyzed due to a horrific accident caused by her lover, Jojo. More devastatingly, Laura only discovers Jojo’s true nature after she becomes helpless. Ultimately, she realizes that family will always be the only place to return to.

With only his wife by his side, a promising young boxer flees communist Poland to chase his dream of becoming the greatest fighter in history.

After losing their star player, a high school basketball team rooted in Native American culture must unite to keep their state championship dreams alive.

Ysay and Hannah, who were in a throuple relationship, find themselves searching for a new partner after losing their boyfriend. Will they find the perfect third piece?

Jas learns that his boyfriend has been cheating on her. He breaks up with her because she’s boring. So to prove him wrong, and just to continue to be with him, she agrees to a fuck buddy set up with her ex.

A wife learns that her husband who’s in coma had an affair. She confronts the other woman but instead finds solace in her. She then realizes she’s falling for her husband’s mistress.

Martín is a 13-year-old orphan shoeshine boy from La Paz, Bolivia, who has lived his entire life in the streets with the hope and desire to find his father. Driven by this desire and his imagination, Martin begins to suspect that one of his best clients is his father; Mr Novoa, a lonely tailor whose only emotional bond is his dog, Astor, a fine German shepherd whom he cares for like a son.

Kye-na, an average woman in her late twenties, holds a steady job and a committed boyfriend, Ji-myoung. Yet instead of feeling content, she constantly faces uncertainty, confusion and anxiety. While struggling with personal relationships and life’s woes, Kye-na finally embarks for New Zealand despite everyone’s dissuasion on leaving her home behind.

A hot private tutor gives a lesson on intimacy to a curious student. But for how long can they keep their lessons private when somebody else wants to join in on the topic?

When a cartel gunman is killed, he leaves behind Sujo, his beloved 4-year-old son. The shadow of violence surrounds Sujo during each stage of his life in the isolated Mexican countryside. As he grows into a man, Sujo finds that fulfilling his father’s destiny may be inescapable.

An artist meets a mysterious woman who becomes his model for his nude artwork. He then fantasizes making love with her; however, he always remembers her number one rule – she can’t be touched.

Set in early-2000s SoCal, Smoking Tigers follows a Korean American girl as she navigates derision and growing tensions while balancing the duality of her low-income family and wealthy, elite high school environment.

Jia Baoyu and Lin Daiyu get to know Xue Baochai at the Jia Mansion. The three young people experience all kinds of human affections in the world, and witness a series of open and secret struggles of the rise and fall of a huge family.

October 26, 1979, a presidential assassination shakes the nation. Taking on the defense of Park Tae-joo, the secretary involved in the presidential assassination, lawyer Jung In-hoo enters what would be South Korea’s most notorious political trial. Despite Park Tae-joo facing a predetermined sentence due to his military status, Jung In-hoo fights tirelessly to ensure a fair trial, enraged by the trial’s unfair proceedings.

On a weekend backpacking trip in the Catskills, 17-year-old Sam contends with the competing egos of her father and his oldest friend.

Aa story about a newlywed that receive a surprise guest that will eventually turn the couple’s world upside down.

A moment of impulsiveness turns Gao Zhilei into a “stay-at-home” individual, but he never expected his life to take a turn in the opposite direction. A series of changes compel him to take on his responsibilities as the head of the family. When life’s burdens hit hard, he must confront himself and start anew.

Rona, fresh out of rehab, returns to the Orkney Islands; a place both wild and beautiful right off the Scottish coast. After more than a decade of living life on the edge in London, where she both found and lost love, Rona – now 29 – attempts to come to terms with her troubled past. As she reconnects with the dramatic landscape where she grew up, memories of her traumatic childhood merge with more recent challenging events that have set her on the path to recovery.

A student taking on an unusual ”daddysitter” job. As she grows close to her wealthy, ill client, his estranged son’s return complicates everything.

When a young barrio lass moves in to the city to study, she lives in a boarding house with other college students. Unknown to them, behind her shy and timid personality is a woman with insatiable hunger for sex.

A talented mechanic and driver, Migs quickly finds success when a customer he likes, Gabbi, leads him into the life of street car racing. But as he goes along this life and learns of Gabbi’s past, Migs makes rash decisions that might put the brakes on their relationship.

Oscar, a nine-year-old boy who is unable to speak, struggles to adapt in the small fishing town he has just moved to with his widowed, hard-working mother Evelyn. Because of a broken film format camera, an unlikely friendship develops between Oscar and kindly workshop owner Eric.

Tantan, a small-town young man, falls for Joni, a free-spirited woman who sells herself yet teaches him about love. As their bond deepens, will their love defy life’s twists?

After her husband’s death, Madame Clicquot flouts convention by assuming the reins of their wine business, defying her critics and ultimately revolutionizing the champagne industry, establishing her as one of the world’s first great businesswomen.

Two college schoolmates venture into the world of cybersex to support their needs. They fulfill their fans’ sexual fantasy only to realized that they too, are falling for each other.

A mysterious woman found unconscious in a river. She wakes up not remembering anything and is unable to speak. The townspeople take advantage of Hiraya, but it seems that those who do, always end up in misfortune.

A young man from a remote village dreams of launching his own airline service. However, he must overcome several obstacles and challenges in order to be successful in his quest.

A 21-year old construction worker in rural New Mexico joins a community of queer ranchers and rodeo performers in search of their own version of the American dream.

Divine G, imprisoned at Sing Sing for a crime he didn’t commit, finds purpose by acting in a theatre group alongside other incarcerated men in this story of resilience, humanity, and the transformative power of art.

Mahin lives alone in Tehran since her husband’s death and her daughter’s departure for Europe, until an afternoon tea with friends leads her to break her solitary routine and revitalize her love life.

A sexually fluid med rep sent to the town of Maliko. She befriends an attractive local girl and her boyfriend to fall for her trap. She then plays with both of them to satisfy her sexual cravings making them mere pawns in her game of sexual adventures.

Led by Donna and Reverend W.C. Martin, 22 families from a rural Black church in the small East Texas town of Possum Trot adopt 77 of the most difficult-to-place kids in the foster system and kickstart a movement in the process.

Azi and Dex are both vying to be their batch valedictorian but Dex is always behind Azi. He then plans to make her fall in love to be a distraction, but his plan is a double-edged sword.

Martina is a successful neurosurgeon, happily married and mother of a pubescent daughter. She has everything under control – until she is raped by Mischa, the son of her best friend Jutta and her husband Torsten, while on a joint family vacation. When Martina’s husband Andi tells her friends about it, Martina has to face not only her trauma, but also the reactions and opinions of others.

The story unfolds with an allegorical inspiration from the well-known fairy tale, The Little Mermaid, in which the mermaid princess falls in love with the prince it saves from drowning, with a surprising twist of the mermaid being a young boy…

When Romina learns that her husband has been cheating on her, she turns to the town’s folk healer for help and obtains a love potion. But it seems the potion is working on everyone except her husband.

A woman taking a cab ride from JFK engages in a conversation with the driver about the important relationships in their lives.

Alexandre Varda, a powerful property developer of Greek origin, finds his life suddenly turned upside down. On the same day, he is sacked by his sharhold- ers and learns of the death of his daughter, whom he has not seen for 12 years. When he arrives in Greece the next day to repatriate the body, he also discovers that he is the grandfather of a 9-year-old boy with autistic syndrome…

In rural Western Massachusetts, 11-year-old Lacy spends the summer of 1991 at home, enthralled by her own imagination and the attention of her mother, Janet. As the months pass, three visitors enter their orbit, all captivated by Janet.

Following her sister’s disappearance, Jax and her niece Roki must stick together. Desperate to keep what’s left of their family intact, Jax and Roki defy the law and hit the road on a journey to the Grand Nation Powwow in Oklahoma City.

When overworked graphic designer Roy faints, he wakes up to the beautiful Nurse Abi taking care of him. This starts Roy’s fantasy of going out and sleeping with Nurse Abi. But can he turn this fantasy into a reality?