2017
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One teachers fate hangs in the balance, but can he reach his students and change their lives? Ghani is in crisis mode. With a new government in power in Macedonia, it typically means everyone will lose his/her job to make room for educators of which the regime approves. Most of the teachers at the school are willing to sit idly by, go about their day, slap around some unruly students, and wait to see what happens.
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Explore the power of faith and redemption. Darrell Davis was a child star with promise, on route to a record deal and bright future. But an obsessive affair with firearms leads Darrell to spend most of his adult life in prison, where he learned the word of Allah, changing his lifestyle and identity. Now, at 55, he is known as Sadiq, and his transition back into society is fraught with its own trials for a man whos spent most of his life behind bars.
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How to make people laugh when you're crying. Ali (Madeline Brewer, Orange is the New Black) is the daughter of a comedy legend, so performing stand up should be in her blood, right? Well, maybe. Ali dreams of being a comedienne, but shes terrified of performing on stage. As she struggles to reconcile her fears and aspirations, Ali forges new relationships that help her deal with the death of her father, her overwhelming loneliness, and her inability to be vulnerable.
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The only truth lies within, but uncovering the truth can be deadly. Director Ivan Sens Goldstone picks up where Mystery Road (Cinequest, 2014) left off. Aboriginal Detective Jay Swan (Aaron Pedersen) arrives at Goldstone, a frontier mining town in the middle of the desert, in search of a missing person. However, the investigation stirs things up, and the townsfolk arent too thrilled by having him there. As he digs deeper, it becomes apparent the town had an unsavory history of nepotism and crime.
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A precarious romance against a dazzling cityscape. Carl, a young actor in a theatre company for the homeless, meets Meredith, a wealthy young woman in town for a family affair. Taking to the ever-bustling streets of London, they spend the following night and day together, and suddenly, Carl is torn between truth and appearances, as fringes of society clash with the upper class elite.
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What makes a family a family? Is it blood, or is it something more? Despite everything Ben has going for him, his transition into fatherhood has reignited a lurking question: who is his biological family? Wanting his own daughter to know who her family is, Ben, embarks on a quest to find out where he came from. He soon discovers his mom died during childbirth and that he has a brother named Peter. As the brothers catch up on the particulars of their pasts, their friendship grows.
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A trivial story of two boyhood friends separated by a femme fatale becomes a thing of exquisite beauty when the woman is played by Greta Garbo, and the film is directed by Clarence Brown. Garbo had been brought by MGM to the United States based on her film work in Sweden. She was cast as a temptress in three films in 1926, but it was Flesh and the Devil and her chemistry with co-star John Gilbert that ensured her status as a great Hollywood star. It was said that Garbo and Gilbert fell in love while making the film, and there is no denying their sensuous, erotic charge.
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How far would you go to keep your child safe? Sylvie and her mother have run their familys brothel business for years. Theyre quite good at it, as proven by their many repeat customers and great online reviews. However, Sylvies daughter, Eline, has become increasingly interested in the place where Mommy works. And, for all her mother does to protect her (having her stay in the car, or with her uncle), Eline cant help but be a curious six-year-oldwandering into the brothel one day. Thats when everything changes.
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A dry spell on top of a rough patch. Allan, a father of three, is stuck in the mechanisms of being a dad watching as his life flies past him every day. One minute he finally gets the chance to have sex with his wife (after who knows how long), and the next he's faced with the choice of getting a vasectomy.
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Stranded on the fringes of humanity, how much of it can you still find in yourself? World War I might be nearing its end, but for the patients suffering from shell shock in an isolated convalescent home, the war is always present. Ulrich, a doctor for the German army, is sent to inspect the home, but the strange world he encounters when he arrives seems more fiction than his cold, rational mind can comprehend. When a blood-curdling cry from a wild boy draws Ulrich into the forest, he knows he must save the child.