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The past is never where you think you left it. Pregnant and newly aware of her runaway husband’s crack addiction – what a fantastic start to motherhood! A young woman trapped in an impossible situation, Luba strives to turn her life around while juggling a floundering love-life, odd jobs, and custody with a recovering addict. As Luba tries to move forward, her past catches her off guard and pulls her back, farther than ever imaginable. Will she succumb? This powerful story about family bonds shines a bright light on the power of trust, with an unforeseen twist that will leave you speechless.

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Can a rickshaw driver navigate the potholes of life? Shukla, a rickshaw driver, deals with a multitude of passengers on the roads of Mumbai. Some of them take advantage of him, but they can’t rob him of his prized possession – his decency. A new marriage and a pretty bride bring up many unanticipated challenges. Before Shukla can get lucky, he has to grab life by the horns. The film will take the audience on a wildly appealing rickshaw ride on three strong wheels – acting, score, and direction. – Rakesh Bhadang

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A young writer looks to L.A. for what he must find himself. Daniel, the naïve and earnest college grad, seeks answers and inspiration in his move to Los Angeles. When Daniel encounters Ella, a friend from his past and Ella’s dreamy and alluring sister Talya, his life in L.A. takes an unexpected turn. Further, Daniel’s landlord, Jose, offers friendship and advice but reveals little about himself. It seems everyone has something to conceal. This superbly acted story will mesmerize and surprise you as the secrets unfold. – Angela Ettinger

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A love story among four sisters. In a modern and dynamic retelling of the Louisa May Alcott classic, Little Women weaves the optimism, faith, imagination, and ambition of the March sisters from childhood to adulthood. While Mr. March (Bart Johnson, High School Musical) is away serving in the US Army, the sisters tackle life’s struggles without their father. The sisters lean on one other, as their dear matriarch Marmee (Lea Thompson, Switched at Birth) and family friend Laurie (Lucas Grabeel, High School Musical) help them navigate life’s ups and downs together.

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Crossing the line between father and smuggler. Set in the land of many intrigues, Central Europe, Adam is finding it difficult to juggle both his roles – that of a father and husband to his family and his work as an international cigarette smuggler. Those close to Adam see him as a focused, unshaken leader, especially in times of distress. When the border of the Schengen area is secured, however, the line between Adam’s personal and professional lives becomes complicated, and he begins to lose control of what he knows.

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An aging screen icon and his young companion set out in what turns out to be a hilarious adventure. Like the man who plays him, Vic Edwards (Burt Reynolds, Boogie Nights) was a college football star and sexy 1970s action hero. The echoes of that reality add a layer of emotional weight as Edwards revisits old haunts with his reluctant driver Lil (Ariel Winter, Modern Family). The trip down memory lane stirs Edwards’ long-dormant heart while affording Lil a fresh perspective on this grumpy old man.

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A young boy is home alone, snowed-in, isolated, and targeted. Twelve-year-old Henry, left in the care of his grandfather, must defend himself against the evil neighbor in a cut-off, isolated farm when the grandfather suddenly dies. As Henry mounts a spirited defense using the skills his grandfather taught him before passing away, he discovers many dark family secrets. Grandpa always said, “You do the best to fix what you can.” Can Henry fix the damage done by those lifelong secrets?

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What if an obsession with kissing could lead you to a past life? One night after a performance, a young, talented violinist named Wen Feng receives a kiss from a mysterious woman. This kiss is all he knows about her. Head over heels in love with this woman now, Wen sets out to find her. The only way he can do that is by kissing her again and so begins his addiction to kissing. Kissing becomes such an obsession for Wen that he ends up driving his girlfriend away. While Wen looks for this mystery woman, he ends up finding answers in another young man who faces a similar predicament as he.

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In search of lost baseball card collection and missing father. Stu Stone, like millions of kids, treasured his baseball card collection. And Stu had it better than anyone since his father owned the biggest card store around. Then Stu’s world collapsed when his father unexpectedly sold the store and, worse, abandoned the family without a hint of his whereabouts. Years later, after Stu becomes an actor in films such as Donnie Darko, he ventures out on a quest to discover the father he never got to know.

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Can the daughter of God learn to feel empathy? Two bodies lying in the road. A hauntingly sterile emergency room. A girl crying out for her Father: God. One by one, all of the players in her life, angels and devils alike, emerge and illuminate how she ended up in this liminal consciousness between life and death. It is both in this consciousness and her previous existence that she begins to understand why God had forsaken her and how she can be redeemed.