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A surprise party gone wrong. The recipe for a surprise party is a huge cake, decorations, and hiding friends. Nothing really screams surprise birthday party gone wrong like the guest of honor not showing up. Add the fact that the birthday boy hates surprises, and you got the recipe…for disaster! Tired of waiting, the party guests do the only thing anyone in this situation would do: drugs. Coke, molly, acid, you name it, they do it. What could possibly go wrong? It’s a Party pulls you right into the epicenter of what might be the most popping party of all time.

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A wild love triangle emerges when a wife returns from the dead. Ismael’s Ghosts intrigues and amazes with the story about a middle-aged artist Ismael, Mathieu Amalric (Quantum of Solace), who is confronted by a love triangle not of his own choosing. Academy Award-winner Marion Cotillard (La vie en rose, Inception), entrances as Carlotta, the long-lost wife who mysteriously reappears from the dead after 20 years while Ismael is in the process of making a new film. Sylvia, played by Charlotte Gainsbourg (Cannes Best Actress, Antichrist), is an astronomer and Ismael’s new girlfriend.

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Love can crap out, but should you? Stuck at a job she hates, and having just broken up with her boyfriend, things are not going great for Kelly. It gets worse: she has to continue living with her ex and his new girlfriend until the lease runs out! Why does she stick it out? Because she rationalizes that nothing can ever be perfect – jobs suck, relationships end, that’s just the way it is, isn’t it? Enter Chi, a Call of Duty playing, Star Wars quoting, Wrestlemania loving nerd who still lives with his mother. A total cynic, and this eternal dreamer – an unlikely pair. Can they make it work?

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In the woods, he tried to escape life. Frank Olsen is a solitary hunter living in a mountain cabin that has been in his family for hundreds of years. One snowy morning, while carrying his game buck back to his cabin, he makes an unexpected discovery. The peace on the mountain is disturbed, and nothing will ever be the same again. Beautifully told in a woodsy peak in winter – with terse dialog and powerful visuals – Hunting Lands is a thrilling meditation on people’s attempts at renouncing life. Part suspense, part thriller, and part drama, the film is simply brilliant. – Pratibha Kelapure

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Good genes have nothing to do with it. After a bad year in the minor leagues, Phil Harding must return home to live with his aging father, the once great major league baseball player Len Harding. Phil’s return home means he’s asked to face reality – his ex-wife, his young daughter, and ultimately himself; something he refuses to do. Grasping at straws, Phil turns to his agent, who suggests he attend a baseball development camp. The catch: Phil needs money. But when his father can’t provide the money, Phil decides to sell drugs.

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Is the American Dream a nightmare? A former pageant queen, who has lost her house, believes the path to American salvation runs through Donald Trump while two brothers attempt to return to the U.S. after being deported. These dissimilar lives, presented in parallel, reveal surprisingly similar challenges for both Mexicans and Americans. Will they find answers to the most difficult questions about immigration, national identity, and perhaps the most troubling of all – who belongs where in these United States?

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Can a family unite when the stakes are life and death? A family is in shambles. The matriarch Paty is addicted to gambling, which makes her husband Rodrigo kick her out of the house. The elder son Luis has his own relationship issues – his fiancé wants to cancel their wedding. The younger son Carlos just wants his family to make peace and believes he can make that happen. In between all the mayhem and chaos, there occurs an accident that would change the course of the family. When a doctor announces that one of them may not make it through the night, they all must reconsider their choices.

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Stealing $12K from a matriarch’s purse sets off a family fiasco. Heaven Without People is a compelling drama centered around a family celebrating Easter Sunday lunch at the home of their matriarch, Josephine. As with most intimate family gatherings, a multitude of opinions are expressed, political viewpoints are passionately argued, and countless laughs are shared over authentic food and traditions. However, things take a dramatic turn when Josephine finds $12,000 missing from her purse.

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Home is not always a safe space. After extricating herself from a strained relationship, the beautiful and fashionable Cathrine returns to sell off her abandoned family estate after her father’s death. She’d prefer the sale to happen quickly and not have to deal with the long-forgotten family secrets, but that may not be possible when strange incidents begin to happen around her. Local rumors, mysterious disappearances, possible murders, and the odd neighbor girl fuel her anxiety. Is she alone in the old house?

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Screwing up goes ballistic when two hustlers join forces. The Go-Getters shocks and titillates as Lacie, an unlucky prostitute, hooks up with Owen, a wine-guzzling loser. No scheme is too sleazy, and no amount of cash too paltry to discourage them from pursuing one crazy con after another just to afford $98 bus tickets out of town. Owen’s brother tries to help while managing his dark, dismal, and derelict bar. An unsavory bunch of saloon regulars add to the hilarity. It’s as if Shameless is combined with Down and Out in Beverly Hills.