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When life gets you down...pick yourself up. Perhaps Marianne doesn't make waffles like "the other woman," but she sure knows how to bring the sugar to a relationship. When her husband of fifteen years cheats on her with his young, hot co-worker, what does Marianne do? First comes the rage...then the tears...and then...the fun. Between revenge tips and late-night shots with a handsome stranger at the bar, Marianne is ready for a wild ride into the heart of what it means to be alive. She has the support of her best friend and the strength of her spirit to get her through the ups and downs.
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Childhood, first love, a way of life. Things lost grow ever more precious in our memory. In a Ukrainian village at the beginning of the twentieth century, young Shimek weaves tales of wonder and magic for his beloved Buzya. They are neighbors, and in his tales they are prince and princessthey will be together forever. But they are also children, and sometimes life has other plans. Based on stories of Sholem Aleichem (who also wrote Fiddler on the Roof) and the celebratory themes of its Biblical namesake, Song of Songs is a touching evocation of a world that no longer exists.
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How do you survive from loss? Award-Winning filmmaker and Cinequest Alumni Gabriela Tollman shines in her stunning feature debut, Somebodys Mother. In this cathartic story based on real events two sisters navigate their way through loss together. After losing her baby, Clare becomes unhinged. She reaches out to her sister Anna for help, but Anna is hiding a dark secret about her own child. Together, the two sisters search for their place in motherhood and battle their tragic circumstances.
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Daphne Zuniga, Joely Fisher, Michelle Hurd, Natasha Gregson Wagner, Barry Watson, Jonathan Slavin, Devon Gray, and singing and acting legend Connie Stevens, get up close and personal when they lose cell reception for a weekend. In a world where everything is virtual, it's hard to remain present. From games, texts, blogs, and calls, the surge of communicationwhile comfortingcan become overwhelming. During another tumultuous Thanksgiving holiday, one family suffers a tragedy: loss of all cell phone reception throughout the house.
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A story about an artist eager for freedom and full of devotion... A deaf, young boy living in a juvenile detention center, Ehsan has a special talent: painting. In fact, it is the only method he has for communication. The officers who run the facility see nonsense in Ehsan's art, but eventually, they see how it affects him and others, and they allow him to continue paintinggiving him space on the facility walls. But that's not enough for Ehsan, and, after learning some devastating news about his sister, he dreams of escaping.
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Don't get into a pissing match with the universeyou won't win. Borshia, lead singer for the run-of-the-mill Borshettes, is a piece of...ahem...work with a ridiculous sense of entitlement and an ego big enough to create its own (bad) weather. When the phone of one of his few fans rings during a gig, his priceless, over-the-top reaction is one for the agesyou'll never leave your phone on in a concert again. With every door slamming in his face, he decides to end it all.
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How to become a millionaireall you need to do is save. Sometimes the best way to overcome hard times is to find a goal and stick to it. Recently orphaned teenager Fern won't let herself succumb to the same fate as her mother. When the Youth Protection enforcers come to take her, she flees in the middle of a harsh Montreal winter. Independent and headstrong, she'll focus her time and effort on saving enough money to be a millionaire. That's what the book 50 Ways to Become a Millionaire advises. It's as easy as that, right?
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Two brothers on a journey to bring their father home War changes you. Like a raging storm, it sweeps you out the doorand you're never quite the same when you return home. Oscar and Fredrik see this change in their father when he returns from his deployment in Afghanistan. Then, one day, their father sets off on a hunting trip in the icy mountainsand he doesn't come home. Determined to find their father, the two boys set out into the night. Together they must negotiate rocky shoals in the hopes of making their family whole again.
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A coming-of-age-at-30 comedy starring the enchanting Rita Moreno (West Side Story, Singin' in the Rain) Two self-involved cousins have better things to do than embark on a road trip with their grandmother, Gloria (Moreno). But someone has to take the frail woman to an assisted care facility. Despite such inconvenient circumstances, the two cousins-a risk-averse yuppie and a slacker stand-up comedian-find plenty of laughs along the way.
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Winner of the 2016 Kaiser Permanente Thrive Award at Cinequest, The Rebound portrays the power and magnificence of the human spirit and reveals just how much we all can achieve. Miami is a city known for its sports and diversity. For the Miami Heat Wheels, it is a city of opportunity, second chances, and a call to winagainst all odds. Two years in the making, Shaina Allen's directorial debut dives deeply inside the lives of adaptive athletes while following the Miami Heat Wheels on their quest to rise to the top ranks of the league.