Cinematic Era: 2018 Vintage

Another selfie-film about dreaming in L.A.

Johan, a talented pianist who lacks confidence, prepares for a major musical competition. Overcome by stress, he takes refuge in the women's toilets where he encounters a young woman who provides him with a different destiny.

On a trip to the Aegean, Maria D., who lives withdrawn and is shy of people, is confronted with the impressions of an archaic culture. Fascinated by the morbidity and religiosity of the people living on a Cycladic island, she decides to put an end to her loneliness.

Hours before the wedding, the groom discovers that the stripper from his bachelor party is actually a hooker. Refusing to leave until she is paid, the prostitute and her vertically challenged pimp put the groom's life and relationship in jeopardy.

Lost in Paris, Cléo is looking for Paul and Paul is looking for Cléo. A poetic adventure lived in 3-year-old kids' shoes.

Just as strongly as the universe is occupied by the dark matter that surrounds and enshrouds our worlds, there is the irredeemably beautiful glow of the endless stars and galaxies ceaselessly glimmering, even past their own lifespans. A joyful exploration of how light and sound can delight and entrance the eyes and ears to allow the viewers’ minds to bask in the absurdity of watching two aliens’ creative teamwork going completely awry.

Inspired by actual events, this thriller unravels the mystery of a single mother who believes a shocking family tragedy was caused by dangerously dark forces.

In the heart of America's opioid epidemic, four men try to reinvent their lives and mend their broken relationships after years of drug abuse.

There were man and women who were supposed to think each other from a place far away. On a winter day, they got on the train to meet. On the journey, he unexpectedly received a E-mail from her, and she was lost all the time.

Through interviews with key AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) stakeholders from over the years coupled with archival video footage culled from AHF's 30 years of advocacy, care and activism, 'Keeping the Promise' tells a compelling story of AHF's history while offering a glimpse of, and road map to its future.

Two best friends are pitted against each other when a new girl comes to town, matters are further complicated when they enlist together in the U S Army to fight in the Persian Gulf War, the men and their unit captured by Iraqi forces and must work together with other prisoners of war to escape...

Back in 1968, Bucky and the Squirrels topped the charts with their dance hit 'Do the Squirrel.' Unfortunately, on their first promotional tour, the plane carrying the band crashed and disappeared somewhere in the Swiss Alps - never to be heard of again. That is until now, 50 years later, when the plane is discovered with the Squirrels still inside - frozen alive. Naturally, they're taken to a cryonics lab to be defrosted. Long Live the Squirrels!

To avoid jail, a tax-dodging businessman is sentenced to a year of community service in a homeless shelter.

When four children open a mysterious door in the forest, their isolated village is terrorized by what lives inside.

An unlucky-in-love yet irrationally-optimistic New Yorker thinks her luck has changed when she spends the night with the man of her dreams. But as it turns out, he might just be full of shit. Literally.

Drawing inspiration from his personal encounter with the Italian refugee child Giovanna during World War II, Markus Imhoof tells how refugees and migrants are treated today: on the Mediterranean Sea, in Lebanon, in Italy, in Germany and in Switzerland.

A plea for the liberation of female sexuality in the 21st century. The film questions millennial patriarchal structures, as well as todays omnipresent porn culture. It accompanies five extraordinary women around the globe, reveals universal contexts and shows the successful fight of these courageous women for a self-determined female sexuality and an equal, passionate relationship between the sexes.

From adoption and homelessness to navigating relationships and overcoming self-harm, the four transmen in MAN MADE all have something else in common: they are all bodybuilders. Through the lens of FTMFitCon, the world’s only FTM bodybuilding competition, we delve into the lives of Dominic, Rese, Mason, and Kennie as they define what it means to be a man while contextualizing that definition through the social, racial, and economic realities of their lives. For the men of MAN MADE, it’s not about winning—it’s about stepping on stage and being seen for everything they are.

A guy falls in love but can’t get married before his older sister.

In a near future, a woman navigates a virtual customer service call via her own avatar and digital assistant. The film was written and directed by a human, however, LEXI's dialogue was generated by RivetAI, an artificial intelligence program.

Three stupid cowboys are lost in the woods without any food on the coldest night of the year. Will they succumb to the cold, cannibalism, or the Christmas Spirit? Canada's infamous Astron-6 return to short form to challenge the very idea of storytelling. Grotesque. Absurd. Buñuel by way of Zuckers and Abrahams.

Set and filmed at the iconic Maida Vale studios, The Dead Room tells the story of a long-running radio horror series and its veteran presenter and national treasure Aubrey Judd. But times are changing. Tastes are shifting. There’s a new young producer. Whatever happened to the classic ghost stories? The good old days? Aubrey soon discovers that all is not quiet in the eerie radio studio and that elements of his own past are not as dead and buried as he perhaps hoped…

While surprising his fiancée with a newly inherited property, a man is forced to confront his past behaviour.

Game On is a coming-of-age stoner comedy that follows gamers Regina, Mac, and Warren as they struggle to find a way to save the game store they operate, or else find themselves forced to abandon their alternative lifestyle and join the "real" world.

A UFO fanatic risks his family to fulfill his lifelong dream of being abducted.

Achuthan is a jovial man who loves helping his fellow villagers. However, his life turns on its head after he receives a letter that is addressed to Lord Krishna.

Five friends and Urban explorers break into an abandoned building to explore and take pictures. Everything is fun and games until they see something they should have never seen and get locked in a place they never should have been!

Elma tries to get close to her idol, a very famous and volatile director, who is on the brink of a crisis.

The news of his daughter Emma's disappearance sets Benno Winkler off on a journey that puts his convictions and ideals to the test and shakes them to the core. His daughter Emma's passport has been found on the Turkish-Syrian border and there is no trace of her. Benno learns that his daughter and her boyfriend Max have made their way to Syria in order to smuggle the family of a Syrian student into Germany.

The film explores Mauro Ranallo’s career, including his work on the two biggest pay-per-view events in television history, and his relentless pursuit of a childhood dream despite seemingly insurmountable odds. Through this deeply personal portrait, Ranallo hopes that the film might inspire others to persevere in pursuing their dreams despite the challenges of a mental health condition.

On September 16, 1920, as hundreds of Wall Street workers headed out for lunch, a horse-drawn cart packed with dynamite exploded in front of Morgan Bank — the world’s most powerful banking institution. The blast turned the nation’s financial center into a bloody war zone and left 38 dead and hundreds more seriously injured. As financial institutions around the country went on high alert, many wondered if this was the strike against American capitalism that radical agitators had threatened for so long.

A man "unboxes" a vintage doll that bears a likeness to television and film star James Franco. As the man plays with the doll, it spouts soundbites from Mr. Franco's past; the man becomes obsessed.

There's emptiness in Nam-joo althoughs she's with the one she loves. She's tired of the same old life. Sung-wook becomes more and more discouraged next to his affluent wife. These two lonely souls meet on a train. They seem different but also very much alike?

Three women, three generations, two secrets. In the early 1970s, a bomb exploded on board the Swissair flight 330 to Tel Aviv. Isabelle's husband also died. The young, very pregnant widow feared that her lover, the Palestinian activist Djibril, might be entangled in it ... Now, 47 years later, Isabelle finds out that her granddaughter Anaïs has converted to Islam. But why does the young student keep her new faith secret from the family? Anaïs's mother, Léa, immediately rings the alarm.

Rose is a model and photographer who lures desperate women to their doom with the promise of money, a stable lifestyle, and sometimes even sexual gratification. Finley is a "down on her luck" drifter who falls under Rose's spell, and is subjected to a series of painful and humiliating ordeals.

In the year 2033, a young girl trapped in a mysterious orphanage recklessly travels back in time to find her parents and amend her past.

In a time of gods and kings there was naught but chaos and war. A crazed 8Bit epic going where only animation can.

YAYA is a story about a filmmaker who explores the complex relationship between his family and the domestic worker who spent decades away from her family in the Philippines to raise his. This documentary is a tribute to all the domestic workers in Hong Kong, who has served as the backbone of Hong Kong's economy by unleashing a substantial female workforce into the economy and taken care of so many lives with love and care. You are all heroes in the hearts of the Hong Kong people. - Justin Cheung, the director

After the tragic death of his brother Rafe, Jonah, alcoholic blues singer, discovers that he asks him in his last wishes to disperse his ashes. Only downside, Rafe has made a real treasure hunt that takes him on the roads... And the spirit of his brother is traveling with him.

When Eric and Raj, old high school buds, try to build the next great app and become billionaires - they don't.

On the run from the mob, Jake Bolt visits his estranged foster brother. As the mafia closes in, the two brothers must band together to fend off the mafia - while trying not to kill each other in the process.

A smaller scale Eiffel Tower and the Champs-Elysées can be found just outside Shanghai; a copy of St. Peter’s in Rome can be found in Yamoussoukro, in the Ivory Coast: a journey over three continents to see the architecture of imitation, the uncanny world of the fake.

David struggles with the aftermath of a tragic accident and his innocent musings of feeling powerless slowly turn into a bizarre nightmare.

What comes to mind when you think of the largest structure built by living creatures? China's sprawling Great Wall? Or maybe the skyscrapers of New York and Dubai? The truth is, no human feat of construction can compare to the sheer size and majesty of the Great Barrier Reef--spanning more than 1,400 miles off the coast of Australia and home to countless unique species of aquatic life. Narrated by acclaimed Australian actor Eric Bana, Great Barrier Reef lets us experience the awe of this natural cityscape and introduces us to the visionaries and "citizen scientists" who are helping us better understand and protect the reef. Grab your mask and snorkel and come on an unforgettable adventure with sea turtles and manta rays, witness the birth of baby seahorses, participate in a coral watch expedition, and discover the exotic splendor of fluorescent corals at night as Great Barrier Reef captures the natural beauty and exquisite strangeness of this awesome, bizarre, and vibrant living world.

16-year-old Jonas is in love with his best friend Isy, but she likes older boys. When Isy takes drugs at a party and loses control in the intoxication, Jonas friends Lenny and Martin make fun of it with Jonas. But then the situation escalates and the three boys rape the unconscious girl.

Going on vacation right after divorce is an excellent idea. Especially when you drag along two of your best friends. You’re asking for trouble though, if your beautiful ex is staying at the same hotel. Moreover so, if she brings two of her best friends as well. Those friends, that happen to be exes of your best friends. In this case, revenge for old grudges turns into teams' competition. Eventually, fun competition turns and scales up to a hurricane that's threatening to destroy the coast, but true love shall prevail.

In 2010, Godard's Film Socialisme explores the sinking of political ideals in Europe. In 2012, the Costa Concordia, which had served as an allegorical platform for Godard, sank in front of the cameras of passengers and the world. In 2018, Paul Grivas Film Catastrophe, looks at images of the disaster to revisit the film factory

Based in the backdrop of 19th century Bengal, Rosogolla is a story of a young man with a romantic heart and brilliant mind — Nabin Chandra Das, who had set his heart on making the most delicious sweet of all time for his wife, Khirodmoni. Rosogolla is a story of the many trial and tribulations in his journey of making something unique, of innocent love, struggle and human aspiration for novelty.

The story of Jonathas, an orphan who had been adopted and then "returned" due to his effeminate mannerisms.

After a night out at a disco, 17-year-old Finn is hit by a car driven by aspiring judge Maxim Vollert. He leaves the seemingly uninjured man behind, who succumbs to his internal injuries. Finn's brother Mike, who reproaches himself for letting the drunk Finn walk home alone, meets Sylvie Vollert at Finn's grave, who was sitting next to her husband in the car on the night of the accident. A passionate relationship develops between Mike and Sylvie. Mike soon suspects that Sylvie was involved in his brother's death. When Mike tells his parents about the growing suspicions against the Vollerts and his mother finds out about the liaison between Mike and Sylvie, her world collapses.

A young woman lives in a progressive commune and finds herself on the verge of insanity, looking for unusual ways to fill her time. When her ex-lover Dick arrives unexpectedly, she is forced to confront him and she finally begins to see beyond his charismatic manipulation.

A Documentary Film about the Indian Motorcycle Club in the 1950's called the Indian Wrecking Crew. Narrated by Jay Leno

In the first year of the Republic of China, the warlords were in power, the situation was turbulent, and all the forces were eager to move, and Jin Sansheng, the big bully of Tongcheng, colluded with the officials and businessmen, and greatly enriched and oppressed the people. At the same time, a mysterious group of righteous people sneaked into Tongcheng, in order to find the "treasure map" to change the fate of the country. After a lot of difficulties, they rob the rich and help the poor, and start a fierce struggle with Jin Sansheng.

How to part with a jealous girl? And if she is also a rare bitch? Maxim does not know, because he "wants everyone to be well." While mother and elder sister are pouring in with useless advice, Maxim comes up with the most absurd excuse for a break, which leads to catastrophic consequences ...

Behind the mask of Mardi Gras, something sinister stalks the streets of New Orleans. Filmed on-location during the final days of Carnival, a group of friends is preyed upon by a mysterious killer.

Sreeram, an ex NRI, along with few other people, gets involved in an easy money-making plan and finds himself amidst unexpected situations. In this unusual ride, each one ends up showing different shades of their personality, revealing how far they are willing to go to fulfill their dreams.

A new homoerotic film from the makers of "Hombre". Lodi is Idol spelled backward. Franco is a maintenance man in a condo by day and service boy by night. He is obsessed with hearthrob, Brent. His obsession leads to fulfillment, but at what cost.