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Anhell69 and The Artifice Girl
The Angry Black Girl And Her Monster (Country: US; Year: 2023; Director: Bomani J Story; Writer: Bomani J Story; Stars: Laya DeLeon Hayes, Denzel Whitaker, Chad Coleman, Reilly Brooke Stith, Keith Sean Holliday, Amani Summer Boyles, Edem Atsu-Swanzy)
Vicaria is a brilliant teenager who believes death is a disease that can be cured. After the brutal and sudden murder of her brother, she embarks on a dangerous journey to bring him back to life.
Anhell69 (Country: Colombia, Romania, France, Germany; Year: 2022; Director: Theo Montoya; Writer: Theo Montoya; Stars: Camilo Najar, Sergio Pérez, Juan Pérez, Alejandro Hincapié, Julian David Moncada, Camilo Machado, Víctor Gaviria, Alejandro Mendigana)
A funeral car cruises the streets of Medellin, while a young director tells the story of his past in this violent and conservative city.
The Artifice Girl (Year: 2022; Director: Franklin Ritch; Writer: Franklin Ritch; Stars: Tatum Mathews, Sinda Nichols, David Girard, Lance Henriksen, Franklin Ritch)
When an internet vigilante develops a revolutionary new computer program to combat online predators, its rapid advancement leads to serious questions about autonomy, oppression, and what it really means to be human.
Caterpillar (Country: US; Year: 2023; Director: Liza Mandelup; Stars: David Taylor)
David, a gay man in his fifties who has long struggled with his appearance, becomes enthralled with the idea of changing his eye colour.
Chronicles Of A Wandering Saint (Country: Argentina, US; Year: 2023; Director: Tomas Gomez Bustillo; Writer: Tomas Gomez Bustillo; Stars: Monica Villa, Horacio Marassi, Pablo Moseinco, Silvia Mackenzie, Noemi Ron, Silvia Porro, Hernan Bustamante, Dahyana Turkie, Iair Said)
When a devout elderly woman finds a statue she think is long lost, what she decides to do next upends her life.
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Caterpillar and The Angry Black Girl And Her Monster
Molli And Max In The Future (Country: US; Year: 2023; Director: Michael Lukk Litwak; Writer: Michael Lukk Litwak; Stars: Zosia Mamet, Aristotle Athari, Danny Burstein, Arturo Castro, Okieriete Onaodowan, Erin Darke, Grace Kuhlenschmidt, Michael Chernus, Aparna Nancherla, Matteo Lane)
The story of a man and woman whose orbits repeatedly collide over the course of 12 years, four planets, three dimensions and one space cult.
Tobacco Barns (Secaderos, Tobacco Farms) (Country: Spain; Year: 2022; Director: Rocio Mesa; Writer: Rocio Mesa; Stars: Rocio Mesa)
A tiny rural village is a paradise for a city girl and a prison for a local teenager. Two parallel stories take place among tobacco drying rooms of a single summer.
Until Branches Bend (Country: Canada; Year: 2022; Director: Sophie Jarvis; Writer: Sophie Jarvis, Kathleen Hepburn, Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers; Stars: Grace Glowicki, Alexandra Roberts, Quelemia Sparrow, Lochlyn Munro, Antoine DesRochers, Cole Sparrow-Crawford, Paul Kular, Janet Walmsley, Michelle Brezinski, Michael Charrois, John Collins, Judi Garner, Shanna Giannozio, Damon Gregory, Fabian Gujral)
Drama about a pregnant woman, after discovering what she believes to be an invasive insect in a peach, must convince her community of the danger.
With Love And A Major Organ (Country: US; Year: 2023; Director: Kim Albright; Writer: Julia Lederer; Stars: Anna Maguire, Hamza Haq, Veena Sood, Donna Benedicto, Lynda Boyd, Arghavan Jenati, Enid-Raye Adams, Kerën Burkett, Ryan Beil, Laara Sadiq)
An unhappy woman removes her heart, puts it in a box and sends it to the man she loves.
The Young Wife (Country: US; Year: 2023; Director: Tayarisha Poe; Writer: Tayarisha Poe; Stars: Kiersey Clemons, Leon Bridges, Kelly Marie Tran, Michaela Watkins, Aya Cash, Sandy Honig, Brandon Micheal Hall, Lukita Maxwell, Sheryl Lee Ralph, Judith Light, Aida Osman, Connor Paolo, Jon Rudnitsky, Lovie Simone)
The story of a young woman grappling with the meaning of love in the face of an uncertain world.
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