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It was supposed to be a normal day for Alana (11) and Rabin (11). A day when they came home from school, rode their bikes, and then spent time by the river, reading their favorite comics, which they had just rented from the library. However, that day became the most terrifying day of Alana and Rabin's lives, when a strange man kidnapped them both. The man drugged and gagged them in the trunk of his car and took them, far away, to another area, at the top of a mountain. Rabin is dropped off first and kept in a room in a villa. Alana, who was left in the trunk, managed to escape. Alana immediately ran away, but Alana remembered the whereabouts of her best friend who was still in the Villa. Alana decided to go back and use all means to escape the threat of the 'Monster'.

Winter 1862. In the midst of the Civil War, the US Army sends a company of volunteer soldiers to the western territories, with the task of patrolling the unchartered borderlands. As their mission ultimately changes course, the meaning behind their engagement begins to elude them.

Based on the best selling Camino memoir of the same title, The Way, My Way tells the story of one man's journey along the 8ookm pilgrims trail, the Camino de Santiago in Spain. Searching for meaning, he didn't realise it was right in front of him, one step at a time. At times laugh-out-loud funny, at other times deeply emotional, The Way, My Way is an authentic account of walking the Camino, using a mix of actors and true pilgrims.

A two-hour window into the heart of Hayao Miyazaki's creative process, the documentary follows six long years of work during the making of The Boy and the Heron, the latest film by the master of Japanese animation.

Two years after the events of the first film, roboticist Gemma has become a vocal advocate for the regulation of artificial intelligence, while her niece, Cady, navigates life as a teenager. Their relative stability is shattered when a defense contractor illegally uses stolen M3GAN technology to develop AMELIA, a military-grade autonomous robot. When AMELIA becomes self-aware and initiates a dangerous AI takeover, Gemma discovers that M3GAN's consciousness has survived in the cloud. Forced by necessity, Gemma and her team must resurrect and upgrade their infamous creation, casting the former villain as the only ally capable of stopping the relentless military machine.

Edward, civil servant, flees fiancée Molly on their wedding day in Rangoon, 1917. His travels replace panic with melancholy. Molly, set on marriage, amused by his escape, trails him across Asia.

Under the burning sky on a roadside on the coast of Ceará, Motel Destino is the scene of dangerous games of desire, power and violence. One night, the arrival of young Heraldo definitively transforms the daily life of the place.

Newly widowed Santosh inherits her husband's job as a police constable in the rural badlands of Northern India. When a girl's body is found, she's pulled into the investigation under the wing of charismatic feminist inspector Sharma.

Mixing narrative and documentary filming in a unique way, the story is autobiographical and is about a date rape, dissecting the characters and circumstances around it. By following the effects of the incident on the main character we grow to understand the tremendous impact of what many people don't consider to be rape.

Edward and Helen have invested in a quaint country manor house which operates as a silent, "spiritual" retreat, but after months of poor performance and scathing online reviews, the bank is threatening to foreclose on the property. Unbeknownst to Helen, these threats have now culminated in a public auction at the property, which proves to hinder what should have been a celebration for her parents. Margaret and Walter (Helen's parents) are celebrating their fortieth wedding anniversary and Albert (Edward's father) is "mourning" the recent loss of his wife. Complications arise when Albert arrives with a much younger, voluptuous "date" who takes an instant fancy to Walter, believing that he is old-moneyed, which he isn't. Meanwhile, Edward suspects that some of the guests may actually be buyers. He has to stave off this threat while trying to placate his own difficult mother-in-law, who never seems to have taken a fancy to Edward. Fortunately Rhys, the resident spiritual guru, brings some calm in the form of a really strong "organic" sedative. On a superficial level "A Family Affair" is a farcical romp but at its core, this is a story about love, loss, reconciliation and the complexities of family.

In the temples of Laos, teenage monks accompany a soul in transit from one body to another through the bardo. A luminous and sonorous journey leads to reincarnate on the beaches of Zanzibar, where groups of women work in seaweed farms.

“Bread & Roses” offers a powerful window into the seismic impact that the fall of Kabul to the Taliban in 2021 had on women’s rights and livelihoods. The film follows three women in real time as they fight to recover their autonomy. Sahra Mani captures the spirit and resilience of Afghan women through a raw depiction of their harrowing plight.

Kaan leads a very beautiful and happy life in the countryside until one day when he learns that his family will move to Istanbul. This news upsets him. He does not want to leave his friends and his beloved rowing team behind. He has to do something to stop this journey. Finally, he finds the solution in a book that his aunt has given him as a gift, called "Make a Wish" about a boy, Berke, who is bullied at school and learns to confront and overcome his tormentors. Berke lives in the magical, golden citadel town of Mardin (a UNESCO heritage site on Turkey's Syrian border). Through this book, Kaan uncovers the secret of how to make his wishes come true. It encourages you to think that whatever you want is already yours and by 'making a wish' you can choose it to be part of your reality. It makes you believe that you are the master of your own destiny.

Love her or hate her, almost everyone has a Barbie story. Even if they don't have a story, there's a story as to why they don't have a story. In this film, we tell the story behind the first Black Barbie, because yes, she has a story too. It started with the filmmaker's 83-year old aunt, Beulah Mae Mitchell and a seemingly simple question, "Why not make a Barbie that looks like me?"

The stakes couldn't be higher for displaced Palestinian refugees Chatila and Reda in this knife-edge drama. The cousins are saving to pay for fake passports to get out of Athens, but when Reda loses their hard-earned cash to his drug addiction, Chatila hatches an extreme plan to pose as smugglers in an attempt to escape their desperate situation before it's too late.

Lesia, a teenager, is taken by a man to a villa where her fugitive father and his men are hiding. A war erupts, leading to death and a chase where father and daughter bond.

Exploring the failures of the criminal justice system from a unique angle, Grassland follows a single Latina mother whose illegal marijuana business is jeopardized when her young son befriends their new neighbors – a white boy and his police officer grandfather,

A community of New Yorkers experiences close encounters with UFOs, prompting lifestyle changes as they grapple with the implications.

Masquerading as a marriage counselor, a serial killer teaches his methods to a desperate writer trying to find inspiration and save his marriage.

A witty exploration of mental health challenges through relatable conversations, striking a balance between depth and levity.

The story of the lives of children whose geographical determinism has created many obstacles for them to achieve their dreams. Children who live in one of the deprived areas of Iran. Kotij. A city of 6,000 people located in the southeast of Iran.

A group of politicians and international media meet for a private dinner, but they soon realize that they have fallen into a deadly trap.

Struggling school teacher Madison strikes a lucrative book deal to help solve her financial troubles. As she dives into her dark past surrounding the "College Town Slayings," she realizes it may still be a part of her present after all.

Set in the world of drug addicts and poverty where there is little hope of escape, two grizzled small town families vow to kill each other after the death of a young child. Chaos ensues when the realities of disposing of a corpse in the dead of winter set in.