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Toto and His Sisters
Totonel (10) and his sisters, Andreea (14) and Ana (17), are waiting for their mother to come back home from prison. As they grow up, each of them learns how to survive on their own, hoping that when their mother returns, the family will be reunited.

- 2014
Dawn
A provocative look at a young girl's budding sexuality in restrictive Kennedy era America.

- 2014
Run for Your Life
When rich, ruthless domineering husband Robert feels his reporter wife Meredith isn't submissive enough anymore, she fears to be beaten to dead but won't stand a chance against his small army of divorce lawyers. Warned by an expert she can run with their also terrorized children but has no legal way out, she contemplates his 'hypothetical' alternative, a hit-man contract, and considers allowing her sympathizing newspaper boss Neal to hire one while assuming a new identity.

- 2014
I Am Santa Claus
We have documented an entire year in the lives of five real-bearded professional Santa Clauses to find out what the rest of the year is like for a man who perpetually looks like Jolly Saint Nick. In the process, they are shown for who they actually are, flawed, flesh and blood men who feel an overbearing responsibility to protect the integrity of the spotless, untarnished reputation of the 'Red Suit.' 'I Am Santa Claus' is a documentary that poses a question about a ubiquitous holiday figure that few parents ever ask themselves; 'Whose lap is my child sitting on?'

- 2014
The Dramatics: A Comedy
When Katie lands a starring role in the sexually explicit adaptation of an erotic novel, her stoner boyfriend tries to be supportive. But as her Oscar winning co-lead takes “rehearsals” too far, her dream job becomes her boyfriend’s worst nightmare.

- 2015
Darkness on the Edge of Town
A troubled teenage sharpshooter decides to avenge the death of her estranged sister after she is found murdered in a public bathroom.

- 2014
The Youth
Several young filmmakers captured their spirits in a series of short films to show how their generation reacts to the world of violence and insensitivity. This omnibus film consists of 5 shorts: Go Out, The Rumor, Wonderwall, Enemies All Around, and Play Girl.

- 2014
Hilda
Mrs. Lemarchand was an activist in her youth, but she became a housewife when she married wealthy Mr. Lemarchand. With the arrival of the new maid, Hilda, and her participation in a documentary about the events of Tlatelolco in 1968, Mrs. Lemarchand's identity crisis is intensified to the verge of madness.

- 2014
Carmín Tropical
Mabel, a muxe, returns home to her village in Oaxaca, Mexico to find her friend's killer.

- 2014
American Bear: An Adventure in the Kindness of Strangers
Armed with nothing but their curiosity and a camera, playful couple Sarah and Greg travel through America for 60 days -- relying on the kindness of strangers for a home each night. Their fate-driven blueprint takes them through the five towns in the country called Bear, exploring thirty states, meeting hundreds of fascinating people, and testing what it means to be kind in America today.

- 2013
Tom Sawyer & Huckleberry Finn
The adventure unfolds as Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn - Tom's friend from the streets - witness a murder in the graveyard. Tom and Huck flee to Jackson Island and make a pact never to tell anyone about the incident. However, when the good-natured Muff Potter, who has been blamed for the murder is sentenced to death by hanging, Tom breaks his promise and returns to exonerate Muff Potter. In jun Joe, the actual murderer, makes a hasty exit from the courtroom during the trial. A short time later, Tom and Huck find references to a treasure and have to face In jun Joe again.

- 2014
Oru Nadigayin Vakku Moolam
The movie begins with the search for an actress Anjali (Sonia Agarwal) by a scribe ('Punnagai Poo' Geetha). Once a sought-after heroine, Anjali vanishes one fine day and efforts to trace her ends in vain. The journalist manages to locate her after several hardships. Cut to flashback, the travails of Anjali is revealed. Anjali is the daughter of a poor folk artiste Devarajulu ('Yogi' Devaraj) in Andhra Pradesh. One day, her mother resolves to make her an actress and comes to Kodambakkam. The mother and daughter climb every stairs and go around every studio in Kodambakkam and Vadapalani. They meet with failures everywhere until they are forced to agree for casting couch. One compromise on the part of Anjali bags her heroine's role. She fortunately makes it big. The nature of her mother changes... She becomes greedy and runs madly behind money. Anjali is exploited by few in the industry. Unable to tolerate all humiliation, Anjali decides to take extreme decision in her life. What she does and what happens eventually forms the climax.

- 2012
Sevenes
A team of seven young sevens football players gets involved in crime as a means to quick money.

- 2011
Mashaal
MASHAAL is a story about Vinod (Dilip Kumar) an honest, fearless editor of an outspoken newspaper, Raja (Anil Kapoor) a man from the slums who takes to black marketing to make his living and Vardhan (Amrish Puri) who is a powerful and respected figure of the city whose cloak of respectability hid all the social evils. In an attempt to combat Vardhan, life ends up differently for Vinod and Raja.

- 1984
Kappal
Vasu (Vaibhav) wants to fall in love but his bizarre promise of not marrying any one comes as a huge obstacle in his life. At one point of time, Vasu finds a way to escape from his friends and comes to Chennai to achieve his dream of falling in love. When Deepika (Sonam Pajwa) comes into Vaibhav's life, his own friends become his biggest enemies. The rest of the story is on how the duo enters into wedlock ?

- 2014
Clandestine
When hard drugs invade a small town, local and federal law enforcement find themselves working together. Navigating the minefield of local political officials and junkie confidential informants, the team seeks to root out a sinister network of "meth" cooks and dealers threatening to change the face of Long Island's picture perfect suburban north shore.

- 2016
1983
The story of Rameshan who loses everything in pursuit of his dream to play cricket.

- 2014
The Roughnecks
The Roughnecks (2014) follows the struggles and triumphs of the “Ridglea Roughnecks”, one of Texas’ oldest and most intense Pee Wee Football teams, during a full season.

- 2014
New
The prodigal-son story of Isaiah, told by Penny who, along with her best friends, Nattie, Emmie, and Jess, spend their summer working at a Creative Arts Center.

- 2014
The Great Man
Markov and Hamilton are fellow French Legionnaire's at the end of their posting in Afghanistan. An ambush results in an abdication of duty-despite it stemming from an act of fidelity. Markov joined the Legion as a foreign refugee, hoping to gain his French citizenship and provide a better life for his young son. Ultimately, the complications of immigration and legal status takes a heartbreaking turn but also a primal urge to do right by those who have committed their lives to saving others'.

- Metascore73
- 2014
A Monster Among Men
Five friends head out on a getaway to a secluded cabin just outside of the Six Rivers National Forest. An argument forces the group apart and things begin to deteriorate quickly. As the night progresses, tensions build, and things are clearly not what they seem.The question each man must now ask themselves is how well do they know each other and how well do they really know themselves.

- 2013
Miss Julie
Academy Award® nominee* Jessica Chastain and Golden Globe® winner Collin Farrell take a sizzling turn as a wealthy aristocrat and her father’s valet whose innocent flirtation turns into a heated and dangerous affair that tests the boundaries of class and desire. Oscar® nominee** Samantha Morton costars in this searing tale of power and seduction.

- Metascore56
- 2014
Is That You?
IS THAT YOU? Is the story of RONNIE, 60 year old Israeli film projectionist, who has been fired from his job and is going now to the U.S. in a search for RACHEL, the love of his youth IS THAT YOU? Is a romantic, road trip journey to 'The Road Not Taken' in life created by Award Winning filmmaker Dani Menkin (HBO Cinemax-39 Pounds of Love, Je Taime, I Love You Terminal, Dolphin Boy).

- Metascore46
- 2014
Phoenix
In the aftermath of WWII, Nelly, a Jewish survivor of the Auschwitz concentration camp, horribly disfigured from a bullet wound in her face, undergoes a series of facial reconstruction surgeries and decides to find her husband Johnny who works at the Phoenix club in Berlin. Undoubtedly, Nelly is stunning, yet, her new self is beyond recognition, so Johnny, the man who may have betrayed her to the Nazis, will never imagine that the woman in front of him who bears an uncomfortable and unsettling resemblance to his late wife, is indeed her. Without delay, and with the intention to collect the deceased's inheritance, Nelly will go along with Johnny's plot and she will impersonate the dead woman, giving the performance of a lifetime before friends and relatives in a complex game of deceit, duplicity, and ultimately, seduction. In the end, during this masquerade, as the fragile and broken Nelly tries to find out whether Johnny betrayed her or not, she will have to dig deep into her wounded psyche and inevitably choose between revenge and forgiveness.

- Metascore89
- 2014