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The Apology
Twenty years after the disappearance of her daughter, a recovering alcoholic is preparing to host her family's Christmas celebration when her estranged ex-brother-in-law arrives unannounced, bearing nostalgic gifts and a heavy secret.

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- 2022
Merry Kiss Cam
When Jess and Danny go on a first date to a hockey game, their team scores a winning goal after their "kiss cam" smooch. Now, Jess and Danny must continue attending the games or risk the wrath of fans who believe their kisses are a good luck charm.

- 2022
Bliss
An unconventional LGBTQ love story set in the world of sex workers, Bliss is set in a world where femininity is considered a commodity. Two sex workers fall in love with each other while working in a Berlin brothel. Together - and yet each on her own - they experience the one moment when happiness seems possible - but their love is threatened by different ideas of life and their own abysses.

- 2021
A Big Fat Family Christmas
Liv is a photojournalist eager to make it on her own. To get a dream assignment – shooting the Chang family’s annual holiday party for a cover story – she doesn’t reveal that they are in fact, her family. When she finds herself growing close to Henry, the coworker covering the story with her, she wants to confide in him but doesn’t want to jeopardize her big break.

- 2022
Mistletoe Match
This Christmas, Olivia Hayes goes undercover to provide her readers with an in-depth (and cynical!) look at the hugely successful annual Mistletoe Match event. There, she meets single dad and handsome widower Thomas who is just as skeptical.

- 2022
Ashgrove
When a troubled couple escape to their rural farmhouse for a weekend of reconnection, they realize that their ability to save their marriage will literally determine the fate of humankind itself.

- 2022
Planes, Trains, and Christmas Trees
During a business trip, event planner Kayley and sports agent Brett find themselves unable to fly home for Christmas due to a snowstorm. Determined to get back to NYC by Christmas Eve, the two team up and try to make their own way home.

- 2022
Mistletoe Time Machine
Former best friends Ishani (Megha Sandhu), Taijah (Alicia Richardson), and Mei-Ling (Erika Prevost) haven't spoken since their disastrous performance at the holiday talent show their senior year of high school. Now in their thirties, the three women are all on very different paths when they're tricked by Ishani's father, Peter (Sugith Varughese), into returning to their hometown. When the women get into an argument at a local bar, Taijah's cousin, Caleb (Gabriel Davenport), steps in to referee, and a bartender who looks strangely like Santa gives the group a round of drinks called "Mistletoe Time Machine." The next day, the women and Caleb wake up and realize they've been sent back in time to relive their senior year of high school. Recognizing this is their chance to fix the things they felt derailed their lives, Ishani votes they should focus on performing better at the holiday talent show. Taijah on the other hand regrets slacking off in school, whereas Mei-Ling seeks validation from the popular kids. It's not long before the women clash as problems-both old and new-arise. In time, though, the women acknowledge how they each contributed to the downfall of their friendship and realize how different their lives may have turned out if they had stuck together. With a renewed sense of friendship, the women shine during their talent show performance as they're spirited back to the present where their lives have all improved.

- 2022
All I Didn't Want for Christmas
Emily Harris is not doing great. In a desperate attempt to improve her life and make this Christmas not totally suck, Emily writes a letter to Santa. Fortunately, and unfortunately, her wine-soaked wishes start coming true.

- 2022
Between Us
Elodie and Laetitia live in close love and dream of having a child. As Elodie discovers that she cannot get pregnant because of a health problem and encounters financial troubles, they decide to take a roommate.

- 2022
Farha
An historical account of the Palestinian Nakba (catastrophe). About a teenage Palestinian girl wanting to further her education. Unfortunately, armed troops enter her and other villages and threaten to kill them unless they leave. This is the story of how a brutal and inhumane occupation started and is today, still happening.

- 2021
Holiday Heritage
Ella, with the help of Griffin her ex-boyfriend, encourages her family to celebrate Christmas and Kwanzaa and to heal their past wounds before it's too late.

- 2022
Grasshoppers
Star-crossed immigrant lovers roam their gated community drink-by-drink in search of the perfect house.

- 2021
Secrets of Diana's Last Royal Christmas: 1991
Diana's last Christmas as the wife of the future King and their last Christmas together as a family. A not so festive season, dogged by tension and family arguments, a catalyst for the Queen's most disastrous and unfortunate year yet.
- 2021
Saint Omer
Saint Omer court of law. Young novelist Rama attends the trial of Laurence Coly, a young woman accused of killing her 15-month-old daughter by abandoning her to the rising tide on a beach in northern France. But as the trial continues, the words of the accused and witness testimonies will shake Rama’s convictions and call into question our own judgment.

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- 2022
Christmas Plus One
When sisters Cara and Amy make a pact to find their soulmates by next Christmas, they're not expecting to be so lucky. One year later, Amy's wedding approaches and Cara finds her soulmate but quickly loses him. Will her wish come true?

- 2022
The Oath
400 A.D., in a forgotten time of Ancient America, a lone Hebraic fugitive must preserve the history of his fallen nation while being hunted by a ruthless tyrant – but rescuing the King's abused mistress could awaken a warrior's past.

- 2023
Showing Up
A sculptor (Michelle Williams) preparing to open a new show must balance her creative life with the daily dramas of family and friends, in Kelly Reichardt’s vibrant and captivatingly funny portrait of art & craft.

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- 2022
Shin Ultraman
The continued appearance of giant unidentified lifeforms known as "S-Class Species" has become commonplace in Japan. Conventional weapons have no effect on them. Having exhausted all other options, the Japanese Government issued the S-Class Species Suppression Protocol and formed an enforcement unit, known as the SSSP. The members chosen for the unit are: Leader Fumio Tamura (played by Hidetoshi Nishijima), Executive Strategist Shinji Kaminaga (played by Takumi Saitoh), Unparticle Physicist Taki Akihisa (played by Daiki Arioka), and Universal Biologist Yume Funaberi (Akari Hayami) As the threat of S-Class Species worsens, a silver giant appears from beyond Earth's atmosphere. Analyst Hiroko Asami (played by Masami Nagasawa) is newly appointed to the SSSP to deal with this giant and is partnered with Shinji Kaminaga. In Hiroko's report, she writes... "Ultraman (tentative name), identity unknown".

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- 2022
The Dog Lover's Guide to Dating
Simon believes Chloe is the girl of his dreams but can't seem to win over her beloved pup. He enlists dog trainer, Alex, and soon finds himself wondering where his real connection might be.

- 2023
Bruiser
Generational violence and toxic masculinity are contrasted with the role of mother, Christian values and forgiveness in the story of 14-year-old Darious trying to find his place among his friends and family. He attends private school paid for by his hard-working yet stern father where he is sometimes bullied. His mother strives to keep the household calm, nurturing Darious as best as she can. When Darious befriends a stranger new to town, the family dynamic begins to unravel. That same stranger is actually Darious' biological father, a man with a reputation for violence. Violence brings violence and soon Darious must reckon with the role nature and nurture play in who you become.

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- 2022
Signal 100
These high school students are under the influence of their teacher. They are hypnotized to commit suicide upon command. One girl decides to use her will power to fight back and avoid this fate. She is caught in a ploy, with others, and wants to not lose as she is forced into a game of life and death.

- 2019
Nana's Boys
With subtle, vulnerable performances, Nana's Boys focuses on the intimate life of a couple who are confronted with the fact that their relationship is not as solid as they thought.

- 2022
Landlocked
Nick, a chef on the brink of opening his first restaurant, struggles to put his life back together following the loss of his mother. At his wife's urging, he reluctantly reaches out to Briana, his estranged, transgender parent. Seeking closure with both parental relationships, he invites Briana to join him on St. Simons Island, Georgia to scatter his mother's ashes. As they journey across the American Southeast, Nick and Briana must come to terms with the rocky emotional terrain of their pasts. As they approach their island destination and circumstances conspire to bring them closer together, their tumultuous family history comes into full view. Nick and Briana are faced with the difficult task of determining a new path forward.

- 2021