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Bethlehem
“Bethlehem” is a nod towards 90’s Holiday films. It’s a dark comedy about a family who is coming together for as they fall apart around the holidays. Like most family gatherings, things don’t go as planned. In the aftermath of chaos the kids decide to ban together to give their mother one final perfect family Christmas… Well, almost. |
Act of Choice
This is a story of 'Integrated Professional University' and a boy 'Harsh'. There is pressure from his mentors and parents to put all of his focus on his studies but somewhere inside, he aspires to be an actor. Harsh participates in a play for his college fest and he starts feeling a deeper connection when story of the play starts relating a lot to his own. Choice is a trait that defines us but what if, the people who stand along are the ones to be confronted. As he moves ahead in his college life, he encounters a 'choice' which draws him to several hard decisions, tending him to compromise all that he possesses closest to his heart. He isn't afraid to 'loose the race' he has been put to, instead he is afraid of the loneliness that he shall fall into, after 'losing everything all that he loves and rely' upon. 'Because every great choice touches the very lives of ours...' |
REJECTED
KUM is diagnosed with cancer in the most powerful nation on earth. Undocumented with no social security and health insurance, he is rejected by the system and left to die. His struggle for survival takes him into a soul searching process which stirs up extraordinary capabilities he never imagined. Will KUM defy the system or will the system break him? |
Capitation Retriever
The film is produced according to the recollections of Fiodor Jevlasovskij (1546-1619) The memoirs created by Fiodor Jevlasovskij, the nobleman of the Great Duchy of Lithuania, in the end of the 16th c. the beginning of the 17th c., are considered the first autobiography written in GDL. It is a unique literature work, revealing the human’s relation with himself, the surrounding environment and the world. Fiodor Jevlasovski served to the noblemen of GDL, the Radziwiłł and Chodkiewicz family, worked in Vilnius manor of the kings, Sigismund II Augustus and Stephen Báthory, closely communicated with Mikolaj Krzystof Radziwill “Sierotka”. |
Mama, Aku Harus Pergi...(Mama, I Have To Go...)
Mama, I Have To Go... tells a story about Regina a 10 year-old girl and her mother who really loves each other. Regina lives alone with her mother because her father is a drunker who likes to hit her mother. One day, Regina meet a friend name, Ratna who is her age and homeless. They become friends very fast. Everything’s seems fine until one day, Regina’s time is up. And she has to go back to where she belong; heaven. But, she is not ready yet to live her mother alone in this world. Regina asks her angel to give her time to help her mom to move on with her life. But, she has to do it fast before everything’s too late… This movie is based on the same novel called Mama, Aku Harus Pergi... (Mama, I Have To Go...) written by Damien Dematra. This movie gives Natasha Dematra the title ‘The Youngest Female Director in The World’ from Royal World Records and Museum Rekor Dunia Indonesia (World Record Museum) on the age of 11 years and 2 months. |
Hunting Party
Fausto, Augusto and Oliverio escape together from their inconsequential urban lives for one last night to bohemian paradise, Antigua Guatemala. They have 12 hours to blow Fausto's corrupt bribe money in one last epic party before Oliverio leaves the country the next morning. Their bulletproof plan is to find foreign girls, hook up with them, laugh, drink, dance, smoke and not get killed. But when charming playboy Fausto meets Genevieve, he discovers that it takes more than his seducing skills to actually make love work. Meanwhile inseparable friends Oliverio and Augusto find themselves falling for the same mysterious woman, Agnes. Now all five of them must fight for their friendship, future and love in that one short decadent night, which could be their last. |
Imitative Magic
The adventure of Cadence, all around amazing woman, and super fan to two amazing paranormal detectives in Calgary Alberta Canada. Her two heroes, Detectives Beefart and Cheenkaw go missing right in the middle of a strange string of mysterious murders. No one seems to be able to find them, or stop the deaths from happening. That's when Cadence becomes increasingly fed up with people's inability to get up and take a stand for what's right. She takes it upon herself to not only find Beefart and Cheenkaw, but while at it, hopefully put an end to these bizarre killings. The only person who seems to want to help her is her mail man Bert. Ghosts, Egyptian Gods, and a retirement home help make this a horror / comedy / romance / adventure you will never forget. |
WE PROMISED
"We Promised" is an amazing true story of one families love and respect for their mother/grandmother and the deep yet professional bond that quickly develops between Cathy the Care-giver and her client Mae. Cathy is sent in as a worker from an In-Home-Health agency to care for Mae and in only five short weeks Cathy and the family watch as Mae spirals from a fully functioning, central hub of a large rural family to death. In that short time Mae loses everything, and yet in some unique and deeply moving way, the family gains everything; things that make the word "family" truly meaningful. The story documents the passing of the last five weeks of Mae's life, one week at a time, and shows not only the decline of Mae but also the strong legacy of love and interrelationship between family members and the love of a Care-giver that really did care. |
Rivers of Eden
Theo suspects Rainey of infidelity when she starts mysteriously heading off on her own and lying about where she’s been. Yet upon confronting her, he stumbles into a hidden world of unfathomable mystique that will challenge not only their grasp of reality but also the strength of their marriage. Will this whirlwind exploration of their deepest truths bring them closer together—or will it tear them apart? |
Doorways
Simon is a young man on the cusp of adulthood and he feels static in his life. After a humiliating and brutal event leaving him emasculated he embarks on a voyage of self- discovery to seek out his masculinity and what it means to be a ‘man’. He throws himself in at the deep end and begins work at a rundown pub as a bouncer or doorman |
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