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A Better Place

A Better Place

2022 • 32 min • United Kingdom
👁️ 110
A Better Place is an in depth look at the toxic legacy of British colonial-era laws, which criminalise consensual same-sex love, while at the same time allowing perpetrators of sexual violence to go unpunished. More than 70 countries still criminalise gay sex. In over 30, rape within marriage is still legal. Behind these statistics are the people whose lives are paralysed by these archaic laws. Meet the LGBTQ+ people whose love is criminalised; who face the daily struggle of state-sanctioned hatred. Meet the women who endure sexual violence in their homes, with no recourse to justice. And meet the global network of activists, lawyers and legislators striving for equality and justice for everyone. Together, these courageous survivors and reformers are working to eradicate these laws, which blight the lives of millions. By unshackling our societies from the devastating relics of colonialism, this inspiring network of changemakers is forging a path to an equal, just and happier world. AWARDS:
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Awakening

Awakening

2024 • 9 min • United States
👁️ 110
After a quake on an asteroid mining facility, a deadly outbreak occurs, as Grimes, a soldier on the facility, must find his wife and a way out...alive. AWARDS:
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The Queen of Egypt

The Queen of Egypt

2024 • 6 min • France
👁️ 110
8000 BC, beekeeping appeared in Egypt. The last hours of the most beautiful queen of Egypt: Nefertari, the great love of Pharaoh Ramses 2… AWARDS:
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Perception

Perception

2023 • 5 min • Australia
👁️ 110
In a class full of different children, what we think we see and what is actually going on in their lives are two totally different things. AWARDS:
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Forza e Coraggio

Forza e Coraggio

2024 • 19 min • Italy
👁️ 110
The 100-year history of the Sambenedettese Club. The football team from a small town on the Adriatic Sea that, in the 1970s, came close to reaching Serie A. The sports narrative intertwines with the political one, telling, from the unique perspective of the Italian province, the bloodiest and most violent years in Italy's history. Original/Alternative Title: Force and Courage, rise and decline of an Italian Football Club AWARDS:
#9558
Father's Mountains

Father's Mountains

2023 • 11 min • China
👁️ 110
This is a poignant tale about home as belonging, which explores the profound metaphorical significance of father and mountain. A father and his son reside in the mountains, where the father works as a stonemason, shouldering the weight of their family's needs through arduous labor. Intrigued by what lies beyond the mountain, the son incessantly queries his father. Each time, the father's response is the same, “Beyond the mountains, lies another mountain.” As the son matures, he ventures away from his father and their home, seeking his own path in a distant city beyond the mountain's grasp, unraveling life's meaning. After years of relentless pursuit and self-discovery, the son gains deeper insight into his father's life and comprehends the significance of mountains to him. Filled with newfound certainty, the son returns to the mountains, where he answers his father, “Beyond the mountains is another mountain!” Original/Alternative Title: 父亲的山 AWARDS:
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Sanctimonious

Sanctimonious

2024 • 9 min • Portugal
👁️ 110
"Sanctimonious” is an intense and impactful film that delves into the themes of religious fanaticism, abuse of power and submission. The story unfolds from the moment a Bible falls to the floor, symbolizing the breaking of paradigms and the possibility of questioning. While the male character is tormented by his own depression and insecurities, he finds solace in submission and control over the woman, justifying his actions under supposed divine influence. The film reveals the ramifications of religious fanaticism as it unleashes a spiral of abuse and manipulation. “Santanário” presents a raw and realistic approach, exploring the psychological dynamics of the characters and the internal conflicts that drive them. The film denounces the danger of religious extremism and the manipulation of power. Original/Alternative Title: Santanário AWARDS:
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Circle

Circle

2024 • 4 min • Spain
👁️ 110
We all wear veils. The fear of not being able to keep everyone happy forces us to lie. We lie to others as well as to ourselves. But the truth will always prevail. Original/Alternative Title: Círculo AWARDS:
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Sinking

Sinking

2023 • 13 min • Sweden
👁️ 110
"On the road of life I dare to venture into a forest, get lost and end up in a swamp..." A visual Haiku poem in the form of a five-part sculpture Original/Alternative Title: sjunker AWARDS:
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Psychedelic Pictures Presents: Boca Raton

Psychedelic Pictures Presents: Boca Raton

2023 • 29 min • United States
👁️ 110
A man lost at sea get rescued and ends up in BOCA RATON. It is a comedic play on the dark night of the soul being redeemed by sunrise.
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The portrait of the last hope

The portrait of the last hope

2024 • 6 min • Georgia
👁️ 110
This is a story about unrequited love.it is about how a person's indecision destroyed him and how he thereby loses his chance to become loved.in order not to talk too much about the film i''ll just add that at the end i want people to think about how their lives will turn out in the future and how could it be different AWARDS:
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Assassins: A Film Concerning Rimbaud

Assassins: A Film Concerning Rimbaud

1970 • 43 min • United States
👁️ 110
Todd Haynes's first film, Assassins takes as its subject the violent love between poets Arthur Rimbaud and Paul Verlaine. Presaging the concerns of "Poison", and "Velvet Goldmine", it's a Godardian essay that cannily plays with the artifice of its own student-film limitations.
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Extrema gravedad

Extrema gravedad

2023 • 7 min • Spain
👁️ 110
What would be the worst thing that could happen to you when trying to kill yourself? Will Camilo crack when he finds out? AWARDS:
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Anticipation of the Night

Anticipation of the Night

1970 • 42 min • United States
👁️ 110
Notes of journey life of Stan Brakhage like a befits of a diary book in a very strong sense of experimentation, romantic, modernist and abstract.
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The Explosive Mr. Magoo

The Explosive Mr. Magoo

1958 • 6 min • United States
👁️ 110
Mr. Magoo opens his newspaper and when he comes across an ad for bowling, he mistakes it for an alcohol ad using a picture of himself to endorse it. Furious, he heads to the newspaper office intent on suing them for libel. Along the way, he stops to purchase a mechanical wind up toy which he puts inside a box. When he arrives at the newspaper office, the employees there get the wrong idea when they notice the ticking box and flee Magoo taking time to call the bomb squad.
#9568
Marilyn Monroe

Marilyn Monroe

1970 • 31 min • United States
👁️ 110
Born Norma Jean Baker, actress Marilyn Monroe would become one of the most iconic and desirable women in the world. From humble beginnings to her USO performances to her now-famous pin-up photographs and award-winning acting roles, Marilyn made her mark as the most beautiful and charismatic blonde bombshell of her day. But behind her picturesque smile, Marilyn suffered a tragic private life. This documentary compiles archival footage and exclusive insights to tell the real-life drama of Marilyn Monroe.
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Speeder

Speeder

1986 • 1 min • United States
👁️ 110
A robot motorcycle cop comes to grief while chasing a speeder along a Western desert highway.
#9570
King of Sex

King of Sex

1970 • 5 min • United States
👁️ 110
In the first half of the movie Nick Zedd has a rough sexual playtime with two young women in In the second half, whilst dressed in drag, he attempts to fellate a too-drunk Rick Strange.
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Homokszem

Homokszem

2024 • 6 min • Hungary
👁️ 110
A seemingly ordinary young man wakes up a woman laying in a desert, who has been asleep for a long time. As they speak, it starts to turn out that they are something more than they appear to be. Original/Alternative Title: A Grain of Sand
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Flowers for a Ghost

Flowers for a Ghost

2015 • 1 min • United States
👁️ 110
A man visits his wife at the park.
#9573
A Canadian Werewolf in Hollywood

A Canadian Werewolf in Hollywood

1970 • 2 min • United States
👁️ 110
Bryan, a producer in Hollywood originally from Ontario, is watching a mediocre puppet show he's producing. He tries explaining to a producer that the production is going well and under budget. He rejects the producer's request to do a movie called A Canadian Werewolf in Hollywood. However, as he's arguing with the publisher, the clouds part and the full moon shines on Bryan, causing him to drop the phone and turn into a wolfman. Meanwhile, a thief is breaking into the studio. He at first doesn't want to heed the "Beware of Dog" sign, but he flees after seeing a shadow of Bryan transforming and growing a snout. The producer is getting impatient and shouting to see what's going on. Bryan picks up the phone with his claws and tells the director he will direct A Canadian Werewolf in Hollywood as long as it's a night shoot.
#9574
The Forgotten Generation

The Forgotten Generation

1970 • 10 min • United States
👁️ 110
A short documentary looking into the life a returning war veteran.
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Love Bid

Love Bid

2015 • 13 min • United States
👁️ 110
How much does love cost? For the auctioneer Damon everything has a price-even love. After a traumatic relationship, he develops the idea that everybody would change love for money if the price was right. When attending a conference, Damon remembers his previous life, when everything was simple and money was not that important. But it won't be so easy to get back to who he was.
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Ophilia

Ophilia

2015 • 18 min • United States
👁️ 110
While working at his family's funeral home, Ronnie fantasizes falling in and out of love in the strangest of places. His moral grip on reality is soon lost when he falls madly in love with the beguiling Ophilia. Only he can decide if it's real and how it will end.