The Discarded
Debt and unemployment are forces of oppression in Maggie's world in this gritty story of survival. When her ambitions of becoming a nurse are shattered, Maggie turns to The Program; a short-term work commitment that promises financial freedom. But in The Program, the lines between freedom and slavery quickly blur as Maggie discovers the dark truth about life inside the work camps. Newcomer, Zara Jestadt delivers a gripping performance in this emotionally-charged cautionary tale of systemic decline in social equality and human rights.Plot summaryAdd synopsis
Discarded Things
HDWhen tragedy disrupts the life of esteemed music professor Grace Wyatt, she is ejected from her lavish academic world and into the harsh reality of teaching at-risk youth.
Under the Sand
HDMarie, a professor of English literature in a Paris university, has been happily married to Jean for 25 years, although they have no children. During their summer vacations in the southwest of France, Jean leaves Marie sunbathing on the beach and goes to swim in the sea. When Marie turns back, she cannot find Jean. Has he left her? commited suicide? drowned? With no clue and no body to mourn over, Marie acts as her husband was still alive.
Secret Agent Dingledorf and His Trusty Dog Splat
HDBernie Dingledorf is an average 10-year-old in an average town living an average life . . . with one minor exception: Only he can save the world. Contacted by T.W.I.T., a spy agency so secret it doesn't exist, Bernie and his friends-Lens Cap, a director who wants to win her first Oscar by age 13, I.Q. who definitely got his name by accident, and Splat, the canine eating machine - are hurled into one hilarious obstacle after another in their attempt to stop the evil genius, Dr. Chuckles, from firing his diabolical Laugh Generator which will send the entire world into fits of uncontrollable laughter. Armed with only their wits and items from T.W.I.T's spy backpack (cell phone socks, banana peel launcher, human remote control, and compulsory dancing disco ball) assigned to them by Agent 001/2 - our heroes must infiltrate Dr. Chuckles' headquarters, fight off Wing Nut and other clown goons to destroy the Laugh Generator and convince Chuckles to use his genius for good . . . while all the time learning invaluable lessons of honoring one another's differences and realizing that no matter who we are, God doesn't make junk. Based on the book series by the same name, Secret Agent Dingledorf and His Trusty Dog, Splat is a live action, comedy/adventure that subtly weaves in themes of self-esteem and respect for others.
Piercing
HDOutwardly, Reed leads a typical yuppie life living in a stylish apartment with his wife Mona and their newborn daughter, it afforded by a white collar professional career. But Reed has a need not only to kill, but kill in a specific way, with an ice pick. Rather than his initial target, he instead chooses as his victim an English speaking prostitute. On the pretense of an out of town conference, he leaves home, and instead checks into an upscale hotel, goes through the motions of the murder to ensure that that part of it goes off without a hitch, and hires his target prostitute through a service, the intended victim named Jackie. What Reed does not anticipate is that Jackie has her own agenda for their time together, which he at times believes is on her knowledge and acceptance of her fate at his hands. Regardless, what ensues is a psychological cat and mouse game between the two, it never clear who is the mouse and who is the cat.
Death to 2021
HDThis comedic retrospective mixes archival footage and scripted sketches as it revisits all the dread and occasional delight that 2021 had to offer.
The Unquenchable Thirst for Beau Nerjoose
HDThis absurd tale follows an apathetic man-child, Ron, on a journey to restore the spirit of his catatonic mother. Meeting friends along the way, this ridiculous, drug-filled musical expedition uncovers not only the secrets behind his mother's current state, but a mystery surrounding the purpose of the Universe. Ron must use this knowledge to not only save his mother, but also help his new space-nun friends and defeat the ultimate cause of his consternation: Dr. Beau Nerjoose. Also, Ron has a talking alien worm living in his butthole.
Trench 11
HDIn the final days of WWI, an allied army unit led by a shell-shocked soldier is sent to investigate a mysterious abandoned German facility located deep underground. What they find is fate worse than death.
A Handful of Dust
HDThe wife's affair and a death in the family hasten the demise of an upper-class English marriage.
High Spirits
HDWhen a hotelier attempts to fill the chronic vacancies at his castle by launching an advertising campaign that falsely portrays the property as haunted, two actual ghosts show up and end up falling for two guests.
Monkey King: Hero Is Back
HDThe all-powerful Monkey King was imprisoned by the Gods for 500 years, but when a child releases him from his curse, the Monkey King must now save an innocent village from the evil Mountain Lord and his monstrous army.
Vikes
HDThorvald's a typical high school kid finding his way, and he's pretty impressed with his classmate, Ida, who seems to have already found her's. Taking a cue from Ida's energetic campaign to ban a competing school's football team, the Redskins, until they change their oppressive name - Thorvald initiates an effort to change their own school's mascot, the Viking, to something less offensive to Scandinavians. And he enlists the assistance of an elusive community organizer, a mischievously alert neighborhood kid and, of course, Ida - against the resistance of his parents, his classmates, and pretty much everyone else in town, including Ida's giant boyfriend, T-Bone, the Captain of the Vikings football team. It's a bit of a bumpy path along the way, and Thorvald and Ida grow close trying to sort it all out.
The Night My Mother Killed My Father
HDIsabel is an actress recent in her 40 years old, unable to get new roles for movies or theaters, since then directors looking for younger women. She is married with the neurotic Ángel, a screenwriter who is working in his next cinema project with Susana, his producer and ex wife. After Isabel, Ángel, Susana and Carlos, Isabel's first husband, send away to them respective child to a school excursion, Isabel accepts to organize in her house a business dinner for Diego, an important Argentinian actor to negotiate his participation in the movie. During the dinner Carlos appears suddenly with a young girl called Álex, announcing their next wedding and moving to Brasil. But when a little time later Carlos dies unexpectedly, Ángel and Susana suspects of the guilty of Isabel, starting a series of events more maddened each time, along a long night where surprises seems not having end...