2020s

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Hildegart Rodríguez, a precocious and prolific writer in Spain’s 1930s, raised by her mother to become a model of future women.Read More »

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Teenage Eleftheria, a stranger in a strange land, meets mysterious neighbor Angelos who invites her into his grown up world. Roaming the streets of the scorching hot city on his bike, she will discover the awakening of sexual desire. Read More »

A filmmaker returns from Kyiv to his rural village to marry the love of his life. He is expected to marry the Rabbi’s daughter, which disrupts the balance of the whole town. In one unflinching shot, this film presents a day in the life of a Jewish village before it disappears. SHTTL is the story of the inhabitants of a Yiddish Ukrainian village at the border of Poland, 24 hours before the Nazi invasion, known as Operation Barbarossa. Today, there are no such villages in existence; the production fully reconstructed a traditional ‘Shtetl’ outside of Kyiv. Following the filming, the set was to be turned into a museum but has since been destroyed in the ongoing political crisis between Russia and Ukraine.Read More »

Documentary filmmaker Rodney Ascher tackles the question “are we living in a simulation?” with testimony, philosophical evidence and scientific explanation in his quest for the answer.Read More »

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Sylvie lives with her two children whom she’s raising on her own. One evening, there’s an accident, and her youngest son is removed from her care. Sylvie must subsequently fight to get her son back and to keep herself afloat.Read More »

Young entrepreneurial couple André and Vera get the chance to pitch their female health app at a prestigious competition. Before going there, Vera tries hypnotherapy to quit smoking and her attitude changes. André starts to behave unexpectedly.

9 wins, 12 nominations.Read More »

A Catholic schoolgirl is convinced tonight is her last night on Earth and decides to attend a costume party with her best friend.Read More »

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Dayana lives an abusive marriage with former police officer Elias, owner of Motel Destino. When 21-year-old Heraldo finds himself at the motel after messing up a hit and going on the run, Dayana finds herself intrigued and lets him stay. As the two navigate a dance of power and desire, a dangerous plan for freedom emerges.Read More »

At first glance, line dancing might appear to be an incongruous activity for members of the queer community, given that it takes place in spaces thought to be less accepting. However, for those who attend the eponymous Stud Country, a weekly queer country-and-western line-dancing and two-step class in Los Angeles, it is a reclaiming of those spaces. Following the tradition of the longtime gay line-dancing club Oil Can Harry’s, which was open for 52 years and closed in 2021 due to the pandemic, Stud Country seeks to honor queer cowboy culture by subverting stereotypes and reveling in a shared joy of line dancing. But with the forthcoming demolition of their most recent venue, Club Bahia, the future of Stud Country becomes nebulous.Read More »