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From the Balcony
A journey through one year in the life of Ole and his family, living in Brochmannsgate 12A, Oslo, Norway, Europe, Earth, Universe. What if you would take a break from the rollercoaster called life and just sit and ask yourself: how did I get here? Do you live alone, with a family, or roommates? In a small village on the countryside or maybe in a big, foreign city? Was this the place you were supposed to be by now? And how do you keep going, even if you know that at some point the sun will burn out and everything around you will be gone forever?
Six: Inside
Delves deep into the anxiety, thrill and uncertainty of six aspiring animation artists as they are plunged into the twelve-week trial-by-fire that is the NFB's Hothouse for animation filmmakers.

Drained
Truck driver Teddy's late night stop at a gas station takes a dark turn when he meets the mysterious hooker Katerina, leading to unexpected consequences.

Seitensprung
Edith and Wolfgang have led a fairly harmonious family life for many years, together with their son Danilo. Edith has long since got over Wolfgang's infidelity twelve years ago, which resulted in a daughter. Every now and then he visits 12-year-old Sandra, simply fulfilling his fatherly duties. But suddenly the girl appears at the door.

A Culprit Among Friends
Four female friends reunite after 15 years and old resentments resurface. Soon afterwards, one of them is found dead. The police tries to determine whether it was suicide or murder.

Hottabych and His Team
During a year of the war, Ilya 'Hottabych' Lysenko, a participant in the Maidan and a successful financial director, managed to create a team of five medical crews who evacuate the injured under fire from the hottest flashpoints on the frontline.

Wanted: Houseboy
A young man with a rural upbringing finds work in the city as a houseboy for a middle-aged gay man. The residents of the house take advantage of his naivete, causing dire consequences for all of them.

A Fold in My Blanket
Dmitrij has recently returned to his small Georgian hometown after graduating from a university abroad. His monotonous days drag on, between working and the solitary rock-climbing excursions.

Relish
Five outcasts, lead by a rebellious transgender male, escape a private treatment program, go on a life-changing road-trip, and discover they have a lot more in common than they ever imagined.

Night of the Skinwalkers
Four couples stranded at a remote lakeside cabin on the eve of a reported alien invasion discover not everything is as it seems.

Ardara
Macià decides to visit Ireland following a route that his parents did 20 years ago. Bruna and María seek a place to escape and disconnect. Their trips intersect in Ardara, Donegal County, where they share the last summer days. A summer that ends abruptly where Europe ends. ARDARA reconstructs their journey through what the people who saw them tell us. The film is the portrait of all three and that of the people who knew them. A story that reflects on the very fact of telling stories.

The Raven
As a child, Lenore was tormented by nightmares and obsessed with the dark poems and stories of Edgar Allan Poe. As the lead singer in a Los Angeles band, the adult Lenore (Jillian Swanson) finds herself, friends and colleagues haunted by a murderer from beyond the grave. Only in her dreams -- in which she's visited by Poe's ghost -- will Lenore find the key to defeat her supernatural stalker and finally escape the spirits battling for her soul.
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The Chair Carrier
Sayed is a defeated human being living in the slums of old Cairo where he is constantly bombarded with government propaganda. He crosses paths with an ancient Egyptian porter carrying a throne and wondering in search of his lost king. Now Sayed wants to be seated too 'even for 5 minutes to see how it feels'. This political allegory is a study of the inherent self-imposed oppression in third world nations.

Los problemas de mamá
Mama's four girls are all newlyweds or engaged to be married. Four hubby/fiances plus inlaws = wacky complications.You betcha.

Kakkathollayiram
Revathy, a woman with special needs, falls in love with her rapist. When she tells her brother Mukesh to get her married to him, he initially agrees but later learns the truth.

Twenty Dollar Star
A successful Hollywood actress by day prowls the streets at night as a sex worker.