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Lauren Pattison: Lady Muck

Introducing Lauren Pattison’s fresh and feisty “Best Newcomer” nominated debut hour. All about embracing your flaws, this is an inspirational coming-of-age tale delivered with Newcastle native Lauren’s uplifting wit and raw charisma.

City Without Nights

A Chinese drama

No. 5 Reversal

No. 5 Reversal opens with a close up sequence of two women in animated conversation, followed by an aural page/station structure. The film combines elements of horizontal and vertical montage in the soundtrack, using white noise, and radio static as a fragmentation device. The visually striking black and white photography weaves lyrical, pastoral nature with the de- and re- construction of civilization. No. 5 Reversal ends with a filmic signature, an image of its maker framed in front of a window against a backdrop of ruins.

Macadam Popcorn

Mathieu Sapin's next graphic novel is about French independent cinemas. Taking us on a journey across France, he explores the challenges facing this fragile cultural ecosystem. On his way, Matthew discovers a community of enthusiasts and the diversity of French offerings that is admired the world over.

Jolly Good Felons

In this short, The Little King has a trip scheduled to visit the state prison.

Arctic Crimes : L'aube Sans Réveil

Queer Japan

Trailblazing artists, activists, and everyday people from across the spectrum of gender and sexuality defy social norms and dare to live unconventional lives in this kaleidoscopic view of LGBTQ+ culture in contemporary Japan.

Bad Influencer

When Brandi takes a shot at social media fame, she decides to rely on her best assets and begins modeling lingerie. But as demands from a content-hungry public increase, and blood-thirsty influencers up the ante, Brandi soon learns that to keep her competitive edge, she'll have to rely on her friends. All is well at first, feeding her eager neighbor to her bohunk husband for the drooling masses, but soon she's bringing her innocent cousin into her saucy streams and they all cross a point of no return. Whoever she meets is sucked into her webcam world, and it seems no one can escape Brandi's bad influence.

Karungaapiyam

Set during the lockdown, Umayal Karthika deciding to spend time at a 100-year-old unkempt library in a bid to divert and heal from a heartbreak. From the sea of books, she picks up Karungaapiyam and with her reading different chapters, and her imagination about the stories comes to life.

His Brave Defender

Arnaques à l'italienne

The Curse

Maria and Satindar love each other, but his alcohol addiction fatally prevents a shared future.

Donald on Ice

Huey, Dewey and Louie are building a snowman for the big snowman contest, but Donald's skating mishaps destroy their first attempt. Can their revenge be far away?

La mataviejitas

The story of the serial killer "La Mataviejitas", a woman who murdered elderly people.

Hé M'sieur

A former history teacher-turned-municipal librarian tries to help local young people.

Koropa

In the dark night, off the Comoros archipelago, Patron learns how to become « Commandant ». Soon he will take his first clandestine passengers to Mayotte.

Le Club des Vedettes

Kids of Töday

The first documentary about France's post punk and cold wave scene in the late 1970s and early 1980s. During an art show at agnès b. gallery in 2008, Jean-François Sanz has gathered some exceptional material that brings to light, through archival footage and about thirty interviews to the main players, the pop culture heritage of that moment.

Kammi

A Jewish girl from Tashkent is experiencing a love drama in which three stories come together.

The ".WAV" Tapes

A short film cut up into 11 different clips used to display the music produced by Ethan Rowland and friends (Bathtub Partying).