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Juncture

Juncture

May 1, 2019

"Juncture" is a 3 ½ wall breaking, quick, ambitious, funny, self-aware, meta film that shows the true challenges of creating independent film, syncing up 2 different story lines of 4 different characters played by 2 different people.

The Incident on Purple Finch Road

The Incident on Purple Finch Road

May 1, 2019

A girl finally gets the chance to get out of her abusive relationship. One night while her boyfriend is away, she takes it.

I'm Not a Killer

I'm Not a Killer

April 30, 2019

One livid dawn, a cold and damp wind blows as a man walks alone through the darkness. Deputy Police Superintendent Francesco Prencipe is on his way to meet his best friend, Judge Giovanni Mastropaolo whom he hasn't seen for almost two years. The men drive for two hours and exchange but a few words. Later that morning, the Judge is found dead, a single gunshot wound to his head. Francesco is the last person who saw him and his fingerprints are the only ones found in the house. But is he the murderer?

Bostrom

Bostrom

April 29, 2019

A retired detective gets pulled into a larger conspiracy when he decides to investigate the abduction of a high school student.

DC Noir

DC Noir

April 29, 2019

A crime anthology film based on George Pelecanos' book of the same title.

Candy

Candy

April 28, 2019

Struggling after the recent death of her mother, Candy becomes involved in an underground scene of chaos.

Motif

Motif

September 26, 2019

Motif focuses on a police investigation and its most obvious innovation is the female perspective that the director imposes. Protagonist Dewi (Sharifah Amani) is a police officer who is sent from the capital of Kuala Lumpur to a provincial area, Tanah Merah (lit. “Red Earth”), to investigate the disappearance of the young daughter of the local community’s richest family. From the beginning, her arrival is greeted with distrust by her male colleagues, who are doubly annoyed by the fact of having an outsider who is also a woman intrude in the community.

Lucky Grandma

Lucky Grandma

October 22, 2020

In New York City's Chinatown, an ornery, chain-smoking Chinese grandma goes all in at the casino, landing herself on the wrong side of luck — and in the middle of a gang war.

Gutterbug

Gutterbug

April 28, 2019

Homeless and addicted, a crust punk named Bug resolves to go back home, a decision that leads him and his misfit crew down a dangerous path.

American Woman

American Woman

September 12, 2019

A political activist helps take care of a group of America’s most wanted fugitives, including a well-known, recently radicalized heiress.

They're Coming

They're Coming

April 27, 2019

During a small birthday party with friends, some buried things will resurface.

Benjamin

Benjamin

April 27, 2019

BENJAMIN follows a handful of characters (all criminals of varying degree), but at it's core is about the strained relationship between two loan shark brothers who are dealing with their late father's death and the sole object he left behind for them in his will: a hundred dollar bill.

Stray Dolls

Stray Dolls

April 27, 2019

Riz is a recent South Asian immigrant who takes a job at a seedy motel in a bid to start over in America. But the motel’s other employees and guests pull her back into a life she preferred to leave behind.

A Regular Woman

A Regular Woman

May 9, 2019

Hatun Aynur Sürücü, a German woman of Kurdish origin, was shot dead by her brothers at a bus stop in 2005. The story of a woman who fought for her freedom and independence despite her family's objections, and whose life ended in a horrific murder.

Gully

Gully

June 4, 2021

A slightly dystopian vision of LA, we follow three disaffected teenagers, Jessie, Calvin and Nicky, all victims of extreme childhoods, running supreme hedonistic riot as they try to work out a way in life.

Mordkommission Calw - Schattenkrieger

Mordkommission Calw - Schattenkrieger

April 26, 2019

Detectives Karl Jäger and Lola Kraft are investigating again. An inconspicuous family man saves a young woman from being raped and uses unexpected skills that not only attract the attention of himself, but also of the police. But it is not just his mysterious past that troubles the amnesiac victim, but also a killer squad. Who is after him? And what is the mystery of his past?

Homie Kei - The Japanese Gangster Who Became Chicano

Homie Kei - The Japanese Gangster Who Became Chicano

April 26, 2019

A Japanese former gangster recounts how his life changed after forging an unlikely kinship with Chicano gang members while serving time in the U.S. prison system.

Black Label

Black Label

April 26, 2019

In order to retrieve his share from a diamond heist, a guilt driven Mumbai cop finds and confronts his drug addict partner who's hiding in a shady neighborhood. Apparently their third partner, a smuggler who has the diamonds is missing. Will they be able to find him?

Alpha

Alpha

April 26, 2019

A 40 year old painter, who lives in a wooden and bamboo house on stilts in the middle of a polluted lake on the outskirts of Dhaka City. Alpha's house serves as his painting. Dogs, roosters and birds also share the space with him. There are many moments when he feels a oneness with nature and with the birds and animals that surround him. He also feels deeply drawn to 'an androgynous' male-female identity. Alpha has neighbors in the nearby slum with whom he has close interaction.

Blackia

Blackia

April 26, 2019

During the gold smuggling at international Punjab's border in the 1970s, an innocent college student becomes involved in the gang war and takes over the underworld.