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Includes all titles since 2015-10-18 onwards. Some titles are not listed on IMDb at all (about 15%). Those will be eventually added.
Includes all titles since 2015-10-18 onwards. Some titles are not listed on IMDb at all (about 15%). Those will be eventually added.
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- DirectorMarcus ArmitageStarsDivian LadwaA short film depicting a dad's influence on a young boy's life. His judgmental character mixed with the boys fondness for his dad prove to be a toxic mix that tears away at a world of opportunity and experiences.
- DirectorCharlie TyrellStarsDavid BoswellJonathan DemmeMatt GroeningIn 1977, David Boswell created the comic book anti-hero Reid Fleming, the World's Toughest Milkman. More than 30 years later, the big screen Hollywood adaptation remains in contractual limbo. Narrated by Jonathan Demme.
- DirectorGeremy JasperStarsHugo AlboresDavid BeckhamJesus FernandezA story of forbidden love between an oppressed circus artist and a lonely daredevil biker.
- DirectorBen BrandStarsBert HanaThirsa van TilGaled HamedVia an app on his phone, Bert discovers that a 97% love match is near. Will he be able to find her before the subway train reaches the final station?
- DirectorOliver HilbertStarsCampbell CooleyGeoff HoutmanJodie RimmerFive garden snails find themselves trapped in a kitchen of horrors and try to survive their final destination.
- DirectorKaren GillanStarsKaren GillanMatty CardaropleMichael MayAn aging scream queen deals with her insignificance.
- DirectorJohn RossStarsMelia ReneeCarly JonesRyan PanaliganThere's something in Lindsay's apartment...
- DirectorEinar BaldvinStarsGeoffrey GouldExtracts from the journal of Pastor John Deitman, Strathmoor, Georgia. June & July, 1927
- DirectorMees PeijnenburgStarsKo ZandvlietJonas SmuldersAnneke BlokWhen Sven provokes a fight after an evening out in Amsterdam his best friend ends up in a coma, and nothing is the same as before.
- DirectorYali SharonStarsJoe GalliganJalil NimerIn 1992, skydiver Dan Brodsky-Chenfeld boarded a plane for a training jump. Six weeks later, he awoke from a coma to discover that a terrible accident had shattered his dream of becoming a World Champion. This is his story.
- DirectorCharlie ShackletonStarsRolfe KanefskyIn the summer of 1990, a teenage filmmaker successfully raises $100,000 to shoot a pioneering horror film. 25 years later, he tells the story of a cult classic that never was.
- DirectorMichael T. VollmannStarsNeal PatrickTimothy WinslowGerald WondraTells the story of the first widely recognized computer hackers, a group of Milwaukee teenagers who gained notoriety in 1983 when they broke into dozens of high-profile computer systems, including the Los Alamos National Laboratory, a classified nuclear weapons research facility.
- DirectorMeghann ArtesStarsBaize BuzanRuss WilliamsonMichael B. WoodsDesperate to find the man of her dreams, sweet and plain Ava tries a last ditch effort, speed dating. But the absurd cast of characters she encounters makes her wonder if being single is not so bad after all.
- DirectorFluorescent HillA vintage nature film exploring the migratory pattern of a herd of wild creatures.
- DirectorJennifer ReederStarsJennifer EstlinUltra-Violet ArcherKelsey Ashby-MiddletonAn adult woman (the conductor) on the edge of failing and a pack of teenage girls (the choir) simultaneously experience a supernatural version of coming-of-age. The transformation is equal parts tense and tender. It unravels patiently to the infectious beat of an 80s era heavy metal anthem rearranged as a lamentation.
- DirectorMichael Molina MinardStarsJon Michael HillKristian ComerHenry DeleonAbdul was raised to fight and win; but when he kills an opponent in the ring chasing the title, he must confront his greatest enemy - himself.
- DirectorRobbie BarclayStarsPatrick CassidyDanielle HeatonBen MahanA story about tough love in America.
- DirectorSteve Harding-HillA plucky, pioneering pre-historic fish, has a ground-breaking plan to improve his life
- DirectorRaymond CarrStarsMelissa BrewerTara K. ClarkSacha A. DzubaIn a universe made entirely of puppeteers, the puppet is always alone. Hitori is the story of a boy who is just trying to get back to where he came from. This film is part of the Handmade Puppet Dreams Film Series.
- DirectorOran FrancoStarsSimon KingMaggie BlincoEmily Buxton D'ArcyA man's struggle to grant his mother's final wish.
- DirectorSarina NiheiA allegorical tale about how Society discards and segregates people who are different and treats them as a lesser form of humans and as if all were the same.
- DirectorMaarten GroenStarsBo MaertenBenjamin MoenPim LambeauSarah and Bram's road trip takes a horrifying turn when they stop for a break in the dark woods of Wallonia.
- DirectorÅsa BlanckJohan PalmgrenA world all on its own of humour, warmth and love: Between a boy and his bedridden grandfather there is deep friendship. The aging man has a secret he wants to share with his grandson; together they make for the woods on a final adventure.
- DirectorJason KupferStarsJordan Woods-RobinsonRicky WayneLarry BukoveyA pair of home invaders consider their potential character choices just prior to their planned invasion.
- DirectorCasey GoodenStarsShane CarruthJulia FarellAmy SeimetzA couple struggles to choose a restaurant while visiting New York.
- DirectorBrett FersterStarsStacie HarrisonJoey KirchnerBenjamin LairdOn August 8th, 2008, in Aberdeen, South Dakota, two strangers come together in a sleepy Super 8 Motel bar. Over the course of a blurry night, they slowly learn each others secrets. But as the clock ticks towards morning, will this pair of career loners find in each other, a kindred spirit, or will this just be another fleeting evening at the Super 8?
- DirectorTodd HaynesStarsMerrill GruverMichael EdwardsMelissa BrownKaren Carpenter's battle with anorexia nervosa and the cultural influence of the Carpenters in the 70s.
- DirectorLucette BrauneOn her way for a simple grocery, a girl literally has to struggle through her fellow beings. Some of those people tend to leave a mark, but only one person leaves a mark that sticks.
- DirectorYangzi SheStarsRebecca DavisRebecca DavisReid MillerDurian was born with his facial expressions opposite to everyone else.The film shows a time span of this little boy growing into a young adult, by displaying milestones in both his real life and his imaginary world.
- DirectorGenéa GaudetStarsTom ClarkIn 1974, a Mormon missionary finds his world turned upside down when he falls in love with a handsome Italian Communist. With original 8mm film and fierce storytelling, Tom Clark recounts a love story set against the backdrop of coastal Italy wrought with faith, identity, cigarettes, and Thorazine.
- DirectorEmma De SwaefMarc James RoelsForced to return to his naturist roots, Willy bungles his way into noble savagery.
- DirectorBenny SafdieJosh SafdieStarsMustafa BekirogluKennon BltutEleonore HendricksWhile trying to move 40 kids six New York City blocks all by himself, a stressed man accidentally loses a bouquet of a hundred balloons. In that bouquet, a lone black balloon scurries free from the rest. It dies and comes back to life, returning to the city, cruising for a companion. On its beat, it learns that humans are complicated creatures with extreme highs and lows, but full of life nonetheless. A film intended to be for children that turned into a sci-fi urban fable, this is the story of The Black Balloon
- DirectorAngie BirdStarsRick GaddeA documentary that explores the meanings and memories behind the tattoos of an older generation, and challenges the belief that ink is something we will come to regret.
- DirectorAlexander EngelStarsAntonio CamposSam NeaveTatiana BearsAfter losing the last two digits of a girl's number, a socially awkward fish enthusiast tries every combination to seek her out.
- DirectorChris McInroyStarsSam EidsonWill ElliottAndrew HokeOne bad guy discovers that moving up in a crime ring has its downsides. Just as his new career starts, it might already be coming to an end. He'll either have to set an example or become one. This 'goredy' follows the bad guy who just got promoted to the dead end job of bad guy #2. It's the job of the guy who always gets killed by the boss in order to prove a point that the gang needs to stop messing up. Promotions are good, unless you're bad.
- DirectorMahalia BeloStarsDavid ActonAnna BrewsterJoe ColeSam lives in a place where everything is polished and secrets are cleaned up and kept. So when Georgina goes missing, everyone acts like nothing happened. But Sam can't stop thinking about her, the enigma who lived next door, swimming daily in her pool. As Sam drifts back into his memories of Georgina, he comes to realise he may know more than he wants to remember.
- DirectorAlfredo AlcantaraJosh ChertoffEl Porvenir tells the story of Abelardo Olguin, a third-generation cockfighter struggling to hold on to his family's way of life in the face of a growing movement to ban the sport across the Mexican states.
- DirectorBrian PetsosStarsOscar IsaacTim RockErika RankinA wealthy and powerful man is betrayed by those closest to him, and under the guidance of his trusted confidant, devises a fiery requital.
- DirectorFederico HellerStarsMarcela Sandra BallesteroSteve KisickiIván SteinhardtA glimpse into a future where First Person Shooters have become a new drug for those disillusioned with society. The films examines the consequences of this on the global society.
- DirectorPaul BarrittLoosely based around a semi-remembered event in the directors early childhood, 'White Morning' is a film about the violence of little boys and little men . . .
- DirectorMarco KalantariStarsDanny ShaylerDavid SayersSusanne WuestThe dark year 2204, in a world that has seen 73 years of continuous war. A Shaman is sent on a mission to convert the soul of a giant battle colossus.
- DirectorTakahide HoriIn the distant future, mankind begins research on clones that live underground in search of lost genetic information.
- DirectorDavid DinetzDylan TrussellStarsJames FreyKirby Bliss BlantonLogan PaulA haunted house where the props are real.
- DirectorRobert CullenRobert CullenStarsHelen BrownA little dog visits the big city in search of his sister.
- DirectorStephen McNallyStarsDan ArmourPhil DeguaraSara HoughtonA five minute animated short film, blending CG 3D and 2D drawn animation techniques, Meanwhile follows four characters traversing a city, each lost in their own separate worlds, trapped in their memories, regrets and frustrations. Meanwhile uses bold colour schemes and fragments of narratives to examine empathy in urban insularity.
- DirectorAdam BowersStarsChris StathisJonas Alexander SansoneBrandon J. SornbergerA guy wakes up after a wild night and finds out that his life is in ruins.
- DirectorJames P. GannonStarsJames D. CochranAt the end of each night, one man drives a 2 mile stretch of beautiful light displays, turning off all of the lights, ending the joy, day after day. This is his story.
- DirectorSai SelvarajanStarsHari KondaboluFifty four years of separation tethered together by a red string of fate and ten years of humble restraint. A man's quest to travel from the biggest thing God made to the biggest thing man made and a brother that was taken away.
- DirectorSylvain ChometStarsJames PidgeonMichoue SylvainAndrea Usher-JonesIn seductive central Paris, an undernourished gendarme willing to go to great lengths to feed himself hatches a desperate, yet utterly cunning plan.
- DirectorAmanda ForbisWendy TilbyStarsAdam BlackwoodLuba GoyAnthony BekennCalgary, 1909. An Englishman moves to the Canadian frontier, but is singularly unsuited to it. His letters home are much sunnier than the reality. Intertitles compare his fate to that of a comet.
- DirectorBrendan HearneStarsJosh AlvarezRyder AlvesJanice AragonCURT is a short documentary about Curt Harper, an autistic, 49-year-old surfer who has become a much-loved fixture in the Southern California surf scene.
- DirectorJeremy HershStarsRebecca HendersonTaylor HessDéa JulienA comedy about constructive criticism.
- DirectorJason FarrandStarsJulia CilliSergio CilliMichael CronerMoving is hard, moving on is harder.
- DirectorKôji YamamuraStarsTakeharu KunimotoBruno MetzgerA sad rakugo of a stingy old man experiencing the unforeseen consequences of eating a few cherries whole, without throwing the pits away.
- DirectorAsa LucanderWhen you lose something dear to your heart, there is only one place it can be found. The Lost Property office.
- DirectorRaymond McCarthy BergeronStarsColleen HoranAlex Bone're:belief', is a 3D Printed, hand crafted, zoetropic animated short-film that asks if recalling memories can break a cycle. A Graduate Student produced Thesis, completed for the MFA in Film and Animation Program at Rochester Institute of Technology's School of Film and Animation.
- DirectorXaver BöhmStarsSven ScheeleElmar GutmannDaniela SchulzJulius can not sleep. To get his head empty he decides to go on a roadtrip, but somehow he can not manage to leave. A hand drawn film about failure, insomnia, a red motorbike, pretty bargirls, the desolateness of Berlin (even in summer) and waterproof socks.
- DirectorAmanda ForbisWendy TilbyA chance encounter, a juicy yellow lemon and an unfortunate twist of fate will reveal that the symbiotic relationship between people is inextricable.
- DirectorSherwin ShilatiStarsJohn ForestSaba HomayoonNeil HopkinsWhat if you could unlock your true potentialities? What if you could achieve greatness beyond your wildest imaginations? John has discovered an ancient secret that only the most powerful men in our history possessed. In a haze of paranoia and excitement, he shares 'The Key' with his best friend, Neil. Together, they unfold the secrets of the 'The Key' and take part in an act that changes their lives forever.
- DirectorJacob ChaseStarsTroian BellisarioAlex KarpovskyA pair of ex-lovers spend a spontaneous afternoon together that could either lead to rekindled love or further heartbreak. Starring Alex Karpovsky and Troian Bellisario.
- DirectorAdam ElliotStarsGeoffrey RushKamahlJohn FlausThe odd biography of a man who has Tourette's Syndrome, chronic bad luck, menial jobs, nudist tendencies, and a book of "fakts" hung around his neck.
- DirectorJoe SillStarsPeter ArpesellaDaniela FlynnAndra NechitaA veteran X-Wing pilot helps transport a young girl with mysterious powers and her desperate father to an underground Rebel base.
- DirectorGiancarlo FiorentiniJonathan GrimmStarsJon GabrusHannah Pearl UttTwo strangers participate in an experiment designed to make them fall in love by asking each another 36 increasingly personal questions.
- DirectorHallvar WitzøStarsEdvard HægstadIngrid VikenTerje RanesEverybody will die one day, but 70-year-old Oskar will die in 6 days. He is now ready to forgive his brother for a long-ago disagreement. Will he reach his brother, whom he believes live on the other side of the Atlantic Ocean, before it is too late?
- DirectorE.J. McLeavey-FisherA short documentary exploring the life of dogs in New York city through the lens of Instagram canine photographer and author Elias Weiss Friedman aka The Dogist (@thedogist).
- DirectorMichael GoodeStarsDaniel LissingRose McIverDawn SorensonImmediately after his death, the victim of a car crash gets answers to every question he's ever had about his life, including the most import one of all - what did it all mean?
- DirectorKasia NalewajkaPineapple Calamari dreams of being a horse racing champion. He lives with two inseparable women who share a very special connection. But when tragedy befalls this happy family, their social dynamic takes a drastic turn to the unexpected.
- DirectorEffie PappaStarsJo Ann KaplanAgis PirlisEffie PappaLittle Sofía loves her grumpy granny: even though she is always hungry and eats what little food they can buy. Her pension is the only thing keeping her and her father alive. To what extremes will they go to once granny is no more?
- DirectorJason TippetSomewhere on the outskirts of Los Angeles, Rosemarie and Ray pass time in an apartment packed and cluttered with the detritus of a half century of marriage. With their meager social security checks gone straight to covering rent every month and nothing in savings, Ray collects cans to get a little cash together so he can grant Rosemarie her one and only 90th birthday wish: a trip to In N Out for hamburgers.
- DirectorFrank TernierStarsStéphane GascCamille TrophèmeLaurent Seron-KellerMy name is Gabriel and I live in Taipei. I have lost my wife during an assault. A red-haired man came to me, he smelt of fried fish. He had a gun and he shot my family. Since, I feel empty as if I had a hole in the head.
- DirectorNeill BlomkampStarsLauren K. RobekPatricia IdletteBalinder JohalA robot is assigned an ordinary office job.
- DirectorEddie AlcazarStarsCharles BakerJesse SullivanWith the ability to travel in time, a lonely girl finds love and comfort by connecting with her past self. Eventually faced with rejection she struggles with her identity and gender, and as time folds onto itself only one of them can remain.
- DirectorStuart BowenWoody dreams of playing piano, despite his obvious limitations. His dreams are big...but they're about to get out of hand.
- DirectorDaniele AnastasionNathan GolonStarsByron NicholaiA 16-year-old Yup'ik Eskimo leaves his tiny village and travels across the frozen tundra to compete in an all-Yup'ik basketball tournament and bring pride to his village.
- DirectorNatalie LabarreAn eccentric inventor realizes he's not a perfect father, so one day, he makes one.
- DirectorNils BergendalStarsDavid PaulAs a Jew growing up in Baltimore, he learned to fear the German people. Through recurring travels to Berlin, he now initiated his own reconciliation project. This animated film, posing the big questions about good and evil, provides disconcerting answers.
- DirectorStephen ReedyStarsEric Raymond LimDennis RuelMike MohA poor, dumb sap, Elijah Stryder and his wife, Mrs. Stryder, are attacked by the nefarious Ailester Hall and left for dead in the wild wild west. That poor sap, Stryder, awakens with a mysterious green colored list of prophecies that lead him on a journey of fun and fancy free adventures with his skeptical partner, Sergio. There is only one caveat, Stryder is not allowed to take revenge on the man who shot and killed his wife. Can Stryder keep his composure and learn how to forgive, or will he ruin it for everybody? It might be the latter.
- DirectorZia AngerStarsEve AlpertMichael CavadiasAdinah DancygerJoan is a young college student who doesn't know that she has epilepsy. Another boring night takes an ominous turn when she meets two strangers at a softball game. I Remember Nothing is structured after the five phases of a seizure.
- DirectorAriel MartinStarsMatilda BrownMarta DusseldorpKarl BeattieWhen technology exceeds humanity...
- DirectorDaniel 'Cloud' CamposStarsKendra AndrewsDaniel 'Cloud' CamposTroy ChristianStanding up against the inner voice that spreads doubt into what we believe in most - our dreams.
- DirectorNguyen-Anh NguyenStarsOsric ChauYue QiIt's the year 2085. The ocean levels have risen to flood islands and coastal areas. The human race has been forced to become cyborgs. However, a virus has started to infect those who have these cybernetic enhancements. Oz (Osric Chau) must do whatever it takes to save the woman he cares about who has also developed this deadly virus.
- DirectorJoshua TateStarsLauren PotterMichael IovineShawn AfradiA young woman with Down Syndrome (GLEE's Lauren Potter) must face the harsh realities of adulthood after an unexpected turn of events with her boyfriend.
- DirectorEvan Ari KelmanStarsC.J. ValleroyNathan VarnsonJack Berenholtz'Bandito' is an epic coming-of-age drama following the adventure of Jamie, a young boy who stows away to join his older brother on a highway truck heist.
- DirectorJohan PalmgrenÅsa BlanckThe student campus Flogsta was built in Uppsala in the 1970s. Since then, the Flogsta roar has happened every evening at 22.00. This is the moment when hundreds of students unleash their anxiety at the same time and scream out of the windows. Probably a tradition unique in the world.
- DirectorFredrik S. HanaStarsThomas Aske BergEspen HanaOliver HohlbruggerA reclusive nun is tempted to leave the monastery. Her dream is to become a curvy, voluptuous woman; to become how she really feels inside. With cautious steps, she ventures towards the sinful city.
- DirectorChris ShepherdStarsIan HartChris FreeneyDallas MessiasOur narrator looks fondly back at his childhood in Liverpool and the antics of his best friend Johnno. Well known for being a showman and a keen one for joking and the like, Johnno starts to change for the worse after he announced that his father has died.
- DirectorAntonio Oreña-BarlinStarsAdam DunnAnthony GeeIsaro KayitesiThey say a picture tells a thousand words; sometimes, it's better to keep your mouth shut.
- DirectorMarie PaccouStarsChristine GagnieuxOne day a man entered my belly...
- DirectorAaron DunleavyJoseph OllmanStarsLewis BradshawPeter QuinnJack HartleyA troubled teenage boy, growing up in a dreamless wilderness and isolated from those around him, is stripped of his dignity as his father abandons him for the outside world which he is trying to retreat from.
- DirectorTomek DuckiBaths takes us into the murky waters of fantasy. With a cool kind of magic, this delicately stylized film draws us into various layers of reality, as we plunge from silent melancholia into the graphic frenzy of competitive sports, where everything is turned upside down. The notion of the flipside of reality is taken literally here.
- DirectorPatrick MuhlbergerStarsElisha YaffeBella ShepardBrion BrionsonAfter the middle school dance was ruined for Jessie because the DJ didn't play a song, her disgruntled uncle grabs his samurai sword and heads into suburbia to exact their revenge.
- DirectorDavid KarlakStarsRufus SewellAnton YelchinSarah DumontA dystopian future, where man's attempt to create artificial intelligence has spun wildly out of control, leading to a war between man and machine.
- DirectorOren BrimerStarsElna BakerKevin BarnettGeorge BasilSee You Around is a comedy that follows Tom who, try as he might, can't get his ex girlfriend out of his head.
- DirectorCaroline BartleetStarsKate DickieVicky McClureLaura McAlpineGemma wakes to find her house on fire. Trapped with her son, she dials 999. The operator who answers holds Gemma's life in her hands.
- DirectorJovan B. Todorovic
- DirectorKat CandlerStarsJonny MarsHeather KafkaAddisyn StevensonWhen a teen murders his math teacher in the name of a black metal band, the mid 30s lead singer will have to re-evaluate the two things he loves most, his music and his family. Black Metal, a dark drama, follows Ian, a husband, father and musician struggling with the guilt and blame of a tragic and senseless murder.
- DirectorGlenn PatonStarsRoger BarclayVojtech CekalMarcos GarciaA wealthy man with a terminal illness takes his own life in the most thrilling way.
- DirectorJeff ChanStarsStephen AmellRobbie AmellSung KangA desperate young man possessing special powers clashes with a militarized police force after committing a petty crime.
- DirectorRoy ArwasStarsSasha AndreevMai ArwasMike BashA retired Russian assassin attempts to relive happier memories through his favorite childhood cereal.