Cargo (2011)

Five artists, two theatrical actors husband and wife, a choreographer, a musician and a videomaker have an ambitious project, they want to organize a traveling art festival following a merchant ship route. When everything seems ready for the start of the journey - inspection, something goes wrong, the freighter's route was canceled at the last minute. While the five argue with each other about how to avoid the sinking of the project in a pub, a strange and self-styled captain offers them a lifeline. Between doubts and uncertainties the five will accept the offer of the captain and on a sailing boat they will venture into a strange journey in which there will be no shortage of twists. At the end of the journey, each of the five will face life from a new point of view.

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A woman and her sister begin to link a mysterious tunnel to a series of disappearances, including that of her own husband.

Dr. Laura P. takes a job on a cargo spaceship for 4 years plus 4 years back. She'll join her sister on Rhea. 44 months later, in Laura's shift, strange things happen in cargo. The crew is reanimated and the captain dies mysteriously.

A family man (Badreya) opens an authentic Middle Eastern restaurant with his best friend, who's Jewish.

A late night airport shuttle ride home descends into darkness.

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A sled dog struggles for survival in the wilds of the Yukon.

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In Spain in 1966, an English teacher picks up two hitchhikers on his quest to meet John Lennon.

The story of Seyolo Zantoko, who as a freshly graduated doctor of Congolese descent in France, struggled with his family to integrate in a small rural village, and ended up being considered as one of the most respected doctors in the area.

The cover model of an East German fashion magazine is tempted by a photographer she falls in love with, to flee to to the West.

Paris, 1927. After the death of her father, Madeleine Péricourt should have inherited his financial empire but she fell prey to a conspiracy leading her to ruin. Now she will have her vengeance.

Harry Holland is a wealthy divorce lawyer with no moral compass. Following a heart transplant he investigates his donor's life to understand why he feels so different.

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The story of Roger Sharpe, the young midwesterner who overturned New York City's 35 year-old ban on pinball machines.

Improbable encounters bring tenderness, laughter and compassion to a world of urban alienation.

After his wife's death, Fernando becomes a quiet and introspective man who raises his son, Daniel by himself. Every night, while the boy sleeps, Fernando "revives" his wife by touching her clothes and organizing her personal belongings.

Piuma is the story of Ferro and Cate, your average couple. All of a sudden, an unexpected pregnancy turns their world upside down. Hesitant and tentative, the two main characters navigate the most exciting and complicated nine months of their lives, trying not to lose their purity and unique poetic air.

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Summer 1998, Kabul in ruins is occupied by the Taliban. In love despite the daily violence and misery, Mohsen and Zunaira want to believe in the future. But a senseless act by Mohsen will upset their lives forever.

A teenager stands trial for murdering her best friend.

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