76 Minutes and 15 seconds with Abbas Kiarostami

Kiarostami as we have never really known him before, despite the transformative power of his many movies. Filmmaker and close friend Samadian avoids the talking heads of so many artistic memoirs to offer more candid clips of Kiarostami the man: lover of poetry, convivial with friends, engaging landscapes on and off screen, laughing with other artists. The artist and visionary emerges more clearly but so does a loving, wondrous man whom we will miss now as much as the auteur.

Marija

Marija, a young Ukrainian woman, earns a living as a cleaning woman in a hotel in Dortmund, but dreams of having her own hairstyling salon, and puts away some money each month. But when she is fired without notice, her dream is suddenly postponed to an uncertain future. Jobless and under financial pressure, she is forced to look for alternatives but, in order to achieve her goal, she is ready to discard her body, her social relationships and her own feelings.

Nessie & Me

A 9-year-old boy moves to a lakeside village and befriends a captain who claims a mythical sea creature named Nessie lives in their peaceful waters

Passfire

A film about fireworks, the people who make them and the cultures behind them across the globe.

Sick

After having a fight with her boyfriend, Julie gets out of the car and starts walking in the middle of nowhere. The first thing she finds after a while is a small cabin with a retarded huge guy sleeping outside on a chair. He wakes up and starts chasing her, until he grabs her and hits her. Hours later, she wakes up inside the cabin, tied to the wall. It doesn't take long for her to realize that she is trapped there by a whole family of SICK people. It is unclear what their intentions are... She manages to call her boyfriend... When he arrives at dawn, he is going to face a weird surprise.

Simple Creature

An obliviously modern college student gets into a near-fatal bus accident, but is reborn through hybrid technology by her biotech father and his advanced lab.

Beduino

A curious couple, whose existence takes place where art arises along a singular metaphysical desire. They search for it through repeated and varied representations, in a setting of light where hope and desperation blend together.

Fox

On a very hot day in Athens, Stephanos, the eldest brother, is working out while his mother is planning a day out. After another intense argument, Stephanos is left alone to take care of his two younger siblings as well as Lucy, the family's sick dog. The day is spent pleasantly between summery laziness, pizzas, teenage flirting and phone calls that remain unanswered.

Kung Fu Boys

A Chinese problem child from the US is sent to live with his uncle in China. He immediately runs into difficult situations there, such as a rabbit thief, the secret crush of his uncle, and some classmates who aren't exactly welcoming to him. But luckily he has some excellent kung fu skills.

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Pre-Nope

A runaway bride lands at a bar talking to a bartender while the wedding is at a standstill.