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Sharbeka Darbeka

January 1993 •Arabic

In a comedic framework, the events of the play deal with some abuses in the application of the law, and how laws are exceeded and penetrated by their perpetrators and those in power, media and influence.

The Lucky Man

July 2020 •English

A lonely, simple-minded barman's fleeting encounter in a rural Irish pub, with a difficult customer highlights his need for intimacy.

Sivaji: The Boss

June 2007 •Tamil

A wealthy engineer arrives in India with the mission of serving the nation and investing in the country's welfare but is met with strong opposition from corrupt officials and politicians. After being faced with insurmountable hardships, he decides to take drastic measures.

Game Changer

January 2025 •Telugu

Ram, a newly appointed district collector, takes charge in a city in Andhra Pradesh and immediately confronts the deeply entrenched corruption and inefficiency plaguing the government. Determined to bring reforms, he initiates sweeping changes, sparking a fierce conflict with a powerful state Minister.

Praize A Thon

December 2021 •English

A corrupt megachurch pastor needs to make money during the pandemic, so he comes up with a scam that will trick his congregation into tithing.

Divorce Club

July 2020 •French

After 5 years of marriage, Ben is still madly in love. Until the day he discovers in public that his wife is cheating on him: humiliated and dumped in the process.

The Spanking

November 1937 •French

A husband, exasperated by his wife, spanks her without paying attention to the open window in front of which he is. He is annoyingly surprised to discover the next day that the scene has been photographed by a neighbor, and that the image is circulating in Paris. A debate then ensues: is this an opportunity to call for revolt or a welcome manifestation of marital authority?

Load Wedding

June 2018 •Urdu

A guy falls in love but can’t get married before his older sister.

Minbo, or the Gentle Art of Japanese Extortion

May 1992 •Japanese

An upscale Japanese hotel hires Mahiru Inoue, a lawyer adept at dealing with the Yakuza, to help them rid their hotel of the local gangsters so they can get a contract for a meeting of important foreign officials.

Abdelinho

September 2021 •Arabic

In love with Brazil and Maria, a soap opera heroin harassed by a corrupt contractor, Abdelinho suffers parallel ordeal in Morocco by pressure of Amr Taleb, a dogmatic, moralistic priest, enforcing religious purity on the community

Janhit Mein Jaari

June 2022 •Hindi

A small-town girl from MP, Manokamna, gets a decent-paying job. But the work requires her to sell condoms. Will she be able to voice her beliefs while balancing her responsibilities and society?

The Party's Over

January 2025 •Spanish

Illegally arriving in Spain, young Senegalese immigrant Bilal evades the police and finds refuge in an Andalusian manor house. Discovered separately by the capricious lady of the house, Carmina, and the maid, Lupe, Bilal's sanctuary turns into a perilous prison.

Fatherhood

June 2021 •English

A widowed new dad copes with doubts, fears, heartache and dirty diapers as he sets out to raise his daughter on his own. Inspired by a true story.

Teddy the Rough Rider

February 1940 •English

This short follows the political career of Theodore Roosevelt, beginning in 1895, when he was appointed police commissioner of New York City. In 1897 he was appointed Assistant Secretary of the Navy. His charge up San Juan Hill during the Spanish-American War in 1898 is re-created. He becomes vice president in March 1901 and assumes the presidency when William McKinley is assassinated six months later. According to the narrator, Roosevelt refused to be beholden to political bosses, doing what he believed to be right for the American people.

What's Up Connection

September 1990 •Japanese

When a Hong Kong teenager from a poor family wins a trip to Japan, he unleashes a chain of events that will soon bring him from his secluded fishing village to Tokyo. On the way, he connects with a barely competent tour guide and a gender-fluid pickpocket. Upon returning home with this merry band of schemers, he and his family of counterfeiters discover that a multinational conglomerate led by a ruthless Japanese developer has found the village, and is determined to raze it to build the new center of world trade.

From Good to the Hood

December 2024 •Spanish

Cheating the tax man was just too tempting for Andrés. Besides, what are the chances of him getting caught? Well, as it turns out, pretty high! And that’s exactly what happens when a couple of tax inspectors turn up at his company to inform him that he owes the IRS a lot of money.

Steve Jobless

August 2023 •English

An introverted office drone tries to navigate through corporate America, and one tragic day he meets his match. He then realizes he needs to play the capitalistic game in order to survive. His pain and confusion is your laughter.

Il était une fois... « Le petit monde de Don Camillo »

October 2010 •French

Lost

August 2024 •Tagalog

Set in Spanish colonial Philippines. Pedro is tasked to wed a wife whilst his activist friend is considering him to join the revolution. Through a raunchy and campy path of winning the love of his life, Pedro is met with a daunting revelation.

Bolbol

July 2018 •Arabic