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Lost Property Office

June 2017 •English

A clerk at a lost property office is faced with unexpected change, and plans an unconventional response.

Ночная смена

March 2016 •Russian

The Chicken

July 1965 •French

The Chicken [Le Poulet] is a 1965 French short comedy film directed by Claude Berri. The film follows a father, mother, and son who go to visit a chicken farm. The son catches and brings home a chicken. The father plans to eat it if the chicken doesn't lay eggs. The boy aims to save the chicken and comedy ensues. It won an Oscar in 1966 for Best Short Subject.

Alf, Bill and Fred

January 1964 •English

This is a short film about a man, a dog and a duck who enjoy bouncing together.

Zombie Meteor: The Movie

September 2022 •Spanish

While working aboard the International Space Station, Spanish astronaut Mar and Russian cosmonaut Petrov have an unexpected encounter in space.

Mamita

November 2022 •Spanish

A grandson lives with his grandparents, taking care of housework and the old marriage. On a very special day for the granny, it will be shown why the unpredictability of an event gives a new value to the young man´s presence in the house.

El balancín de Iván

April 2002 •Spanish

Ana is a woman of thirty-something, goes back to the house where she spent of her childhood during the Argentine dictatorship.

Among Friends

August 2009 •English

A dinner party of three couples careens into uncharted territory when the hosts make a shocking proposal. Tensions mount as this evening among friends puts each marriage to the test.

Three Little Pigs

May 1933 •English

The two pigs building houses of hay and sticks scoff at their brother, building the brick house. But when the wolf comes around and blows their houses down (after trickery like dressing as a foundling sheep fails), they run to their brother's house. And throughout, they sing the classic song, "Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf?".

The Resurrection of Michael Myers

January 1987 •Swedish

Silly, amateur Swedish horror spoof reuses the original HALLOWEEN score and opens with theater patrons viewing the final reel of the original John Carpenter film. In a nearly-abandoned office building, a psycho in a jumpsuit and white mask cuts his way out of a package and proceeds to chase a clumsy clerk around while killing off anyone who crosses his path.

Elvis Stories

January 1989 •English

Elvis Stories is a short movie directed by Ben Stiller and starring John Cusack and Ben Stiller

Arrival

May 2016 •English

This traditionally animated film tells the journey of how a young boy's personal discovery affects the long-distance relationship he keeps with his mother.

Since Childhood

April 2021 •English

Tucker pays a visit to his childhood friends.

Swingin'

October 2020 •Chinese

When sixth-grader boy Qiu is bullied in school for having gay dads, his stepfather Howard, a flamboyant Jazz trumpet player, must confront his own nightmares of childhood bulling before he can provide his son a feeling of security.

Strange Loop

December 2012 •German

Mysterious murders on the border. Always the same crime scene. The perpetrator lurks on a hill, protected by tall grass. He hunts families. But on this day things are different. A child survives. Traumatized. Months later, an attempt is made to return the child to the crime scene as part of confrontation therapy and the story takes its course.

5 Bottiglie

October 2024 •Italian

Transient Passengers

October 2018 •English

A psychological voyage through the memory of time-obsessed office clerk Marcel as he chases the woman who stole his golden pocket watch.

Crack: The Big Lie

February 1987 •English

A high school student visits a drug rehabilitation center to interview young drug addicts.

Exiles

August 2019 •Spanish

Jonás, Leonor and Bernardo work on the last rehearsal before the premiere. The producer gives them the sudden news that the theater will close due to a political march. The premiere is cancelled. Despite everything, the three actors try to perform the play.

Ya Albi

August 2017 •Arabic

A Syrian refugee adapts to life in an unfamiliar country after her husband's immigration visa is unexpectedly rejected.