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Friend Indeed

December 1937 •English

Pete Smith tells the story of 'Sparky', a German shepherd dog trained to lead his blind master, a country doctor who lost his sight in a fire, and now has to depend upon the dog to lead him in his daily rounds. 'Sparky" was the dog who was responsible for the Interstate Commerce Commission passing a special ruling allowing guide-dogs to travel first-class in Pullman cars to accompany their blind partner, and not as animals confined to the baggage car. Smith shows how 'Sparky' went to Washington D. C. with his master and helped sell the change to the legislators.

A Corporate Christmas

December 2019 •English

Employees of the SamMonte Oil Company and their families gather at an end of the year Christmas party. Each group and individual has their own agendas, some morally questionable, some just looking to win the contest: The last employee to leave the party wins a raise. But who will be the last to leave and what shenanigan will others partake in?

Danger of Death (Pour Pénélope)

January 2009 •English

Lost in Montreal, an American is looking for a missing trumpet player. He begins his search in the apartment of the musician, where he'll meet Melissa, the young woman who lived with the missing man.

Gregory

October 2017 •English

A passenger who refuses to give up his seat meets the airline's newest employee sent to remove him.

Blockbuster

November 2013 •Spanish

One Fine Day, a Hairdresser

September 2004 •French

How do you ask a wild, impetuous hairdresser on a date if you're a pathologically timid philosophy student with no social skills?

Coming

March 2023 •English

Blending surrealism with relatable social and sexual anxieties, a woman and her talking vulva get ready for a date.

Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid

May 1982 •English

Juliet Forrest is convinced that the reported death of her father in a mountain car crash was no accident. Her father was a prominent cheese scientist working on a secret recipe. To prove it was murder, she enlists the services of private eye Rigby Reardon. He finds a slip of paper containing a list of people who are 'The Friends and Enemies of Carlotta'.

Stray

January 2015 •English

Set in a parallel universe where the sexual bias favors homosexuals, Eric, a struggling heterosexual, admits himself into a straight conversion camp. What begins as a cure to his deviant lifestyle, becomes a journey of self acceptance.

Red Dirt

November 2015 •English

About a man, his car, and a struggle against outback Australia and its denizens. The film follows the story of Blair, a young business man, on his way too the deal of a life time, a deal that will set him up for life. However, much like many well laid plans, his journey goes horribly wrong, but he ends up gaining more than money could ever buy.

Knock and Run

March 2024 •English

A man is tormented in his home by a pesky neighbour.

Barakafrites

September 2021 •French

Gus Patatax runs a chip shop in space. In front of him is a huge Fast Food. Gus must satisfy his only client, the competitor opposite. The latter wants to humiliate Patatax and disrupts the gravity machine of the fries stand; it forces Patatax to cook in "zero G".

Laurel & Hardy: Their Lives and Magic

December 2011 •German

The lives of Stan Laurel (1890-1965) and Oliver Hardy (1892-1957), on the screen and behind the curtain. The joy and the sadness, the success and the failure. The story of one of the best comic duos of all time: a lesson on how to make people laugh.

Marcel the Shell with Shoes On, Two

November 2011 •English

Marcel the shell is out of sight.

Margo & Perry

September 2020 •English

A disillusioned twenty-something woman spontaneously gets a job babysitting a precocious nine year old, but not everything is as it seems.

The Friend of a Friend

January 2021 •French

Lou tells his friend some highly unlikely stories.

Sherlock Jr.

April 1924 •English

A film projectionist longs to be a detective, and puts his meagre skills to work when he is framed by a rival for stealing his girlfriend's father's pocketwatch.

Back to the 2015 Future

October 2015 •English

Marty McFly meets his son Devin McFly, who help fix the Time Machine. On the way he meets cast members of the Back to the Future series, finding himself out of time.

I Love You So Much It's Killing Them

February 2016 •English

A pitch-black comedy about Vivian, a lonely serial killer whose three loves in life are math, accounting, and killing random people. This all changes when she meets Alex, the man of her dreams.

Death Metal

July 2016 •English

A metalhead gets passed down a satanic guitar that riffs to shreds.