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Adventures in Odyssey: Electric Christmas

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It’s Christmastime, and all Dylan Taylor wants is an XR-7 limited edition speedster bike. His hopes are zapped when he discovers its extravagant price tag, but he hears that the titanium turbo bike is the grand prize of Odyssey’s Christmas yard decorating contest! Dylan’s scheming neighbor, Doug, has other plans. What follows is a powerful reminder of the true meaning of Christmas.

Half-Time (Mi-temps) (2017)

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Karim, 37 years old, 7 months, 5 days, 7 hours and 12 seconds reaches exactly the half point of his existence. As every human arrived at the "half-time", he receives the visit of a messenger who gives him the choice between continuing to live his life or starting all over again. He has 15 minutes to make the decision.

My Mom and the Girl

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After dinner with family and friends takes a dark turn, a woman with Alzheimer's is led to a proverbial crossroads where three very disparate - desperate women are unpredictably pulled back into the light.

Fun In Boys Shorts

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Every June, a packed house fills the historic Castro Theatre in San Francisco for a raucous showcase of the finest in short gay men's films. Frameline, host to the oldest and largest LGBT film festival, now brings the festival to you. The misadventures of the gay experience come to life in the variety of award-winning shorts--from awkward threesomes to dubious dating etiquette to the trials and tribulations of shopping excursions. Settle into your finest boxers and enjoy brief films with Frameline Presents: Fun In Boys Shorts. After convincing his husband to retire their old lumpy futon, Nelson is forced to come out in a spectacular way while shopping in SPOONERS. A hopeless romantic learns a thing or two about relationships when he gets too close to the perfect couple in the awkwardly hilarious HOUSEBROKEN. Love and acceptance for all hairstyles (or lack thereof) are found in the international musical sensation BALD GUY (SKALLAMANN). Leo's dreams of being an international superstar are hard-fought working in a fish cannery in ALASKA IS A DRAG. A cartoon character goes to therapy because he feels rejected in a "live-action" world in UNANIMATED. A break from a long-term relationship leads to surprising results in SABBATICAL. And finally, an urban gay couple disputes their very different views on holding hands in public, in P.D.A.

Le jeu des soldats

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Antoine, a boy living in Northern France at the outbreak of World War II, takes on the challenge of defending the family home after his father is drafted and sent to the Maginot Line. With the aid of his accomplices, war veteran Grandpa and imaginary friend Napoleon, Antoine digs trenches and stands guard by an old cannon in the front yard. Tensions mount just as the Nazis break through the Maginot Line, and the invading troops pass in front of the family home.

Paul Rodriguez - Me, Myself & I

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Plan B Skateboards is proud to present Paul Rodriguez, Me, Myself and I, a full-length iTunes exclusive video featuring Plan B pro rider Paul Rodriguez. Captured over the last three years by Plan B filmers, this feature is Paul's first video part since Nike SB's 2007 skate video Nothing but the Truth. The feature is full of progressive street skateboarding and includes several never been done tricks edited to a powerful track by Kanye West.

Lost Face

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Russian America. The mid 1800's. The fur thief, Subienkow, must think fast to escape the terrible, protracted death that awaits him. He calls over the chief, Makamuk, and begins to bargain...

Red Riding Hood: The Tale Begins

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The secrets that have long been buried in Daggorhorn are about to be revealed in this digital fairytale set twenty years before the events of the film Red Riding Hood. Peace has finally come to the village of Daggorhorn, but it has come at a price. In this tale, Valerie's grandmother recounts the events that have resulted in the town leaving a sacrifice for a beast every harvest moon. Valerie's young friend Peter hints that the relationship with the beast has not always been so peaceful. Valerie and her sister Lucie demand to hear the truth about her family's past and in turn learn that true love is worth any cost. Believe the legend. Beware the wolf.

Our Father (2014)

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In a fleeting moment of clarity, an estranged father suffering from late stage dementia, reveals to his son secrets that begin to heal a broken family from the abuses of this misogynist, racist, wife-beating bully.

The Heist

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Has an determined inventor finally found the means to possess the object of his desire?

The Deliverer

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In a world where Human Rights are a thing of the past, a group of refugees hiding out in an abandoned shopping mall encounter a wounded Freedom Fighter. This Freedom Fighter and his team have become known for their resistance against Bounty Hunters. These Bounty Hunters or Mercenaries make their living by selling Human Beings into slavery, to corporations who can no longer afford hired labor. The Refugees and Freedom Fighter have the same mission - to stay alive and stay free.

Delectable You (Belle à croquer)

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Oscar Tasteall, a gourmet cannibal, burns with love for the neighbor in his building, the very vegetal Miss Carrot. This passion seems destined to fail: she is a vegetarian, while he suffers from a total phobia about vegetables. Things take a drastic turn the evening she invites him to dinner…

One Sweet Night

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One Sweet Night is an elegant, dramatic tragedy of American history told in a visceral and impactful way. It is a short narrative film that focuses on one key part of a larger story of Ossian and Gladys Sweet, the NAACP, and African Americans from around the country’s struggle for economic freedom and just housing policies. The short film starts on a hot summer night in 1920s Detroit. Dr. Ossian Sweet and his wife Gladys are spending their second night in the new home they have purchased on an all-white street. The family, anticipating trouble, invites several guests for protection. One Sweet Night focuses on the internal tension of the main characters as they face racial violence while trapped inside a house that is their only protection. The story presents several different reactions from the violence terrorizing them from outside. The most compelling being the central character, Ossian, who confronts his greatest fear and forces integration into American history.

Beauty Boys

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In their small village, seventeen-year-old Léo and his friends are crazy about makeup. Jules, Léo's older brother, doesn't share his sibling's passion, fearing he'll be the laughing stock among his gang of pals. The night of the village's "open theater" event, against Jules' advice, Léo walks on the stage dressed in drag.

Sugar Babies Part 3: Committing to Change with Type 2 Diabetes

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Part 3 of the Sugar Babies diabetes mini-series address the public health epidemic of type 2 diabetes from the point of view of Joyce, a dynamic nurse-practitioner at the renowned Joslin Clinic who treats two teenagers with type 2 diabetes. The film follows two of Joyce's patients, Janae and Janillia who were diagnosed as 9 and 10-year old girls. Joyce is a trusted medical professional who speaks directly with her patients and tries to motivate them to take charge of their health. Janae and Janillia are both keenly aware of the costs they will have to pay in the future if they are not able to keep their blood-sugar levels under control, but even so, the challenges are sometimes overwhelming. Interwoven with these two intimate personal stories is the big story of the cultural and political ramifications of the diabetes epidemic.

Through the Golden Ages: The History of Chess

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Through the Golden Ages: The History of Chess is an animated film that explores the ancient game from its origins in India as it spread across Persia to its adoption in the Middle East, and its migration into Europe and around the world. Chess is a game that is surrounded in mystique and intrigue, and where its champions are hailed as society's brightest and most intelligent. Through wars, chess has both been spread and adopted by the conquerors, each empire influencing the game and being influenced by it, whilst attaching it to bold symbolism. For Harun Al Rashid’s empire, chess reflected the teachings of Islam and its emphasis on intellect over luck. For the mighty Queen Isabella of Spain, co-sponsor of Christopher Columbus’ voyage that discovered America, the game evolved to reflect her ruthless power. For the U.S.A. and Soviet Union, the Championship between Bobby Fischer and Boris Spassky became a proxy battle in the midst of the Cold War. Through 15 centuries, from its ancient roots to the silicon age, chess has endured and found its way into the modern day as it continues to be played by millions of people around the world.

Sidewalk Symphony

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A young boy gets his iPod taken away and instead uses his imagination to make music with the environment around him.

Will Wilson

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Will Wilson witnesses something horrifying. A detail about the tragedy threatens to unhinge him. As he fights for his sanity, Will discovers something that threatens to take over his life. Literally.

Boond

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The story revolves around that timeless and controversial concept of power. The story is a powerful and graphic representation of power and its ability to corrupt.

Scorsese Shorts

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This compilation of five early short films by Martin Scorsese offers a fascinating window onto his artistic development. Spanning the years from Scorsese’s time at NYU in the mid-1960s to the late ’70s, when he was emerging as one of the era’s most electrifying talents, SCORSESE SHORTS centers on the intimate home movie ITALIANAMERICAN—a loving snapshot of the director’s parents—and AMERICAN BOY, a freewheeling portrait of the larger-than-life raconteur Steven Prince. Also included are THE BIG SHAVE, a daringly visceral response to America’s involvement in Vietnam, and the bracing student films WHAT’S A NICE GIRL LIKE YOU DOING IN A PLACE LIKE THIS? and IT’S NOT JUST YOU, MURRAY! Touching on many of Scorsese’s key themes—Italian American identity, family, his beloved New York City—these are hilarious, candid, and illuminating works from the preeminent American filmmaker of our time.

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