Film Movement (Firm)
1) Botero
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It is a poetic documentary of one of the world₂s most prolific living artists, Fernando Botero. Born in Medellin, Colombia in 1932 to a poor family, Botero witnessed the death of his father at an early age and experienced a violent and tumultuous political landscape in his youth during the Colombian civil war which has a profound impact on his art and humanitarianism. Botero would go on to face struggle and tragedy before his art captured the world's...
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Detective Azuma is a rogue cop who often uses violence and unethical methods to get results. While investigating a series of drug-related homicides, he discovers that his friend and colleague, Iwaki, is supplying drugs from within the police force. After Iwaki is murdered and Azuma's sister is kidnapped, Azuma breaks all the rules to get justice.
3) Gun runners
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The unique story of two Kenyan warriors who decide to trade in their rifles for sneakers, so they can become competitive marathon runners.
4) Mayor
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It is a real-life political saga following Musa Hadid, the Christian mayor of Ramallah, during his second term in office. His immediate goals: repave the sidewalks, attract more tourism, and plan the city's Christmas celebrations. His ultimate mission: to end the occupation of Palestine. Rich with detailed observation and a surprising amount of humor, the show offers a portrait of dignity amidst the madness and absurdity of endless occupation while...
5) Dede
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Gegi and David are brothers in arms returning home to the high snowy peaks of Svaneti. Gegi saved David's life on the battlefield, and is thus invited to be guest of honor at the latter's wedding to Dina. But by fateful coincidence, Dina and Gegi have also fallen in love during a fleeting wartime encounter without even knowing each other's names. Dina tries to break off her arranged marriage to David, but her mutiny threatens to overturn entrenched...
6) Calm at sea
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In October of 1941, two German officers are gunned down in broad daylight in Nantes by French Resistance members, the first instance of German blood to be shed in this region. In retaliation, Hitler orders 100 Frenchmen to be shot. Instead of innocent Frenchmen, it was later arranged that 100 political prisoners would die, selected by the district administrator from a camp in Brittany where Môquet and others like him are incarcerated for various...
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Loneliness, disillusionment and the experience of first love reveal the character of Raya, a seventeen-year-old living in rural Latvia with her grandmother and her little brother Robis. A huge turn of events shakes up their lives, and the young girl must come to decisions that even a grown woman would find challenging to make.
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The film is based on the true story of Eugenia Ginzburg, a young Russian literature professor who spends 18 years of her life in the gulag in Siberia during Stalin's reign of terror. Having lost everything, and no longer wishing to live, she meets the camps doctor and begins to come back to life.
10) Klitschko
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Two brothers, two world heavyweight champions. Superstar siblings Wladimir and Vitali Klitschko held a fifteen-year reign over the ring until making history in 2008 by becoming the first brothers in the sport to hold world titles at the same time. With a mix of candid interviews and riveting up-close fight footage, Sebastian Dehnhardt offers a fascinating glimpse into the lives of these champion boxers.
11) Seire
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In Korean folk traditions, "seire" is the twenty-one days after a baby is born in which they're uniquely vulnerable to bad luck, curses - even evil spirits. Many superstitions surround these first three weeks in a baby's life, and new mother Hae-mi carefully follows every one of them. Father Woo-jin is reluctantly willing to play along, but when he attends an ex-girlfriend's funeral, he unwittingly opens the door to to dark supernatural dangers. Plagued...
12) Nina wu
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After toiling for years in bit parts, aspiring actress Nina Wu finally gets her big break with a leading role in a spy thriller set in the 1960s. The part, which calls for nudity and explicit sex scenes, is made all the more challenging thanks to the director's unending belittlements. While seemingly on the brink of professional triumph, Nina's psychological resolve begins to crack under the pressure. As she rushes to her childhood home following...
13) Shadowman
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Official documentary about '80s street art pioneer Richard Hambleton, known as the godfather of street art. This plunges viewers into the chaotic life of a forgotten artist, from early fame as a painter and denizen of the Lower East Side through his struggles with heroin, to his surprising comeback as street art exploded to become one of the most popular and lucrative art movement in the world.
14) Munyurangabo
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Film Movement volume year 7, film 5
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After stealing a machete from a market in Kigali, Munyurangabo and his friend, Sangwa, leave the city on a journey tied to their pasts. Munyurangabo wants justice for his parents who were killed in the genocide, and Sangwa wants to visit the home he deserted years ago. From two separate ethnic groups, their friendship is tested when Sangwa's wary parents disapprove of Munyurangabo, warning that 'Hutus and Tutsis are supposed to be enemies.'
15) Remembrance
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In a daring escape Tomasz, a young Polish political prisoner, rescues his Jewish fiancé Hannah. With the Nazis in pursuit, Hannah and Tomasz make their way into hiding. Chaos ensues and the two are torn apart and each becomes convinced that the other is lost.
16) Mine
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Film Movement volume 7, film 12
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"Documentary about the essential bond between humans and animals, set against the backdrop of one of the worst natural disasters in modern U.S. history: Hurricane Katrina. This gripping, character-driven story follows New Orleans residents as they attempt the daunting task of trying to reunite with their pets who have been adopted by families all over the country, and chronicles the custody battles that arise when two families love the same pet. Who...
17) Ambrosia
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It is the story of an Iranian-Canadian couple, Ali and Lela, who dream of an exciting future in Vancouver. Ali owns a pizza shop and thinks of expanding and Leila is an up-and-coming clothing designer. However, their situations change dramatically when Ali's shop is affected by the bad economy and Leila is hired to work at a fashion design firm.
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When small-time mob leader Zhou Zenong accidentally kills a cop, a dead-or-alive bounty is placed on his head, forcing him on the lam from both the police as well as dangerous gangsters out for the reward. Hiding out in China's densely populated Wuhan province, Zhou becomes entangled with a beautiful, enigmatic woman, who has mysterious intentions of her own.
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"Experience a year in the life of a surf town at the mercy of the Atlantic Ocean. Set against the backdrop of Ireland's stunning west coast, this observational documentary - at times intimate, at times epic - embeds itself within Lahinch's passionate surfing community. Following this dedicated group of diehards who want their local waves to be known around the world, between land and sea combines exhilarating footage with insightful, moving and often...
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This stirring feature portrait of Lucha libre star Cassandro in his waning years in the ring is less a swan song than a meteor shower rendered in Technicolor. Famed as much for his flamboyant drag and sky-high pompadour as for his show-stopping kicks and flips, his trailblazing ascent as one the industry's first openly gay wrestlers has resonated internationally for a quarter-century.