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Animus Animalis (A Story about People, Animals and Things)
Under glass cases, fake foliage and artificial snow, animals are always watching in this complex exploration of the work of taxidermists, hunters, farmers and museum workers, who erase the line between real and artificial, living and dead, kindness and cruelty.
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Bojayá: Caught in the Crossfire
Through the eyes of a survivor of one of the worst massacres in the 50-year conflict between the Colombian military and FARC guerillas, discover the darker reality that lingers beneath the veneer of recent peace talks.
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Cavebirds
Intrigued by her aging father's return to rural Malaysia to launch an edible bird nest farm, a Montreal filmmaker follows him seeking answers and instead discovers truths about home and heritage that help bridge the gap between them.
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Haydee and the Flying Fish
Forty years later, a Chilean woman who was obscenely tortured under Pinochet's regime awaits a potentially historic court verdict and a chance to begin healing unimaginable wounds.
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Hope Frozen
As scandal swirls around a grief-stricken Bangkok family and their unorthodox decision to cryopreserve their deceased two-year-old daughter, her ambitious whiz-kid brother is consumed with the effort to find the technology that will revive her.
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Illusions of Control
From nuclear fallout to arsenic-contaminated drinking water, five women across the globe find the means to survive in an apocalyptic world decimated by human activity.
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The Magic Life of V
Armouring herself with a fairy-tale alter ego through live-action role play, a young woman cannot let go of memories of brutal childhood abuse until she's ready to step out of her elaborate fantasy world and face the real monster from her past.
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Marceline. A Woman. A Century
This encounter with writer and filmmaker Marceline Loridan-Ivens teases out decades of her unconventional life and loves, from surviving Auschwitz as a girl to her romantic and creative partnership with acclaimed Dutch documentarian Joris Ivens.
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Prophecy
From first to last stroke of the paintbrush, watch Scottish painter Peter Howson's creative process unfold as he brings a massive canvas to life with an epic and apocalyptic work of art.
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Seahorse
For a British trans man yearning for a child, the journey to conceiving is anything but straightforward. Through intimate access, experience this story of heartache, determination and love that illuminates what it truly takes to be a father.
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Searching Eva
Refusing to fix her own identity and career in permanence, the enigmatic protagonist of this thoroughly millennial character study proves through selfies, sex scenes and social media that online, you can be everything and nothing at once.
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When We Walk
Recently divorced, the filmmaker attempts to relocate closer to his young son, but confronts the harsh inequity of the US Medicaid system, which would prevent him from accessing the care he needs to live while battling advanced multiple sclerosis.
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XY Chelsea
After her 35-year prison sentence is commuted by President Obama, former military intelligence analyst and whistleblower Chelsea Manning prepares to leave a military prison and transition to her new life as a free woman.
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