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There Are Mermaids in LA

February 2023 •English

THERE ARE MERMAIDS IN LA follows Cassie. Bored of her relationship. Having mediocre orgasms. Trying desperately to reupholster a lamp because why not? “It might be the first step towards sewing patchy jeans or something.” But one day Cassie’s boat is rocked by a mysterious silent visitor. A woman. With long, fire-engine red hair and almost no discernible personality or clothes. We’ll call her Mermaid. Because, as the legend goes, she made a bad trade somewhere down the line, swapped her voice out for legs, and then wound up in the wrong place. The place being this woman's beach... RIP the prince. As Mermaid makes herself comfortable in Cassie’s home, the two women begin to form an unlikely bond. The game is simple: Cassie talks and Mermaid listens. Until they both get sick of it.

A Piece of Land

June 2019 •Kurdish

Ahmed flees his war-torn homeland of Syria and faces discrimination in Iraq. The people of the new society he joins make it impossible for him to move on and begin a new life.

Hold Your Breath

May 1924 •English

When her newspaper reporter brother is taken ill, a young woman takes over his job. Before she knows it, she's involved up to her neck in a plot involving stolen jewelry and a very agile monkey.

Affairs of the Art

January 2021 •English

Look out: Beryl's back. With Affairs of the Art, British animator Joanna Quinn recounts another gloriously unhinged chapter in the adventures of Beryl, the comic everywoman she unleashed upon the world with her debut film, Girls' Night Out, which took home three major awards from Annecy in 1987.

The Flying Sailor

June 2022 •English

The Flying Sailor is based on the Halifax Explosion of 1917 when two ships collided in the Halifax Harbour causing the largest accidental explosion in history. Among the tragic stories of the disaster is the remarkable account of a sailor who, blown skyward from the deck of a British cargo steamer, flew over 2 km before landing completely unharmed, but naked except for his boots.

The Boatswain's Mate

January 1924 •English

A retired boatswain hires an ex-soldier to rob a widow's inn.

The Bailiffs

September 1932 •English

Two incompetent Bailiffs men reposess the wrong house.

The Freak Barber

December 1905 •English

A barber cuts heads off Negro and white customers, who then dismember him.

Tarde de Perros

August 2022 •Spanish

A twisted punishment puts two high school students to the test.

Zósimo

January 2012 •English

Zosimo is the best at his trade. But if he can not work, his life holds no meaning.

Proportion

December 2019 •English

From the moment a girl goes to her in-laws house, an evil force called violence surrounds her. In this story too, a girl is going to her in-laws house after marriage. A character named "Violence" starts giving bad advice to the girl's husband, father, father-in-law, mother-in-law. But nobody cares about Violence. At one point the Violence erupted with various attempts to enter the girl's in-laws' house. Finally, the Violence is seen to be dormant. Lutfar Rahman George played the role of Violence. Filmmaker Shamim Akhtar said about the film, “Everyone overplays the negative things. This film is an exception. Because, the entire film tells a positive story."

Ghost Runner

August 2012 •English

After a frustrated coach suffers a heart attack brought on by frustration at his team, the team members being hearing stranger whispers and dying off one by one.

Stitch or The Man in Black

June 2019 •Portuguese

A chase story

Steven Spielberg's Movie

February 2001 •English

A young film director named Milo Jacobson legally changes his name to Steven Spielberg in order to persuade his girlfriend's uncle (a sleazy movie producer) to finance his first film.

Aerolin

September 2023 •Greek

Sandy is a drama school graduate and has asthma. Tonight she will be performing at the theatre. Before that, she has to teach a yoga class, work as a clown and go to an audition. In this equation, she somehow has to try and fit in Spiros, her boyfriend.

El que la traga la paga

January 1943 •Spanish

Cartoon Network: Animated Through the Years

September 2022 •English

A 20-minute trip through 30 years of classics and new faves.

Sitters

September 2023 •English

A couple house sits for the weekend, and as they spend time in another person's home curiosity gets the best of them.

Spelunker Is a Teacher

March 2011 •Japanese

There's a new teacher in town—Spelunker! This unusual man is anything but a typical instructor, giving speeches about traffic safety to the students, reacting strangely to a humidifier, and enjoying lunch— albeit with ample condiment mishaps. With such a bizarre new role model to learn from, Spelunker's students will never be the same! Based on a parody four-frame manga related to the classic video game "Spelunker" (1983).

Ko-Ko's Hot Dog

February 1928 •English

Max and Dave Fliescher are eating hot dogs in their animation studio and begin drawing. The hot dog becomes a "real" dog, and it and Ko-Ko the Clown alarmingly end up inside a Gas Chamber.