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poster AWOL

AWOL

A young woman in the Army must make tough decisions when her love for an older woman causes her to question just where she is going. Adapted from Deb Shoval's 2011 short film of the same name.

poster Os Lobos

Os Lobos

Cabreira Hill. A village dominated by patriarchal tradition: the woman takes care of the household or picks up wood; the man takes care of the cattle or chops down trees to produce coal. After doing time …

poster East Side - West Side

East Side - West Side

Poor, decent young woman Lory (Percy) avoids moral pratfalls after she is employed by a rich family. She falls in love with the son (Harlan) but the couple is separated by his cruel, class-conscious mothe…

poster Lonely Wives

Lonely Wives

A highly respectable lawyer becomes a sexual animal after working hours; His live-in mother-in-law tries to keep him in line. When an actor-impersonator comes to see him, the two switch lives.

poster Leave of Absence

Leave of Absence

88mn - Drama, Short

A man asks his wife for a 'leave of absence' in order to care for his mistress who is dying of cancer.

poster A Simple Matter of Justice

A Simple Matter of Justice

A powerful and moving piece documenting the lesbian, gay and bisexual movement in the early 1990s, A Simple Matter of Justice expresses all the emotions of the joyful protest that was the 1993 March on Wa…

poster Pink Wall

Pink Wall

82mn - Drama, Romance

Six scenes. Six years. Six moments that shaped the relationship of Jenna and Leon. Pink Wall examines what defines us, the pressures of gender expectations, and our perpetual struggle between life and amb…

poster Every Woman's Dream

Every Woman's Dream

100mn - Comedy, Crime, Drama

A man suffering from borderline personality disorder is married to two women, who don’t know the other exists. As bills pile up and cracks start to show, the women independently start to suspect something…

poster Miss Lulu Bett

Miss Lulu Bett

71mn - Comedy, Drama

Lois Wilson (as Lulu) is the spinsterish member of the Deacon family: "The family beast of burden, whose timid soul has failed to break the bonds of family servitude." Her brother-in-law is patriarchal Th…

poster Woman to Woman

Woman to Woman

82mn - Drama, Romance

David Compton leaves his expecting French girl-friend Louise Boucher, a dancer at the Moulin Rouge, for the war where he looses his memory. Building a new life from scratch after the war, he gets married …

poster X's & O's

X's & O's

93mn - Comedy, Drama, Romance

Relationship issues arise between a researcher with a theory to explain away all his failed dating experiments, a player who wants out of the game, a deejay whose head spins with thoughts of God, a hoodra…

poster Lambo

Lambo

100mn - Documentary

Aarron Lambert is a controversial man that provokes the system and inspires the public. A cinematic documentary following the struggles and successes of a voice that must be heard from childhood through t…

poster No Other Love

No Other Love

97mn - Drama, Short, Romance

A young marginally intellectually-disabled girl and boy meet, plan to marry, and convince the world that they are entitled to a life of their own -- despite attempts by the girl's parents to separate them.

poster Husbands or Lovers

Husbands or Lovers

56mn - Drama, Romance

A wife, bored by her overweight slob of a husband, gives in to the temptation of a slickly seductive poet.

poster I Was a Mail Order Bride

I Was a Mail Order Bride

92mn - Comedy, Short, Romance

On a bet with one of his practical-joking partners, a Los Angeles lawyer responds to an ad from a pretty Chicago magazine writer offering herself as a bridal candidate as an investigative reporting assign…

poster Lost for Words

Lost for Words

107mn - Drama, Romance

A wounded ex-Marine seeking a fresh start in Hong Kong falls for a talented Chinese ballerina from Beijing, but as their cross-cultural romance deepens through language lessons and shared dreams, mounting…

poster Amarilly of Clothes-Line Alley

Amarilly of Clothes-Line Alley

67mn - Drama, Romance

Amarilly comes from a large family in a working-class neighborhood. She is happy with her family and her boyfriend Terry, a bartender in a cafe. But one day she meets Gordon, a sculptor who comes from a r…

poster Her Defiance

Her Defiance

A woman is deserted by her wealthy young lover.

poster The Yellow Ticket

The Yellow Ticket

"The Yellow Ticket" (aka "The Devil's Pawn") was directed by Vicor Janson and Eugen Illes as a German project shot partially in Warsaw. A story of a Jewish girl forced to hide her identity in order to att…

poster Be Silent, My Sorrow, Be Silent

Be Silent, My Sorrow, Be Silent

45mn - Drama, Romance

Paula is a circus performer married to the alcoholic clown-acrobat Lorio. Lorio's heavy drinking leads to him being severely injured during a performance. This forces Paula and the now-crippled Lorio to b…

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