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Ever since his wife ran off with a sailor, József Pelikán, a dam keeper on the Danube, has been struggling to feed his eight children. One day on the riverbank, he spots Dániel Zoltán fishing. An old friend who József saved from the Nazis by hiding him in his cellar during the war, Dániel is now a minister. Unfortunately for József, this reunion will lead him down a path of unforeseen troubles.

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<p>Ever since his wife ran off with a sailor, József Pelikán, a dam keeper on the Danube, has been struggling to feed his eight children. One day on the riverbank, he spots Dániel Zoltán fishing. An old friend who József saved from the Nazis by hiding him in his cellar during the war, Dániel is now a minister. Unfortunately for József, this reunion will lead him down a path of unforeseen troubles.</p>

In this unbridled satirical comedy, a dam keeper on the Danube River suffers the absurdities of the communist regime in the 1950s.

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Indre, an ambitious young psychologist, reluctantly agrees to transport two patients from one psychiatric ward to another in exchange for research privileges at her clinic. As they travel along the coastline, what looks like a carefree summer road trip becomes the start of a journey to recovery, for Indre as well as the two patients in tow.

A psychologist agrees to take two patients to a psychiatric ward and ends up embarking on a therapeutic journey along the coast.

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In this dystopian world set in the near future, everyone’s reputation is measured and visible. Your “Karma count” defines you, as Cee soon discovers. Victim of a sexual assault that goes viral on social media, the young graphic designer becomes more ostracised as she fights back.

In a dystopic world set in the near future, everyone’s reputation is measured by their “Karma count”.

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"Heavy Metal Dancers" is a documentary about accepting one’s imperfections while striving for perfection on stage. The pole dancers may all be from Finland, but their stories are universal. Their passion for this unusual sport has allowed them to come to terms with their bodies, their lives and sometimes their difficult pasts.

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A group of construction workers fight their bosses by any means available.

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Éva and her family live in a small Hungarian village. Her 16-year-old child has recently come out as transgender and is living under his chosen name, Tobi. After digesting the initial shock, the family has banded together to support him. While Éva silently suffers at the thought of losing the daughter she raised, Tobi is determined to become a man.

A moving coming of age story about liberation and acceptance.

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Isa uses a tape recorder to record messages to herself and then reads them out. She is hoping for change to come, which isn’t surprising. She lives in a small community in southwest Spain where nothing ever happens. All the young people have left. For those who stay behind, time seems to stand still.

Isa records messages with a tape recorder in case she disappears or loses her memory.

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Irina wants to go to school, get her degree and escape her dysfunctional family. Liviu, her cousin, is a businessman who lives in a village. He doesn’t believe much in the importance of an education and finds himself at loggerheads with Irina, who would sacrifice anything to go to school.  

Irina is 22 years old and has one burning desire that will allow her to escape her dysfunctional family: study.

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