Avenue of the Giants 2023

Avenue of the Giants 2023

Avenue of the Giants 2023

Avenue of the Giants 2023
1h 52m | Drama | Release date: March 11, 2026 (United States)

Storyline:

Herbert Heller carries a traumatic secret from his childhood in Central Europe: Now the owner of a toy store in Marin County, California, Herbert survived the Holocaust in his teens. The Nazis forced him into the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp at the age of 12, but he managed to escape three years later and kept the secret from everyone – including his own children – for 60 years. When Herbert is diagnosed later in life with a terminal illness, he befriends Abbey, an isolated teenager whose own brush with pain and death inspires him to open up. Abbey and Herbert reveal their stories to each other, forge an unlikely inter-generational friendship, and together find a path toward healing.

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Thanks for the Tip 1997

Thanks for the Tip 1997

Thanks for the Tip 1997

Thanks for the Tip 1997
Gràcies per la propina (original title)
1h 57m | Comedy | Release date: November 7, 1997 (Spain)

Storyline:

The story of an odd family in which two uncles, apparently bachelors, play the role of mother and father for their two orphan nephews in the Valencia of the 1960s and 70s.

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Kix 2024

Kix 2024

Kix 2024

Kix 2024
1h 34m | Documentary | Release date: November 21, 2024 (Hungary)

Storyline:

This urban odyssey begins with a chance meeting on the streets of Budapest, when the two filmmakers run into Sanyi, a charismatic, unruly 8-year-old who constantly tests boundaries and oscillates between childlike innocence and a sober outlook that belies his age. Over the course of over a decade, the camera captures Sanyi’s growing pains in a cramped, dilapidated apartment with barely functioning parents and a baby sister. Charted by a fiery temperament and an inexplicable attraction to danger, the course of Sanyi’s life seems predetermined as he hurtles toward a dark future. Filmed in the spirit of Cinema Verité, this gripping and gritty doc will have you on the edge of your seat from Sanyi’s first breakneck-speed skateboard ride to his inevitable plummet down the rough roads of adulthood.

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The Children’s Train 2024

The Children's Train 2024

The Children’s Train 2024

The Children’s Train 2024
Il treno dei bambini (original title)
1h 46m | Drama, History | Release date: December 4, 2024 (Italy)

Storyline:

1946. Amerigo is seven years old and has never left Naples and his mother Antonietta. His world, made up of streets and poverty, however, is about to change. On board one of the “trains of happiness” he will spend the winter in the north, where a young woman, Derna, will welcome him and take care of him. Next to her Amerigo acquires an awareness that leads him to a painful choice that will change her life forever. It will take him many years to discover the truth: those who love you don’t hold you back, but they let you go.

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Hanging Gardens 2022

Hanging Gardens 2022

Hanging Gardens 2022

Hanging Gardens 2022
Janain mualaqa (original title)
1h 57m | Drama | Release date: September 17, 2024 (Mexico)

Storyline:

When a young Iraqi rubbish picker rescues an American sex doll from the Baghdad dumps, he crosses into a perilous red zone, where friends become enemies and nothing is certain in an explosive mix of love, war and madness.

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My Backyard Was A Mountain 2005

My Backyard Was a Mountain 2005

My Backyard Was a Mountain 2005

My Backyard Was A Mountain 2005
24m | Drama, Family, Short | Release date: September 19, 2005 (United States)

Storyline:

Ten-year-old Adan lives a carefree life in the rural town of Palmarejo, Puerto Rico, in the late 1950’s, surrounded by his friends, his caring mother, Lilliam, and his beloved pet goat, Chivo. His father, Pablo, returns home from New York City after a brief absence, bringing good news that he has found employment there and announcing he will be moving the family to the distant city immediately. Although Adan initially thinks the trip will be fun and exciting, he discovers that he cannot take Chivo along with him. With the help of his childhood friend, Denise, Adan embarks on a quest to find a new home for his goat…. A compelling, personal story with emotional resonance for anyone with a loving heart.

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Bekas 2012

Bekas 2012

Bekas 2012

Bekas 2012
1h 37m | Adventure, Drama | Release date: January 11, 2013 (United Kingdom)

Storyline:

Iraq in the early 1990 was a devastating land to survive in. When we think of Iraq, the first thing that tends to pop into our minds is the war and Saddam Hussein. But there is another side too – it is perhaps the most notorious country in the world and it goes by the name Kurdistan. Welcome to BEKAS. This is a story about two homeless brothers Zana (6) and Dana (10) who live on the edge of survival. In the beginning of the story they catch a glimpse of Superman through a hole in the wall at the local cinema. Zana and Dana decide that they want to go to America and live with Superman. Once they get there he can solve all their problems, make their lives easy and punish everyone that has been mean to them. Zana, the younger brother, starts to make a list of all people he is going to tell Superman to punish. On top of the list is Saddam Hussein. Dana on the other hand makes a concrete plan for what they need to get there; money, passports, transportation and a way to get across the border. Unfortunately they have neither of those. But in spite of everything they decide to follow the dream.

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