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After her ex-husband's secret addiction lands him in jail, Luba is forced to scrape together a life for herself and her newborn son. Six years later, with bills piling up and no one else to depend on, Luba is relieved that Donnie is on the mend and back in their son's life. But when he relapses and spirals out of control, Luba is forced into the fight of her life.

Director: Caley Wilson

Writer: Vladimir Jon Cubrt

Stars: Nicole Maroon, Vladimir Jon Cubrt, Porter Schaefer

Genres: Drama, Thriller

Runtime: 87 min

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Eurídice and Guida are two inseparable sisters living at home with their conservative parents in 1950's Rio de Janeiro. Although immersed in a traditional life, each one nourishes a dream: Eurídice of becoming a renowned pianist, Guida of finding true love. In a dramatic turn, they are separated by their father and forced to live apart. They take control of their separate destinies, while never giving up hope of finding each other.

Director: Karim Aïnouz

Writers: Murilo Hauser, Martha Batalha

Stars: Julia Stockler, Carol Duarte, Flávia Gusmão

Genre: Drama

Runtime: 139 min

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A riveting meditation on resilience in the face of disaster, ILLUSIONS OF CONTROL unfolds in landscapes irrevocably shaped by human attempts to dominate them. 

Five women confront unbearable crises: Silvia searches for her missing daughter in the deserts of northern Mexico; Yang attempts to hold back the expanding desert in China; Kaori mobilizes mothers as citizen-scientist to monitor radiation in Fukushima, Japan; Stacey builds on Indigenous knowledge to confront toxic legacies in Yellowknife; and, Lauren stands at the crossroads of a terminal cancer diagnosis in Chicago.

What opportunities does ecological instability offer for imagining new ways of relating to each other, to the places we inhabit, and to our collective future? Each story reveals surprising ways to live on, and reimagine life in the ruins.

Director: Shannon Walsh

Writer: Shannon Walsh

Stars: Kaori Suzuki, Xue Lan Yang, Stacey Sundberg

Genre: Documentary

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When the Taliban puts a bounty on Hassan Fazili's head, he is forced to flee with his wife and two daughters. Capturing the journey, Fazili shows the dangers facing refugees seeking asylum and the love shared between a family on the run.

Director: Hassan Fazili

Writer: Emelie Mahdavian

Stars: Hassan Fazili, Nargis Fazili, Zahra Fazili

Genre: Documentary

Runtime: 88 min

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Night Terrors Film Society presents: The Tough Ones (1976) in glorious 35mm!

A tough, rule-bending cop pursues a maniacal, trigger-happy hunchback, a one-handed bank robber and their cronies in an effort to bring Rome's most powerful crime lord to justice.

Director: Umberto Lenzi

Writers: Umberto Lenzi, Dardano Sacchetti

Stars: Maurizio Merli, Arthur Kennedy, Giampiero Albertini

Genres: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller

Runtime: 95 min

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When Mildred Pierce's out-of-work husband leaves her for another woman, Mildred decides to raise her two daughters on her own. Despite Mildred's financial successes in the restaurant business, her oldest daughter, Veda, resents her mother for degrading their social status. 

In the midst of a police investigation after the death of her second husband, Mildred must evaluate her own freedom and her complicated relationship with her daughter.

Director: Michael Curtiz

Writers: Ranald MacDougall, James M. Cain

Stars: Joan Crawford, Jack Carson, Zachary Scott

Genres: Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

Runtime: 111 min

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Manny Ballestero is an honest hardworking musician at New York City's Stork Club. When his wife needs money for dental treatment, Manny goes to the local insurance office to borrow on her policy. Employees at the office mistake him for a hold-up man who robbed them the year before, and the police are called. 

This movie tells the true story of what happened to Manny and his family.

Director: Alfred Hitchcock

Writers: Maxwell Anderson, Angus MacPhail

Stars: Henry Fonda, Vera Miles, Anthony Quayle

Genres: Drama, Film-Noir

Runtime: 105 min

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This bizarre retro comedy, shot entirely on VHS and Beta, follows 12-year-old Ralph as he accidentally records home videos and his favorite late night shows over his parents' wedding tape.

Director: Jack Henry Robbins

Writers: Nate Gold, Nunzio Randazzo

Stars: Tim Robbins, Kerri Kenney, Thomas Lennon, Mark Proksch

Genre: Comedy

Runtime: 72 min

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Several billion tons of earth are moved annually by humans - with shovels, excavators and dynamite. 'Earth' observes people, in mines, quarries and large construction sites, engaged in a constant struggle to take possession of the planet.

Director: Nikolaus Geyrhalter

Genre: Documentary

Language: English, German, Hungarian, Spanish, Italian

Runtime: 72 min

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Calgary Underground Film Festival Presents: Color Out of Space

Color Out of Space is a story of cosmic terror about The Gardners, a family who moves to a remote farmstead in rural New England to escape the hustle of the 21st century. They are busy adapting to their new life when a meteorite crashes into their front yard.

The mysterious aerolite seems to melt into the earth, infecting both the land and the properties of space-time with a strange, otherworldly color. To their horror, the Gardner family discover that this alien force is gradually mutating every life form that it touches…including them.

Director: Richard Stanley

Writers: Scarlett Amaris, H.P. Lovecraft

Stars: Nicolas Cage, Joely Richardson, Q'orianka Kilcher

Genres: Horror, Sci-Fi

Runtime: 111 min

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