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Convulsions

Anti-Porno

Sion Sono
Convulsions :: Narrative Features
Japanese punk auteur Sion Sono returns to Convulsions (TAG, Cuc '15) with a subversively feminist ode to Nikkatsu's "Roman Porno" movies, the major studio's softcore sensations of the 1970s. A...

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Bacarau

Directors: Juliano Dornelles, Kleber Mendonça Filho
Convulsions :: Narrative Features
In the near future, a small village in the Brazilian sertão mourns the loss of its 94-year-old matriarch. Days later, the inhabitants (including legendary actress Sônia Braga) notice that their town has...

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Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn

Director: Radu Jude
Convulsions :: Narrative Features
In Bucharest, a schoolteacher finds her career and reputation under threat after a personal sex tape is leaked online. Forced to meet the parents demanding her dismissal, she refuses to...

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Convulsions Secret Screening

Director: ?
Convulsions :: Narrative Features
Adults Only. This unique, sexy, wild new film is from another planet. What could it be? We ain't sayin!

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Dogs Don’t Wear Pants

Director: J-P Valkeapää
Convulsions :: Narrative Features
The story follows Juha who develops an unexpected but powerful connection with a dominatrix named Mona, following a tragic event in his life that has left him emotionally paralyzed. His...

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El Angel

Luis Ortega
Convulsions :: Narrative Features
In 1971 Buenos Aires, charismatic 17-year-old Carlitos (Lorenzo Ferro, in his energizing debut) gets his kicks from robbing swanky houses... and committing serial murder. Inspired by the real-life "Angel of...

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Hellbender

Directors: Toby Poser, Zelda Adams & John Adams
Convulsions :: Narrative Features
16-year-old Izzy has a rare illness that has kept her confined her whole life on a remote mountaintop with her mother. Questioning her own malaise, Izzy secretly befriends another teen...

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Jesus Shows You the Way to the Highway

Director: Miguel Llansó
Convulsions :: Narrative Features
Diminutive special agent DT Gagano dreams of leaving the CIA to open a pizza parlor and kickboxing studio with his wife Malin. Before he has a chance to present his...

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Knife + Heart

Yann Gonzalez
Convulsions :: Narrative Features
For fans of giallo horror, early Brian De Palma + Cruising, this horny, hyper-stylized, high-camp thriller will hypnotize you while putting the gay back in "Le Gai Paris." Pop star...

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Koko-Di Koko-Da

Director: Johannes Nyholm
Convulsions :: Narrative Features
Still grieving from the inexplicable death of their daughter on her 8th birthday, Elin and Tobias take a camping trip to find their way back to each other. However, their...

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