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SOULMATES

Genre: Romance/Comedy Year: 2021 Status: Complete

Synopsis: Childhood friends, Sam and Jess, are each other's everything. Their small- town way of life in Vermont is suddenly jeopardized by two out-of-staters: Jess's new fiancé and a corporation threatening Vermont's age-old maple syrup industry.

Cast: Stephanie Lynn, Alexandra Case, Mark Famiglietti

Directors: Timothy Armstrong

LAST SURVIVORS

Genre: Thriller Year: 2021 Status: Complete.

Synopsis: Troy and Jake, a father and son living off the grid in the remote wilderness, have their world unraveled when Jake encounters a beautiful stranger (Alicia Silverstone) from the outside world.

Cast: Alicia Silverstone (Clueless), Stephen Moyer (True Blood), Drew Van Acker (Pretty Little Liars)

Director: Drew Mylrea

THEY LIVE IN THE GREY

Genre: Horror/Thriller Year: 2021 Status: Complete

Synopsis: A young social worker must stop a supernatural entity tormenting the family she is investigating in order to save the parents from losing custody of their child.

Cast: Michelle Krusiec, Ken Kirby

Directors: Abel Vang | Burlee Vang (Bedeviled)

THE LAST THING MARY SAW

Genre: Horror/Thriller/Drama Year: 2021 Status: Complete

Synopsis: Winter, 1843. A young woman is under investigation following the mysterious death of her family's matriarch. Her recollection of the events sheds new light on the ageless forces behind the tragedy.

Cast: Isabelle Fuhrman (Orphan, Escape Room), Stefanie Scott (Insidious: Chapter 3), Rory Culkin (Scream 4, Lords Of Chaos)

Director: Edoardo Vitaletti

RISEN

Genre: Sci-fi / Thriller Year: 2021

Synopsis: Disaster unfolds in a small town when a meteor strike turns the air toxic. Plants, animals, and then humans start to die. Only Lauren, an exobiologist, called in to find answers for this unearthly event can solve the crisis. What was speculated to be a meteorite is in fact an experimental seed sent to Earth in order to grow a habitable environment to colonize.

Cast: Nicole Schalmo, Jack Campbell, Dominic Stone

Director: Eddie Arya

SON OF THE SOUTH

Genre: Biography / Drama Year: 2021

Synopsis: Executive produced by Spike Lee. A grandson of a Klansman comes of age in the deep south and eventually joins the Civil Rights Movement. Based on Bob Zellner's autobiography "The Wrong Side of Murder Creek."

Cast: Lucas Till (X-Men), Julia Ormond (My Week With Marilyn), Lucy Hale (Fantasy Island), Brian Dennehy (Knight Of Cups), Lex Scott Davis (Superfly)

Director: Barry Alexander Brown

SHOOK

Genre: Horror / Thriller Year: 2021

Synopsis: When Mia, a social media star, becomes the target of an online terror campaign, she has to solve a series of games to prevent people she cares about from getting murdered. But is it real. Or is it just a game at her expense.

Cast: Daisye Tutor, Emily Goss, Nicola Posener

Director: Jennifer Harrington

THE RESORT

Genre: Horror / Thriller Year: 2021

Synopsis: A group of friends venture to an abandoned resort to help one of them find material for her new book about the legend of a "half-face girl," who haunted the entire island.

Cast: Michael Vlamis, Bianca Haase, Michelle Randolph

Director: Taylor Chien

THE ASSISTANT

Genre: Drama Year: 2020

Synopsis: Jane, a recent college graduate and aspiring film producer, just landed her dream job as a junior assistant to a powerful entertainment mogul. Her day is much like any other assistant -- making coffee, ordering lunch, arranging travel accommodations and taking phone messages. But as Jane follows her daily routine, she grows increasingly aware of the abuse that insidiously colors every aspect of her workday, an accumulation of degradations against which she decides to take a stand.

Cast: Julia Garner, Matthew MacFayden, Mackenzie Leigh, Patrick Wilson

Director: Kitty Green

Festivals: Telluride, Sundance, Berlin

STALKER

Genre: Thriller / Horror Year: 2021

Synopsis: In the wake of a messy break-up, Andy Escobedo decides to start fresh, relocating from Austin to Los Angeles. Eager to make new connections, he befriends Roger, an unusual rideshare driver. But when Roger's behavior gets too strange for comfort, Andy blows him off. This unhinges Roger, who begins to torment Andy, ensuring that his stay in L.A. is short-lived.

Cast: Christine Ko, Vincent Van Horn, Michael Lee Joplin

Director: Tyler Savage

PAYBACK

Genre: Thriller Year: 2021

Synopsis: A young stockbroker at a Mob-controlled Wall Street firm gets betrayed and sent to prison for six years. When he gets out, he seeks revenge.

Featuring: Matt Levett, Toby Leonard Moore, Anna Baryshnikov, Lev Gorn, Rade Serbedzija, Elena Satine

Director: Joseph Mensch

ROBIN'S WISH

Genre: Documentary Year: 2020

Synopsis: An intimate portrait of Robin Williams and his invulnerable spirit, Robin's Wish is the story of what really happened to one of the greatest entertainers of all time - and what his mind was fighting.

Featuring: Robin Williams, Susan Schneider, Shawn Levy, David E Kelley, Rick Overton

Director: Tylor Norwood

U.S. Release: September 1, 2020.

Available Excluding: N. America, UK, Spain, Italy, Latin America, Australia/NZ, Sweden, Denmark, South Africa, CIS, France, India, Israel, Poland, South Korea

THEN CAME YOU

Genre: Romance / Comedy Year: 2020

Synopsis: A lonely widow plans a trip around the world with her husband's ashes to visit the places they loved in movies. The first stop on the journey changes her life forever.

Cast: Kathie Lee Gifford, Craig Ferguson, Elizabeth Hurley, Ford Kiernan, Phyllida Law