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1) The farewell
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Chinese-born, U.S.-raised Billi reluctantly returns to Changchun to find that, although the whole family knows their beloved matriarch, Nai-Nai, has been given mere weeks to live, everyone has decided not to tell Nai Nai herself. To assure her happiness, they gather under the joyful guise of an expedited wedding, uniting family members scattered among new homes abroad. As Billi navigates a minefield of family expectations and proprieties, she finds...
2) Gifted
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Frank Adler is a single man raising a child prodigy, his spirited young niece Mary, in a coastal town in Florida. Frank's plans for a normal school life for Mary are foiled when the seven-year-old's mathematical abilities come to the attention of Frank's formidable mother Evelyn, whose plans for her granddaughter threaten to separate Frank and Mary.
3) Minari
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A tender and sweeping story about what roots people, that follows a Korean-American family who move to a tiny Arkansas farm in search of their own American Dream. The family home changes completely with the arrival of their sly, foul-mouthed, but incredibly loving grandmother. Amidst the instability and challenges of this new life in the rugged Ozarks, this film shows the undeniable resilience of family and what really makes a home.
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Twelve-year-old Conor, dealing with his mother's illness, a less-than-sympathetic grandmother, and bullying classmates, finds a most unlikely ally when a monster appears at his bedroom window. Ancient, wild, and relentless, the monster guides Conor on a journey of courage, faith, and truth.
5) Tammy
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Tammy is having a bad day. She's totaled her car, gotten fired from her job at a burger joint, and finds her husband getting comfortable with the neighbor in her own house. It's time to take her boom box and book it. The bad news is she's broke and without wheels. The worse news is her grandma, Pearl, is her only option-with a car, cash, and an itch to see Niagara Falls. Not exactly the escape Tammy had in mind. But on the road, with grandma riding...
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For teenager Mia Thermopolis, just surviving each school day is an adventure. Then she receives the shocking news from her grandmother that she is a real-life princess. So begins a comical transformation towards poise and princess-ness, including a media storm, jealous schoolmates, and a plot to take over her country.
7) The witches
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The darkly humorous and heartwarming tale of a young orphaned boy who, in late 1967, goes to live with his loving Grandma in the rural Alabama town of Demopolis. As the boy and his grandmother encounter some deceptively glamorous but thoroughly diabolical witches, she wisely whisks him away to a seaside resort. Regrettably, they arrive at precisely the same time that the world₂s Grand High Witch has gathered her fellow cronies from around the globe,...
8) The witches
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English
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Nine-year-old Luke finds that saving the world from witches is a tall order for a boy who has been turned into a mouse.
9) Minari
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Korean
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A tender and sweeping story about what roots people that follows a Korean-American family that moves to a tiny Arkansas farm in search of their own American Dream. The family home changes completely with the arrival of their sly, foul-mouthed, but incredibly loving grandmother. Amidst the instability and challenges of this new life in the rugged Ozarks, this film shows the undeniable resilience of family and what really makes a home.
10) Grandma
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Elle, who has just gotten through breaking up with her girlfriend when Elle's granddaughter Sage unexpectedly shows up needing $600 bucks before sundown. Temporarily broke, Grandma Elle and Sage spend the day trying to get their hands on the cash as their unannounced visits to old friends and flames end up rattling skeletons and digging up secrets.
11) Family squares
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English
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"The Worth family has been divided for years but when the matriarch, Grandma Mabel, dies suddenly, the family has to come together. [It] takes the Worth family on a journey discovering that not only did Grandma Mabel keep secrets, so did everyone else. They find their way back to each other and realize that while you can't choose your family, you can choose to be friends with them"--Container.
12) After class
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A dysfunctionally-functional family attempts to work together to support their grandmother during her final days. This laugh-out-loud comedy is about how sometimes your crazy family really can come through, just when you need them the most. Starring Justin Long, Fran Drescher, Kate Berlant, Lynn Cohen, Michael Godere and Richard Sciff. Official Selection at **Tribeca Film Festival**.
13) Carolina
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English
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Carolina, who is named after the state for which she was born in, tries to escape from her wildly eccentric family in search of a life of love and normalcy. Her sisters, Georgia and Maine, live with her grandma in a rather unconventional fashion. Her neighbor, Albert, writes romance novels for a living and writes a book "for Carolina". Carolina, herself, has a job as the producer of a television show, but loses her job when her hysterical sister calls...
14) Stop and go
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English
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Two sisters embark on a hilarious, mile-a-minute road trip to rescue their grandmother and her beloved dog from her retirement home before their reckless sister gets there first.
16) Snapshots
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When a grandmother's secret past collides with her granddaughter's secret future and her daughter's angry present, can the love of three generations be enough to accept decades of deceit. With a simple roll of film it begins.
17) Grandma's house
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A teenager and her siblings are forced to move in with their Grandma because their parents are going through some hard times. They come to learn the true meaning of love, faith, and family not only through the strict rules she imposes, but also the strength and devotion she maintains, as the extended family goes through ups and downs.
18) Jump, Darling
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After a disastrous non-debut at a Toronto drag club, Russell leaves his status-conscious boyfriend and takes shelter with his grandmother Margaret in Canadian wine country. Margaret is a woman coming to terms with her mortality while determined to hang on to her independence. As tempers wear thin and family secrets are revealed, Russell and Margaret fight to maintain their dignity while being true to themselves.
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Swati
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Amidst the highest prevalence of HIV in the world and the lowest life expectancy, three grandmothers in Swaziland, a small, landlocked country in southern Africa between South Africa and Mozambique, cope in this critical moment in time. The generation between the grandmothers and their grandchildren has been severely effected by HIV.
20) The witches
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English
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A reimagining of Roald Dahl's beloved story, a humorous and heartwarming tale of a young boy and his grandmother.
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