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Sinead Matthews

Actor

Films

I'm Not in Love

I'm Not in Love

By Col Spector

2021 | 84 min | Comedy

Rob has been given a week to decide if he wants to settle down and have kids with his long-term girlfriend Marta, whom he's fallen out of love with.

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1988 | 83 min | Comedy

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2024 | 80 min | Independent

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Islands in the City

2021 | 23 min | Comedy

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Lichter der Stadt

2020 | 102 min | Drama

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Para:dies

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Suleiman Mountain

2017 | 103 min | Drama

Karabas is always on the run from the people he has scammed. When his older wife Zhipara finds their long-lost son Uluk in an orphanage, she hopes to become Karabas' favorite wife again, especially because his second wife Turganbyubyu is now pregnant. While Karabas is glad to have his son back, his wives compete vehemently for Karabas' attention. “An intelligent and skillful portrayal of Kyrgyz traditions, shamanic rituals and folklore themes in a road trip movie with a sufficient pinch of family ...

A Boy's Dream

A Boy's Dream

2023 | 30 min | Independent

Elias has always desired to have children and dreams of starting a family. In contrast, Christian values his current free-spirited lifestyle in an open relationship, giving him and his partner the time and resources to travel, purchase expensive designer furniture, and care for one another. Elias manages to suppress his longing for a family for a long time. However, upon commencing his new job as a psychologist at a boarding school, it seems as though the dam has broken. He must come to terms with ...

That Most Important Thing: Love

That Most Important Thing: Love

1975 | 109 min | Timeless

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Monday – A German Love Story

Monday – A German Love Story

2017 | 5 min | Shorts

Klaus lives for his work. He loves it when he and his colleagues stamp files to the beautifully choreographed beat of the time clock. If only it weren't for that annoying end of the working day, which forces him out of the temple of productivity and into his dreary home. "Anyone wondering how outsiders imagine everyday life in the German office can get the perfect picture of it with MONDAY." (Sooner curator Eva Neidlinger)

The Gulls

The Gulls

2015 | 87 min | Drama

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