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Holy Electricity and Invention

Holy Electricity (Country: Georgia, Netherlands; Year: 2024; Director: Tato Kotetishvili; Writer: Tato Kotetishvili; Stars: Nika Gongadze, Nikolo Ghviniashvili, Angela Delisenko, Ineza Tsomaia)

When young Gonga and his uncle Bart stumble upon a case of rusty crosses in a scrapyard, they repurpose them into neon crucifixes and start selling them in their neighbourhood.

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Invention (Country: US; Year: 2024; Director: Courtney Stephens; Writer: Callie Hernandez, Courtney Stephens; Stars: Callie Hernandez, James N. Kienitz Wilkins, Lucy Kaminsky, Sahm McGlynn, Joe Swanberg, Tony Torn, Caveh Zahedi)

In the aftermath of a conspiracy-minded father’s unexpected death, his daughter receives his patent for an experimental healing device.

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