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- DirectorsMaryann DeLeoRichard FarrellStarDicky EklundDocuments 18 months in the lives of three crack addicts in Lowell, Massachusetts.
- DirectorDarren AronofskyStarsEllen BurstynJared LetoJennifer ConnellyThe drug-induced utopias of four Coney Island people are shattered when their addictions run deep.
- DirectorJason ImpeyStarsLeigh SorrellNatascha SauerKealey GavilletTouches on the true realities of drug addiction, alcoholism, sexuality and poverty.
- DirectorYony LeyserStarsYony LeyserTim-Fabian HoffmannChloe GriffinDesire Will Set You Free is a feature film that explores life in contemporary Berlin with an often critical and sometimes humorous eye. Based on a true story, the plot follows the relationship of an American writer of Israeli/Palestinian descent and a Russian aspiring artist working as a hustler, offering access to the city's vibrant queer and underground scenes while examining the differences between expatriate and refugee life. Our characters travel through Berlin's layered history and unique subcultural landscape; on their adventures they discover influences and remnants of the Weimar Republic, WWII, the Bowie years, and punk. Many original Berlin personalities play themselves and the locations are all real Berlin locations. The film features performances by the queen of punk Nina Hagen, electro star Peaches, Brooklyn's Blood Orange, German sensation Rummelsnuff, rapper Sookee, Einstürzende Neubauten's Blixa Bargeld; and Wolfgang Müller, plus cast members Amber Benson (of Buffy the Vampire Slayer fame), German film legend Rosa Von Praunheim, artists Eva & Adele, photographer Miron Zownir, internet sensation Labanna Babalon as well as leading roles Tim-Fabian Hoffman (Sasha), Chloé Griffin (Cathrine) and the director himself, Yony Leyser (Ezra).
- DirectorCatherine HardwickeStarsEvan Rachel WoodHolly HunterNikki ReedA thirteen-year-old girl's relationship with her mother is put to the test as she discovers drugs, sex, and petty crime in the company of her cool but troubled best friend.
- DirectorGareth EvansStarsIko UwaisAnanda GeorgeRay SahetapyA S.W.A.T. team becomes trapped in a tenement run by a ruthless mobster and his army of killers and thugs.
- DirectorsFelice ConteBrent RenaudCraig RenaudStarsMattMichelleSebastianWhen you're a junkie, the money comes and goes--and so does the high. Do relationships stand a chance among addicts? Meet Matt & Tracy and Sebastian & Michelle--two New York City couples looking for love, and fixes, in all the wrong places. This startlingly candid documentary follows these two drug-addicted couples as they eke out a bare-bones existence on the streets of New York, desperately trying to score cash to pay for their next fix. The result is an unflinching, captivating examination of the human need for love and escape--and the virtual impossibility of finding anything more than temporary solace.
- DirectorJames Cullen BressackStarsRhett BenzTaja V. SimpsonEdmond ChappleA privileged white man uses the ghetto, sex addiction, and crack cocaine to live up to his full potential and have his dream life.
- DirectorTodd AhlbergStarsRyan M. BrownJames Reed JohnsonMark KingMETH explores the rising wave of crystal methamphetamine use within the gay population. Through the reflections of a dozen gay men, we learn of the drug's allure, its promise, and why its popularity is soaring. Some of the men in the film are current users, and they share their life with us while under the constant influence of "Tina." Other interviewees are former denizens of "Tina World," who have managed to crawl back from the depths to which their addictions brought them. Throughout, METH is an unflinching look at the devastating effects of addiction to this very serious drug.
- DirectorJawed TaimanAfghanistan is a country devastated by the horrors of war, crime, violence and poverty. It is also a country blighted with the cultivation and supply of opium. Although it is estimated that 95% of all heroin on the streets of the UK & Europe comes from Afghanistan, few talk of the drugs that stay within the country and the devastating effects it is having on its children - the youth & future of Afghanistan. After the war on Terror and the fall of the Taliban, what future is there for the next generation? Jabar and Zahir are two 15 year old friends, whose own sisters, mothers and fathers are also addicted to heroin and opium. "Addicted in Afghanistan" is an intimate and uncompromising portrayal, filmed over a year, of the day to day struggles of a new generation of children addicted to heroin, trying to find their way in the new Afghanistan.
- DirectorGaspar NoéStarsSofia BoutellaRomain GuillermicSouheila YacoubFrench dancers gather in a remote, empty school building to rehearse on a wintry night. The all-night celebration morphs into a hallucinatory nightmare when they learn their sangria is laced with LSD.
- DirectorMichael Curtis JohnsonStarsGrace Victoria CoxTequan RichmondWill BrittainSix young lives collide in the most horrific and twisted of ways. Based on true events.
- DirectorAmir HallDope Jersey is an educational tool for the youth of America. Filmed in Camden, NJ. Dope Jersey is a raw and uncut documentary on opioid addiction. With the opioid epidemic taking so many lives and loved ones in America. This documentary was created to bring over-all awareness to the youth who are uneducated on drugs addiction.
- DirectorMichael VennStarsJesse ClintonDaniel CouzinsJennifer CouzinsDean, Sandi, and Eric have battled heroin addiction and share their journey to longterm recovery. Daniel, in the midst of his heroin use, shares his video diary to serve as the most personal of warnings. This is our community, our crisis and only as a community, and with a shift in our perception of addicts and addiction, can we begin to tackle this crisis.
- DirectorRicky MastroStarsAntoine HerbezClément NalineValentin MalguyThe film takes place in Toulouse and tells the story of Jean, a 55 year-old policeman who discovers his son, Maxime, and his son's boyfriend hanged in a hotel room. The autopsy shows that he died from an overdose of GHB, just seven minutes after his boyfriend. During an evening organized by Maxime's friends, Jean discovers the club BISOU, where his son used to go. There, he meets Fabien. Trying to know more about what happened, Jean goes to the club several times over and is quickly welcomed by the Bisouers. Fabien becomes attached to him, and Jean starts mixing his mourning with the desire to discover his son's world.
- DirectorRodrigue JeanStarsAlexandre LandryJean-Simon LeducSimon LefebvreAlex, Bruno, Simon, Jeanne, Eric, and Velma are trapped in a cycle of addiction and prostitution, reflecting society's dark realities in Montreal.
- DirectorDarko StanteStarsMatej ZemljicTimon SturbejGasper MarkunAfter being sent to a youth detention center, 17-year-old Andrej has to fight for his place within the group of inmates while getting closer to Zeljko, their informal leader, and struggling to keep his repressed secret in the dark.
- DirectorMarcela GaviriaStarsMartin SmithSarah ChildressWill LymanFacing a heroin epidemic, America is experimenting with radical new approaches to the drug problem. Following four addicts in Seattle, the film examines U.S. drug policy and what happens when heroin is treated like a public health crisis, not a crime.
- DirectorsWilliam FairmanMax GogartyStarDavid StuartIn hidden basements, bedrooms and bars across London, "Chemsex" is a documentary that exposes frankly and intimately a dark side to modern gay life. Traversing an underworld of intravenous drug use and weekend-long sex parties, "Chemsex" tells the story of several men struggling to make it out of 'the scene' alive - and one health worker who has made it his mission to save them. While society looks the other way, this powerful and unflinching film uncovers a group of men battling with HIV, drug addiction and finding acceptance in a changing world.
- DirectorJessica EarnshawStarsJacintaRosemaryJacinta and her mother Rosemary are incarcerated together for drug addiction. Jacinta aims to reconnect with her daughter Caylynn after release but faces challenges overcoming addiction's intergenerational effects.
- DirectorsZach CarterJeremy GarnerBryan HiltnerStarsTara Marie KirkDaniel StewardNicole ResnerA new drug is taking over the streets, coating them in blood, vomit, and other less savory fluids. The six eye-opening stories in this anthology reveal the truth about this new white menace.