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1954 – Panique au village (2009)

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A Town Called Panic (French: Panique au village) is a 2009 internationally co-produced stop-motion animated adventure fantasy comedy family film directed by Stéphane Aubier and Vincent Patar.

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The film is based on the TV series of the same name and stars Aubier, Jeanne Balibar, Nicolas Buysse, Véronique Dumont, Bruce Ellison, Frédéric Jannin, Bouli Lanners, and Patar, among others. It premiered at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival and was the first stop-motion film to be screened at the festival.

Empire magazine were very positive awarding the film 4 stars, summing it up as “Toy Story on absinthe” (wiki)

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1940 – Rebelle (2012)

spacetime coordinates: civil war in sub-Saharan Africa

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War Witch (French: Rebelle) is a 2012 Canadian dramatic war film written and directed by Kim Nguyen and starring Rachel Mwanza, Alain Lino Mic Eli Bastien and Serge Kanyinda. It is about a child soldier forced into a civil war in Africa, and who is believed to be a witch. The film was primarily shot in the Democratic Republic of the Congo in French and Lingala. (wiki)

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1939 – Pathfinder (unrated version, 2007)

spacetime coordinates: a Viking Age expedition arrives in North America, intending to subjugate or slaughter the native “Skræling” population.

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Pathfinder (also known by the alternate title Pathfinder: The Legend of the Ghost Warrior) is a 2007 American epic action film directed by Marcus Nispel. It stars Karl UrbanClancy BrownRalf MoellerMoon BloodgoodRussell MeansJay Tavare, and Nathaniel Arcand.

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The film was loosely based on a 1987 Norwegian film Pathfinder. It was also adapted into a graphic novel by Dark Horse Comics. (wiki)

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1927 – Reminiscence (2021)

spacetime coordinates: In the near future, climate change has caused the seas to rise and flood Miami. Extreme daytime temperatures have forced most people to live at night. /  New Orleans 

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Reminiscence is a 2021 American neo-noir science fiction thriller film written and directed by Lisa Joy, in her feature directorial debut. The film stars Hugh JackmanRebecca FergusonThandiwe NewtonCliff CurtisMarina de Tavira, and Daniel Wu. (wiki)

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1922 – Warsaw ’44 (2014)

spacetime coordinates: Warsaw, summer of 1944 / destruction of Warsaw

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Warsaw 44 is a 2014 Polish war film, originally titled Miasto 44 (City 44). The film depicts the Warsaw Uprising in 1944 during the German occupation of Poland. (wiki)

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1898 – The Fear Street Trilogy (2021)

spacetime coordinates: 1994 Shadyside / 1978 Camp Nightwing / 1666 Union

The Fear Street Trilogy is an American horror film series, with varying sub-genres of horror. Directed by Leigh Janiak, from scripts and stories she co-wrote with other contributors, the films are based on R. L. Stine‘s book series of the same name.


Fear Street Part One: 1994

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Fear Street Part Two: 1978

Fear_Street_Part_Two_1978-408600246-largeFear Street Part Two: 1978 is a 2021 American teen slasher film directed by Leigh Janiak. It is the second installment in the Fear Street trilogy, and a sequel to Part One: 1994. Starring Sadie Sink, Emily Rudd, Ryan Simpkins, McCabe Slye, Ted Sutherland, Gillian JacobsKiana MadeiraBenjamin Flores Jr. and Olivia Scott Welch, the film centers on a group of teenagers in Camp Nightwing who must come together to survive a possessed counselor’s murder spree. imdb

Fear Street Part Three: 1666

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1897 – Chernobyl 1986 (2021)

spacetime coordinates: Pripyat 1986

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Chernobyl: Abyss (Russian: Чернобыль) is a 2021 Russian disaster film directed by Danila Kozlovsky who also stars in it. (wiki)

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A story about a heroic fireman who worked as one of Chernobyl liquidators. (imdb) / on netflix