When evil rises, divinity manifests to defeat it. An aging Dashavatar folk theater performer faces life's storms, guided by the wisdom of this traditional Konkan art form blending myth, music, and dance.
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When evil rises, divinity manifests to defeat it. An aging Dashavatar folk theater performer faces life's storms, guided by the wisdom of this traditional Konkan art form blending myth, music, and dance.
When the filmmaker receives his first video camera at 13 years-old, he begins to film his family during their holidays. Together with his stepmother, bonding over their shared feeling of neglect, he starts plotting the murder of his father. Stumbling upon this material more than a decade later, Zanotta playfully revisits and rehashes this hidden childhood into a found-footage genre tale, proudly showing both the crime they commit and the genesis of his love for cinema.
On the banks of a coastal village, a pair of young adult writers, two teen lovers, and mentally ill parents intertwine in three tales of love and forgiveness during separate stages of life.
A powerful story about ambition, resilience, and the devastating impact of gun violence. It follows a young man striving to build a better future for himself, a teen influencer chasing musical stardom with raw talent and big dreams, and a security guard determined to earn his place on the police force. But their aspirations collide with harsh realities when a single act of violence sends shockwaves through their lives, forcing them to confront the true cost of their environment and the choices they make.
In the 90s, best friends Emilia and Mateo, both 13 and outsiders, find solace in their bond and their love for the Spice Girls. Bullied by their peers, Emilia is inspired by the group's message of "girl power." When she discovers a video dance contest offering tickets to a Miami concert, she sees it as their chance to meet their idols. As they rehearse, they face insecurities and bullies but remain determined. Their journey is filled with obstacles, yet they persist. On the day of the winners' announcement, they anxiously await the results. The film celebrates friendship, resilience, and the pursuit of dreams.
One night, contract killers Safo and Erina celebrate their latest work when they are surprised by an unusual request: a black envelope with just the signature 'V'.
Ofelia is a 17-year-old girl who wastes her time hanging out with her friend Daphne, baking pot brownies and selling them around town. One day, while visiting her friend's workplace, she is captivated by a newly arrived fish. On impulse, she decides to steal it. However, this separates the two friends. Ofelia decides to look for Daphne in all the places they used to hang out.
An Indigenous woman, Sarah, recounts to her grandson Devin a story from her time in Residential School, when she was believed to be possessed by a demon.
Two university friends walk through a high and inhospitable hill in the middle of the city as they confront the idea of mortality following the sudden death of a university mate. Between dusk and dawn, the silences become increasingly deafening, and solitude in company slowly consumes them
Following the death of an emerging writer, her estranged friends reunite for her last wish: performing her play and reliving the worst betrayals of their lives.
In the aftermath of a failed suicide attempt, a young man becomes obsessed with becoming a sailor.
A lonely actress is searching for love. Each of her dates turns into a movie plot, filled with dramatic twists, conflicts, and obstacles. She dives headfirst into the game, forgetting that it’s all just part of a film shoot.
A tale that blurs the line between fantasy and reality, Sweet Dreams captures the magic of serendipity and the intensity of love that transcends the ordinary. It’s a film that asks: do we find love by chance, or does love find us? The answer might just lie in the dreams we dare to dream.
Two brothers rob a truck full of smartphones in a desperate attempt to escape their lives.
After the Spirit-Flower that guards the human realm exhausts its power and requires a new flower soul, the sinister Lord Hanlin seizes the opportunity to help the ancient demon Yu Beast invade. With a great calamity imminent, Jiang Chen and Qing Luan embark on a desperate quest to find the missing flower soul. Through shared trials and life-and-death tribulations, love blossoms between them—only for Qing Luan to discover that Jiang Chen himself is the very flower soul they seek. In a final act of sacrifice, Jiang Chen offers his life to reignite the Spirit-Flower, defeating the forces of evil. In the aftermath, Qing Luan keeps eternal watch over the reborn flower, guarding the realm they saved together.
Just as she is trying to carry on with life, Sam is once again interrupted by her best friend, Marcie, and forced into a discussion about ducks and death. Sam, ever the pessimist, finds fear in every eventuality, whilst her friend, ever the optimist, attempts to convince her that it will all be alright in the end. As they contemplate every gruesome method, they both must come to terms with what has happened and what is yet to come.
The three garbage collectors accidentally get on the trail of a protection racket in the Neukölln neighborhood: Snack bar owner Mohammed has to fend off an aggressive gang of youths and eventually resorts to drastic measures - but Werner discovers that the situation is not quite as clear-cut as it seems. Meanwhile, Tarik's extreme jealousy puts his relationship with Werner's daughter Annika at risk.
An unexpected visit radically changes the life of a small isolated place in Serbia. Jana (18) will do everything to save the stranger that she thinks will take her far from there.
Some prisons don't have bars - just routines, silence, and a front door that never opens. Inside a looping, dreamlike house, a young Black woman is forced to confront everything buried beneath the surface: grief, memory, and lyrics once written as protection.
A young man who has fallen in love with a married director is waiting for her in Venice, Italy as she is raising funds to make a film in Italy. The longer he waits the more he thinks about what is love and the relationship between the director and himself. Finally they meet in the middle of a bridge above the canal to talk and resolve their conflicts as Venice is flooding in November.
A group of young, ambitious candidates for a special police unit in Baden-Württemberg are driven to perform at their best. One of them is 23-year-old Rebecca Henselmann, who will soon be deployed in undercover operations. She works hard and is ambitious, just like her colleague Christoph Laurin, whom Rebecca is getting to know. The young policewoman is highly motivated in her operations against drug and arms trafficking. In the process, she encounters abuses of power and encounters right-wing extremist attitudes in the police force too.
This contemporary Opera, exclusively female from its conception to its performers, tells the story of four women caught between romantic turmoil and social dictates. A successful artistic endeavor.
Michela faces one of her typical days, made up of rush, social networks, followers, work, races, colleagues and acquaintances, forgetting to pay attention to the words of his son Simone.
Bruno is a college student who dreams of making it big with his band. He meets Alma, a reserved girl, and begins a relationship that initially seems perfect. But he soon begins to notice that something isn't right: Alma is keeping a secret that slowly begins to affect his life, distancing him from his friends and music. What he discovers will change his world forever.
"Placenta Holocaust" is an underground extreme horror and gore film, made by independent filmmakers from the "trash cinema" subgenre, combined with its explicit, provocative and very bad images like Primarks, FunkoPops and UGGs, with the objective of breaking taboos and provoking the viewer. It will not leave you indifferent and will make you question your own existence.
“The Bread Season” takes place today in the Kurdish city of Amed (Diyarbakir), located within present day eastern Turkey. Working class life is a daily struggle that places enormous pressure on the family and familiar relationships. This film follows the experiences of one such family and its members: Mahmoud, the father; Fatma, the mother; and Azad, their son, as they survive and dream of different ways of living while stuck in the open hostility of their family relationship.
Told through the eyes of Wenzle, an unsung hero tortured by a life of neglect and abuse, we are drawn into a hauntingly abstract dystopian world. Resigned to his daily torment, Wenzle drifts through existence, until a stranger enters his life, igniting hope and revealing a glimpse of a world that might hold beauty after all. Could this be his chance to escape, or is it just another illusion?
Two friends try a new drug in hopes to brighten their boring summer.
Eryka is a documentary filmmaker who has just returned from filming at the Saharawi refugee camps in Africa. Arriving on the coast in southern Spain to meet her boyfriend, Marc, she discovers he has vanished when he was hang-gliding over the ocean. Thinking the Coast Guard search is ineffective, she begins her own search with the help of Marc’s best friend, David.
John Parker mourns the loss of his brother Pete, while Jack the Madman, driven by anger, seeks revenge. Playing with time travel has consequences. Will time heal all wounds?
Reeling from a recent tragedy, a couple finds life upended when a new family moves in next door.
A bar dancer desperately striving to build a better life for her child finds her world shattered one day when she discovers the child has gone missing.
In Tibetan Luosang, three-year-old Yangjin was hit by Drolma, who was driving a tractor under the influence of alcohol, leaving her with a high-level paraplegia. The incident sparked conflicts among three families, which were eventually resolved through reconciliation, demonstrating how faith and the law can complement each other.
Actors workshop an allegorical and fictional new musical for an audience of one, who holds the fate of the play in her hands.
Jija is on a unique mission-to send a letter addressed to "Mukkam Post Devach Ghar" (God`s Home). Her journey, filled with humorous twists, emotional moments, and heartfelt connections, brings her family and the community together in unexpected ways.
A son returns home for his mother's funeral after she makes everyone in the family promise not to tell him about her illness.
See through the eyes of a young actor ready to take on the world.
In his last week of summer, Lucas takes refuge at his friend's house after running away. Thanks to the support of his group, he finds a new perspective and makes a key decision before the end of the holidays.
An elderly Malaysian-Tamil couple discovers their male goat, set for ceremonial slaughter, is pregnant. Torn between faith and the expectations of their community, they struggle to decide whether to slaughter it or face the wrath of the gods.
It’s Autumn. A young woman and an older man travel by train to Douro, looking for a light phenomenon. They wait during the day but it’s in the silence of the night that things starts to appear. The invisible becomes visible, but is it still possible to believe?
The story begins in Lamsonthi District, a town known for its peace, simplicity, and self-sufficient way of life. The people are kind, and the children go to school happily. However, peace is rarely everlasting, especially when modernization arrives. With progress comes both good and bad, and when something harmful like drugs starts creeping into the community, trouble follows. This marks the beginning of an unavoidable mission for five children—Manee, Mana, Piti, Chujai, and Veera—who must face the growing threat and uncover the truth behind it.
A high school student named Eungyo Han is recording her life in 2004.
In the days leading up to the start of the Uruguayan dictatorship in 1933, Eugenia and Emanuel argued over their differing positions on the issue, which created tensions in their relationship...
A young woman lives with her husband in a small apartment, a convenient refuge from external problems—the pandemic and social upheavals. When her husband goes away on a business trip, she, having not set foot in the house for a month, begins to experience strange things. Objects disappear from under her hands, a window opens by itself, or soil appears in the apartment. She is plagued by bad dreams and visions of her late mother.
A 35-year-old priest, marked by a secret love affair with a man in his youth, faces the internal conflict between his faith and the desires of his heart.
The Days Ahead is a present day nuclear attack drama anthology presenting three distinct stories showing how characters with varying degrees of preparedness cope with an attack on the United Kingdom.
A young woman studying far from home, faces heartbreak, she begins to feel lost in life. She decides go back to home in the countryside make her know what is true love
Aliya goes into the forest every day with three flutes, each imitating the sounds of three animals: an owl, a moose, and a bear. Until today, she had never used the latter.
In the cozy backrooms of a local art store, a lazy and reclusive employee's boring daily routine is interrupted by an awkward, eccentric customer who DEFINITELY has no romantic intentions.
Edoardo and Ottavio were high school classmates and best friends, but 30 years have passed and they've long since lost touch. Edoardo has achieved great success, married Giovanna, and together they have three children, Giacomo, Emma, and Lidia, who have grown up in a comfortable and overly spoiled environment. A bad investment, however, threatens to bankrupt him. Ottavio, on the other hand, has led a simpler and more humble life than his friend, but in times of need, he proves to be the only person willing to help Edoardo without asking for anything in return.
A woman's unusual disappearance leaves her distraught husband and son--and a sympathetic police detective--to try to unravel how and why.