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A burglar hangs dead in St. Andreasberg from the roof of a holiday home that a mysterious art restorer lives in. This time, the village policeman Frank Koops received unwelcome support in his investigations: The ministerial official Kramer sent from the state capital did not leave his side to critically examine the capacity utilization of the remote police station.
John Chandler is sentenced to death only to re-emerge as his own brother, courtesy of the CIA who have arranged the subterfuge so they can use him as a double agent.
Four young actors in London rehearse an upcoming West End play when their secret affairs with one another become revealed. In twist after twist, they try to outwit each other which soon spirals into murderous consequences.
Paranoia and fear set in and five friends begin to turn on each other when they must hole up in a deserted holiday home after a botched robbery.
Andalusia, 70's. El Ajillo, a 50 year old hunter during the day and thief at night, is tormented by the disappearance of his hunting dog. He is too confused to commit this night's theft. But his friends do not care, and encourage him to join. Little by little the guilt will take over the Ajillo, and it will end up confessing its most horrible secrets.
It would seem to be a night like any other as the projectionist powers down the cinema after the last screening - if it weren't for his increasing certainty that there is something lurking in a corner of the deserted cinema.
Stand-up comedian Robert Newman gets to grips with the wars and politics of the last hundred years, from WWI through to the 2003 invasion of Iraq; but rather than adhering to the history we were fed at school, this show places oil centre stage as the cause of all commotion. This innovative history programme is based around Robert Newman's stand-up act and supported by resourceful archive sequences and stills with satirical impersonations of historical figures from Mayan priests to Archduke Ferdinand.
In the province of Lazio, two teenagers and their friends are desperately searching for Luca, a boy their age to whom they gave a small amount of money in advance without receiving the hashish they had requested. Filippo, one of the boys involved in the scam, must try to keep secret the violent plan devised by his friends to get revenge.
In the final week before the Christmas holidays, six students spend a night in their flat. As tensions and rivalries between friends and lovers rise, a dark past entwines all their stories together.
Year 2028: Dr. Lombardi is treating an engaged couple, Julian and Arianna, in her secret mental rehabilitation facility. The two believe they are spies working for the government.
A man decides to sell his grandparents' house when he finds out that the death of his parents seems to be connected to a legend about a murdered child.
A group of privileged students spend a night patrolling the prestigious Dhoultham school. However, it soon turns into the worst night of their lives as they face off against burglars, supernatural spirits and a deeper, darker evil.
For months a strange phrase has been found scrawled on Paris sidewalks next to chalk circles containing odd objects. Policeman Adamsberg gets involved when a dead woman is found in one of the circles.
Alessia returns from the convent where she was educated to the farm where she spent her childhood. As she arrives, she starts to remember the crime that made her an orphan. The animosity she feels towards her aunt starts to get explained. Aunt Agnes was responsible for the crime, so she could get the land. Alessia starts to use her sexuality to manipulate the men around her and set a trap for her aunt as revenge.
Lidia Muñoz is a retiree who has been living in Barcelona since 1978. Lidia was forced to exile from Argentina after the military dictatorship that ruled the country at that time tried to kidnap her and make her disappear. Pregnant with her only daughter, Valeria, she managed to escape to Spain. Forty years later, she receives a summons from the Argentine Ministry of Justice to testify in the trial for the kidnapping and disappearance of Oscar Medina, her boyfriend at the time and Valeria's father.
History teacher Julia tries to find a cure for her son Ghassan, who, after being bitten by a rabid dog, slowly transforms into a violent monster.
Professor Brecht, a renowned scientist, is obsessively experimenting in his isolated villa. The object of his studies is "apparent death", with the intention that the human body in a cataleptic state can be cured more easily. He lives with his wife Lisa and several other people: his twin brother Germano; Katia, the waitress; Lailo, his assistant and young student Erina. Having discovered his brother's affair with Lisa, Brecht sets up a plan to kill Germano and take his place. The shock makes Erina dumb. Bercht's persecution of Lisa soon turns the woman mad, while Lailo, wandering in the villa's surroundings, vainly tries to find the key to the mystery. A psychiatrist, Louis, firmly believes Lailo's madness is caused by her inner anguish and seems confident in her recovery. But he's wrong: the demented woman kills Katia and then throws herself out of a window. Brecht takes back his own identity, but his actions will have further tragic consequences...
Tells the story of a group of gangsters hiding out in a vacation-bungalow who get more than they bargained for.
A detective is hired by a strange client to find out the truth behind the birth date of Ana Inosculerb, the most hated man in the world". A man so hated that not even his name can be named without being persecuted by society, a man so hated that his life was not even worth living.
1828 in the German port city of Bremen: Two very different women collide in an age that has no place for either of them. One strives for a career in law, at a time when women aren't even admitted to universities. The other has lived life outside the law and may now have to pay the tab. One of them needs to get her head together – while the other would do anything not to lose hers. -- Based on a true story.
You keep trying to get away, but it doesn't work. Entry in the Four4 Very Short Horror Film Competition, 2013.
SHE’S ALWAYS BEEN AN OLD SOUL Sian and Lewis, are a married couple spend who their days attempting to reach out to their daughter, Hope. Sian brings meals to their room whilst Lewis waits and listens. However, the couple are stuck in a loop that conceals reality. The evening brings warmth and comfort, whilst the harsh morning light reveals the truth of what lies beyond Hope’s door.
Decommissioned and discredited, an obsessive scientist will stop at nothing to finish his experiment.
A devastated father is the victim of a violent carjacking, his four year old daughter kidnapped in the process. A small town journalist, out of his depth, is tasked with the story; and burdened with the hope of finding the girl.
Suave supercilious Carling (Karel Stepanek) receives several callers to his isolated house, all of whom hold a grudge against him. Next morning a corpse is found, and later identified as his by one of the visitors.
The gorgeous young actress Ginette auditions for the lead role in the first long feature film of the controversial artist Alex Sherba and she's almost immediately submitted to a long series of harassing questions and indecent proposals. Alex quickly turns out to be a mentally unstable and potentially dangerous man, and when she finds an earring belonging to a missing friend of hers, Ginette even suspects that he might be a killer and starts her very own private investigation. Meanwhile, the torturing of other poor girls cheerfully continues in the dungeon of Alex' parental house.
In the town of Breda, a construction company wants to build a luxury urbanization development in the suburbs. The body of one of the partners appears on one of the newly built houses. A failed pianist, who makes his living killing animals and pets uncomfortable, becomes the prime suspect. To defend itself, hires the detective Ricardo Cupido for that crime exculpe
A young man's odyssey from a small town in Colorado to Budapest, in search of his estranged girlfriend.
This is the second feature in a series about an intrepid French spy by the nickname of "The Gorilla," but unlike the earlier films, this time around Roger Hanin replaces Lino Ventura in the title role. A West German scientist has discovered a way to recover missiles shot into space, and the major Western powers are after his secret. Even though the scientist is willing to pass his discovery on to NATO, it is guarded by an elite, undercover West German police force. As foreign agents, including the Russians and Americans, try to get their hands on the secret, "The Gorilla" is forced into the affair by his surly, aging boss -- he has to make sure that the scientist's discovery ends up with NATO.
A crime-fiction writer walks into a police station claiming responsibility for three murders. Is he telling the truth, or is he merely trapped in the fantasies of his troubled mind?
The Devil of Winterborne has only recently been exorcised by PROBE. But when the body of its last victim disappears, and a book of black magic spells is stolen from a local museum, Liz Shaw begins to wonder if the ghosts of the past have really been laid to rest. Forced into an unholy alliance with the school’s disgraced headmaster, Liz must fight not only her own warring emotions, but a festering evil that threatens to corrupt the Earth again after 100 years. But how do you fight a shadow from Hell?
A fugitive gangster falling for a beguiling go-go dancer triggers a pulse-pounding spiral of unexpected twists and betrayals.
After finishing his life's work, young Aleksei is attacked in his home by a pair of thieves. After falling unconscious, Aleksei will embark on a journey through the deepest corners of his mind. There he will meet Mr. Dumontt, an apparently friendly entity, but with many secrets behind it.
The history of traditional portraiture was about status and branding. With Atrophy Portraits we break down the layers of constructed perfection. These films are an exploration of power and submission, how the boundaries between those roles might initially seem fixed but can be more fluid. What it means to be the subject, to be observed and to meet that gaze. This film is a portrait, designed to be watched on a portrait screen, for example your phone. A portrait needs a frame and our screens are our frames.
A family’s faith and resilience are tested when their daughter is kidnapped, leading to an intense journey of discovery and justice.
Prey for Me sets a ruthless mercenary against a defenceless human target. As their confrontation intensifies to a climactic conclusion, dark secrets from their pasts emerge, and the line between good and evil becomes indistinct.
A desperate drug-pusher must avoid police, and find money to pay-off a huge debt.
Luis Vega, writer and literature professor is accused of murder following the publication of his novel "Arrebato" which recounts in detail a crime happened in real life.
Judge Katarina Weiss must decide whether the allegations against millionaire businessman Werner Lamberg—that he beat and raped his wife, Sandra—are valid or not. In court, Katarina faces a defense attorney Eva Hartmann who actually manages to refute all charges to such an extent that she secures her client’s provisional release from custody.
A short film.
a new short film from the producers of Magenta House
An international spy is about to unravel an European conspiracy.
A young writer retreats to an isolated cabin to work on a mystery thriller. One night, a mysterious stranger arrives at his door needing help.
The story of a husband's implication in his wife's death, his stupid disposal of her body and the police enquiry which almost embroils him in a murder charge.
A British secret service agent and his sister travel to Berlin to recover a top secret RAF invention which was stolen from the French government.
As they set out on a hunting trip, Steph teaches Sarah basic gun safety. It’s her very first time…
Luis travels to Berlin for a weekend of partying and meets Viktor, a mysterious man who captivates him. Mistaken for Dimitri, Viktor’s missing ex-partner, Luis becomes entangled in Viktor’s controlling world, leading to a surreal experience where reality blurs. Inspired by the true story of a young Portuguese man who disappeared after a night at Berghain.
Caught between a rock and a hard man, long-time loser Dante finds himself embroiled in a gruelling endurance contest in order to pay back a debt. As time runs out, he must decide whether to keep running or face his problems head on.
It's been a year since Moritz Wagner and his daughter Aluna turned their backs on Kenya and moved to Hamburg. They searched in vain for Farrah, Moritz's wife and Aluna's mother. Moritz's strenuous, sometimes traumatic job as a war photographer had put a lot of strain on their marriage. Farrah took some time off and disappeared without a trace. Now news reaches Moritz from the Kenyan police that his wife has been recovered dead from her car in Kenya. Shortly after, Farrah's sister Pascale suggests that Farrah was not the victim of an accident, but was murdered. Moritz sets off for Kenya. But when he wants to meet his sister-in-law, she dies in front of him. Moritz is now considered a suspect and has to justify himself to the Kenyan police and flee. Together with Caroline, a shirt-sleeved used car saleswoman and good friend of Farrah, Moritz sets out to find the secret behind Farrah's death. The trail leads them both to the Congo.
A young female escapes her past and absconds to England in search of a new life. She takes a job caring for a tetraplegic, but burden of the job stirs up her past. It seems the limits of caring are not always as clear as they should be.