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A PE teacher moves to a isolated mountain village where the people appear to live in unshakeable serenity, but soon stumbles across a disturbing ritual. Once a week, the locals are freed of their pain by a lonely boy born with the power to heal one's soul just by hugging them. Trying to rescue him from this madness, the man unleashes his dark side.
A collection of eight short films by director Sergiy Pudich, shot across four countries, blending horror, drama, and dark comedy into a twisted anthology where the fragile balance between reality and imagination constantly unravels
Toni Chichiarelli arrives in Rome with the dream of becoming a painter, but his talent leads him elsewhere — from art galleries to state secrets. Between art, crime, and power, his signature ends up everywhere — even in the history of Italy.
In a wasted land, a solitary medic is charged with treating the head of a mysterious organization, soon finding himself in the middle of politic power struggles.
The life of a quiet and lonely farmer changes drastically when a dying wandering cowboy shows up at his door. The farmer decides to help him by offering him food and shelter at his Ranch. What he doesn't know is that a dark sin dwells inside that man, and as many dangers are coming for him.
Luca is a forty-year-old teacher experiencing a relationship crisis with his wife, Sara, who is much wealthier than him. During the lockdown, Luca finds himself a bystander in the life of his new neighbor, Amanda, and decides to bridge the distance between them, with disastrous consequences.
Set in early 1900s, young Lana Benton, pushed by the gelid Old Hat man, Mr. Kyn, must confront bizarre creatures in a mysterious dream gland as she follows the last traces of Carole, a girl who escaped from Bunny Hall, a 19th-century girls' orphanage infested with wild rabbits.
Baghdad, 2005. After Italian journalist Giuliana Sgrena is kidnapped by insurgents, veteran SISMI negotiator Nicola Calipari is tasked with rescuing her, but interference from US forces in Iraq compromises his mission.
A young home nurse, who has been treating a burn victim for some time, accidentally discovers, during a very hot summer day, that he takes pleasure in hurting him.
In Sardinia, in the near future, the ancient settlements come back to life, once again hosting man. The young Mila is robbed of her father's inheritance by her paternal uncles. After many adventures she manages to obtain revenge. Despite this, the girl still struggles to find serenity and therefore decides to undertake a spiritual journey in search of herself.
A Chilean woman, Teresa, comes into a firmly structured and isolated mountain community of Croatian shepherds in the early 20th century, claiming to be the widow of their émigré brother. Her arrival changes the dynamics between the members of the community and brings unrest, but also inspiration for other women.
During a nighttime stroll, Giorgio, a burnt-out painter, encounters the beautiful Emanuelle, whom he makes his new muse. What he doesn't know is that Emanuelle has gotten herself into a dangerous deal with gangsters.
After her father’s death, Alyson, her partner Richard and their baby return to her childhood home. Following a few shocking supernatural events, Alyson discovers that she and her family have been living with a terrible curse, unleashed in the past by a bride killed by Alyson’s grandfather. Soon after Alyson’s child disappears and she has no choice but to embark on a frightening journey into the underworld, to free herself from the bride’s curse and to look for her daughter.
The story follows Joanna, a striking forty-year-old woman trapped in a stifling marriage to a wealthy and controlling man. When she meets Ada, an enigmatic and free-spirited young woman, Joanna is drawn into a journey of self-discovery and rebellion. As their bond deepens, Joanna begins to break free from the life that has imprisoned her but liberation comes at a price she never anticipated.
Davide, a good kid with the eyes of a child and the body of a grown man, is kidnapped one night and locked inside the dark trailer of a truck. He becomes a prisoner of a mysterious organization that forces him to fight, bare-handed, in brutal underground matches that can end only one way: the death of one of the two fighters.
When Nico returns from overseas to say farewell to his ailing mother, he discovers something monstrous is happening in the small town he once called home. As the list of grizzly murder victims begins to grow and the authorities fear the killer is a beast unlike anything they have ever seen, Nico senses a savage transformation within himself and uncovers the terrifying secret his family could never reveal.
Elisa, the daughter of an ordinary family, has been in prison for ten years for brutally murdering her sister. She believes she doesn’t remember what happened, but her fragmented memories begin to come into focus during meetings with the criminologist Alaoui, who is conducting a study on family homicides. The truth that emerges for Elisa is devastating—a pain that may mark the beginning of redemption.
Alessandro lives a mundane life, working in an office and expecting a child with his wife Giulia. One day, his routine is disrupted by an ant invasion in his house. Unable to get rid of them, the ants follow him everywhere, and their numbers keep increasing. Alessandro is determined to discover their origin and eradicate them.
Following the death of half of the global population by a virus, a scientist has introduced a new form of life: the Mnemonix.
After surviving an assassination attempt, a ruthless criminal hunts for his attacker.
Michele, Tiziana, Nino, Antonella, Filippo and Linda are the six aspiring content creators selected to participate in Dedalus, a new social game that promises to make the winner rich and famous. Locked up in an isolated arena, the contestants participate in trials that prove increasingly dangerous. What seemed like a simple game slowly turns into something completely different and the contestants, find themselves both executioners and victims of an elaborate revenge.
A journalist and his female companion travel to interview a famous musician in Rome where a generous invite to a country estate becomes something much more than anyone expected.
A dystopian sci-fi thriller set in "Paradise", an imaginary city where A.I. is taking over the workforce leading the social isolation.
Daniele lost his sight after a failed eye surgery. When his sister Sara spends a weekend at his house, she notices disturbing and unexplainable behaviors in him.
Giada and Carlo have been a couple for many years, both artists. He is a writer looking for a new story to tell, she is a dancer struggling as she directs her first experimental dance show. When Peter Drago comes into their lives, neither can imagine how much everything is about to change. Carlo is fascinated by him, finding in him a new creative inspiration, while Giada is increasingly restless, fearing that her past may come back to surface. But the truth always finds a way to emerge.
While the Calabrian mafia is spreading its influence in the early 70s, Antonio, son of the high-ranking 'Ndrangheta boss Giacomo Zagari, finds himself killing more and more frequently, ultimately realising that he isn't suited to this extreme lifestyle. While his generation rises up in factories, universities and public squares, Antonio finds the strength to defy his father, rejecting his legacy.
Two criminals must get rid of a corpse, carrying it through a forest that seems to stand in their way.
During a Halloween weekend, Carmen and Samuel decide to spend a few peaceful days in a secluded villa, but their getaway soon turns into a nightmare. Three mysterious masked youngsters show up at the door with the classic question, "Trick or treat?", kicking off a cruel and terrifying game.
Claudia, a 25-year-old with serious insecurities, rents the upper floor of a isolated house. There she meets Letizia, a charming woman who introduces her to metaphony. That innocent game soon turns into a nightmare.
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.
Francesca, a young woman seeking lighthearted relaxation, joins her friends at the family estate for a night of fun. But what begins as a carefree game quickly turns into a nightmare.
Today, in an Italy that has never freed itself from the Nazi-Fascist regime, you can only speak if you pay. If you use more words than you can afford, you will be silenced forever by the regime's guards.
Veronica, a 16-year-old girl, is spending the Christmas holidays at her grandfather's in a small village in the Sicilian hinterland when a woman disappears and the fear of the monster who had sown terror in the area ten years earlier returns. The girl suddenly begins to feed a terrible suspicion: her own grandfather could be the culprit.
In the business district of La Défense, a wave of suicides expose the fractures of a crumbling society. Strangers move through the streets like ghosts, bound by the invisible threads of paranoia. In the eerie glow of a collapsing city, destruction may be the only chance for rebirth.
Claudio Nervi, an eclectic director, and Lucia Neve, a disillusioned producer, are looking for a new actress who can help them with their latest film, a project that is drifting. During a meeting with one of the most promising candidates, Stella, the girl will reveal that the script of the film reminds her of a story she knows very well: the story of how she died.
The 1990s. The story of the longest Anonima Sequestri kidnapping, that of Giuseppe Vinci, whose family supermarket chain was spread all over Sardinia.
One night, a man must confront a past trauma, realizing he is no longer the victim, but the perpetrator himself.
Nanà, a slightly eccentric girl, spends her time investigating myths and unsolved cases in her town. One day, she discovers a symbol in the newspaper: a hand making the sign of the horns, and decides to follow the trail of the witch of the “ciorta,” who brings good or bad luck. Marking each discovery in her red notebook, she notices that she is being followed.
What is an actor willing to go through in order to break out of the character that has been imposed on him?
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.
Carlo is a bum who suffers from recurrent nightmares. He lives by the rule of the coin, tossing the very same coin over and over again to take every single decision of his life. Coin toss after coin toss, he arrives in L'Aquila, a city hit by an earthquake. Here he becomes involved in a gruesome murder case. With the help of Marta, an alcoholic woman he met on the road, he starts an investigation which will soon have a metaphysical perspective.
Haunted by their past, Giulia and Tommaso face a deadly truth as a killer frames him, leading to a shocking revelation.
