After the untimely death of his mother, a grieving teen befriends his charismatic but troubled neighbor, only to become ensnared in a world of addiction and violence as the opioid epidemic takes hold of his small town.
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After the untimely death of his mother, a grieving teen befriends his charismatic but troubled neighbor, only to become ensnared in a world of addiction and violence as the opioid epidemic takes hold of his small town.
Unemployed youths, many looking to leave the country for want of better options, are swelling the ranks of gangs that sow violence in Zinder, in Niger. Aïcha Macky explores the origins of the radicalization that is spreading through her hometown and the prospects for escaping it.
Ever wondered what your life would be like if things had gone differently? If you had pursued your passion? If you hadn't met that person? Or what if, in fact, things could not possibly have been any different? A psychologist from a parallel universe will look for answers by studying the alternate lives of one of her patients.
During the last desperate months of World War II, an Allied mission to regain Ramree Island off the coast of Burma ends in horror when an embattled group of soldiers find themselves trapped in dense swampland infested with deadly saltwater crocodiles. As the men are picked off one by one by the hungry reptiles, those that remain resort to increasingly desperate measures to survive the onslaught of carnage and get off the island alive.
Inspired by Katherine Anne Porter’s short story “The Rope," this slice of life film portrays the struggle of a writer in dealing with his darkest fears after his wife's tolerance finally breaks, showing him their life’s stark reality.
Veerapuram 220 film directed by B. Senthil Kumar
Sixteen year old Parker has to go stay with her reclusive Aunt Len while her Mother's in the hospital. Parker quickly realizes her Aunt is living in solitude for a very dark and horrific reason.
On a journey from darkness into light, a man explores his failings as a human being.
Charlie, a simpleton daydreamer, currently a pizza delivery boy is tasked with driving his uncle's truck , Girnaar Express, to deliver a gorilla from Mumbai to the jetty at Diu. However, Charlie is unaware that Gorilla is disguised business tycoon MD Makwana, who is on the run after committing a multi-crore scam.
Viorel, a quiet, upright tractor driver from a small town in west Romania meets Mocanu, a high profile politician campaigning for a seat in the European Parliament. Mocanu’s car has broken down nearby and Viorel and his wife welcome the politician into their humble home. Under investigation for corruption, Mocanu sees an opportunity and decides to stay with this modest family during the rest of the campaign, winning people’s hearts by posing as a common man next to his “old friend”, the honest, hard-working farmer. In return, Viorel will get a new tractor.
A young transgender woman is faced with the challenge of coming to terms with her identity.
Inside there's Leo, a lawyer, and Juan, a very short sighted man of fixed ideas. When their paths cross, Juan is getting and argument with Lucio, another member of the gym, about something that nowadays seems to be totally accepted, or perhaps not so much. This conflict, though, doesn't seem to bother Juan, who is used to rely on fight and tension to win his battles. Still, we all keep our secrets, and for Leo and Juan the moment to remove their mask is finally here.
After being abandoned by her boyfriend Wolfy, serial killer Penny Slice has taken to fending for herself, but if she wasn't insane enough already, the small sliver left of her sanity has certainly vanished into the abyss of her mind with the loss of her beloved being the final nail in the coffin of madness.
For 400 years the Israelites have cried out for God to save them from Egyptian brutality. Now, after generations of persecution, God is beginning to stand in the heavens.
Bunty and Babli are forced out of retirement as a new pair of cons emerge, doing robberies in their name with their trademark sigil across India.
Former military extraction specialist Marcus Lombardi, whose only chance of saving his informant sister and their family is to track down a mysterious briefcase.
Hadoum, Fátima, Sheima, and Sokayna are four teenagers from El Puche, a suburb in the Spanish city of Almería, who are proud of their Moroccan and Spanish roots. Together they navigate their first experiences in out-of-the neighborhood schools, that evidence their underprivileged environment. However, this does not affect the intensity of their desires and dreams. On Fatima’s eighteenth birthday, the strength of their self-confidence will be put to the test.
Roman Juniper, a husband and father of three, is forced to go work on the Saturday of his daughter's birthday. He intends to make it back home in time for cake, but a sharp turn of events leads his family to believe their patriarch is in grave danger.
What gifts have the gods given us, and how might we use them to weave a community? In San Pedro Amuzgos, Oaxaca, the director’s reflections and questions invite us into his world, where we learn the story of three threads in the communal loom: Lorenzo, Donato and Zoila.
Inspired by a true story. A grieving mother enlists the help of her deceased daughter’s friend to track down her killer and wonders if the killer is someone close to home.
A meeting with Gaspar Noé at the Locarno Film Festival, where his latest film, Vortex, was screened. His first feature film for general audiences tells the story of an elderly couple who must live out their days under the shadow of Alzheimer's disease. It's an opportunity to look back on the unique career of an experimental and provocative director!
In 2019, 1.2 million people stepped off a cruise ship into the small, south-east Alaskan town of Ketchikan. The next year, in 2020, zero did. After decades of diligent work building a sleepy fishing, mining, and logging town into one of the most sought after cruise destinations in the world, the COVID-19 pandemic has transformed Ketchikan into an empty shell—lined with restaurants, shops, and attractions for the visitors who no longer come. Now, the town must find a way to survive without its key economy until the day arrives when cruise visitors once again pour into its docks.
Dr. Shin succeeded in creating a robot called "Aribot", an artificial intelligence that can communicate with nature. In the world where rain has stopped, more and more people are pursuing Aribot, as it's the only way for it to rain again. Dr. Shin eventually gives up and goes into a rural temple to hide. While staying in the temple, Aribot listened to Dr. Shin's past love stories. The robot felt the lovers' love, the immature expressions, the breakup due to mistakes, as well as the regret. While Aribot was being upgraded with various emotions, it was eventually caught by 'X', the mysterious being who is in a persistent pursuit of Aribot.
Gato lives on a remote farm with his teenage daughter Emma where without even basic communications tools they’re entirely cut off from the outside world. But once Emma comes into possession of a phone, she’s contacted by a party claiming to be working on behalf of her mother, who her father claimed abandoned her at birth. Infuriated, Emma heads off on a journey of self-discovery to reconnect with her mother, all the while Gato and his best pal Sombra (Danny Trejo) race to rescue her from the grim fate she’s unknowingly heading towards.
Barney the Owl is assigned to find the incredible duo known as Scout and Axle. When Barney finds the pair, they take off on an adventure into a land of magic known as Imagination Land, where every adventure is possible. Join Axle, Scout, Barney Owl and their friends on one of the greatest adventures ever.
At 75, Tibor spends his days alone in the house where he lived for many years with his wife Ilona, who died. Ilona has been a ghost in Tibor's everyday life since her death. Tibor and Ilona's apparent peace is interrupted by the appearance of their daughter Edit and granddaughter Réka when they are forced to sell their grandfather's house.
A non-binary Chinese-American drag queen returns to their home town to confront their estranged father about the childhood memories that continues to haunt them.
Taking us behind the scenes with NASA's high-stakes Webb Space Telescope, The Hunt for Planet B follows a pioneering group of scientists - many of them women - on their quest to find another Earth among the stars.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, nine filmmakers isolating in different parts of the world join to make a film. A 9-chapter anthology, this collection created by women filmmakers from South Africa, Germany, Spain, China, United States, and across Canada. ONE(NINE) is a timeless multiversal experience of what it means to find connection in a time of isolation, orchestrated by one of Canada's most fierce and prolific indie filmmakers, Ingrid Veniger.
Panjareh is a visual novel, based on a poem by Iranian poet and filmmaker Forough Forrakhzad, about a growing young woman. Thinking back to her childhood, she suddenly realizes that she is a woman now.
A man travels to the Argentine north following the leads of a mythical pre-Columbian entity in charge of the relatives’ sorrow. The roads at night, the inns and the large salina of Zelarayán’s poem reject anthropological shortcuts and build up a mystery that is perhaps as formidable as the very bearer of sorrow.
A Von Viernes short film.
During a nostalgia-filled day at the seaside amusements, a young couple starts to plan for the future only to discover that their dreams may not line up.
Abida struggles to amplify the voice and the right to equal love for her daughter Duaa, in a family that shuns the girl child.
A man inside an AI robotic spacesuit must navigate through his own minefield.
Citronella, a mosquito who faints at the sight of blood, nervously waits outside her first group therapy session, while the Pill Bug therapist, Dr. Pill tries to calm a neurotic group of bugs, each suffering from a mental-health issue: An OCD germaphobic Fly freaks when he runs out of hand sanitizer. A Dragonfly couple struggle with co-dependency; she's literally on top of him. A Grasshopper, addicted to coffee, is so jumpy, he launches himself in mid-sentence. A Praying Mantis who doesn't pray because she thinks she is God. A terrified Spider is deathly afraid of -- spiders. And, a perfectly-camouflaged Stick Bug complains that no one ever "sees" him. Throughout all this, Citronella battles her urge to flee - while Dr. Pill implores her to share her "embarrassing" problem.
December 13th, 1981 – General Jaruzelski declared martial law in Poland to put an end to the revolt by “Solidarnosc” (Solidarity), the first and only free union in the Eastern Block. It was a genuine people’s movement that counted more than 10 million members in Poland, and that met their aspirations of freedom, social justice, and democracy. The coup d’état was supported by Moscow and created a veritable diplomatic uproar, mobilizing public opinion around the world to come to the aid of Poland.
A surrealist biographical documentary about trailblazing electronic musician and animal rights activist Moby.
Daniel, a 30-year-old man-child crashing on his sister’s couch, decides to purchase a “cursed” samurai sword from a seedy flea market. He believes that if he manages to unlock the power within the sword, he can change his life for good. However, the sword proves to be a formidable foe. He gets kicked out by his sister, shunned by a former love interest, and thoroughly embarrassed by pretty much everyone in his life. Eventually, Daniel must decide if unlocking the sword’s power is worth the hardship. Or, maybe he just needs to take a look inside.
A disorienting game of chess and tale of vengeance plays out as a under duress woman must play her part in stopping a man from reaching his car alive.
Abbie is an aspiring writer who finds that her marriage is not the dream she expected after her husband starts abusing her. As her life starts to spiral out of control, she needs to find a way out... but her plans have consequences that she couldn't have imagined.
An old Ukrainian legend tells of love between an ordinary boy Prut and the daughter of the mountain king Hoverla. Cursed love finds a new form of existence to remain high and deep forever.
The alpha male and the conscious female both seeking to destroy each other by pushing dormant buttons and grasping pleasure in serving and devouring. It's a circle that liberates before it starts to suffocate.
In a time when the world needs greater cross-cultural understanding, WUHAN WUHAN is an invaluable depiction of a metropolis joining together to overcome a crisis.
A strange incident gives a nursing home resident an escape from the usual routine.
A group of college students spend a night at an old, eerie manor, only to realize that a terrifying stalker is watching their every move as he begins plans to repossess an ancient Native American artifact located inside.
When two brothers steal a valuable heirloom from an elderly Japanese woman, they unknowingly awaken her demigod son, Osaru, who does not take kindly to thieves.
Evan (played by Shawn Thia) and Sarah (played by Xenia Tan) enlist into the Institute of Sustainable Population, a governmental facility that assigns all conscripts a spouse as a drastic measure to increase the country’s population. They both hope to make the best out of their situations, albeit in polar opposite ways. Evan tries to game the system for his benefit, whereas Sarah works towards an honest living when their paths eventually cross - for the worse.
Oscar, 18 years old, is passionate about horse racing. At night, he dreams of winning horses and bets on them every day with success at the popular bar in his neighbourhood. When one evening he sees a former lover of his mother's, everything falls apart. The return of this man in his life causes Oscar a real emotional shock that brings back dark memories and tragically affects his premonitions.
Yulia feels that all the most interesting things in her life are already behind her. She decides to boost her self-esteem on "express dates," but the idea turns into a personal disaster.
When a clinically depressed musician tries to back out on the day she gets the keys to her new rented flat, her closest friend has to coax her with a trip to the arcade and a Macdonald's meal.
Robis is walking home from the shop late at night, enjoying some time with himself, but is interrupted by a phone call from his girlfriend Sabine. Meanwhile, a suspicious man mistakes Robis for a policeman.
It’s winter in some city. A young lonely woman walks the night with an obsession: never ceasing to chew gum. This affects her moves and relationships. When she finally accepts to give up on the world she knows, there will be no turning back.
The story of the De Filippo brothers, children of Eduardo Scarpetta.
Diane Walters, an over-burdened mother of two with a third child on the way, strives to create the perfect Christmas while her loving but dysfunctional family falls apart around her.
By the 1970s the global counter-culture movement had well and truly reached Australia, seeing young, educated hippies from well-to-do families moving to the Bellingen region to live an alternate lifestyle. Back then, Bellingen was a rundown, quiet country town with business in decline. Then, new ideas, new ways of living and a new status quo began to take control. What some called an influx of hippies, others called an invasion on the conservative lifestyle of farmers, causing a clash of ideals. Compiling countless hours of 8mm footage and historical photos, retired journo Peter Geddes and filmmaker Peter Gailley paint the historical landscape of how modern Bellingen came to be, following the cultural movement that eventually became the backbone of Bellingen’s identity.