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On the set of a film, an extra tries to get noticed. Unfortunately it’s the lead actress who gets all the attention. Frustrated with staying in the shadows, the extra lets herself be invaded by a deep jealousy.

Hot piece of ass (and acclaimed stand-up) Jack Barry rises from the ashes of the pandemic to heal your soul like a hearty dose of medicinal magic mushrooms. Cry from laughing, laugh from crying, forget that we’re dying.

Life is Dance follows the stories of six main protagonists, across three generations. Ordinary Cubans with one thing in common, their passion for dance. Marta and Félix are nostalgic for the dance halls of old, but still dance whenever they can. Damaris and Gusmel are leaders of a small-town dance group, it means everything to them to win the annual dance competition. Teenagers Lachy and Dayan would love to be professional dancers, if only they could stick to reggaeton and not have to learn the “old people’s dances” Full of colour and music, disappointment and joy, we join these charismatic characters on their journey through a changing Cuba.

As a young girl prepares for her first communion, her awakening sexuality takes her down a different path.

The three sisters from Mexico take Hellfest by storm! Recorderd June 20th 2025 at Val de Moine, Clisson, France, as part of their Keep Me Fed tour. Setlist: "S!CK", "Qué Más Quieres", "Escapism", "MORE", "ERROR", "Sharks", "DISCIPLE", "Hell You Call a Dream", "EVOLVE", "Automatic Sun"

After the sudden loss of his wife, a solitary fisherman begins seeing her spirit in a lobster he catches. As grief turns into delusion, he clings to this bizarre reunion, desperate for connection and healing in a sea of loneliness.

Life and career, lights and shadows, successes and misfortunes of Angelo Cecchelin, the greatest comic actor Trieste has ever had. Who was Angelo Cecchelin? Rome had Petrolini, Naples had Totò. Trieste had Cecchelin.

In July of 2022, 3 friends go camping in the woods after finishing their final exams. While camping they tell a ghost story about the forest that might be true... With every move they make, they feel as if they're being watched.

A mother discovers her long lost son begging on the streets of London. On finding he has lost his memory she persuades him to come home but will she be able to reach him?

Anemoia : Nostalgia for a time you (might) have never known.

Collective film from MASTER.LAV XI. Activated in the workshop by Jorge Suárez Quiñones-Rivas 16mm, color, 18fps. Digital preview – Viewing instructions: Before watching the film, listen to Bach’s musical offering performed by Gustav Leonhardt: youtube.com/watch?v=gxj52V_aFLo Once finished, press play and watch the film. Alternatively, you can do it the other way around… Filmed by: Yun Ping, Rodrigo Llaves Oroquieta, Claudia de la Iglesia Diez, Francisco Burneo, Mourad Koirbaj, Violeta Sarmiento, Pablo Arenas, Tania Hernández, Margaux Fitoussi, Jorge Domingo, Ceci Luis, Júlia Caixal, Jorge Suárez Quiñones-Rivas, and Pablo Useros

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.

Young Palermitan Lorenzo must make the FtM transition. He has broken up with his family and wanders between the Foro Italico , in Palermo, Sicily, and his friends' bedrooms to draw, play video games, and have his future told on cards. He measures his desire by the clothes he wants to wear, the tricks he wants to do and the drawings in which he can imagine himself again...

Apple Gatherers follows two workers in an apple cider factory, the Peeler and the Shoveller. The film explores the loneliness and dissatisfaction of their labour-intensive world and the brief reprieve they find in moments of real human connection.

A newly commissioned film by Alchemy artists in residence Luke Fowler and Corin Sworn responding to the legacies of textile designers Bernat and Margaret Klein and their Scottish Borders home.

Everything spins in this movie, except Muncu. The world is dancing and Muncu is trying to keep up. Do you have to dance along or stand still to find the right beat? And if you've always stood still, how do you know if you're going to get dizzy?

One teenage inventor's failed project accidentally leads her to a world-changing discovery. What will she do with her newfound power, and can she avoid its calamitous consequences?

A narrative feature film.

A newscast reports that there is a real superhero acting in the city. The media tries to investigate this story and find out how much truth there is about this character.

Join Karen Dunbar for an amazing night of side-splitting comedy. Karen is one of Scotland’s most recognisable comedy performers ever, from her breakthrough on Chewin’ the Fat to her success with The Karen Dunbar Show. Her stage career spans everything from Glasgow pantomime to London’s West End, and now she is taking on stand-up comedy in her hometown. This year has seen Karen out on the road with her brand new show, and she is bringing it back to Ayr for one more sold-out night. From delving through her experiences growing up in the 80s to hosting wild karaoke nights in Glasgow in her 20s and revisiting some of her favourite characters, this is Karen like you’ve never quite seen her before.

In 1968, Mick Meaney was buried alive in a coffin beneath London, not in death, but in pursuit of a world record. Told through the eyes of his daughter, this darkly comic and deeply human documentary unearths the strange history of buried-alive stunts, revealing a forgotten subculture of endurance, spectacle, and legacy.

Sabine, Clais and Orm were children when their fathers were murdered by the RAF. Their childhood therefore ended violently and too soon. In this documentary, they tell how terrorism changed their lives and those of their family forever - and continues to shape them to this day.

Iris is a teenager like any other, but she has been hiding a disturbing ability since childhood: every time she begins to care about someone, that person dies. For this reason, her mother takes her to an isolated house in the countryside, so she can no longer hurt anyone. As Iris grows up and becomes aware of her condition, the help of Zaìra proves essential—a mysterious woman who seems to live on the other side of the woods and who will become her mentor.

Through the story of Oleksa, a young man with undiagnosed autism, the film explores the impact of war on those often overlooked. Oleksa’s defences collapse in the face of unimaginable challenges, leading him to lose everything — only to gradually rediscover trust and human connection.

A group of friends seeking an infamous secret party find themselves at the mercy of a deranged killer in the woods.

Paris, September 2024. In the nave of the Grand Palais, two fencers face each other. Seated in their wheelchairs, they are about to cross swords for an Olympic title. From the edge of the strip, Delphine, also in a wheelchair, watches the event with a special perspective. She is providing live commentary on the final bout of Maxime Valet, the man she shares her life with. In his quest, Maxime can also rely on the unwavering support of his close circle: his parents, his coaches, and Brigitte, his fencing master since childhood, all of them pushing him forward.

Born in 1948, Peter Street struggled at school with epilepsy and illiteracy in Bolton, Lancashire, and, later in life, as a slaughterman, a gravedigger and a war poet. At 66 years old he was then diagnosed with autism, and his world changed forever.

An isolated young woman meets God through her machine.

Eduard Starcic's documentary highlights the deeply rooted human need to actively shape both one's environment and the self. At its core are the artists, whose individual forms of expression and creative works profoundly influence the act of creation and thought.

Gentian isn’t really sure about himself. Sometimes he wants to be like his older brother Altin, but at the same time, maybe he doesn’t.

Prepare to be immersed in a gripping sci-fi horror. Set in a post-apocalyptic future, humanity exists as mere pawns in a dystopian video game controlled by a shadowy secret society - the Priory of Sion. Can one man uncover the truth before the game ends?

This documentary investigates the disturbing rise in youth violence.

Noa, who has lived since 2020 in "La Déviation," a former factory converted into an artists' studio far from her native North, recounts her arrival in L'Estaque, one of the 100 villages that make up Marseille. From her first steps to the assertion of her desires, we follow her to the point where she can see and pursue a desirable horizon. The film progresses like Noa, in a precarious balance between the bakery and the theater, between artists and locals, between her own words and those of Fernando Pessoa, between work and pleasure… At the crossroads of these paths, she structures her way of life and her relationship to the world. A thoughtful portrait, poised between future and past.

A pumped up 'sigma' male's world clashes with reality

Rising star of German pop and queer icon Cloudy June arrives in Groningen ready to fly the flag for Crazy Woman, her debut album.

Do wolves deserve their negative image?

Canadian producer Dan Snaith brings his Caribou project to the Paris Zénith on an exploration of his entire discography, combining the big tunes of the past with sweet treats from his latest album Honey.

In a tense waiting room, a group of young people receives a mysterious memory card tied to a forbidden project. When a goverment officer bursts in, old connections resurface and everyone is forced to choose between obedience and rebellion.

first loves are loves like others. They aren't always beautiful. Some go as far as destroying the soul, the body, the heart...

It's the beginning of summer and Ane is turning 30. After blowing out the candles with her family around the table, Ane learns that her father did not die of natural causes, as her mother Carmen told her when she was a child. This revelation changes Ane's life. At the end of the summer, Carmen tries to reconcile with her daughter by spending a day together at the reservoir.

A documentary that explores the history and evolution of the UK waacking dance scene, highlighting its cultural significance, key figures, and the influence of LGBTQ+ and underground club movements. Through interviews, archival footage, and performances, it examines the challenges and triumphs of the community while showcasing waacking’s impact on contemporary dance. It also traces the dance style’s origins in Black and Latino gay clubs of 1970s Los Angeles and its expansion into the UK scene.

In a mysterious, ruined world, AI toys awaken-and in the silence of the wreckage, they wonder why they have returned to life

An interior monologue mourns a past relationship. In the present, the revenge plan of a broken heart.

a black and white experimental horror short film about a preacher and a vampire and their descent into a toxic psychosexual dynamic, leading to their ultimate surrender to nature

The mystical, guttural vocals of the steppe echo from the Hellfest Main Stage. Since 2016, heavy metal band The Hu has been defying convention and transcending musical boundaries.

Filmmakers and artists from around the world have formed Some Strings, a collection of original filmic gestures that originated in Palestine, where poet and professor Refaat Alareer was targeted by Israeli strikes. In his latest poem, “If I Must Die,” he asks those who must live to create a kite, an object of resistance. A selection of short films from this project will introduce the screenings throughout the festival.