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Browse 60 movies from European Film College (EFC)
Penelope and her best friend go for one last boozy ride to try to rekindle their failing relationship, but find out the alcohol is giving them nothing but trouble. Dazed and confused, she run into a mysterious figure who shows up with an extreme solution. Now penelope must stand up for herself, and reconnect with her old friend if she is to once again see the light of day.
May 2026
As already foretold by modern technology, Mrs. Liddell would give birth to a certain abnormality. The sight gave her a fright and a little unease, they were not just twins, they were Siamese.
May 2009
We follow the girl Eva, as she loses her innocence and confronts her oppressing mother.
What causes women all over the world to be told that they are hysteric or overreacting when seeking for medical help? Why are so many women diagnosed: Overdramatic? The female body has only recently started to be researched, which lead to a big lack of information on women's physical and mental health. This documentary relies on the knowledge of Dorte Rytter (researcher) and Stine Sophie (medicine student) to tell us how this issue affects women everyday and in what ways.
May 2025
An experimental film about a black market surgery. Exploring the meaning of freedom, pain and relief.
Nigel foolishly goes out thinking he's going to get laid. He unfortunately ends up doing something way worse.
Oscar wants to be more confident. He envies his best friend Kevin’s effortless confidence and social skills. To change himself, Oscar volunteers for a coaching club at school, becoming a practice subject for an aspiring coach, Karen.
Professional Assasin duo Disruptor and Stephanie gets sent on a mission to buy cheese from the black market. That's got to be the easiest job ever, right?
The decline of a young self-destructive woman on her path to liberation, as she is confronted with her past.
Apr 2014
A group of four people sit at a table in a dark room with a domino game in front of them. A voice coming from somewhere in the room tells them what to do and how to act. Through individual scenes for each person, we learn about them and the norms and standards they are forced to live up to in society.
Mar 2023
When the adventurous knight Grace, who has never experienced an ounce of fear in her many dragon fights, suddenly gets teleported to the real world. She now has to deal with things that she has never even seen or heard of before?! On the journey she comes to find connection in small town barista Clair, who herself longs for excitement and someone to come save her from her daily live. Can Grace find her way home and what will happen to her new friend?
George, a heartbroken window cleaner reeling from a recent breakup, is drawn to the seemingly perfect lives of newlyweds Mark and Rosie. Hired to clean their windows, he becomes fixated on them, peering not just into their home, but into the cracks beneath their picture-perfect surface. His quiet obsession soon escalates into a dangerous attempt to expose the truth behind their façade.
Plagued by his own thoughts, Thomas tries to connect with his friend. But the thoughts refuse to let him push them aside.
When Eli disappears mysteriously, he becomes ever more present in Spencer’s crumbling reality.
Sep learns how to navigate high-school life.
May 2021
A daughter, mother and son recite poetry around a tree where they recall their memories of each other.
Jun 2012
Preston is an indecisive film school lecturer who dreams of being a great film director like the European directors whose work he teaches - Bergman, Fellini, Truffaut, Antonioni, Godard and Buñuel. One day his wife leaves him, telling him that she believes he will never be anything more than a teacher. Depressed, Preston is visited by the ghost of Ingmar Bergman who tells him to use his misery as the material for a great film just as he did in his 'Scenes from a Marriage'. Taking Bergman's advice, Preston decides to make a film, in an attempt to prove his wife wrong and in the hope of winning her back. Using the facilities of the school and the students as his crew, Preston shoots his film but soon finds that he is visited by the ghosts of series of famous, dead European directors who offer him advice on how to improve his film. Following their wise but disparate counsel his film goes wildly out of control and becomes a huge, sprawling, incoherent mess.
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Jen creates a machine to help with her goals, loosing a part of herself every time she uses it.
When touched by death, will you feel more alive?
Feb 2025