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A night watchman encounters an unspeakable force while working at an abandoned building. His struggle for survival exposes a dark truth, dragging his sibling Kai into the terrifying events.
A volatile chess prodigy struggling with anger management attempts to navigate a world that feels hostile, dismissive, and chaotic. While chess offers him control and identity, real life repeatedly provokes his buried rage. After fleeting moments of connection and hope, a final altercation spirals into irreversible violence, forcing him to confront the devastating cost of losing control.
For decades, Philadelphia music educator Lovett Hines quietly shaped generations of artists from behind the scenes, nurturing creativity, discipline, individuality and community through music education. Now at 80 years old, his influence continues to ripple across stages, classrooms and cultures through the students and mentees whose lives he helped transform. Blending intimate conversation, performance, archival elements and reflections from acclaimed artists including Christian McBride, Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson, Bilal and Robert Glasper, The Philadelphia Sensei: Lovett Hines explores the enduring impact of a Black mentor whose classroom became a launching ground for artistic excellence, self-discovery and cultural legacy. At its heart, the film is a meditation on mentorship, lineage and the often unseen architects behind transformative art.
Plot TBA; an ensemble comedy about a group of friends reuniting — with a twist.
Dave is an amateur film maker who little bit too much of a Nolan and Tarantino fan. When his start making his first movie with friend and family, his flaws start to destroy his relationship and his film to being any good.
A group of paranormal researchers discover a dormant alien invasion force hidden in an abandoned shopping mall slated for demolition.
A couple running a restaurant hires young people who have been released from juvenile detention to help them reintegrate into society. The 18-year-old Yuto is keen to start a new life with their help.
Plot TBA; inspired by the real-life scandal surrounding the self-styled godman Ashok Kharat alias 'Captain'.
Hani, Kasih and Saya have shared a deep friendship since their youth. Now, after years, the three meet again. But no matter where they are, it becomes clear time and again that everyday racism affects their lives. Nonetheless, their friendship gives them strength. Until one dramatic night shakes everything up.
A scientific watches a star mysteriously disappear, along with him.
A rainy bus ride becomes a poetic reflection on memory, love, and the small details of urban life. Through imagined cinema, conversations, and drifting memories, two voices travel across a city suspended in nostalgia and time.
Citizens of a troubled city must navigate through an unforeseen crisis that threatens every walk of life.
A stray cat (Scotty) has to travel with a pet cat (Katie) despite his desire to return to his territory, but when he gets home, he realizes that living with those he loves is better than living alone.
In dreams, Anthony is a villager who enjoys a fruitful lifestyle, helping his neighbourhood and creating unique friendships with the townsfolk. When he suddenly sees his long lost biological parents in one of his dreams, he journeys through his subconscious in an attempt to find them and potentially reconnect. However, throughout his journey, he crosses from his own dreamworld into an astral plane, of which he cannot return from.
A down on his luck man purchases the secret to success: a ticket that turns the buyer into a werewolf.
With a visual background containing images of an abandoned building in his hometown, Albin, the only child in a family of three, shares his feelings on having his extended family abroad through a mixture of narration and conversation with his parents.
