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David "Doc" Rowe has spent decades documenting Britain's vibrant folk traditions. Now, with time running short, he faces a race to preserve his legacy.
If you had the power over life and death, what would you do? Now, boldly reimagined for the London stage in close collaboration with the original Japanese producers, HoriPro, this new musical features an electrifying score by Tony, Grammy and Emmy nominee Frank Wildhorn, lyrics by Jack Murphy and a book by Ivan Menchell. Death Note: The Musical is set to be the theatrical event of the summer. When brilliant student Light Yagami discovers a notebook with the power to determine who lives and who dies, his mission to reshape society quickly spirals out of control and attracts the attention of the elusive and ruthless detective L. What begins as justice descends into obsession and forces both Light and L to confront the limits of morality itself.
A grey-haired music teacher from a small Ukrainian island turns into a military conductor at soldier funerals while trying to keep afloat his children ensemble.
A surreal fairy tale set in an Uzbek pastoral.
Based on a true story, this short animated film illustrating the difficulties faced by a person suffering from mental illness. This black and white film, inspired by the classic style of sequencing, is animated using rotoscoping to convey realistic emotions and movements.
A man ventures deeper and deeper into insanity due to the cost of AI and modern day internet culture.
An Iranian former Muslim cleric who fled persecution for being gay confronts his buried desires through a haunting relationship with a mannequin that embodies the self he was taught to deny.
If science allowed you to hold onto a piece of someone you lost, would you? When Christina’s fiancé dies suddenly, she faces the unexpected decision of whether or not to carry on his legacy via postmortem sperm retrieval.
The story of two friends, a boy and a girl, finding more about each other during their long walks around Rome.
In December of 2025, A Man in Isolation began its development process. It took roughly eight days to complete the entire film from start to finish. The final product came out to 25 minutes, including the credit sequence. Throughout the week, there were scenes and clips that never made the final edit, with some scenes not making it due to them not fitting the vibe. Four months on, and those clips will be seen in this documentary-like film about the creation and the process of A Man in Isolation.
The film goes far beyond the concert stage and delves into the tension-filled space of rehearsals – where the sound is not yet fixed, but alive, fragile, and in the process of becoming. We experience a wealth of musical encounters in which a shared musical language begins to breathe. The focus is on works by influential composers such as Rebecca Saunders, Heiner Goebbels, and Mark Andre, alongside the vibrant voices of a younger generation, including Brigitta Muntendorf and Milica Djordjevic, in collaboration with conductors such as Vimbayi Kaziboni, Bas Wiegers, Ingo Metzmacher, and Enno Poppe. Each year, Ensemble Modern premieres around 70 works, continually venturing into uncharted sonic territories.
December 2, 2023. A queer protest erupts in San Francisco in solidarity with Palestine.The film situates this action within the longer history of ACT UP’s activism during the AIDS crisis. It explores glitch as a radical feminist tactic for resisting contemporary regimes of surveillance and silencing.
Through the testimony of Jaime Rippa, Rosario Arde reconstructs the birth of Argentine experimental art and the development of Tucumán Arde—a collective action that shattered the boundaries between art and politics to denounce exploitation, censorship, and silence in 1968 Argentina.
In a world of witch hunting, a late 50s cult believes two teenagers are internal demons haunting others. With nowhere to go, both teens are overwhelmed with grief as the Pastor delivers his speech before clock strikes 12:00am, when the two teens are planned to be killed, all in one 5 minute take.
Emiliano is preparing to confess his love to Bárbara through a letter, but an unexpected accident forces him to express what he feels in a more courageous way.
A newfound HOA sprouts in an existing neighborhood haunting an unsuspecting family.
Three Criminals. Missing Friend. One Angry Boss. A Neo Nazi Old Man. Two Hitmen. All in one movie.
