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A young teen, Olivia receives a phone call, in which she's told a boy likes her. She finds out that the person that called her was lying. Olivia goes to the extreme to prank her back.
Mar 2026
An old man living alone in the building, no matter how much someone offers, he refuses to sell.
Experimental short film
When Ali comes back from America with love bites on his neck his mother, Gül, is terrified. This new found love will push their family through a change they might not be ready for: wedding bells. 'Three Kisses' portrays three intimate moments that reveal those left out of their love story.
Apr 2026
Over the course of a sleepless night, a film student wrestles with exhaustion, corrupted footage, and hallucinations of flickering lights while attempting to finish his newest horror piece. By morning, his imagined visions have somehow reshaped the film in ways he never intended.
For over 50 years, Tim Birkhead has dedicated his life to studying a resilient bird colony on the brink of survival. Once nearly wiped out, the birds have fought their way back - but new threats now loom on the horizon. As Tim grapples with their uncertain future, he also faces a deeper question: what will become of his life’s work?
The film unfolds within a social context, blending emotional situations with comedic touches.
Rajesh is in love with a girl named Amudhamozhi in college. She tells him to read a book called Paavakoothu and then tells him what she wants. The book describes stories from different angles, such as Theru koothu, stage play, and cinema. After reading it, he goes to talk to her.
This part of the ‘Maternal Language’ collection maps recent academic descent, informing an ongoing diagnosis of Klinefelter syndrome; facing the threat of an infertile reality and the adaption to such. The film attempts to craft a revised maternal role in respect of the unnatural test, the reconstruction of the body to confront the uncertain future. The body, devised into its physical and spiritual roles in the maternal facet; A revised, academically informed ideal for such people accursed with the unnatural test of an unstable sexual identity. The film attempts to depict a reality in which both sexes must attempt to adapt in the absence of sexual vitality; contrasted by nomadic communities, who must adapt in such manner to survive the fertile reality in which already we live in. The film assesses the masculine & feminine tool, traits to which both sexes harbour to achieve their maternal role; such graft extrapolates the tribal reality of gender.
May 2026
A survivor of a school shooting deals with her grief, survivor's guilt and the future that lies ahead.
As the Year of Gengzi arrives, drastic changes unfold one after another...Within the legacy of the Manchu banners, sheltered by their ancestors, they indulge day after day in bygone glories, helpless and resigned.At the foot of the imperial city, swept along in the torrent of history, they follow hesitantly, struggling to make choices that shape their lives.They embody the blood and tears of a nation’s past; they are the common folk immortalized in the writings of later generations.
Openly gay soldier Pavlo and his boyfriend Vlad become a public couple. Constant media attention takes a toll on their relationship. The film follows their year-long struggle to maintain intimacy under the weight of war, distance, and unhealed trauma.
Finally at the hospital for his long awaited gender affirming top surgery, Matt Levit, with lively girlfriend Leisha Meyer by his side, navigates the bureaucracy of the top surgery process. But once Matt is thrown deep into surgery day, he suddenly finds his present intertwining with his past self, Kimberly. Plunging through past and present, Matt is dropped into confronting his relationship with his chest and sudden loss of his mother, Nancy.
A couple's last hope for a child leads them into a world of surrogacy, where desperation meets opportunity. But across the border, the woman carrying their baby is fighting a different reality - one where survival comes at the cost.
Connecting themes of memory, place, and prejudice in an impressive assemblage of found footage and home video clips, this experimental documentary charts the rise and fall of a Milwaukee Chinese restaurant.
The boys are in Tanzania, and Adam, Carl and Finn take on the biggest challenge of their lives: Mount Kilimanjaro - the tallest point in Africa. Dan and Harry, in the other hand, didn’t fancy it and have some other plans to soak in the culture…
Struggling with writer's block, Sam, a young filmmaker writing their next screenplay experiences a nightmare showing them the sacrifices made in the creative process.
A man’s life unravels after a parking spot is stolen from him.
The mysterious death of a family patriarch during Holy Week forces his three estranged granddaughters to return to their ancestral home, where their simmering resentments explode just as a vengeful supernatural presence begins to terrorize them. Anchored to a sinister religious statue known as the 13th Apostle, the entity targets the youngest great-granddaughter, Faye, using her as a vessel to unearth the family's darkest secrets. The family must solve the truth behind the suspicious death to confront a horrifying legacy, realizing that the silent, wooden saints have witnessed every sin and that their survival depends on exposing a truth far more terrifying than any ghost.