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2026 Puregold CinePanalo Film Festival finalist.
Two cowboys, both former outlaws, are forced to find their way home after their camp is raided by the Dust Devils. On their journey to a new camp in Arizona, they must evade both the law and the Dust Devils across Colorado.
Plot unknown.
Bound by a love kept in silence, a man struggles to remain seen within a family that once made him feel at home.
Longing for love and the promise of a better life, a grandmother finds herself swept into an unexpected online romance that challenges her sense of worth, family, and the dreams she refuses to let go of.
Based on the play Corridors. A woman returns to her family’s ancestral home to mourn her estranged father, reuniting three generations of women who uncover that the grief, the madness, and the evil within the decaying mansion are thicker than blood.
Sylvia, a poor farmer, is unable to claim the money sent to her because she lacks the required two valid IDS. In her struggle to secure the IDs, Sylvia finds herself in a situation that challenges her character, beliefs, and morality.
Working title. Sci-Fi action film by Kirsten Paltzat.
"A Penny Weighs More Than a Soul" is a powerful documentary by Tobias Demetz (TD Films) that takes viewers deep into the untouched nature of the Dolomites. The story centers on the extraordinary life of Ulrich Senoner, who lives far from modern civilization at the secluded Malga Futura. Without electricity or running water, he embodies a nearly forgotten human resilience. This film is a visual tribute to the silent strength of a man who chooses the wilderness over comfort, showcasing the fragile balance between Alpine tradition and a rapidly changing world.
Many would tell you that Magenta House is the pinnacle of progression: wonder drug medications, humane living conditions and frequent, compassionate therapy sessions... but something darker exists beneath the surface. When five patients escape from the experimental health facility, all will take wildly different approaches to their brief reintroduction to society. But one thing is for certain - The cats out the bag now, and nothing will ever be the same...
"Hey Rin, let’s send a jam sandwich to space." Rin came to Kyoto from Seoul, and Sola came to Kyoto from Okinawa. They met at university and have since pursued filmmaking together. They like having fun and they like filming funny things and laughing together. They want to fly a jam sandwich. They want to shoplift a film camera. They want to trace Sora's family roots in Okinawa. The two sublimate their desires to filmmaking. For the two, film is like a magic wand. They transform it into all kinds of genres and put themselves in it. The two desire to know each other, but never compromise and, instead, accept their uncertain identities just to have the greatest conversation.
A Direct Sequel to Grave Mistakes...
A standoff reveals unsettling truths for an old cowboy.
A day in the mundane for two lonesome moviegoers. One an old veteran, the other a young devotee, both live in the ghosts of days gone by, observing small rituals of comfort against Adelaide's uncaring sprawl. They eventually converge on an aged cinema, in search of that certain feeling.
A day at the Renaissance Festival.
A mail deliverer is captured by Irish-American gangsters to launder money and drugs for them in this black comedy thriller.
A disillusioned ex-soldier, Wyatt Kane, retreats into the woods, only to class with a team of State Police protecting a corrupt logging company. As tensions rise, Kane uncovers a conspiracy that forces him to fight for justice- no matter the cost.
