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Three years after the Jamestown NightStalker murders in 2024 that killed both his brothers, Collin Woods lives in a state of confusion and paranoia. Seeing a psychiatrist and living with his best friend, his symptoms worsen when a reoccurring dream predicts the return of The NightStalker. As people around Collin begin to be killed, he is forced to confront his fate, or watch as The NightStalker takes the couple things he still has left.
Pedex was tasked with protecting the Shadow Realm after Amelia's death as a way of honoring her legacy. When Pedex senses an unnatural presence, he discovers it is Volcanic, the Fire Demon. Seeing this as an invasion, Pedex confronts him, and the two engage in a violent battle between Fire and Darkness. The conflict extends beyond the Shadow Realm and extends to the small fictional town of Oldwood, where the fighting becomes even more intense and destructive.
Orphaned and displaced from their home in Gaza City, two brothers must find their way to a "safe zone" to survive.
At the peak of his career, famous Kyiv architect Władysław Horodecki is desperately fighting his own demons. At the same time, darkness emanated by the evil forces bringing menace to the city is gradually enveloping the entire Kyiv. To defeat evil, Horodecki has to take on the mission of creating an architectural Quadrangle of Good.
After receiving a call from his ex-girlfriend Ava, Sam (Donivan Fait) is too afraid to answer. As he tries to avoid confronting the past, he becomes overwhelmed by memories of their relationship, forcing him to relive moments he thought he had left behind.
Hao Zhou confronts their younger self's compromised imagination, inviting the ghost of their youth to reconsider what lies ahead.
A short, unsettling story of a man and his violent, haunting dream involving a swan.
A feral cat is caught and her kittens are taken away to be tamed.
The Manager reveals the hidden, awkward, and sometimes bizarre rituals surrounding performance reviews.
Nila, an energetic teen, sets out to find the legendary lost continent of Kumari Kandam, only to discover a hidden land high in the clouds. As she explores, she uncovers a mystery that ties this sky continent to the legend of Kumari Kandam in ways she never expected.
A film about an ordinary person whose life is unexpectedly affected by a problem that begins with just 1,000 rupiah
Can we imagine an archaeology of the future? An unearthing of objects that have not yet been used, a reconstruction of societies that have not yet come to dance. And yet, traces guide an erratic movement from which all our rhythms seem to draw. There is, within archaeology, a visceral drive to reconstruct myths that might serve us as shelters—against which to contrast forms of community, of everyday life, of living.
Seven people think about their place in the universe.
A Congolese-American teen with dreams of becoming the next Spike Lee races to finish his passion project while balancing cultural expectations, a strict mother, and the weight of immigrant life in Portland, Maine.
A recent college graduate reflects on the passage of time and the existential crisis it leads to.
