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In a remote Chinese town, an authoritarian father forces his wife and daughter to take care of him after he suffers a stroke. Vee Shi, his son, explores filial duty and the legacy of patriarchy, questioning who must pay the emotional and financial price for an absent and violent father.
Rakesh Dhawan
Unable to release her song "Evdekiler", multi-disciplinary artist Selût sets out on a project with her photographer friend Barry, seeking to overcome the isolation of being an independent creator. By sending the song to 13 artists, she initiates a collaborative process that leads her to reflect on her evolving audio-visual practice.
As a woman's grip on reality fractures, she must confront the physical manifestation of her trauma before its too late.
Our President has some words of wisdom to drop on our little asses.
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.
A man dreams a vision which irreversibly changes the course of his life.
Fourth part of the cycle of silent short movies "Thou Art BENEDICTUS".
Fantastica Mania USA 2026 was a professional event co-produced by American promotion Major League Wrestling (MLW), Japanese promotion New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW) and Mexican promotion Consejo Mundial De Lucha Libre (CMLL) that took place on April 12, 2026 at Festival Hall in Charleston, South Carolina, USA.
Upon a visit to her grandparent's house, Winnie discovers that their tortoise, Billy, has gone missing. She sets out on a journey to get Billy back, embodying her inner detective and meeting plenty of bizarre characters along the way.
When a hooded figure steps into an abandoned house deep in the woods, flickering lights awaken memories of the family who once called it home.
Emma undergoes a disturbing transformation after a neighbour in her building commits suicide. That death and hearing a poem unleash her dark desires, unravelling a disturbing truth.
An atmospheric experimental film in which dense fog, fractured neon light, and muffled foghorns dissolve orientation. Drifting through an unstable cityscape, the camera reveals a fading “Europa” sign, reflecting inner isolation and a growing sense of political fragility.
Butterflies and Music, The male purple emperor possesses the iridescence that gives it its name: the metallic purple shimmer is a structural colour created by light refraction through special scales. Its scientific name (apatura iris) also reflects this: Iris is the goddess of the rainbow. The butterfly is often seen feeding on faeces, carrion, or even human sweat, as it primarily obtains nutrients from minerals
Lili gets off the bus to help an elderly woman, who in a casual conversation reveals a life full of abuse.
What drives us to keep going in a world that grows increasingly hostile toward our existence every day? Squirm Gallery, a DIY music venue, finds a way forward in a rapidly gentrifying Denver.
A slightly off-putting girl who spends her days in the cemetery enters a relationship with a soccer player after realizing there not so different.
A daughter grapples with dual inheritances from her birth family and marriage. The film examines the transmission of care, discipline, labor and faith through women’s daily work spanning different geographies and generations.
A grieving mother returns to the cursed woodland where her son vanished, forcing her abusive husband to face the monstrous consequence of the violence he left behind.
