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Born In Blue is produced using Unreal Engine and set in Mount Gambier (Berrin), South Australia. The story follows Lumy, a young girl who grows up in New Zealand before moving with her father to the quiet volcanic town beside the Blue Lake. In the late 1800s, time traveling villains arrive from the future, drawn to a powerful phenomenon beneath the lake and seeking Lumy herself. At the lake’s edge, her father sacrifices his life to protect her, altering the course of time. Marked by trauma and a mysterious bond to the water, Lumy grows up driven by grief and unanswered questions, turning to science while unaware she is still being hunted. Years later, alongside fellow scientist Ashton, she uncovers the truth the same force beneath Berrin fuels both the villains’ technology and her own ability to move through time. Realising what she has inherited, Lumy prepares to fight back and protect what her father died to save.
In a dilapidated apartment drowned in the oppressive hum of electricity, a man kills his evenings by watching, through a hole in the wall, an empty stage bathed in childish music. This strange routine brings him a fragile joy. But one evening, something appears: an egg-shaped object marked with a face. An enigmatic presence. An angel… God?
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.
An upcoming Indian feature film currently in development. The project approaches myth and futurism with restraint, exploring responsibility, balance, and human choice without spectacle or exposition.
After the death of his parents, lesai is apart of a project that ended of going wrong, but will Lesai Justin and ivailo stop this new villain before it too late?
What would you do if you found a bag full of money?
No details have been provided for this film yet.
Aiming to become comedians, Sahara and his comedy partner Setoguchi work together on their act, "Ultrasweet Sourpork", until unfortunate circumstances lead to their disbandment. Hindered by roadblocks on the path to success, Sahara suddenly encounters an "ideal" version of himself—an ultra-famous comedian. Boasting rich knowledge for success as a comedian, this "ideal" Sahara begins meddling with the real Sahara's life.
Exactly one year after a tragedy, a young writer carries on through the night as though it were any other. What first appears ordinary gradually reveals itself as something far more fragile.
The anticipated follow up in the iconic improvised anthology series.
After a harsh breakup, a soul-crushing job, and the pain of watching her ex move on with someone new, Cristina reaches a breaking point. What starts as a fleeting intrusive thought turns into a wild, reckless plan to erase him from her life — a choice that will send her down a path with no way back.
Thomas Kitt returns, this time a fully fledged MI6 agent.
A photographic exploration of Queens’ unconventional architecture reveals the borough’s beauty through the eyes of an architect while uncovering the deeper history behind its strange and spectacular designs.
In a world that refuses to understand him, Aino finds solace in a small green monster named Po. When that bond is tested, he's forced to rediscover what it truly means to be real.
Rendered in PS1-style 3D, Todo: Beneath the Flower follows a masked wanderer travelling through a surreal, low-poly world in search of the secret that blooms beneath a single flower.
One night. One gun. Two estranged brothers reunited by the man who killed their parents and a choice that will either damn them both or lead one to grace.
Finalist for the 2026 Puregold CinePanalo Film Festival
Bound by a love kept in silence, a man struggles to remain seen within a family that once made him feel at home.
