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A schoolboy learns to muster up the courage to defeat two bullies by imagining himself in a cowboy movie.
An intimate sports documentary drama showcasing the historic rise of the Slovenian men's national volleyball team from 64th in the world rankings to a global powerhouse. Through archival footage and previously unseen behind-the-scenes and locker-room moments, the film reveals the genuine relationships, defeats, and unwavering bond of the boys who became brothers on and off the court.
Andrew Sanford is an actor, writer, director, and family man. He’s decided to sell his soul to land a big audition, but things start to go south when it becomes clear that his intentions aren’t as noble as he claims.
Morris Fubbins ventures deep into the New Zealand bush in search of his missing father, who he believes was kidnapped by a mythical creature.
John Scheiße Jr. hires Nick Romancer the necromancer to resurrect the koolakamba and the scheiße monster. The students must return to the building to defeat them once and for all.
Nena is a young woman obsessed with her appearance and with the idea of growing old. Influenced by a culture that turns female aging into something to fear, she develops an anxious relationship with both the mirror and her own body. When she buys an anti-wrinkle cream in an attempt to stop time, she begins to realise that her struggle is futile. During a visit to her grandmother, she encounters an elderly woman who is happy, confident and at peace with herself. This meeting changes Nena’s perspective: aging stops being a monster and becomes a natural continuation of life.
Yura, a young girl who struggles to fit in with her classmates, discovers an old smartphone while helping clean out a disused school building. Out of curiosity, she and her friends power it on. Soon afterward, strange videos featuring the children themselves begin appearing on their phones. At first, the clips seem like harmless jokes and are consumed much like viral internet memes. What the children do not realize, however, is that these videos are foretelling a horrifying future that awaits them.
a young guy who got released from a case using his mother's influence, gets a mysterious short film link in email and what follows is a terrifying horror game of Karma.
A movie game and a memory of meeting two wonderful people in the far north, in the village of Solovetsky Island. Katya and Anton from different cities came to the same hotel and are trying to find a common language or play together.
After falling in love while in a dream, a girl has to make the decision on whether to stay and carry out a fake life, or live in reality without her lover.
When a school is threatened with a bomb it's up to two unlikely officers to disarm it whilst avoiding the terror lurking the school halls
A soldier’s memory of his first kill unravels into noise, static, and silence - until he’s forced to ask you the same question war asked him.
Between a restless city and a silent cinema, two lonely people search for something they can’t name. As a countdown appears on the screen, their lives begin to subtly align through small gestures, unnoticed moments, and shared emptiness.
The story of Gvantsa, a young displaced writer from Abkhazia whose play, As a Token of Love, carries the memory of the home she was forced to leave behind. From the page to the stage, the film is a moving journey through displacement, love, loss, and the resilience of keeping memory alive through art.
