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Tourists line up at the foot of Mount Everest to climb the mythological mountain – and to tell everyone else about the feat. For the same reason, Mount Everest has become a graveyard full of the frozen corpses of fallen mountaineers. But the story of the world’s highest mountain also has another, overlooked side: the local one. For around the huge mountain between Nepal and Tibet lives a local population with their own worldview, which is very different from the one Western tourists arrive with. A world of mountain gods that demands respect for nature. To appease the angry mountain gods, the famous Nepalese mountaineer and national hero, Mingma Tsiri Sherpa, risks everything to return to Mount Everest one last time to retrieve a body and appease the sacred mountain.
Dec 2025
A small-time thief, with the help of his unwitting, estranged daughter, puts together a band of Christmas caroling crooks to infiltrate a rich jerk's house in order to steal a giant diamond.
Breakout star Robby Hoffman hilariously pushes the limits of comedy with red-hot, controversial takes in her debut special.
A woman's psyche is haunted and fractured under the relentless demands of the predatory industry she sought to break into.
Nov 2025
Since birth, Maryam's life has never been free from terror and the shadow of a genie. Until finally she received a mysterious letter that always appeared in front of her, the letter always appeared even though it had been thrown away, torn apart, even burned. She knew there was something invisible following her. The figure promised her not to leave her, clinging to her every step, whispering in a voice only she could hear. The more Maryam tried to run, the stronger the bonds held her back. Until slowly, she wasn't sure anymore... was she still living as herself, or did she belong to that figure forever?
Sep 2025
A gaming-obsessed teen must reignite romance energy for a fading magic realm by dating within a month. Forced into proximity with three charming suitors, will she dodge love's chaos—or embrace unexpected heartbeats to reclaim her mundane life?
While rehearsing for a production of Edgar Allan Poe's the Raven, three teenagers awaken the ghost of HP Lovecraft... and unleash Cthulhu on Cape Cod!
Dorothy is tricked into unleashing Tinman and Scarecrow into the real world only to learn their blood thirsty cravings.
When the children of two legendary — and feuding — R&B artists are forced to collaborate on a holiday song remake, their rivalry turns into unexpected romance. But between family legacies, long-buried grudges, and a looming Christmas Eve deadline, they’ll need to find harmony both on and off the stage to create the hit that could heal two families.
The movie The Demon Prince (Hoàng Tử Quỷ) marks the first collaboration between CJ HK Entertainment and the duo Producer Hoang Quan – Director Tran Huu Tan from ProductionQ. The film is inspired by the famous horror novel Lý Triều Dị Truyện by author Phan Cuong. This fictional collection, steeped in mystique and set during Vietnam's Ly Dynasty, builds on folklore about ghosts, dark magic, courtly secrets, and popular fears. The work opens up a world where forgotten legends come to life, reflecting the greed, ambition, and obsessions within every human being. The film The Demon Prince (Hoàng Tử Quỷ) is expected to premiere in cinemas nationwide starting from December 5, 2025.
An exorcist heir and an immortal from the Blood Tribe cross paths during an investigation, uncovering past-life entanglements while uniting to stop a powerful villain’s plan to take over the world.
All his life, Michael Hartung, owner of a hopelessly debt-ridden video store, has bet on the wrong horse. When an ambitious journalist confronts him with the results of his research, everything changes for the charmingly melancholy Micha. Many years ago, as an employee of the Reichsbahn, he is said to have organized the largest mass escape in the GDR. Stasi files prove the case. He was apparently even imprisoned and then deported to an open-cast lignite mine. Seduced by a lavish salary, Micha confirms the story, although only fragments of it are true.
An aspiring artist repeatedly paints Sisyphus pushing the boulder, as she attempts to break into the art world, experiencing simultaneous success, failure, support and disappointment.
When an unknown object from space lands on Earth, Bramble gains new abilities and an extraterrestrial sidekick.
Feb 2022
After naturally conceiving a child during the COVID-19 pandemic, trans-centered couple Isis and Lourenzo begin a journey across Brazil in search of respectful and specialized prenatal care, while fighting for their family's rights in what kills the most trans people in the world.
The film takes us to Georgia, where the shadows of the post-Soviet past still loom large. At its center is investigative reporter Tamuna Museridze, who sets out to unravel a profoundly personal mystery. As she follows the trail of a widespread 1990s scheme in which newborns were taken from Georgian maternity wards and trafficked across the world, she exposes networks, mechanisms, and long-buried secrets along with family tragedies that remain just as painful today. The scale of the practice is staggering: as many as 100,000 children were stolen from hospitals and sold. Among them were Amy and Ano, twin sisters separated at birth who finally found each other in 2024 through social media.