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Responding to an emergency call, a young paramedic unwittingly finds himself thrust into the middle of a war between two crime lords, triggering an escalating series of gruesome twists and turns over the course of one crazy night.
To avoid going to prison, Mélanie—an impulsive, outspoken young woman—is forced to train as a nursing assistant. The problem is, she faints at the slightest needle prick or drop of blood. After yet another blunder, she has no choice but to accept a job that’s completely unsuitable for her: providing round-the-clock care for a 65-year-old obsessive businessman who has just survived a stroke and can’t stand anyone invading his personal space. With these two together, their living arrangement promises to be explosive…
Konnie, a respected musician in the right-wing scene, loses her reputation when she incorporates feminist and queer content into her music. In order to rehabilitate herself, she uses the outsider punk Rudi, who wants to attack a Nazi pub. But both end up fighting a battle for belonging - who will be left standing?
Follows filmmaker Mohanad Yaqubi as he responds to a 2018 collaboration invitation from Lebanese filmmaker Jocelyne Saab, who died before receiving his answer, through an exploration of her life and work.
Sixteen-year-old Ilay drifts through the summer on the outskirts of Berlin while a palliative nurse accompanies his ailing mother during her last days.
Deeply affected by a series of unlikely and violent events in his youth, a solitary man has a fortuitous encounter.
Kai Aono is a high school student. He transfers to a scenic island in the Seto Inland Sea from Kyoto. There, he meets high school student Akimi Inoue, who was born on the island and lives with her mother. They fall in love with each other, but they are forced to make a choice due to their own fates.
A country western star experiences a dramatic downfall and must navigate their career in free fall.
Amy and Arthur deal with the everyday complications of Arthur’s dementia.
A modern adventure and musical adaption of the book of proverbs with focus on proverbs 31 from holy scriptures.
A collection of rogues must gather information on a mysterious extra-dimensional threat to the galaxy in the 43rd century, and prepare a defense while fending off the first wave of attacks from horrific beings.
The online child safety taskforce, "Predator Puncherz", document their latest and most infamous sting operation.
Daffy is ready for Duck Season, but Elmer is too immersed in his new obsession – soccer – to come hunting. Slowly the world around Daffy turns into a zombie-esque nightmare as the Tunes become obsessed with the sport.
The legendary journey of Michael Jackson, from his early days with the Jackson 5 to his breakthrough albums and live concerts.
A novelist struggling with writer's block interviews his wealthy estranged college roommate and his wife, where an old secret threatens all of their safety.
ABYSSAL FISH is a creative film in the border between fiction, real and performance through the artistic work of Luís Capucho. A singular artist who survived the time when the HIV represented the death stigma. Building an amazing work of poetic power postdisease, Capucho surpasses the physical sequels that have left him mute and without part of his body movements for a while, until the current partial recovery.
Thomas Alexandre Davy de la Pailleterie Dumas was born a Caribbean slave in 1762 and beat the odds by rising through the ranks to become a revolutionary French general. The son of a nobleman, Marquis Alexandre Antoine Davy de la Pailleterie, and an African slave, Marie-Cessette Dumas, he became the first and highest-ranking Black leader in the French military and served under Napoleon Bonaparte. But despite his many exploits, which earned him the nickname of “Black Devil,” his role in the French Revolution was underplayed and he was even denied a full pension and legion of honor by Bonaparte.
After 14 years away, Hein returns to his home village on a remote island, only to discover that the close-knit community no longer recognises him. Suspecting him to be an impostor, they demand a trial to determine his true identity.
