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This action-packed adventure for family audiences follows Reodor Felgen, a brilliant but eccentric inventor, and his two unlikely friends — Solan, a daring magpie, and Ludvig, a timid hedgehog — as they attempt to redeem themselves by competing in the legendary Paris-to-the-Pyramids rally. Equipped with their extraordinary racecar, Il Tempo Gigante, the trio embarks on a high-stakes journey through bustling Paris, the perilous Italian Alps, and the scorching Egyptian desert. With their home, friendship, and lives on the line, they must prove that ingenuity and determination can conquer any challenge. A thrilling follow-up to The Pinchcliffe Grand Prix
Monika has the life she always dreamed of: she’s a successful doctor and expecting a child in a happy relationship with Lukáš. But is she truly happy? When she unexpectedly reunites with her ex-husband Petr after years, her doubts deepen. A brief meeting turns into a long walk through a summer city, during which unanswered questions begin to surface: "Why did we actually break up back then?" and "What if we had made a different choice?" Through dialogue and gentle humor, we observe how a subtle closeness re-emerges between them in quiet moments - whether in the rain, on a tram, or in the park. Director Bohdan Karásek crafts a sensitive, intimate drama about the roads not taken.
An elderly mother in her twilight years grows weary of her identity as a mother. She crosses paths with a troubled young man, and is also haunted by the ghost of her late husband. This sets off a wandering journey across Beijing, under the pretext of abandoning her cat. She lingers like a specter, awkwardly observing and faintly stepping into the distant, disconnected lives of her son, daughter-in-law and friends. Unforeseen incidents arise, their lives collide and intertwine, and amid this constant movement, she rediscovers the vital force of her true self.
One question. Seven worlds. In an unidentified space, among participants suspicious of one another, a woman wearing the number tag "4235" steps into an interview chamber. Waiting for her are an unsettling interviewer and a mysterious black spherical device. With the question, "What are you most afraid of?", she is thrown into worlds of deep oceans, collapsing airplanes, ruined cities, frozen wastelands, and hell-like realms, where she confronts buried memories, guilt, and the darkest corners of human nature. As participants begin disappearing one by one, she realizes that the interview is not a simple test, but a massive experiment designed to examine the boundaries of human nature and existence itself.
After the world premiere of Being John Smith at the Toronto Film Festival a strange experience in the filmmaker’s hotel causes him to ponder the nature of reality.
In a country dominated by repressive police and institutional powers, The Nebula operates clandestinely at night. To strengthen the Resistance, it reconstructs and revives corpses. Two members embark on a mission to break this cycle of violence.
Haunted by memories of her recently deceased mother, former star Narcisa, Ana decides to sell the childhood mansion she inherited and share the proceeds with her brother, Diego. However, the grim cleansing process reveals a legacy quite different from what she imagined.
In 2022, the famous streaming group TOMNI was at the height of its popularity with over 7 million followers. Over the course of a week, their content changed and then they suddenly vanished. This is the footage recovered from their social media, computers, and SD cards. Experts believe the footage shows the worldwide phenomenon known as Alikabiha, also called the Waiting Man.
Nino is a young man on a journey to reconnect with the world and himself in the streets of Paris, following the suggestion of his doctors. In three days, he will face a major challenge.
A factory worker martyred on July 15 wants to return to Earth to feel that unique spiritual bliss again. He fights relentlessly to be the target of a few more bullets before the sun rises.
A half-shark, half-Sasquatch monster terrorizes Los Angeles.
Hyun-jae, a 16-year-old escaping her abusive father, manipulates Hae-in, a woman searching for her missing daughter, into taking her in as a replacement. Over the summer, Hyun-jae bonds with Hae-in, finding peace through her love for singing, but becomes obsessed with becoming Hae-in's new daughter. When Hae-in learns her missing daughter may have been found, Hyun-jae, despite her fears, makes a selfless decision to accompany her, realizing she can't replace Yun-seul.
A peculiar young man embarks on a colorful food trip across Cagayan with his equally eccentric best friend in search of comfort through familiar flavors, only to discover that what he truly misses is not the food itself, but the memories of home, struggle, and love attached to it.
The 2026 summer special of Fuji TV’s long-running anthology series presents four new strange tales. A veteran detective investigates a crime scene where evidence and bodies seem to vanish. A woman clearing her late mother’s apartment finds the past refusing to be thrown away. A young girl uses a mysterious costume to become an adult man. And a 26-year-old man discovers that his mother has been listed for auction online. Each story leads ordinary people into a surreal, unsettling world.
In the summer of 1977, a group of working girls are being coerced by a mysterious and sinister pimp Bossy Jim and his young partner Chaka, to become involved in a profit-share scheme.
