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Fresh Meat is a new annual horror shorts contest presented by Dead Meat and Hades Films. Approximately ten films will be chosen for the Fresh Meat Volume 1 anthology. The anthology premieres in theaters on or about October 12, 2026, followed by a digital release.
Sequel to the 2024 film Double Bluff. Plot TBA.
Gracias, equipo follows a struggling Spanish cheese company whose rural team-building retreat spirals into betrayal and layoffs, satirizing office politics and corporate absurdity.
Follow a group of eight explorers and two leaders who reach a mountain refuge in the Pyrenees, only to be cut off by a snowstorm. When they take a headcount, they discover an extra child that no one remembers.
When a nursing home resident tries to embark on her dream trip, the constant disappearances of her suitcase force her into a frantic battle with her own mind.
An investigative journalist takes on a massive bank scam, challenging a powerful cop in the process. As he digs deeper , he uncovers a deadly conspiracy that leads straight to the hidden mastermind behind it all.
Victoria awakens with a broken arm in a country house after being kidnapped. A doctor and nun care for her, but as she gradually uncovers their secrets, she realizes things aren't what they seem.
An aging black high school football star, living a quotidian life and married to his high school sweetheart in a small town, reminisces over a long-lost lover - a man he once shared the football field with.
After an affair comes to light, a couple's world unravels. Through confronting painful truths, they discover their crisis becomes a path to deeper connection and a new understanding of love.
A murder investigation in a small rural town, marked by silences and loyalties, uncovers old secrets. Adoniran, a respected investigator, sees his life collapse when he goes from agent to prime suspect. While trying to prove his innocence, Saulo, Special Agent of Internal Affairs, returns to his hometown and must confront memories he would rather forget. Inner conflicts, fragile alliances, and unresolved recollections make the search for truth increasingly dangerous.
Diane desires men as much as she despises them. When she learns that her mother was raped in her youth, the shock is muffled. It’s a surprise—and yet, it explains everything. Diane has only one thing on her mind: avenging her mother. But her mother has only one thing on her mind: finally becoming the woman she should have been. Between the one who wants to remember and the one who wants to forget, everything tightens.
Spain, 1755. Ana is sent to a cloistered monastery where several nuns are afflicted by a mysterious disease. With the help of an unorthodox priest, the young novice uncovers an ancient legend and malevolent force: a bloodthirsty upiro.
The love of Olya and Oleh, a young queer Ukrainian couple, is put to the test when one partner’s gender transition collides with Russia’s full-scale invasion. As war narrows and challenges the boundaries of masculinity and femininity, they struggle to preserve their bond and sense of self. What does it mean to be a man in a country that is fighting for its identity and survival?
An epic story about Joan of Arc, the young French peasant who believed God had sent her to lead an army to save her country during the Hundred Years War.
Laura, a “young woman” of 126 years old, is the newly hired at Notary of Souls. In her new role, she records the motivations of those who renounced eternity. However, by contract, Laura herself cannot interrupt her tedious existence.
