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When a group of teens are hired to clean up an old summer camp with a dark past they encounter an evil VHS tape and a week of partying turns into a fight for their lives.
Jan 2026
Struggling to finish a screenplay that's all but consumed him, an ambitious writer turns to his ex for inspiration, only to realize that the ending he's looking for may lie in the unresolved chapters of their own story.
Olya lives with her grandmother, who loves to tell her magical stories. Her parents are always busy and are rarely at home. The girl quarrels with her family and accidentally ends up in the mirror kingdom from her grandmother's stories, where she meets her reflection - Yalo. In this world, all people are too absorbed in mirrors, because in them they see ideal versions of themselves. These magic mirrors were invented by Korshun to subjugate the entire kingdom to his power, and Olya will have to believe in a miracle and save the fairy-tale world.
Oct 2026
Big trucks face various challenges, make new friends and learn to work as a team. They overcome their fears and weaknesses to achieve a common goal and prove that together they can overcome any difficulties. One of them, overcoming internal and external obstacles, changes himself and changes his life, becoming what he always wanted to be.
Apr 2026
A disillusioned sheep dog triallist must come out of retirement and team up with his granddaughter to confront and defeat his nemesis - a mischievous sheep called Dolores - and overcome his neighbour, in order to save his family farm.
With a little help from their friends, two young trans women navigate an uncertain future after a break-up.
A mail deliverer is captured by Irish-American gangsters to launder money and drugs for them in this black comedy thriller.
Jan 2027
Four siblings on the verge of coming-of-age try to build their independent lives without losing the bonds that connect them.
Mar 2026
Paulina (35 years old) is out on parole after serving a prison sentence for the murder of her husband Andrzej. She returns to her hometown to meet her 11-year-old son Nikodem. Jadwiga (55 years old), Paulina's mother-in-law who takes care of Nikodem, does not want this meeting to take place. She is still grieving the loss of her son, Andrzej, and is unable to forgive Paulina for what she did. The film deals with domestic violence and its consequences.
Dec 2025
Rux returns to Romania for her sister's wedding and tries to blend into her grieving family, as she navigates challenges with her gender transition and familial reconnection through a day that is marked by humour and drama.
At the end of a lovely wedding rehearsal, the Maid of Honor gives a speech in a last-ditch attempt to win the love of the bride.
Feb 2026
When a female influencer is destroyed by social media backlash to the point of taking her own life, she gets a second chance as a spirit with only 28 days before she is forgotten forever.
Jun 2026
A daring warrior defeats a merciless tyrant to protect a runaway girl.
In the 1970s, across Europe, left-wing armed movements thrived: ETA in Spain, the IRA in Ireland, the Red Brigades in Italy, and the Baader-Meinhof Group in Germany. Portugal would have to deal with a similar phenomenon in the 1980s with the FP-25 (Popular Forces April 25th), a far-left organization defending the conquests of the 1974 Carnation Revolution, which ended 48 years of dictatorship. The organization gradually lost touch with the people it aimed to protect, and was dismantled by a massive police operation in 1984.
Hana, a lovelorn medical student, becomes terrorized by a hungry ghost after taking part in an obscure weight loss craze: eating human ashes.
A unique legal battle between indigenous peoples unfolds on film: Two Sami groups face each other in court, locked in an insoluble conflict that has its roots in the state's forced displacements over a hundred years ago. How can one agree on a future when the past is lived so differently? Over a hundred years ago, the state forced Northern Sami to move into Southern Sami territory. Today, their descendants are fighting in court for land, reindeer herding, and the right to be Sami. The film shows how state actions continue to divide a people, and how the past continues to shape their future.
He is the village chimney sweep, and as a roofer, he loves working on church towers at dizzying heights. For the boy, his grandfather is a lucky charm and a strong man. He wants to emulate him and learn more about his origins. But his grandfather's fall from the roof changes everything.
Delivering her signature brand of quick-witted social commentary, Katherine tackles marital dynamics and motherhood to media scandals, whilst answering real-life audience dilemmas and offering no holds barred advice.