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Known as ‘Pa Nana’, a celebrated Latin singer in 1950s–60s Taiwan, Kao Chu-hua supported her family through nightclub performances after her father’s execution during the White Terror. Drawing on family testimonies and newly declassified archives, the film reconstructs her life under state surveillance, revealing survival beneath authoritarian rule and enforced silence.
May 2026
In Gabon, within the Congo Basin, a young aspiring filmmaker forced into his father’s logging empire uncovers a plan to destroy a sacred forest—and a buried colonial-era family secret.
Jan 2027
Five washed-up heroes reunite to pilot their giant robot and save the world.
Aug 2027
On Halloween, Mayor Hero forces the citizens of Ordilandia to be all the same. After a failed plan, Bridgette and Prohacker are captured and must escape with the help of other cartoon characters.
Dec 2028
Luke is pressured by a pair of stereotypical bullies to get a new phone, so he enlists the help of his unpredictable, dumb friend Liam, but their mission quickly spirals into chaos when a pair of rich, phone-obsessed twins enter the classroom, turning a simple task into a ridiculous, absurd adventure.
Jul 2026
A business executive meets his childhood mother in an anesthesia app, but is she there to help him?
Incapable of facing the loss of Pedro, Lucas and Mari dive in past memories. Remembering of happy moments, they discover that pain can, in the end, also mean longing.
Jun 2026
Ben is sent on a delivery job for his father, when his brother Harry unexpectedly joins him. As suspicion grows and tension rises, only one question comes to mind: what’s in the boot?
After the death of their ill-tempered and controlling father, two middle-aged sisters find themselves at a loss. An unexpected visitor sparks the courage in them to begin their lives anew.. ‘Daughters of the Late Colonel’ is a merry, rude, and lyrical, animated adaptation of the modernist short story of the same name, written by Katherine Mansfield in 1920.
Do-eun, a door-to-door saleswoman in her thirties, visits the home of a former classmate with whom she has little to no rapport, simply to make up for her unsatisfactory sales performance. A few days later, the classmate's mother, Su-jung, comes looking for her.
Portugal, 1968. Salazar, the fascist dictator who reigned the longest time in the world, falls from a chair and suffers a stroke. When he returns to the São Bento mansion to convalesce, he is no longer President of the Council. But no one tells him the truth: not his faithful housekeeper Maria de Jesus, nor his maids Aparecida, Socorro, and Teresinha, nor his personal doctor. For two years he lives under a meticulously constructed illusion, believing he is still President, until his death in 1970.
After their violent breakup, the ghost of her ex follows her. He is everywhere, wherever she looks, so Alex seeks refuge. She soon discovers that all her familiar places and faces are a threat. Her instincts lead her to an underground walkway. There, she connects with a homeless man who lives there. In his gaze, she recognizes a shared trauma. She feels like he is the only person, in the only place where they can coexist. Their silent companionship brings her one step closer to facing her trauma head-on for the first time.
In the house where a father and daughter live together, a heavy silence lingers, and an unbridgeable distance remains. The father toils at an inexplicable task, while the daughter goes through her days in a quiet routine. But soon, a strange change overtakes his body.
Marie-Rose and the Mysterious Journey is an animated 3D feature film based on the iconic show of Chantal Goya.
Dec 2026
By 2029, North America has been ravaged by a mysterious virus that quickly turns its victims into blood thirsty savages. Three men from Europe land in the now deserted North American suburbs to try to take out as much infected as possible, but their mission goes horribly wrong.
After doom-scrolling on social media, a young poet named Salome Agbaroji is thrust into a fantastic journey through a magical animated realm, where she encounters a majestic Black Crowned Crane.