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Rabia, a ten-year-old Pakistani girl sets out to find why her only school in the village is closed. This fable is a ghost story with a tinge of magical-realism that explores corruption from a child's perspective.
Haunted by the scars of childhood bullying, JJ is a young man trying to outrun the anger and isolation that have followed him into adulthood. Pushing his body to its limits and navigating the pressures of city life, he begins to find unexpected peace in Layla a connection that offers warmth, intimacy, and the possibility of healing. But as memories begin to blur with the present, the fragile stability JJ has built starts to fracture. Moments repeat, emotions spiral, and the line between past and reality grows increasingly uncertain. Through a fragmented journey of rage, vulnerability, and longing, JJ is forced to confront the parts of himself he has spent years trying to bury. As the story unfolds, the truth behind JJ’s experience slowly emerges revealing a devastating portrait of trauma, perception, and the fragile ways the mind protects itself when pain goes unheard.
Sequel to Made in Abyss: The Golden City of the Scorching Sun.
A sexual assault allegation at a university forces those involved and the audience to confront how quickly assumptions and appearances can distort our understanding of the truth.
After being pronounced dead prematurely, a man afflicted with a rare condition is determined to put his fears to rest - no matter the cost.
In a lagoon suspended in time, legend has it that sooner or later every inhabitant loses the toenail of their right big toe.
Beni (Pangeran Lantang), a former singer who is now unemployed and in debt to the tune of hundreds of millions, is forced to return to his hometown of Karangkas Island, Papua, taking his girlfriend Gia (Carissa Perusset) with him. Beni tells Gia that his only purpose in returning is to visit Mama Lin, his adoptive mother, who is seriously ill. However, Beni actually has a secret plan to steal Mama Lin’s wealth. Since Beni’s return after 13 years, strange supernatural events have begun to occur due to the magic of Aroba, a Suanggi.
What haunts us is not only death, but aging. Pei-Hua is drawn like a blurred sketch—gray, undefined, embodying the quiet experience of a woman growing older.Mothers often remain fixed in place, becoming a point of reference for their daughters’ journeys. Each of us carries a “carry-on”—unfinished burdens or lessons meant to be faced in this life. When we finally leave, do these carry-ons remain? In the film, a fire becomes a ritual of release, a way of saying goodbye. Life is rarely pure joy or sorrow, and The Carry-On is no exception.
Tonina has always taken care of her family, however she never felt like they really reciprocated her with an equal amount of help and love. Believing that it's her given right, she decides to aquire the ownership rights to a small family holiday home on the island of Hvar. However, after the rest of her kin realize what she had done, tensions begin to brew and a small family gathering turns into a turf war.
The lives of a mismatched group of guests and employees become entangled in a run-down hotel. Some have come in search of peace and a brief escape from their daily routine, while others long for change – or even love. A lonely clarinetist crosses paths with a young man looking for a romantic adventure, an unhappily married couple, an idiosyncratic hotel staff member, and also an alien sent from the planet Minerva 2 in order to report on the state of Earth. A mosaic of fourteen interwoven stories emerges through fleeting situations, awkward moments, interior monologues, and quiet observations. This experimental film by Miroslav Krobot and Lubomír Smékal is loosely based on the stage production of the same name by the S 23 Theatre Company, whose non-professional actors put together stage performances based on the dialogical acting method.
ln 1891 Arizona, a gritty frontier sheriff wages a bloody war against a murderous cult leader and his crazed followers after they kill her deputy, forging an unlikely alliance with Apache warriors, a grizzled outlaw and a U.S. Marshal to bring retribution to the lawless outlying territory of Black Creek.
In a changing Sapporo, a detective and his eccentric partner continue solving cases while struggling to adapt to a modernizing world.
Outgoing Willow and awkward Cath, both 22, reunite six months after uni to scatter their rabbit's ashes. In the sunlit countryside, they dance through grief, desire and courage-one kiss rekindles old feelings but letting go sets them free.
Laura and Nacho meet on a flight, but their brief encounter ends when they pick up their bags. Laura proposes a game, revealing the suitcase belongs to terrorists.
An AI-generated film about the Hindu god Hanuman; it will draw from the sacred texts of Indian epic 'Ramayana' and Puranic literature to create what producers describe as an “awe-inspiring, visual odyssey designed to be enjoyed as a shared experience in theaters.”
On April 15, 2025, a forgotten Soviet "Doomsday" radio suddenly comes to life, broadcasting encrypted messages. An abstract animated film about echoes from the past disrupting the present.
Munich, 1938: After his traditional Jewish restaurant was destroyed by the Nazis during Kristallnacht, restaurateur Richard Schwarz and charismatic jack-of-all-trades Edgar Enders hatch a daring plan. They open a sophisticated Jewish cooking school.
