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Through a story that combines horror, humor and fantasy, the film starts with the disappearance of Bram Stoker's mythical vampire to discover what happens when one of history's greatest monsters ceases to exist and its legacy passes into the hands of a new generation.
Shan, an art assistant, juggles responsibilities on the film set and at the hospital, where she cares for her father, Kueng, who has cancer. During her time at the hospital, Shan is tasked by the crew to collect a big bowl from the prop-studio. At her father's request, they discreetly leave the hospital together, embarking on an unexpected journey from the studio to Macau, and subsequently to Okinawa, allowing Kueng to address his unfulfilled wishes. Following his peaceful passing, Shan inherits not only memories but also a lasting sense of courage, optimism, and imaginative spirit that sustains her throughout life.
A newlywed couple's dream wedding spirals into a bloody nightmare when they uncover that their secluded venue- a desolate motel deep in the Nevada desert- is run by a relentless bloodthirsty family with dark secrets, revealing that one bride's future may not be all that it was promised to be.
A short film exploring the cultural impact of George Michael's 1988 Faith Tour, featuring previously unseen photos and interviews.
Haunted by the early loss of her son, Neta struggles to find peace while working as a housekeeper on a remote farm with her husband, Nelson. When the landowners arrive for the weekend, her buried pain is reawakened and ignites a spiral of revenge, leading to an inevitable confrontation between grief, power, and justice.
When a brother tries to stop his sister from proposing to her girlfriend, the siblings peel back the layers of their relationship in real time.
A three-night compilation that captures their spectacular October 2022 shows at the Foro Sol Stadium in Mexico City during the Stadium Tour era. This live has become the band's most massive and longest one of their entire career.
On a stormy night in Rome, Anna arrives at her daughter Alice’s apartment with a devastating confession: their entire family history is built on a lie. Twenty years earlier, after a horrific accident that nearly cost Alice her leg, Anna claims she made a pact with a mysterious Stranger to save her. But the miracle came at a price. What she believed was a single desperate bargain has in fact unleashed a spiraling chain reaction — a domino effect of increasingly dark events that have haunted their lives ever since. Now, the Stranger has come to collect. And Anna is convinced that only Alice can break the spiral and set things right. But at what cost?
An ordinary morning. A swimming pool. Two women. The reflection of the water distorts the words as Melina and Renata try to save what still remains. But what is the weight of loving something that no longer fits in the same place?
In the midst mounting mortgage debt and loss of his job, Binsar (Oki Rengga) finally discovers that the father (Mathias Muchus), whom he has long resented dan who has just passed away in the hospital, actually has life insurance policy with a payout large enough to save him from ruin. However, on the way to the funeral home, Binsar is thrown into a confusing emotional dilemma: should he feel relieved or devastated when his father, who is already lying in the hearse, suddenly comes back to life.
A docu-fiction film that captures the oddities and absurdities of human behaviour during the annual cherry blossom bloom in High Park, Toronto.
A single mom fights to keep one little promise to her daughter on the absolute worst day of her life.
During the pandemic, Alice is hospitalized with COVID-19, and when she is intubated, she finds herself in a state between life and death. Guided by Virgílio, she embarks on a journey of hallucinations, memories, and the rediscovery of cinema as her purpose in life.
Two brothers are roped into a scheme to rob from the rich and give to the poor, only to find their victims are not who they think they are.
In the aftermath of her mother’s death, Nour awaits a visit from her aunt. Nour’s mother used to say that her aunt was a vampire, and as she anticipates her arrival Nour ruminates on her mother’s life and experiences as an Arab immigrant in the American Rust Belt.
Sofia works as a location scout for a TV pilot filming in New York City. It’s her job to find the homes, businesses, and exteriors where the show will be filmed. Driving around the city's different neighborhoods, she enters the private spaces of strangers to photograph their cozy apartments and eclectic shops, stepping into the fabric of their lives while trying to satisfy the demands of her erratic employers. Over a day filled with these encounters, Sofia witnesses moments of curiosity, vulnerability, and quiet tension until her work takes a sudden, personal turn.
While driving a forgotten back road, a young couple is forced into a brutal fight for survival against a chainsaw-wielding madman.
