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Seven guests arrive for an exclusive performance inside a remote theatre, unaware that they are the show.
As a priest listens to a distraught woman’s confession, he begins to realise she’s after more than forgiveness.
He has been staying in the town for three days. He seems to be investigating something, although nobody can tell exactly what. One evening, as he stands by the edge of the lake, she approaches him.
A gruff yakuza becomes a TikTok sensation thanks to a ridiculous intimidation dance.
Five career criminals with cryptic pasts are forced into a deadly game of Russian roulette where only one will survive, and nothing is as it seems.
At noon, in the shade of riverside trees — as if in the middle of life — you lose something. Yet love is as strong as the river. A man is going through abrupt changes in his life — both personal and caused by the war. He spends a day alone by the river, revisiting a forgotten hobby — fishing. A sense of love and acceptance fills him, but only for a brief moment — he must return to the war.
With the second World War looming and having lost everything before, Maria Reiche flees Germany and ends up in Peru. There, she tries to fit in an inhibited society for the sake of her lover Amy. But she only starts to find her true calling in life when she takes a trip to the desert of Nazca and stumbles upon mysterious Lines, drawn in the soil. Against all odds, against everyone, Maria ties her destiny to the Nazca lines, and takes on the mission to find their meaning. A journey that will throw her into tremendous trouble and danger - but also give her a sense of peace, at last, as she finally finds where she belongs, sweeping the desert.
A grimly fiendish Sunday league manager engages in an argument over the worth of winning and losing with the league's weary referee, all whilst the manager's squad of droogs set out to sabotage that morning's match.
During Pride weekend, struggling author Jessie Jones joins her partner at their boss' home for a poker game, leading to a night of intolerable cruelty and shocking discoveries. Made for the 48 Hour Film Project in New Orleans.
FAT is a gripping portrait of strength and survival as a woman finally fights back to reclaim her life.
A teen documenting his catsitting job finds that there's more in this house than he thinks...
Andre and Troye orchestrate a wild scheme for a promotion: they force a drag queen named Jonas to impersonate his long-lost straight twin to fool their homophobic father.
Paani follows a heartfelt story of two brothers torn apart by militancy, loss, love, and painful social traditions.
In a small town where tradition outweighs desire, a young shoemaker asks his best friend to teach him how to dance son. But when they try to step onto the dance floor together, the town’s rejection forces the young man back to his room alone. There, barefoot on the wooden floor, he discovers his own quiet way of keeping the rhythm.
A kindergarten teacher meets a novice magician and together they travel to another city to find love.
An nihilistic, self deprecating, egotistical young man, bumps into an old acquaintance who invites him to a gathering leading to his eventual demise.
In a future ruled by algorithms, Sam (22), a young architect, undergoes a job interview with a strict AI interviewer. A series of failed interviews leaves him trapped within algorithmic standards that grow increasingly absurd and inhuman. In his efforts to adapt to the system, Sam is forced to change his way of thinking and suppress his humanity, until he gradually loses his sense of self.
