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When a struggling band is carjacked and stranded in the desert, they seek shelter at a mysterious compound that houses a dangerous secret.
During a trip to a waterfall, a couple of women come across mystical creatures that challenge the bond they share.
A seamstress tries to make her grandmother’s impossibly-narrow-waisted-heirloom dress fit. After it refuses to be altered, visions of her grandmother encourage her to alter herself instead.
For around fifteen years, I have been filming a forest of imburana de cambão trees that has been progressively disappearing, located on the border between the states of Bahia and Pernambuco. The visual saturation created through image overlaps and the division of the screen into three parts fosters the emergence of a particular rhythm, in which pulsating texts impose other forms of escape.The gradual disappearance of this forest echoes texts evoking the consequences of climate change, while also inscribing fire and logging as human acts contributing to this impoverishment.The basis of this film was the installation of the same name presented as part of an exhibition at the Frans Krajcberg Space in 2025. The film is denser. The imburanas de cambão burst into flames as the sertão turns into desert.
A man sees a doctor about his hand, which is on fire.
In 1974, after years of civil war, the Portuguese and their descendants fled the colony of Angola where groups working for independence gradually claim their territory back. A tribal girl discovers love and death when her path crosses that of a young Portuguese soldier. Meanwhile, another group of Portuguese soldiers is barracked inside an infinite wall from which they will have to escape once the past comes out of the grave to claim its long-awaited justice.
Terror takes many forms. In five chilling tales, the mundane becomes monstrous and no one gets out clean.
A young woman working in an elite nightclub uses her beauty and intelligence to exploit and steal from wealthy customers.
A painter struggles with the toughest model she's ever had: her daughter.
On the enchanting shores of Varanasi, two souls meet by chance. Somewhere within this unfolding chaos, an unspoken bond begins to form, slowly slipping beyond friendship.
Since October 2023, Gaza has been sealed from the world-except for one group. International doctors breach the blockade, what they find is not just a humanitarian crisis, but a calculated dismantling of life itself.
Jonás, a teenager about to become a father, has secretly decided to escape.
Scantily clad female warriors battle thieves to save a small village. Director Yasuharu Hasebe crossed the Seven Samurai legends of Shichinin No Samurai with his own popular Naraneko Rokku series and dressed it up with some of the most popular softcore pinup queens of the day.
A young man reflects on his father's vices and memories while dealing with his desire to belong.
(X: @hm0z0) Hisham reflects on his journey from maintenance engineer to actor and writer, revisiting his early days in independent cinema, his successful comedy work, memorable personal stories, football rivalry, and upcoming AI-themed projects, while naming El Ragol El Anab as the work he is most proud of
On a remote volcanic island that everybody wants to leave, little Nana learns to stay. Her mother, Nia, went into exile right after she was born and Nana grows up in the family of her father. One day, the family learns that Nia is ill. Nana begins to develop high fevers and is sent to the foot of a volcano for treatment. There she encounters a world steeped in magical realism, between dreams and reality. Later, when Nana is a teenager, her mother Nia finally returns to the island.
Humiliated by feeling rejected yet again, 14-year-old Solal gets into a fight with Thomas, a counselor at his home. Joris, his 10-year-old roommate, fascinated by Solal, has no intention of letting him go.
A documentary feature celebrating the music, life, and artistic pursuit of Canto rock music legend Wong Ka Kui, whose voice and vision defined the sound of Beyond- the most influential Canto rock band of all time. Featuring rare concert footage, never-before-seen archives of Ka Kui's early years, and unreleased work, this documentary offers an intimate portrait of Wong Ka Kui- not through nostalgia, not as a distant legend, but as he truly was. At its heart is the precious legacy of his character and convictions—one that continues to transcend generations, his music still lifting spirits and inspiring hope today.
A road movie set in long-distance coaches, on motorways and in bus terminals across a supposedly borderless Europe. A cinema documentary in kaleidoscopic snapshots tracing the fates of three very different women, their experiences and encounters.
