Apocalypse Clown
The tale of a troupe of failed clowns and an ambitious reporter who embark on a chaotic adventure of self-discovery after a mysterious solar event plunges the world into anarchy.
Aporia
Since losing her husband, Sophie has struggled to manage grief, a full-time job, and parenting her devastated daughter, but when a former physicist reveals a secret time-bending machine, Sophie will be faced with an impossible choice.
Birth/Rebirth
A single mother and a childless morgue technician are bound together by their relationship to a little girl they have reanimated from the dead.
Blackout
A fine arts painter becomes convinced that he is a werewolf, wreaking havoc on a small American town under the full moon.

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Deep Sea
A girl strays into the dreamy deep sea world. In the deepest part of the sea, all secrets are hidden.
Devils
The identities of a cop and a serial killer become confused following a bizarre accident - and that's just the beginning of their troubles.
A Disturbance In The Force
The story behind the infamous Star Wars Holiday Special, which was watched by 13 million people but never re-aired and is considered one of the worst shows to ever air on TV.
Divinity
Two mysterious brothers abduct a mogul during his quest for immortality. Meanwhile, a seductive woman helps them launch a journey of self-discovery.
Eight Eyes
At the breaking point of their dysfunctional marriage, a couple take a trip through Serbia. After meeting a mysterious local who eagerly offers to be their guide, they embark on an impromptu sightseeing expedition that soon takes a series of sinister turns.
Empire V
A film which chronicles how loader Roman Shtorkin becomes a vampire and receives the title of Rama II.
Emptiness
A lonely woman is looked after in a house where she is haunted by the shadows of her past.
Femme
Jules is a drag artist in London. After a performance, he is brutally attacked and, traumatised, withdraws into himself. Months later, he recognises his assailant in a gay sauna and begins an affair with him, incognito. A revenge thriller.
The First Slam Dunk
Hanamichi Sakuragi is a delinquent with a long history of getting dumped by girls. After enrolling in Shohoku High School, Hanamichi becomes interested in a girl named Haruko who loves the game of basketball.
Hippo
Home-schooled step-siblings come of age - a video game-addicted teenager and a Hungarian immigrant with a love of classical music and Catholicism.
Hundreds Of Beavers
In this 19th century, supernatural winter epic, a drunken applejack salesman must go from zero to hero and become North America's greatest fur trapper by defeating hundreds of beavers.

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Irlande Cahier Bleu
An anachronistic firefighter, a quotidian poet and an expert soup-maker also plays in a competitive basketball league. There’s only one problem with his hobbies: finding a babysitter to look after his daughter.
It Lives Inside
Sam, an Indian-American teen, lives in an idyllic suburb with her conservative mother and her assimilated father. Sam’s cultural insecurities grow due to her estranged friend, Tamira, who mysteriously carries around an empty mason jar all the time. In a moment of anger, Sam breaks Tamira’s jar and unleashes an ancient Indian demonic force that kidnaps Tamira.
Kurayukaba
A detective heads into a city's maze-like underbelly on a case.
Late Night With The Devil
October 31, 1977. Jack Delroy’s syndicated talk show Night Owls has long been a trusted companion to insomniacs around the country, but a year on from the tragic death of Jack’s wife, ratings have plummeted. Desperate to turn his fortunes around, Jack plans a Halloween special like no other, unaware he is about to unleash evil into the living rooms of America.
Lovely, Dark, And Deep
A new back-country ranger travels alone through the dangerous wilderness, hoping to uncover the origins of a tragedy which has haunted her since she was a child.

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Mad Cats
Taka, a shiftless young man, sets off on a quest to find his brother Mune. Teaming up with a quirky new friend and an edgy, mysterious young girl along the way, Taka finds himself taking on a pack of vicious monster cats determined to execute unscrupulous pet shop owners.
Mami Wata
When the harmony in a village is threatened by outside elements, two sisters must fight to save their people and restore the glory of a mermaid goddess to the land.
#Manhole
A real estate worker who is about to marry his boss' daughter falls down a deep manhole and can't work out how to escape.
Mayhem!
A professional boxer, recently released from prison, is forced to break probation and flee to a faraway island in Thailand. He starts a family there, only to have to deal with blackmail.
Molli And Max In The Future
The story of a man and woman whose orbits repeatedly collide over the course of 12 years, four planets, three dimensions and one space cult.
The Moon, The Sky And You
A shy teenage boy who is devoted to his pet fish falls for a girl who is caught up with a gang of teenage assassins.
Mother Land
Krisha is the daughter of the Yates who are the nomad tribe of the tundra. To save her sick mother, she follows the words of Shaman and takes off on her adventure to the end of Northern land to find the red bear she saw in her dreams.
New Life
A fixer is sent out to find a mysterious woman on the run, and the stakes of the pursuit rise to apocalyptic proportions.
Onyx The Fortuitous And The Talisman Of Souls
Onyx joins a group of fellow occultists to attend a dark ritual at the mansion of their idol, Bartok. Suspecting Bartok's nefarious intentions, Onyx is suddenly immersed in a world of monsters, mystery, and mayhem.
Perpetrator
On her 18th birthday, tough-girl Jonny eats a cake baked by her aunt according to a magical family recipe and undergoes a radical metamorphosis.
Piaffe
An introverted foley artist, Eva struggles to create sounds for a commercial featuring a horse. Empowered by a horsetail growing out of her body, she lures a botanist into an affair, through a game of submission.
The Primevals
A civilisation lost in time invaded one million years ago.

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Raging Grace
An undocumented Filipina immigrant is struggling to do the best she can for her daughter when she secures the perfect job, taking care of an extremely wealthy but terminal old man. The new position pays well and guarantees a roof over their heads but very soon, she realise that something is amiss.
Red Rooms
A woman becomes obsessed with the trial of a murderer.
Restore Point
It’s the year 2041, and humanity has reached the point where it can cheat death. Anyone who dies an unnatural death has the right to be brought back to life. All you have to do is to create a backup of your personality – a restore point – at least every 48 hours. But a movement of people try to sabotage this concept.
Ride On
A washed-up stuntman and his stunt horse become an overnight social media sensation when their real-life fight with debt collectors goes viral.
River
One winter in Kibune, Kyoto, people find themselves stuck in a two minute time loop. As others try to work together to find out what's going on, one woman finds herself increasingly isolated.
The Sacrifice Game
The story of Samantha and Clara, two students who are staying behind for the holidays at their boarding school, who must survive the night against uninvited visitors.
Satan Wants You
The story of how the Satanic Panic of the 1980s was ignited by Michelle Remembers, a lurid memoir by psychiatrist Larry Pazder and his patient Michelle Smith.
Shin Kamen Rider
Hongo Takeshi awakens to discover he has been transformed into a grasshopper-hybrid cyborg. Becoming the Masked Rider, he must fight the mysterious evil organisation Shocker to protect all of mankind.
Skin Deep
At first glance, Leyla and Tristan seem like a happy young couple. But when they travel to a mysterious, remote island, a game of identities begins.
Sometimes I Think About Dying
Fran likes to think about dying. It brings sensation to her quiet life. When she makes the new guy at work laugh, it leads to more: a date, a slice of pie, a conversation, a spark. The only thing standing in their way is Fran herself.
Suitable Flesh
A psychiatrist becomes obsessed by a young patient who seems to have multiple personalities.
Sympathy For The Devil
After being forced to drive a mysterious passenger at gunpoint, a man finds himself in a high-stakes game of cat and mouse where it becomes clear that not everything is as it seems.
Take Care Of My Cat
Korean coming of age drama.
Talk to Me
When a group of friends discover how to conjure spirits using an ancient embalmed hand, they become hooked on the new thrill. Until one of them goes too far and opens the door to the spirit world.
Transylvanie
A bullied ten-year-old on a French housing estate endeavours to fulfil her destiny as a vampire.
T Blockers
Ancient parasites rise from a small town, taking the most fearful and susceptible hosts. A young filmmaker finds herself as the only one who can sense the possessed resistance before the horror escapes and spreads.

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Vincent Must Die
Vincent finds himself under attack for no apparent reason overnight. When the phenomenon intensifies, he must run and change his way of life completely.
What You Wish For
A chef with gambling problems flees to a Latin American villa where he assumes another man's identity.
Where The Devil Roams
A family of murderous sideshow performers travels around the world on the dying carnival circuit.
White Noise
A doctor refers a woman with an acute and painful sensitivity to sound to an experiment in therapy involving the world's quietest room.
With Love And A Major Organ
An unhappy woman removes her heart, puts it in a box and sends it to the man she loves.
Y'A Une Étoile
Young transgender musician Samuel Leblanc embarks on a journey across Acadia, on a quest for identity that is as personal as it is cultural.
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