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While renovating his childhood home, Scott gets a small splinter in his foot, triggering a chain of events and fever dreams, leading him to uncover dark secrets about his hometown, why he was abandoned by his parents, and the terrible legacy that is now his birthright.
After waking up from a year-long coma, an insecure young man must fight his controlling father in order to discover what really happened to his seemingly absent mother, as the true consequences of his past actions unravel before him.
A young woman is inducted into a bizarre family as its new surrogate daughter.
In a world where ghosts are real and front-page news, a controversial new medical procedure allows people to peacefully kill themselves. In the midst of this breakthrough, two strangers travel cross country together to end their lives, only to unexpectedly find what they’ve been missing along the way.
The door of time opens between the swordsman who wants to seize the legendary divine sword at the end of the Goryeo Dynasty and those who chase after an alien prisoner imprisoned in a human body in 2022.
A documentary about innovative jazz beat poet Ruth Weiss.
In the final part of the trilogy, the yakuza clan he infiltrated tries to import pasta made entirely of methamphetamines: speed-a-ronis.
After a breakup, Wes ends up at a remote rest stop. He finds himself locked inside the bathroom with a mysterious figure speaking from an adjacent stall. Soon Wes realizes he is involved in a situation more terrible than he could imagine.
The story of the popular Norwegian metal band Madder Mortem, their struggles with mental health issues, and their 20th anniversary tour in Europe.
When unconventional treatments lead to a boy with brain cancer being possessed by an ancient evil, his parents must fight not only for the child's life but for his very soul.
An animated exploration of a true physical, psychological, and familial trauma.
A disillusioned office clerk who lives in a dysfunctional relationship with her slovenly partner is surprised to find herself on the cusp of a none-too-secret affair.
One day, when a struggling screenwriter steps out to buy dog food, he stumbles into a mysterious convenience store where he discovers he can find anything his heart desires.
Two white Australian children are stranded in the Outback and survive with the help of an Aboriginal youth.
Inu-Oh is born with unique physical characteristics, and the horrified adults cover every inch of his body with garments, including a mask on his face... but through his creative abilities he forges a different destiny to the one they intend.
A woman's hand is chopped off during a dinner date, leading her on an offbeat revenge journey filled with mirrors, ghosts and gore.
A large monster attacks Japan, but dies suddenly. While the people rejoice and bask in relief, the giant corpse left behind begins to slowly rot and bloat. If it explodes, the nation will be destroyed.
The tale of an impotent man who tries to assert his masculinity through fighting but cannot come to terms with his past.
A retired assassin regains his murderous instincts when the teenage girl he’s looking after is targeted by a gang.
High school student Sohee starts job training at a call centre, but she faces pressure of greedy company which leads to her death. Detective Oh Yu-jin, who has something in common with Sohee, starts to follow traces to reveal the truth.
A mysterious tunnel in the cellar of a new home turns lives upside down.
Sara deals with constant teasing from girls in her small town. But it comes to an end when a stranger kidnaps her tormentors. Sara knows more than she's saying and must decide between speaking up and saving the girls or saying nothing to protect the strange man who spared her.
After a couple splits up, mould left behind on a mattress slowly grows into a creature that steals the vertebrae of humans who inhabit the bed.
The chief retainer of a small domain in Echigo called Nagaoka is caught between the Eastern and Western armies after the fall of the Tokugawa Shogunate.
Sissy St. Claire graces the small screen for her first ever television special, an evening full of music and laughter, glamour and entertainment. But Sissy's live event quickly begins to curdle into a psychedelic nightmare.
A story about a man who has been pointed out as the culprit of a locked-room murder and his lawyer approaching the truth.
Manager-summoning control freak Kallie Jones attempts to rescue her husband from a 'wellness center' with the help of a washed-up expert cult buster.
George Jones invites country music superstar Troyal Brooks out on the town in Nashville the night before George is to be cryogenically frozen in 1994.
A woman who has lost her sight in her car crash and is guided by a young Chinese orphan tries to escape the serial killer who is stalking the streets of Rome armed with deadly cello strings.
Two young men from different backgrounds find their destinies linked when they meet up in the world of illegal bare-knuckle fighting.
A documentary portrait of filmmaker Jean Rollin.
The story of a critical sea battle between Koreans and invading Japanese forces in 1592.
When an internet vigilante develops a revolutionary new computer program to combat online predators, its rapid advancement leads to serious questions about autonomy, oppression, and what it really means to be human.
After her sister's murder, Nic, her younger sister and two friends seek solace through a Pacific island kayaking adventure. Hours into the trip the women discover that they are being stalked by a shark.
Two children wake up in the middle of the night to find that their father is missing and all the windows and doors in their home have vanished.
In 1950s Paris, the body of a young woman is found dressed in an evening gown and holding no I.D. When nobody claims the body, Detective Jules Maigret is brought onto the case.
Indigenous artist Uýra harnesses the interconnecting power of their native, queer, and trans identities to blaze a trail of ecological activism and LGBTQ+ pride through the villages and cities of the Amazon.
An urban legend speaks of a summer ghost, a spirit girl who appears when fireworks are set off.
Five girls stray from society on the hunt for something more special...you can find them if you follow the sound.
John Hawkins, who is set to retire as police chief is tucked away in deep wood. Following the discovery of a gruesome body with uncanny injuries, he's pulled into an investigation to solve the horrifying mystery, which evades explanation.
Members of a therapy group are forced to confront the monsters of their past when an isolated weekend retreat tests their emotional resilience and ability to survive.
Newlyweds Suse and Arthur become the dangerous obsession of a greaser gang that awakens a sleeping quandary into the couple's sexual identity.
A Kurdish girl in Japan finds her life turned upside down when her family loses its refugee status.
A quartet of drag queens meet on a group therapy retreat that will change their lives forever.
When three boys get lost together in the forest, the adventure they share will change them forever.
Two teenage girls begin a secret relationship in a strict Jehovah’s Witness community.
A film about the weight of patriarchy and the illusion of Manichaeism.
At 83, Madelynn Von Ritz is doing what she loves, making music. This is a film about hard luck, perseverance, loss and hope. About almosts and nevers and keeping on.
When his bipolar mother walks back into his life, a young gay man is forced to contend with his family history of mental illness.
An experimental film which follows its participants as they take voyeurism to the next level, inviting the audience to become an active participant.
Putting a festival in the frame Georgis Grigorakis on shooting a hybrid documentary about Thessaloniki Film Festival
Encouraging reel growth How Spanish/Greek co-production Yerma took root at the Evia Project
Age and urgency Daniel Talbott and Andrew Klaus-Vineyard on Welcome To Tool Shed
Little games Alicia Scherson on adapting Bolaño and making The Summer War
Without context Matt Eames on declining political discourse, life without social media, and Deepfake
Such a suff'ring Joe Fria on exploring his personal fears in Shadows Of Willow Cabin
Sacred and profane Hannah Peterson on adapting David Hornsby's Via Negativa
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