Angel's Egg
A mysterious young girl wanders a desolate, otherworldly landscape, carrying a large egg.
Anything That Moves
An innocent Chicago food delivery boy, after having sex for money, finds himself involved in a series of murders that can be traced back to someone who was in his bed.
Barbie Boomer
67-year-old Sylvie is a passionate Barbie collector. To make sure that her collection lasts over time, she decides to donate some of her childhood dolls to the Musée de la civilisation in Quebec City, which agrees to evaluate the proposal. But will she be able to cope with the grief of separation, especially as the physical condition of her best friend Linda, also a Barbie collector, is affected by severe illness?
The Battle Wizard
A peace-loving young man meets a beautiful woman who has promised to either marry or murder the first man to see her unmasked.
Beans
Twelve-year-old Beans is on the edge: torn between innocent childhood and reckless adolescence; forced to grow up fast and become the tough Mohawk warrior she needs to be during the Oka Crisis, the turbulent Indigenous uprising that tore Quebec and Canada apart for 78 tense days in the summer of 1990.
The Bearded Girl
Cleo is ready to spread her wings and, tired of tradition and feeling like an oddball, she leaves her sheltered carnival life to find love and adventure.
Buffet Infinity
Late night local television adverts reveal the sinister tale of two restaurants battling it out in the town of Westridge County.
Burning
In a suburban village, a house belonging to a young family who recently lost their firstborn is burning. Neighbours say that the house bears the mark of a curse, as no one understands how the fire started, and eyewitnesses to the incident each have entirely different versions of what happened.
Cielo
How far would you go to reach heaven? Santa, a young indigenous girl, embarks on a rollercoaster journey to take her mother out of a life of hardship and into eternal paradise.

D

Death Does Not Exist
After a failed armed attack on wealthy oppressors, Hélène, the leader of a freedom-fighting group, finds her convictions shaken in a world that becomes more surreal with each step.
The Devil's Bride
When a miller captures a fallen devil, the two make a pact, but nothing goes to plan for either of them in this groundbreaking Soviet rock opera based on a Lithuanian folktale.
Dog Of God
Rotoscope animation sets the stage for this 17th century look at a woman accused of witchcraft whose trial reveals the presence of a werewolf.
Eddington
A stand-off between a small-town sheriff and mayor sparks a powder keg as neighbour is pitted against neighbour in Eddington, New Mexico.
Em & Selma Go Griffin Hunting
A mother and daughter head out into the woods where the girl must steel herself to perform an ancient rite of passage.
Every Heavy Thing
An unassuming office worker at an online periodical becomes entangled in a conspiracy after witnessing a murder.
Flush
Finding his ex in the nightclub where she works and convincing her to come back and live with him should be doable, correct? Losing the dealer and the bar owner who left him for dead in the restroom for trying to steal their stash is still within his capabilities. However, removing his head stuck in the toilet bowl is not a given.
Foreigner
An Iranian-born teenager is desperate to fit in at her new high school in Canada, but the more she tries to absorb and understand the unfamiliar mindset, the more she becomes consumed by a dark entity.
Fragment
Jun-gang takes care of his little sister while being threatened with eviction, while Gi-su lives alone since his father was killed… by Jun-gang’s father. Will they be able to resist the vicious cycle brought on by such a sordid crime?
Fucktoys
A bubblegum grindhouse adventure through sunny and romantic Trashtown, USA.
Good Boy
Indy is a good boy; a faithful dog, he is always by his human Todd’s side. When Todd seeks quiet in an empty family home in the countryside, Indy finds there is a strange, malevolent presence lurking in the shadows — an evil that only he can sense.
Haunted Mountains: The Yellow Taboo
A legend in Taiwan's mountains says that when lost, hikers encounter a figure in a yellow raincoat who points to a blurry path, leading them to disappear.
Hellcat
A woman wakes in the back of a moving camper trailer with a badly infected wound. A voice from the truck towing it tells her they must reach a doctor within the hour or she'll suffer a horrific fate.
Hold The Fort
After moving to the suburbs, a young couple finds themselves trapped in an epic battle between their new HOA and an onslaught of monsters from hell.
Honeko Akabane's Bodyguards
Honeko has a 10 billion yen bounty on her head. Ibuki, her childhood friend turned bodyguard, must protect her incognito. Unexpectedly, all his classmates are assigned as her covert bodyguards.
The House With Laughing Windows
A church painting restorer discovers an horrific web of intrigue in an isolated village.

I

I Am Frankelda
Frankelda, a determined 19th-century Mexican writer, journeys into her subconscious to face the monsters she's written about. Guided by a tormented prince, she must restore the balance between fiction and reality before it's too late.
I Fell In Love With A Z-Grade Director In Brooklyn
A jaded Japanese movie star stranded in NYC without money or phone meets a passionate indie filmmaker and his crew, leading to an unexpected creative journey that could reignite her love for cinema.
I Live Here Now
A woman finds herself trapped in a remote hotel where the violent echoes of her past come alive, blurring the lines between her darkest nightmares and the waking world.
Lucid
Mia is a rebellious art student who struggles to create the ultimate project for a demanding professor. Desperate to find her artistic voice, she takes Lucid, a candy elixir, to access her creativity, but taps into something much darker.
Lurker
A retail employee infiltrates the inner circle of an artist on the verge of stardom. As he gets closer to the budding music star, access and proximity become a matter of life and death.

M

Mother Of Flies
When a young woman faces a deadly diagnosis, she seeks dark magic from a witch in the woods - but every cure has costs
The Nightmare Before Christmas
3D version of Tim Burton's stop-animation film about Hallowe'en Jack's fascination with Christmas gets its annual trot around the cinema block.
Noise
After the disappearance of her younger sister, a woman with a hearing impediment experiences bizarre happenings and frightening encounters when mysterious noises echo throughout the building.
Occupy Cannes
Lloyd Kaufman and The Troma Team go on what could be their final trip to the Cannes Film Festival.
Old Guys In Bed
A gay film historian, new to online dating, enlists his teenage niece to help him navigate the uncharted waters of the digital world, in pursuit of the 70-year-old man of his dreams.
The Pearl Comb
When a Cornish fisherman's wife performs a medical miracle, a doctor goes to investigate, but discovers a lot more than he bargained for.
Queens Of The Dead
On what should be a fun night at a Brooklyn warehouse party, an outbreak of flesh-eating zombies forces a ragtag group of drag queens, partygoers and party-throwers to band together and somehow survive the night.

R

Redux Redux
Irene Kelly travels through parallel universes, repeatedly killing her daughter's murderer. As she becomes consumed by vengeance, her humanity hangs in the balance.
Reflection In A Dead Diamond
When the mysterious woman in the room next door disappears, a debonair 70-year-old ex-spy living in a luxury hotel on the Côte d’Azur is confronted by the demons and darlings of a lurid past in which moviemaking, memories and madness collide.
Rewrite
Transfer student Yasuhiko has had an amazing 21 days with Miyuki and their shared secret, that Yasuhiko comes from the future, binds them even closer.
The School Duel
When an opportunity for twisted notoriety arises, a tormented 13-year old enlists in a deadly competition.
The Serpent's Skin
A young woman leaves her transphobic small-town, and develops a romance with tattoo artist Gen with whom she shares a paranormal connection. But their deep-rooted insecurities unknowingly release a demon, which possesses one of their ex-lovers and begins feeding on their friends by sucking out their lifeforce.
Shrimp Fried Rice
An innocent enquiry at a Chinese restaurant leads to a series of discoveries.
Stinker
In a remote corner of Kazakhstan, three unlikely characters cross paths: a despairing old man, a grouchy shopkeeper, and an alien just trying to get home. With the gentle help of a curious granddaughter, walls begin to break down, but with a government motorcade soon to arrive - and a bumbling cop hot on their tails - can this misfit group somehow hold together?
Straight Outta Space
Two street coaches in a bustling neighborhood face an unexpected crisis when locals transform into bizarre, slimy beings.
Sugar Rot
A girl at an ice cream shop is assaulted and becomes horrifically pregnant with some... thing that begins to turn her into ice cream.
Sweetness
When a chance encounter with her rock star crush leads 16 year old Rylee to discover that he's a dysfunctional drug addict, she takes it upon herself to help him, ultimately forcing her teenage fantasies into reality.
Terrestrial
During a weekend reunion, a rising science fiction author welcomes three college friends to his home, but strange events begin to blur the lines between reality and imagination.
Touch Me
Two codependent best friends become addicted to the heroin-like touch of an alien narcissist who may or may not be trying to take over the world.
Le Tour De Canada
An intense rivalry develops between Francophone and Anglophone competitors in a bicycle race across Canada.
The Undertone
A woman tending to her dying mother finds her only escape in podcasting, but when her co-host presents ten disturbing audio files of a man and his wife, their experiences begin to seem disturbingly similar to her own.

V

The Virgin Of The Quarry Lake
In 2001, three teenagers from the outskirts of Buenos Aires all fall in love with Diego. Natalia has always had the most chemistry with him, but when it seems inevitable that their friendship will turn into something more, the older and more experienced Silvia appears and soon captures Diego’s attention.
Waverly
A nightclub doorman and a bartender try to make their troubled relationship work.
The Well
In a world where environmental collapse has left survivors to fight over the precious remaining resources, a young woman's loyalties are tested by the arrival of a wounded man who discovers her family has a secret supply of fresh water.
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