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Coins and Such Small Hands
Coins (Country: Germany; Year: 2021; Director: Nicole Huminski; Writer: Maya Duftschmid, Nicole Huminski; Stars: Magdalena Laubisch, Joel Olano)
A neurotic waitress with a phobia of coins fights to control her darkest fears, as her reality falls apart.
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The Dinner After (Country: UK; Year: 2021; Director: Matty Crawford)
A guilt-stricken Angela, visits her parents for what at first seems to be a routine family dinner, only for a painful truth to bubble to the surface, and the evening descends into a nightmare.
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In The Soil (Country: Denmark; Year: 2021; Director: Casper Rudolf Emil Kjeldsen; Writer: Casper Rudolf Emil Kjeldsen; Stars: Sandra Guldberg Kampp, Thomas Guldberg Madsen)
Karoline’s life is turned upside down when her father, Kjeld, manically starts digging a pit in their backyard.
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The Nicky Nack (Country: UK; Year: 2021; Director: Tom Oxenham)
A man walking home from his local one night is tormented by a terrifying sound: The Nicky Nack.
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Such Small Hands (Country: UK; Year: 2020; Director: Maria Martinez Bayona; Writer: Andrés Barba, Maria Martinez Bayona; Stars: Sophie Mulhall, Sophie Atkins, Joni Driver, Maeve Flanagan)
​At the girls' orphanage, the group’s unchecked pack mentality alienates a new arrival, who invents a new nighttime game.
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In The Soil In The Soil
In The Soil and Visitors
Visitors (Country: Japan; Year: 2021; Director: Ken'ichi Ugana)
Haruka, Nana, and Takanori visit the house of Souta, a band member who has lost contact with them. But when they arrive, they find Souta's behavior a little strange.
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