Sympathy for the Devil(2023)

F(it)

A film made for LIVE, a workshop held by Bianco-Valente. Curated by Giusy Caroppo as a part of the InContemporanea exhibition.

Film for Aliens(pl)

Fourteen-year-old Jeremi is a YouTuber. His father works in a space agency and promised to show him a rocket launch, but plans changed at the eleventh hour, and he called off the trip. Instead, the teenager is sent to his grandpa in the countryside. To drag Jeremi away from the Internet, his dad gives him a special mission.

A Christmas Carol(en)

Miser Ebenezer Scrooge is awakened on Christmas Eve by spirits who reveal to him his own miserable existence, what opportunities he wasted in his youth, his current cruelties, and the dire fate that awaits him if he does not change his ways. Scrooge is faced with his own story of growing bitterness and meanness, and must decide what his own future will hold: death or redemption.

Believe in Me(en)

In a conservative small town, a young man's wish to coach high school basketball are tweaked by a school board decision that makes him the new coach of the girls' team.

Osomoy(bn)

Caught between her middle-class background and her rich university friends, Urbi navigates a world of wealth and privilege. But as she chases her dreams, she falls into a life-changing chaos, paying a high price for her ambitions.

Dead End Drive-In(en)

In the future, a health nut and his tag-along girlfriend become trapped in a drive-in theater that has become a concentration camp for outcast youths.

Sauna(fi)

It is 1595. Brutal wars have just ended in an uneasy peace between Protestant Sweden and Orthodox Russia. We focus on the spiritual defeats of two conquered Finnish brothers, one a hardened near-psychopathic war hero, the other a gentle scientist in an age with no use for such men. They find themselves in the swampy interior, demarcating the new border with a unit of sadistic Russians.

The Pool(en)

International students at an elite Prague school are stalked and murdered by a masked killer while holding a party in an abandoned water park.

The Aura(es)

A quiet, epileptic taxidermist plans the perfect crime. All he needs is the right opportunity. An accident, perhaps…

River Wild(en)

Follows a pair of siblings who love but distrust each other as they embark on a white-water rafting trip with a small group. One of their friends from childhood turns out to be more dangerous than he appears.

Assassin(en)

A private military operation invents futuristic microchip tech that enables the mind of an agent to inhabit the body of another person to carry out covert, deadly missions. But when an agent is killed during a secret mission, his wife takes his place in an attempt to bring the man responsible to justice.

Me vuelves loca(es)

Carolina has a perfect life: she lives in a luxurious house, works in a fashion magazine and is married to a successful publicist. One day everything goes to waste: she discovers that she is sterile, the same day that her husband leaves her for her best friend, who, in addition, is pregnant with him. After the impact of this news, Carolina has a crisis, drinks too much, trips and falls from the second floor of her house, a fact that is interpreted as a suicide attempt.Carolina is interned against her will, in the exclusive psychiatric center Eden. In that place she will meet a group of "madmen" who will help her heal and glimpse that her previous life was not so perfect. He also discovers that perhaps the craziest are those outside the psychiatric hospital.

Mob Land(en)

A sheriff tries to keep the peace when a desperate family man violently robs a pill mill with his brother-in-law, alerting an enforcer for the New Orleans mafia.

Heart of Dragon(cn)

A policeman forsakes his dream of world travel to care for a mentally impaired brother, who is later kidnapped by gangsters.

Haute Couture(fr)

Esther is at the end of her career as Head Seamstress at Dior Avenue Montaigne workshop. One day, she gets her handbag stolen in the metro by a 20 years old girl, Jade. Instead of calling the police she decides to take care of Jade. She sees in her the opportunity to pass on her skills, the craft of dressmaking, her only wealth. In the frenetic world of Haute Couture, Esther will give Jade la beauté du geste, a way to reach beyond herself.

The Balconettes(fr)

As a heat wave brings a Marseille neighborhood to a boil, three roommates gleefully meddle in the lives of their neighbors from their balcony. Until a late night drink turns into a bloody affair.

The Perfect Find(en)

After a high-profile firing, everything is at stake for 40-year-old Jenna: her career, her ticking biological clock, and her bank account. Her fashion career comeback hits a snag when she falls for a charming, much younger coworker — who happens to be her boss’s son. As sparks fly, Jenna must decide if she’ll risk it all on a secret romance with the one person who could destroy her comeback.

There's Something in the Barn(en)

An American family fulfills their dream of moving back to their roots after inheriting a remote cabin in the mountains of Norway. But there's a surprise waiting for them.

The Collective(en)

A group of righteous assassins called The Collective take aim at a highly sophisticated human trafficking ring backed by a network of untouchable billionaires. With their backs against the wall, The Collective has no choice but to put their most important mission in the hands of rookie assassin, Sam Alexander.

The Curtain of Emotions(tr)

Cade: The Tortured Crossing(en)

An identical twin restores an old mental asylum, where he takes it upon himself to mystically train the patients as warriors for humanity and justice.

The Shining(en)

Jack Torrance accepts a caretaker job at the Overlook Hotel, where he, along with his wife Wendy and their son Danny, must live isolated from the rest of the world for the winter. But they aren't prepared for the madness that lurks within.

Memento(en)

Leonard Shelby is tracking down the man who raped and murdered his wife. The difficulty of locating his wife's killer, however, is compounded by the fact that he suffers from a rare, untreatable form of short-term memory loss. Although he can recall details of life before his accident, Leonard cannot remember what happened fifteen minutes ago, where he's going, or why.

Cicatriz(pt)

The Foot of the Bed(en)

A man believes a dark entity is attacking him while he sleeps.

Withheld(en)

Stephanie, a phone sex worker, is threatened by an unknown caller who knows way too much about her.

The Vanished Elephant(es)

A crime novelist receives a vital clue to the whereabouts of his long-missing fiancée.

Disorder(en)

After getting in debt with Russian gangsters, Nick is given one final chance to redeem himself: find a mysterious woman being protected by the Korean mafia. But finding her may cost him more than he ever imagined.

Pesadelo de Vaskan - Parte 1(pt)

A Corpse in Kensington(en)

When a killer stalks the hometown of 3 reunited classmates, a love triangle forms and tensions rise.

Utusan Iblis: Dia Yang Berada di Antara Kita(id)

Telling the story of Olivia, a psychiatrist specializing in mental health, who tries to help Rendy, a police officer, dealing with a brutal massacre case carried out by Cantika against her child and husband. After going through several therapy sessions, Olivia's own psychological condition deteriorates. A terrifying entity has long possessed Cantika’s body and was the reason she slaughtered her entire family, and now it is causing Olivia’s past to resurface.

The Wolf Hour(en)

Once a known counterculture figure, June E. Leigh now lives in self-imposed exile in her South Bronx apartment during the incendiary '77 Summer of Sam. When an unseen tormentor begins exploiting June's weaknesses, her insular universe begins to unravel.

Temurun(id)

After their mother dies during a violent break-in, two siblings move in with their estranged father discover their family's sinister heritage.

You Came Back(it)

Marco and Anita discover they are expecting a child. Finally a ray of light in Marco’s life after his heartbreak following the loss of Leo, his first born with his former wife Clara. Suddenly, however Perla, the new owner where the couple lived until the tragic accident, bursts into Marco’s and his ex-wife’s lives. The mysterious woman claims she keeps feeling a strange presence and hearing the voice of a child that is tormenting her and her son. Marco therefore finds himself torn between the ties of the past and an unwritten future.

Follow the Crows(en)

Long after the end of the world survivors wander the fields and wastelands that once housed the cities of Britain. One such survivor, the Man, isolates himself from human contact, until he meets a young woman and the pair begin an adventure that will teach them both what it is to be human.

Funny Games(de)

Two psychotic young men take a mother, father, and son hostage in their vacation cabin and force them to play sadistic "games" with one another for their own amusement.

Vacancy(en)

A young married couple becomes stranded at an isolated motel and find hidden video cameras in their room. They realize that unless they escape, they'll be the next victims of a snuff film.

Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte(en)

An aging, reclusive Southern belle plagued by a horrifying family secret descends into madness after the arrival of a lost relative.

John Wynn's Mirror Mirror(en)

A psychological thriller about a mirror that has no respect of person; no matter what your social economic status. Dr. Roosevelt Jones is a successful Black pastor searching for the truth while living a double life with a Caucasian stripper. From the church boardroom and his large congregation, Jones' trail takes him to a gentleman's club where he is infatuated with another lifestyle. In spite of his obsession with a stripper, Jones always returns home to his wife Robin. The Jones' have been married for 20 years; however, they only have a business relationship.