Jean-Paul, recently injured at work, spends his days praying in Montreal Churches and his nights dancing in a strip club. The film portrays a slice of JP’s life, showing his resilience in coping with pain and his faith in the beauty of life.
Jean-Paul, recently injured at work, spends his days praying in Montreal Churches and his nights dancing in a strip club. The film portrays a slice of JP’s life, showing his resilience in coping with pain and his faith in the beauty of life.
2024-10-11
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On the occasion of a dance competition a young ballet dancer is in a foreign place. Alone in his hotel room loneliness overpowers him, until he meets a stranger on the run.
Three criminals pledge to free the soul of their friend from his gibbeted corpse in this short film based on 'The Highwayman' by Lord Dunsany.
When retiree Don declares he no longer wants the new spa he’s just ordered, Ivan the deliveryman suspects there’s more to the story than Don is willing to admit.
A glimpse into the hypnosis sessions that took place between Dr. Benjamin Simon and Betty Hill shortly after her abduction.
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Based on the real life story of Sagawa, a Japanese student who killed, dismembered and ate a young Dutch girl in Paris.
A young teacher is the victim of a cruel joke. When she enters the classroom, all her pupils are naked, standing near their bench. Their clothes are heaped up on the podium
The theme of death is heavily interwoven in Smolder’s surreal salute to Belgian painter Antoine Wiertz, a Hieronymus Bosch-type artist whose work centered on humans in various stages in torment, as depicted in expansive canvases with gore galore. Smolders has basically taken a standard documentary and chopped it up, using quotes from the long-dead artist, and periodic statements by a historian (Smolders) filling in a few bits of Wiertz’ life.
In a consumerist society, the desire for material goods often overcomes human love; this material love led us to a crisis. The word of the day is rejecting the real and embracing the virtual.
A man who rips his own morals, where broken attitudes lead to a miserable glory. The risks of living ones limits.
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A haunting and brutal depiction of animal cruelty. Fast paced cut up art brut collage film.
A film producer meets an odd couple at a bar. Little does he know, he's about to become part of this couples main course.
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Young dreamer desperately in need of a better image for her addiction in social media and is willing to sacrifice anything for followers and likes.