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Bag Man(en)

BAG MAN is the understated story of a 12 year old African American boy, who takes us on an introspective journey out of the city and into the remote countryside of upstate New York. With a mysterious duffle bag in hand, its contents unknown to us, we journey from the urban hustle of Harlem, into the winter-ravaged woodlands a world away. On the road, we slowly discover his real intentions, and the significance of what is hidden inside a young boy's bag.

John Keats: His Life and Death(en)

Dramatization short on British romantic poet John Keats.

The Prince and the Pauper(en)

Long ago in a land with an ailing king, there was a pair of boys who looked exactly alike, a pauper called Mickey and the other, the Crown Prince.

Cosmic Bowling(en)

After their plans are unexpectedly canceled, three teenage girls spend one Friday night trolling their local suburbs, desperately searching for the cute new boy from school.

Lig stille(da)

Siblings Johanne and Simon enjoy their youth in Copenhagen with shared parties, friends and an apartment. Everything changes when Johanne involuntarily witnesses Simon's rape of a girl in her room one night. Johanne is sent into the biggest dilemma of her life, where the line between right and wrong slowly blurs.

Midwinter Sacrifice(sv)

A mythic depiction of a pagan sacrifice in prehistoric Sweden.

La Sirena(en)

A psychosexual fairy tale about a woman who surrenders to her inner monster to avenge her broken heart.

Maculate(en)

Maculate is a film about a girl in the '50s, sent to a nunnery by her parents as a last resort for her bad behavior. After being kicked out of countless schools, her parents make it clear it's either the Almighty's house or the streets. Soon after her arrival at the abbey she realizes she's pregnant - not wanting to end up homeless - what's a girl to do but fake an immaculate conception?

Apprehension(en)

A dark entity lingers over Elsie. A daily struggle, impaired thoughts and emotions causing her to lose contact with external reality.

For People in Trouble(en)

When two people meet one night in London, their relationship blossoms and fractures, intertwined with impending societal collapse.

Divebomb(en)

With his career in jeopardy a journalist begins to question the nature of his friendship with a senior journalist.

Friend(jv)

Joko and Widodo are best friends who live in a village. Joko likes to shoot Widodo’s fowl. Every time Widodo knows that his fowls have been killed; he takes revenge by burning Joko’s house. This weird friendship then changes when Widodo must move to the city, living with his son and his family.

Emmilou Run(de)

What happens if the global crisis suddenly becomes personal? After her twin sister has simply run away, Emmi goes on a search for clues. Surrounded by overwhelmed adults and terror news, she tries to sound out her perplexity between loss of control and dreamy longing ...

Be Good(en)

When a reclusive young woman receives an invite to her estranged friend's birthday party, she spends an entire day obsessively preparing herself to go. However, an emotional phone call with her mother derails her plans and leads her back into her usual self-destructive cycle of behavior.

Stalemate(en)

Upon a stay in his grandparent's countryside house, young writer Matt begins to encounter strange happenings as he attempts to write his first novel.

Stand for Humanity [a PSA about Hate Crime](en)

A PSA about Hate Crime. Young Izaak finds out that his father has been yet another victim of Hate Crime, while also learning what to do in this situations.

Marie-Christine(fr)

Short film about the underground part, both geographical and social, of the city of Montreal, through the obsession of a business magnate for a young woman.

Les électrons libres(fr)

Men in disguise arrive at a square where the last survivors of Carnival are ending a night of excess in style. Daybreak approaches. Véronique, Xavier, and Jochen may well get their wings burned...

Life(en)

Justin is caught up in the mundane routine of everyday life. Can anything break him out of the cycle, or like most of us is he doomed to repeat it forever?

Wagakki Band Japan Tour 2019 REACT -New Chapter-(ja)

Holiday on the Buses(en)

Due to a female passenger falling out of her top whilst running for the bus Stan is distracted and crashes the bus resulting in the depot managers car being written off. As a result Stan, Jack and Blakey are fired. Stan and Jack soon get new jobs as a bus crew at a Pontins holiday resort but discover that Blakey has also gotten a job there as the chief security guard.

Hellraiser: Hellseeker(en)

When the puzzle box is once again solved, Pinhead and his legion demolish all who dare oppose them. But standing in his way is the only person who has defeated Cenobites of the past.

We(en)

In a world where communication has grown into big business, the lack of it between individuals is almost a paradox. We live in tight little compartments that are not easily penetrated. Individual differences are regarded with suspicion or scorn. This animated film parodies the human condition in a few quick, colourful sketches, amusingly, without words, yet leaving food for thought.

Dog Barbos and Unusual Cross(ru)

This is the very first silent slapstick comedy short about adventures of Worldly, Coward, and Fool. What's more fun: fishing with worms, or dynamite? Three friends decided to have a blast! Unfortunately their dog Barbos just loves playing fetch. And this time that stick was used for blast fishing. Barbos saw people throwing a smoking stick in a water, and fetched it right back to his owners. The "unusual cross" part begins when owners try to outrun the dog with dynamite.

Kids Return(ja)

Shinji and Masaru spend most of their school days harassing fellow classmates and playing pranks. They drop out and Shinji becomes a small-time boxer, while Masaru joins up with a local yakuza gang. However, the world is a tough place.

Melody Time(en)

In the grand tradition of Disney's great musical classics, Melody Time features seven timeless stories, each enhanced with high-spirited music and unforgettable characters. You'll be sure to tap your toes and clap your hands in this witty feast for the eyes and ears.

Tremors 3: Back to Perfection(en)

Survivalist Burt Gummer returns home to Perfection, to find that the little town has been shaken up again by morphing, man-eating Graboids.

We(en)

A short, graphically dynamic work contrasting contradictory views of perception and interpretation, by way of society's assumptions vis-a-vis phallocentrism and fetishism.

Phas Gaye Re Obama(hi)

Om, a debt-ridden NRI, wants to sell his ancestral property to pay his debts, but things turn awry when he is kidnapped by gangsters who believe him to be a rich target.

Saint Seiya: The Heated Battle of the Gods(ja)

In Siberia, Hyōga saves a man that is being attacked. Injured, the man manages only to say something about Asgard. Some days later, Saori, Seiya, Shiryū and Shun are wondering about Hyōga and decide to go to Asgard to investigate. At Valhalla, the Lord of Asgard, Dolbar, says he has not heard of any Hyōga and neither has his right hand, Loki. However, at all times Seiya and the others can feel an evil cosmo emanating from Loki and the other Odin Saints called God Warriors. Shiryū, in particular, notices a familiar cosmo coming from Midgard, a mysterious, masked God Warrior. Dolbar makes it clear that he is trying to take control of both Asgard and the Sanctuary, imprisoning Athena in a strange dimension within the giant statue of Odin. Midgard reveals himself as Hyōga and tries to kill Shiryū to prove himself to Dolbar. Thus, it is the task of the Bronze Saints to defeat Dolbar, Loki and the rest of the God Warriors, to save Athena and Hyōga.

Natale sul Nilo(it)

A womanizing lawyer follows his wife and son to a trip to Egypt in a last-ditch effort to make up for his infidelities. Also travelling to Egypt is a bumbling police chief who's desperate to keep his rebellious daughter from becoming a showgirl. The two meet during a Nile cruise. Calamity ensues.

Fantasia 2000(en)

Blending lively music and brilliant animation, this sequel to the original 'Fantasia' restores 'The Sorcerer's Apprentice' and adds seven new shorts.

Rugrats in Paris: The Movie(en)

A group of rambunctious toddlers travel a trip to Paris. As they journey from the Eiffel Tower to Notre Dame, they learn new lessons about trust, loyalty and love.

Return of the Living Dead III(en)

Having recently witnessed the horrific results of a top secret project to bring the dead back to life, a distraught teenager performs the operation on his girlfriend after she's killed in a motorcycle accident.

The Land Before Time VIII: The Big Freeze(en)

When the dinosaur families get trapped in a valley by an ice storm, one family of "spike tail" dinosaurs volunteers to leave since they consume more food than the others. Meanwhile, the young dinos and a new adult dinosaur named Mr. Thicknose, head out to bring back their friend Spike, who has left his friends to be with members of his own species.

The Cave of the Golden Rose 5(it)

In this last film princess Fantaghirò ends up in a parallel dimension fairy land full of kids. Here the princess must fight against a villain called "Nameless".

Drop Dead Fred(en)

An unhappy housewife gets a lift from the return of her imaginary childhood friend, Drop Dead Fred.

Halloweentown High(en)

Marnie puts her magic on the line to get several Halloweentown teenagers transferred to her high school in the mortal world. But soon, Marnie and her new friends are in trouble and out of luck when the evil Knight Of The Iron Dagger appears. He's determined to destroy all things magical, and it's up to Marnie to save her high school, the human world and her magic.