Death as non-existence, non-being, or the absence of life has been a subject of human interest for millennia. Poets, philosophers, prophets, and hermits have now been replaced by filmmakers, influencers, cryonicists, and evolutionary biologists in the search for the quintessence of life and death. Zoltan Istvan runs a cryonics laboratory and is running for president of the United States with the demand that immortality be included among fundamental human rights. In Russia, a mass festival dedicated to the cult of death is traditionally held. Dāvis Sīmanis' film essay reveals the twists and turns of man's age-old desire for eternal life. It uncovers the metaphorical and fetishistic representations of death and the mechanisms by which we come to terms with our own mortality.
Shah Mehdi, a man who is not in a good financial situation and his wife has left home due to debts he has accumulated. In such a situation, his daughter, along with 6 other girls, drown in the city park during a camp they have attended on behalf of the school. Despite all his bad financial situation and the various tempting offers that are given to him and his family after this incident, Shah Mehdi seeks to avenge his daughter's blood.
Theater actor Lukas becomes entangled in a toxic relationship with his influential director Cosima. What begins as a harmless flirtation between the two increasingly develops into a perfidious game of seduction, power, and manipulation. When Philippe, a charismatic actor from Cosima's past, appears, the situation begins to escalate.
An intimate, funny and deeply human look at the personal contradictions of Marisé “Tata” Álvarez, who addresses topics such as the diaspora experience, female identity, mental health and her relationship with her father, all with a touch of honest humor and a contemporary perspective.
Colin died 50 years ago. Every day, he waits in limbo for his high school sweetheart to arrive. Will he be able to convince her to spend eternity in the afterlife with him... or has time taken away his one chance at love?
X125 begins at 1:25 AM, when a man wakes up with an unexplained sense of unease. As he gets dressed, strange sounds drift through the house, and familiar spaces slowly begin to feel wrong. Reality subtly distorts as tension builds, blurring the line between what is real and what is perceived. Told through atmosphere, sound, and carefully placed details, X125 is a psychological thriller that lingers, leaving its meaning just out of reach.
In Kampala’s cinema halls, VJ Emmy is the main event. The film follows this boisterous interlocutor as he brings the art of dubbing to life. Emmy doesn’t just translate; he performs, remixing blockbusters and cult classics with unfiltered commentary that renders them newly meaningful for local audiences.
Bullied by wife and daughter and mistreated at work, Herman escapes with boozed up dancing alone in the middle of the night, until a drunken dance floor takeover at an office party sparks a long overdue rebellion.
Beaten landscape of forgotten forms, devoid of life’s semblance but for she who moves through it, she who passes through shadow wordless, nameless, sourceless.
“Entre las vias” follows the five year exploration of director Bryan Ferrer about the railway history of Puerto Rico. The documentary follows the original railway of the island, its decline and the modern Urban Train, a metro system designed for San Juan.
Two escaped convicts break into a house and take a hostage, only to discover that the hideout houses something far more dangerous: a voodoo curse born from a grieving couple’s thirst for vengeance. As the night spirals into terror, they must battle an unseen power that feeds on guilt, blood, and lost souls.
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