Cryptid: The Chupacabra takes you deep into the history of the legendary Chupacabra phenomenon. From its earliest roots in the villages of rural Puerto Rico to its present representative in the American southwest, the film explores all angles of the mystery, featuring narration by Lyle Blackburn and interviews with witnesses and experts like Nick Redfern and Ken Gerhard.
21 key moments in the life of a couple in 21 sequence shots filmed in 16 mm, shot entirely in Andalucia: this is the premise of the feature debut of Néstor Ruiz Medina, Goya nominee for his short film Baraka. María and Fer live an intense and complicit love, in an idyllic setting by the coast of Cádiz: a house with land, a vegetable garden with chickens, a rich social life, and time to spend with each other. Since money does matter in life, all this is sustained by exposing their sex life on OnlyFans, a social network with paid memberships, a thing they carry with ease and grace. What really lies behind all this, along with its consequences, is what we will see in these 21 moments of intimacy: the emotional flipside of OnlyFans brought by the cinema.
The holiday season has arrived, and brilliant but accident-prone Steve Urkel has already ruined his local celebration by publicly humiliating a shopping mall Santa. In his attempt to make things right and score some nice points with the big guy in the North Pole, Steve creates an invention that only makes things worse. Using his big brain and even bigger heart, Steve must find the real Santa to see if together they can help the city rediscover the holiday spirit.
With a visual style that alternates between intimate verité moments, meditative reflection and suspenseful sequences, the film tells the story of Chief Ramon Gonzalez, detective Manuel Casas and officer Mayra Garza, as they navigate the complexities of their existence on the US/Mexican border.
Jesselyn Silva is a 15-year-old 3x national boxing champion. However, when she is on the cusp of making the Olympic team, she is forced to face her toughest battle yet, a cancer diagnosis.
Upon leaving London and working at a cooking hotline, Abby connects with an anonymous caller — a single dad who Abby unknowingly is also smitten with in real life.
A man seeks fatherly advice by creating scenes from a never-produced comedic screenplay written by his late dad. The scenes eerily show up in and influence the filmmaker’s own life, yielding an excavation of family, legacy, and navigating adulthood.
A compelling call for justice, Stolen Time follows charismatic elder rights lawyer Melissa Miller as she takes on the corporate for-profit nursing-home industry—an industry notorious for its lack of transparency and accountability. As the legal battle unfolds, families, frontline caregivers and change-makers chronicle an urgent crisis with ramifications—and inspiration—for us all.
A troubled American living in England spends his days self-medicating and working as a reluctant substitute teacher until events force him to face his past and reclaim his life.
This Japanese urban legend is quite different from typical German fairy-tales. In addition to classic themes like betrayal and revenge, the legend of the “slit-mouthed woman” also includes supernatural elements.
BJ Meok-ja, a male BJ who broadcasts for adults, plans to win a big share by joining forces with Ji-hye, a married woman. However, Ji-hye and her husband are making different plans.
At a group meeting for recovering addicts, not everyone is telling the full truth about their reasons for attending. As each participant takes part, the truth of their pasts and experiences become disturbingly clear as each tries to benefit from the session for very different reasons.
When Daniel is fired right before his son's expensive surgery, an angel takes him on a journey back in time to witness the trials of Joseph and Mary before the very first Christmas, reminding him how God's love can carry him through anything.
Take the DR Symphony Orchestra and Jakob Stegelmann to the dark, magical fantasy world and experience the magnificent music from e.g. The Lord of the Rings, Game of Thrones, Harry Potter and His Dark Materials.
Illuminating the challenges often unseen beyond the toys, trees and tinsel, people in a small Irish village reflect on their difficult relationships with Christmas. "So This Is Christmas" is a heartwarming and charming portrait from award-winning director Ken Wardrop, which perfectly exemplies his innate ability to tell the stories of ordinary people, depicting their thoughts, feelings and experiences in an empathetic way. Beautifully rendered in 35mm, the film is authentic and compassionate, and a valuable addition to the Irish documentary canon.