Unveiled through a made-for-TV documentary, five chilling tales of found footage horror emerge to take viewers on a gore-filled journey through the grim underbelly of the forgotten 1980s.
Mary is a 12-year-old Dublin schoolgirl bravely facing the fact that her beloved Granny is dying. But Granny can’t let go of life, and when a mysterious young woman turns up in Mary’s street with a message for Granny, Mary is pulled into an unlikely adventure. The woman is the ghost of Granny’s own mother, who has come to help her daughter say good-bye to her loved ones and guide her safely out of this world. She needs the help of Mary and her mother, Scarlett, who embark on a road trip to the past. Four generations of women travel on a midnight car journey. One of them is dead, one of them is dying, one of them is driving, and one of them is just starting out.
A once beautiful and lush planet is now a desert wasteland because its precious plant that contains life-essential energy was destroyed by careless explorers from Earth. Three kids believe that hope still exists and brave an active volcano and giant robots, overcoming all odds to find the last of the powerful plant and return their home to its former magnificence.
Lexxy wants it all: money, love, kids, a home. She has got the drive, now all she needs is the path. After a stint as a party promoter and criminal, she turns to the music business. Lexxy forms a female hip hop group, with dreams of breaking into the industry. Things look promising until lies and betrayal break up the group, and dissolve all friendships.
Simon, debilitated by Parkinson’s Disease, takes back control of his body after receiving an implant in his brain that runs on a yearly subscription. A WestWood Films' short film.
From Brooklyn beginnings to literary pantheon, Norman Mailer's unorthodox trajectory spans marriages, offspring, and accolades. An unprecedented glimpse into the preeminent 20th-century author's private and public worlds through intimate biography.
A shapeshifting Alien from outer space wreaks havoc on a small rural town in the American Southwest near the legendary Area 51 of UFO fame. These Extraterrestrials are a brain-eating race who love to behead and eat humans. They are among us and have been for millions of years.
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.
When product designer Rebecca fudges the truth during a job interview about being a confident leader, she finds her lie put to the test on a retreat in the mountains of Tahoe where she'll be assessed, along with other potential employees, to see if they fit the outdoorsy company's culture. She's partnered with Nathan, a prospective salesman, who absolutely despises the outdoors. Despite their differences, the two must work together to succeed and just might fall in love in the process.
Composed for the Paris Opéra, the romantic but ultimately tragic narrative of Donizetti’s grand opera La Favorite is set amidst the Moorish invasions of Spain and the power struggles between religion and the state in the 14th century. The novice Fernand abandons his monastery having fallen in love with the noble Léonor, not knowing that she is the King’s mistress and favourite. Drawing on traditions established by Rossini and Meyerbeer, La Favorite is noted for Donizetti’s innovative use of the orchestra and for some of his most renowned and enthralling arias. This acclaimed production opened the 2022 Donizetti Opera Festival in Bergamo, and is performed with its original French libretto.
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.
Paolo, an aspiring Italian chef, fresh off of a heartbreak moves from Rome to LA to change his life. To make ends meet he accepts a job as dishwasher at a successful restaurant in Los Angeles, owned by a powerful couple Maya and Chef Carlos. However, the business and the marriage are threatened by a dark secret, could Paolo dream be over that quickly? Paolo's kind heart will help him save the restaurant and rescue Maya's heart.
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.
A successful athlete, member of the Olympic team, after a vertebra injury and the forced end of her sports career, becomes a successful and well-known porn actress. Based on the real-life story of Olympic diving champion Andrea Absolonová.
Filmed in Gianni Versace's mansion in Miami where every object is a separate work of art, this stunning documentary attempts to bring the genius of the Italian fashion giant to life. Through archival material and the confessions of friends and former colleagues, a portrait of a Renaissance designer emerges, a man who never stopped being inspired to create a strictly personal universe of high aesthetics. Indeed, Versace was not only one of the greatest and most influential designers of his time. He was also on the sharp intersection between classic and modern, redefining the way we perceive fashion and clothing.
"Saviors" offers viewers a voyeuristic glimpse into the boundless expanse of possibility within bdsm, a softer side not often portrayed in media, through the sensual rituals of Shibari (rope bondage) with dominatrix Azriel Black Wolf. The film is accompanied with synthesizer music by John Paul Bohon. "Saviors" is in part a continuation of Cecilia's first short film, untitled Experimental Erotica #1. Self-experiential, dream-like visuals of sensorial processing bliss, juxtaposing softness and the taboo.