Lifestyle guru Joy Edwards - whose cookbooks feature her perfect home life and family - is horrified when a TV network decides to film Christmas dinner at her fabled, but fabricated, country home. Now, she must recruit her best friend Max to pose as her fake husband for the cameras - but they both discover something real along the way.
A surreal horror short that follows a young artist caught in a creative block. He find himself in a surreal nightmare that feels too real to get out of. Going through hell might be his way out of it.
a 90 second anthology following a little girl trapped in the hypnotic glow of her smart tablet. She scrolls through an abyss of unsettling videos- fragments of violence, perversion, and decay disguised beneath the cheerful visage of online childrens entertainment.
A group of friends embark on a journey that seemed routine, but soon find themselves confronted with the dark secrets of a local legend that threatens to change everything.
Not quite a festival, not quite a movie, Spike and Mike’s Animation Extravaganza is crashing the big screen and bringing the party to you! Curated by the weirdos that made INVINCIBLE and THE WALKING DEAD, this showcase of animated short films mashes up infamous vault classics with the official 2025 festival selections.
An intimate story of a married couple trying to break free from their habitual patterns of behavior and put their relationship to the test of its correctness. The documentary is a deep and intimate probe into a partnership, its dynamics and fragility. It follows the couple who, in an effort to keep their family together, embark on an experiment of radical openness. This brings with it unexpected challenges, twists and consequences for other family members.
The film explores Mumbai’s walls as living storytellers — canvases of memory, protest, and change. Through artists, commuters, and anonymous voices, the film reveals how every brushstroke resists time, control, and erasure.
A janitor of the Municipality of Athens, determined to give his six-year-old son the future he himself was denied, enrolls him in a private school. But his chase of the “Greek dream” turns into a tragicomic spiral of conflicts, leading to a bitter revelation: perhaps his illusions were all he truly had.
Carefree photographer Arjun lives and works with his uncle Sam, who owns a wedding photography agency. At a destination wedding, he meets pottery instructor Pooja and the two agree for a short-lived fling. For the first time, Arjun feels genuine emotion, but Pooja ends it as planned.
Marie faces the hegemonic king of chess and during the tournament, in a speakeasy, a high-ranking official of an organization will make an attractive but crazy proposal to the French player to improve her game. What she doesn't know is that this persuasive and elegant man is none other than the prince of darkness himself.
The short film tells a mythical story set in Dunhuang, where the bird god Kalaviuka awakens from the ruins of a time of nuniversal extinction. She still hears the chirping of birds and walks on the lake of tears, where she sees a door in the wilderness. There is a hole in the door, and the old god with a broken hand looks at her through it.
Roi Roi Binale is a soul-stirring Assamese musical that weaves together themes of love, art, identity, and the lingering shadows of a region scarred by past turmoil. Set against the backdrop of a region recovering from the scars of terrorism, Roi Roi Binale subtly explores the enduring impact of trauma. Its central question, whether art should serve the artist or the people, drives the narrative, as each character seeks their own truth.
Durga, an ordinary housewife living in a large ancestral home, returns one day to find her family and house hijacked by four deadly terrorists seeking shelter. Driven by the primal instinct of a mother and a powerful woman, Durga decides to take matters into her own hands, transforming into a warrior to end the nightmare and save her family.