A modern day retelling of Oscar Wilde’s cautionary tale, it follows actress Dorian as she travels to Matera to be tutored by reclusive screen icon Lady Amelia Wotton for her upcoming Broadway debut as Lady Macbeth. When Wotton asks her granddaughter Evie to photograph Dorian, the girls grow close but is their relationship as innocent as it appears to be, or is there a more sinister curse at work?
In their quest to exterminate the “pink” people of the world and invoke the return of their messiah, the “bostauros” end up opening a different portal. The incorrect reading of the mysterious book connects them to the House of 7 Vampires: a clan of thirsty vamps who have lived in scarcity of human blood for centuries. From absurd preaching to bloodbath, a vampire joke from Brazil today.
Somewhere up north at the age of peak modern there is a man longing for connection but unable to break loose, and a woman feeling alien to the world which has everything figured out for her, without her. They make their best to fit in and fulfill their roles but struggle to connect with the world, themselves and others. Something important is missing. As if the whole world was drained of love, chugging along on mere duties and bureaucratic inertia, passing over the baggage of the generations. Giant’s Kettle is a journey into the unconscious, a love story without love, an epic tragicomedy of the mundane, and a mystery in a world emptied of mystery.
In a realm where souls shape their destinies at "The Bookshelf", two determined souls strive for overlapping life stories. As they both reach for the same essential books, time ticks away. Surprisingly, their clash leads to an extraordinary outcome...
Beyond the Heavens, Sasha and Lucio, two angels in the making, are locked up in a boarding school. Both are very close friends and long for the freedom promised by their wings’ obtention. But Sasha seems closer to his goal than Lucio, and his success threatens their relationship
In the sewers of Bergen, a microbiologist tries to uncover a contamination of the drinking water. THE SEPTICHEXEN POEM: Deep below the city's streets, The witch in darkness waits and eats, Her magic seeps into the water's flow, As she seeks an heir to follow. Beware the witch with magic dread, Her lair of filth, her cauldron red, For she seeks a child to train in her way, And make the water turn foul each day. So do not stray too far below, Or the witch will catch you, don't you know? For in her realm, she rules supreme, And the darkness there will never beam.
In the beautiful South of France, Guillaume is a suicidal Frenchman. Vedrana is slowly dying in a loveless relationship. She is determined to make him love again, but his former fiancée shows up at his doorstep, pregnant with his child.
In a corrupt medieval world, untested Raymar risks all to join the resistance and prove himself a hero; only to confront the harsh reality of what heroism truly demands.
A reframing of the classic tale of Narcissus, the director draws on snippets of conversation with a trusted friend to muse on gender and identity. Just as shimmers are difficult to grasp as knowable entities, so does the concept of a gendered self feel unknowable except through reflection. Is it Narcissus that Echo truly longs for, or simply the Knowing he possesses when gazing upon himself?
Walking in her home, Evelia experiences the past, the present and the future at the same time. In the symbolic life she leads, governed by the god Janus, everything around her seems to speak to her, until random visions are born poetic. Through the trance state that awakens the inner gaze, Evelia's anima connects with the anima mundi. Simonetta's eyes is about the memory that a person will leave behind; Evelia tells the viewer, with the language of the gaze: "one day, we will only be memory".
After an attack of unknown origin, creatures hostile to humans emerge from the Tagus River, in Lisbon. A man and his cat fight for survival. ✨️Nominated for best Microshort at 17th MoteLX (2023) - Lisbon International Horror Film Festival
Hanbei (Arata Furuta), the boss of the labor agency Fujitsuboya is known to the underworld as the leader of the 'Last Rite Givers' (Indouya), an organization that deals with disposing of criminals for the sake of the people and society. However, in reality, he is merely a timid and mild-mannered man, too gentle to even harm a fly, whose fearsome appearance is what earned him his position. In both his public and secret life, the true leader is his wife, Oise. One day, a wandering assassin known as the 'mad dog', Yoiyami Ginji (Taichi Saotome), appears—someone who will kill anyone, regardless of who they are, as long as the price is right. Under the orders of the 'Black Blade' gang, who aim to destroy the 'Last Rite Givers' and monopolize the underground business, Ginji awaits to ambush and kill Hanbei. However, at that moment, as if by the curse of the 'Tengosei' star, a violent lightning strike causing the bodies of Hanbei and Ginji to switch.
Sinnahí is a young woman who discovers the secret hidden in her bed: a terrifying monster. At first, fear is present, but it fades due to the love that arises between them. However, having a relationship with a monster turns out to be more complicated than they thought.
You are dragged into a quest, knowing not where, or why, you go. Or, an attempt to follow the 'hero's journey' story structure without using any on-screen characters.
Copper age. the Ismirian empire has conquered the Summartch empire, A group of survivors had managed to escape. a captured hero struggles to find his family and in the middle of war for survival searches for love in a world full of hate.