A bullied teenage girl decides to visit a hotel suite to commit joint suicide with another person she met online. What happens next, however, is a startling twist that will forever change their lives.
Sonia and Arturo live in a house that appears safe but is too large and silent. One night, three armed men violently break into the couple's property. Arturo manages to escape and capture the youngest and most inexperienced of the thieves, deciding to kidnap him and discipline him in the basement of the house. Gradually, the anger dissipates, and strange familial ties emerge that Arturo and Sonia believed were long gone. "Salvajes" is a violent portrayal of a divided society, in an unequal social fabric where the boundaries between victim and perpetrator become blurred.
A boy is haunted by terrifying nightmares where a monster lurks inside the closet. To his relief, his father appears in the middle of the night helping him to face his fears. But the boy will begin to question the true nature of these apparitions, having to face the truth about his father's destiny and the evil force that threatens to consume him.
At a time when Pak Wiryo found it difficult to die because he had a 'hold', the children of his first wife and second wife were fighting over the inheritance.
Driven by deep concern for their fragile daughter, her parents subject her boyfriend to shockingly intense and brutal tests, pushing the boundaries of his love to its absolute limits.
In the heady days of the 1968 Prague Spring, a group of Czechoslovak Radio journalists risk not just their careers but their lives to distribute independent news amidst national and regional tumult. Orphaned brothers Tomáš and Pája are caught in the struggle for freedom. The elder, Tomáš, is a radio technician working at the station committed to defying the Communist Party’s censorship, overwhelming propaganda, and police harassment. When security forces pressure him to spy for them, Tomáš finds himself in a bind where he has to choose between betraying his colleagues or protecting Pája.
A tough, working-class petty criminal is drawn into the treacherous world of diamond smuggling and morphs into an anti-heroine to be reckoned with in the murky underworld.
Atrabilious follows Steven Joyner as he tries to solve the mystery behind his son's sudden, tragic and potentially fabricated death. He is led to the titular bar, Atrabilious, and begins to unravel the history of the establishment.
A clinically insane man, grappling with a mental breakdown, stumbles upon a long-lost relic, unraveling a dark and sinister memory that plunges him deeper into the abyss of his fractured mind.
In a world ravaged by radiation, a man wakes up with nothing but a fleeting memory from his childhood. As he stumbles through the desolate wasteland, he begins to recover fragments of his past whilst he sets out on a journey to uncover the truth and put an end to the devastation that has overcome his world.
Body dysmorphia is a subject rarely tackled in film. The irrational beliefs about appearance that sufferers experience, along with the self-conscious anxieties that comes with it, are such fertile grounds for genre exploration. Writing and directing from first-hand experience with this destabilizing illness, Grant Swanson has made a demonically disturbing standout that addresses it in uncompromising terms in DYSMORPHIC, which will be closing this year’s showcase. A film about modern dating. To a point.
A group of entitled nepo babies go to Sagada for a wild long weekend to celebrate their 1st work anniversary – Ada, the ‘Queen Bee’ of the group; J, her influencer boyfriend; Bella, a model; Kel and Sho , twins from a wealthy Spanish family; and Cass, the newest member of the group. They’re the ‘cool kids,’ scions from affluent families. They are met in their private villa by Gil, caretaker and tour guide, whom all the girls are attracted to. The climate is crisp and cool, perfect for the activities they have planned. It seems like everything’s set. However, there’s one catch: tagging along with them is Yayo, Cass’s nanny. He was tasked by Cass’s parents to look out for her. Being a probinsyano, he’s excited to visit Sagada. Together, they enjoy the scenic, unique tourist spots that Sagada has to offer. Little does Yayo know, the group is annoyed by his presence as they expect him to get in the way of the group’s plans to get drunk, high, and
Emily Wyland teams up with cinematographer Danny to shoot an intimate documentary about reuniting with Emily’s estranged mother after a decade apart. When her mother suddenly goes missing, possibly succumbing to the addictions that first tore her family apart, Emily and Danny must piece together increasingly sinister clues to find her before it’s too late.
A gripping exploration of morality, class divide, and the human condition. The film follows the story of an upper class family from Florida, whose life is turned upside down when they receive a ransom demand for their son. What begins as a tale of a kidnapping soon evolves into a tense examination of societal contrasts as the family grapples with the decision to sacrifice their fortune to save a child. A narrative that dives into the complexities of human nature, showcasing both the heights of selflessness and the depths of greed.