Aswang
Documentary tracking the human fallout of Rodrigo Duterte's policy of executing suspected drug dealers in the Philippines.
The Balcony Movie
Documentary composed from the conversations that the director holds with people passing by in the street under his Warsaw apartment.
Bucolic
Danusia and her daughter Basia live far away from the modern world, in tune with the rhythm of nature, among animals and the spirits of the dead. Their enclave brings peace and a sense of security, but they feel a growing longing for contact with other people.
The Boy And The Beast
A runaway human boy becomes apprenticed to a supernatural beast.
Cop Secret
Mismatched buddy cop spoof.

D

The Girl And The Spider
Tensions ebb and flow as a young woman moves apartment.
Heat
A cop and a career thief end up on a collision course.

M

Mad God
An epic journey through all the layers of hell.
Manta Ray
A fisherman finds an injured refugee and tries to help him.
My Little Sister
Lisa has bid goodbye to her ambitions as a playwright and the Berlin arts scene and now lives in Switzerland with her husband, who runs an international school. When her twin brother – star of the Schaubühne theatre’s ensemble – falls ill, she returns to Berlin.
National Lampoon's Animal House
Grandaddy of teen gross-out comedies takes a chainsaw to college frat house conformity.
The New Gospel
Hybrid documentary about the life of Jesus and the current struggles of migrant workers in Italy.

R

The Sadness
After a year of combating a pandemic with relatively benign symptoms, a frustrated nation finally lets its guard down. This is when the virus spontaneously mutates, giving rise to a mind-altering plague. The streets erupt into violence and depravity.
Secret Name
Nelie escapes a miserable existence by becoming a frontline nurse in 1914 and goes on to discover emancipation can come with a price.
Soul Of A Beast
Fantasy and reality meet in the emotional world of a teenage father.
The Story Of Southern Islet
A woman who is travelling to see a shaman to seek help for her ailing husband endures strange encounters and unearthly experiences.
Taming The Garden
A poetic ode to the rivalry between men and nature.
The Terminator
Relentless cyborg tries to alter a planet's future by changing one woman's past.

V

Vengeance Is Mine, All Others Pay Cash
The tale of an impotent man who tries to assert his masculinity through fighting but cannot come to terms with his past.
Wolf Children
After falling in love with a werewolf she meets at university, a young woman is left alone to raise two half-wolf children who must be hidden from prying eyes.
Walk With Angels
Documentary follows a former child soldier who now helps families regain their stolen children in the economically deprived townships in South Africa.
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