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In the most lavish of penthouses, visible only through keyholes, there exists an erotic and dangerous world. Highly-paid sex workers specialize in high-stakes games, and the richer the client, the wilder the ride. When a fantasy gets too rough for one call-girl, escaping becomes her reality.

The editor-in-chief (Dayle Haddon) of a New York women's magazine is organizing the "Last Romantic Lover" contest to find out if men still have a sense of romance. One of the winners is a circus lion-tamer (Gérard Ismaël), whose's prize is to spend 10 days with her.

Bullet Collector follows the traumas of a wide-eyed 14-year-old boy. Recalling the world of Antoine Doinel in François Truffaut's The 400 Blows, this unsettling, visually brilliant drama updates that classic by giving it a nightmarishly Russian spin.

New York City is currently undergoing a period of Hyper-Gentrification. This is a portrait of the communities fighting back.

After a string of health concerns, Cass returns to his forsaken childhood home, where he finds himself on a spiritual search for redemption.

From the minds of Dario Argento and Lamberto Bava comes the horrific Heavy Metal splatter film classic, DEMONS! A strange masked man offers tickets to a horror movie sneak preview at the mysterious Metropol cinema. When a patron is accidentally scratched by a prop displayed in the lobby, she transforms into a flesh-ripping demon!

A carefree young Rastafarian is prompted to go on a search for his father, who he never met, in Cape Verde, and finds his roots. FIPRESCI and Sophia Award Winner.

Kimmi, Sally and Nancy are best friends 4ever, secretly hanging out overnight at their high school. Only Kimmi’s a vampire who’s in love with Sally, and it’s going to be one hell of a queer neon night.

Mary Blackwell travels to her hometown of Maiden Hollow to clear out her deceased father's house. The villagers are hostile, while a local priest takes an unhealthy interest in Mary's daughter Alice, sparking a series of surreal fantasies on the brink of insanity.

She was beautiful and sensual, trapped in a loveless marriage. He was her husband's servant. Born into worlds as far apart, they found a passionate world of their own.

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A young girl who has an amazing ability to communicate with insects is transferred to an exclusive Swiss boarding school, where her unusual capability might help solve a string of murders.

While traveling for business and a happily married father of two, spends the night with a prostitute who mysteriously shows up at his hotel room. After a cocaine-fueled night of debauchery, Miro discovers the girl dead in the bathroom. With nowhere else to turn, he enlists the help of the hotel doorman and desk clerk to cover up the accident.

After being exposed to a near-fatal dose of radiation, an atomic research scientist finds himself transformed into a reptile whenever the sun hits his skin; only when he's out of its gaze can he return to human form. His aides try to cure him however they can, but they neglect to consider the mental toll it takes on their scientist boss.

The peaceful life of a middle aged architect Francis turns upside down after the street attack.

Waking up on a stage, Sayaka and Tsuda find themselves confined by evil mastermind Ando working with Sayaka's husband, Yamazaki. Discovering the adultery of his young wife and his secretary, Yamazaki asks Ando to use "Kinbaku" (bondage) as punishment for his wife's betrayal - but Sayaka's reaction gradually changes by Ando's skilled and erotic bondage technique.

Conceived as a sequel to their landmark The Vampire and the Ballerina , director Renato Polselli (Delirium) and screenwriter Ernesto Gastaldi (All the Colors of the Dark) resurrected their gothic-fiend-stalks-a-theatrical-troupe framework for an over-the-top aria of reincarnated lovers, sheer nightgowns, Sapphic hunger, interdimensional damnation and frenzied 'opera.'

Count Dracula, a vampire who regains his youth by drinking the blood of maidens, is pursued in London and Transylvania by Professor Van Helsing, Jonathan Harker and Quincey Morris.

Following the worldwide smashes Emmanuelle (1974) and The Story of O (1975), influential French filmmaker Just Jaeckin returned in 1977 with the sensual real-life drama Madame Claude. Starring French New Wave icon Françoise Fabian in the title role along with a sinister Klaus Kinski and lovely Dayle Haddon.

In 1988, South African filmmaker Cedric Sundström took a group of skilled actors to a disused railway warehouse in Pretoria to shoot the story of an unorthodox asylum for the sexually insane. With a semi-improvised script, a Roeg-meets-Argento style palette, and startling bursts of graphic violence and nudity, it was immediately banned by the government. It has remained virtually unseen until now.

Four Europeans set off in a minibus with a trove of books, searching for a place where they will establish "the world's last bookshop."

After her mother's sudden death, ten year old Moja becomes the unexpected grown-up of her fragmented family, trying to bring her troubled older sister, Vesna, and distant father together.

A gothic punk Caribbean love story arises in the ruins of a coconut plantation in rural Trinidad. "Both haunting and haunted, a palpably realized fever dream of a film." -Caribbean Beat

In a snowy mountain village, a beautiful woman is found dead. The group who found her considered the woman "Yuki Onna", a beautiful snow woman ghost. However, the "snow woman" turns out to be very much alive, She begins a sensual affair with one of the travelers who had tried to saver her. However, the villagers still believe her to be a monster, and lead an attack on the cabin where she's hiding.

An in-depth journey through the world of competitive eating, lifting the veil on the Major League Eating corporation and the untold story behind the epic rivalry between hot dog eating champs Joey Chestnut and Takeru Kobayashi.

After investigating a neighbor's attic, two high school friends, known for making prank videos, are increasingly plagued by a series of disturbing, supernatural events involving a creepy, vintage doll named Heidi - but no one will take their claims seriously...

An Italian farm couple discovers a strange substance oozing from their well, then inexplicable events take place.

A fast-paced, quirky, laugh-out-loud unpredictable sexy comedy about a young husband's desperate attempts to get a cable box for his wife. Set in the dark, snow covered landscape of northern Finland.

Baron Frankenstein’s daughter and his assistant/her lover continue his experiments in an attempt to rebuild his legacy after he is killed by his psychotic, murderous first monster.

A young woman forced to care for a disturbed theologian on his isolated farm uncovers terrifying secrets in this psychosexual gothic horror thriller.

From the minds of Dario Argento and Lamberto Bava comes DEMONS 2, the sequel to the surprise horror hit, DEMONS! There's a scary movie on television and the residents of a luxury high-rise building have their eyes glued to their sets. Unfortunately for a young birthday girl, a demonic evil is released through her TV and partygoers soon find themselves fighting an army of murderous monsters!

We are all part of the same story. A feature-length documentary about the complexity of human migration and how this affects two friends in their day-to-day lives. "A heart-driven, superlatively human tale." -The Sound View

Idling afternoons and psychedelic moods immersed in music provide an adrenaline rush for drifting youth in Lisbon. "A strong and mysterious homage to youth." -Cineuropa

On their last day of high school seven gorgeous girls have a slumber party to celebrate their going away to college. Across town, a maniacal chef goes on a killing spree. Can their gym coach (Debbie Rochon) come to the rescue of the bikini clad group' No', but when Chef Death (Rob Cosgrove) shows up at the party, hilarity ensues and the bloodbath begins.

From the minds of Dario Argento and Lamberto Bava comes the horrific Heavy Metal splatter film classic, DEMONS! A strange masked man offers tickets to a horror movie sneak preview at the mysterious Metropol cinema. When a patron is accidentally scratched by a prop displayed in the lobby, she transforms into a flesh-ripping demon!

On a summer break, Mia and her friends try a meditation app that delivers a mind-bending experience.

A documentary that exposes the rich growing subculture of hip-hop that was developed in New York City in late 70s and early 80s, specifically focusing on graffiti art and breakdancing

After the tragic death of his mother in a car accident, 15-year-old Michael King is sent to live with his grandfather Gerald, whom he hardly knows. The emotional gulf between the traumatized boy and cantankerous old man is immense, but during a road trip across South Africa's Northern Cape to reunite Michael with his estranged father, a relationship of understanding and trust slowly emerges.

A wholesome Long Island family struggles to make ends meet after Hurricane Sandy. Then their world really gets turned upside-down when a deranged Olympic-hopeful rents a room in their house and refuses to leave.

A young sailor falls in love with a mysterious woman who performs as a mermaid at the local carnival. In time, he suspects the girl might be a real mermaid - drawing men to a watery death whenever there's a full moon.

A Wonnarua man and a Wodi Wodi woman, who were Aboriginal children adopted by white families, recount their emotional journeys of love and belonging.

Sex, Drugs, Rock & Roll... and Dracula. Then You Die! Leila, a lonely young teen, parties with her friends in a warehouse. As the social barriers between the sexes crumble, she hides from the boys, but senses there is someone else who wants her who is not of this world.

Sad Vacation is an up close and personal account of the tumultuous and stormy relationship between Sid Vicious and Nancy Spungen and how it ended in Room 100 of the Chelsea Hotel. This films pulls no punches and reveals the facts through personal friends, insiders and witnesses. Includes interviews with Sylvain Sylvain (New York Dolls), Bob Gruen, Walter Lure and many more.

Passion, elusive relationships, and deep bonds between apparent strangers grow on a secluded Mediterranean island, where a writer composes his novel.

In the true spirit of Christmas the girls put their rivalry and self preservation instincts aside and invite everyone to a big holiday bash. Mysteriously people at the party start disappearing to death. Who could be killing them' It could be anybody at the party! Who will live' Who will die' Who's top's will come off' and most importantly, who will win the epic eggnog wrestling match'

A girl with a sharp mind and a weakness for bourbon finds herself on the trail of a reclusive genius. But her work takes a series of unforeseen twists, and she plunges into a dark world of earth-shattering cosmological secrets.

Sight is arguably our most important sense, an extremely complex process, which requires light that can start with photons, generated in distant stars and ending in the visual cortex of our brains. In the middle of this process are eyes. This documentary looks at the science, medicine and technology of vision and the individuals who are battling the darkness of blindness. Narrated by Elton John.

Home is where the hurt is. Lily finds herself in the living room, staring at four dead bodies. "Brilliant, and highlights how people can hide who they are and the lies that photos can tell." -Bloody Disgusting

A subtle examination of how each of us lives on the edge of normalcy while we construct an illusion of “the normal” by which we define ourselves.

A young writer traumatized by the death of his wife and kid describes his disturbing experiences to a psychiatrist, in which a mysterious man who hides under an umbrella forces him to finish his painfully autobiographical novel, regardless of the consequences.

A kinky retelling of DIABOLIQUE featuring lush Paris locations, trippy flashbacks, a swinging score by Riz Ortolani and an all-star EuroCult cast.

A female student is murdered and her body dismembered. Two young men living in Vienna could have committed the crime. But which is the killer?

The true story of international soccer star, Nadia Nadim, who escaped Afghanistan to become one of the top women's strikers in the world.

Nineteen-year-old Poppy Simpson refuses to be defined by Down syndrome and is determined to take charge of her own life.

In the mythical city of Leisure, a sexually-liberated husband and wife seduce a younger, staid couple in to experimenting with bisexuality and group sex.

What happens to art in the Internet age? A documentary on the evolving relationship between contemporary art, audience and digital technology. "Puts together two opposing thoughts, leading to new thoughts." -art4d

Three Australian telephone workers find themselves trapped during the onset of a zombie apocalypse. Comedians Jim Jefferies and Alex Williamson star in this hilarious take on Zombie movies.

Algeria-born French intellectual Helene Cixous is a feminist legend, a May 68 activist, and a major postmodern author. In his "road movie" documentary EVER, REVE, HELENE CIXOUS, director Olivier Morel explores a genius who demonstrates the paths to emancipation through creative writing, theater, and activism.

WITKIN AND WITKIN explores the worlds of identical twins, Joel-Peter, a world famous photographer and Jerome, a painter. "A profound meditation on art and an excellent dual-biopic." -Hammer to Nail

France, 1890. Inventor Louis Le Prince vanishes under mysterious circumstances right after he created a device that, five years later, the Lumière Brothers will call The Cinematographer.

In a surreal, sci-fi future devoid of truth, a man encounters a prophet-like painter of the desert and the enigmatic woman who becomes his soulmate.

In Rome, a drug-addicted courtesan falls in love with a man who insists that she gives up her lavish, orgiastic lifestyle for fidelity, but tragedy soon ensures.

Experience the hallucinatory debut by director Jeremy Kasten (THE WIZARD OF GORE) about a young amnesiac committed to an asylum where madness and murder may rip apart his mind forever. Starring Andras Jones (A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET 4), Seth Green (ROBOT CHICKEN), Jeffrey Combs (RE-ANIMATOR), Wendy Robie (TWIN PEAKS), Ted Raimi (SKINNER), and Alice Cooper.

A group of attractive young Iranian kite-flying enthusiasts gather at a dismal lake, near a restaurant where two sinister characters straight out of Texas Chainsaw Massacre are serving up grisly fare in Iranian independent director Shahram Mokri's fascinating arthouse horror film.

Former Miss Bahamas Josephine Jacqueline Jones sparked an international firestorm with her debut starring role as Venus, the stunning ebony seductress whom no man - or woman - can possibly resist.

A young woman astutely walks the halls of a museum. She is a figure art model, an expert of the human form who poses nude for painters and sculptors.

Meet Shabu, a 14-year-old aspiring artist from "The Paperclip," one of Rotterdam's most notorious neighborhoods. Shabu has big dreams but even bigger problems. He's just totaled his grandmother's car and needs to raise some cash before the end of the summer to pay her back. Utilizing his musical talent and street smarts, Shabu concocts a plan to both make the money and make his family proud.

A bunch of misfit high-schoolers must band together to stop an army of brain creatures from outer space that intend to kidnap Elvis Presley when he performs in a small New England town.

A clairvoyant woman, inspired by a vision, smashes open a section of wall in her husband's house and finds a skeleton behind it.

A girl living alone in a post apocalyptic wasteland finds herself hunted down by marauders who want her to fight in their fighting pit for their entertainment.

Three teenagers go to a historical farmhouse for the weekend and are caught up in the midst of a war between violent, mysterious and ancient forces. Whichever side wins, they lose.

In 2072 Rome, Italy, the ruthless CEO of a TV networks plots to stage a modern series of gladiator games for ratings while one ‘contestant’ learns of a conspiracy behind the true nature of the results.

A sci-fi thriller/dark comedy in which a scientist invents time travel and is zapped 6 months into the future. But that future is one where he is a hunted man for murder. He needs to travel back in time to solve the mystery.

A mother (Dee Wallace) must protect her family on Christmas Day from a demented stranger who is hell-bent on tearing them apart.

James is a young, successful, handsome exec surrounded by adoring friends and family. On the eve of his wedding night, he must overcome a bedazzling temptress and a particularly cruel father-in-law with a knack for torture. Will love win out or will James give in?

A young woman wanders around Manhattan and stumbles across a number of strange characters and settings that represent the underground life in New York City in the 1980's including stand-up comedy in Central Park, a prostitution auction, a voodoo ceremony, an S&M club and a diverse mix of very interesting performance artists.

After a string of health concerns, Cass returns to his forsaken childhood home, where he finds himself on a spiritual search for redemption.

A bumbling young film crew, shooting a low-budget horror in an abandoned orphanage, discovers that a family of sadistic killers has rewritten their script.

Haunted by memories and divine visions, a young woman struggles with trauma, rape and pregnancy in this poetic reimagining of the Greek Myth

Newly arrived to New York City and deserted by her husband Gabriel, Mariana must find a way, in a strange city where she barely speaks the language, to provide for her family, financially and emotionally.

One day, Soumaya is fired from her job. She then sees on TV that news outlets are linking her to jihadist circles, days after her apartment is raided by police...

Mary Blackwell travels to her hometown of Maiden Hollow to clear out her deceased father's house. The villagers are hostile, while a local priest takes an unhealthy interest in Mary's daughter Alice, sparking a series of surreal fantasies on the brink of insanity.

An organized gang terrorizes their victims, forcing them to perform humiliating acts on camera which are then released online. Anna and Sam's lives are forever altered after becoming involved in this world of crime.

Join the Joie de Vivre club with the maddeningly charming Lola, as she plots to loosen up her fiancé in this exuberant sexy comedy. Everyone is wild about Lola - even, some suspect, her own stepfather.Frivolous Lola is Tinto Brass' most likable film, Cult Epics presents the Uncut & Uncensored Director's Cut with new and vintage bonus features.

She was beautiful and sensual, trapped in a loveless marriage. He was her husband's servant. Born into worlds as far apart, they found a passionate world of their own.

An epic tale of slashing swords, cutting betrayal, and bloody revenge, Samurai Vendetta is justly hailed as one of the best samurai films ever made!

Love hurts! After bonding over their mutual dislike of grapes, a manicurist and a strip club owner discover another commonality: they're both bloodthirsty serial killers.

Odile, a young woman looking for adventure, is seduced by her neighbors, but the titillating new game turns dangerous when two unsavory players enter the mix.

Three young women encounter car trouble during a rainstorm on the way to a concert from their favorite band, Dragonsclaw. When they venture into the woods to find help, they stumble upon the lair of a flesh-masked maniac whose killing instrument of choice is a meathook. No one will survive and nothing will be left of them!

Past and present collide in modern-day Luxembourg when a widowed Italian ex-pat and a beautiful nightclub VJ find meaning in their shared experiences.

Mona is a champion bodybuilder whose existence is a spasmodic quest for perfection. Starring Julian Sands in one of his final performances.

Based on Erich Von Daniken's book purporting to prove that throughout history aliens have visited earth.

Five socialites are put to the test when their recently-deceased friend asks them to commit the ultimate taboo in order to inherit his fortune.

When Danny and Zoe decide to buy an old haunted attraction, they think they'll have fun and make money. After meeting with the groundskeeper, they learn the property has a bloody past. They hire a full cast of haunt actors who work together to bring the haunt back from the dead. On opening night, no one stands a chance as Teddy returns to his old stomping ground for more blood!

A young photographer returns to his home town after it's been destroyed by a volcano, searching for love and redemption.

A modern horror omnibus inspired by the over-the-top shocks of Paris' early 20th century Theatre du Grand Guignol, including six bizarre tales from seven of horror's most transgressive filmmakers. "One of the best horror anthologies of all time." -Paste

Hedi is the new neighbor of Iva, who raises her daughter Sophia by herself. The two women start a love relationship and Iva is desperately in love. Suddenly Iva's father appears, to whom Hedi feels strongly attached. It seems that only one world exists for Hedi: her own.

It's New Year's Eve, and everyone thinks that Marta and Jorge are the perfect couple. Too perfect. "Some of the most beautiful sequences in recent Portuguese cinema." -c7nema

The love story of world-renowned ballerina Margot Fonteyn and international diplomat Roberto "Tito" Arias transcended fame, infidelities, an attempted coup d'état backed by Fidel Castro, and five close-range shots that left him permanently paralyzed. Mercedes Arias, the niece of Tito and Margot, delves into the untold past to reveal a fascinating tale of political intrigue and undying passion.

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A man moves into an abandoned train car where he resurrects the vicious ghost of his landlady's dead husband.

The relationship between a psychoanalyst and his seductive, unhappily married patient becomes dangerously intimate as they gradually reveal dark secrets from their pasts.

A stockbroker travels to New Orleans in order to secure the deal of a lifetime, but instead falls into the excesses of Mardi Gras with his potential client's seductive wife.

Michelle is one part sexual nymph, one part man-hating psycho, and one part 12-year-old child. When she catches the eye of Andy, it turns his life upside down and their relationship becomes the formula for passion, pleasure, and pain.

In a post-apocalyptic land, a veteran volunteers for an experimental cybernetic program, only to find that it turns him into a killing machine.

A homicide detective begins a torrid affair with a senator's son who is a suspect in a series of grisly murders.

Feeling neglected by her doctor husband, a bored housewife starts spending her afternoons working at an exclusive brothel.

Two hitmen, two hoods, two outlaws and a mixed bag of other quirky characters hilariously cross paths in an isolated desert community.

An artist receives phone calls from a murdered woman and follows her voice through the clubs and alleyways of Los Angeles in his search of her killer.

A Southern débutante abandons her posh lifestyle and upcoming, semi-arranged marriage to have a lustful and erotic fling with a rugged drifter.

When an antique mirror casts a seductive spell over a newlywed, she must enlist the help of a medium to break its erotic curse.

Following the death of the Maharajah on safari, his grieving widow files a five million dollar insurance claim before returning to India. She is followed by an investigator who quickly becomes infatuated with her and drawn into a mystery.

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Haunted by memories and divine visions, a young woman struggles with trauma, rape and pregnancy in this poetic reimagining of the Greek Myth

Introverted Cameron, is desperately in love with his high school crush Diane. But his romantic pursuit is halted when Victoria, a female vampire moves in next door. Cameron soon discovers he's in the middle of a life-and-death adventure.

Many years ago in the Acadian forest, a local sheriff and his oldest friend are forced to perform an exorcism in a remote cabin in the woods.

An ailing vampire count travels to Italy with his servant to find a bride.

When three young filmmakers set out to make a documentary about a French industrialist accused of murdering his family, they are confronted by supernatural forces engaged in a war for the very soul of the land.

A modern horror omnibus inspired by the over-the-top shocks of Paris' early 20th century Theatre du Grand Guignol, including six bizarre tales from seven of horror's most transgressive filmmakers. "One of the best horror anthologies of all time." -Paste

Baron Frankenstein’s daughter and his assistant/her lover continue his experiments in an attempt to rebuild his legacy after he is killed by his psychotic, murderous first monster.

Sociopathia tells the story of Mara, a new breed of psychopath, one who on the outside appears to be an introverted girl-next-door but secretly harbors a violent rage that threatens all who enter her world.

An American writer in Rome is talked and harassed by a serial killer who is murdering everyone associated with his work on his latest book.

Haunted by the ghost of their dead son, a young couple tries a séance to make contact. But instead, they summon a wicked demon seeking revenge. Now they must enlist the help of a disgraced exorcist to send the evil spirit back to hell.

After investigating a neighbor's attic, two high school friends, known for making prank videos, are increasingly plagued by a series of disturbing, supernatural events involving a creepy, vintage doll named Heidi - but no one will take their claims seriously...

When Samantha loses her parents in an accident, she is sent to live with her aunt who runs a strange bordello in the Deep South. She will find not only the passions of those who live there but also unlock the secrets to a series of brutal murders.

Mary witnesses the brutal suicide of her Father. The End of Days is upon the world; famine, drought, looting, and chaos are ripping the world apart, but what is the Holy Church actually doing? "Better than The Exorcist." -House of Tortured Souls

Recovering from a break-up, Harrison’s life changes forever when he contacts the mysterious Maid Droid agency and meets the mysterious Mako, a beautiful android who serves his every wish. However, Mako soon starts to learn human emotions.

A man moves into an abandoned train car where he resurrects the vicious ghost of his landlady's dead husband.

Tired of being pestered by all of the men around her, Sarah, enacts the best kind of Polanski – ask revenge on her would-be mansplainers.

Terry is a life coach and motivational speaker for the meek and afraid, and his methods are very effective. When his students start to become aware of the “wolf” inside of them, their transformations take a dangerous turn.

The girls of Lincoln High are planning a party... a slumber party! Pillow fights, pizza and a marathon of horror movies. What started as the best night of the year slowly becomes their worst nightmare as a real-life maniac crashes the party and decides to make a few victims of his own.

A young woman forced to care for a disturbed theologian on his isolated farm uncovers terrifying secrets in this psychosexual gothic horror thriller.

Enter the cartoon dimension where Dr Carnage and Max Assassin trap you in an insane nightmare where there is no escape to reality. This is a non-stop roller coaster ride that will give you nightmare fuel. Get ready, buckle up, and don’t come alone!

Twenty-five years after the "Camp Murder" massacre, Tommy Heller has escaped from the mental institution to return to the camp where it all started. From cult legend Mark Polonia.

Lukas is a researcher who volunteers for a sensory deprivation experiment attempting to communicate with a young comatose woman. The experiment takes a twist when the two meet in altered forms of consciousness.

Love hurts! After bonding over their mutual dislike of grapes, a manicurist and a strip club owner discover another commonality: they're both bloodthirsty serial killers.

Through short stories linked together by a bloody red thread, a collective of French directors is experimenting with a new approach to the anthology of horror and fantasy. Mr. Pig is the first title in the French Blood series, combining hyper-designed aesthetics with chilling horror stories.

On their last day of high school seven gorgeous girls have a slumber party to celebrate their going away to college. Across town, a maniacal chef goes on a killing spree. Can their gym coach (Debbie Rochon) come to the rescue of the bikini clad group' No', but when Chef Death (Rob Cosgrove) shows up at the party, hilarity ensues and the bloodbath begins.

A married couple decides to spend a weekend in a remote cabin, but their romantic getaway takes a turn for the worst, when a seething suspicion turns into pure madness. "A twist that shocks the senses." –HorrorTalk

Three friends must discover what's behind the killing of local children, the victims drew the same picture before they die. They uncover the evil spirit of a circus clown and must send it back to hell before more children are murdered.

While filming their podcast, paranormal investigators Mila and Roxy are terrorized by demonic forces after trying to make contact with the victims of sadistic serial killer.

Two young women working the night shift at a secluded gas station unwittingly become the stars of a terrifying livestream show on the dark web. "Horror in its rawest form." -Nerdly

Conceived as a sequel to their landmark The Vampire and the Ballerina , director Renato Polselli (Delirium) and screenwriter Ernesto Gastaldi (All the Colors of the Dark) resurrected their gothic-fiend-stalks-a-theatrical-troupe framework for an over-the-top aria of reincarnated lovers, sheer nightgowns, Sapphic hunger, interdimensional damnation and frenzied 'opera.'

A bumbling young film crew, shooting a low-budget horror in an abandoned orphanage, discovers that a family of sadistic killers has rewritten their script.

Four nurses career minded to the point go neglecting their families, were relentless even at their jobs, They breached most of the medical ethics regarding the treatment they gave their patients and many lives had to pay...

A Manhattan composer is consumed by grief after his wife and daughter are killed in a shocking accident. But when he moves to a secluded Victorian mansion, he finds himself haunted by a paranormal entity that may unleash an even more disturbing secret. Based on actual events.

After suffering a brutal attack and a miscarriage, Juana starts hearing mysterious noises and seeing things- objects changing places, shadows that follow her through her house. Or is she haunted by ghosts, losing her mind, or still somebody’s victim?

Two lovers look to spice up their relationship by feeding into their addiction to kill, in hopes of adding a sense of danger to their bizarre relationship. Things become difficult as nothing’s enough for one partner’s pursuit.

A woman hires a specialist to use rope torture on a woman she blames for her husbands death.

A late night TV presenter receives a snuff tape, in which a woman is brutally killed. She decides to take a crew out to a location indicated in the tape, but only death and despair await them.

Sex, Drugs, Rock & Roll... and Dracula. Then You Die! Leila, a lonely young teen, parties with her friends in a warehouse. As the social barriers between the sexes crumble, she hides from the boys, but senses there is someone else who wants her who is not of this world.

A female student is murdered and her body dismembered. Two young men living in Vienna could have committed the crime. But which is the killer?

Deep in the rural English countryside, two tempting daughters of Erebus, the woeful wraith-like phantoms Fran and Miriam, prey on the innocent and the foolishly brave to tread alone.

Mary Blackwell travels to her hometown of Maiden Hollow to clear out her deceased father's house. The villagers are hostile, while a local priest takes an unhealthy interest in Mary's daughter Alice, sparking a series of surreal fantasies on the brink of insanity.

From the minds of Dario Argento and Lamberto Bava comes DEMONS 2, the sequel to the surprise horror hit, DEMONS! There's a scary movie on television and the residents of a luxury high-rise building have their eyes glued to their sets. Unfortunately for a young birthday girl, a demonic evil is released through her TV and partygoers soon find themselves fighting an army of murderous monsters!

The woods of Amityville... A scientist faction, who's lab formerly sat on the cursed grounds of a haunted house in the area, has done the unthinkable - captured Bigfoot! They conduct experiments on him, however he escapes. On the run and enraged, the creature comes across a low budget Bigfoot movie production. Hell hath no fury like a monster scorned as Bigfoot starts picking them off one by one!

After Eve, a beautiful android, murders one of her clients, she runs away from the evil Syndell corporation and hides out at the home of Timothy, the man who created her where she finds herself trapped in a deadly love triangle.

A clairvoyant woman, inspired by a vision, smashes open a section of wall in her husband's house and finds a skeleton behind it.

A group of paranormal investigators in the UK come face to face with the American legend Bigfoot and must fight for their lives while trying to capture proof of the creature's existence.

A warped and mysterious family are unable to leave the house they reside in for unknown reasons. When this strange brood decide to turn their captivity into a sick and violent game, it challenges their very reality and puts all of their lives in great jeopardy.

A group of six friends from around the world descend upon an old abandoned house in the French countryside.

An Italian farm couple discovers a strange substance oozing from their well, then inexplicable events take place.

In a snowy mountain village, a beautiful woman is found dead. The group who found her considered the woman "Yuki Onna", a beautiful snow woman ghost. However, the "snow woman" turns out to be very much alive, She begins a sensual affair with one of the travelers who had tried to saver her. However, the villagers still believe her to be a monster, and lead an attack on the cabin where she's hiding.

An Unknown Entity terrorizes the people of a small town. Young men are murdered, Young women driven into madness, all while local farmers and huntsmen report that there is something RED out there.

A famous crime writer becomes a victim after a crazed fan brutally attacks her. Isolated in her apartment she tries to recover but continues to feel threatened after experiencing strange events. Her psychiatrist believes that it's all in her mind, a result of post-traumatic stress, but she is convinced that her attacker is now stalking her and resorts to extreme violence to protect herself.

When an antique mirror casts a seductive spell over a newlywed, she must enlist the help of a medium to break its erotic curse.

Home is where the hurt is. Lily finds herself in the living room, staring at four dead bodies. "Brilliant, and highlights how people can hide who they are and the lies that photos can tell." -Bloody Disgusting

A provocative filmmaker gathers a handful of young and successful creatives for the unveiling of his newest and mysterious project.

A holiday craft fair is ground zero for a coven of Satan worshipers who stalk and kidnap a group of locals in their attempt to create a 'Satanic Nativity' with occult spells and grisly slayings. The first horror movie in decades from legendary genre director Max Raven (a/k/a Bret McCormick) (The Abomination, Tabloid, Repligator).

An abnormal taxi driver lusts for blood every rainy night, and several young women are killed as a result.

A mind-bending portrait of Mexico City, reflected in a series of dark, grotesque, sordid, and violent misfit characters. "A Dante’s Inferno of a retro-horror fantasy" -B&S About Movies

All hell is about to break loose when a food delivery goes wrong for a pandemic-variety Karen.

A young sailor falls in love with a mysterious woman who performs as a mermaid at the local carnival. In time, he suspects the girl might be a real mermaid - drawing men to a watery death whenever there's a full moon.

When young Marylee Williams (Tonya Crowe) is found viciously mauled, all hell breaks loose in her small rural town. A gang of bigots pursue a suspect: her mentally challenged friend Bubba Ritter (Larry Drake).

When a bullied student at a New England girls school becomes comatose after a prank gone wrong, tormenters will suffer graphic telepathic punishment.

When Chris Rhymer, and her young son Jeremy, are forced to relocate to a small, rural community, they have no idea of the past terror that their presence re-awakens.

After a mysterious mold starts spreading across the surface of an abandoned mattress, a sentient creature begins to take shape from within. Feasting on its unsuspecting victims' vertebrae while they rest, the creature grows stronger, finding nourishment not only in the bones and sinew it assimilates but also in the hopes, fears, and emotions of all those it encounters.

Three teenagers go to a historical farmhouse for the weekend and are caught up in the midst of a war between violent, mysterious and ancient forces. Whichever side wins, they lose.

A mother (Dee Wallace) must protect her family on Christmas Day from a demented stranger who is hell-bent on tearing them apart.

Through short stories linked together by a bloody red thread, a collective of 30 French directors is experimenting with a new approach to the anthology of horror and fantasy.

When Fenix, a lost soul craving something more, tries to re-join her chosen family, to prove her worth, she must play some very dangerous games.

Everyone's favorite muck-encrusted plant-man falls in love with Dr. Arcane's sexy daughter and must rescue her from her father's nefarious and murderous plans. Heather Locklear stars as the vegetarian plant-lover in this superhero comic book adaptation. Also starring Louis Jourdan, Dick Durock, and Sarah Douglas. With elaborate mutant creatures.

Two sisters, Celeste and Isa, fall under the terrifying spell of a mysterious vinyl record from the 1970s. The recording has the unfortunate side-effect of manifesting a doppelganger of the listener into our world. This "double" then grows stronger by the day to copy and take over the life of the person who played the vinyl.

When four women arrive at a deserted resort, they unlock a perverse netherworld of lesbianism, sadism and unholy violation by a zombie religious sect.

Three young women encounter car trouble during a rainstorm on the way to a concert from their favorite band, Dragonsclaw. When they venture into the woods to find help, they stumble upon the lair of a flesh-masked maniac whose killing instrument of choice is a meathook. No one will survive and nothing will be left of them!

A young writer traumatized by the death of his wife and kid describes his disturbing experiences to a psychiatrist, in which a mysterious man who hides under an umbrella forces him to finish his painfully autobiographical novel, regardless of the consequences.

A reporter, her cameraman and some thieves must work together to finally put an end to this legendary man-eater, but that won't be easy as this aquatic serial killer has emerged to exact it's own brand of revenge on them.

Two boys are released from prison on their eighteenth birthdays after killing a three-year old when they were ten.

A race of human-looking aliens attempts to save Earth from its inhabitants - by resurrecting the dead to exterminate the living in order to stop the construction of a doomsday weapon. Hailed as the Worst Movie of All Time.

In the late 17th century, a pair of Puritan witch hunters travel to a small Massachusetts town investigating rumors of devil worship.

In a small Southern town, four vigilantes wrongfully execute a mentally-challenged man, but after the court sets them free mysterious "accidents" begin to kill them off one by one.

When Max, a troubled girl looking for a way out of her mundane life, meets the mysterious and seductive Lily, she instantly falls head over heels in love. But Max soon realizes Lily is not who she seems.

The peaceful life of a middle aged architect Francis turns upside down after the street attack.

Police try to capture someone who is commiting ritual murders of women during Mardi Gras in New Orleans.

Strange things are happening in Druid Hills, Kentucky. People say there are "large Great White sharks swimming in the corn stalks!" Meanwhile, a serial killer is on the loose.

Jenny (Rachael Robbins) a freshman at Community College University earns her tuition by working at Miss Johnson's (Debbie Rochon) Bikini Carwash along with her seven gorgeous classmates. After work, Jenny and friends accidentally resurrect the infamous Chef Death during a seance. Chef Death finds the bikini-clad girls at Miss Johnson's year end party and the bloodbath begins.

A group of attractive young Iranian kite-flying enthusiasts gather at a dismal lake, near a restaurant where two sinister characters straight out of Texas Chainsaw Massacre are serving up grisly fare in Iranian independent director Shahram Mokri's fascinating arthouse horror film.

The screenwriter of classics that include THE STRANGE VICE OF MRS. WARDH, ALL THE COLORS OF THE DARK and TORSO, Ernesto Gastaldi made his directorial debut with one of the most groundbreaking yet underseen gialli of them all: When a boy witnesses his father kill a woman during an S&M session, he'll grow into a disturbed young man tormented by images of violence, perversion, madness and murder.

In the true spirit of Christmas the girls put their rivalry and self preservation instincts aside and invite everyone to a big holiday bash. Mysteriously people at the party start disappearing to death. Who could be killing them' It could be anybody at the party! Who will live' Who will die' Who's top's will come off' and most importantly, who will win the epic eggnog wrestling match'

Mark leaves his girlfriend to be with Natasha, the girl he truly loves, but her brother Andrew comes with the relationship. Willing to sacrifice all, he adheres to Andrew's manipulations while keeping Natasha ignorant of their deeds, which takes him through a series of violent and necromantic events leading to his purpose in a much darker scheme.

In this 80s monster flick, Laverne comes home after a hot and sweaty aerobics workout with one thing on her mind - a nice relaxing bath. Unbeknownst to poor Laverne, she's got a killer clog in her pipes! You'll never bathe again.

Two writers and their girlfriends visit the castle of an actor who specializes in playing vampire roles. As the night progresses, they begin to wonder if the man is an actor playing a vampire, or a vampire playing an actor.

An organized gang terrorizes their victims, forcing them to perform humiliating acts on camera which are then released online. Anna and Sam's lives are forever altered after becoming involved in this world of crime.

A romantic young writer, struggling financially in London, escapes to his birthplace, the rural mountain town of Siatista, where his imaginative father died under mysterious circumstances. If houses dreamt, who would wake them?

A body builder must save himself and his friends from a demonic ghost.

A young girl who has an amazing ability to communicate with insects is transferred to an exclusive Swiss boarding school, where her unusual capability might help solve a string of murders.

Count Dracula, a vampire who regains his youth by drinking the blood of maidens, is pursued in London and Transylvania by Professor Van Helsing, Jonathan Harker and Quincey Morris.

Larry Barnes is on the fast track to a partnership in a prestigious law firm, and his sexy witch wife Erica (Julie Strain) will do anything to keep her husband happy. But Erica makes a fatal mistake when she tries to kill Larry's main competition for the partnership, Howard Reynolds. With Howard now crippled for life from Erica's dark magic, his wife Amelia (Linda Blair) plots her revenge.

Through short stories linked together by a bloody red thread, a collective of French directors is experimenting with a new approach to the anthology of horror and fantasy. Mr. Rabbit is the second installment in the French Blood series, combining hyper-designed aesthetics with chilling horror stories.

In this searing horror anthology, the seven deadly sins are reimagined through the twisted visions of underground cinema's boldest voices.

Waking up on a stage, Sayaka and Tsuda find themselves confined by evil mastermind Ando working with Sayaka's husband, Yamazaki. Discovering the adultery of his young wife and his secretary, Yamazaki asks Ando to use "Kinbaku" (bondage) as punishment for his wife's betrayal - but Sayaka's reaction gradually changes by Ando's skilled and erotic bondage technique.

A defrocked priest turned hooker-slashing psychopath escapes from an asylum and kills people in God's name, prowling the streets of Paris in a fever of violence, voyeurism, rampant nudity and S&M depravity. A cult classic from legendary writer/director Jesús Franco.

A bizarre tale of government skullduggery, satanic killings, zodiacal mayhem and messianic horror! Also known as SUICIDE CULT and once labelled a UK "Video Nasty." Starring Playboy centerfold Monica Tidwell.

From the minds of Dario Argento and Lamberto Bava comes the horrific Heavy Metal splatter film classic, DEMONS! A strange masked man offers tickets to a horror movie sneak preview at the mysterious Metropol cinema. When a patron is accidentally scratched by a prop displayed in the lobby, she transforms into a flesh-ripping demon!

In 1995, legendary director Bruno Mattei stunned the civilized world with the ultimate sharksploitation saga. Released in some countries as JAWS 5. "A level of cinematic thievery never experienced before." -B-Movie Film Vault

A troubled private investigator embarks on an unusual assignment to observe a woman from an abandoned apartment. As he witnesses bizarre happenings surrounding her, he begins to feel and see a dark presence which slowly threatens to consume him.

Experience the hallucinatory debut by director Jeremy Kasten (THE WIZARD OF GORE) about a young amnesiac committed to an asylum where madness and murder may rip apart his mind forever. Starring Andras Jones (A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET 4), Seth Green (ROBOT CHICKEN), Jeffrey Combs (RE-ANIMATOR), Wendy Robie (TWIN PEAKS), Ted Raimi (SKINNER), and Alice Cooper.

When a trio of free-spirited young women - led by a smoldering Rosalba Neri of Lady Frankenstein fame - insists on spending the night in a castle rumored to be owned by the Devil himself, their cobweb-and-candelabra lark triggers a nightmare of lust, violence, vampirism and the ultimate ecstasy of Satanic seduction.

A student becomes entangled in the bizarre dramas of his landlord's family.

Elena and Andrea, a young married couple, arrive at their newly bought country house. A disturbing atmosphere pervades the old mansion: something is lurking under the ancient foundations, something that will affect them more than they could ever imagine...

A psychotic criminal couple kidnaps a random teenage couple. The woman rapes the male captive, and lets him watch his lover being raped by the man. They then plan to sacrifice the couple.

When Danny and Zoe decide to buy an old haunted attraction, they think they'll have fun and make money. After meeting with the groundskeeper, they learn the property has a bloody past. They hire a full cast of haunt actors who work together to bring the haunt back from the dead. On opening night, no one stands a chance as Teddy returns to his old stomping ground for more blood!

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CONTROVERSIAL CLASSICS

The beautiful O is taken to a bizarre retreat by her boyfriend, where she is trained in bondage and sexual perversion.

A Sex & Psycho Suspense Mystery thriller. Susan lives in an idyllic farmhouse, along with the sex-loving youngsters Sandra, Olga and Julie, and the unstable voyeur Albert. A number of killings take place by the sex-vampires.

The neglected wife of a hot-shot movie producer begins a steamy affair with the married man who rescued her after her car broke down in the desert. But their romance is cut short when she is kidnapped by three thugs and her lover left for dead.

In this charming comedy of errors, a beautiful young woman finds love after nearly ruining her father’s career with a scheme to trick dirty old men out of money.

Denise moves to the city to become a fashion model and is quickly seduced by a wealthy and sophisticated nightclub owner.

Scorching erotic melodrama about an escapee from an island prison who finds refuge in the house of a frustrated wife. They carry on a steamy affair until discovered by the sadistic husband and his diabolical friend.

A family of liberated women who teach the erotic arts throw a randy surprise coming out party for their virginal youngest sister.

Caligula's four-year reign and descent into madness are revisited through slanderous vignettes and blunt historical facts.

The forbidden-love story The Debut (1977) the first full-length feature from pioneering filmmaker Nouchka van Brakel. Following the theme of Stanley Kubrick's Lolita (1962) and Michael Powell's Age of Consent (1969) - this time told from a female perspective - van Brakel's The Debut (1977) tells the delicate story off the impossible love between a teenage girl and a middle-aged married man.

Seductive Messalina will stop at nothing to become the most powerful woman in Rome.

A young woman is torn between her feelings for an ambitious young African American doctor and his uninhibited go-go dancer sister is this story of sexual awakening set in 1970 Copenhagen, Part III in the classic ”I, a Woman” film series.

Free spirited Bibi arrives at her aunt’s boarding house and quickly falls into the local swingers scene.

Although Frank is always cheating on her, Eva still cannot bring herself to leave him. But Frank objects when Eva becomes pregnant, as well as when she takes a lover of her own.

How common is sexual harassment in the workplace? A company department boss shares stories of his temptations while defending himself in court in this 1971 documentary-drama.

Starring 17-year-old beauty-contest winner Ewa Aulin, and Jean-Louis Trintignant Deadly Sweet is a most unusual giallo. Bestselling filmmaker, Tinto Brass, who later gained fame for his soft-core erotica, wrote the screenplay in 1967, loosely adapted from a novel by Sergio Donati.

Stranded in the forest, a young couple embarks upon a surreal and sensual journey when they accept an invitation from a beautiful woman with a mysterious castle.

The acclaimed sequel to the groundbreaking erotic drama I, a Woman, finds sensualist Siv in a loveless marriage to a depraved antique dealer. Siv seeks consolation in a series of romantic encounters before uncovering her husband’s dark secret.

It’s a madcap race of Spy-Vs-Spy when top secret plans for a government computer go missing and the CIA and the KGB enlist therapist-extraordinaire Linda to recover the data!

Deborah Caprioglio plays a young woman who takes a job in a brothel to help her fiancé get the money to start his own business.

A mother trains her daughters to seduce and murder for money, but their latest mark has other plans.

The sadistic side of a hedonistic “free love” cult is exposed when the daughter of a US Senator falls in love with the blond boyfriend of the cult’s leader, the mysterious and beautiful The Divine One.

Passion, elusive relationships, and deep bonds between apparent strangers grow on a secluded Mediterranean island, where a writer composes his novel.

Join the Joie de Vivre club with the maddeningly charming Lola, as she plots to loosen up her fiancé in this exuberant sexy comedy. Everyone is wild about Lola - even, some suspect, her own stepfather.Frivolous Lola is Tinto Brass' most likable film, Cult Epics presents the Uncut & Uncensored Director's Cut with new and vintage bonus features.

HITCHCOCK, SCORSESE & SEX. MADE IN HOLLAND. The obscure film OBSESSIONS was directed by Dutch artsploitation auteur Pim de la Parra and co-produced by longtime collaborator Wim Verstappen. This gritty, psychedelic Hitchcockian mystery, which is notable for being the first Dutch film shot in English-language, starts in a savagely brutal fashion.

After five years in prison, an ex-con returns to a society where total sexual freedom is now the norm. Michael yearns for sex, and becomes fascinated by the amorous life of an attractive woman next door eventually organizing a series of sordid orgies with her and the neighbors...

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Alistair and June randomly meet on a park bench at lunchtime. She's not aware, at first, that he's blind but when he misses the handkerchief she passes to him, she realizes. He charms her with an acute appreciation for the scent of roses. On a blindfolded walk through a garden, her face comes into focus with a caress.

Sorting out her mother's estate, Sarah uncovers dark family secrets- and evidence that the cause of her sister’s death 20 years earlier was an attack by a mutant, brain-eating jellyfish that had infiltrated the water supply.

A former star footballer turned social justice campaigner returns to his home town, befriends a young wannabe filmmaker who recently lost his father and is persuaded, despite opposition, into coaching the town's struggling footy team. He recruits refugees to make up the numbers with hilarious results, taking the community on a journey of change.

The acclaimed documentary "Solo" presents six unique stories of individuals who use the art of dancing as their own tool in fighting back difficulties, dealing with pain, incomprehension, and obstacles standing in their way to happiness through creative self-expression.

A Sex & Psycho Suspense Mystery thriller. Susan lives in an idyllic farmhouse, along with the sex-loving youngsters Sandra, Olga and Julie, and the unstable voyeur Albert. A number of killings take place by the sex-vampires.

When four women arrive at a deserted resort, they unlock a perverse netherworld of lesbianism, sadism and unholy violation by a zombie religious sect.

France, 1890. Inventor Louis Le Prince vanishes under mysterious circumstances right after he created a device that, five years later, the Lumière Brothers will call The Cinematographer.

Seductive Messalina will stop at nothing to become the most powerful woman in Rome.

Kathy, a secretive and rebellious teenager, wants only one thing: to escape from the psychiatric facility in which she’s been locked up. Only her father can free her from this prison.

The São Marcos river in the state of Goiás flows between the cities of Catalão and Campo Alegre. This region once had many farms, built and farmed by members of the same family. In some parts, only ruins remain, insistent reminders that someone once lived there. The remaining inhabitants lose more land, everyday, to soybean fields and the Serra do Facão hydroelectric dam; these are their lives.

Gu (Shota Matsuda), a cocky young Korean-Japanese hoodlum, is targeted by a rival thug after he is blamed for a murder.

In training for a long distance relationship, Mina and Enzo book rooms at an experimental B & B where each room represents a different city and time zone. Couples who commit to the course must adhere to its strict rules: no entering your partner’s room, no cell phones, only meeting for up to two hours a day, etc. The arrival of the proprietor’s niece, Gaia, dismantles all sense of reality.

We are all part of the same story. A feature-length documentary about the complexity of human migration and how this affects two friends in their day-to-day lives. "A heart-driven, superlatively human tale." -The Sound View

The forbidden-love story The Debut (1977) the first full-length feature from pioneering filmmaker Nouchka van Brakel. Following the theme of Stanley Kubrick's Lolita (1962) and Michael Powell's Age of Consent (1969) - this time told from a female perspective - van Brakel's The Debut (1977) tells the delicate story off the impossible love between a teenage girl and a middle-aged married man.

A gothic punk Caribbean love story arises in the ruins of a coconut plantation in rural Trinidad. "Both haunting and haunted, a palpably realized fever dream of a film." -Caribbean Beat

The morose Konrad (85) pushes everyone away, but little Thurba (12) manages to break through his wall.

A mysterious young woman is obsessed with Armenia and the archeology of the mental layers that represent identity. She documents her obsession through interviews with various individuals about their encounters with the protagonist, blurring the lines between truth and fiction.

Hedi is the new neighbor of Iva, who raises her daughter Sophia by herself. The two women start a love relationship and Iva is desperately in love. Suddenly Iva's father appears, to whom Hedi feels strongly attached. It seems that only one world exists for Hedi: her own.

After a string of health concerns, Cass returns to his forsaken childhood home, where he finds himself on a spiritual search for redemption.

In a surreal, sci-fi future devoid of truth, a man encounters a prophet-like painter of the desert and the enigmatic woman who becomes his soulmate.

Little Frunz is a disaster waiting to happen. He leaves Paris for Yerevan, where he lectures on good design and his unremitting love of cement. Revolution is in the air. Based on a book by Veken Berberian.

The peaceful life of a middle aged architect Francis turns upside down after the street attack.

A mind-bending portrait of Mexico City, reflected in a series of dark, grotesque, sordid, and violent misfit characters. "A Dante’s Inferno of a retro-horror fantasy" -B&S About Movies

Directed by auteur filmmaker Giulio Questi and starring legendary leading man Jean-Louis Trintignant as a married man and suspected serial killer, Gina Lollobrigida as his delectable yet overly domineering careerist wife, and Swedish blonde bombshell Ewa Aulin as his murderous double-crossing mistress.

When a sex offender undergoing rehabilitation picks up an attractive young girl from the side of the road, his life takes an unexpected turn.

At a daycare center in Stolin, Belarus, young people with disabilities are directed and participate as actors in theatrical productions. Their perceived limitations evaporate on stage, revealing depths of character and capabilities that are seldom explored.

A clairvoyant woman, inspired by a vision, smashes open a section of wall in her husband's house and finds a skeleton behind it.

On a Caribbean island, completely cut off from modern technology, Moises is determined to save his dying mother. So he embarks into the wilderness in search of a magic blue mango that has the power to cure her. A beautiful blue-haired young woman transforms his journey along the way.

Philippe, a twenty-five year old who lives with his parents, is woken at dawn by two police inspectors. He is brought to the station to be interrogated about his father's murder.

Sleep: simple in its basic description, elusive in attempts at a comprehensive understanding of all its manifestations. What happens behind closed eyes when we lose consciousness and give ourselves over to dreams' And how is our perception of reality changed when the line between waking and sleeping is blurred' This creative documentary finds new ways to looking at our existence.

A Wonnarua man and a Wodi Wodi woman, who were Aboriginal children adopted by white families, recount their emotional journeys of love and belonging.

Through short stories linked together by a bloody red thread, a collective of French directors is experimenting with a new approach to the anthology of horror and fantasy. Mr. Rabbit is the second installment in the French Blood series, combining hyper-designed aesthetics with chilling horror stories.

Originally released in 1970, Dinah East tells the story of a glamourous 1950s movie starlet who is later revealed to be a trans woman. Marketed at the time as "Hollywood's strangest story," the film is problematic in many respects and far ahead of its time in others. Seen today, it's an undeniably fascinating cult classic curio of a bygone era.

Odile, a young woman looking for adventure, is seduced by her neighbors, but the titillating new game turns dangerous when two unsavory players enter the mix.

An abnormal taxi driver lusts for blood every rainy night, and several young women are killed as a result.

One family. One weekend. One hell of a home video. A slice-of-life comedy about life, death, existential crises, and everything in between. Set mid-90s New Zealand.

Beneath heaven, dreams are hidden in hallways and fears live in the walls. When his best friend's secret is revealed, a teenager follows a path that will transform his life. That's how kids grow up.

WITKIN AND WITKIN explores the worlds of identical twins, Joel-Peter, a world famous photographer and Jerome, a painter. "A profound meditation on art and an excellent dual-biopic." -Hammer to Nail

Half-visible images are abstracted through a process of visual degradation, suggesting memory and nostalgia, mystified through collage. Inspired by the song of the same name by the band Sparklehorse.

Dreams are the sturdiest vessels for twenty-somethings Ali and Eda, landlocked in the shipyards of Istanbul. "Lovingly crafted with excellent direction and editing." -DVD Compare

A late night TV presenter receives a snuff tape, in which a woman is brutally killed. She decides to take a crew out to a location indicated in the tape, but only death and despair await them.

When a trio of free-spirited young women - led by a smoldering Rosalba Neri of Lady Frankenstein fame - insists on spending the night in a castle rumored to be owned by the Devil himself, their cobweb-and-candelabra lark triggers a nightmare of lust, violence, vampirism and the ultimate ecstasy of Satanic seduction.

When a loving husband is diagnosed with a life-threatening brain tumor, his last request sends his family into disarray. His devoted wife faces the challenge of a lifetime. Can their family ever recover? Set in Nigeria.

Eric Green, an agoraphobic, lives in seclusion with his wife Virginie and everything seems to be going well. One morning, Eric wakes up seven years earlier, sleeping with a woman who is not his wife. All the events of the day before repeat themselves, and will repeat each day to come. And outside, a killer roams. Each complication only brings on more questions.

In the most lavish of penthouses, visible only through keyholes, there exists an erotic and dangerous world. Highly-paid sex workers specialize in high-stakes games, and the richer the client, the wilder the ride. When a fantasy gets too rough for one call-girl, escaping becomes her reality.

What happens to art in the Internet age? A documentary on the evolving relationship between contemporary art, audience and digital technology. "Puts together two opposing thoughts, leading to new thoughts." -art4d

Three teenagers go to a historical farmhouse for the weekend and are caught up in the midst of a war between violent, mysterious and ancient forces. Whichever side wins, they lose.

Although Frank is always cheating on her, Eva still cannot bring herself to leave him. But Frank objects when Eva becomes pregnant, as well as when she takes a lover of her own.

Join the Joie de Vivre club with the maddeningly charming Lola, as she plots to loosen up her fiancé in this exuberant sexy comedy. Everyone is wild about Lola - even, some suspect, her own stepfather.Frivolous Lola is Tinto Brass' most likable film, Cult Epics presents the Uncut & Uncensored Director's Cut with new and vintage bonus features.

Two dim-witted thieves escape from jail and ransack Mandla’s house, leaving the young boy’s parents to believe he and his friend are to blame. Determined to prove their innocence, Mandla and his pal set off in search of the culprits.

An American writer in Rome is talked and harassed by a serial killer who is murdering everyone associated with his work on his latest book.

Following the death of his best friend, 17-year-old Shelby struggles to readjust at boarding school until a popular girl decides to take him under her wing. With the aid of a reckless and spoiled group of friends, Shelby finds a lot more than he bargained for in a fast-paced world of parties, drugs, and sex.

Akiko stands in an endless, black and empty space. As if she wakes up to find herself in a new and unfamiliar state of being, she reconstructs herself and her surroundings: the road, the grass, the streetlights. It's as if she's never seen the world before, and has no concept of existence. Everything seems… less real.

Critically acclaimed DO PAHAR recounts the unlikely and fascinating friendship that forms between Sudha, an elderly abused woman and Bilal, a young hit man who she observes one day planning to murder her neighbor. He becomes her hero and savior; she becomes his most improbable partner-in-crime.

Metallic sounds mixed with rain are the background for the exploitation of two women held as prisoners in an abandoned cinema. They are pimped for pennies by a crude tormentor. Sometimes sharing bad luck can unite, while it can't preclude loneliness. Sometimes the only obstacle to freedom is ourselves.

A carefree young Rastafarian is prompted to go on a search for his father, who he never met, in Cape Verde, and finds his roots. FIPRESCI and Sophia Award Winner.

Vidhan (Writ), a romantic drama, is a take on relationships. A casual conversation on the use of appropriate language sets off a whirlwind romance between Pranay and Akshar (Abhishek). They start meeting regularly and the romance blossoms. However, there is one issue - Akshar is a sex worker. The film takes us through the vicissitudes of their romantic journey.

Elder manages the hotel inherited from his father throughout his life. In his hands the hotel went from a luxury resort to a hotel on the verge of bankruptcy. Now he faces the consequences both professionally and privately from his alcohol and cocaine addiction. At the limit of his emotional balance, Elder puts everything at risk when facing his demons and the consequences of their decisions.

Lukas is a researcher who volunteers for a sensory deprivation experiment attempting to communicate with a young comatose woman. The experiment takes a twist when the two meet in altered forms of consciousness.

An Italian student enrolls at Oxford and disrupts the orderly pattern of undergraduate life by refusing to conform to the university's staid traditions and code behavior.

Anahida, a contemporary Armenian woman, is pregnant with the child of her Turkish lover who is haunted by the past. An artistic blending of the real and unreal, the past and present are tightly woven into emotionally visual experience. In Armenian, Hokees literally means "soul" or "spirit."

Meet Shabu, a 14-year-old aspiring artist from "The Paperclip," one of Rotterdam's most notorious neighborhoods. Shabu has big dreams but even bigger problems. He's just totaled his grandmother's car and needs to raise some cash before the end of the summer to pay her back. Utilizing his musical talent and street smarts, Shabu concocts a plan to both make the money and make his family proud.

Inspired by Pirandello's l'Innesto, THE GRAFT tells a story of sexual violence, love, sexism, and marriage. Laura and Giorgio have been married for 7 years, unable to conceive a child. Away on a seaside painting retreat, Laura is raped and becomes pregnant. Personal dramas conflict between husband and wife, magnifying the question of whether to keep the child.

The editor-in-chief (Dayle Haddon) of a New York women's magazine is organizing the "Last Romantic Lover" contest to find out if men still have a sense of romance. One of the winners is a circus lion-tamer (Gérard Ismaël), whose's prize is to spend 10 days with her.

A psychotic criminal couple kidnaps a random teenage couple. The woman rapes the male captive, and lets him watch his lover being raped by the man. They then plan to sacrifice the couple.

Two high school students kill a woman and seemingly get away with it in this taut psychological thriller.

It's New Year's Eve, and everyone thinks that Marta and Jorge are the perfect couple. Too perfect. "Some of the most beautiful sequences in recent Portuguese cinema." -c7nema

Caligula's four-year reign and descent into madness are revisited through slanderous vignettes and blunt historical facts.

HITCHCOCK, SCORSESE & SEX. MADE IN HOLLAND. The obscure film OBSESSIONS was directed by Dutch artsploitation auteur Pim de la Parra and co-produced by longtime collaborator Wim Verstappen. This gritty, psychedelic Hitchcockian mystery, which is notable for being the first Dutch film shot in English-language, starts in a savagely brutal fashion.

The story is very freely based on the Cambridge Analytica affair, the theft of 80 millions Facebook users datas for electoral purposes (Donald Trump's election and vote on Brexit). Frédéric Poiret, journalist at Le Nouveau Courrier is told by Laura Bilinski, executive assistant at social network Profile, of a scandal she discovered by accident.

One day, Pasquale decides to change his name to Tony. In the mid-60’s, at the age of 9, he crossed the ocean from Italy to the United States and grew up as a real American. Now a taxi driver in Yuma, Arizona, he's arrested on account of his side hustle - smuggling illegal immigrants across the Mexican border. He is therefore forced to make a choice: jail in Arizona or deportation to Italy.

A modern horror omnibus inspired by the over-the-top shocks of Paris' early 20th century Theatre du Grand Guignol, including six bizarre tales from seven of horror's most transgressive filmmakers. "One of the best horror anthologies of all time." -Paste

Andrzej and Michal are two young teenagers who come together every summer in the small tourist village

Iranian-American artist Moosa Harooni transforms seashells into heartfelt miniature sculptures of legendary characters, kings and poets, and ordinary people.

A famous crime writer becomes a victim after a crazed fan brutally attacks her. Isolated in her apartment she tries to recover but continues to feel threatened after experiencing strange events. Her psychiatrist believes that it's all in her mind, a result of post-traumatic stress, but she is convinced that her attacker is now stalking her and resorts to extreme violence to protect herself.

Through short stories linked together by a bloody red thread, a collective of French directors is experimenting with a new approach to the anthology of horror and fantasy. Mr. Pig is the first title in the French Blood series, combining hyper-designed aesthetics with chilling horror stories.

Five young Zulu women gear up and go backpacking in the iMfolozi game reserve in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. They learn of the plight of this primordial wilderness, threatened by rhino poaching and an opencast coal mine. The group's journey of self-discovery, growth and healing serves as a reminder of how we all are intimately linked to nature; what we do to nature, we do to ourselves.

One night, a strange clone of Hitler comes to Fendika- a grassroots tavern in Addis Ababa. Frustrations, dancing and comic touches ensue.

Still mourning the loss of his beloved wife and daughter in a horrendous car accident, a reclusive sexagenarian decides to visit a rather peculiar and secretive brothel.

This frantic, music-infused indie Indian tale looks at one young man and his dreams of becoming a rap star. Gandu is a startlingly bold and wildly entertaining example of new Indian filmmaking- which, ironically, is banned in India.

A film-within-a-film exploring the body in motion, frame by frame. The sensation one gets is of tension... expectation... shock, while the glorious, trenchant music of R. Murray Schafer further adds to the intense "high" of the film.

A girl living alone in a post apocalyptic wasteland finds herself hunted down by marauders who want her to fight in their fighting pit for their entertainment.

Mona is a champion bodybuilder whose existence is a spasmodic quest for perfection. Starring Julian Sands in one of his final performances.

Two enemy soldiers get locked up in a tunnel below the World War I front. Sharing the same fate, they need each other to survive.

A bold vérité documentary and feel-good portrait of a sprightly 75-year-old priest who tends to 20+ villages in the idyllic French Pyrénées. "Leisurely but engrossing, often touching, and in the end surprising." -Video Librarian

A narrative of addiction and redemption is woven from the turbulent lives of young adults attending AA meetings and the relationships that Aaron, a rent boy, shares with his clients.

Past and present collide in modern-day Luxembourg when a widowed Italian ex-pat and a beautiful nightclub VJ find meaning in their shared experiences.

A group of ronin (masterless samurai) patiently plan and execute an assault on a rival Lord's estate, exacting revenge after their master was forced to commit seppuku (ritual suicide) for assaulting a court official. Set during the Tokugawa shogunate in 1701, based on a true story.

Waking up on a stage, Sayaka and Tsuda find themselves confined by evil mastermind Ando working with Sayaka's husband, Yamazaki. Discovering the adultery of his young wife and his secretary, Yamazaki asks Ando to use "Kinbaku" (bondage) as punishment for his wife's betrayal - but Sayaka's reaction gradually changes by Ando's skilled and erotic bondage technique.

A film shot and released on VHS in 1989. A mysterious cult work of Uruguayan cinema surrounded by strange theories about its creator, Manuel Lamas. The documentary sets out to unveil the enigma that exists about Lamas and his work. Along the way, the director becomes involved in a spiral that dissolves the boundaries between reality and fiction.

Pilar and Felipe are two lonely beings who haven't found love. At the start of their friendship, Felipe decides not to waste any time and, surprisingly, proposes marriage. With an outright refusal, their relationship spins into a desperate, if adventurous, new direction. A hypnotic speech from an archaic seventies cassette introduces Pilar to Felipe's most intimate mantra.

The fight for Lithuanian independence in 1991 gave a group of young men the chance to be heroes. "Perfect for any child that loves war games." -BB Reviews

Former Miss Bahamas Josephine Jacqueline Jones sparked an international firestorm with her debut starring role as Venus, the stunning ebony seductress whom no man - or woman - can possibly resist.

It was his destiny that young Mouton would live his simple life as a seaside restaurant employee for three years and that he would be torn away from this life after a tragic night at the Sainte-Anne ball.

A day at the lake. Andrej's ex-girlfriend Nadia pays him a visit. Nadia and Andrej's former best mate Claudius are a couple now. Nadia's request for help confronts Andrej with a shared dark secret.

LOOSE ETHICS highlights the home as the child's first classroom for ethics, and asks if a lack of value-based teaching is nurturing crime in society. Does connecting children with elders help children learn how to empathize? Whose responsibility is it to introduce children to spirituality? Filmed in Mumbai, India.

After being smuggled into Trinidad and Tobago, an illegal Chinese immigrant discovers the true cost of her passage. "Offers a focused look at the lives of people who would otherwise go unnoticed. -Keeping it Reel

Petals of flowers are arranged in a dish with a candle, as if a cake. Love creates wonderful things, but these can hide boundaries and differences, for a while. A couple can be physically close and yet worlds apart, with manias poised at the surface, to latch onto triggers. Sometimes we do everything to get what we want, sometimes not.

The love story of world-renowned ballerina Margot Fonteyn and international diplomat Roberto "Tito" Arias transcended fame, infidelities, an attempted coup d'état backed by Fidel Castro, and five close-range shots that left him permanently paralyzed. Mercedes Arias, the niece of Tito and Margot, delves into the untold past to reveal a fascinating tale of political intrigue and undying passion.

Newly arrived to New York City and deserted by her husband Gabriel, Mariana must find a way, in a strange city where she barely speaks the language, to provide for her family, financially and emotionally.

Passion, elusive relationships, and deep bonds between apparent strangers grow on a secluded Mediterranean island, where a writer composes his novel.

A fast-paced, quirky, laugh-out-loud unpredictable sexy comedy about a young husband's desperate attempts to get a cable box for his wife. Set in the dark, snow covered landscape of northern Finland.

Following the worldwide smashes Emmanuelle (1974) and The Story of O (1975), influential French filmmaker Just Jaeckin returned in 1977 with the sensual real-life drama Madame Claude. Starring French New Wave icon Françoise Fabian in the title role along with a sinister Klaus Kinski and lovely Dayle Haddon.

A serial rapist relishes his attacks on women, but are they only fantasy? A debauched classic of the 1960s "roughie" genre.

The Safe House, is a tale of a University teacher, who has been brought to a detention center where he meets a young Hindu boy who falls prey to severe military interrogation and torture.

Five men and two women, who survive an airplane crash, discover that they may be the only survivors of a world disaster. The question arises: whether the human race can survive, or will man kind destroy itself.

One day, Soumaya is fired from her job. She then sees on TV that news outlets are linking her to jihadist circles, days after her apartment is raided by police...

A girl lives in an isolated country, enclosed by a huge wall. She has never traveled anywhere, but all her life she has dreamed of leaving forever for a perfect world called Abroad.

Paulistas, a rural region in the state of Goiás, is struggling to survive in the Brazilian savannah. Its young people have left in a rural exodus; since 2014, no young people live in the region. Monoculture farming and the exploitation of water resources have left Paulistas’ countryside cracked. In July, it’s vacation time. Children return from cities to visit their parents and life on the farm.

A man's search for his biological mother takes him through an intense physical and emotional journey through deepest Brazil. Little by little, her past is revealed to him, challenging him to break taboos, and changing their lives forever.

A woman hires a specialist to use rope torture on a woman she blames for her husbands death.

Victor and Agathe are both drawn to Niagara Falls. Strangers, the two Parisians meet and connect over their shared citizenship. Soon, they are ensorcelled, not just by the power of the falls but by the scarlet blaze of their nouveau love.

A group of attractive young Iranian kite-flying enthusiasts gather at a dismal lake, near a restaurant where two sinister characters straight out of Texas Chainsaw Massacre are serving up grisly fare in Iranian independent director Shahram Mokri's fascinating arthouse horror film.

On a summer break, Mia and her friends try a meditation app that delivers a mind-bending experience.

The true story of international soccer star, Nadia Nadim, who escaped Afghanistan to become one of the top women's strikers in the world.

While traveling for business and a happily married father of two, spends the night with a prostitute who mysteriously shows up at his hotel room. After a cocaine-fueled night of debauchery, Miro discovers the girl dead in the bathroom. With nowhere else to turn, he enlists the help of the hotel doorman and desk clerk to cover up the accident.

It's the future, and humanity’s but a memory, existing only in scattered pieces. That is: until a pillow's needlepoint rendering of three individuals, collectively known as the Clothespin Freaks, finds the spark of life and surfaces towards freaky destiny. Aware of a purpose, the group begins assembling the remains of humanity.

Starring 17-year-old beauty-contest winner Ewa Aulin, and Jean-Louis Trintignant Deadly Sweet is a most unusual giallo. Bestselling filmmaker, Tinto Brass, who later gained fame for his soft-core erotica, wrote the screenplay in 1967, loosely adapted from a novel by Sergio Donati.

A promiscuous young woman struggles with her emotions when the one man she cares deeply about, her equally restless father, finally finds true love.

The joy of a family seeing the Super Eagles of Nigeria win "Gold" against big teams in Atlanta '96 Olympics despite the odds stacked against them would seem like the long-awaited hope that the country needs.

Kimmi, Sally and Nancy are best friends 4ever, secretly hanging out overnight at their high school. Only Kimmi’s a vampire who’s in love with Sally, and it’s going to be one hell of a queer neon night.

When Mama Peace is diagnosed with breast cancer, she struggles to raise funds for treatment, make ends meet, and hold onto her Christian faith. "A powerful and one-of-a-kind story." -eelive

Two estranged brothers find themselves on the run from two hitmen through the majestic landscape of the Lake District in this exuberant comedy, made over ten days with a budget of only £1000.

A young woman forced to care for a disturbed theologian on his isolated farm uncovers terrifying secrets in this psychosexual gothic horror thriller.

Fanni has had enough of money and Anna has had enough of pigs. They embark on a Marxist adventure. "Any allegorical interpretations are as open-ended as Bettina Köster’s slamming techno-pop score is emphatic." -Variety

A down on his luck western writer is presented with a light at the end of the tunnel in the form of a film director's invitation: he wants Eugênio to write a film script. However, to write this script, Eugênio must spend three months isolated in a luxury hotel, without being able to go out or have contact with the world he know

Two sisters, Celeste and Isa, fall under the terrifying spell of a mysterious vinyl record from the 1970s. The recording has the unfortunate side-effect of manifesting a doppelganger of the listener into our world. This "double" then grows stronger by the day to copy and take over the life of the person who played the vinyl.

Three friends must discover what's behind the killing of local children, the victims drew the same picture before they die. They uncover the evil spirit of a circus clown and must send it back to hell before more children are murdered.

In 2072 Rome, Italy, the ruthless CEO of a TV networks plots to stage a modern series of gladiator games for ratings while one ‘contestant’ learns of a conspiracy behind the true nature of the results.

Elena and Andrea, a young married couple, arrive at their newly bought country house. A disturbing atmosphere pervades the old mansion: something is lurking under the ancient foundations, something that will affect them more than they could ever imagine...

Based on the voyages of 16th-century explorer Fernão Mendes Pinto, one of the first Europeans to sail to the Orient.

(Persian with English subtitles) The story chronicles the intertwining lives of four Iranian women during the summer of 1953; a cataclysmic moment in Iranian history when an American led, British backed coup d'état brought down the democratically elected Prime Minister, Mohammad Mossadegh, and reinstalled the Shah to power.

Horsemouth is a reggae drummer. He earns precious little from his music, so he sets himself up hustling records on the side. Things get nasty when mafia types steal his motorbike, and his friends want to help. An cult classic, ROCKERS was filmed in the late-70s on the real reggae scene of Kingston, Jamaica.

Two aboriginal adolescents discover that life isn't fair in this thrilling teenage story of survival, set in the Australian desert. Hungry, hurt, rejected and aimed at escape, together Samson & Delilah follow the signs of true love.

Count Dracula, a vampire who regains his youth by drinking the blood of maidens, is pursued in London and Transylvania by Professor Van Helsing, Jonathan Harker and Quincey Morris.

When Danny and Zoe decide to buy an old haunted attraction, they think they'll have fun and make money. After meeting with the groundskeeper, they learn the property has a bloody past. They hire a full cast of haunt actors who work together to bring the haunt back from the dead. On opening night, no one stands a chance as Teddy returns to his old stomping ground for more blood!

Through short stories linked together by a bloody red thread, a collective of 30 French directors is experimenting with a new approach to the anthology of horror and fantasy.

Idling afternoons and psychedelic moods immersed in music provide an adrenaline rush for drifting youth in Lisbon. "A strong and mysterious homage to youth." -Cineuropa

A young Japanese woman in London, where she moves to study painting, becomes passionately entwined with an artist, an older British man. Their age difference brings on the judgment of family and friends, while their bond continues to strengthen. Then secrets emerge…

A young photographer returns to his home town after it's been destroyed by a volcano, searching for love and redemption.

Depressed 17-year-old Sally is locked up in a pink, prison-like institution for teens who are so emotionally fµ¢ked that they’ve developed supernatural powers. The rebellion begins when Sally meets power-sociopath Ting-e-ling.

A boy, a girl, a space-alien and fried chicken.

The beautiful O is taken to a bizarre retreat by her boyfriend, where she is trained in bondage and sexual perversion.

A documentary essay on memory, loss, expectation, and an imagined Armenia. A young woman's journey to her homeland is interwoven with photographs and the reflections of actress Arsinée Khanjian, resulting in an elegiac and sensory investigation into the concepts of home, identity and place.

A defrocked priest turned hooker-slashing psychopath escapes from an asylum and kills people in God's name, prowling the streets of Paris in a fever of violence, voyeurism, rampant nudity and S&M depravity. A cult classic from legendary writer/director Jesús Franco.

A film about Realization and Acceptance. Kumar, a bachelor in his thirties leaves his corporate job in Kochi to become a graphic novelist. He embarks on a new life as an Uber driver in Kochi while working on his graphic novel titled ‘Pixelia’. One day a transgender named Mandakini gets into his cab and that day changes Kumar’s life forever.

After suffering a brutal attack and a miscarriage, Juana starts hearing mysterious noises and seeing things- objects changing places, shadows that follow her through her house. Or is she haunted by ghosts, losing her mind, or still somebody’s victim?

Two young adults in Shanghai, living separate lives, do what they can to break out of their postmodern loneliness. "You might call this Still Life with Cell Phones.” -Video Librarian

A poetic montage of the filmmaker’s journey through her subconscious Armenia. It is not an Armenia based in reality, but one which appears like the mythical city of Shangri La, when one closes one's eyes.

12-year-old Daimi rattles around a decrepit house with her Christmastime companion, a magical piglet. A painful truth hides in the murky water of the bathtub, seamlessly blending reality with fantasy.

As orphanage-residence and teenage sisters, Anastasia and Diana get to know that I American family is ready to adopt them, their biological mother returns to the picture.

Four Europeans set off in a minibus with a trove of books, searching for a place where they will establish "the world's last bookshop."

A female student is murdered and her body dismembered. Two young men living in Vienna could have committed the crime. But which is the killer?

An uninspired filmmaker crosses paths with the fascinating and beautiful student Ritsuko, and they begin an erotic relationship as she becomes his new muse. But when he puts her in his new film, his life starts to unravel and his reality turns delusional as he begins to lose his sanity.

An affluent banker keeps his daughter in a mysterious house of perversion where many drugged and kidnapped girls await being ransomed and are subjugated to all kinds of sexual depravities. A surreal, absurdist sado-masochistic drama from Alain Robbe-Grillet, starring Sylvia Kristel in one of her most challenging roles.

In an inhospitable rural area in northwestern Argentina, the machismo, misery, and repression of the last military dictatorship frames the tragedy of Bumbún, the daughter of an alcoholic and violent axman who forces her to assume the identity of a man from birth. Her life will be torn between resigning herself to his destiny for her or fighting to change it.

After a mysterious mold starts spreading across the surface of an abandoned mattress, a sentient creature begins to take shape from within. Feasting on its unsuspecting victims' vertebrae while they rest, the creature grows stronger, finding nourishment not only in the bones and sinew it assimilates but also in the hopes, fears, and emotions of all those it encounters.

Bullet Collector follows the traumas of a wide-eyed 14-year-old boy. Recalling the world of Antoine Doinel in François Truffaut's The 400 Blows, this unsettling, visually brilliant drama updates that classic by giving it a nightmarishly Russian spin.

She was beautiful and sensual, trapped in a loveless marriage. He was her husband's servant. Born into worlds as far apart, they found a passionate world of their own.

MY MEXICAN BRETZEL uses home movies and moments of sound to tell the story of Vivian Barrett, a wealthy Swiss woman and her husband, Léon, a WWII pilot-turned-entrepreneur whose hearing was partly lost in a plane accident. Years of their lives are chronicled from the 40s through 60s, from Le Mans to Hawaïi. Vulnerability, loss, and belief are explored in an indulgently cinematic fashion.

This is the story of a tall 10-year-old girl. She is working on a school project that aims to explain how the world works to her class. She is faced with difficult social and political questions that even adults struggle to answer.

Home is where the hurt is. Lily finds herself in the living room, staring at four dead bodies. "Brilliant, and highlights how people can hide who they are and the lies that photos can tell." -Bloody Disgusting

Two writers and their girlfriends visit the castle of an actor who specializes in playing vampire roles. As the night progresses, they begin to wonder if the man is an actor playing a vampire, or a vampire playing an actor.

Lina Romay - at her most lushly exposed and naturally comedic - stars in this oddball meta-spoof of carnal cabaret, alien breeding, group marriage, spy dramas, satanic cults, the 'Clasificada S' genre and more, all wrapped in Jess Franco's Godardian take on his own inimitable oeuvre.

After five years in prison, an ex-con returns to a society where total sexual freedom is now the norm. Michael yearns for sex, and becomes fascinated by the amorous life of an attractive woman next door eventually organizing a series of sordid orgies with her and the neighbors...

Algeria-born French intellectual Helene Cixous is a feminist legend, a May 68 activist, and a major postmodern author. In his "road movie" documentary EVER, REVE, HELENE CIXOUS, director Olivier Morel explores a genius who demonstrates the paths to emancipation through creative writing, theater, and activism.

A romantic young writer, struggling financially in London, escapes to his birthplace, the rural mountain town of Siatista, where his imaginative father died under mysterious circumstances. If houses dreamt, who would wake them?

Meseganio Tadela, 74, immigrated to Israel from Ethiopia 28 years ago with his family. He has chosen to zealously retain his culture, talks very little, and hardly speaks Hebrew. After losing his wife, he sets out on a journey that leads him through his children’s homes, and comes to realize that he belongs to a rapidly disappearing class that believes in retaining Ethiopian culture.

Nineteen-year-old Poppy Simpson refuses to be defined by Down syndrome and is determined to take charge of her own life.

Set in the fake news era of present day St. Petersburg, THREE COMRADES is a politically incorrect drama about three mid-level sales managers, 20-somethings, socializing after hours. Friday night bar-hopping gives way to a range of contemporary topics, from the inhumanity of capitalism to sexism. Only one comrade will survive. The romantic, the cynic, or the indifferent?

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This frantic, music-infused indie Indian tale looks at one young man and his dreams of becoming a rap star. Gandu is a startlingly bold and wildly entertaining example of new Indian filmmaking- which, ironically, is banned in India.

A disgraced ex-soldier travels to New York City to become the first American born-and-raised suicide bomber, but an unexpected relationship complicates his plan.

An old woman falls into a coma. Due to an error in her will, a local psychic is given the power to unplug her life support.

In training for a long distance relationship, Mina and Enzo book rooms at an experimental B & B where each room represents a different city and time zone. Couples who commit to the course must adhere to its strict rules: no entering your partner’s room, no cell phones, only meeting for up to two hours a day, etc. The arrival of the proprietor’s niece, Gaia, dismantles all sense of reality.

A serial rapist relishes his attacks on women, but are they only fantasy? A debauched classic of the 1960s "roughie" genre.

A promiscuous young woman struggles with her emotions when the one man she cares deeply about, her equally restless father, finally finds true love.

Anahida, a contemporary Armenian woman, is pregnant with the child of her Turkish lover who is haunted by the past. An artistic blending of the real and unreal, the past and present are tightly woven into emotionally visual experience. In Armenian, Hokees literally means "soul" or "spirit."

Hedi is the new neighbor of Iva, who raises her daughter Sophia by herself. The two women start a love relationship and Iva is desperately in love. Suddenly Iva's father appears, to whom Hedi feels strongly attached. It seems that only one world exists for Hedi: her own.

The peaceful life of a middle aged architect Francis turns upside down after the street attack.

Home is where the hurt is. Lily finds herself in the living room, staring at four dead bodies. "Brilliant, and highlights how people can hide who they are and the lies that photos can tell." -Bloody Disgusting

Dreams are the sturdiest vessels for twenty-somethings Ali and Eda, landlocked in the shipyards of Istanbul. "Lovingly crafted with excellent direction and editing." -DVD Compare

A day at the lake. Andrej's ex-girlfriend Nadia pays him a visit. Nadia and Andrej's former best mate Claudius are a couple now. Nadia's request for help confronts Andrej with a shared dark secret.

Sirena's Gallery follows a Salvadoran-American woman's struggle as an art gallery owner during the COVID-19 pandemic. Recently widowed, Sirena adapts to self-isolation, grief-induced visions, and the world of e-commerce.

A troubled private investigator embarks on an unusual assignment to observe a woman from an abandoned apartment. As he witnesses bizarre happenings surrounding her, he begins to feel and see a dark presence which slowly threatens to consume him.

Critically acclaimed DO PAHAR recounts the unlikely and fascinating friendship that forms between Sudha, an elderly abused woman and Bilal, a young hit man who she observes one day planning to murder her neighbor. He becomes her hero and savior; she becomes his most improbable partner-in-crime.

In the mythical city of Leisure, a sexually-liberated husband and wife seduce a younger, staid couple in to experimenting with bisexuality and group sex.

Two enemy soldiers get locked up in a tunnel below the World War I front. Sharing the same fate, they need each other to survive.

A successful photographer is living the life of her dreams with the love of her life in New York City. Their idyllic happiness is shattered unexpectedly, and she struggles to accept the reality of her loss.

Following the worldwide smashes Emmanuelle (1974) and The Story of O (1975), influential French filmmaker Just Jaeckin returned in 1977 with the sensual real-life drama Madame Claude. Starring French New Wave icon Françoise Fabian in the title role along with a sinister Klaus Kinski and lovely Dayle Haddon.

In an inhospitable rural area in northwestern Argentina, the machismo, misery, and repression of the last military dictatorship frames the tragedy of Bumbún, the daughter of an alcoholic and violent axman who forces her to assume the identity of a man from birth. Her life will be torn between resigning herself to his destiny for her or fighting to change it.

The acclaimed documentary "Solo" presents six unique stories of individuals who use the art of dancing as their own tool in fighting back difficulties, dealing with pain, incomprehension, and obstacles standing in their way to happiness through creative self-expression.

KELP is an allegorically hilarious love story about a married man who becomes infatuated with the eponymous seaweed. Exploring relationship themes and the all-too-human delusion of something better on the other side of the horizon, notions of entanglement and escape are cleverly brought to the fore.

A romantic young writer, struggling financially in London, escapes to his birthplace, the rural mountain town of Siatista, where his imaginative father died under mysterious circumstances. If houses dreamt, who would wake them?

Haunted by memories and divine visions, a young woman struggles with trauma, rape and pregnancy in this poetic reimagining of the Greek Myth

An Italian student enrolls at Oxford and disrupts the orderly pattern of undergraduate life by refusing to conform to the university's staid traditions and code behavior.

Directed by auteur filmmaker Giulio Questi and starring legendary leading man Jean-Louis Trintignant as a married man and suspected serial killer, Gina Lollobrigida as his delectable yet overly domineering careerist wife, and Swedish blonde bombshell Ewa Aulin as his murderous double-crossing mistress.

Alfie needs to find the meaning of life. His life. Through a haze of half remembered thoughts and earnest intentions, he struggles to see that the truth he is looking for is in the beauty that is all around him.

After a string of health concerns, Cass returns to his forsaken childhood home, where he finds himself on a spiritual search for redemption.

An epic tale of slashing swords, cutting betrayal, and bloody revenge, Samurai Vendetta is justly hailed as one of the best samurai films ever made!

One family. One weekend. One hell of a home video. A slice-of-life comedy about life, death, existential crises, and everything in between. Set mid-90s New Zealand.

WHITE SHADOW is the story of Alias, a young albino boy on the run. After witnessing his father's murder, his mother sends him away to find refuge in the city. Executive Producer Ryan Gosling.

A raw, gritty, uncompromising and heavily stylised independent feature production, based on the ancient Greek narrative, Homer's: 'The Odyssey'.

Two young adults in Shanghai, living separate lives, do what they can to break out of their postmodern loneliness. "You might call this Still Life with Cell Phones.” -Video Librarian

A girl with a sharp mind and a weakness for bourbon finds herself on the trail of a reclusive genius. But her work takes a series of unforeseen twists, and she plunges into a dark world of earth-shattering cosmological secrets.

When Mama Peace is diagnosed with breast cancer, she struggles to raise funds for treatment, make ends meet, and hold onto her Christian faith. "A powerful and one-of-a-kind story." -eelive

Five socialites are put to the test when their recently-deceased friend asks them to commit the ultimate taboo in order to inherit his fortune.

Baldrick, an offensive, inappropriate, politically incorrect, sexist, narcissistic, boss, has created a new reality TV show about, well, himself. Apart from meeting his employees, Baldrick also has some interviews lined up fro his first pilot episode.

Plínio is a ten year old boy who goes to live with his grandmother in the countryside. Bored with the place, his life begins to change when he gains a doll named Frank from his grandmother.

Tabitha's obsession with fish has displaced all of her human relationships with the exception of her mother, Eloise. When her pet fish Peter and her mother both die unexpectedly, after contacting Tabitha's hands, she concludes that her touch is lethal and begins wearing latex gloves. Only when working in a new job in taxidermy does she venture to remove her gloves and touch once more.

When an idealistic grade school teacher finds out that children in her school are going hungry - thanks to federal cutbacks - it compels her to do things she wouldn't have thought she could do. "Hungry is a little gem, and so important" - Artemis Women In Action Film Festival

This is the story of a tall 10-year-old girl. She is working on a school project that aims to explain how the world works to her class. She is faced with difficult social and political questions that even adults struggle to answer.

A student becomes entangled in the bizarre dramas of his landlord's family.

A carefree young Rastafarian is prompted to go on a search for his father, who he never met, in Cape Verde, and finds his roots. FIPRESCI and Sophia Award Winner.

The life of an obsessive social media influencer unravels when her boyfriend introduces her to a strange fruit.

The beautiful O is taken to a bizarre retreat by her boyfriend, where she is trained in bondage and sexual perversion.

A group of ronin (masterless samurai) patiently plan and execute an assault on a rival Lord's estate, exacting revenge after their master was forced to commit seppuku (ritual suicide) for assaulting a court official. Set during the Tokugawa shogunate in 1701, based on a true story.

A fast-paced, quirky, laugh-out-loud unpredictable sexy comedy about a young husband's desperate attempts to get a cable box for his wife. Set in the dark, snow covered landscape of northern Finland.

A super-freckled, self-hating virgin descends into a dark, depressive, lethal insanity triggered by her low self esteem.

When a loving husband is diagnosed with a life-threatening brain tumor, his last request sends his family into disarray. His devoted wife faces the challenge of a lifetime. Can their family ever recover? Set in Nigeria.

An encounter between two lovers pushes the boundaries of narrative filmmaking through the use of long takes and explicit sexual imagery.

Initially conceived as a project to explore the gold rush of cryptocurrency mining in the rural region of Kakheti in Georgia, The Harvest is an exploration of the relationship between nature, technology, and the changing landscape.

An uninspired filmmaker crosses paths with the fascinating and beautiful student Ritsuko, and they begin an erotic relationship as she becomes his new muse. But when he puts her in his new film, his life starts to unravel and his reality turns delusional as he begins to lose his sanity.

After Ivan was diagnosed with ALS, his relationship with Lucas is challenged when he starts to lose control of his own body.

Philippe, a twenty-five year old who lives with his parents, is woken at dawn by two police inspectors. He is brought to the station to be interrogated about his father's murder.

Alistair and June randomly meet on a park bench at lunchtime. She's not aware, at first, that he's blind but when he misses the handkerchief she passes to him, she realizes. He charms her with an acute appreciation for the scent of roses. On a blindfolded walk through a garden, her face comes into focus with a caress.

A WALK IN HER SHOES is a documentary feature that shares one woman's intimate story of personal awakening, discovery, empowerment, and triumph. In a quest to overcome one of the biggest obstacles of her life, personal trainer and author Metra Lundy simulates a walk to freedom by re-tracing the steps of the great American heroine, Harriet Tubman, from Maryland to Canada.

A sci-fi thriller/dark comedy in which a scientist invents time travel and is zapped 6 months into the future. But that future is one where he is a hunted man for murder. He needs to travel back in time to solve the mystery.

Set in the fake news era of present day St. Petersburg, THREE COMRADES is a politically incorrect drama about three mid-level sales managers, 20-somethings, socializing after hours. Friday night bar-hopping gives way to a range of contemporary topics, from the inhumanity of capitalism to sexism. Only one comrade will survive. The romantic, the cynic, or the indifferent?

A psychotic criminal couple kidnaps a random teenage couple. The woman rapes the male captive, and lets him watch his lover being raped by the man. They then plan to sacrifice the couple.

Bullet Collector follows the traumas of a wide-eyed 14-year-old boy. Recalling the world of Antoine Doinel in François Truffaut's The 400 Blows, this unsettling, visually brilliant drama updates that classic by giving it a nightmarishly Russian spin.

Beneath heaven, dreams are hidden in hallways and fears live in the walls. When his best friend's secret is revealed, a teenager follows a path that will transform his life. That's how kids grow up.

When a sex offender undergoing rehabilitation picks up an attractive young girl from the side of the road, his life takes an unexpected turn.

A narrative of addiction and redemption is woven from the turbulent lives of young adults attending AA meetings and the relationships that Aaron, a rent boy, shares with his clients.

Nineteen-year-old Poppy Simpson refuses to be defined by Down syndrome and is determined to take charge of her own life.

It's New Year's Eve, and everyone thinks that Marta and Jorge are the perfect couple. Too perfect. "Some of the most beautiful sequences in recent Portuguese cinema." -c7nema

Gu (Shota Matsuda), a cocky young Korean-Japanese hoodlum, is targeted by a rival thug after he is blamed for a murder.

A film about Realization and Acceptance. Kumar, a bachelor in his thirties leaves his corporate job in Kochi to become a graphic novelist. He embarks on a new life as an Uber driver in Kochi while working on his graphic novel titled ‘Pixelia’. One day a transgender named Mandakini gets into his cab and that day changes Kumar’s life forever.

Hundreds of pictures scattered all over the floor of a dark and solitary room. Monika, an East-German woman, has lost her memory and can only fantasize of a forgotten past and an impossible future. A message from her friend Kirsten, on a voice recorder, pushes her to remember her life and friends, in a lost Berlin, against a forgotten wall.

After being smuggled into Trinidad and Tobago, an illegal Chinese immigrant discovers the true cost of her passage. "Offers a focused look at the lives of people who would otherwise go unnoticed. -Keeping it Reel

Eva, a young reserved girl, arrives at the Refuge, a woman's aid center run by Mrs Kane. There she is introduced to the other girls who greet her with mistrust and distance. The Refuge is threatened by government cuts in funding that would leave the girls, homeless. Until they unite in a final act of protest.

Idling afternoons and psychedelic moods immersed in music provide an adrenaline rush for drifting youth in Lisbon. "A strong and mysterious homage to youth." -Cineuropa

Fanni has had enough of money and Anna has had enough of pigs. They embark on a Marxist adventure. "Any allegorical interpretations are as open-ended as Bettina Köster’s slamming techno-pop score is emphatic." -Variety

Following the death of his best friend, 17-year-old Shelby struggles to readjust at boarding school until a popular girl decides to take him under her wing. With the aid of a reckless and spoiled group of friends, Shelby finds a lot more than he bargained for in a fast-paced world of parties, drugs, and sex.

Sexy, sharp, and a straight-up hustler, Stormy Mattinson is one of the world's most successful madams, running a multi-million dollar escort agency, Companions, in California and Utah. A MADAM’S HEAVEN AND HELL gives a firsthand, behind-the-scenes look at her tumultuous life at the top of the industry, baring witness to all the personal and professional dramas at play.

(Persian with English subtitles) The story chronicles the intertwining lives of four Iranian women during the summer of 1953; a cataclysmic moment in Iranian history when an American led, British backed coup d'état brought down the democratically elected Prime Minister, Mohammad Mossadegh, and reinstalled the Shah to power.

In the most lavish of penthouses, visible only through keyholes, there exists an erotic and dangerous world. Highly-paid sex workers specialize in high-stakes games, and the richer the client, the wilder the ride. When a fantasy gets too rough for one call-girl, escaping becomes her reality.

Two high school students kill a woman and seemingly get away with it in this taut psychological thriller.

Two aboriginal adolescents discover that life isn't fair in this thrilling teenage story of survival, set in the Australian desert. Hungry, hurt, rejected and aimed at escape, together Samson & Delilah follow the signs of true love.

Originally released in 1970, Dinah East tells the story of a glamourous 1950s movie starlet who is later revealed to be a trans woman. Marketed at the time as "Hollywood's strangest story," the film is problematic in many respects and far ahead of its time in others. Seen today, it's an undeniably fascinating cult classic curio of a bygone era.

Meseganio Tadela, 74, immigrated to Israel from Ethiopia 28 years ago with his family. He has chosen to zealously retain his culture, talks very little, and hardly speaks Hebrew. After losing his wife, he sets out on a journey that leads him through his children’s homes, and comes to realize that he belongs to a rapidly disappearing class that believes in retaining Ethiopian culture.

A dramatization of the horrific and notorious Manson Family Murders, in the form of super 8 home movies.

Past and present collide in modern-day Luxembourg when a widowed Italian ex-pat and a beautiful nightclub VJ find meaning in their shared experiences.

A documentary that exposes the rich growing subculture of hip-hop that was developed in New York City in late 70s and early 80s, specifically focusing on graffiti art and breakdancing

Still mourning the loss of his beloved wife and daughter in a horrendous car accident, a reclusive sexagenarian decides to visit a rather peculiar and secretive brothel.

An affluent banker keeps his daughter in a mysterious house of perversion where many drugged and kidnapped girls await being ransomed and are subjugated to all kinds of sexual depravities. A surreal, absurdist sado-masochistic drama from Alain Robbe-Grillet, starring Sylvia Kristel in one of her most challenging roles.

Newly arrived to New York City and deserted by her husband Gabriel, Mariana must find a way, in a strange city where she barely speaks the language, to provide for her family, financially and emotionally.

A gothic punk Caribbean love story arises in the ruins of a coconut plantation in rural Trinidad. "Both haunting and haunted, a palpably realized fever dream of a film." -Caribbean Beat

Four nurses career minded to the point go neglecting their families, were relentless even at their jobs, They breached most of the medical ethics regarding the treatment they gave their patients and many lives had to pay...

A former star footballer turned social justice campaigner returns to his home town, befriends a young wannabe filmmaker who recently lost his father and is persuaded, despite opposition, into coaching the town's struggling footy team. He recruits refugees to make up the numbers with hilarious results, taking the community on a journey of change.

Based on the voyages of 16th-century explorer Fernão Mendes Pinto, one of the first Europeans to sail to the Orient.

One day, Soumaya is fired from her job. She then sees on TV that news outlets are linking her to jihadist circles, days after her apartment is raided by police...

Pilar and Felipe are two lonely beings who haven't found love. At the start of their friendship, Felipe decides not to waste any time and, surprisingly, proposes marriage. With an outright refusal, their relationship spins into a desperate, if adventurous, new direction. A hypnotic speech from an archaic seventies cassette introduces Pilar to Felipe's most intimate mantra.

A young Frederick is secretly taught to read and write by his master’s wife. Using only the air as their blackboard, this act provided an education that paved the way from slavery to freedom

12-year-old Daimi rattles around a decrepit house with her Christmastime companion, a magical piglet. A painful truth hides in the murky water of the bathtub, seamlessly blending reality with fantasy.

A washed-up movie monster relives his halcyon days, in an age where computer graphics are all too prevalent. BYGONE BEHEMOTH is a short and sweet stop-motion tribute to beloved cinema icons and methodologies.

Two boys are released from prison on their eighteenth birthdays after killing a three-year old when they were ten.

The story is very freely based on the Cambridge Analytica affair, the theft of 80 millions Facebook users datas for electoral purposes (Donald Trump's election and vote on Brexit). Frédéric Poiret, journalist at Le Nouveau Courrier is told by Laura Bilinski, executive assistant at social network Profile, of a scandal she discovered by accident.

Inspired by Pirandello's l'Innesto, THE GRAFT tells a story of sexual violence, love, sexism, and marriage. Laura and Giorgio have been married for 7 years, unable to conceive a child. Away on a seaside painting retreat, Laura is raped and becomes pregnant. Personal dramas conflict between husband and wife, magnifying the question of whether to keep the child.

Victor and Agathe are both drawn to Niagara Falls. Strangers, the two Parisians meet and connect over their shared citizenship. Soon, they are ensorcelled, not just by the power of the falls but by the scarlet blaze of their nouveau love.

It's hard to tell human and robot apart in the technology-infused, computer-controlled planet Earth of the year 2060. What does it mean to be human? Or robot or neither or both? Existentially driven vignettes form a hypnotic arc in this experimental feature.

A voluptuous vigilante takes a job as a high-class prostitute to get revenge on the mobsters who murdered her boyfriend.

TERFSLURRED explores the perceived misogyny of trans identity politics and the intellectual cat-fights fomenting from claims to true womanhood. Carefully making use of already-existing content on subjects of biology, feminism, trans-activism, and more, this found-footage doc is a new introduction to gender and the LGBTQ+ rainbow- like it's never appeared before.

In a Bronx dispatch the aspirations and misdeeds of cab drivers, call-girls and low level thugs collide in one wild night.

She was beautiful and sensual, trapped in a loveless marriage. He was her husband's servant. Born into worlds as far apart, they found a passionate world of their own.

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EYE-OPENING DOCUMENTARIES

A documentary essay on memory, loss, expectation, and an imagined Armenia. A young woman's journey to her homeland is interwoven with photographs and the reflections of actress Arsinée Khanjian, resulting in an elegiac and sensory investigation into the concepts of home, identity and place.

Sexy, sharp, and a straight-up hustler, Stormy Mattinson is one of the world's most successful madams, running a multi-million dollar escort agency, Companions, in California and Utah. A MADAM’S HEAVEN AND HELL gives a firsthand, behind-the-scenes look at her tumultuous life at the top of the industry, baring witness to all the personal and professional dramas at play.

A bold vérité documentary and feel-good portrait of a sprightly 75-year-old priest who tends to 20+ villages in the idyllic French Pyrénées. "Leisurely but engrossing, often touching, and in the end surprising." -Video Librarian

Sleep: simple in its basic description, elusive in attempts at a comprehensive understanding of all its manifestations. What happens behind closed eyes when we lose consciousness and give ourselves over to dreams' And how is our perception of reality changed when the line between waking and sleeping is blurred' This creative documentary finds new ways to looking at our existence.

A group of Texas women band together to resurrect roller derby for the 21st century. Join their revolution. "Adrenaline-fueled highs, heartbreaking lows, and lots of chicks in short skirts kicking the shit out of each other." -The Onion A/V Club

When heavily armed campus police broke into the University of Florida campus apartment of disabled and unarmed Ghanaian doctoral student Kofi Adu-Brempong and, within a minute of entry, shot him in the face, his life was forever changed.

Following the everyday life of 21-year-old Samira from Zanzibar for 7 years, NDOTO YA SAMIRA depicts the quiet victories of a determined young woman.

Sight is arguably our most important sense, an extremely complex process, which requires light that can start with photons, generated in distant stars and ending in the visual cortex of our brains. In the middle of this process are eyes. This documentary looks at the science, medicine and technology of vision and the individuals who are battling the darkness of blindness. Narrated by Elton John.

THERE WERE ALWAYS DOGS, NEVER KIDS is a documentary ode to legendary New York City video store Alan's Alley, where bizarrely arranged movies enticed clientele from cinephile to celebrity to local prison inmate. Charismatic owner Alan Sklar sifts through the nuance of his neon-flickering livelihood, in his store’s last days as a fixture in Manhattan’s Chelsea neighborhood.

Paulistas, a rural region in the state of Goiás, is struggling to survive in the Brazilian savannah. Its young people have left in a rural exodus; since 2014, no young people live in the region. Monoculture farming and the exploitation of water resources have left Paulistas’ countryside cracked. In July, it’s vacation time. Children return from cities to visit their parents and life on the farm.

A stunning celebration of Black Creole music and the spirit of fierce competition. Legendary musicians Boozoo Chavis and Beau Jocque stake their claims, onstage and off, each one as a new self-proclaimed King of Zydeco. Expertly captured by filmmaker Robert Mugge in early-90s Southwest Louisiana

A young woman wanders around Manhattan and stumbles across a number of strange characters and settings that represent the underground life in New York City in the 1980's including stand-up comedy in Central Park, a prostitution auction, a voodoo ceremony, an S&M club and a diverse mix of very interesting performance artists.

A 2022 EMMY winner for Best Historical Documentary, this is the true story of the Neiger family's miraculous escape from certain death by the Nazis during World War II. A story of endurance, unity and hope.

Five young Zulu women gear up and go backpacking in the iMfolozi game reserve in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. They learn of the plight of this primordial wilderness, threatened by rhino poaching and an opencast coal mine. The group's journey of self-discovery, growth and healing serves as a reminder of how we all are intimately linked to nature; what we do to nature, we do to ourselves.

A WALK IN HER SHOES is a documentary feature that shares one woman's intimate story of personal awakening, discovery, empowerment, and triumph. In a quest to overcome one of the biggest obstacles of her life, personal trainer and author Metra Lundy simulates a walk to freedom by re-tracing the steps of the great American heroine, Harriet Tubman, from Maryland to Canada.

A journey deep into the oldest music in the Western world - Greek music - guided by an eccentric musicologist who has dedicated his life to understanding and preserving it. An immersive sonic and visual feast that leaves the viewer feeling they've looked into a way of life that the 21st century has left behind. A call to arms for a different way of listening to music and understanding humanity.

Sad Vacation is an up close and personal account of the tumultuous and stormy relationship between Sid Vicious and Nancy Spungen and how it ended in Room 100 of the Chelsea Hotel. This films pulls no punches and reveals the facts through personal friends, insiders and witnesses. Includes interviews with Sylvain Sylvain (New York Dolls), Bob Gruen, Walter Lure and many more.

The fight for Lithuanian independence in 1991 gave a group of young men the chance to be heroes. "Perfect for any child that loves war games." -BB Reviews

What happens to art in the Internet age? A documentary on the evolving relationship between contemporary art, audience and digital technology. "Puts together two opposing thoughts, leading to new thoughts." -art4d

At a daycare center in Stolin, Belarus, young people with disabilities are directed and participate as actors in theatrical productions. Their perceived limitations evaporate on stage, revealing depths of character and capabilities that are seldom explored.

Marinara sauce runs red through the streets of New Haven in this surprising, delectable documentary which profiles three pizza restaurants -- Pepe, Sally's & Modern -- that together stand as the cornerstone of the town's Italian-American heritage and connoisseurs of the tastiest incarnations of America's favorite comfort food. This mouth watering documentary will make you laugh & leave you hungry.

Weaving together natural history and biography, A Life Among Whales delves deeply into the unique relationship between humans and whales as told by renowned whale biologist and activist Dr. Roger Payne.

The man is Henry Miller and the room is his bathroom, where the author soliloquizes about life, writing, sex, spirituality, nightmares, and New York. "An intimate portrayal of a man who lived openly." -Quotes Yes

Robert Mugge filmed jazz great Sun Ra on location in Philadelphia, Baltimore, and Washington, D.C. between 1978 and 1980.

THE FIFTH QUESTION examines the Persian Passover tradition, reflecting on inter-generational continuity through the eyes of three generations. Parents born and raised in pre-revolution Iran and young adults who grew up in LA share memories and experiences through candid interviews and intimate moments preparing symbolic foods and participating in the Seder ritual.

The São Marcos river in the state of Goiás flows between the cities of Catalão and Campo Alegre. This region once had many farms, built and farmed by members of the same family. In some parts, only ruins remain, insistent reminders that someone once lived there. The remaining inhabitants lose more land, everyday, to soybean fields and the Serra do Facão hydroelectric dam; these are their lives.

Brian Scott Pfeifle changes his name to Felix, enters psychoanalysis and sets out to befriend Archduke Otto von Habsburg. "An eccentric character study that is as colourful and personable as its subject is." -Cinemablographer

A film shot and released on VHS in 1989. A mysterious cult work of Uruguayan cinema surrounded by strange theories about its creator, Manuel Lamas. The documentary sets out to unveil the enigma that exists about Lamas and his work. Along the way, the director becomes involved in a spiral that dissolves the boundaries between reality and fiction.

MY MEXICAN BRETZEL uses home movies and moments of sound to tell the story of Vivian Barrett, a wealthy Swiss woman and her husband, Léon, a WWII pilot-turned-entrepreneur whose hearing was partly lost in a plane accident. Years of their lives are chronicled from the 40s through 60s, from Le Mans to Hawaïi. Vulnerability, loss, and belief are explored in an indulgently cinematic fashion.

A Wonnarua man and a Wodi Wodi woman, who were Aboriginal children adopted by white families, recount their emotional journeys of love and belonging.

Meet Shabu, a 14-year-old aspiring artist from "The Paperclip," one of Rotterdam's most notorious neighborhoods. Shabu has big dreams but even bigger problems. He's just totaled his grandmother's car and needs to raise some cash before the end of the summer to pay her back. Utilizing his musical talent and street smarts, Shabu concocts a plan to both make the money and make his family proud.

Based on Erich Von Daniken's book purporting to prove that throughout history aliens have visited earth.

There are more than eighty different nationalities and cultures spread all along the mountains, deserts and forests of Ethiopia. In order to unveil the music universe and keep a record of the incredibly endangered music traditions, ROARING ABYSS filmmaker Quino Piñero spent two years performing field recordings around every corner of Ethiopia, documenting this audiovisual poem.

A creative documentary on writing history to solidify peace in a post-civil war society. "Casts a cool eye on the oddly surreal social landscape of the country after years of civil war." -The Progressive Magazine

An experiential introduction to Shakespeare Award-winning poet Mandy Kahn and the process behind her immersive, performative, peace-building poems. "A sun-powered X-ray into the process of a great artist." - PEN Award-winning author Mitch Horowitz

A woman's journey to and across the soul-destroying chasm between veterans and others. Endorsed by the Institute for the Study of War and Social Consequences, Returning Veterans Project, and other organizations.

Known as the “Lower East Side Minster of Information,” Manhattan resident John King gives us a tour of his unique universe: from his roach-infested apartment, illuminated by only one lightbulb (a place once awarded “Grossest Apartment in NYC”) to Andy Warhol’s Factory on Union Square, where King recalls his experiences with Warhol there. A fun-loving portrait of a true Lower East Side legend.

TERFSLURRED explores the perceived misogyny of trans identity politics and the intellectual cat-fights fomenting from claims to true womanhood. Carefully making use of already-existing content on subjects of biology, feminism, trans-activism, and more, this found-footage doc is a new introduction to gender and the LGBTQ+ rainbow- like it's never appeared before.

The true story of international soccer star, Nadia Nadim, who escaped Afghanistan to become one of the top women's strikers in the world.

A definitive look at one of the greatest visionaries of the Gilded Age, Edith Wharton. Includes the only known film footage of Wharton in existence. "An obscure but fascinating documentary." -The Arts Fuse

New York City is currently undergoing a period of Hyper-Gentrification. This is a portrait of the communities fighting back.

One day, Pasquale decides to change his name to Tony. In the mid-60’s, at the age of 9, he crossed the ocean from Italy to the United States and grew up as a real American. Now a taxi driver in Yuma, Arizona, he's arrested on account of his side hustle - smuggling illegal immigrants across the Mexican border. He is therefore forced to make a choice: jail in Arizona or deportation to Italy.

Say hello to Hollywood outcast, best-selling author and chronicler of the rich and famous, Dominick Dunne. "Demonstrates... how the creative urge is something that refuses to age along with the body." -The Age

We are all part of the same story. A feature-length documentary about the complexity of human migration and how this affects two friends in their day-to-day lives. "A heart-driven, superlatively human tale." -The Sound View

Iranian-American artist Moosa Harooni transforms seashells into heartfelt miniature sculptures of legendary characters, kings and poets, and ordinary people.

The acclaimed documentary "Solo" presents six unique stories of individuals who use the art of dancing as their own tool in fighting back difficulties, dealing with pain, incomprehension, and obstacles standing in their way to happiness through creative self-expression.

Four Europeans set off in a minibus with a trove of books, searching for a place where they will establish "the world's last bookshop."

LOOSE ETHICS highlights the home as the child's first classroom for ethics, and asks if a lack of value-based teaching is nurturing crime in society. Does connecting children with elders help children learn how to empathize? Whose responsibility is it to introduce children to spirituality? Filmed in Mumbai, India.

Director Christopher Felver has crafted an incisive, sharply-wrought portrait of American poet Lawrence Ferlinghetti that explores his vital role as catalyst for numerous literary careers and for the Beat movement itself. Interviews with Ferlinghetti and other significant figures reveal a rich melange of characters and events that came together in postwar America

The love story of world-renowned ballerina Margot Fonteyn and international diplomat Roberto "Tito" Arias transcended fame, infidelities, an attempted coup d'état backed by Fidel Castro, and five close-range shots that left him permanently paralyzed. Mercedes Arias, the niece of Tito and Margot, delves into the untold past to reveal a fascinating tale of political intrigue and undying passion.

A young woman astutely walks the halls of a museum. She is a figure art model, an expert of the human form who poses nude for painters and sculptors.

WITKIN AND WITKIN explores the worlds of identical twins, Joel-Peter, a world famous photographer and Jerome, a painter. "A profound meditation on art and an excellent dual-biopic." -Hammer to Nail

An in-depth journey through the world of competitive eating, lifting the veil on the Major League Eating corporation and the untold story behind the epic rivalry between hot dog eating champs Joey Chestnut and Takeru Kobayashi.

A documentary that exposes the rich growing subculture of hip-hop that was developed in New York City in late 70s and early 80s, specifically focusing on graffiti art and breakdancing

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