Checkmate (2024)

An Instant

Hugo is a boy who lives anchored in the routine, focused on his tasks and responsibilities. Unable to look forward, he lets opportunities pass, stalling in the past. On the contrary, Cosmo is a free soul that lives without looking back, always going from one place to another no matter where. One summer afternoon their gazes cross by chance. It is only an instant, but it will be the birth of a relationship that will make them stop for the first time to live the present.

Dead Fishermen

A thick fog throws a trio of fishermen off course deep within the northern Atlantic Ocean. Lost and adrift, their vessel awakens unspeakable horrors.

Under Your Fingers

The day of the cremation of her grand mother, Emilie, a young mixed-race Asian girl, buries herself into her grandmother memories. She discovers the Indochina of Hoa, her romantic encounter with Jacques (a French colon), the birth of Linh (Emilie's mother) and her tragic departure to France in 1956. She relives with Linh the arrival into the camp of Sainte-Livrade, the exploitation of the Indochinese women by the market gardeners of Lot-et-Garonne. Between memories, dance, anger and traditional rituals, Emilie learns to accept this heritage.

Panda

Two teenagers are playing by night in a dirty parking lot. After they are driving on an empty road, they start to tease each other on the way to the sea, but they seem to be too young to drive and the road is a bit strange.

The Interview

“The Interview” tells the story of Sonya, who grew up with her mum. Sonya enrols in the faculty of journalism in Moscow. Once she decides to meet her father, whom never saw, and take an interview with him under the guise of a journalist so she would get answers to the questions that have long troubled her

The Moirologist

An egocentric professional mourner reaps the consequences of his ambition.

Frankenstein

Frankenstein, a young medical student, trying to create the perfect human being, instead creates a misshapen monster. Made ill by what he has done, Frankenstein is comforted by his fiancée; but on his wedding night he is visited by the monster.

Adoration

Based on the real life story of Sagawa, a Japanese student who killed, dismembered and ate a young Dutch girl in Paris.

Headlong

On the occasion of a dance competition a young ballet dancer is in a foreign place. Alone in his hotel room loneliness overpowers him, until he meets a stranger on the run.

Back Again

Alex returns to his village with Jordi, after a while, in order to celebrate San Juan night. However, due to a summer storm, they have to shelter in an old abandoned house where both played when they were children. In there, some conflicts of the past will turn up.

CAI - BER

In a post-revolution Cairo, after numerous failed attempts to escape the status quo of her generation’s depression, Nour, 29, secretly arranges to flee her homeland. Hours before her departure, she embarks on a journey of struggle with a patriarchal society and a fight within to keep her hidden secret.

The Sands Between

A woman has a phone conversation with her significant other which slowly deteriorates as she comes to realize that the world around her might not be real.

Doghead Tea

Eva has a persistent stutter. One day, she witnesses how Suzy gets killed in a car accident. Unguardedly, she puts Suzy's abandoned mobile phone in her pocket. That innocent move will lead to the most bizarre and unexpected consequences.

I See You

Christina is in her mid-twenties and in a sensual and playful relationship with her boyfriend Joel. Though it irritates her when Joel takes erotic photos of her during sex, she gladly submits to it, for him. After all, they’re not teenagers anymore. Christina eventually starts to question her trust in Joel when she sees him tipsily showing a photo on his phone to their mutual friend Tanner. Christina’s doubts alone suffice to put the couple’s relationship to the test.

Within the Woods

The low budget film starring the young Bruce Campbell that influenced the Evil Dead films.

Bad Dreams

A boy in bed thinks something’s escaped the cellar. Suddenly, a deformed face looms over the boy with a harrowing scream. This bad dream is remembered by a man as he shaves, making him cut his neck. As he bleeds, he wonders "How many shaving cuts would it take to bleed to death?" He decides his guest locked downstairs needs a shave.

It Was Dark

Nicolas and Victor are 12-year-old twins who, despite their different characters, have a unique connection. At school, however, their differences cause problems that make them drift apart.

Still Life

A mortician falls in love with a dead body

Today

When Kees (42) and his two children, Roos (12) and Willem (6), stop at a gas station for a quick toilet break, they all shortly separate and go their own way. In this short period of time, each of them witnesses something which makes them think about themselves. The young Willem accidently witnesses a couple making love in the bushes and doesn't know how to deal with this. Roos, a real 'tomboy', starts thinking about who she wants to be, after another girl confuses her for being a boy. Kees, a divorced man, thinks he has a flirt with a younger woman. When he finds out she wasn't flirting at all, he realizes that he has entered a new period of his life where he has to find his place. The three characters separately all experience a small tilt in their lives.

Influencer

A young girl will do anything to meet her favorite Instagram influencer.

Jo

A young woman in the Old West sets off on a journey of revenge after her sister is murdered.

Purgatory.

A young man suffers a ruthless death by the hands of his Father. What lies in the afterlife for this damned soul

The Dollface Slasher

In a small town rocked by horrific murders, Kelly and Jason decide to stay safe, cozy up and watch a horror movie. Little do they know, they'll be starring in their own massacre when they are attacked by a masked figure in this modern homage to the classic slasher movies of the 80s and 90s.

The Urge

Can you handle your addictions? Or do they control you? The Urge is much more deadly. Dying for a cigarette. Don't fight it.

Rising

A kid begs to stay home while his older sister runs to the store. After she leaves, he wishes he would have gone because he doesn’t feel comfortable being at home in the dark as strange things start to happen...

Rubble

Memories as photographs: no date, no place, no names.

MENTIS EXCESSUS

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Chamomile

She is alone. The land of the living is far away, while the world of the dead smells like chamomile.

The Better Man

At a parole board hearing, James Carter asks for a freedom he is not certain that he deserves.

Titan

Nathan is thirteen years old boy. Driven by his new friend Malik, he prepares himself for a strange ritual to become a member of a teens gang.

It’s Better Not to Think About Anything

In a small town where monotony reigns, a couple of teenagers notice something out of place.

Daydreaming So Vividly About Our Spanish Holidays

Hungry for sun, light and warmth, a group of teenagers embark on a dream trip to the Balearic Islands.