This is Not a Film (2025)

One More Moment

A couple's relationship falls apart under the pressures of city life and their personal demons. Can they work through their issues, face their fears and realise they are meant to be together?

Gourmet Detective: Roux the Day

Henry is hired to authenticate and purchase a long lost and very valuable recipe book. Soon Henry and Maggie find themselves in a murder mystery where secrets hidden within a treasured book have dire consequences for all who own it.

Tanpo Dunung

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Of Pentacles

Two young adults project their ideals (and, in turn, their problems) onto each other

At All Costs

Achilles is driven by a relentless pursuit of monetary gain, unaware of the profound secrets that lie hidden within his own past. As his journey unfolds, he gradually unravels the tragic truths that have shaped his life, leading to a reckoning with identity, revenge, and the consequences of his choices.

Wedding in the Rearguard

On the wedding day of the only son of the family, news arrives of the outbreak of war in Artsakh. All the horrors of the war are brought to life without a single gunshot.

Matador

A gritty drama focusing on Street Fighter's sociopathic and self-adoring Spanish ninja, Vega. Matador, details Claw's traumatic upbringing and the pivotal sequence of events that made him into the assassin he is today.

One X Two

Two old friends have been betting on the football pool since college. They meet up one weekend where everyone seems happy, but the possibility of hitting the jackpot and becoming millionaires grows increasingly real.

Three Walls and a Window

A nuclear family sits in front of the television. The phone rings.

Revealed

Dika, who had left his hometown for seven years, had returned home to commemorate the fourty days of his father's death. But suddenly he is asked to be a lecturer and imam for Friday prayers as his father often did in the past by his father's acquaintance who is a member of the mosque's prosperity council. Dika, who had forgotten his father and felt unloved by him, tried to get his mother to leave his hometown and the house where his mother and father had lived. However, at the last moment, Dika can again remember the expression of love from his father.

Aconite

In the sprawling, desolate expanse of a grand house, resides a solitary girl. Haunted by memories and the weight of isolation, she spends her days wandering through its empty rooms—a labyrinth of forgotten corners and fading grandeur.

Topper

Once a top rising comedian, Topper quickly falls from grace and finds himself struggling to get by in the cutthroat comedy scene of LA. His inability to face and accept his childhood has kept him from progressing. After an unexpected visit from a ghost of his past, Topper must return to Detroit to face his past and come to terms with his demons, before his dream and possibly himself dies off.

Double Dog Dare: The Pitch

Seven years after losing his wife and child to a group of sadistic eleven-year-olds, Paul meticulously plans his brutal revenge against the now-teenage perpetrators. In a tense confrontation, Paul is visited by the ghost of his late wife, Helena, who pleads with him to abandon his violent quest. As Helena tries to convince him of the consequences of vengeance, Paul reveals the dark steps he has already taken in his pursuit of retribution.

Anantaram

A young man narrates two conflicting accounts of his life, changing the details and incidents in both, as he slowly approaches madness.

Sugar Salt and Love

Three women navigate their way through life and love.

Slay Queen

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Reflection

As she keeps watching old home movies isolated in her hotel room, the screen becomes a mirror from which she tries to see herself. Levels of subjectivity, narrative, and reality entwine into a surrealist fever dream of scopophilic cinéma pur. The final layer of meaning is all of us watching the film on the screen-mirror in the theatre.

FASCISM(s): A Film in Six Parts

Six sequences about Fascism and its segments throughout history.

A Sad, Sad Ghost Picking at the Hairs of Their Knuckles

A wandering young woman explores the crevices of her apartment, of her corporeal creases, as well as the shadows made up of those things. Through her journey, she comes into contact with fellow vagrancies: a nondescript man of around similar age; a young girl with similar, even familiar, eyes; streets that can only exist during those brief moments of glazing stares. The rain comes and goes, but the A/C never turns off.

Mother's Elling

Elling has lived with his mother all his life. Mom is the practical one, while Elling ponders the more theoretical aspects of life. He spends his time in their apartment reading books and looking at the neighbours through the living room window. Elling doesn't seem to need to be around others like most people. That's why Elling is less than enthusiastic when his mother suddenly decides to take her son on a beach vacation to Spain. Reluctantly, Elling agrees. After all, a lady at her age needs a good man by her side. But what Elling refuses to realize is that Mom is not only old, but also sick. Very sick. On her last vacation she tries to get Elling to see that life is bigger than their living room.

David - He Trusted in God

David trusted in God. Even when the challenges seemed overwhelming, he never stopped serving the true God. See how Jehovah blessed David’s loyalty and how we too can be blessed if we follow David’s good example.

Noah - He Walked With God

Noah was a faithful man who walked with God. But why did Jehovah favor Noah? What was it that made him special? See how Noah’s actions benefited him and his family as well as all of us today.

CHEESECAKE

A chilling meeting between a deadly assassin and a former associate as The female assassins threatens the target in order to force him to give up important information of interest.

Last Minute

An aspiring director wants to submit his own short film to his school's media festival. With less than a month left to participate, he has yet to begin production on the film. His procrastination leads him to decide between making the project he's most excited for, or coming up with something else for the meantime.

Chimera

A psychological thriller that delves into the intricate struggles of a man haunted by entities that only he can see. As he confronts these manifestations during therapy, a gripping journey unfolds, blurring the lines between reality and the paranormal. His therapist attempts to guide him through the chaos of his own mind, uncovering a haunting truth about his and her mental health.

March of the Lost

Tomás and Marco are two friends who embark on a journey to find Tomas' father, they travel in the roads of Jalisco and Colima guided by an old photograph, on the way they meet a mysterious boy and their trip becomes an adventure.

Dreamed to sea

A monster that lives in the darkest part of the sea, a dreamlike representation of the journey towards the depths of something that one wants to avoid and that is finally faced.

Rosewater

A solitary man struggles to cultivate beauty in a desolate urban world. Lonely and dislocated, he drifts in and out of a dream state envisioning the promise of regeneration. ROSEWATER tells a story of hope sustained through perseverance, ritual and, ultimately, revelation.

Gourmet Detective: Eat, Drink and Be Buried

Henry and Maggie attend the birthday party of a local publisher, where his son and stepson reenact a historical 18th century dual. Someone, however, has loaded the antique pistol with a real musket ball, so when son pulls the trigger, he kills his stepbrother in front of a roomful of witnesses. Henry and Maggie have to figure out who wanted the stepson dead and why.

I Have Sinned

Pablo confesses a crime to Anders, who has a hidden agenda.

Me + Her

Creating a universe between two small pieces of Cardboard. When Jack and Jill of Cardboard City are separated by Jill's torrid illness, Jack must think outside the box to assure they will be together again.

Astro TV

TV astrologer Sigrid guides people through sleepless nights, but one caller seems worrying. Can Sigrid help them before Jupiter and Pluto align?

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

Jane wakes up a year after a traumatic incident which coincidentally happened on her birthday. As she goes through her day preparing for her 19th birthday celebration, she gets constant flashbacks of the incident. The day ends with her confronting her past with the hopes of finding justice and relief.

Tinā

A woman grieving her daughter's death in the Christchurch earthquakes, becomes a substitute teacher at an elite private school. Unexpectedly, she discovers students lacking guidance and care, prompting her to provide inspiration and support.

Meinir's Tree

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Pursue Goals That Honor God

Timothy, who comes from a religiously divided household, faces a choice. Will he focus on higher education and wealth or will he decide to serve Jehovah whole-souled?

'For a Certainty God Made Him Lord and Christ'

What convinces you that God made Jesus both Lord and Christ? Remind yourself of the stunning evidence. See how spirituality enables us to discern the fulfillment of prophecy and build strong faith.

Nehemiah: “The Joy of Jehovah Is Your Stronghold”

Nehemiah leaves his position in the Castle of Shushan to rebuild the walls of Jehovah’s great city. However, a large construction project isn’t the only test he will face. Will prayer and courage be enough to complete the project? After rebuilding Jerusalem’s walls, Nehemiah faces a new challenge. Over time, the nation’s spirituality has deteriorated. With help from Ezra and Malachi, they set out to restore pure worship.

Daniel: A Lifetime of Faith

Daniel tries to be faithful to Jehovah despite mounting pressure to abandon pure worship. A powerful empire triumphs over Babylon, and Daniel must face new enemies. His faith is tested as never before.

Syzygy

Eva, an indecisive dancer, is going to an audition for a famous dance school in a week. What Eva wants to dance is not the same as what her teacher, Dania, thinks is right. What does Eva do?

The Door Barrier

A group of friends begin playing a game of hide and seek, but the hiders find themselves stuck with no clue of what is causing it, turning their game of hide and seek into a frightening situation where they must find a way out past the mysterious doors.

I’d like that corner seat over there

An omnibus film based on Kim Oki's album Hip Hop Retreat. Twenty characters share the same table at different times, in different emotional states, each with their own story. Shot in one day, edited in one day.

Biking And Its New Resemblance

When a young boy who enjoys biking gets their driver's licence, he realises how driving shares many similarities with biking, so he explores those relations.

Starting A New Hobby Of Piano

A curious boy begins to learn piano in hopes of it becoming a new hobby of his.

The Actor The Liar The Murderer

In the last days of their tumultuous relationship Julian and Lara are confronted with a life changing event and now must bear the consequences.

Blood Ties

A young woman is forced to confront her past when her family is attacked. She quickly learns she can’t run from her roots.

Always Said

Set in a quiet house filled with echoes of a past relationship, the story follows a boy and girl reconnecting one last time. Through shared routines, voicemails, and fragments of their history

What He Doesn't Know

Jason's best friend Tyler has a confession that could bring their relationship crumbling down.

Big Ears

A struggling actor finds a lump on his testicle and is forced to confront his life choices.