The Bribe (2018)

Drawcard

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The Rooster

After the death of Anya's lover she has no reason to live. Suddenly she comes across a rooster who is a spitting image of her late lover. She decides to build a proper romantic relationship with this rooster in spite of that everything and everyone are against it.

The Evil Marriage

Once upon a time, in a far away, across the dark jungle, a castle in the sky, there lived a king of Evils with his evil guards. One day, one of his magicians showed the magic mirror and shows a beautiful human girl in this mirror, and told that if he wants to continue to be a king he must marry this girl. The story of "The Evil Marriage movie" revolves around the character of "Nur" (a human girl) who was kidnapped by the Evil's king guards and took her to unfamiliar world where she will have to marry the evil in order for others to live. But, there is someone who sneaks into the dark jungle to reach the evil castle and rescues her.

Down to the Bone

A man is wrongfully buried alive, and starts to descend to the Underworld.

Swans: A Long Slow Screw.

Features live footage from the Greed/Holy Money tour in 1986 in London and Nottingham and the A Long Slow Screw video.

Lichter der Stadt

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The Sky Turns

One year in the life of a tiny village in northern Spain.

We Speak Music

There Is Always Something New Happening. So where is our limit? Our artform beatboxing has given so much to the present and has so much more to give in the future. Working in collaboration with Nokia Bell Labs the legendary beatboxer and member of the beatbox community, Reeps One, took a journey of discovery to understand more about the entire art form and how it inspires communities, scientists and engineers.

10 Billion: What's On Your Plate

How can we best meet every earth citizens need for healthy food facing our limited resources? Regarding the almost 10 billion humans living on earth by 2050, we have to decide now how we want to shape the future of agriculture.

Six Days of Ostrich

Tom Strusinski - "Ostrich" to his friends - has got it all: good looks, brilliant career, and money. Everything is going great until he meets a beautiful girl named Justyna. To win her heart he needs to join the basketball team owned by her father's faltering company. Tom meets Dr. Devilish, a physician who makes an extraordinary offer that he can’t refuse: a shot of a miraculous substance that results in outstanding physical abilities which will enable him to play on the team. What he does not know is that he made a deal with the devil.

Cut Off

Cut off by her wealthy father, a young woman talks her boyfriend into robbing a check cashing spot. Things don't quite work out for the couple, however, who are now being pursued by the cops.

L'été des 20 bougies

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How the Cossacks Played Hockey

The final episode, released after the fall of the Soviet Union, features the Cossacks as the parents of an entire children’s hockey team. While hosting the Canadian hockey team, they have to thwart their former pirate enemies once again.

Le Frelon Vert

The Green Hornet is a short film based upon characters from the popular radio and pulp series. The Green Hornet is actually Britt Reid, fearless newspaper publisher, who hides behind the Hornet's disguise to battle criminals that have managed to escape the long arm of law-aided. On his side we find of course his martial arts expert sidekick, Kato.

The Rink

After amusements working in a restaurant, a waiter uses his lunch break to go roller skating.

The Pawnshop

A pawnbroker's assistant deals with his grumpy boss, his annoying co-worker and some eccentric customers as he flirts with the pawnbroker's daughter, until a perfidious crook with bad intentions arrives at the pawnshop.

The Count

A tailor's apprentice burns Count Broko's clothes while ironing them and the tailor fires him. Later, the tailor discovers a note explaining that the count cannot attend a dance party, so he dresses as such to take his place; but the apprentice has also gone to the mansion where the party is celebrated and bumps into the tailor in disguise…

Lolo

Lolo is an openly gay 11-year-old boy trying to finally convince Max, his first love, to go public with their relationship at the school party. Max also wants a relationship but Lolo might not be the one. Lolo’s best friends, Elena and Toby, help him to overcome this situation and give him the support that he needs.

Pray for Us

In a desolate supermarket, a religious woman's peaceful evening is interrupted by the sudden arrival of three punks, who are running away from the police and hiding something much more valuable than money.

Alaska is a Drag

Leo's dreams of being an international drag superstar are hard fought working in a fish cannery in Alaska.

The Third Rule

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7 Minutes

Follows two people awkwardly contemplating suicide on a desolated train track, which seems to be the perfect spot to end it all, until someone else turns up with the same idea.

Laif

Laif fondly recalls an anecdote between him and his ex-girlfriend Clara at the beginning of their relationship when they bought birth control pills. Thanks to her, Laif took a female contraceptive for the first and only time in order to show her that together they can overthrow the patriarchy.

Who Are the Superheroes?

Melvin, 12, is a fan of superheroes. Upon receiving his classmate, Sarah, Melvin would find the strength of its heroes to confess his feelings of love. But there is no super-powers and actions for this struggle to assume desires.

The Jade Skull

A famous archaeologist must prevent an ancient jade skull from falling into the wrong hands to prevent the apocalypse.

Flopsy Turvy

When Flopsy sets out to prove that anything her sisters can do, she can do better, she soon learns that when times get tough, sisters come together.

Carne

After a dreadful incident coupled with an ungovernable paroxysm of violence, a butcher will fall into a downward spiral that will burn to the ground whatever dignity still remained in him.

Mediation

A divorce mediation spins way out of control for a husband, his soon-to-be ex-wife and their court-appointed mediator.

The Answers

Immediately after his death, the victim of a car crash gets answers to every question he's ever had about his life, including the most import one of all – what did it all mean?

Maggie Simpson in "Playdate with Destiny"

When Maggie Simpson is rescued by a cute young baby from playground peril, it's girl meets boy, girl loses boy, guess what happens next?

Sinbad and the Cyclops Island

Marina, Sinbad and his crew are resting on a small island. They soon find out they're not alone.

The Building

A guy is singing in the bathroom, his next door neighbor starts to complain, setting a chain of events in motion.

Visions of Europe

Twenty-five films from twenty-five European countries by twenty-five European directors.

In Self Defense

A doctor receives a call in the early morning. Álvaro, his neighbor, asks him to go urgently because an incident has happened. Upon entering the neighbors' kitchen, he discovers a wounded young man and Álvaro still pointing at him.

The Division

The Division employs time agents to go and fix events from the past to make a better future. Presented in a mockumentary style, this project was created as part of a 48 hour film competition to make a trailer for a non-existent movie.

Why do people lie?

Javi and his mother are in front of the hospital with a suitcase for staying there for a few days. She’s just suffered a mild schizophrenia episode, but she feels good and she doesn’t want to go in. Javi wants her to enter the hospital voluntarily. Two people with a common enemy, but with opposing goals. Who will win?

Skins

A successful, but unhappy man tries to be himself.

Deceit

Nacho gets involved in organized crime, a war of drug cartels is looming. Nacho must decide if he goes ahead or looks for a way out.

Bridge of Mischiveous Children

Jhony passes the summer with his older brother, who wastes his time along his friends, obsessed with alcohol, pornography and the different women he takes into his mother's bedroom. One day, a girl named Misha arrives at the neighborhood, fracturing their monotony. Nobody knows anything about her, except that they call her Misha because of her green eyes, like those of cats.

Stationary Bike

Adaptation of Stephen King's story "Stationary Bike". After the tragic death of his wife, Boris loses all meaning in life, and his only desire is to be with his beloved again. Her old stationary bike becomes a bridge that connects his world with the path to his wife.

No es fácil ser... Gorka Otxoa

Gorka Otxoa visits the home of a terminally ill patient. The man is a big fan of the actor, but is also an absolutely despicable person. Can you tell a dying man to go to hel

Mind the Gap

Without a doubt, Willem Dafoe really likes his gappy teeth.

The Tell-Tale Heart

Within the chambers of a desolate house, a solitary servant tends to his invalid master. Tangibly detailed period design and hauntingly lifelike puppetry unearth the dreamworld of Poe.

Eating Late

The inner lives of sad, meek, bored and despondent diners unravel in a suburban Chinese restaurant. Narrated by Lee Lin Chin, Eating Late is a black comedy combining live-action performances with miniature sets. Captured in a single locked-off shot, the film utilises digital zooms to offer unique perspectives of a singular event.

The Puppet Asylum

Otto Baxter, a filmmaker with Down's Syndrome, directs and stars in this musical horror-comedy short based on his life, set in Victorian London.

Cutting Fat

A silent office employee struggles to balance his soul-crushing job and taking his internal organs out of his body.

The Boy with a Camera for a Face

The Boy with a Camera for a Face is satirical fairy tale about a boy born with a camera instead of a head, whose every moment is transformed by the fact he is recording it. Accompanied by a voice over narration read by Steven Berkoff, the film tells an epic story in fifteen minutes about the way we live today.

How am I tired of your miracles

About who really loves jam.

A Last Wish

A man awaits his execution by firing squad. His last wish before dying is a kiss, and there are only men.

The Monsters

A look inside the minds of two students who have been bullied to the extreme.

Dueling Dumplings

Po and Zhen battle over whose dumplings reign supreme.

La Cura

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The Cub

A couple send their young daughter to be raised by a pack of wolves.

Natives

Anita grew up on the Seneca Indian reservation, and for the first time ever, she's bringing her partner Rachel to meet her parents.

The Elephant and The Bicycle

An elephant lives in a town among people and works as a street cleaner. One day, he sees a big billboard advertising a bicycle. It seems the perfect size for him! This is the minute the elephant's life changes: he has to get this bicycle whatever it costs him.

Altered Innocence Vol. 1

A vibrant anthology of LGBTQ+ short films and music videos that delve into the complexities of youth, identity, and desire. This diverse collection showcases a range of cinematic voices—both emerging and established—exploring the exhilaration, vulnerability, and confusion of coming-of-age through stories that celebrate queer love, self-discovery, and the breaking of societal boundaries. Blending narrative shorts, experimental visuals, and music-driven pieces, the anthology offers an evocative, multifaceted portrait of innocence transformed.

Sexteens

This Spanish-language short was made using stop-motion animation and features very simple sets and characters. However, despite the relatively low budget, the film turns out to be a very effective way to teach kids about the dangers of unprotected sex. The film begins with three teenage girl dolls sitting on a bench. Without using actual words but sort of a Sims-type speech ("Bla, bla, bla"), the first girl describes her perfect man. Then, suddenly, he appears---as does a bed...

Sonic Drone Home

Sonic, Tails, and Knuckles encounter an abandoned Badnik drone which upgraded itself using parts from a junkyard, with the intention of conquering the world.

Stump the Guesser

After a bad day at work, a fairground performer sets out to disprove the theory of heredity so that he can marry his sister.

Every Revolution Is a Throw of the Dice

A tribute to Mallarmé that not only asserts the continuing relevance of his work but also confronts its literary ambiguities with political and cinematic ambiguities of its own. In outline, the film could not be more straightforward: it offers a recitation of one of Mallarmé’s most celebrated and complex poems (it was his last published work in his own lifetime, appearing in 1897, a year before his death) and proposes a cinematic equivalent for the author’s original experiment with typography and layout by assigning the words to nine different speakers, separating each speaker from the other as she or he speaks, and using slight pauses to correspond with white spaces on the original page.

Helsinki Mansplaining Massacre

One woman’s desperate struggle to survive a horde of men with frail egos, who just want to explain everything to her. But the biggest horror may be closer to her than she thinks.