Aesop's Game (2019)

Nobody Dies

A side-splitting action comedy, with a series of unfortunate events happening to a very unfortunate and mediocre man. Daniel Niemand is the kind of dumpy little sad-sack that even flies wouldn't care to buzz around. And that's on a good day. But all that's about to change when his wife leaves him for their marriage counsellor and he unknowingly becomes integral in a high-level police ploy to capture a local crime syndicate. Welcome to the worst week in Daniel Niemand's life.

Life of a Mutt

Through seven scenes, the film follows the life and destinies of stray dogs from the margins of our society, leading us to reconsider our attitude towards them. Through the seven “wandering” characters that we follow at different ages, from birth to old age, we witness their dignified struggle for survival. At the cemetery, in an abandoned factory, in an asylum, in a landfill, in places full of sorrow, our heroes search for love and togetherness. By combining documentary material, animation and acting interpretation of the thoughts of our heroes, we get to know lives between disappointment and hope, quite similar to ours.

Talk to Me

Karo (28) is freshly separated and is struggling with the non-existing relationship with her father. When her mother MICHAELA (50) wants to go on vacation with her to Rügen, Karo suspects there is again some failed love affair behind it.

Hello

During one of their night stays, three college teens play a silly prank where they randomly call people and tell them that they know who that person is and what they have done. What will happen when things take a dangerous turn?

Intermedio

Under the border leading into Mexico, within a labyrinth of caves, a deadly presence haunts all who enter. For four friends on an expedition, the caverns become an underground graveyard as the tortured ghosts prey upon them, one by one.

I Got Plenty of Mutton

A wolf, deprived of meat by war rationing and starving, sees an article in the newspaper about a sheepdog leaving his flock to join the army and thinks it will be easy pickings. However, if he had read the rest of the article, he would know that the flock is now guarded by the ram Killer Diller, a most formidable foe.

Rosalinda 2020

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Saving General Yang

When a rival nation sends troops to invade the Song Dynasty, the emperor sends general Yang Ye (Adam Cheng) to defend the nation. However, Yang's place in the court is shaky due to a feud with Pan Renmei caused by the accidental death of his son at the hands of one of Yang's sons. At the battle, Yang is abandoned by Pan's troops, leaving him trapped in the face of an attack by Yeli Yuan (Shao Bing), an enemy general who wants to kill Yang to avenge his father. After learning about their father's predicament, Yang Ye's seven sons set out to rescue their father at any cost.

Bon appétit monsieur

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Bis

Éric and Patrice have been friends since high school. Over the years, they have both taken very different paths: Éric has become a hedonist, has a string of girlfriends and is always on the look out for a new one; Patrice has become a monogamous father with a very ordered life. After a drunken evening, the two childhood friends find themselves cast back into 1986, when they were 17 years old. This return to the past is a dream opportunity to try to change the path their lives will take. What will they do with this second chance?

Ten Killers from Afar

Dallas tries to regain his father's farm which he lost in a card game with Kelly. But Kelly is now dead and his daughter, Glenda, doesn't know how to play poker. There are also rumors of a hidden treasure.

Genesee

Iconic imageries and moments of strange magic in California.

XX

'XX' is a celebration of an alternative to mainstream pornography, one which puts women’s pleasure at the forefront and explores ethical sexual expression.

Zinédine Zidane, son nom est Yazid

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Hannibal Buress: Miami Nights

Mildly successful comedian, Hannibal Buress, performs his second stand-up special in Chicago based on his wild night with the police.

Let's Get Lost

Three friends, Steffen, Thomas and Mogens spend a lot of time together in Julies apartment while they talk about soccer and how to get enough money for tickets to the big game next week. At the same time Julie is trying to get in contact with her boyfriend René who she thinks is having an affair. They all talk a lot about whats on their mind during this week.

Serial Killers: The Real Life Hannibal Lecters

This documentary examines a selection of real life serial killers and compares them to the fictional Hannibal Lecter.

The President's Barber

A well-meaning but politically naive barber gets pulled into the inner circle of the South Korean dictator Park Chung-Hee, with rather baleful consequences for his hapless family. This sharp political satire covers roughly twenty years in South Korean political history, from the viewpoint of the barber's son.

You look scary

A crocodile fears the procedure to remove his tooth but the dentist is just as afraid of the crocodile’s mouth.

The Day After

In the mid-1980s, the U.S. is poised on the brink of nuclear war. This shadow looms over the residents of a small town in Kansas as they continue their daily lives. Dr. Russell Oakes maintains his busy schedule at the hospital, Denise Dahlberg prepares for her upcoming wedding, and Stephen Klein is deep in his graduate studies. When the unthinkable happens and the bombs come down, the town's residents are thrust into the horrors of nuclear winter.

Birdeater

A bride-to-be is invited to her own fiancé's bachelor party, but when uncomfortable details about their relationship are exposed, the night takes a feral turn.

Spin the Wheel

On the eve of the Apocalypse, a motley group of strangers plays Russian Roulette with a man claiming to be the Devil for a chance to save the world.

The Place

The fates of an apparently random group of strangers who each come into contact with a mysterious figure who they believe possesses the power to grant any wish, in return for which they must carry out a task he assigns them.

Bound

To escape her overprotective drug-dealing stepfather, an introvert flees to NYC with her pet pocket squirrel. After successfully reinventing herself through the help of some "found family," she realizes she must return home and confront her dark past, to truly be free.

The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power Global Fan Screening

An edited version of the first two episodes of The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, shown exclusively to fans in cinemas around the world in August 2022. In a time of relative peace, an ensemble cast of characters confronts the re-emergence of evil to Middle-earth.

Summer Things

Two couple of friends, one very rich, the other almost homeless, decide to go on Holiday. Julie, a single mother, joins them too. Once at seaside, it starts a complicate love cross among them that will involve also a transsexual, a jealous brother, a Latin Lover and another nervous stressed couple. Not to mention about the daughter of one of them that is secretly in Chicago with one of her father's employees... At the end of the summer, all of them will join the same party...

Kyrie

Luca lost her family in the Great East Japan Earthquake causing her not to be able to speak. However, her singing voice shakes the hearts of those who listen to her. It is a hymn of compassion played by Luca and the people.

Monsoon Wedding

As the romantic monsoon rains loom, the extended Verma family reunites from around the globe for a last-minute arranged marriage in New Delhi. This film traces five intersecting stories, each navigating different aspects of love as they cross boundaries of class, continent and morality.

The Loved One

Newly arrived in Hollywood from England, Dennis Barlow finds he has to arrange his uncle's interment at the highly-organised and very profitable Whispering Glades funeral parlour. His fancy is caught by one of their cosmeticians, Aimee Thanatogenos. But he has three problems - the strict rules of owner Blessed Reverand Glenworthy, the rivalry of embalmer Mr Joyboy, and the shame of now working himself at The Happy Hunting Ground pets' memorial home.

International House

Foreign investors converge on a luxury hotel in China to bid on a new kind of radioscope. But, this is a hotel where Burns and Allen are the in-house medical staff, a measles risk sends the whole building into quarantine, and a madcap millionaire crashes dinner in his autogyro. Hotel and radioscope become a stage for an all-star cast of comedians and musicians, from vaudeville to the new generation.

She's Got No Name

Set in a bustling alleyway during the Japanese occupation of Shanghai in the 1940s, the film centres on a wife, Zhan Zhou, who was being charged with the bloody dismemberment of her husband – a killing that seems impossible for her to have committed alone. The murder thrusts Zhan into the spotlight and the court of public opinion, forcing her towards a fate intertwined with that of her own country.

Brett Wong's Ex-Girlfriends

A revenge-driven high school senior gathers a group of four other women, including a permanently limped former athlete, to plot the murder of their mutual ex-boyfriend, Brett Wong.

Car Wash

This day-in-the-life cult comedy focuses on a group of friends working at Sully Boyar's Car Wash in the Los Angeles ghetto. The team meets dozens of eccentric customers -- including a smooth-talking preacher, a wacky cab driver and an ex-convict -- while cracking politically incorrect jokes to a constant soundtrack of disco and funk. Some of the workers find romance as the day moves along, but most are just happy to get through another shift.

Three Floors

Follows the lives of three families who live in a three-story building in a Roman neighbourhood.

Bootless

A four-piece band read an unfavourable headline, which leads to internal conflict.

Lakeview

A queer ensemble comedy set over a weekend at the lake house of a group of lifelong friends

There's No Place Like Home

An extended family reunites after a long time to celebrate the 50th wedding anniversary of their grandparents on an idyllic island. However, they remain stranded there for longer than expected, causing secrets and long-held grudges to break out.

The School of Mischief

This play takes place in a school that consists of five rebellious students grouped together in one class, who have failed, for over a decade, to graduate. The principal decides to hire a new female teacher, hoping that she can improve the behavior of these students. Effat, the new teacher, takes on the task and plans on turning them into model students.

Eternal Boys NEXT STAGE

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Avec Florent Pagny, tout le monde ELA

Tribute concert dedicated to Florent Pagny, recent cancer survivor, celebrated with various French singers.

Summertime

Over the course of a hot summer day in Los Angeles, the lives of 25 young Angelinos intersect. A skating guitarist, a tagger, two wannabe rappers, an exasperated fast-food worker, a limo driver—they all weave in and out of each other's stories. Through poetry they express life, love, heartache, family, home, and fear. One of them just wants to find someplace that still serves good cheeseburgers.

Bits & Pieces

Dive into the Eternal City – see Rome like you’ve never seen it before. Storefront robberies, bizarre murders, career dreamers, and cameos from Italy's foremost directors and actors feature in this star-studded omnibus tale about life and love.

Compagni di scuola

A group of former high school classmates meets for a reunion 15 years after graduation, only to discover that any innocence or friendship is long lost.

Under Therapy

Three married couples undergoing therapy are summoned by their female psychologist to a meeting. The psychologist won’t be attending the reunion herself, but she will give to them instructions about what they must do. Thus, to the sound of a horn (literally), the six protagonists will gradually air their dirty laundry concerning their relationships and bring up issues like taking care of the kids, the different home tasks, money, jealousy and sex, until it all leads to a most unexpected and equally shocking end.

Killing All My Sisters

A college student uncovers an elite sorority's dark secrets when her best friend mysteriously disappears during rush week.

Blackmail, Lies and Murder

Candace and Kristen's conversation takes a dark turn when Kristen suggests they each kill someone who is tormenting them -- but swap the murders. Candace laughs it off, but when her mother-in-law ends up dead, Kristen expects her to return the favor.

Broken Lance

The remnants of Knight House Corvec fight for survival against the forces of Chaos while dealing with power struggles that pit their High Queen against her niece – the rightful heir.

Dear Best Friend

Dawn Goldie is a painter who seemingly has the perfect life. Thriving gallery, loving husband Alex, and adorable 2 year old son Lennox; but the tragic death of her best friend Cori two years prior still plagues her. On her birthday, Dawn mistakenly receives a mysterious gift, a novel, which immediately captivates her attention.

Two of Us

Empress Schuck and Ejay Falcon star in this psychological thriller as two people who find each other while trying to make a living in a foreign country. But as time passes, underneath the sweet moments lie a toxic relationship that sparks violent tendencies.

Yaavarum Vallavare

Follows the events that take place in around 12 hours, from 6 pm to 6 am, in the lives of handful of people and propagates the idea that when a predicament arises, we need not await the arrival of a sole savior. Instead, common people who rise to the occasion are heroes by themselves.

Runner

Lisa is a young 25 year old who has dreamed of cinema since she was a child. For her, the role of the runner is an important milestone: it is her arrival in the world of cinema, but also the starting point for a brilliant career. She is finally on a set, starting a relationship with Sonja, protagonist and film star. What more could you want from life? What could go wrong? But the actress has a dark past that comes back to look for her at the most unexpected moment. Accused of Sonja's murder, the girl is forced to flee. Lisa runs, runs to save her life and to find the evidence that will exonerate her and allow the real murderer to be convicted.