The Swarm(2021)

The Merry Widow(en)

A prince from a small kingdom courts a wealthy widow to keep her money in the country.

The Space in Between: Marina Abramović and Brazil(pt)

Marina Abramović travels through Brazil, in search of personal healing and artistic inspiration, experiencing sacred rituals and revealing her creative process. The route is comprised of poignant encounters with healers and sages from the Brazilian countryside, exploring the limits between art and spirituality. This external trip triggers in Marina a profound introspective journey through memories, pain and past experiences. 

The Rio Verde Incident(es)

A story about love and breaking social barriers, set against the Rio Verde plane crash that killed the players of the Santiago baseball team in 1948.

The Awakening of the Insects(fr)

Mr Lam is an old man, losing his memory since his wife died. The last day of "the insects' hibernation", he receives an unexpected visit from Ms. Meng, Taoist exorcist determined to chase demons out of his head.

The Cannibal Club(pt)

Otavio and Gilda are a very wealthy couple of the Brazilian elite who have the habit of eating their employees. Otavio owns a private security company and is a notable member of The Cannibal Club. When Gilda accidentally discovers a secret from Borges, a powerful congressman and the Club’s leader, her and her husband’s lives are in grave danger.

Holiday on Mars(it)

We are in 2030, and on vacation we go to Mars! Having made his wife and son Giulio lose his tracks for years, Fabio (Christian De Sica) is about to marry the wealthy Bea on Mars. But what could happen if during an excursion into space, something goes wrong and Giulio suddenly becomes a sprightly old man (Massimo Boldi)? Between hilarious unexpected events and amusing misunderstandings, Fabio will find himself dealing with a seventy-year-old son and a marriage that is in danger of jumping ...

Safer at Home(en)

Two years into the pandemic, a group of friends throw an online party with a night of games, drinking and drugs. After taking an ecstasy pill, things go terribly wrong and the safety of their home becomes more terrifying than the raging chaos outside.

One Sings, the Other Doesn't(fr)

The intertwined lives of two women in 1970s France, set against the progress of the women's movement in which Agnes Varda was involved. Pomme and Suzanne meet when Pomme helps Suzanne obtain an abortion after a third pregnancy which she cannot afford. They lose contact but meet again ten years later. Pomme has become an unconventional singer, Suzanne a serious community worker - despite the contrast they remain friends and share in the various dramas of each others' lives, in the process affirming their different female identities.

Insensate(pt)

A woman tries to help her twin sister, with whom she has a strong connection, recover from a trauma. But weird things surround their lives.

Teddy(fr)

In a rural French town, twenty-something Teddy is scratched by an unknown beast and slowly undergoes frightening changes.

Gagarine(fr)

Yuri, 16, has lived all his life in Gagarin Towers, a vast red-brick housing project on the outskirts of Paris. He dreams of becoming an astronaut. When plans to demolish Gagarin Towers leak out, Yuri joins the resistance. With his friends Diana and Houssam, he embarks on a mission to save their home, which has become his “starship.”

Escape from Mogadishu(ko)

Diplomats from the North and South Korean embassies in Somalia attempt a daring joint escape from Mogadishu when the outbreak of civil war leaves them stranded.

Train(en)

After a night of wild partying and missing their train, the group of students is invited to board another which happens to be heading their way. Once on board, members of the team begin to go missing, and their would-be saviors claim to have no idea what could have happened to them... When they discover the truth, it is too late to escape and they must fight for their lives against their captors to put an end to their ride to hell.

Bartkowiak(pl)

After his brother dies in a car crash, a disgraced MMA fighter takes over the family nightclub — and soon learns his sibling's death wasn’t an accident.

Anaïs in Love(fr)

A young woman struggling to stay on top of everything in her life meets a married publisher and begins an affair with him.

What Keeps You Alive(en)

Majestic mountains, a still lake and venomous betrayals engulf a married couple attempting to celebrate their first anniversary.

The Best Christmas Pageant Ever(en)

The Herdman kids are undeniably the worst kids in the history of the world. They lie, steal, cheat, bully and overall terrorize their small community. But this Christmas, they're taking over their local church Pageant – and they just might unwittingly teach a shocked little town the true meaning of Christmas.

Aftermath(en)

Desperate to save their marriage, a young couple takes a deal to move into their dream home, but disturbing events reveal the house's troubled history.

Cheap Thrills(en)

Recently fired and facing eviction, a new dad has his life turned upside down when he meets a wealthy couple who offer a path to financial security... but at a price.

The Speech(fr)

Meet Adrien! He's 35. He's stuck in a mid-life crisis. He's neurotic and hypochondriac. Tonight he's stuck in an endless family dinner and his girlfriend is not answering his texts. On top of that, his dumb brother-in-law asks him to prepare a speech for his wedding. Could it get even worse?

The Reaping(en)

Katherine Morrissey, a former Christian missionary, lost her faith after the tragic deaths of her family. Now she applies her expertise to debunking religious phenomena. When a series of biblical plagues overrun a small town, Katherine arrives to prove that a supernatural force is not behind the occurrences, but soon finds that science cannot explain what is happening. Instead, she must regain her faith to combat the evil that waits in a Louisiana swamp.

Microcosmos(fr)

A documentary of insect life in meadows and ponds, using incredible close-ups, slow motion, and time-lapse photography. It includes bees collecting nectar, ladybugs eating mites, snails mating, spiders wrapping their catch, a scarab beetle relentlessly pushing its ball of dung uphill, endless lines of caterpillars, an underwater spider creating an air bubble to live in, and a mosquito hatching.

The Grasshopper and the Ants(en)

As in the classic fable, the grasshopper plays his fiddle and lives for the moment, while the industrious ants squirrel away massive amounts of food for the winter. With his song, he's able to convince at least one small ant until the queen arrives and scares him back to work. The queen warns the grasshopper of the trouble he'll be in, come winter. Winter comes, and the grasshopper, near starvation, stumbles across the ants, who are having a full-on feast in their snug little tree. They take him in and warm him up. The queen tells him only those who work can eat so he must play for them. Written by Jon Reeves

Shin Kamen Rider: Prologue(ja)

Doctors Kazamatsuri and Onizuka are geneticists researching cures on diseases such as AIDS and cancer by performing experiments to strengthen the human body. The test subject is Shin Kazamatsuri, motorcycle racer son of Doctor Kazamatsuri. Unknown to them, their operation is funded by a syndicate group, who plan to use this research to have the bodies of men strengthened for their own gain—they have already been experimenting in the field of cyborg soldiers, to a less-than-successful attempt. However, they did not count on Onizuka's own secret ambitions; the mad Onizuka wanted to create a new species, by fusing a grasshopper's DNA with the test subject's, in order to start a new civilization and be their god. He has tested on himself, but seems to be having greater success with Shin.

Forest Tales(ru)

A poetic tale directed by Elena Petkevich for children on a small grasshopper, which is trying to learn the secret of life.

Grasshopper Jungle(en)

An animated ode to Grasshopper Jungle, Andrew Smith's weird, wild and wonderful novel.

Pina(it)

How would Nature feel if she was a woman, living in Rome? An asocial, weird woman Pina hates rubbish and loves nature. One day she bumps into a blind man and feels some connection with him. Pina invites him for a walk to The Magic Forest, which really exist only in her imagination. They become closer as they they walk and she describes fantastic creatures that live in the Forest around them. Can they get over the distance and fear that separates each of them from each other and the rest of the world? And in the end, did she really exist? Or was it all in his imagination?

Escape from the Shadows(cs)

This exemplary "psychological drama" depicts the difficulties with which a new socialist mindset is born. Director Jiří Sequens warns against ill-advised marriages into the families of the defeated bourgeoisie, because the former royalty refuses to accept a man from a different social class. The heroes of this film will find out. The former owner of a pharmacy refuses to accept that his daughter has married a mere technical draughtsman. However, her father's hateful schemes cause the sensitive woman to attempt suicide.

The Gift(en)

Father gives his son an unusual gift for his 10th birthday. It will change the boy's life forever.

Ruin(he)

Three teenage murderers escape to a secluded ruin where they must deal with the huge gap between the ideological romance that had planned the act and the dark reality which suddenly engulfs them.

The Outsiders(zh)

A young male student develops a very close relationship with a teacher when both outsiders become ostracized from their town.

Nooran(pa)

A great musical and romantic film, which was inspired by the story of Heer Ranjha.

The Tell-Tale Heart(en)

The short movie tells the well known story by E.A.Poe about a murderer, who tries to persuade the readers/audience of his mental stability, while telling the tale of the brutish act of killing an old man. He denies that he suffers from mental illness and openly boasts of his cleverness and cunning behavior. He kills the man though he loves him, holds no grudges against him and murders without any motive. The movie works heavily with green screen and computer coloration to achieve interesting special effects with the real life actors and the environment.

Mea Maxima Culpa(en)

The short is another adaptation of E.A.Poe's infamous tale and follows the descent into madness for the meticulous butler Manfred, whose sole focus in life is the care and comfort of his Master. When perfectionism turns into obsession, he pleads for understanding that he acts not out of madness, but through his most grievous fault. The story of redemption leads into the depths of a troubled soul for whom madness is just a matter of perspective.

Ariel(fi)

A Finnish man goes to the city to find a job after the mine where he worked is closed and his father commits suicide.

Shadows in Paradise(fi)

Nikander, a rubbish collector and would-be entrepreneur, finds his plans for success dashed when his business associate dies. One evening, he meets Ilona, a down-on-her-luck cashier, in a local supermarket. Falteringly, a bond begins to develop between them.

Sunday in August(de)