US Premieres at Screamfest
The first public screening of the film in the United States.
Film Category
At the Window
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Synopsis
A girl looks out over a snow-covered garden where everything lie eeriely still. Behind her her mother lies sick in bed. Suddenly the mother's dark dream starts to take form in the garden. A hybrid of stop mation and live action, based on a horror poem by Helen Adam.
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Pandemonium
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Synopsis
Following a car accident Nathan realizes he is dead. He will discover Hell and encounter the sufferings of the tormented souls that he will meet there. Will he be able to escape?
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Empire V
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Synopsis
Set in modern-day Moscow, “Empire V” is a metaphysical vampire story and a reflection of a world ruled by the cult of beauty, money and blood. A completely original take on the age-old genre while employing ground-breaking visual effects to portray an unknowable level of reality. A dark satire on contemporary culture and global capitalism and a universal coming of age story of an average young man challenged by a Faustian gift of power and knowledge, forced to make his way in a post-moral world.
Based on a novel by Russia's leading contemporary writer Victor Pelevin.
“This is the MATRIX of vampire cinema.” – FANGORIA
“...the action of Nightwatch with the philosophical underpinnings of The Matrix sequels” - BLOODY DISGUSTING
One of Empire V’s most rewarding elements is its constant debunking of vampire lore.” ScreenDaily
“…bold visuals and careful balance of intellectual rigor and hedonistic entertainment.”
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Based on a novel by Russia's leading contemporary writer Victor Pelevin.
“This is the MATRIX of vampire cinema.” – FANGORIA
“...the action of Nightwatch with the philosophical underpinnings of The Matrix sequels” - BLOODY DISGUSTING
One of Empire V’s most rewarding elements is its constant debunking of vampire lore.” ScreenDaily
“…bold visuals and careful balance of intellectual rigor and hedonistic entertainment.”
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Film Category
SLAVE 4 LOVE
Meet the Filmmaker
Synopsis
Unfolding in a single, uninterrupted shot: When Mattie comes home with Alis she learns that some people will do anything for love.
Film Category
Else
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Synopsis
A strange disease is spreading out there ; but Betty and Todd love each other stronger than anything else. Betty gets sick. She begins to merge with everything around : the bed, and eventually the whole room. Unable to give up on her, Todd tries to run away into his memories. But then he decides he will learn how to love her new body. Till he also becomes something else, something completely new.
Film Category
THE WITCH. REVENGE
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Synopsis
An ancient witch from the Ukrainian town of Konotop (always believed to be a place where witches are born) has renounced her powers after falling in love with a mortal guy, but when the war starts and russian soldiers occupy the city and brutally murder her beloved, she decides to exact revenge on them, so she restores her powers and subjects her fiancé`s killers to some horrifying and bloody acts of retribution.
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THE DEAD OF WINTER
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Synopsis
After an affluent man leaves a rough sleeper to die in the cold on Christmas Eve, he's haunted by a figure that may be a vengeful spirit - or his own guilty conscience.