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Else
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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.
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Grub
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Grub follows the journey of Leah, an ambitious 8-year-old, and the mysterious and unsettling Alien whose appearances sparked controversy. Rumors swirl about the Alien's involvement in crimes such as murder and kidnapping. After its talk show appearance, the Alien visits Leah, offering to change her life forever. But at what cost? Their clash of ideals leads to a night that blurs reality. Grub explores themes of youth careerism and the toxic dance between life and death, posing the question: "Would you grub for it?"
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Picturesque
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Ruby's self-obsession triggers chaos when she alters her portrait, setting off a chain of events that threatens her very existence.
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Catch and Exterminate
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On a job gone wrong, spunky pest control employee Elliot finds herself in a chase with a paranormal being with a nasty bite
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THE THINGS WE KEEP
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When Kate receives word her estranged mother is unable to take care of herself, she reluctantly returns to pack up her mom's house and send her to a nursing home. Unfortunately, it's a big task: her mother has been a hoarder for as long as Kate can remember. As she cleans, her mother warns: bad things will happen if you take away my things. Kate battles her mother's dementia-driven hostility and uncovers disturbing items underneath the detritus. Specifically: a sinister-looking mold-like mark underneath the wallpaper. As Kate unravels the mystery of her mother's obsession and illness, she discovers that the hoarding was actually self-preservation. There is evil in the house's walls, and they must be covered at all costs. An allegorical tale of intergenerational trauma between mothers and daughters.
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Theda
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When Maya is dragged out to a desolate country home by her fiancé Lucas, she begins to realise the pitfalls of her relationship through strange manifestations of their older selves.
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Strings
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Sally joins a dream summer trip to Sicily with her childhood bestie Poppy, hoping to re-connect before they start university. Confronted with Poppy's volatile new friend Alex, Sally is strangely drawn to the traditional puppets decorating their villa, and the strings that bind the two friends threaten to rip them apart.
'Strings' is produced by students aged 16-20 as part of Project Paradiso, a cross-cultural UK-Italy educational filmmaking initiative from Young Film Academy (YFA). Full details of Project Paradiso can be found at https://www.youngfilmacademy.co.uk/project-paradiso
'Strings' is produced by students aged 16-20 as part of Project Paradiso, a cross-cultural UK-Italy educational filmmaking initiative from Young Film Academy (YFA). Full details of Project Paradiso can be found at https://www.youngfilmacademy.co.uk/project-paradiso
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Strangers Like Us
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In their early 30s, Laura and Elias settle into a new suburban life by inviting another couple over for dinner. When the night gradually turns into an evening full of mysteriously surreal events, Laura feels like a stranger in her own life…
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My Child
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A recent college graduate must confront his fear of adulthood, his childhood nostalgia, and the supernatural entities which pursue him through the halls of his old elementary school.
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Leaving Yellowstone
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What starts as a romantic trip in the wilderness, turns ugly as Tessa fights for her life in the winter of Yellowstone National Park.
Tessa is excited to visit Yellowstone National Park with her new boyfriend, Mark. However, when they arrive, Mark changes, aggression and cruelty building as Tessa starts finding disturbing artifacts around his cabin. What begins as an idyllic winter weekend slowly becomes a nightmare as Tessa realizes she's alone in the woods with a man she really doesn't know at all.
Tessa is excited to visit Yellowstone National Park with her new boyfriend, Mark. However, when they arrive, Mark changes, aggression and cruelty building as Tessa starts finding disturbing artifacts around his cabin. What begins as an idyllic winter weekend slowly becomes a nightmare as Tessa realizes she's alone in the woods with a man she really doesn't know at all.
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EYES
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Longing for richer connections to others, Alma chooses to undergo a mysterious procedure that promises a new way of seeing the world. Her choice unravels a dark exploration of identity, challenging the definition of the “collective experience”.
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A Possession
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Gordon (Gabriel Rysdhal) and Juliette (Izabel Mar) are on their honeymoon in the Hudson Valley when a malevolent forest spirit, Elle (Sara Koviak) and her familiar Dave (Gregory Brown) mark them as their next prey. A new take on Young Goodman Brown by Nathaniel Hawthorne, and an allegorical and mythical exploration of a uniquely American spirit of narcissism.