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Bagher Bachcha

September 2021 •Bengali

Bagher Bachcha, a group of masked robbers. They attack corrupted people and unmask them. Is "Bagher Bachcha" a threat or a saviour? Who are they?

Women are not allowed in this Building

April 2022 •Bengali

First anthological short from Pett Kata Shaw. Based on the popular myth that witches can visit when one is cooking fish.

Something Sweet

April 2022 •Bengali

Second anthological short from Pett Kata Shaw. Based on the folklore that Jinns are attracted to sweets and invade sweet shops at night. A Jinn appears to sweet shop named 'Mishti Kichu' and asks for sweets to its forgetful owner.

Hearsay

April 2022 •Bengali

The third anthological short from Pett Kata Shaw. One day while wandering around, a couple reaches a village from where every Bengali superstition originated. A boatman and an old woman start telling them the stories behind the superstitions. Each story behind each one is weirder, more bizarre than the other.

If I come back alive

September 2022 •Bengali

Rabiul Alam is a corrupt engineer. He is struggling to maintain his relationship with his wife and girlfriend. For this he bought a ready-made flat as a gift to his girlfriend. His problem comes when he gets stuck in the elevator of his newly purchased apartment.

The Apology

December 2022 •English

Twenty years after the disappearance of her daughter, a recovering alcoholic is preparing to host her family's Christmas celebration when her estranged ex-brother-in-law arrives unannounced, bearing nostalgic gifts and a heavy secret.

Repeat Shoe

October 2022 •Tamil

A crew involved in child sex trafficking who kidnaps girl children, abusing them and torturing those who does not comply. These girls feeling trapped and having no way out are in desperation. After many experimentation a scientist successfully end up making a Time Travelling Shoe. While testing it he gets arrested by police, so he ends up hiding invention in a safer place.

The TrutherNet Apocalypse

October 2022 •English

A NATO scientist sends a message to TrutherNet, one of the world's largest conspiracy theorist communities: the apocalypse is coming, but one of them knows how to prevent extinction of the human race.

8 Found Dead

September 2023 •English

Two couples drive to a secluded house in the desert for a weekend getaway, each with their own baggage, expectations, and secrets. Upon their arrival, they’re met by two strangers, claiming to have rented the house as well.

Cómo mejorar tu tirada de bolos

October 2022 •Spanish

Sacred Grounds: Forbidden

October 2022 •English

Two Bigfoot Researchers looking for the next big thing, discover something bigger than they ever thought.

Murderous Decisions

December 1991 •German

A thriller about a maniac murderer who to the outside world is a celebrity TV presenter. His beautiful assistant, a woman who has fallen off the career ladder, is terrorized by him. A job-hunting animation artist gets caught in the world of glitter and glamour of the TV industry. Drugs and promiscuity are omnipresent. The animation artist falls in love with the assistant and his love is returned; together they uncover the true identity of the killer. Murderous Decisions is a special experiment: an interactive zap-movie, leaving it up to the viewer whether they follow the story from the male or female perspective. The movie is one of a kind, actually being two movies aired simutaneously on separate TV channels and allowing the viewer to switch back and forth at will.

Murder Party

October 1961 •German

Klaus murders women. After killing another girl, Klaus is spotted by his friend Kersten as he leaves his latest victim's house. Kersten gives him a ride and Klaus begins to plot the man's death. He's a witness, after all. Nobody else can say Klaus was there except Kersten. They decide to head to a party. Klaus' unhappy wife is there. So are a bunch of other people. Killing Kersten will be difficult. Then they all play a game called... Murder Party!

Balkan Rules

April 1997 •Serbian

Movie about secret relations between Yugoslavian, Serbian and Croatian secret police during last 50 years. Here in Balkans truth and lies are so much mixed and it lasts so long that no one knows the difference. That is why this fictitious story looks so true.

I Escaped from the Gestapo

May 1943 •English

A forger is forced to work for a Nazi spy ring. His conscience gets the better of him, though, and he secretly conspires with the FBI to turn over the gang.

Portrait from Life

December 1948 •English

A British army officer becomes fascinated by the portrait of a young woman. He travels to Germany to find her, only to discover that she is suffering from amnesia.

Equator

August 1983 •French

Although based on a novel by Georges Simenon, director (and songwriter) Serge Gainsbourg has superimposed several dark emotions and a subtle brutality over the weak plot about a man's trip to Africa and his unfortunate passion for a murderess whose amorality sends the disillusioned fellow back to Europe. Sometimes described as frustrating and self-centered, reactions to this film swing across a broad spectrum of complaints -- not the least might be whether or not Gainsbourg is using a clichéd and stereotypical view of "dark Africa" to convey what he sees in his characters.

Wet Asphalt

April 1958 •German

In Berlin, when the journalist Greg Bachmann is released from prison six months before the end of his sentence, there is a driver named Jupp waiting for him. Soon he learns that the famous journalist Cesar Boyd was the responsible for the shorter sentence. Cesar offers a position of his assistant to Greg; in return, Boyd would write his story about his interviews to war criminals and Greg would help him in other matters. Meanwhile Boyd welcomes the daughter of a deceased friend, Bettina, and he becomes her guardian.