Arutinae

How Lucky Am I?

May 2025 •English

Burgess, an aspiring screenwriter, struggling with writers block, imposter syndrome and his uncertain future feels his life and chances of success slip away as yet another year looms.

Bitter Taste of Ginger

October 2021 •English

Ginger, a recent widow, takes up autoerotic asphyxiation to work up the nerve to kill her abusive mother-in-law, Ginny.

Freud: The Secret Passion

December 1962 •English

An examination of Austrian psychologist Sigmund Freud's career when he began to treat patients diagnosed with hysteria, using the radical technique of hypnosis.

Still of the Night

November 1982 •English

When one of his patients is found murdered, psychiatrist Dr. Sam Rice is visited by the investigating officer but refuses to give up any information. He's then visited by the patient's mistress, Brooke Reynolds, whom he quickly falls for despite her being a likely murder suspect. As the police pressure on him intensifies, Rice decides to attempt solving the case on his own and soon discovers that someone is trying to kill him as well.

Once Upon a Time in Indian Country

October 2017 •German

A wild genre mix between a boxer film, urban western, road movie and music video, set at end of the summer holidays in a drab neighborhood in the outskirts of Hamburg suburbia. Young boxing talent Mauser is preparing for a pivotal competition when his father kills his step-mother and flees. Trying to find his father, Mauser embarks on a journey through the world of music, psychedelia, violence, love and a biblical thunderstorm. And what is with the Native American? "Once upon a time in Indian country" is a story that radiates both, heat and poetry.

The Sin of Nora Moran

December 1933 •English

Nora Moran, a young woman with a difficult and tragic past, is sentenced to die for a murder that she did not commit. She could easily reveal the truth and save her own life, if only it would not damage the lives, careers and reputations of those whom she loves.

Proyecciones del Limbo

April 2025 •Spanish

Clench

Invalid date •English

Lav is an underground private investigator with the psychic prowess allowing her to read the minds of the living and the recently dead. After a series of seemingly random murders Lav stumbles into a mystery involving a far more omniscient and maleficent force. A force she tries to stop while also battling her own crumbling mental health.

By the Wayside

May 2012 •English

Four friends (a background actor, a documentarian, a homeless musician, and a virgin) descend into a life-awakening 24 hours that involve excess drinking, prostitutes, a sage-like lounge singer and psychedelic drugs.

SOUND of LOVE

September 2024 •Japanese

Cleaning worker Moriya finds solace in listening to ASMR streams of a woman named Akiha. Despite never meeting in person, the two develop a connection through the intimate sounds Akiha shares in her videos. However, Moriya is shocked when he discovers that Akiha is broadcasting from a public restroom he regularly cleans. What kind of fate awaits this faceless pair connected through sound?

Life of the Party

February 2023 •English

A man gathers all the necessary supplies for a party. Chips, pretzels, and most importantly, lots of drugs. Once people start arriving, the party goes wild. He’s in complete ecstasy, only to discover that the party may not be what it seems.

Reckless Serenade

November 2014 •English

Seeking quite in the park, a young songwriter runs into three familiar strangers with some bad news.

Spectacle

October 2013 •English

A couple's break up gets out of hand as the man tries to woo his woman back in a strange house. Hijinks ensue.

Sierra

January 2022 •Estonian

A father and his son are losing the race. To win, the boy turns himself into a car tyre. Sierra looks at toxic masculinity through dark irony, while pulling us into the surreal car racing world. Loosely inspired by the director's childhood, this animated black comedy includes fragments of a stop motion film animated by the director's father during Soviet Estonia.

Sunsplit

January 1997 •English

As the California sun shines down from an Los Angeles sky, three unique individuals are about to collide in the most unexpected ways imaginable. Lyle is a psychotic serial killer who has formed a dangerous fixation on single mother and expert car thief Tess. As Lyle prepares to make his deadly move, widowed Greek Restaurant owner Shandor finds himself forced to take matters into his own hands when the law fails to protect and serve as promised.

Whispers of Vengeance

June 2024 •Japanese

An ordinary housewife named Natsuka witnesses her husband cheating on her with his boss’s wife. Shocked by what she sees, Natsuka attempts to seduce her husband’s boss in a bid to get revenge on his wife, but she soon discovers that he is an ASMR junkie who can only reach climax through hearing women’s voices! She then joins a mysterious ASMR group called “Maguro’s Earrings” and delves deep into a world of auditory stimulation…

Americana

October 2022 •English

A group of online friends meet in person for the first time and discover their host is an enigmatic entity who molds a private world just for them. Through surrealistic individual battles with regret, trauma, failure, and mental disorder, each must decide if laboring through life is a worthwhile effort.

Home from the Gym

November 2014 •English

A young man returns from the gym and undresses.

Artificial Paradises

May 2012 •Portuguese

Nando and Erika, two young people in their twenties, meet several times without noticing. The story of the subculture of electronic music and rave parties and drugs like MDMA.

The Black Dog

November 1987 •English

This rich, symbolic, intensely personal yet universal film wordlessly follows the path of a woman on a journey of self-discovery.