Cruel Encounters

Minus 31: The Nagpur Files

July 2023 •Hindi

A murder has happened at the time of COVID, and the female cop is on duty to find the murderer.

Scream 7

February 2026 •English

When a new Ghostface killer emerges in the quiet town where Sidney Prescott has built a new life, her darkest fears are realized as her daughter becomes the next target. Determined to protect her family, Sidney must face the horrors of her past to put an end to the bloodshed once and for all.

A Zest For Death: A Hannah Swensen Mystery

October 2023 •English

They say the real estate business is deadly, but no one is more surprised than Hannah Swensen when her mother, Delores, discovers the dead body of the homeowner – and regular customer of The Cookie Jar – while house-hunting for her sister Michelle. Hannah is determined to get to the bottom of the mystery and is convinced that the prime suspect Mike and the Sheriff are focusing on isn't the culprit. Hannah's sleuthing becomes a family affair when Delores, Michelle and even her sister Andrea – who pays an unexpected visit – take part in the investigation. As Hannah uncovers clues she slowly rules out suspects and is led to the shocking truth about the killer's identity.

Mute

November 2021 •English

Monette, a recently separated travelling book salesman tells his grim story to both a priest and a hitchhiker, looking for absolution.

LA PETITE FILLE AUX PLANCHES À ROULETTES

August 2023 •French

Yana-Wara

April 2024 •Aymara

The communal justice system accuses Don Evaristo, 80 years old, of the murder of his granddaughter Yana-Wara, 13 years old. During the hearing, everyone learns the tragic story of this young girl.

Echo Sonata

November 2023 •English

In the 1950s, a communist country. The film follows a retired detective who investigates two enigmatic murders. Both murders are connected to a murder exposing an old secret about a corrupt officer that causes controversy throughout the city and alerts the political security. As he uncovers clues, the detective plunges deeper and deeper into a maelstrom of political and personal intrigue that leads him to a final revelation.

Spa in Love

December 2010 •Thai

Mani is a massage girl has been trying to investigate the circumstances behind the death of her sister, Morakot. One day she meets Mike, who has come for her services and she falls for him. Mike soon realizes that Mani is Morakot's sister. He used to date Morakot and later killed her. Mani finds a picture of Mike and Morakot and manage to puzzle together what have happened. Both Mike and Morakot is now trying to kill each other off. Two police detectives are also investigating this case and starts to pick up their trails.

Kasaba

July 2016 •Malayalam

Rajan Zachariah is a Circle Inspector of Police and he is working in the Palakkad District. He is going to a village situated in the Kerala-Karnataka border to investigate a murder case that is very important to him.

The Delusions

December 2005 •Thai

A young blind sculptress has a brother who is a criminal. He is killed on the order of his boss by a hit man at her house while she is upstairs. She hears the noise and comes down but can't see the killer. He leaves her alive as she would never be able to identify him later. However when his boss finds out he tells him to go back and finish her off. He decides to join up with her and they flee the mob who follows them.

On the Brain

July 2016 •English

A small-town Sheriff discovers there is something wrong with the sleepy town of Golden Torch, and he quickly realizes he may not get out alive.

The Nurse's Secret

May 1941 •English

An apparent suicide by a rich woman leads her nurse and a policeman to an insurance scam.

The Traitor

March 1957 •English

One time members of a resistance group come together every year to remember their dead leader, betrayed to and executed by the Nazis. When it seems that they might finally know the name of the traitor - and that he or she comes from within their own unit - their annual gathering becomes a deadly trial...

The 4th Life

July 2008 •English

In this surreal thriller, mysterious blond Marie March takes a journey to the town of Darckeville to scam a priceless set of antiques from an eccentric collector, but also to get away from the clutches of her overbearing older husband. On the freight train to Darckeville, fevered sensual dreams and dark childhood memories crowd her troubled mind - portentous omens of an unresolved past hurrying to catch up with her. Set against a backdrop of fading dreams, broken aspirations, and the crumbling ruins of a decaying town coloured with strange characters, their separate paths collide with explosive results.

Decomposing Tony Maslow

January 2009 •English

Distraught by a recent breakup, Tony moves into a new house while he finishes his latest book. But what begins as a peaceful setting for his composition, turns deadly. He finds himself implicated in a murder and locked in a fight for his life against someone or something in the house.

A Dark Place

October 2018 •English

When a young boy turns up dead in a sleepy Pennsylvania town, a local sanitation truck driver, Donald, plays detective, embarking on a precarious and obsessive investigation to prove the boy was murdered.

Stranger by the Lake

June 2013 •French

Frank spends his summer days hopelessly searching for companionship at a popular cruising spot on the shores of a lake in rural France. One day, he meets Michel, an attractive yet darkly mysterious man and falls blindly in love.

Finders Keepers: The Root of All Evil

April 2013 •English

A high stakes poker game. A drug lord. A million dollars. A set of ruthless killers who want it all.

The Women Men Marry

September 1937 •English

A newsman with a no-good wife exposes a religious racket with a newswoman who loves him.

Secrets of an Influencer

September 2024 •English

Jess works at a struggling inn and is obsessed with popular lifestyle influencer Amanda Jane. Jess pitches to the owner that she should comp Amanda a stay at the inn for a weekend.