The Forbidden Chapter

Altair

December 1994 •English

One of Klahr's masterpieces, Altair is an 8 minute collage color -noir culled from late-40s pages of Cosmopolitan, which induces a sense of claustrophobia and dread through its use of Stravinsky's The Firebird.

Gabriel

September 2020 •Dutch

At the end of World War II, a wounded German soldier, disguised as a Canadian, ends up in the midst of a hiding Jewish family.

Dark Blue

December 2002 •English

Set during the Rodney King riots, a robbery homicide investigation triggers a series of events that will cause a corrupt LAPD officer to question his tactics.

Vuelve a tu primer amor

January 1989 •Spanish

Short film by Paco del Toro

Gabrielle

January 2009 •French

Under the Parasol

August 2019 •English

Marie relaxes at the beach under a parasol. The only problem is that it is night time.

Sunset Cemetery

January 2020 •French

Joseph isn't particularly happy, even though he's good at hiding it. The day his brother dies, he becomes certain he'll miss out on his life. So that it doesn't slip away from him, one night he gives in to his desire.

Porki

January 2010 •Kannada

A cop disguises as a gangster in order to capture a mafia leader.

DIME

May 2019 •English

Etta comes home from a work trip in Vegas with ten grand in cash and needs to explain to her boyfriend how she got it.

Baby Steps

June 1999 •English

Baby Steps depicts the encounter of a single gay school teacher with a midwestern adoption agent.

Take off (Despegue)

July 2005 •Spanish

The Man

September 2005 •English

A case of mistaken identity forces a Federal agent and a dental supply salesman to team up as they speed through the streets of Detroit to pull off a sting operation and solve the murder of the agent's former partner.

Cor Petit

May 2023 •Spanish

Gael, a young aspiring actor, will do everything possible to star in the next play by theater director Luca Rossi. During the rehearsals, a series of strange events will begin to occur while Luca's suspicions about Gael increase.

Parigala

November 2007 •Azerbaijani

The events in the film take place in a remote place, far from the modern city and civilization, where the real and the unreal worlds meet. There, mysticism and reality are so intertwined that all kinds of miracles are expected. The people there live by their own unwritten laws. The punishments given to those who violate them are also completely different.

Biscut

February 2022 •Hindi

Biscut is a powerful film on the state of politics in Uttar Pradesh and offers a gritty and hard-hitting take on the treatment of the backward classes and their never-ending exploitation in the caste-dominated political landscape of Uttar Pradesh.

11:14

September 2003 •English

Tells the seemingly random yet vitally connected story of a set of incidents that all converge one evening at 11:14pm. The story follows the chain of events of five different characters and five different storylines that all converge to tell the story of murder and deceit.

One More Night

June 2024 •Danish

A seasoned bouncer is forced to deal with severe consequences after letting two minors slip into the nightclub, he's employed to guard.

Stay

January 2024 •English

Being young and in love. a short story about Miscommunication. we follow Charlie and Molly from 18 to 21 years of age, after a long time apart Molly is back from University and bumps into Charlie. they spend the night reconnecting with each other.

Placer

September 2009 •Spanish

Seven friends gather, like every year, in a mountain cottage in the mountains. This year is different, it will be their last year as twenty-somethings before turning thirty. Everyone seems to have matured but the discovery of a porn movie will make them discover how sexual fantasies can change everything.

Massacre

February 2020 •French

Two sisters, aged ten and twelve, are about to leave their beloved island, which has become too expensive for their family. Their sadness turns into rage towards those forcing them to leave: the tourists. This last summer will be dark, deadly, as toxic as the seaweed swarming over the beaches.