Spiral

Vanity Fair

January 1922 •English

A Search Through Nine Lifetimes

August 2021 •Chinese

For love to travel for thousands of years, they will eventually meet.

The Fox Spirit Repays a Debt

August 2022 •Chinese

A wife and a concubine seek freedom. In a game of seduction, together they join forces to defeat their oppressors.

Pretty Boy

March 2015 •English

Sean is taken to a motel and is given a prostitute for his 18th birthday by his father. He must sleep with her to "fix" his questionable homosexuality. "Pretty Boy" is a coming of age story of a young bullied teen, Sean, struggling with his sexuality and the hardships of high school. After his father finds some questionable magazines in his room, this devout Christian will go to any lengths to get his son to find the light and "perform" the way a man should. Sean is introduced to Katie, a prostitute that understands the stigmas of modern society and helps him see the true light that is within him.

The Euthanizer

January 2009 •English

A black comedy about a man struggling to make a living by helping people kill themselves.

Soak the Old

August 1940 •English

Part of MGM's "Crime Does Not Pay" series, this short film focuses on crimes revolving around pension scams.

Children Hand in Hand

March 1964 •Japanese

Crows

May 1969 •

A flat broke aging boxer, living on the verge of existence, teams up with the equally desperate people in the city's suburbia to steal, cheat, and even kill for the money.

A Tale of Yearning

November 2022 •Chinese

This is a sad tale of a noble lady who is entranced by an opera singer. Hoping to get closer to the singer, the lady takes up lessons with her. Despite their affection, they must face obstacles.

Answer

November 2017 •English

A seemingly innocent voicemail message left on a man’s answer machine by his ex, soon turns on its head when we learn of his dark past in their relationship. We quickly learn that our protagonist may not be as innocent as he seems, through the heart-wrenching monologue delivered to him via the tiny machine in his home.

The Great Artist

December 2020 •English

A gifted artist finds himself in a broken balance between creating world class art and the all too silent struggle of self care as his life begins to unravel because of his Dissociative Identity Disorder.

Nifradnu Kach

January 1991 •Hebrew

While saying goodbye to his son and grandchildren who are leaving Israel, Yackov remembers when, as a child, he also said goodbye to his family in Poland in 1937, not realizing that he would never see them again.

The Siren

Invalid date •Spanish

A man who lost his partner in a brutal car accident tries to deal with the psychological consequences of grief.

Bystander Effect

January 2015 •German

Take the next best residential neighbourhood. A man is on the look-out for a victim. Within a couple of minutes, he chooses a young woman. He hunts, stabs and rapes her. As he dwells on his vicious performance of the crime, the residents turn into a dormant audience while they stand by and watch the rapist’s captivating show.

Ape

February 2017 •English

To take control of his life, Travis Wilker must conquer the hallucinations that plagued his childhood.

I Love Hooligans

September 2013 •Dutch

A football hooligan feels unconditional love for his club. However, being gay, he has to hide his identity in order to survive in this world that is so precious to him.

The Karate Kid Part III

June 1989 •English

Despondent over the closing of his karate school, Cobra Kai teacher John Kreese joins a ruthless businessman and martial artist to get revenge on Daniel and Mr. Miyagi.

El séptimo día del sol

January 1980 •Spanish

The Sun rises and greets Clea, a sleeping beauty, a goddess, the spirit of the earth, but she is frightened and flees, pursued by the mighty star, infatuated with her.

On the Hunt

February 2017 •French

Twenty-year-old Anaïs works with her father on a farm that is struggling to keep operating. When their fertilizer distribution machine, borrowed from the farming cooperative, is stolen, Anaïs reacts, and fights in order to continue working, and to keep her father, on the brink of giving up and selling their farm, afloat. She also grows closer with a seasonal worker who she suspects is behind the robbery.

Onto Us

April 2016 •English

A young woman struggles with her relationship to another couple's relationship