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A teenage skateboarder becomes suspected of being connected with a security guard who suffered a brutal death in a skate park called "Paranoid Park".

An actress’s perception of reality becomes increasingly distorted as she finds herself falling for her co-star in a remake of an unfinished Polish production that was supposedly cursed.

In the seedy domain of Miami’s criminal underbelly, a seasoned hitman embarks on the relentless pursuit of his next target — navigating a twisted world where violence and madness reign supreme. Tensions unravel, leading to a psychedelic journey that blurs the lines between predator and prey.

The ninth film from Shahriar Hanife's series of experimental etudes, an Iranian researcher.

The eighth film from Shahriar Hanife's series of experimental etudes, an Iranian researcher.

The seventh film from Shahriar Hanife's series of experimental etudes, an Iranian researcher.

The sixth film from Shahriar Hanife's series of experimental etudes, an Iranian researcher.

The fifth film from Shahriar Hanife's series of experimental etudes, an Iranian researcher.

The fourth film from Shahriar Hanife's series of experimental etudes, an Iranian researcher.

The third film from Shahriar Hanife's series of experimental etudes, an Iranian researcher.

The second film from Shahriar Hanife's series of experimental etudes, an Iranian researcher.

The first film from Shahriar Hanife's series of experimental etudes, an Iranian researcher.

Martina and Sonja, cross-dress in vampire capes and werewolf claws, re-enacting familiar horror tropes. A corresponding soundtrack of stock screams and "scary" music suggests that the girls' toying with gender roles and power dynamics may have dire consequences.

"No Ink" is an experimental short film that tells the story of a young writer under the pressure of writing a new best seller. After locking herself in a hotel room, the writer will begin to go deeper and deeper into her own demons in the form of addictions that will join her creative process.

When a girl takes up acting classes to find a semblance of self, she soon finds out that she has more within her than previously thought.

This is an experimental short-film, named "Point of Life". It's about 4 friends who decide to spend a day on the beach but everything goes wrong when they seem to be involved in a car accident.

An Art and a Short Film in which the director records his childhood experiences and memories through the mischievous activities of a boy named Mohammad Saadh.

The wanderer Rascal embarks on a psychotic and contradictory journey to break out of the ego bubble in which his self-loathing and isolation have inserted him in. After his metamorphosis, his soulmate, Paloma, makes him realize that life is as complicated as it is simple - and that all that's left to do is to live.

Four young men have the same dream in which a mysterious voice tells them to search for Wal-Mart. They each awake and manage to find each other. A soothsayer offers very clear directions to their destination, but secretly plans to sabotage their journey. Several weird mishaps occur on their adventure.

The innovative and influential British filmmaker Derek Jarman was invited to direct the Pet Shop Boys' 1989 tour. This film is a series of iconoclastic images he created for the background projections. Stunning, specially shot sequences (featuring actors, the Pet Shop Boys, and friends of Jarman) contrast with documentary montages of nature, all skillfully edited to music tracks.