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Ostia is a fascinating short film directed by Julian Cole and produced for the Royal College of Art, which reconstructs the events leading up to the murder of Pier Paolo Pasolini. Ostia relocates the proceedings to London and stars Derek Jarman as Pasolini. The film features an evocative dream sequence which is accompanied by poignant excerpts from Pasolini’s own poetry, as read by Jarman.

Behind the scenes footage of Pasolini and crew filming 'Salò o le 120 giornate di Sodoma'.

A documentary about Pier Paolo Pasolini and his film 'Salò o le 120 giornate di Sodoma'.

Philo Bregstein tells us this film looks at Pasolini's life and art to explain why he died. The film traces Pasolini's life chronologically - family roots, hiding during World War II, teaching, moving to Rome, being arrested and acquitted many times, publishing poems, getting into film, being provocative, and being murdered. Interviews with Alberto Moravia, Laura Betti, Maria Antonietta Macciocch, and Bernard Bertolucci are inter-cut with readings of Pasolini's poems and with clips from four films - primarily the Gospel According to St. Matthew - to illustrate his changing ideas and points of view. Bregstein makes a case for Pasolini's being lynched.

A short documentary exploring the ongoing relevance and power of 'Salò o le 120 giornate di Sodoma'.

Portrait of Pier Paolo Pasolini and his literary and cinematographic activity in the proletarian Rome.

"Don't go out on the night of the Ghost Festival." A warning that all children with Chinese mothers are all too familiar with. 18-year-old Ming feels like the only weirdo in the small German town. On this midsummer night, after a disastrous party, she stumbles upon strange beings... In this surreal moment, she realizes who she truly is.

Made over 15 years, Adulthood is a feature composed of six short films, each chapter following a couple as they grow older without necessarily growing up.

When fate brings two friends anxiously awaiting the uncertain future together, a life-altering conversation will change how they remember the past.

Ο Γυρισμός της Μάνας

Facing a turning point in her life, a woman with a congenital heart defect embarks on a journey to train for a stage of the Tour de France.

Struggling with life in Tokyo after a run-in with the law, Seita attempts to settle down in rural and snowy Ikeda.

After a breakup, a young girl rediscovers her love of the piano and learns how to move on.

Bea can’t breathe when her girlfriend’s away.

In 1999, Dafne must juggle school, ballet rehearsals, a nascent romance and the everyday rhythms of youth, all while living with the underlying fear and grief that her mother's leukemia casts over everything.

When Lord Murashige rises up against the tyrannical Oda, he finds himself besieged within the walls of his own castle. Isolated, he is confronted with a series of mysterious crimes that shatter the fragile order of his court, plunging the fortress into fear and suspicion. With Oda's army closing in and a traitor hiding among his ranks, Murashige is forced into an uneasy alliance with Kanbei, a brilliant and dangerous strategist held prisoner in the dungeon, as he must outwit his enemies and uncover the truth before time runs out.

Limbo

A supernatural, darkly funny family drama about two estranged siblings who return home after their father’s death, only to discover an enormous prehistoric bone buried in their backyard.

In rural Taiwan, during her mother’s funeral, A-Hsien, the eldest daughter, grapples with grief, resentment, and the quiet burden of tradition. As patriarchal rituals unfold, a silent resistance emerges, unsettling the roles she was expected to fulfill.

Mid-career novelist Sam Vetiver falls for charismatic bestselling author William Corwyn, only to discover his seemingly perfect life hides dark secrets, including a persistent stalker known as 'The Rabbit' and mysterious deaths among his female writer's group, 'The Darlings'.