Folk Stories: The Tricksters

The 1980s, the Tuscan countryside. Two young lovers are driving east to enjoy the dawn but they end up at the scene of a crime and become the new target of the criminals

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Liza works at night, a taxi ride for her is a moment of much-desired peace. The driver Sasha inspires confidence, he knows the approach to the most demanding client. There are many unexpected turns in the lights of the big city, behind each of which lies a terrible threat. And perhaps the main danger is closer than it seems.

Zandile is a young vibrant auditor with the Auditor General who is driven to root out corruption wherever she finds it. She is dispatched to go and verify the municipality assets of the town of Esgodini before its audit begins. Her arrival puts Gogo Dlamini, the town's enterprising businesswoman on high alert setting in motion an interesting chain of events.

Echo der Flure

Ted, an unlikable office manager, is one day kidnapped by Jeremy, a bereaved recluse, and forced to play-act his dead brother David. Slowly gaining Jeremy's confidence, Ted discovers his captor's true intentions and makes a plan to escape.

A livestreamer looking for his big break in the world of social media takes his viewers for a hike in a supposedly haunted forest. When he stumbles upon something he shouldn't have seen, it turns out that ghosts might be real.

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Sofia

Reality starts to break down when Cora suffers a mental breakdown at university. Locking herself away from the real world, she invites in another – one that is darker, dream-like and claustrophobic.

Cordelia finds playing with fire to be an effective coping mechanism. With the ember of hope this new fascination brings, Cordelia decides to go one step further – and use that fire to protect herself.

A food truck selling 'O pere e 'o Musso - a mass of cyanotic butcher's waste - has just appeared in the village, and little Tommaso cannot imagine that his fate is in the hands of Vittorio, the man who is cutting the meat before his eyes. But tonight nothing is as it seems, and even participating in a tasty lottery can turn into the worst of catastrophes.

A couple in their mid-20’s are forced to confront each other’s life goals when their friends unexpectedly surprise them at their place one rainy evening with "big news".

Consecutio

A remote helpline volunteer is targeted by a stranger who lures women from their homes with a recording of a crying baby.

Fleeing New York City, a failed marriage and a fragile mental history, artist Robert Forrester moves to small-town Pennsylvania. There he becomes fascinated with the simple domesticity of a beautiful neighbor, watching her through the windows of her home --- until she invites him in for coffee. He is drawn into a relationship with the young woman whose boyfriend goes missing; Robert becomes a murder suspect, gradually sensing he is the target of a larger plot.

A puzzling investigation leads a no-nonsense cop down a dark path involving the vicious rivalry between twin sisters and the volatile man they both love.

What’s your breaking point? What will you do when you feel like there’s no other choice? One woman has had enough. After documenting her abuse to show the world who her monster is, things get out of hand. There is only one thing left to do…murder the monster.

Kristian Brooks, a birdwatcher, invades a nude campground in New Hampshire, ensnaring locals with his dark fetish, highlighting the dangers of consent.

Every 7 years, a darkened world holds its breath the night before the sun will finally rise. Leo, a nervous young teenager, is just as excited to see the sun as anyone else. But after a fumbled attempt to ask out his crush and a disastrous car accident with his friends will bring to light Leo's illusions about his world, his friendships, and most importantly - himself.