Abortion
Every year, thousands of people coming from Africa try to reach Spain in desperate and dangerous journeys across the Mediterranean. Tariq is a young Moroccan who works for a mafia that organises these illegal journeys. His job is to carry immigrants in a dinghy across the strait and not getting caught. But every trip might be the last one.
A group of teenagers riding in a car for a picnic. On the way, one of the guys accidentally shoots a kidnapped girl from a car overtaken on the phone. The guy decides not to tell anyone anything, and soon terrible things start happening to him.
A fashion photography crew heads to a remote ranch house to shoot, only to get terrorized by a pair of ghoulish strangers. (Screamfest)
Eduarda (Eddi) wants to become a woman, but what makes a woman? Maybe breasts help? She goes on holiday with her family and meets Lukas. Unfortunately, she is not the only family member who wants to feel attractive. Are we really defined by what others see?
Crossroads
Mikey's older brother, Tommy, brings home a mysterious bootleg VHS tape of "the scariest movie ever made". What they expect to be a run-of-the-mill slasher flick turns out to be something much more terrifying. (Screamfest)
Bulgaria-based director Kevork Aslanyan’s European Short Film Festival-winning sci-fi short sees a man trying to overcome an obstacle of gravitas for love. In a dystopian post-communist world, Constantine and his father Atanas share a small flat in a run-down apartment block. A tragic accident has disturbed gravity on Earth beyond repair, so everyone weighing less than 120 kilos flies up into space. With only 60kg body weight, Constantine cannot go outside, nor does he want to. Stuck in the flat, at the mercy of the electrical mood swings of a household gravitational normalizer, Constantine leads an almost normal life. He is content spending the days looking at the world through his window. Until the beautifully plump stewardess moving in next door changes everything.
Experimental art / moving image film by Tony Donoghue.
Shelter tells the story of Rin, a 17-year-old girl who lives her life inside of a futuristic simulation completely by herself in infinite, beautiful loneliness. Each day, Rin awakens in virtual reality and uses a tablet which controls the simulation to create a new, different, beautiful world for herself. Until one day, everything changes, and Rin comes to learn the true origins behind her life inside a simulation.
Hannah returns home to face her dysfunctional and emotionally-repressed family after her attempted suicide. Her journey towards healing intertwines with the humorous clashes and unique bonds within the family.
Everything you always wanted to know about pornography (but were afraid to ask).
A naked body moves a stranger to empathy. Inspired by The Kuleshov Effect, a dizzying provocation on art and objectification.
A cluster of adult animated shorts by French satirical cartoonist Georges Wolinski.
A sweet couple invite a third person over for the night, who brings a lustful energy to spice things up.
Esports streamer Ibai Llanos hacks the first unboxing of the new PS5 on Twitch, the world’s leading gaming platform. What initially appears to be a conventional streaming event becomes the first horror film ever produced, executed, and broadcast live, utilising a total of nine cameras, a production crew of seventy people, and an amazing display of live special effects.
Ben consciously puts his family in danger to film something momentous. Yet when a twist of fate puts his life in danger instead, only his family can save him.
In the midst of the ongoing conflict in Afghanistan and Pakistan, a gifted child makes an extraordinary effort for his people.
Robert is stuck on a boating holiday with his parents in the English countryside. Impatient to grow and become a man, an unexpected sight cracks his world open.
In a couple, there are wonderful, tender and desperate moments. Losing your pet when you are waiting for your first baby can trigger them all at once.