New Movies
The House Within
The House Within is a feature length documentary film on the internationally celebrated New Zealand writer Fiona Kidman. It examines the way in which life and fiction collide and how, with time, they become inescapably braided together.
NJPW G1 Climax 34: Day 9
The ninth night of the tournament took place on August 3, 2024 in Osaka, Japan at the Yamato Arena. It was broadcast on NJPW World and TV Asahi.
UFC on ABC 7: Cory Sandhagen vs. Umar Nurmagomedov
UFC on ABC: Sandhagen vs. Nurmagomedov (also known as UFC on ABC 7) was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that took place on August 3, 2024, at the Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
The Legend of the Dun Cow
A camp and luscious exploration of butter and the sensorial experience of agricultural practice. Combining intense documentary footage with tableaus and original music, the film is a playful take on the place of the cow in the Irish consciousness.
Variations
On a scorching summer day, I transform into an extraordinary knight among the ordinary, donning an astonishing outfit and riding a handsome horse. Maintaining my composure, I ensure no one can see my exhaustion. When the light turns green, I'll dash towards unknown adventures—starting with the gas station!
Matinee at Three
In an old cinema, The Lion City (1960), the first Chinese film by Cathay-Keris, plays to a dwindling audience. As the black-and-white love story echoes through the cinema’s empty halls, two strangers seek a connection. Shot in the historic Golden Theatre located in Golden Mile tower, a modernist architectural icon, now home to The Projector, this homage to Tsai Ming Liang’s Goodbye, Dragon Inn acts as an ode to the ghosts and sanctity of the cinematic space.
Run Like We
It’s the 2012 London Olympics, and the whole world is going crazy for the most famous athlete in the world: Usain Bolt. Everyone apart from Alvin, an awkward 14-year-old who hates running and constantly disappoints his Jamaican father, Lester, a former sprinter who can’t understand why his son is “so soft.” So, when Alvin is unexpectedly nominated to represent his class in the upcoming school sports day, it could be his last chance to make his dad proud and prove that he can be just like Bolt.
Quadrant
Developed by scientists Harry and Meg, the "Quadrant" helmet allows your mind to transport you into a world where all your phobias and nightmares are real, while also granting you the strength to defeat them, liberating you from their control forever. But the Quadrant experiment is about to go horribly wrong. When Erin, a young girl who’s obsessed with Jack the Ripper uses the device to actually BECOME the Ripper, she unleashes a reign of terror, first in her mind in an AI version of old London created by the Quadrant, and then in reality, where she now stalks the contemporary city streets, seeking out victims for her blade. The only way to stop this savage new Ripper is for an even more vicious killer to enter the artificial Qudrant-verse and bring her down. What ensues is a brutal, bloody battle, murderer against murderer, both in this world and the surreal, dangerous, synthetic world of Quadrant!
The Great South
Two best friends must navigate the tough streets of South Auckland to buy a bottle of milk.
The House Nobody Wanted
A figure moves through an abandoned house, whilst a distant voice reflects on what it means to age and to age queer. A meditative ode to growing older, gay gods and finding joy along the way.
A New Account of Tales of the World
With crisp music, vibrant colours, and a brisk tempo, animator Che Meiyi deconstructs “The Night Revels of Han Xizai”, Gu Hongzhong‘s painting about the luxurious nightlife of a minister from the Tang Dynasty, reimagining a traditional tale from a modern perspective and posing the question: how would the ancients have partied in the present day?
Moments
The society we live in is like an invisible huge factory, which is involved, exploited and squeezed ... People have no choice but to be mediocre day after day. This film takes a social worker's daily life as the viewpoint, surrealises what she sees every day, and sees her fantasy digital god when she looks up on the way to work, which leads the audience to re-examine and think about the real world.
Domino Days
Dominoes is a game that can be played in different ways. With different rules for different cultures. Solo and teams. Tournaments. For money on the table. Six dots, nine dots. But what is consistent is the loud trash talking across the tables, the slamming down of “bones,” the strategy of predicting what the next player has in their hand. Throwing Bones. Caribbean Chess. In an ever-changing digital world, where unscripted human interaction can feel limited, dominoes brings people together for games that take all night with friendships that last a lifetime.
Sole
As an embalmer dreams up dialogue with a teenage trans boy she’s been told to put in a dress, she struggles to honour the dead without wounding his grieving family.
Macguffin
The social drama of real-life high school intersects with the eerie mysteries of a baroque fantasy realm in Yang Jihye’s astounding animated short, one which succeeds in compressing the equivalent of a full season of an anime series into a ten-minute tour de force without a word of dialogue.
The Yearbook
Concordia University’s graduating class of 1975 (and with them, the dubious hairstyles of a half-century ago) gets chopped up and tossed around in an eerie stroll through the corridors of memory.
VAPOURFACE
The demon “Vapourface” is summoned through the glow of red lights and murders a young teenager.
Trench
While facing threats of demolition, a coastal community of informal settlers discovers an unearthly shell by the sea. This makes them vulnerable to menacing powers set out to destroy their homes and their humanity.
WWE SummerSlam: Cleveland Post-Show
WWE analysts discuss the results from The Biggest Event of the Summer and deliver immediate reactions to a live press conference.
WWE Countdown to SummerSlam: Cleveland
Get the latest breaking news, rivalry analysis from a panel of experts, and much more before the Biggest Party of the Summer gets underway live from Cleveland!
The Wedding Veil of the Proud Princess
Beset by countless royal suitors, a princess declares that she will only marry the king who rules over all the others. Adapting with exquisite style a very dark fairy tale from the works of Canadian author L.M. Montgomery (Anne of Green Gables!), U.K. animator Anna-Ester Volozh adds a further layer of feminist subversion to a story that’s already a challenge to patriarchal conventions.
Split Ends
Split Ends is an animated addendum to her recently published book of the same title. This film flows from a text that inspired the ideas and questions explored in the book, delving into Oliver's relationship with her hair as a lens to understand her identity, lineage, and cultural heritage.
In the film, the artist uses vegetable roots as symbols for split ends—those old, often hidden or trimmed parts of hair. Instead of concealing them, the film celebrates their age, complexity, and perseverance. The film is accompanied by a live narration from the artist's diary.
Mr. Lloyd in: Double Talk
When Mr. Lloyd has a verbal fumble, he can't seem to say what he wants all day.
Everything Happens
A mother prepares a family dinner. Her son made other plans. A dog gets lost. Everything happens.
The House of Weird
"The House of Weird" is a short experimental narrative that delves into the feeling of being lost in our confusing reality and searching for a way out. In today's fast-paced world, it's easy to get caught up in seeking answers or focusing on the future, but we often forget the beauty of simply being present in the moment.
Fishing for Words
Nearly a decade ago, Sherwin Tang’s life was upended when a devastating stroke afflicted him with expressive aphasia, an impairment which left him struggling to form words. As he journeys through life seeking a newfound purpose amidst his frustrations, he encounters surprises and revelations.
MRT City
A slice-of-life documentary shot handheld without a viewfinder, MRT City captures the chance encounters of a diverse range of people on the Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) system from October to November 2023. A pair of convent girls, migrant workers, squid-fishing youth, and tourists are caught chatting about plants, the internet, and “what real life is about”.
Burning World
The world is on fire, why not start a band? First Timers is a DIY punk festival where beginner musicians play for the first time in front of an audience. Over the course of one night, we follow the newest punks brave enough to take the stage.
The Pretender
Recorded at The Leicester Square Theatre, London My first ever recorded comedy hour released on the 10th anniversary of my first ever stand-up gig, 8 March. I talk about my 3 favourite racist moments and how they shaped my life and understanding of the world. I hope you enjoy!
You Don’t Have to Go Home, but…
You Don’t Have to Go Home, but . . . is an ode to dancing bodies, a grimy love letter to Philadelphia, a story about what to do when the DJ has played the last song, the club’s lights have come on and you gotta go . . . somewhere. Following three dancers at different stages of their lives, with legendary Philly dance party Second Sundae as backdrop, this documentary film examines the possibility of spiritual fulfillment in a socioeconomic configuration that ultimately doesn’t value the practices that make us free.
The King of the Beach
An exploration into the beaches and theology of the Dominican Republic.
The Drunken Prodigy
Lin Yao has loved martial arts since he was a child and thinks he is very powerful, but step by step he falls into a scam set by Li Baimei and Qin Shuang.
Private Lessons
A trumpet teacher spirals when he comes home to find a horrible surprise left by his girlfriend.