Before Fireworks

Burning Underwater

Julian finds himself in surreal, nightmarish situations after waking up and having his life flipped upside down.

The Tunnel

A surreal, dreamlike film exploring love, depression and death.

Boy Waits

A boy waits in the same street every day with his bags packed. What is he waiting for?

Grantham Overgrown (Infinite Regression)

A near-dead town, an encroaching overgrowth, a mysterious tower, a camera, a voice. Across 299 photographs a man who may be the filmmaker, and yet might not be real, relays a story that may not have happened, about a place that almost definitely exists.

Castle of Otranto

An adaptation of the 1764 work of the same name, the first Gothic novel. In this mockumentary, the amateur archaeologist Dr. Vozáb has set to prove that the supernatural ghost love story takes place not in Italy, but in Otranto Castle near Náchod in Czechia.

The Picture in the House

The freely adapted short story, written by the famous author HP Lovecraft, will reveal dreadfully poetic images to the viewer and give insight into a man's struggle for survival and his fight against the loss of memory. His spectacular escape from human creatures that live in the woods,who have lost all humanity and turned into animals, leads him directly to a mysterious house whose owner will very soon confront him with his mad rage. The subtle dialogues between the two of them, will end in a carnage. At full tilt, the kinkiness of H.P Lovecraft's short story transforms into the transparent struggle of survival of a man who has lost everything in this post-apocalyptic world, a world that slowly wipes him out.

Myth

Collaborating with Australian circus company Gravity & Other Myths, 2020 BAFTA Newcomer and Berlinale Talent Campus alumna Alies Sluiter crafts a disquieting, quasi-surrealist tale of bravery and grief.

Strand

Allen O'Clery works for the Time Investigation Corporation. He finds himself in a problematic situation.

The Working People

A surrealist short-film about a man working at his desk.

Something

A horror short film about a man and a strange noise in his home.

HERANÇA

Ghost Tracks

A friend returns to his sleepy hometown after an extended stay at "the institute," and learns that it's not quite the place it used to be.

Exit

A drama about a group of people stranded at an old wartime guesthouse during a flood. One guest announces that he has the power to "decreate" people and is asked to demonstrate. From an original story by Harry Farjeon.

The Mirror of Amun-Ra

In the year 1930, novice archaeologist Cleopatra Pryce embarks on a quest to find a legendary Ancient Egyptian mirror, and will not only encounter a dangerous rival, but also make a discovery that changes her fate forever.

Double Exposure

A photographer girl enters a street to take street photographs as usual and takes a few photos that she thinks are normal. When she washes the photos and hangs them, she sees that she is actually in one of the photos and goes in search of that person.

Stationary Bike

When a lonely artist becomes obsessed with a stationary bike in his basement, he begins to suspect a mysterious presence is haunting him.

SHEUT

A young college artist tries to sketch his next piece, vainly. Frustrated, decides to get out from his house and get some fresh air. But then, a shadow springs forth from one of his rejected ideas, determined to reach him. Short silent film inspired by Nosferatu (1922) and The Gabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920).

28 Reasons

a haunting, cinematic production that resembles a Hollywood thriller, showcasing her ability to portray a darker, more mischievous side with a concept exploring the coexistence of good and evil within one person, inspired by films like Joker. The visual features ominous settings and themes of darkness and light, with fans praising its artistic vision and alluring, sinister atmosphere.

Do Not Ever Open

Upon receipt of a mysterious envelope, without sender, something inexplicable happens in Karen's apartment.

Austral Fever

Amanda (46), a complaisant and lonely woman, lives with her son Daniel (16) in the mountains of southern Chile. Octavio (16), a Daniel’s friend, is accidentally injured while hunting in the forest. Amanda takes over the healing sessions, developing an intimate bond with the teenager. They discover that the contact with the wound produces an addictive pleasure.