Bluebell Ballad

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

As armies mass for a final battle that will decide the fate of the world--and powerful, ancient forces of Light and Dark compete to determine the outcome--one member of the Fellowship of the Ring is revealed as the noble heir to the throne of the Kings of Men. Yet, the sole hope for triumph over evil lies with a brave hobbit, Frodo, who, accompanied by his loyal friend Sam and the hideous, wretched Gollum, ventures deep into the very dark heart of Mordor on his seemingly impossible quest to destroy the Ring of Power.​

Apocalypse

L'Appel du Vide

To spread the ashes of their deceased brother, Matteo and Max reach a ravine inside a cave. Legend has it that whatever falls inside it is destined to fall forever.

Nico: Evening of Light

Shot as a proposed short film behind Iggy Pop's Ann Arbor, MI estate and summarily rejected by Elektra Records as promotional material for Nico's 1968 album, The Marble Index, Evening of Light is a gothic fantasy in a barren cornfield. Nico's song of the same name accompanies the eerie visuals.

Purgatory

A woman must survive the night after she welcomes a neighbor's child into her home.

SIGN-OFF

Three friends staying at a motel are soon interrupted by an increasingly unsettling local emergency broadcast. With every message of caution that goes by, a growing threat looms over them as they fall under the eye of an unknown figure.

We Used To Live Here

A school teacher with supernatural sensitivities chances upon a pair of ghostly lovers who are trapped in her new home. Reluctant at first, she helps them understand that clinging to the material world is a futile effort, and helps them find a way out.

Lou

A Pixar short about a lost-and-found box and the unseen monster within.

Once Our Land

Set in 1830’s Europe, follow the story of 11-year-old Ingrid; a young girl forced to fend for herself in a ravaged city overrun by fearsome beasts from another world.

Kino's Journey: Life Goes On

In this prequel to the Kino no Tabi series, young Kino is being trained by their teacher. They learn how to ride their motorrad Hermes and develops their gift of excellent marksmanship. However, their guilt concerning the real Kino is with them when they decide to set off on a journey. All the while, Kino is becoming confused about their real identity.

Monstres

Mortel has always been afraid of the monsters that hide under the bed. Because they're weird, eccentric, not like the others. But one day, he decides to face his fear for the first time, to look under the bed and discover the monstrous world.

Léo l'impassible

In Leo's world, people have a single expression face. Leo wears the mask of impassiveness. Invisible to the beautiful Suzie, he will have to employ an artifice to be noticed by her.

Howl from Beyond the Fog

Set during the Meiji reformation era in a small village in Kyushu, Japan. The story revolves around a young boy named Izana and a blind woman named Takiri, the two encounter the large monster Nebula who since ancient times was feared as the god of lake Amenosagiri. Theme of the film focuses on the Japanese concept of light and darkness, as told by puppetry and model miniaturization of the films’ world with practical special effects by Keizo Murase.

I Am the Doorway

After Saturn XVI crashes back to Earth, ex-astronaut Arthur struggles with an infection. Richard and his friends are blind to it's origin but his victims won't be. The Doorway is open.

A Taste of Phobia

For this anthology movie, producers Vestra Pictures assigned international directors with a phobia and set them to work making a horror short about it.

Caterpillar

A half-hour experimental film that shows Fukui moving towards cyberpunk imagery in a manner similar to Tsukamoto, featuring industrial locations, a malfunctioning cyborg/android and a hulking metallic ‘caterpillar’ that stalks characters.

Murder Room, Inc

A janitor for the world's largest Murder Room company gets an unexpected surprise when he begins to suspect his wife is cheating on him with their boss.

Place

Forces already occupying a home have their own ideas about the sudden presence of a trio moving in.

Dinner to Die For

When two true-crime obsessed friends turn a dinner party into a dangerous role-playing game, fantasy and reality collide, and one deadly mistake leaves no one at the table innocent.

Strings

Sally embarks on a dream summer trip to Sicily with her childhood best friend, Poppy, hoping to re-connect before they start university. Confronted with Poppy’s volatile new partner, Alex, Sally is strangely drawn to the traditional puppets decorating their villa, as the strings that bind the two friends threaten to rip them apart.