In July 2016, Islamic terrorists stormed a popular café in upscale Dhaka and held its patrons hostage, killing more than 20 people and sending shockwaves across the subcontinent. Faraaz is the youngest son of a rich, politically connected family. That evening, he meets his friends at the café and finds himself caught in the crossfire. How he reacts to the nightmarish situation forms the heart of the story. Offsetting nail-biting tension with unexpected humour – often at the expense of inept law-enforcement officials – Hansal Mehta (Aligarh, LFF 2015) brings his trademark sensitivity, nuance and empathy to this fictionalised retelling. It is particularly striking for the way it looks at religious extremism from the perspective of Muslims who have seen their faith questioned and demonised because of the actions of radical extremists.
A tapestry of vignettes, centered around a jaded concessions stand worker contemplating his future on his last day at the Royal Alamo Cinema, a closing movie theater.
After moving into a guest house in the Hollywood hills, 18 year old Sandra discovers the main house is occupied by a family of vampires and the area around is a haven for the undead.
The film chronicles the daredevil stuntman Ken Carter's quest to execute a bold stunt of launching a rocket car across the St. Lawrence River from Canada to the United States in the 1970s, facing absurd challenges along the way.
In Saint-Étienne, a semi abandoned canadian village, a young woman unravels the mystery surrounding her father's sudden death. As strange incidents multiply in her surroundings, what she discovers is even more sinister and horrifying than what she could have ever imagined.
“Rosario,” directed by Bobby Bonifacio Jr., draws on a Filipino superstition which dictates that a broken rosary must be placed in the hands of the dead; but when an unbroken rosary is mistakenly left in the hands of a deceased woman, a deadly family curse is unleashed.