Cruel World

The Festival

In a small countryside town, a group of friends, frustrated by the local monotony, decide to form a rock band to take part in their school's English festival. All of this happens under the watchful eye of the principal, Sister Ivone.

Hellhound

The arrival of a strange package reunites two friends who have taken different paths in life, putting their friendship at stake over something that may be more than just a prank.

Too Old to be a Genius

Nicholas is a young aspiring chess professional player. After a losing streak he questions his dream. Then, he bets with himself one last game, which may define his fate.

The Writer and the Brown Spider

Lydia (Giuly Biancato) is an aspiring writer kidnapped by Zikto (Renet Lyon), a giant Brazilian brown spider. Every night, she must tell a different story in order to get back her freedom. After many attempts, one story will remain: her own.

An Artificial Marriage

In a future where women were replaced by androids, Karen (Natalie Fronczak), a robot-wife, is living a crisis in her relationship with Francis (William Barbier), a violent husband. Based in the Laws of Robotics, she asks for a divorce.

A Brazilian Film

Ângela, an aspiring actress and patricide, reflects on her life of hardships and the dire circumstances that led her to the heinous act, but repents after an encounter with an apparition of the Virgin Mary.

Embrace of the Vampire

An 18-year-old college freshman is seduced by a handsome vampire lover who introduces her to a dark world of carnal desires.

Daddy Long Legs

Wealthy American, Jervis Pendleton has a chance encounter at a French orphanage with a cheerful 18-year-old resident, and anonymously pays for her education at a New England college. She writes letters to her mysterious benefactor regularly, but he never writes back. Several years later, he visits her at school, while still concealing his identity, and—despite their large age difference—they soon fall in love.

Hearts Beat Loud

In the hip Brooklyn neighborhood of Red Hook, single dad and record store owner Frank is preparing to send his hard-working daughter Sam off to college while being forced to close his vintage shop. Hoping to stay connected through their shared musical passions, Frank urges Sam to turn their weekly jam sessions into a father-daughter live act. After their first song becomes an internet breakout, the two embark on a journey of love, growing up and musical discovery.

Ishqiya

While on the run from goons, a man and his nephew fall for a kidnapper's seductive widow.

Bickford Shmeckler's Cool Ideas

When his journal of bright ideas is stolen, college freshman Bickford Schmeckler has to blanket the campus in order to locate it.