When two young parents discover their daughter is a magnet for the supernatural, their lives are turned upside down in their bid to protect her.
Little Thea's arrival brings with it terrifying entities that threaten her parents Charlie and James' newly formed family. Panic-stricken they turn to Elizabeth, an occult practitioner of great power, who teaches Thea to control rather than be afraid of the dark forces around her. But Charlie sees her daughter is changing; Thea's newfound confidence unleashes something far more malevolent and terrifying than they have ever encountered.
An evocative horror story that takes as its inspiration from the seminal horror films of the 1970s. A chilling insight into the sacrifices we make when we bring a new life into this world.
Edinburgh International Film Festival 2016 - World premiere
Djata is a carefree 12-year-old growing up in the dystopian Homeland. When he finds out that his father Peter has been imprisoned by the authorities and he and his mother are labeled traitors, Djata vows he will not rest until he sees his father again.
Based on György Dragomán's multiple award winning novel that has been published in 28 languages.
Edinburgh International Film Festival 2016 - World premiere
Romeo, a disgruntled, shamed scientist in hiding, has set out to find a cure for a deadly virus that ravages his world and taken his wife, turning her into a crazed creature. He sets out determined to prove the world of his value and to save his one true love.
While outside the town celebrates, inside a normally busy shopping centre closes down for the night. But the arrival of a strange old woman, leaving markings on the floor, and a young girl bearing a striking resemblance to a missing girl, are about to mark the start of a night of horror for all who remain inside.
Lucille and Joe have moved to Gozo, a tiny island in the Mediterranean Sea, off the coast of Malta. They have a nice car, a steady income, a beautiful farmhouse with breathtaking views and a swimming pool. They seem to have it all. But when a young tourist goes missing on the island, Joe's disquieted conscience begins to get the better of him. As the buried horrors of Lucille and Joe's past resurface, the cracks begin to show in their homespun paradise.
In the marital bed the surreal sensuality enveloping Othello and Desdemona is disturbed by a dangling telephone. As the phone pours poison into Othello’s mind he transforms into a different entity with detrimental consequences for Desdemona. Digitally drawn animation with juxtaposed shots of live action.
Images created by photographer Roger Ballen plunge the audience deep into his mind: an animated theatre of dismembered people, beasts and ghosts, dance, tumble, make love and tear themselves apart. A nightmarish subconscious world in black and white.
An innocent girl’s world is upturned when an ancient evil stalks her family. An attempt by a religious sect to rid the evil, ends in catastrophe, having far reaching consequences for her and other lives. THE ATTACHMENT is a story which draws the audience into a mystery that intertwines five lives across 30 years. Initially focusing on the life of two characters and their fate, the story begins in the fall of 1989, within the leafy suburbs of London, United Kingdom. A young girl Abigail Morozov becomes the focus of paranormal entities which she calls "night people" . These entities continue their intrusions, causing her great distress. The film picks up the story, as Abigail's parents in desperation , call on the aid of a peculiar religious sect known as the "Keppers De Masura" to help rid Abigail of the intrusions. Things end horribly of course, and an orphaned Abigail is left to deal with the ramifications of that fateful decision. At its core, the attachment presents a theme of fear, tragedy, guilt, love and
redemption.
Deep in the heart of the isolated Welsh valleys, an eerie hush spreads throughout the deserted wilds. Stranded and terrified, single mother, Kate (Joanna Ignaczewska), finds herself entangled in an ill-thought-out plan: a midnight robbery about to take a dangerous turn.
On lookout for her boyfriend, and left trembling in the middle of a secluded forest, she quickly realises she is not alone. With her is the vengeful spirit of a murdered girl…
Meanwhile, across the valley at a local radio station, Ben (Gareth David-Lloyd) and Laurie (Siwan Morris) are midway through their last ever radio show. With the arrival of medium, Carla, and filled with determination to go out with a bang, Laurie and Ben are about to get much more than they bargained for.
Patching together fragments of ghostly sounds, they begin to unravel the clues to a frightening crime before doing the unthinkable… making contact with the dead.
When a group of elite online gamers each receive a mysterious invitation to trial a state-of-the-art virtual reality video game, it's a dream come true and impossible to resist. Arriving at the test site, the group steps into hi-tech gear and prepares for a revolutionary, next-level gaming experience that brings modern warfare to life with frightening realism. At first it's a unique and exhilarating experience. But what starts out like a dream encounter with cutting edge technology quickly takes a turn for the sinister. Once the group is attacked by enemy combatants, they soon realise this is no game after all. Make a mistake here and you pay with your life. Now these masters of the shoot 'em up will have to fight for survival within a game gone bad, but this time it's for real.
A sci-fi action thriller set in a near future, technology-reliant society that pits man against killing machines.
Against this backdrop an elite army unit is helicoptered to a remote, off-the-grid island training facility. What starts out as a simple training exercise for Captain Bukes and his tight-knit unit, descends into a terrifying battle to the death, as the marines discover the island is overrun by an enemy that transcends the human concept of evil.
On the death of her mother a young woman returns to the island of her youth; an isolated outpost ruled by an eccentric matriarch, abandoned by Men. When a young man makes an attempt to accost her she takes revenge and condemns him to a fate worse than bingo.
