Women Talking (2022)
A young woman sleeps alone, in bed. There are visible bruises and wounds on her hips and upper inner thighs—injuries sustained through rape. In 2010, the women and girls of an unnamed, isolated Mennonite colony discovered that the men have been using cow tranquilizers to subdue and rape them. The attackers are arrested and imprisoned in a nearby city. Most of the men of the colony travel to oversee the bail, leaving the women by themselves for two days to determine how they will proceed. They hold a referendum to decide whether to stay and do nothing, stay and fight, or leave.
Mr. Harrigan’s Phone (2022)
When Mr. Harrigan dies, Craig, the teen who befriended and did odd jobs for him, puts his smartphone in his pocket before burial. When the lonely youth sends his dead friend a message, he is shocked to get a return text.
Pokémon Detective Pikachu (2019)
In a world where people collect Pokémon to do battle, a boy comes across an intelligent talking Pikachu who seeks to be a detective.
How to Train Your Dragon 3: The Hidden World (2019)
When Hiccup discovers Toothless isn’t the only Night Fury, he must seek “The Hidden World”, a secret Dragon Utopia before a hired tyrant named Grimmel finds it first.
Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle (2018)
A human child raised by wolves must face off against a menacing tiger named Shere Khan, as well as his own origins.
SIFF 18: Charlie Says (2018)
Three young women were sentenced to death in the infamous Manson murder case, but when the death penalty was lifted, their sentence became life imprisonment. One young graduate student was sent in to teach them – and through her we witness their transformations as they face the reality of their horrific crimes.
Christopher Robin (2018)
A working-class family man, Christopher Robin, encounters his childhood friend Winnie-the-Pooh, who helps him to rediscover the joys of life.
Closer (2004)
Dan och Alice träffas när Alice (som är ny i staden) blir påkörd av en taxi. Dan, som fattat tycker för Alice, tar med henne till sjukhuset. Det är början på en väldigt invecklad kärlekshistoria.
1408 (2007)
Mike Enslin (John Cusack) är en känd amerikansk författare, som skriver om sina upplevelser då han har besökt hemsökta hus, framför allt hotell. En dag får Mike, från en anonym avsändare, ett vykort med en bild på ”Dolphin Hotel”, med texten ”Don’t enter room 1408” skrivet på baksidan. Mike kontaktar hotellet och försöker boka rum 1408, men nekas. Efter juridiska påtryckningar lyckas Mike, mot hotellägarens vilja, boka rum 1408. Hotellägaren Gerald Olin (Samuel L. Jackson) förklarar för Mike att det har skett hela 56 dödsfall i rum 1408, och att ingen har klarat att hålla sig vid liv i mer än en timme. Mike låter sig inte stoppas av detta, utan checkar in och går in i rummet.