Uncanny Valley (2015)

Armin, in his fourties, is a freelancer with lots of time and little money. He’s not really happy, but can’t picture living a different life. One morning the world looks the same as always, but mankind has disappeared.

少年院時代に熱心なキリスト教徒となった青年が、仮釈放中に立ち寄った教会で新任の司祭に勘違いされる。そのまま司祭として居座るが、思わぬ事態に……。ヤン・コマサ監督が実際に起こった事件を映画化した衝撃作。

平和な田舎の村に、得体の知れないよそ者がやってくる。この男についての謎めいた噂が広がるにつれて、村人が自身の家族を残虐に殺す事件が多発していく。そして必ず殺人を犯した村人は、濁った眼に湿疹で爛れた肌をして、言葉を発することもできない状態で現場にいるのだ。事件を担当する村の警官ジョングは、ある日自分の娘に、殺人犯たちと同じ湿疹があることに気付く。ジョングは娘を救うためによそ者を追い詰めていくが、そのことで村は混乱の渦となっていき、誰も想像できない結末へと走り出す――。

Five carnival workers are kidnapped and held hostage in an abandoned, Hell-like compound where they are forced to participate in a violent game, the goal of which is to survive twelve hours against a gang of sadistic clowns.

A film about defying and stretching the generally accepted standards of good motherhood.

'You want to put her in a home; you tell her; tell her now!' hisses one brother to the other. But Mother won't go, and their own lives quickly unravel as she clings to life. Director Daisy Jacobs uses two-metre-high painted characters in full-size sets to tell the stark and darkly humorous tale of caring for an elderly relative. The Bigger Picture is quite simply the most innovative animated short you will see this year.

A young woman spends the evening alone at home. She decides to give herself a treat, but not everything works out as smoothly as she imagined.

Timecode is a 2016 Spanish live-action short film directed by Juanjo Giménez. Luna and Diego are the parking lot security guards. Diego does the night shift, and Luna works by day. One day, Luna's boss asks her to investigate a broken tail light. It won the Short Film Palme d'Or award at 69th annual Cannes Film Festival in 2016. It is also nominated for an Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film at the 89th Academy Awards in 2017.

1941年のニューヨーク。社会派劇作家のバートン・フィンクは、ハリウッドに招かれて映画のシナリオを依頼された。早速ホテルにチェック・インしたが、そこは薄暗く、不気味な雰囲気が漂っていた。とりあえず部屋に入った彼だったが……。蚊の飛ぶ音、暑さ、息苦しさ－－それらの生理的な感覚を、主人公の悪夢になぞり、独自の映像センスで描いたコーエン兄弟の傑作。