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A winter dread gnaws at the anxieties of a young couple.
Two unemployed friends have a fresh idea: they want to stage Shakespeare's 'Hamlet' in Grand Theft Auto. But even in a virtual world, reality intrudes in a wild and trippy film shot entirely inside the ultra-violent video game.
Ryo Hazuki finds himself seeing his father Iwao die at the hands of a mysterious Chinese man named Lan Di, who also steals an item Iwao had called the "Dragon Mirror". Ryo makes it his mission to get revenge on Lan Di, but first he has to find out how to find him, with the warhouse docks & the Mad Angels gang being his best leads.
The French Democracy is a short film by French filmmaker Alex Chan. The film was made in the 2005 PC game "The Movies," a business simulation game that allowed users to create their own films using pre-rendered scenes and tells the story of three Moroccan immigrants in France who turn to rioting after facing different forms of discrimination. The film was made as a response to the 2005 French riots which resulted from the deaths of two young boys who were electrocuted while hiding from police in a power substation. The civil unrest called attention to racism in France and abusive policing tactics. On its release, The French Democracy sparked controversy in mainstream media both as a political statement and as an example of the then-emerging Machinima genre tackling mature, political themes.
A lone passenger is reflected in the windows of a train crawling through layers of textures towards Minsk. During his absence, the city has not changed: all the streets are frozen, long-gone voices can be heard in the empty rooms and around the corner you can find yourself in a video game from your childhood.
In this animated spin on the noir genre, A man's obsession with key lime pie brings him to the brink of insanity and a chance encounter with the grim reaper.
When strange beings called Mingebags invade the servers of the popular game Garry's Mod, one player must try to survive while searching for his friends amid the chaos and war.
10-year-old Danny can’t believe how naive and dumb Little Red Riding Hood from Grimm’s fairy tale is. Determined to save the girl and her grandmother from the evil wolf, he decides to travel through time and change history. But Little Red Riding Hood is not stupid at all. And she certainly doesn’t need to be saved …
In times of conflict, a companion can be the final thread linking one to human connection. In Call of Duty: Warzone, communication is fractured, making it even harder to truly know those you play with. Dialogue is just a series of terse exchanges of orders and instructions; everything revolves around the game, everything is subsumed by war. Forming a meaningful connection with an anonymous player seems nearly impossible. In The Zone, the protagonists confront this challenge, pushing beyond the fleeting interactions dictated by random matchmaking. They seek to reclaim their humanity, engaging with pressing themes — religion, terrorism, and representation — subtly embedded in the game’s mechanics and geography.
A dive in a fantasized human landscape who, by going through several scenes along a production line compose a strange industrial painting.
The protagonist feels dead in waking life and alive in dreams.
CGI collage short film originally premiered as part of the 'Extinction Renaissance' exhibition at the Loyal Gallery in Stockholm.
This GTA IV Machinima tells the story of Marcus "Shade" Reynolds, a notorious thief known across Liberty City for his cunning and ruthlessness. After a high-profile heist, Shade finds himself hunted not only by the police but also by former allies turned enemies, and the ghost of a formal friend, Vincent "Vince" Cruz, whom he had betrayed. Afraid and cornered, Shade’s world unravels in a tense final confrontation in the city’s abandoned docks.
A Massacre in Veronaville is a dark comedic horror machinima by Alvin Soprano that tells a chilling tale of revenge and destruction in the quiet town of Veronaville. The story follows Pamela Landry, a vengeful Sim who uses a powerful spell to take control of the Grim Reaper and unleash havoc on the entire town — including innocent children. Driven by rage, Pamela commands the Grim Reaper to massacre every Sim in Veronaville. As chaos spreads and lives are cut short, the town quickly descends into bloodshed and terror. But in a cruel twist of fate, Pamela’s own dark magic backfires.
Chaos ensues between Hounds and Whores at a brothel's annual "President's Day Blowout Sale!"
"TALES FROM STRANGERVILLE" is a 2020 machinima created in The Sims 4 and directed by Alvin Soprano and Harley Coleman. Serving as a sequel to the creator's first machinima, "SOMETHING STRANGE IN STRANGETOWN" (2007), the film continues the story of an unnamed protagonist who was abducted by a mysterious light. Now named Lavinia, she is dropped into the technologically advanced desert town of StrangerVille with no memory of what transpired. The film follows Lavinia as she teams up with George Cahill and Erwin Pries to investigate the source of a mysterious, disembodied voice only she can hear. Their search for answers leads them to a classified government lab at the heart of the town’s strange occurrences, where they must confront the truth behind the town’s bizarre infection and Lavinia’s own past.
Tim Hawkins is a world-renowned stuntman famous for his death-defying performances. For his latest and most dangerous act yet, he sets out to break the Guinness World Record for the highest controlled fall ever attempted — using none other than the Statue of Liberty as his launch point. But the fall doesn’t go as planned. Before the cameras roll, Tim slips prematurely and plummets off the statue, smashing into the emergency security pads below. Though the pads break his fall, the impact leaves him unconscious and in critical condition. While his body lies in a coma, Tim's mind becomes trapped in a nightmarish loop — an eternal, slow-motion fall that never ends.
On Christmas Eve in the year 2287, Jack Collins, a freshly appointed Overseer, is excited to celebrate his first holiday in charge of Vault 71. But just days before, a mysterious virus sweeps through the community, killing every inhabitant but Jack. Unable to accept the mass death around him, Jack dissociates entirely from reality.
To avoid galactic war, the treatment of a frozen planet and it's people must be decided.
Lilith Marek doesn’t remember the man’s face. She only remembers the alley, the darkness, and the sensation of dying. After surviving a brutal sexual assault that left her unconscious and transformed into a vampire, Lilith wakes up changed — body, blood, and soul. But she doesn’t run. She doesn’t hide. She hunts.
Ava, an award-winning chef at a big-city restaurant, has lost her spark. Her boss sends her out to find herself to save her menu and her job. She returns home and finds little to inspire her, but when she reunites with her childhood friend Logan, Ava has to get her head out of the clouds and her foot out of her mouth to rediscover her passion for food.
Unified MMA 50 took place Friday, March 31, 2023 with 10 fights at River Cree Resort & Casino in Enoch, Alberta, Canada.
Paris, France. Commissaire Wens is put in charge of the investigation into the murder of one of six friends who, in the past, made a very profitable promise.
It's a beautiful day in Slottsskogen, Gothenburg idyllic city park, when suddenly the unthinkable happens - gunfire amidst all people. Two gangsters shooting game against each other and a large police operation starts. The conflict grows rapidly to involve several gangs from Gothenburg underworld. GSI switched to try to identify a new thread which proves to be both larger and better armed than any other. The only clue is a tattoo on one of the killed gang members.
Superman has to thwart wartime saboteurs tampering with things at the Metropolis Munitions Plant...who have captured Lois Lane and loaded her into a torpedo!
Zanskar is a remote kingdom in the northwest Indian Himalaya, where local people are snow-bound for six months of the year. About 10,000 Zanskaris live in the isolated valley. In winter, mountain passes are blocked, the summer Jeep road closes and buses stop. Two decades ago, three friends founded a ski school - to enable winter travel in the valley, improve quality of life, and to encourage young people to stay in Zanskar by helping establish a culture of mountain sports. The film tells the story of this friendship, the ski school and the development of skiing in the area. Along the way a bigger question is raised. Most recently, the federal government announced a major road building project that will provide year round access to Zanskar. How can Zanskar's wilderness be preserved? It is only a matter of time before the winter road is completed, and the "Big India" rushes in.
Esen, a young man who has been expelled from his village, escapes with the daughter of one of the most powerful men in the village. Whilst being pursued, he is forced to fight for her hand in a battle that results in the destruction of a sacred totem tree. This puts the whole village in jeopardy, and it is up to Esen to redeem himself and save them all.
"Maintenance by any Means" is about two maintenance men vying for the position of maintenance supervisor in an apartment complex. The maintenance men must compete with each other in order to get the job left open by the former Maintenance Supervisor. They need evaluations by the people who live at the apartments for every work order they finish. The problem is the renters themselves. Each one they run into has their own set of interesting problems. The maintenance men soon discover that a positive review may be hard to come by. Fixing broken down items in the apartments is the least of their worries. Finally one of the maintenance men must win the contest, by any means.
As a result of a successful conspiracy against Menshikov, Peter II is prematurely recognized as an adult and is in a hurry to be crowned in Moscow. The Dolgoruky brothers gather for this celebration. There were eight of them - all-powerful and influential representatives of the ancient Rurikovich family - and among them the beautiful Ekaterina, the daughter of the huntsman Alexei.
After, Maya, Give Me a Title, the sequel to Maya's adventures told by Blanche Gardin. Maya and her father live in two different countries. To maintain the bond with his daughter and continue to tell her stories, her father asks her every month "Maya, give me a title." From this title, he creates a cartoon for her in which she is the heroine. Michel Gondry then brings to life a poetic and amusing journey that will make little ones dream...and adults smile.
After the Japanese defeat to the Russians, Kaji leads the last remaining men through Manchuria. Intent on returning to his dear wife and his old life, Kaji faces great odds in a variety of different harrowing circumstances as he and his fellow men sneak behind enemy lines.
After the death of their abusive father, two estranged twin brothers must reunite and sell off his property.
After a run in with a hot exotic dancer one wintry night straight-laced prep school student James will find himself on the ride of his life. Risking his future he follows this mysterious woman to New York City - ditching school dodging cops and partying at hot nightclubs along the way.
While visiting the circus with his family, Charlie is recruited by the big top's co-owner to investigate threatening letters that he's received.
Do, who doesn't take much consideration about his marriageis circled with so many debts. He lied to his mother in law to get some money. Do and his wife eventually got a divorce and Do moved out to Kuala Lumpur to start a new life. Re on the other hand has a wife who is working at a night club whereas he stays at home and takes care of the house chores. Due to re's negligent behaviour his wife's money was stolen and he was told to leave the house bringing him dragging himself to the big city. Mi, a bachelor who is head over heels with the girl who is staying across his house often loans him some money. While Mi was out looking for a job he helped out capturing the theif who snatched a lady's handbag alongside with Re and Do who was in the area and helped out as well. They became close friends since then.
A killer for the Russian Mafia in Vienna wants to retire and write a book about his passion - cooking. The mafia godfather suspects treason.
An Elvis Costello concert film with guest Emmylou Harris.
A group of friends try to defeat an evil king, and meet some quirky characters along the way.
