9Realms: The Fateful Oath

The Making of The Lost Son

June 2015 •English

Mac is at the threshold of losing everything while directing his feature film.

To Infinity

May 2017 •English

A dying father helps his young daughter carry an imaginary mission into space in order to reunite her with her mother; which leads to an unimaginable revelation.

Rabbit Hole

November 2023 •English

A teenager takes a bike ride that spirals into a rabbit hole of memories. An experiment of sound and visuals that delve into the psychology of growing up with a dysfunctional home life.

Slow

August 2011 •English

An online hookup attempt takes a strange turn.

Beat the Devil

November 2021 •English

Drama by David Hare in which Ralph Fiennes stars as the playwright, recounting his experience of contracting Covid-19 on the day lockdown was announced in the UK.

In My Room

September 2020 •French

Made during confinement, "In My Room" plunges us into the poignant story of a woman at the twilight of her life, through recordings of the director's deceased grandmother. Living rooms become stages where life is performed. Windows become portals to the lives of others.

Crescendo

December 2019 •English

Wyspa R.O.

January 2001 •Polish

"Wyspa R.O" is a highly personal story about freedom, fate and love as well as Lenica's personal creative testament. The allegorical story, full of symbols and the author's quotes, tells of a secret corner of the world which was once inhabited by convicts, where only one lonely guard remains. Lenica was one of the most important creators of Polish poster art and his films have been honored at many international festivals.

Jungle Chronicle

February 2015 •German

They call him The Cat. Of humble origins, he earns a living in the world of the night dealing cocaine. To obtain the drug he hypnotizes women and offers rich men the chance to possess them in exchange for a few grammes. But tonight his path will cross that of Diane, a real predator.

Hibernation

July 2013 •English

Joseph Wood is an astronaut set to go where no man has ever gone before in the Universe thanks to the Hibernation Programme. But something happens between him and his instructor Claire Martínez, and the decisions that seemed unshakable begin to tremble. The countdown for the lift-off has begun.

Enemy's Apple

March 2007 •Korean

On a hot day in a blind alley, a police officer and a laborer, both who have fallen behind from their units, are confronting each other. What they are wearing represents their status and makes them an enemy to each other. Their situation becomes sad but comical as their tiresome day goes by.

Mi querido Juan Manuel

July 2022 •Spanish

Juan, a seventy-year-old man with senile dementia, shares a room with Manuel, a young sparrow.

The bride has a doll in her hands

July 2022 •Persian

Zeinab, a 13-year-old girl, is forced by her family to marry a 44-year-old man and become pregnant.

Lasagna

April 2019 •Indonesian

Approaching Rudi's execution (Mirna's Husband), Mirna was asked to come to the prison with a Lasagna. Her husband wishes to enjoy the Lasagna with Mirna for the very last time. But when Mirna came with the Lasagna, Rudi chooses not to eat it.

Geneze

January 2012 •Czech

Cast Off

November 2016 •French

Simon has to leave the island on which he lives to go to boarding school. One day he plays with his sister and finds a beached little wooden boat. Through his attempts to repair it he will accept, or not, to cast off.

Foretaste of Spring

February 2007 •English

A young boy about 10 or 11 is playing in the woods by himself. Then he meets a woman who then gives him a head band and a feather and paints some stripes on his face with her lipstick. So now he looks like a little indian.

Nothing Really Happened

May 2017 •Hungarian

Kata lives with her husband and 12 year old son, Peti in a housing estate. One day something terrible happens to Peti. The parents have one night to decide how to handle it.

Omar

August 2009 •French

The story of Omar, a young gay man who lives in a neighbourhood he loves and neighbours that love him. But he is under pressure because he has fallen in love and he cannot even talk about it as he will end up revealing that he is homosexual — not even to his best friend Morad.

Rufus Stone

December 2012 •English

Rufus Stone is a short film about “love, sexual awakening, and treachery.” According to Director Josh Appignanesi, “the story dramatizes the old and continued prejudices of village life from three main perspectives.