Essence

Marion is a woman who has learned to shield herself from her emotions. She rents an apartment to work undisturbed on her new book, but by some...

A naive young man witnesses an escalation of violence in his small hometown following the arrival of a mysterious circus attraction.

The film is based on a 2003 novel by the same name, written by Norwegian author Jostein Gaarder. The main character is the young boy Georg who one...

On the first day of shooting, James Franco, David Shields, and Caleb Powell throw out the script when a real-life argument breaks out between the...

A radical student is adopted by a group of young New Yorkers, serves as a catalyst to alter his and their lives. Gathering in a Manhattan apartment,...

A vampiric doctoral student tries to follow the philosophy of a nocturnal comrade and control her thirst for blood.

The impressionistic story of a Texas family in the 1950s. The film follows the life journey of the eldest son, Jack, through the innocence of...

An adaptation of the J.P. Sartre story "Le Mur". What goes on in his mind and what happens outside when he has left only few more hours left to...

The real fate of Jiří Arvéd Smíchovský, a prominent hermeticist, occultist, believer in black magic and an...

A long-divorced Chinese couple reunites in Texas for their daughter’s college graduation. The mother stays in the daughter’s small...

A historical drama set in Roman Egypt, concerning philosopher Hypatia of Alexandria and her relationship with her slave Davus, who is torn between...

A small group of cosmic explorers, including a woman, leaves Earth to start a new civilization. They do not realize that within themselves they carry...