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Heaven's Waiting

2018

Lisang’s soul is trapped in purgatory due to her bad behavior. Once again, her name is picked and reconsidered. Will she be able to make it this time?

Offline

2015

Set at a remote beach house rental, the story follows two couples — one straight, one lesbian — as they awaken from a night of celebration to find that the internet, smartphones, and all forms of modern digital technology never existed. With only a landline, analog TV, and a CD stereo system in sight, the five friends are thrown into an alternate version of reality that feels like the 1980s — despite the newspaper still reading March 2015.

No Exit

1962

The Valet enters a hotel room with Joseph Garcin in tow. The windowless room has a single entrance and no mirrors. Two women, Inès Serrano and Estelle Rigault, are then led in; afterwards, the Valet leaves and locks the door. Realising that they are in hell, the trio expects to be tortured; however, no torturer is forthcoming. While waiting, they strike up a conversation and discuss each other's sins, desires, and unpleasant memories. Adaptation of the play by Jean-Paul Sartre.

No Exit

1954

The scene is a tawdry hotel room in Limbo, where several damned souls are gathered. At first, the group fails to comprehend where they are or why they're there. When the horrible truth dawns upon them, they carp and snipe at one another, blaming everyone but themselves for their dismal fate.

Outward Bound

1930

A group of strangers find themselves aboard an unmanned ship, surrounded by fog and uncertain of their destination. As they attempt to make sense of their situation, the group of passengers discover a commonality that changes their perception of the nature of their journey. The film was later remade, with some changes, as Between Two Worlds (1944).

Soul Trader

2026

A despondent soul arrives in a strange place where he must confront his (mostly) inner demons.

The Purgation

2015

Ever since she was a little girl, Iris has wanted to be a filmmaker. For the last five years though, she's been trapped working in reality television, directing episodes for a series that's barely able to compete with Ghost Hunters. Iris sees her big chance to prove herself when she gets sent on assignment to her hometown of Black Falls, a small town harboring an abandoned insane asylum that has a dark history of excessive shock therapy. Filming inside the asylum brings back childhood memories for Iris, memories of sneaking into the asylum with her friends to shoot homemade horror movies. Little does Iris know, her life is about to imitate her art.

Eden Hotel

2018

After death, life could be still bad. What would you be willing to do to reach paradise?

Slow, rises the moon

2025

A tragedy of a man who happens (on accident) to fall into purgatory. After which a series of bizarre events occur within and a gradual realisation of his demise

Into the Ether

2018

The hidden pasts of a recluse and a petty criminal collide in a realm lost from time and reason.

The Bus Driver

2020

A rural school bus driver turns to theft but is held accountable for his actions.

Purgatorium

2023

After his death, a young man stuck in purgatory attempts to cope with the afterlife.

La trappola della mente

2024

The Waiting Room, or Eggs in Purgatory

2023

In a waiting room in the space between the living and the beyond, an unlikely pair sits impatiently for their final reckoning.

Ava in the End

2019

A woman's accidental death quickly leads to her waiting for the next life to begin.