Cradle of Deception (2024)

Pamfir wants to be a decent family man, but challenging circumstances force him to give up honest breadwinning to help his family.

In the underworld of debt-collecting, homegrown hustler Peg Dahl will do anything to escape Buffalo, NY.

An ex-convict working undercover intentionally gets himself incarcerated again in order to infiltrate the mob at a maximum security prison.

It is the story of the all-black Twenty-Fourth United States Infantry Regiment, and the Houston Riot of 1917.

Having escaped from Afghanistan when still a child, Ismail now lives in Europe with his brother Hassan. After several disturbing phone calls, Ismail will have to face the destiny of his family, counting the cost of the senselessness of war and the history of his people, the Hazaras.

The murder investigation of a young man takes an unexpected turn when the cops discover that the prime suspect has a lookalike.

7,000 passengers are stranded after the 9/11 terrorist attacks in a small town in Newfoundland, where they were housed and welcomed. Filmed live on stage at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theater in New York City.

Jeanne, a shy young woman, works in an amusement park. Fascinated with carousels, she still lives at home with her mother. That's when Jeanne meets Jumbo, the park's new flagship attraction.

When three young women are implicated in a crime, a retired lawyer steps forward to help them clear their names.

A lavish high-society wedding unexpectedly turns into a class struggle that leads to a violent coup.

In this 1970s set crime drama, a woman is forced to go on the run after her husband betrays his partners, sending her and her baby on a dangerous journey.

Determined to even the scales and profit from his thankless job, a factory worker schemes to traffic luxury perfumes from under his employer's nose.

Seven lifelong friends, a dinner, a blood red moon eclipse, a game involving to read the seven cell phones' incoming messages. A night where anything that can be bad will be very bad.

Elisa, a passionate teenager, wants to enjoy the summer on the slopes of the Vercors where she grew up. Her mother leaves her alone with her father and disabled sister, and the increasing responsibility sees her love turned into hatred.

As Valentine's Day nears, a matchmaker is tasked by her mentor to find a match for an entrepreneur who believes staying single is the key to success.

A refugee couple makes a harrowing escape from war-torn South Sudan, but then they struggle to adjust to their new life in an English town that has an evil lurking beneath the surface.

Hunter, a newly pregnant housewife, finds herself increasingly compelled to consume dangerous objects. As her husband and his family tighten their control over her life, she must confront the dark secret behind her new obsession.

Milla, a seriously ill teenager, falls in love with a drug dealer, Moses, her parents' worst nightmare.

In the 1920s a group of factory workers advocate for safer work conditions after some of their colleagues become ill from radium exposure.

A man returns home after years to find his brother's child bride now grown up and abandoned, and his ancestral village plagued by mysterious deaths.

Noah has to leave her town, boyfriend and friends behind and move into the mansion of her mother's new rich husband. There she meets Nick, her new stepbrother. They fall madly in love in secret.

Ali is barely making a living selling contraband gas. The young Tunisian all of a sudden finds himself in charge of his two sisters after his father's death.

A middle-class mother takes a call centre job due to her financial reasons, and that gives her freedom, but it leads into a web of dangers.

3.5 couples meet for dinner party. The men have known each other for decades. During dinner they play a game of sharing texts, calls, e-mails etc. by placing all 7 cell phones on the table. Unexpected results as all have secrets.

The life of Elis Regina, undoubtedly the greatest Brazilian singer of all time, is told in this biopic film with energetic and pulsating rhythm.

17-year-old Jem Starling struggles with her place within her Christian fundamentalist community. But everything changes when her magnetic youth pastor Owen returns to their church.

The misadventures of a woman who was a teenage mother, while her son seeks to build a future for himself.

Shortly after Muzamil was born, the village's holy man predicts that he will die at age 20. Muzamil's father can't stand the curse and leaves home. Sakina raises her son as a single mother, overly protective. One day, Muzamil turns 19.

Vandiyathevan crosses the Chola land to deliver a message from the Crown Prince Aditha Karikalan, while Kundavai attempts to establish political peace as vassals and petty chieftains plot against the throne.

K. Shiva Kumar, a CI is assigned to investigate recent disappearances. An accident leaves him injured, and upon recovery, he finds his wife and daughter missing. Determined to reunite with his family, he embarks on a relentless search.

Shiv Shastri a retiree from India and a big Rocky movie fan moves to USA and ends up on an unexpected road trip through the American heartland which teaches that it's never too old to reinvent yourself.

On the streets of Hollywood, a recently retired NFL player is saved from scandal by a homeless veteran. With their "glory days" behind them, the two men bond in search of purpose and identity.

In search of a lifeline for his struggling off road racing team, a man takes on a young car thief looking for a second chance, but as their worlds collide, they must struggle to forge a successful alliance.

A small-town man who falls in love with the most beautiful girl in town. He wants to marry her one day because marrying her can raise his social position.

Chan Tin Mei (Sammi Cheng) and Ho Bun (Alan Luk)'s son passes away abruptly at just three years old due to congenital heart disease. Suffering in unfathomable pain over the loss, Mei resists having another child. One day, Mei finds out that they can become a foster family.—Sing-Fung Ka

Four short films by four of India's biggest directors exploring love, sex and relationships in modern India.