Remaining Ladies Berlin Movie Competition Returns for Its tenth Version: “Having grown from a humble two-day occasion with round 15 attendees to a five-day style showcase at Metropolis Kino Marriage ceremony, the Remaining Ladies Berlin Movie Competition is celebrating its tenth version. Recognised by MovieMaker Journal and Dread Central as among the finest style festivals worldwide, Remaining Ladies Berlin has grow to be a powerhouse for championing daring, boundary-pushing horror by ladies, trans, and non-binary filmmakers.
This 12 months’s lineup is a mixture of underground gems and pageant heavyweights—movies which have screened at A-list festivals, landed on Mubi, gained main awards, and even earned Oscar nods. These successes underscore the rising recognition and influence of ladies, trans, and non-binary filmmakers in style cinema. As horror evolves, they’re main the cost, and we’re proud to showcase each the trade’s rising stars and its boldest new visions.
Can’t make it to Berlin? Horror is aware of no borders––choose screenings shall be accessible on Vimeo on demand, making the movies accessible to our world viewers.”
Competition Venue & Ticket Info:
Venue: Metropolis Kino Marriage ceremony, Müllerstr 74, 13349 Berlin
Particular person Tickets: €8.50 (accessible at citykinowedding.de)
On-line Tickets: €6 (choose movies accessible through Vimeo on Demand)
All-Entry Go: €75 (buy at finalgirlsberlin.com or on the venue)
Be a part of us as we rejoice ten years of terrifying, transgressive, and trailblazing horror cinema. Whether or not you’re a longtime devotee or a newcomer to the Remaining Ladies expertise, we promise a pageant that can shock, disturb, and enjoyment of equal measure.
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FAILURE!: “Crimson Water Leisure has launched the one-take thriller FAILURE! starring Ted Raimi (Spiderman, The Quarry) On Digital and On Demand January 28.
Shot in a steady 87-minute take, this Mexican-U.S. co-production follows enterprise tycoon James (Raimi), a loyal household man dealing with a dire ultimatum: resolve a crushing financial institution debt inside an hour or threat shedding his enterprise. With grasping associates, deceitful mates, and haunting ghosts from his previous closing in, James is pushed to the brink, confronted with the unthinkable alternative between monetary smash or homicide.
Written and directed by Alex Kahuam (Forgiveness), FAILURE! makes a historic achievement as the primary time a Mexican director has created a characteristic movie with out cuts in the US. Becoming a member of Raimi within the solid are Merrick McCartha (Senior Yr), Melissa Diaz (Ruthless), John Paul Medrano (Seven Days), Daniel Kuhlman (Voodoo MacBeth), and Noel Douglas Orput.
The movie screened on the 2023 inaugural Incredible Pavilion Gala, the style showcase of the Cannes Movie Market. After that, it made its world debut at Frightfest in 2023 and was screened at Morbido Movie Fest, Fantaspoa, and Tallinn Black Nights Movie Competition.
Alex Kahuam and Marco De Molina produced FAILURE! together with Kayli Fortun, Ted Raimi and Jose D. Rodriguez through Kahuam’s Promotora NAE and De Molina’s Spacebrain Leisure.”
DIRECTOR’S STATEMENT: “Failure! is a narrative a couple of middle-aged man who’s struggling because of an enormous debt with the financial institution. Besides it’s deeper than that — it’s an ex- ploration about one’s legacy and delight, and the way that performs out being a father versus a enterprise proprietor and in the end committing a homicide with a purpose to shield his household. I’m intrigued by the human situation below desperation and the way it controls us, extra so having witnessed it in somebody near me.
It was my mission and dedication to shoot this story in a single single take with none cuts as I needed the viewers to expertise all of the phases of how desperation unveils it’s layers and the aftermath that fol- lows. I’ve beforehand shot long-takes inside characteristic and brief movies, besides it took me the story of Failure! to really take up the problem of taking pictures a one lengthy take movie.”
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Cyfuno Ventures Expands into Cyfuno Group: “On February 6, 2025, Cyfuno Ventures, a full-service movie distribution and manufacturing firm introduced its enlargement into the newly shaped Cyfuno Group.
Based in 2003 by Cyfuno Group President and CEO Adam Whitton and his brother, Cyfuno Ventures started with no shoppers, no patrons, no portfolio, and no contacts—a real, built-from-the-ground-up group. Immediately, Cyfuno represents over 150 movies, with the checklist rising recurrently, and has partnered with greater than 300 distribution and platform companions. Now, Whitton says, it’s time for the corporate to develop even additional.
“As an organization grows, the quantity of assist we will present turns into restricted by our sources,” stated Whitton. “We confronted a choice: both keep the course or develop our attain to assist extra individuals. The choice was clear—the time to develop our providers and our group was proper.”
Along with the unique members of Cyfuno Ventures, Whitton has appointed new division heads to guide the increasing applications and providers at Cyfuno Group. New group members embrace:
- Jacob Mulliken, Editor-in-Chief of the corporate’s journal RIP and Vice President of Group Relations
- Angela Galletta, Vice President of Particular Tasks
- Robert Levy, Vice President of Growth
“We reside in a really completely different world at present, one the place location has little influence on our skill to conduct enterprise,” stated Whitton. “Our group is unfold throughout the nation, from coast to coast, which supplies us a novel alternative to judge completely different movie markets, present a wider vary of providers, and set up relationships in varied areas. Every group member brings a novel perspective and expertise to the desk—whether or not it’s Jake’s background within the press world and as an unbiased movie producer, Robert’s expertise working an award-winning post-production firm, or Angela’s unbelievable work ethic and her skill to attach with numerous individuals.”
Cyfuno Ventures will proceed its operations inside Cyfuno Group, providing consulting providers to unbiased filmmakers for the sale and licensing of their initiatives, each domestically and internationally. As a part of the corporate’s progress, the enlargement will introduce new providers, together with RIP Journal, which is able to spotlight the work of unbiased filmmakers, and new screenplay providers to assist rising screenwriters in methods the corporate wasn’t beforehand outfitted to help.
“For many who have labored with us earlier than, our core providers stay unchanged,” Whitton stated. “We are going to proceed to behave as distribution consultants, serving to unbiased filmmakers safe the very best offers potential for his or her initiatives. What’s new are the thrilling initiatives we’re rolling out—resembling RIP Journal, which is able to enable us to showcase the superb work taking place in unbiased movie throughout the nation and the globe, and our new screenplay providers that can allow us to help aspiring screenwriters in methods we’ve by no means been capable of earlier than. We’re excited to share these new endeavors with each our established shoppers and newcomers.”
Wanting forward, Cyfuno Group plans to develop into varied types of manufacturing, together with characteristic movies, collection, audio productions, and podcasts. The corporate may even present manufacturing providers to help new initiatives by means of growth, pre-distribution actions, advertising plans, screenings, and nationwide excursions.
“The sky’s the restrict,” stated Whitton. “We began this firm to assist as many individuals within the unbiased movie neighborhood as we might. Our imaginative and prescient has at all times been ‘Filmmakers First,’ and at present, we’re increasing so we will proceed to reside as much as that imaginative and prescient. It’s been a protracted journey to get right here, and we’re excited to proceed this journey with anybody who needs to affix us alongside the best way.”
For extra info, go to: www.cyfuno.com
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Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance
Function Movie
Johnny Blaze, tortured by the Ghost Rider’s curse, will get an opportunity of redemption by means of defending the Satan’s son, whose father is pursuing him.
Solid: Nicolas Cage (Face/Off), Ciarán Hinds (Belfast), Idris Elba (Thor: Ragnarok)
Availability: Feb. 1st
Insidious: Chapter 2
Function Movie
The Lamberts imagine that they’ve defeated the spirits which have haunted their household, however they quickly uncover that evil is just not overwhelmed so simply.
Solid: Patrick Wilson (Watchmen), Rose Byrne (Bridesmaids), Barbara Hershey (Black Swan)
Availability: Feb. 1st
Insidious: Chapter 3
Function Movie
A prequel set earlier than the haunting of the Lambert household that reveals how gifted psychic Elise Rainier reluctantly agrees to make use of her skill to contact the useless with a purpose to assist a teenage lady who has been focused by a harmful supernatural entity.
Solid: Dermot Mulroney (My Greatest Good friend’s Marriage ceremony), Stefanie Scott (Woman within the Basement), Angus Sampson (Mad Max: Fury Highway)
Availability: Feb. 1st
Insidious: The Final Key
Function Movie
Parapsychologist Dr. Elise Rainier faces her most fearsome and private haunting but, as she is drawn again to her ghostly childhood house the place the fear started.
Solid: Lin Shaye (There’s One thing About Mary), Leigh Whannell (Noticed), Angus Sampson (Mad Max: Fury Highway)
Availability: Feb. 1st
Hell Fest
Function Movie
A masked serial killer turns a horror-themed amusement park into his personal private playground, terrorizing a bunch of mates whereas the remainder of the patrons imagine that it’s all a part of the present.
Solid: Cynthea Mercado (The Gifted), Stephen Conroy (Black Panther), Amy Forsyth (The Gilded Age)
Obtainable: Feb. 1st
Grind Home: Dying Proof
Function Movie
Two separate units of voluptuous ladies are stalked at completely different instances by a scarred stuntman who makes use of his “loss of life proof” automobiles to execute his murderous plans.
Solid: Kurt Russell (Escape From New York), Zoë Bell (The Hateful Eight), Rosario Dawson (Sin Metropolis)
Obtainable: Feb. 1st
The Blair Witch Challenge
Function Movie
Three movie college students vanish after touring right into a Maryland forest to movie a documentary on the native Blair Witch legend, leaving solely their footage behind.
Solid: Heather Donahue (Taken), Michael C. Williams (FBI), Joshua Leonard (Scorpion)
Obtainable: Feb. 1st
Guide of Shadows: Blair Witch 2
Function Movie
A gaggle of vacationers arrives in Burkittsville, Maryland after seeing The Blair Witch Challenge (1999) to discover the mythology and phenomenon, solely to return nose to nose with their very own neuroses and probably the witch herself.
Solid: Jeffrey Donovan (Burn Discover), Stephen Barker Turner (Legislation and Order: Felony Intent) Erica Leerhsen (The Texas Chainsaw Bloodbath)
Obtainable: Feb. 1st
3 From Hell
Function Movie
After barely surviving jail, the demented Firefly clan go on the run, unleashing an entire new wave of homicide, insanity and mayhem.
Solid: Sheri Moon Zombie (Halloween), Invoice Moseley (The Satan’s Rejects), Sid Haig (Bone Tomahawk)
Obtainable: Feb. 1st
The Hangman
Function Movie
Troubled father Leon takes son tenting in Appalachia. Native cult summons evil Hangman demon. Son goes lacking. Leon should confront cult, monster to seek out him amid rising physique rely.
Solid: LeJon Woods (Asteroid), Mar Cellus (Swagger), Lindsey Dresbach (Legislation & Order: Particular Victims Unit)
Obtainable: Feb. 1st
Final Evening At Terrace Lanes
Function Movie
When a bloodthirsty cult invades a bowling alley on its remaining evening of operation, a excessive schooler on a date from hell, should be a part of forces together with her survivalist dad to fend off the crazed murderers.
Solid: Francesca Capaldi (Canine with a Weblog), Ken Arnold (Woman within the Lake), Mia Rae Roberts (The Jester)
Obtainable: Feb. 1st
The Outwaters
Function Movie
4 vacationers encounter menacing phenomena whereas tenting in a distant stretch of the Mojave Desert.
Solid: Robbie Banfitch (White Mild), Leslie Ann Banfitch (Tinsman Highway), Scott Schamell (Exvallis)
Obtainable: Feb. 1st
CreepyPasta
Function Movie
Trapped in an deserted home, a anonymous man desperately searches for clues to how he bought there. The reply is hidden inside a collection of disturbing viral movies – every of which begins to contaminate his thoughts.
Solid: Anthony T. Solano (Blue Bloods), Eva Isanta (Amarillo), Silvia Casanova (Could God Save Us)
Obtainable: Feb. 1st
