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An isolated man's reunion with a childhood friend he hasn't seen in years yields an unexpected turn of events.

Deprivation, a SciFi Horror film based on the horrifying Russian Sleep Deprivation experiments which took place in the 70s. World War Z meets 28 Days Later set in Rome, Italy. Did anyone expect such results and more importantly is the world safe?

Three friends film themselves attempting to stay awake in a cabin for an entire week straight. As they expectedly begin to hallucinate, they realize that their "hallucinations" are showing up on camera.

Just a year after losing their partner, Chuck is still battling nightmares and paranoia, leading them to believe that what appears in the shadows is all in their mind.

Matheo is a 17 years old students. Despite being a good one he is lonely and has no friends. His family is precarious. Born from an alcoholic father and a housewife mother Mathéo did not have the best childhood… It’s during his puberty than he discovers not only himself but his sexuality however he will soon assimilate the taste of sex to taking part of other people’s suffering. He will start by first torturing animals in vicious ways but he will soon change up his mind to tackle bigger species. Men and women that will cross his path.

Ji-yeon and Do-jin are exhausted from years of IVF treatment. They don't remember what life was like before. She continues to experience the pain of separation from a child she has never met. Do-jin is worried about her health and wants her to quit, but she can't. "Why can't I be a mother?" She won't give up.

MUSICAL/DRAMADY about Reggie, conceived while his parents consumed genetically modified food, it gave him almost supernatural powers, but not quite, everything was fine until Tanisha showed up and the two of them hit it off. Sensory Deprivation taps into weird phenomenon that everybody experiences and can't explain. Set in modern day South Jamaica Queens

Fadel raises his daughter Mona alone after her mother leaves them for work. One day Mona accompanies him to his job, but causes an accident. Feeling guilty, she runs away, prompting her father to search for her.

When it gets dark each evening a virtuous young lady transforms into a notorious flirt but remembers none of it the next day. She is treated by a psychiatrist who tries his best to find the root of her problems and cure her once and for all

This short film comically explores the tiny tsunami of aggravations caused by a power outage during the COVID-19 pandemic.

In a society where freedom is considered the highest good, the question arises as to how the deprivation of liberty is perceived as a punishment. Despite rehabilitative approaches, imprisonment remains the maximum sanction. The principle of liberty becomes significant when the deprivation of freedom is imposed as a penalty—existence remains secured, but any freedom beyond that is taken away. What does the deprivation of liberty feel like? What significance does freedom hold when it is withdrawn? How does the public perceive the deprivation of liberty as a punishment, and what does the need for retribution look like? Is there an understanding of why freedom is being taken? What does freedom mean when one is deprived of it?

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Two American backpackers, hiking in the Dominican Republic with a group of experienced locals, find themselves in the disorienting depths of a vast cave system, where desperation for survival drives them to make choices that will change them forever.

Teenagers Nancy, Quentin, Kris, Jesse and Dean are all neighborhood friends who begin having the same dream of a horribly disfigured man who wears a tattered sweater and a glove made of knives. The man terrorizes them in their dreams, and the only escape is to wake up. But when, one by one, they start dying violently, the friends realize that what happens in the dream world is real, and the only way to stay alive is to stay awake.

The true story of the Mauritanian Mohamedou Ould Slahi, who was held at the U.S military's Guantanamo Bay detention center without charges for over a decade and sought help from a defense attorney for his release.

A research scientist explores the boundaries and frontiers of human consciousness. Using sensory deprivation and hallucinogenic mixtures from Native American shamans, he explores these altered states of cognizance and finds that memory, time, and reality itself are states of mind.

Notorious killer whale Tilikum is responsible for the deaths of three individuals, including a top killer whale trainer. Blackfish shows the sometimes devastating consequences of keeping such intelligent and sentient creatures in captivity.

After a sudden global event wipes out all electronics and takes away humankind’s ability to sleep, chaos quickly begins to consume the world. Only Jill, an ex-soldier with a troubled past, may hold the key to a cure in the form of her own daughter. The question is, can Jill safely deliver her daughter and save the world before she herself loses her mind.

Roni Gingrich is a PTSD survivor and aspiring artist whose buried childhood trauma manifests in the form of sleep paralysis and recurring dreams as she unravels the truth of her past.

Experiencing extreme sleep deprivation for months, a young man tape-records his memories for preservation against sinister, clandestine watchers.

After his wife disappears a man uses a sensory deprivation tank to solve the mystery.

A teenager in suburban Florida desperately hustles to make $5,000 in this dreamy and surreal animated coming-of-age story.

A short film by Uncle Shortbread about the dangers of sleep deprivation, the brutality of the music industry and the power of Iggy Pop’s hip thrust.

Army Captain Edward Hall returns to the U.S. after two years in a prison camp in the Korean War. In the camp, he was brainwashed and helped the Chinese convince the other prisoners that they were fighting an unjust war. When he comes back he is charged for collaboration with the enemy. Where does loyalty end in a prison camp, when the camp is a living hell?

A writer of pulp Westerns cranks out more words than his editor and publisher want to pay for.

An obsessive psychologist attempts to reprogramme her subconscious mind, but when her actions become increasingly uncharacteristic she fears her experiment is dangerously out of control.

Christmas Eve, and Sniffles is determined to stay awake to see Santa. Not an easy task.

A man suffering from insomnia is prescribed an experimental drug and begins to have nightmares involving his dead wife.

Tom has been out late carousing with his chums. When he gets home, Mammy won't take any excuses, and insists he stay awake; Jerry, overhearing, thus tries a number of schemes to get Tom to sleep.

Four days without sleep, jumping into Morpheus World is her only chance.

David is a young man seduced by a religious cult that uses starvation, exhaustion, and brainwashing to mold recruits into money hustling disciples of a messiah-like leader. Chronicles David's chilling transformation into a gaunt, mindless shadow of his former self...and his ultimate salvation when friends and family launch a plan to kidnap and deprogram him.

When new parents Alex and Penny retreat from the city and move into a place outside town, the stress and massive sleep-deprivation caused by their infant has both of them seeing things in the house that may or may not exist. Persistent sightings of a strange woman has each of them wondering if they are suffering from hallucinations, or if their new home holds a dark, supernatural presence. As their fragile grasp on reality spirals into delirium, Alex and Penny find themselves nearly helpless to deal with the horrific truth of what is really going in this house.

A young woman, Mila, is kidnapped by a mysterious and dangerous organization known as Recreation. Forced to stay awake and under constant surveillance, Mila must fight for control of her own mind.