THE SAMCA FILE(2026)

Overdrive(en)

Master car thieves square off against French gangsters in the South of France with money, women and lives all on the line.

Maniac(en)

When a stranger enters a quiet, country town and is seduced by a sensuous married woman he unwittingly finds himself at the centre of a storm of sexual guilt and murder.

The Mirror Crack'd(en)

Jane Marple solves the mystery when a local woman is poisoned and a visiting movie star seems to have been the intended victim.

The Glass Key(en)

A crooked politician finds himself being accused of murder by a gangster from whom he refused help during a re-election campaign.

M(en)

Remake of the 1931 Fritz Lang original. In the city, someone is murdering children. The Police search is so intense, it is disturbing the 'normal' criminals, and the local hoods decide to help find the murderer as quickly as possible.

Night Watch(en)

A woman recovering from a nervous breakdown tries to convince her husband and and the local London police that she has witnessed a murder in the abandoned house next door.

The Jester(en)

A malevolent being known as The Jester terrorizes the inhabitants of a small town on Halloween night, including two estranged sisters who must come together to find a way to defeat this evil entity.

Time Without Pity(en)

Alec Graham is sentenced to death for the murder of his girlfriend Jennie, with whom he spent a weekend at the English country home of the parents of his friend Brian Stanford. Alec’s father, David Graham, a not-so-successful writer and alcoholic who has neglected his son in the past, flies in from Canada to visit his son on death row. David then goes on a quest to try and clear his son’s name while battling “the bottle.”

Perfect Sisters(en)

Tired of their mother's alcoholism and a string of her abusive boyfriends, two sisters plot to kill her.

The Quiller Memorandum(en)

After two British Secret Intelligence Service agents are murdered at the hands of a cryptic neo-Nazi group known as Phoenix, the suave agent Quiller is sent to Berlin to investigate.

The Mean Season(en)

A routine investigation of a shocking murder takes a bizarre twist when the killer contacts the reporter and appoints him his personal spokesman. As the killer's calls and clues increase, the reporter is lured into a deadly trap.

Lady in the Lake(en)

Private eye Phillip Marlowe wants to get out of the detective racket and into crime writing. But when he's called to the office of editor Adrienne Fromsett, it's not to talk about his story ideas — she wants him to locate the missing wife of her boss, Mr. Kingsby. The assignment quickly becomes complicated when bodies start turning up.

The Blue Gardenia(en)

Upon waking up to the news that the man she’d gone on a date with the previous night has been murdered, a young woman with only a faint memory of the night’s events begins to suspect that she murdered him while attempting to resist his advances.

The Lady Vanishes(en)

Young socialite Iris Carr befriends an older woman while traveling solo by train. When Iris wakes from a nap, the woman is gone and other passengers claim she never existed.

The Naked City(en)

After a former model is drowned in her bathtub, Detective James Halloran and Lieutenant Dan Muldoon attempt to piece together her murder.

The Dark Mirror(en)

A sister and her disturbed twin are implicated in a murder and a police detective must figure out which one's the killer.

The Pelican Brief(en)

A law student's theory about the recent deaths of two Supreme Court justices embroils her in a far-reaching web of murder, corruption, and greed.

The Detective(en)

Police detective Joe Leland investigates the murder of a gay man.

Islands(en)

In this twisty thriller, a tennis coach at a tropical resort finds himself at the center of a missing persons mystery. Tom teaches tennis during the day and parties at night. When an enigmatic tourist arrives, Tom is unable to shake the feeling he has met her before. Tension and attraction grow, until her husband disappears, and the police suspect Tom.

Chief of Station(en)

After learning that the death of his wife was not an accident, a former CIA Station Chief is forced back into the espionage underworld, teaming up with an adversary to unravel a conspiracy that challenges everything he thought he knew.

Mute(en)

Monette, a recently separated travelling book salesman tells his grim story to both a priest and a hitchhiker, looking for absolution.

The Mastermind Killer !!(en)

After the shocking murder of the most powerful man in Chicago - George Murphy, police detective Ethan Graham begins investigation to solve the case. The complexity builds up leading to no end. It must have been plotted by a Mastermind.

Volpina(ca)

Munkie(en)

Munkie follows a vengeful daughter whose violent plan of revenge against her domineering "tiger parents" spins out of control.

In Silence(pt)

In Silence (No Silêncio) STORYLINE: Eduardo Porto is a TV series director who, after being assaulted by actress Glória Pedrosa's father, gathers his filming crew at Camila's, his art director, house to try to reverse the situation before it becomes a media scandal. *_The film has won 10 awards: 6 awards - Best Feature Film, 2 - Best Director and Best Debut Filmmaker (Alexandre Britto), Best Photographer (Pedro Iorio), Best Actor (Evandro Miúdo)_* The feature film is in the international festival circuit.

The Secret(fr)

A stranger enters into and forever alters the life of a couple. He claims to be pursued by certain authorities who intend to prevent him from disclosing a secret that only he holds, whence the title. Is he lying, or insane - or is he telling the truth? Who, if anyone, is after him? And what *is* - the secret?

V.C. Andrews' All That Glitters(en)

Ruby returns to her childhood home and finds herself lured into a twisted plan to be with Beau.

IT´S CHICO TIME!(pt)

In 1974, Chico, a beloved host of a children’s TV show at the service of a repressive authoritarian regime, is forced to make the hardest decision of his life: murder a colleague live on air, or lose the approval of his powerful father. As the cameras roll, the program unravels into a surreal theatre of obedience, repression, and madness.

Chronicles of Sonatine or: Shadows of the Broken Memories(en)

After the disappearance of a young actress, a director is left alone with memories, guilt, and the silence she left behind. In an attempt to understand what happened, he confronts himself, the past, and an unknown figure who seems to have always been there. Chronicles of Sonatine or: Shadows of the Broken Memories is a story built on half-truths and the people who get lost within them. Can you restore a memory… without distorting it?

The Black Water Vampire(en)

A documentary film crew investigate a series of brutal killings known as the Black Water murders. As they dwelve deeper into the story, they stumble upon a horrifying secret. One they may not survive.

Yourself(en)

A young painter attempts to create his magnum opus, struggling through weeks of mental torment and obliterating his sense of self. Day after day, he is faced with an uninvited guest.

Até que ponto?(pt)

"Until When?" originally "Até que ponto?", is a short thriller film. While guiding the students about abusive relationships, Marta comes across André, an enigmatic young man who will bring her challenges that will change her life completely.

Unfollower(en)

When a self-conscious fitness instructor named Jo becomes the victim of cyber-stalking that turns physical, she must use her fitness skill and growing fight instinct to stay alive.

FLOWER X(en)

In the fog-covered hills of Kurseong, a young man's mysterious death leads to the discovery of a strange perfume bottle—its scent dangerously seductive and reality-altering. A seasoned detective arrives to investigate, but what begins as a suicide case soon spirals into a psychological nightmare. As visions blur and hallucinations take hold, tribal symbols, unsolved murders, and haunting memories of a lost love surface. The line between perception and truth dissolves, dragging the investigator into the very madness he sought to understand. FLOWER X, directed by Prabir Pachal, is a psychological thriller laced with romance, mysticism, and dread. It explores how memory, identity, and grief can be manipulated by unseen forces—where even a single breath can change everything.

Pretty Ugly(en)

In Winnabow, North Carolina, Raelynn Hewitt is obsessed with the seductive world of social media beauty, and her mother Dawn, who’s equally fixated on grisly true crime podcasts. Their relationship unravels when a provocative makeup influencer returns from LA and all three women are confronted with not only a murder, but also the real meaning of the American Dream.

Pay Back(en)

A wealthy property developer goes to the top floor of an art gallery to pay the ransom for his kidnapped son. But when the lift mysteriously stops halfway up the building, he must quickly work out if the young man he is trapped with is just an innocent tourist – or the kidnapper...

Bone Face(en)

When a masked killer slaughters several campers in a small town, a sheriff and a deputy track the murderer to a local diner where, using their investigative skills, they must discover which person in the diner is the actual killer.

City of Lies(en)

Los Angeles Police Department detective Russell Poole has spent years trying to solve his biggest case -- the murders of The Notorious B.I.G. and Tupac Shakur -- but after two decades, the investigation remains open. Jack Jackson, a reporter desperate to save his reputation and career, is determined to find out why. In search of the truth, the two team up and unravel a growing web of institutional corruption and lies.

Thin Walls(en)

Forced to quarantine during the COVID pandemic, a young woman overhears a murder in the apartment next door and must team up with her hard-of-hearing boyfriend to find proof of the crime or become the next victims.

Bodom(hu)

For the 50th anniversary of the Lake Bodom murders, two media students obsessed with the case launch a journalistic investigation. The footage they have left behind only raises new questions.