These films weren't approved, refined, or softened. They were dragged into existence by filmmakers who ignored the rules and kept rolling. Shot raw, driven by instinct, and powered by something to prove—this is cinema that refuses to behave.
Enter Rough CutsThese films collide with you, linger with you, and sometimes crack something open. Built from lived experience and creative risk, they carry the weight of honesty that polish tends to erase.
Watch Stories That Stay With YouFrom intimate city edges to long stretches of open road, these stories travel far beyond industry borders, carrying perspectives rarely centered and impossible to ignore.
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Drama
The needy and traumatized Theresa, who was raped when she was fourteen year-old, meets the handsome John on the street after an accident during a performance on the stage of her friend Kim asking for a low-budget hotel. She offers a ride to a nearby hostel, they date and she brings him home, where he offers Ecstasy with wine to her. Kim advises her that John is a dangerous drug-dealer that has been missing for five years after the death of his girlfriend also called Theresa, but Theresa stays with him, practicing mutual masturbation, sharing her fears and fantasies and being permanently drugged. When John's friend Billy visits Theresa, he reveals dark secrets about her boyfriend, leading to a tragic end.
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Comedy
Pop's last request is for his sons to continue the family name. When his brother dies trying, Jeff leaves the seminary and encounters crazy women and odd ball characters.
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Drama
Set in a near-future Los Angeles, this poignant drama follows an aging widower who finds unexpected companionship in an abandoned duckling. Together, man and duck embark on a wandering journey through a city marked by loss, disconnection, and fleeting kindness. Blending gentle humor with heartfelt emotion, Duck is a touching tale of resilience, unlikely friendship, and the search for hope in a changing world.
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Action,Crime,Horror
An undercover DEA agent gets too emotionally involved. Daryl Woods is a highly respected New York City detective who comes dangerously close to the edge of sanity when he puts too much of himself into a drug investigation.
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Drama
When an ex-con returns home determined to prove he’s changed, he faces the doubts of his older brother, who fears past mistakes will repeat. Tense, heartfelt, and intimate, this short drama – featuring Rico E. Anderson and Shiek Mahmud-Bey – explores family bonds tested by trust, redemption, and the struggle to break free from old cycles.
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Comedy,Crime,Mystery
A boy asks for a Christmas present. His father, being the one buying the gift, has to do anything and everything he has to do to get the gift.
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Comedy,Drama,Horror
Chef Ronnie is a charming celebrity chef who thrives and shines in her everyday life as owner and proprietor of Diabla Pica; a trendy Spanish tapas restaurant in San Francisco. Leading a double life, Chef Ronnie cooks internationally award-winning meals by day and her nights are spent in ways too gruesome to fathom.
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Romance
This tense action-thriller dives into the dark world of black-market organ trafficking. When a wealthy businessman’s daughter falls gravely ill, he’s drawn into a deadly underground network where desperate families and ruthless criminals collide. As the search for a donor turns into a fight for survival, lives hang in the balance and morality is pushed to its limits. Gritty and suspenseful, The Donor explores how far people will go when love and desperation meet danger.
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Drama
A young woman tries to win the heart of the man she loves in this drama from Canadian director Darrin La Pointe. Determined to pursue her dream career as a funeral director, Patricia's also set on settling down with noncommittal musician Jake. With the help of her friend Amanda, Patricia uses Jake's party-hearty roommate, Ross, to make Jake jealous, but the scheme backfires.
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Animation,Horror
Based on the epic graphic novel by John Bergin, From Inside is the story of Cee, a young pregnant woman who finds herself on a damaged train slowly transcribing its way across a bleak post-apocalyptic landscape. Cee struggles with memories of her lost husband and the imminent birth of her child. Soundtrack composed by Electronic and Industrial music pioneer Gary Numan and Ade Fenton.
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