The New Independent Cinema
Iris Umbra Pictures is active in the independent cinema since 2022 trying to give the opportunity to new, fresh and unique ideas to grow in the film industry.
The Monster: Los Demonios de la Locura
Short Film (2025)​​​
Written and Directed by Stergio Esca and Mago Esal
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Produced and Distributed by
Iris Umbra Pictures & Cult Experiences
In 2022 a group of journalists and filmmakers tried to capture the everyday life of a separatist community in the Troodos mountains in Cyprus. The footage was randomly found by the creators in many different places in the forest. The journalists are still missing...
​​Bookshadow
Short Film (2023)​​​
Directed by Stergio Esca
Written by Mago Esal
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Produced and Distributed by
Iris Umbra Pictures & Studio Image
An independent psychological fantasy thriller, which introspects on the anhedonic psyche of a man named Jack, who is gradually losing contact with the real world. His experience with a mysterious book will bring to the surface aspects of his unconscious self, with his obsessions, phobias, oppression and traumas, calling him to face them in a surreal psychological battlefield.
No Witches Around
Short Film (2022) ​
Directed by Mago Esal
Written by Mago Esal
Produced and Distributed by
Iris Umbra Pictures
The story revolves around an ordinary citizen who feels very disorientated with his life. So much so, in fact, that he can't seem to find a way to break free from his problems. Not until a few mysterious characters suddenly appear and change his destiny forever.