20,000 Species Of Bees
An eight-year-old explores her identity over a summer in the Basque country.
20 Days In Mariupol
As the Russian invasion begins, a team of Ukrainian journalists trapped in the besieged city of Mariupol struggle to continue their work documenting the war’s atrocities.
About Dry Grasses
A young teacher hopes to be appointed to Istanbul after mandatory duty at a small village. After long time waiting he loses all hope of escaping from this gloomy life. His colleague helps him to regain his perspective.
The Animal Kingdom
Sci-fi adventure set in a world where humans are mutating into "creatures".
BlackBerry
The story of the meteoric rise and catastrophic demise of the world's first smartphone.
Blackbird Blackbird Blackberry
The story of a 40something in a dead-end town who discovers love for the first time.
Blaga's Lessons
A woman's moral compass starts to slip after she is conned out of her savings by a phone scammer.
Chasing Chasing Amy
A documentary about the complex legacy of Kevin Smith's Chasing Amy for LGBTQ+ people and its life-saving impact on director Sav Rodgers.
Chicken For Linda!
When a mum makes a promise to her daughter after unfairly punishing her, she finds herself having to go the extra mile to make it come true.
La Chimera
The story of a group of archaeologists and the black market in historical artefacts.
Chuck Chuck Baby
Romance unfolds at a chicken packing factory.
Close Your Eyes
A TV show looking into the mysterious disappearance of an actor leads a director on a journey into his own past while making discoveries in the present.
Cobweb
An experimental and genre-defying drama shot entirely on sound stages in support of a film-within-a-film narrative.
Concrete Utopia
Survivors from a massive earthquake struggle for a new life in Seoul.
Copa 71
Told by the pioneering women who participated, this is the extraordinary story of the 1971 Women's Soccer World Cup, a tournament witnessed by record crowds that has been written out of sporting history - until now.

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The Delinquents
Two bank staff rob their own establishment.
Do Not Expect Too Much Of The End of the World
Overworked and underpaid, Angela drives around the city of Bucharest to film the casting for a 'safety at work video' commissioned by a multinational company. When one of the interviewees reveals the company’s liability in his accident, a scandal erupts.
Ex-Husbands
Peter’s parents divorced after 65 years, his wife left him after 35, and his sons, Nick and Mickey, are off leading their own lives. When Peter flies to Tulum, crashing Nick's bachelor party hosted by Mickey, he realises he's not the only one in crisis.
Fallen Leaves
The course of potential love does not run smooth for a shelf-stacker and a metal worker.
Fancy Dance
Following her sister's disappearance, a Native American hustler kidnaps her niece from the child's white grandparents and sets out for the state powwow in hopes of keeping what is left of their family intact.
Flipside
A comical attempt to save a New Jersey record store and confront a mid-life crisis
Four Daughters
A creative documentary following ten years in the life of a fortysomething Tunisian mother, a cleaning lady from a poor environment, who sees her two teenage daughters become radicalised, run away and join the terrorist organisation Daesh in Libya.
Godland
In the late 19th century, a young Danish priest travels to a remote part of Iceland to build a church and photograph its people. But the deeper he goes into the unforgiving landscape, the more he strays from his purpose, his mission and morality.
The Goldman Case
A chronicle of the trial of Goldman, a French left-wing revolutionary who was convicted of several robberies and was mysteriously murdered.
Goodfellas
Biopic of mafiosi Henry Hill and his rise and fall through the mob.
Green Border
Multifaceted drama about the plight of refugees on the Belarus/Poland border.
The Gullspång Miracle
A pair of sisters' encounter with a woman who looks like their dead sibling proves to be just the start of a whale of a tale.
The Handmaiden
A handmaiden sets out to swindle an heiress but things don't go to plan.
Housekeeping For Beginners
A lesbian suddenly finds herself responsible for her partner’s two daughters.
The Housemaid
Remake of the 1960 classic about a man's affair with the family's servant.
Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person
Sasha is a young vampire with a serious problem: she’s too sensitive to kill. When her exasperated parents cut off her blood supply, Sasha’s life is in jeopardy. Luckily, she a lonely teenager with suicidal tendencies. But their friendly agreement soon becomes a nocturnal quest.

I

Inshallah A Boy
A mother fights for her rights in a partriachal system after her husband's death.
In Flames
After the death of the family patriarch, a mother and daughter’s precarious existence is ripped apart by figures from their past – both real and imagined.
In The Land Of Saints And Sinners
A retired assassin finds himself drawn into a game of cat and mouse.
In The Rearview
This fly-on-the-wall film captures Ukrainians as they are forced to leave their homes and drive into the unknown.
Io Capitano
Two Senegalese teenagers try to realise their dream of a new life in Europe.
Kidnapped
In 1858, a six-year-old Jewish boy is forcibly seized from his family by the Catholic church.
LaRoy
After discovering his wife’s affair, Ray Jepsen plans to kill himself, but fate intervenes. Through a bizarre turn of events, he is mistaken for a low-rent hired killer and decides to become one.
Love To Love You, Donna Summer
Documentary about the Disco star.

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Maurice
A young man has to come to terms with his sexuality.
Memories Of Murder
Foolish cops investigate South Korean serial killer.
The Missing
When an alien comes back to take him, a mouthless young man's life twists and turns as his memories untangle.
Monster
A mother is shocked when she learns what a teacher has said to her son, but the truth is more complicated.
The Mother Of All Lies
The filmmaker doesn’t have any pictures of herself as a child. This is the starting point of a documentary investigation that unfolds the secrets of a Casablanca family.
Oasis
An ex-con suffering from mental illness falls for a woman with cerebral palsy.
The Old Oak
A musing on the future of The Old Oak, the last remaining pub in a village in Northeast England, where people are leaving the land as the mines are closed. Houses are cheap and available, thus making it an ideal location for Syrian refugees.
Opponent
Iman, an Iranian, lives with his family in Sweden in an ever-changing succession of refugee hostels. To increase his chances of obtaining residence permits for them all, he resumes his career as a wrestler – and is confronted with the reason he had to flee.
Paris Is Burning
Documentary about drag nights in New York.
The Peasants
A hand-painted animated film about an early 20th Century Polish peasant woman who creates havoc by marrying an older rich man.
Perfect Days
The story of an urban renewal project which involves the creation of 17 public toilets in key locations in the Japanese capital.
The Promised Land
In 1755, the impoverished Captain Ludvig Kahlen sets out to conquer the harsh, uninhabitable Danish heath with a seemingly impossible goal; to build a colony in the name of the King.

R

Red Rooms
A woman becomes obsessed with the trial of a murderer.
Shayda
Shayda, an Iranian mother, finds refuge in an Australian women’s shelter with her six-year-old daughter. Over Persian New Year, they take solace in Nowruz rituals and new beginnings, but when her estranged husband re-enters their lives, Shayda’s path to freedom is jeopardised.
Sloane: A Jazz Singer
Legendary singer Carol Sloane prepares for one final live recording in New York City while reflecting on her rich but largely unknown career involving some of the greatest names in music, from Ella Fitzgerald to The Rolling Stones.
Smoke Sauna Sisterhood
In the darkness of a smoke sauna, women share their innermost secrets and intimate experiences, washing off the shame trapped in their bodies and regaining their strength through a sense of communion.
Society Of The Snow
Survival thriller taking place in the aftermath of a plane crash in the Andes.
Train To Busan
A train journey is complicated by the presence of the living dead.
The Taste Of Things
The story of Eugenie, an esteemed cook, and Dodin, the fine gourmet she has been working for over the last 20 years.
Tótem
In a large house, friends and family meet for a dual ritual: it is the birthday of young father and painter Tona, but also a farewell ceremony.

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Wicked Little Letters
When people in Littlehampton start receiving scandalous and obscene letters, suspicion immediately falls on fiery Rose, who might lose the custody of her daughter. A group of women set out to solve the mystery.
Wild At Heart
Sailor and Lula go on the run, after Lula's mum bids to kill her daughter's beau.
The Zone Of Interest
The daily lives of the Höss family outside the walls of Auschwitz.
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