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The Ballad Of Wallis Island and Zodiac Killer Project
The Ballad Of Wallis Island (Country: UK; Year: 2025; Director: James Griffiths; Writer: Tom Basden, Tim Key)
Eccentric lottery winner, Charles, dreams of getting his favorite musicians, Mortimer-McGwyer, back together. His fantasy turns into reality when the bandmates and former lovers accept his invitation to play a private show at his home on Wallis Island. Old tensions resurface as Charles tries desperately to salvage his dream gig.
Deaf President Now! (Country: US; Year: 2025; Director: Nyle DiMarco, Davis Guggenheim; Stars: Greg Hlibok, Bridgette Bourne-Firl, I. King Jordan, Tim Rarus, Jerry Covell)
During eight tumultuous days in 1988 at the world’s only Deaf university, four students must find a way to lead an angry mob - and change the course of history.
The Librarians (Country: US; Year: 2025; Director: Kim A Snyder)
As an unprecedented wave of book banning is sparked in Texas, Florida, and beyond, librarians under siege join forces as unlikely defenders fighting for intellectual freedom on the front lines of democracy.
Marlee Matlin: Not Alone Anymore (Country: US; Year: 2024; Director: Shoshannah Stern; Stars: Marlee Matlin)
In 1987, Marlee Matlin became the first Deaf actor to win an Academy Award and was thrust into the spotlight at 21 years old. This documentary explores the complexities of what it means to be a trailblazer.
The Perfect Neighbor (Country: US; Year: 2024; Director: Geeta Gandbhir)
A seemingly minor neighbourhood dispute in Florida escalates into deadly violence. Police bodycam footage and investigative interviews expose the consequences of Florida’s 'stand your ground' laws.

The Surfer and Touch Me
Sally (Country: US; Year: 2025; Director: Cristina Costantini; Writer: Cristina Costantini, Tom Maroney; Stars: Lindsey Lamer, Billie Jean King, Varda Appleton, Sally Ride, Tam O'Shaughnessy, Anna Lee Fisher, Kathryn D. Sullivan)
Sally Ride became the first American woman to blast off into space, but beneath her unflappable composure was a secret. Sally’s life partner, Tam O’Shaughnessy, reveals their hidden romance and the sacrifices that accompanied their 27 years together.
The Surfer (Country: Australia, US; Year: 2024; Director: Lorcan Finnegan; Writer: Thomas Martin; Stars: Nicolas Cage, Nicholas Cassim, Alexander Bertrand, Justin Rosniak, Rahel Romahn, Finn Little, Charlotte Maggi, Nina Young, James Bingham, Rory O'Keeffe, Talon Hopper, Miranda Tapsell, Radek Jonak, Austen Wilmot, Jake Fryer-Hornsby)
Humiliated in front of his son by a surf gang, a man gets drawn into an escalating conflict.
Together (Country: US, Australia; Year: 2025; Director: Michael Shanks; Writer: Michael Shanks; Stars: Alison Brie, Dave Franco, Damon Herriman, Sunny S. Walia, Mia Morrissey, Jack Kenny, Karl Richmond, Tom Considine, Charlie Lees, Melanie Beddie, MJ Dorning, Rob Brown)
With a move to the countryside already testing the limits of a couple’s relationship, a supernatural encounter begins an extreme transformation of their love, their lives, and their flesh.
Touch Me (Country: US; Year: 2025; Director: Addison Heimann; Writer: Addison Heimann; Stars: Olivia Taylor Dudley, Lou Taylor Pucci, Jordan Gavaris, Marlene Forte, Paget Brewster)
Two codependent best friends become addicted to the heroin-like touch of an alien narcissist who may or may not be trying to take over the world.
Zodiac Killer Project (Country: US, UK; Year: 2025; Director: Charlie Shackleton)
A filmmaker describes his abandoned Zodiac Killer documentary and probes the inner workings of a genre at saturation point.
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