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All Is Well
A woman keeps silent after a rape.
A woman keeps silent after a rape.
Anna's War
A little girl survives a Nazi mass execution and hides in the disused chimney and struggles to survive.
A little girl survives a Nazi mass execution and hides in the disused chimney and struggles to survive.
Anna And The Apocalypse
When the zombie apocalypse hits the sleepy town of Little Haven - at Christmas - teenager Anna and her high school friends have to fight, sing and dance to survive, with the undead horde all around them.
When the zombie apocalypse hits the sleepy town of Little Haven - at Christmas - teenager Anna and her high school friends have to fight, sing and dance to survive, with the undead horde all around them.
Anote's Ark
A documentary looking at the impact of climate change on the island nation of Kiribati.
A documentary looking at the impact of climate change on the island nation of Kiribati.
At Eternity's Gate
The last days of Vincent van Gogh.
The last days of Vincent van Gogh.
Birds Of Passage
Story of a family who become involved with the drugs trade.
Story of a family who become involved with the drugs trade.
Bixa Travesty
A documentary that follows Mc Linn Da Quebrada, a black trans woman, performer and activist living in impoverished São Paulo.
A documentary that follows Mc Linn Da Quebrada, a black trans woman, performer and activist living in impoverished São Paulo.
Blind Spot
Real time drama about what happens when tragedy strikes a family.
Real time drama about what happens when tragedy strikes a family.
Border
When a border guard with a sixth sense for identifying smugglers encounters the first person she cannot prove is guilty, their relationship forces her to confront terrifying revelations about herself and humankind.
When a border guard with a sixth sense for identifying smugglers encounters the first person she cannot prove is guilty, their relationship forces her to confront terrifying revelations about herself and humankind.
The Bra
After the train of a retiring driver snags a blue bra, he embarks on a quest to return the under garment.
After the train of a retiring driver snags a blue bra, he embarks on a quest to return the under garment.
Bridges Of Time
Essay documentary about the less remembered generation of cinema poets of the Baltic New Wave.
Essay documentary about the less remembered generation of cinema poets of the Baltic New Wave.
Burning
Jong-soo, a part-time worker, bumps into Hae-mi while delivering, who used to live in the same neighborhood. Hae-mi asks him to look after her cat while she's on a trip to Africa.
Jong-soo, a part-time worker, bumps into Hae-mi while delivering, who used to live in the same neighborhood. Hae-mi asks him to look after her cat while she's on a trip to Africa.
Butterflies
Three estranged siblings travel back to their home village after a call from their father.
Three estranged siblings travel back to their home village after a call from their father.
The Candidate
Manuel, an influential deputy secretary of an regional government who has everything going his way, finds himself fighting for survival when news of his involvement in a corruption ring leaks out.
Manuel, an influential deputy secretary of an regional government who has everything going his way, finds himself fighting for survival when news of his involvement in a corruption ring leaks out.
Capernaum
A child rebels against the life imposed upon him.
A child rebels against the life imposed upon him.
Carmine Street Guitars
A shop resisting gentrification.
A shop resisting gentrification.
Celebration
Documentary about the two years leading to Yves Saint Laurent's final fashion collection.
Documentary about the two years leading to Yves Saint Laurent's final fashion collection.
Chained For Life
A starlet finds herself in unfamiliar territory when she appears in a film about disfigurement that features real disabled people.
A starlet finds herself in unfamiliar territory when she appears in a film about disfigurement that features real disabled people.
Chef Flynn
A documentary following a talented child chef who is determined to make it to the top of his chosen profession.
A documentary following a talented child chef who is determined to make it to the top of his chosen profession.
Cold War
A passionate love story between two people of different backgrounds and temperaments, who are fatally mismatched and yet fatefully condemned to each other.
A passionate love story between two people of different backgrounds and temperaments, who are fatally mismatched and yet fatefully condemned to each other.
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The Dawn Wall
A documentary about the ascent of El Capitan in Yosemite National Park.
A documentary about the ascent of El Capitan in Yosemite National Park.
Deep Rivers
A stark landscape, unforgiving surroundings, gruelling work, and intense conflicts within the family circle – a vicious circle, the burden of which is only accentuated by the return of the youngest brother, who is to take the place of his sick father in this family of lumberjacks.
A stark landscape, unforgiving surroundings, gruelling work, and intense conflicts within the family circle – a vicious circle, the burden of which is only accentuated by the return of the youngest brother, who is to take the place of his sick father in this family of lumberjacks.
Destroyer
An LAPD detective whose undercover work ended in tragedy is faced to confront her past when the leader of the gang she was embedded in re-emerges.
An LAPD detective whose undercover work ended in tragedy is faced to confront her past when the leader of the gang she was embedded in re-emerges.
Diamantino
Diamantino was once the greatest football player in Portugal. Now, in the middle of the worst crisis of his life, he decides to fill his void by adopting a refugee boy.
Diamantino was once the greatest football player in Portugal. Now, in the middle of the worst crisis of his life, he decides to fill his void by adopting a refugee boy.
Donbass
In the Donbass, a region of Eastern Ukraine, a hybrid war takes place, involving an open armed conflict alongside killings and robberies on a mass scale perpetrated by separatist gangs.
In the Donbass, a region of Eastern Ukraine, a hybrid war takes place, involving an open armed conflict alongside killings and robberies on a mass scale perpetrated by separatist gangs.
The Elephant And The Butterfly
When her babysitter doesn’t show, a single mother is forced to leave her precocious five-year-old daughter with the girl’s estranged father for a long weekend.
When her babysitter doesn’t show, a single mother is forced to leave her precocious five-year-old daughter with the girl’s estranged father for a long weekend.
Everybody Knows
Secrets resurface after a woman returns to her family's village for a wedding.
Secrets resurface after a woman returns to her family's village for a wedding.
The Favourite
Two of Queen Anne's acolytes jockey for position.
Two of Queen Anne's acolytes jockey for position.
Free Solo
Following rock climber Alex Honnold as he seeks to be the first climber to ascend free solo – without safety ropes – the 3,000-foot cliff of El Capitan in California’s Yosemite Park.
Following rock climber Alex Honnold as he seeks to be the first climber to ascend free solo – without safety ropes – the 3,000-foot cliff of El Capitan in California’s Yosemite Park.
Friend
When they fall in love, two girls from rival families must choose between being together and being safe.
When they fall in love, two girls from rival families must choose between being together and being safe.
Ága
As an elderly couple who live in the traditions of their ancestors face the possibility of one of them dying, will the survivor be able to reconnect with their daughter?
As an elderly couple who live in the traditions of their ancestors face the possibility of one of them dying, will the survivor be able to reconnect with their daughter?
Green Book
An Italian-American is hired as a driver for a world-class black pianist on a concert tour of the Deep South.
An Italian-American is hired as a driver for a world-class black pianist on a concert tour of the Deep South.
Happy As Lazzaro
A young nobleman asks a peasant to help fake his own kidnapping.
A young nobleman asks a peasant to help fake his own kidnapping.
The Heiresses
When Chiquita is sent to prison for debt, her introverted girlfriend Chela is left to her own devices. Chela offers rich women a taxi service in her old car. As she explores the outside world she also starts to focus on her own desires.
When Chiquita is sent to prison for debt, her introverted girlfriend Chela is left to her own devices. Chela offers rich women a taxi service in her old car. As she explores the outside world she also starts to focus on her own desires.
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The Image Book
Nothing but silence. Nothing but a revolutionary song. A story in five chapters like the five fingers of a hand.
Nothing but silence. Nothing but a revolutionary song. A story in five chapters like the five fingers of a hand.
Insect
An amateur drama troupe rehearse the Čapek Brothers’ The Insect Play.
An amateur drama troupe rehearse the Čapek Brothers’ The Insect Play.
In Fabric
Two stories about a cursed dress and its victims.
Two stories about a cursed dress and its victims.
Island Of The Hungry Ghosts
Documentary looking at the impact of an asylum seeker detention centre on Christmas Island.
Documentary looking at the impact of an asylum seeker detention centre on Christmas Island.
I Think We're Alone Now
The apocalypse proves a blessing in disguise for one lucky recluse – until a second survivor arrives with the threat of companionship.
The apocalypse proves a blessing in disguise for one lucky recluse – until a second survivor arrives with the threat of companionship.
John McEnroe: In The Realm Of Perfection
Documentary about the US tennis ace.
Documentary about the US tennis ace.
Kailash
Portrait of Kailash Satyarthi, who has made it his life's work to end child slavery and exploitation.
Portrait of Kailash Satyarthi, who has made it his life's work to end child slavery and exploitation.
Knife + Heart
Paris, Summer 1979. Anne produces third-rate gay porn. After her editor and lover Lois leaves her, she tries to win her back by shooting her most ambitious film yet with her trusted, flaming sidekick Archibald... then one of her actors is brutally murdered.
Paris, Summer 1979. Anne produces third-rate gay porn. After her editor and lover Lois leaves her, she tries to win her back by shooting her most ambitious film yet with her trusted, flaming sidekick Archibald... then one of her actors is brutally murdered.
Leave No Trace
A father and daughter find themselves searching for a place to call their own after their off-the-grid lives are discovered by the authorities.
A father and daughter find themselves searching for a place to call their own after their off-the-grid lives are discovered by the authorities.
Lifeboat
A Danish couple face emotional and moral dilemmas after picking up a Lebanese refugee while on a romantic sailing holiday.
A Danish couple face emotional and moral dilemmas after picking up a Lebanese refugee while on a romantic sailing holiday.
The Little Comrade
A child's eye view of the Soviet occupation of Estonia.
A child's eye view of the Soviet occupation of Estonia.
Look At Me
Lotfi, 40, is forced to come back to Tunisia when his ex-wife is unexpectedly hospitalised. He is now in charge of his autistic son Amr, nine, who ignores the dad he has never known.
Lotfi, 40, is forced to come back to Tunisia when his ex-wife is unexpectedly hospitalised. He is now in charge of his autistic son Amr, nine, who ignores the dad he has never known.
Lysis
A father takes his estranged son on a rafting trip into the wilderness that suddenly turns into a struggle for survival.
A father takes his estranged son on a rafting trip into the wilderness that suddenly turns into a struggle for survival.
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Mandy
Pacific Northwest. 1983. Outsiders Red Miller and Mandy Bloom lead a loving and peaceful existence. When their haven is savagely destroyed by a cult, Red is catapulted into a phantasmagoric journey filled with bloody vengeance.
Pacific Northwest. 1983. Outsiders Red Miller and Mandy Bloom lead a loving and peaceful existence. When their haven is savagely destroyed by a cult, Red is catapulted into a phantasmagoric journey filled with bloody vengeance.
Manta Ray
A fisherman finds an injured refugee and tries to help him.
A fisherman finds an injured refugee and tries to help him.
The Man Who Surprised Everyone
When a man discovers he has cancer, he tries to trick death. As a disguise, he chooses to take the identity of a woman.
When a man discovers he has cancer, he tries to trick death. As a disguise, he chooses to take the identity of a woman.
Matangi/Maya/M.I.A.
Drawn from a never before seen cache of personal footage spanning decades, this is an intimate portrait of the Sri Lankan artist and musician who continues to shatter conventions.
Drawn from a never before seen cache of personal footage spanning decades, this is an intimate portrait of the Sri Lankan artist and musician who continues to shatter conventions.
Michael Inside
A teenager living in a Dublin housing estate with his grandfather is caught holding drugs for his friend's older brother and is sentenced to three months in prison.
A teenager living in a Dublin housing estate with his grandfather is caught holding drugs for his friend's older brother and is sentenced to three months in prison.
Minding The Gap
Three young men bond together to escape volatile families in their Rust Belt hometown. As they face adult responsibilities, unexpected revelations threaten their decade-long friendship.
Three young men bond together to escape volatile families in their Rust Belt hometown. As they face adult responsibilities, unexpected revelations threaten their decade-long friendship.
Phoenix
From a young age, Jill has acted as the responsible adult in her small family. She cares for her loving but mentally unstable mother and her younger brother. The news that their estranged father will be visiting on Jill's birthday gives the children much needed hope.
From a young age, Jill has acted as the responsible adult in her small family. She cares for her loving but mentally unstable mother and her younger brother. The news that their estranged father will be visiting on Jill's birthday gives the children much needed hope.
Putin's Witnesses
Considering the Russian president's time in power.
Considering the Russian president's time in power.
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Ray & Liz
Drama about a dysfunctional family.
Drama about a dysfunctional family.
A Shelter Among the Clouds
A goatherd finds his life thrown out of balance by the arrival of his siblings and a stranger from the city.
A goatherd finds his life thrown out of balance by the arrival of his siblings and a stranger from the city.
Shoplifters
A family of small-time crooks take in a child they find on the street.
A family of small-time crooks take in a child they find on the street.
The Sisters Brothers
Two assassins set out into the wilderness on the trail of a man with a secret.
Two assassins set out into the wilderness on the trail of a man with a secret.
Song Lang
A gangster and an actor in an opera company discover they are soulmates.
A gangster and an actor in an opera company discover they are soulmates.
The Song Of The Tree
A musical epic and a romantic parable of a man whose family falls from grace after a tribal feud in a nomadic village.
A musical epic and a romantic parable of a man whose family falls from grace after a tribal feud in a nomadic village.
Styx
A storm in the middle of the ocean, a boat full of refugees that is about to sink and a woman all by herself...
A storm in the middle of the ocean, a boat full of refugees that is about to sink and a woman all by herself...
Summer Survivors
Road trip follows an ambitious young psychologist who has agreed to transport two patients to a seaside psychiatric unit.
Road trip follows an ambitious young psychologist who has agreed to transport two patients to a seaside psychiatric unit.
Sunset
A young wannabe milliner in Budapest meets a man connected to her past and begins to uncover family secrets.
A young wannabe milliner in Budapest meets a man connected to her past and begins to uncover family secrets.
Suspiria
A nightmare brews in a dance company.
A nightmare brews in a dance company.
Tel Aviv On Fire
Salam, an inexperienced young Palestinian man, becomes a writer on a popular soap opera after a chance meeting with an Israeli soldier, but trouble brews when soldier and the show's backers disagree about how the it should end.
Salam, an inexperienced young Palestinian man, becomes a writer on a popular soap opera after a chance meeting with an Israeli soldier, but trouble brews when soldier and the show's backers disagree about how the it should end.
The Third Wife
The story of a 14-year-old who becomes the third wife of a much older man in 19th Century Vietnam.
The story of a 14-year-old who becomes the third wife of a much older man in 19th Century Vietnam.
Time Trial
A documentary following David Millar in his final season in the saddle.
A documentary following David Millar in his final season in the saddle.
Transit
Georg flees to Marseilles to escape the German army. Assuming a false identity, he tries to obtain passage on a ship bound for Mexico. But then he meets Marie and his plans change.
Georg flees to Marseilles to escape the German army. Assuming a false identity, he tries to obtain passage on a ship bound for Mexico. But then he meets Marie and his plans change.
Tumbbad
A greedy boy seeks out hidden riches in the dungeon beneath an ancestral house guarded by a terrifying deity.
A greedy boy seeks out hidden riches in the dungeon beneath an ancestral house guarded by a terrifying deity.
Two Fridas
A drama with roots in the historic character of Judith Ferreto, the nurse of the Mexican painter Frida Kahlo, who spent her latter days in Costa Rica.
A drama with roots in the historic character of Judith Ferreto, the nurse of the Mexican painter Frida Kahlo, who spent her latter days in Costa Rica.
Under The Silver Lake
A man becomes obsessed with the strange circumstances of a billionaire mogul's murder and the kidnapping of a girl.
A man becomes obsessed with the strange circumstances of a billionaire mogul's murder and the kidnapping of a girl.
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Werewolf
Eight children rescued from a concentration camp, find themselves under siege from a freshly pack of former camp guard dogs.
Eight children rescued from a concentration camp, find themselves under siege from a freshly pack of former camp guard dogs.
We The Animals
Manny, Joel and Jonah tear their way through childhood and push against the volatile love of their parents as Jonah embraces a world of imagination.
Manny, Joel and Jonah tear their way through childhood and push against the volatile love of their parents as Jonah embraces a world of imagination.
When Lambs Become Lions
In the Kenyan bush, a crackdown on ivory poaching forces a silver-tongued second-generation poacher to seek out an unlikely ally in this fly-on-the-wall look at both sides of the conservation divide.
In the Kenyan bush, a crackdown on ivory poaching forces a silver-tongued second-generation poacher to seek out an unlikely ally in this fly-on-the-wall look at both sides of the conservation divide.
Why Don't You Just Die
A dark action comedy about a group of people brought together in the apartment of police detective Andrei: his resentful daughter, an angry thug and a cheated cop. Each one of them have a reason to want revenge.
A dark action comedy about a group of people brought together in the apartment of police detective Andrei: his resentful daughter, an angry thug and a cheated cop. Each one of them have a reason to want revenge.
Widows
Women left in debt by their dead husbands' crimes conspire to pull off a heist.
Women left in debt by their dead husbands' crimes conspire to pull off a heist.
Winter Flies
Mischievously self-assured Mára and somewhat eccentric Heduš set out into the frozen wastes in search of adventure – by car, naturally. After all, Mára's turning 15 soon.
Mischievously self-assured Mára and somewhat eccentric Heduš set out into the frozen wastes in search of adventure – by car, naturally. After all, Mára's turning 15 soon.
Yellow Submarine
Four Liverpool lads take a trip on a Yellow Submarine to save Pepperland from the Blue Meanies.
Four Liverpool lads take a trip on a Yellow Submarine to save Pepperland from the Blue Meanies.
Yomeddine
A Coptic leper and his orphaned apprentice leave the confines of the leper colony for the first time and embark on a journey across Egypt to search for what is left of their families.
A Coptic leper and his orphaned apprentice leave the confines of the leper colony for the first time and embark on a journey across Egypt to search for what is left of their families.
Yuli
The true story of Carlos Acosta, a black Cuban dancer who rose from an impoverished childhood to find international acclaim as a ballet dancer with London's Royal Ballet.
The true story of Carlos Acosta, a black Cuban dancer who rose from an impoverished childhood to find international acclaim as a ballet dancer with London's Royal Ballet.
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