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Three generations of a well-to-do family face the burdens and pleasures of daily life in Hong Kong.

Nocturnal images of prostitutes and recorded monologues in which they speak of their lives.

Rites of passage drama about a youngster on a summer break with her family.

Drama considering peaceful co-existence in Jaffa.

A former soldier is taken captive and awakens in the back of a van to learn he only has a few moments to figure out how he got there.

Family secrets come home to roost.

Tensions simmer after a Greek emigre takes work at a Highland croft.

Two sisters both fall for the same man - poet Friedrich Schiller.

Portrait of a crofter.

The story of the Scottish engineer and developer of radar Robert Watson-Watt.

A group of old friends gather for dinner... gather for dinner... gather for dinner...

Documentary about one youngster's social activism as she leads Syrian protests from her US suburban bedroom.

A teenage boy experiences first love while holidaying with his mother.

After killing a home intruder, a small town Texas man's life unravels into a dark underworld of corruption and violence.

Tale of the historic battle - emphasising the plight of the Highlanders.
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The follow-up to the award-winning You’ve Been Trumped, exploring American property developer Donald Trump’s incursion into Scotland.

A police psychologist renews old acquaintances when she is drafted in to help small town police find an escaped convict.

The filmmaker's grandfather learns about films by making one.

A documentary exploring the zombie genre.

A hallucinatory look into the brief reign of the Spanish King Amadeo I of Savoy in the early 1870s.

Generations of the Sandberg family are revealed through loosely connected strands.

Drama about a documentarian who becomes involved with one of her subjects.

Documentary about the street photographer who only became famous after her death.

A menacing pair descend on a campsite where a group of college kids have gathered for a kite-flying festival.

Tribute to maverick American filmmaker Samuel Fuller.

A dramatic love triangle set against the backdrop of raging bushfires. The summer nights hardly cool off and the parties keep getting wilder. Falling in love for the first time is a mysterious thing and here lies the danger for Billie, Danny and Laura.

Documentary about a man's quest for treasure and spirituality.

A group of college activists are taken hostage in the Peruvian jungle.

An alcoholic father struggles to keep his adolescent son out of jail and give him a better life.

Four young people move into a remote house together to experiment with non-monogamy.

The discovery of a grandmother she never knew she had prompts a life-change for a twentysomething.

A man in a Prussian village dreams of escape to South America.

Two newlyweds find their relationship tested in a house by the lake.

After a woman inherits an old house in Berlin, she starts to piece together its history.

An abandoned kitten finds refuge in a magician's house that is filled with talking animals and animated objects

The story of a corrupt cop caught up in the London crime scene.
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A young farmer becomes a drugs courier in a bid to make ends meet.

A documentary portrait of a self-described gay slave.

What would happen if you could rewrite the past - again?

Vengeance thriller.

Hand drawn animation illustrating a series of interviews with philosopher Noam Chomsky.

A peek inside the mind of a singer with musician's block.

A boy and his younger brother go in search of their mum after she disappears.

When an ex-con meets a teenager who looks to him for inspiration, he has to decide, once and for all, what to do with his life.

A slow-moving Buddhist monk acquires a follower on the streets of Marseille.

Humans' relationship with machinery.

A portmanteau film about six cross-cultural encounters.

Held in a remote police station, a mysterious stranger takes over the minds and souls of everyone inside.

A woman goes in search of her missing husband.

Beth dying makes life hard. Beth coming back makes it harder.
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Life in a cable car that carries pilgrims and tourists to and from a mountain top temple in Nepal.

Tensions rise in the family of a dairy farmer.

A misguided monkey believes he is destined for the moon.

Thriller about the war on terror.

Boy meets girl on a rail replacement bus.

Documentary about salt production.

A family portrait set against the backdrop of the Iranian Revolution.

Animation about an exiled squirrel and his plan to raid a nut store.

Drawing connections between European adventurer Raymond Borremans and present-day Africa.

A surreal and visceral journey into human desire.

A transgender cabaret performer falls tragically in love with a young woman.

Snapshot of teenage angst.
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Trouble lurks in an underground military research facility.

Anna, a taciturn 30-something, lives in a small flat with her dog Manu, who means everything to her. After a distressing incident which disrupts her life, Anna attaches herself to the family of Sofia, a happily married woman and mother of two children.

A semi-biographical drama depicting the life of Dylan Thomas.

A restless young woman reconnects with her brother while he is recovering from a suicide attempt.

A sudden tragedy leads a newlywed to abandon her life.

Filmmaker Johannes and his wife, schoolteacher Signe, try to come to terms with unspeakable grief.

In a future where a failed global-warming experiment kills off most life on the planet, a class system evolves aboard the Snowpiercer, a train that travels around the globe via a perpetual-motion engine.

Superior sequel, to Lucas's space hit.

The story of a teenager whose family are Catholic fundamentalists.

A council worker looks for the next of kin of those found dead and alone.

Portrait of the long-time Labour MP.

A man is pushed to the limit by a thug who badly injures his son.

Explores the 2011 Arab Spring through Youtube footage.
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Documentary charting the dangers that threaten the last home of the mountain gorillas... and those who look after them.

Romantic comedy sees a man try to win back his girlfriend.

Drama based on the tragic real-life case of an Asian teenager brutally murdered at a UK young offenders institution.

Three Texas teenager get embroiled in the world of a local gangster.

The director muses on 20 years of life with HIV.

A young wolf and his best friend, a rabbit, go in search of his heritage in a country of carnivorous hunters

Restless New Yorkers try to find happiness.

A group of kids rebel against strict rules at their school.

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