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My Imaginary Country and Loving Highsmith
All The Beauty And The Bloodshed
(Country: US; Year: 2022; Director: Laura Poitras; Stars: Nan Goldin)
The story of artist Nan Goldin and the downfall of the Sackler family, the pharmaceutical dynasty often blamed for the US opioid epidemic.
A Bunch Of Amateurs
(Country: UK; Year: 2022; Director: Kim Hopkins; Writer: Kim Hopkins; Stars: Colin Egglestone, Harry Nicholls, Joe Ogden, Philip Wainman, Marie McCahery, Edmund Davies, Keith Wilcock, Ian Egglestone, Andrew Cockerill, Jeanette Wilson, David Marshall, Judith Simpson, Ian J. Simpson, Jim Walker)
A group of ageing cinephiles attempt to save their film club.
The Computer Accent
(Country: US; Year: 2022; Director: Sebastian Pardo, Riel Roch Decter)
Electronic pop band Yacht set out to write and record an album using artificial intelligence technology.
Dead Mint
(Country: UK; Year: 2022; Director: William Peter Bartlett)
A love letter to the seaside town of Scarborough and a celebration of true DIY punk spirit, Dead Mint documents the career of the mischievous musical outfit Grandads Don’t Indicate.
De Humani Corporis Fabrica
(Country: France; Year: 2022; Director: Lucien Castaing-Taylor, Verena Paravel)
Five centuries ago, anatomist André Vésale opened up the human body to science for the first time in history. Today, De Humani Corporis Fabrica opens the human body to the cinema.
All The Beauty And The Bloodshed and Hello, Bookstore
Dust And Metal
(Country: Vietnam, UK; Year: 2022; Director: Esther Johnson; Writer: Esther Johnson; Stars: Nguyen Lan Huong)
Past and present stories of freedom in Vietnam. With a population of 97 million, and 45 million registered motorbikes (amongst the highest in South East Asia) that's almost one bike for every two people.
Finite: The Climate Of Change
(Country: UK; Year: 2022; Director: Rich Felgate)
Inside the core of the climate movement, concerned citizens in Germany and England put their bodies on the line to stop new coal mines being developed.
Geographies Of Solitude
(Country: Canada; Year: 2022; Director: Jacquelyn Mills)
An immersion into the rich ecosystem of Sable Island and the life of Zoe Lucas, a naturalist and environmentalist who has lived over 40 years on this remote strip of land.
God Said Give 'Em Drum Machines
(Country: US, Japan, Russia, South Africa, UK; Year: 2022; Director: Kristian R Hill; Writer: Kristian R Hill, Jennifer Washington; Stars: Blake Baxter, Derrick May, Richie Hawtin, Eddie Fowlkes, Kevin Saunderson, Juan Atkins, Santonio Echols, Mike Huckaby)
Music documentary that showcases the beginnings of techno music and how Detroit was the creative and cultural hub for the creation of one of the most celebrated genres in the world.
The Hamlet Syndrome (Syndrom Hamelta)
(Country: Poland, Germany; Year: 2022; Director: Elwira Niewiera, Piotr Rosolowski)
A group of young Ukrainian actors, each with psychological scars of the war in Donbas, are cast in an experimental theatrical production of Hamlet.
Geographies Of Solitude and God Said Give 'Em Drum Machines
Hello, Bookstore
(Country: US; Year: 2022; Director: AB Zax; Stars: Matthew Tannenbaum, Shawnee Tannenbaum, Sophie Tannenbaum)
In the shadow of the pandemic, a small town rallies to protect a beloved local bookstore.
Loving Highsmith
(Country: Switzerland, Germany; Year: 2022; Director: Eva Vitija; Writer: Eva Vitija; Stars: Gwendoline Christie, Annina Butterworth)
A documentary portrait of the enigmatic novelist.
Matter Out Of Place
(Country: Austria; Year: 2022; Director: Nikolaus Geyrhalter)
A film about waste in remote areas and about people who are trying to clean up.
Myanmar Diaries
(Country: Netherlands, Myanmar, Norway; Year: 2022; Director: The Myanmar Film Collective; Writer: The Myanmar Film Collective)
The film diaries of young opposition activists in Myanmar use the cinema screen to communicate with the world in a different way than allowed TV news.
My Imaginary Country (Mi País Imaginario)
(Country: Chile; Year: 2022; Director: Patricio Guzmán; Writer: Patricio Guzmán)
Protests that exploded onto the streets of Chile's capital of Santiago in 2019 as the population demanded more democracy and social equality around education, healthcare and job opportunities.
On the Divide
(Year: 2021; Director: Maya Cueva, Leah Galant; Writer: Maya Cueva, Leah Galant)
Brings us into the lives of three Latinx people in McAllen Texas, whose different beliefs end up coming to a head at the last abortion clinic in the US/Mexico border.
Rookies (Allons Enfants)
(Country: France; Year: 2022; Director: Thierry Demaizière, Alban Teurlai; Writer: Thierry Demaizière, Elsa Le Peutrec, Alban Teurlai; Stars: Charlotte Saudrais, Erwan Schamaneche, Michelle Kibebe, Nathanaël Marante, Ketsia Cheyna Obame)
In the middle of Paris, young people are trained to become professional dancers and, at the same time, they are prepared for their A levels.
Shove It: The Xero Slingsby Story
(Country: UK; Year: 2022; Director: Robert Stanley Crampton)
A larger-than-life character, Leeds saxophonist Matthew Coe AKA Xero Slingsby was an inspirational force in 1980s jazz with a fiery punk performance style. Shove It - the Xero Slingsby story celebrates his short but stellar life and career.
The Star Wars Kid
(Country: Canada; Year: 2022; Director: Mathieu Fournier; Stars: Ghyslain Raza)
As a 14-year-old boy, Ghyslain Raza’s world was turned upside down when he found himself at the centre of the first viral phenomenon of the digital age. 20 years after his schoolmates uploaded a video without his knowledge, the 'Star Wars Kid' breaks his silence in an attempt to make peace with his digital shadow.
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