Above And Below
Existence on the fringes of society.
And The Ship Sails On
A voyage of opera singers and Serbian refugees becomes an extravagant Fellini charade.
Chevalier
Six men on a boat try to judge who is best.

D

Entertainment
En route to meeting with his estranged daughter, a broken, ageing comedian plays a string of dead-end shows in the Mojave Desert.
Happy Hour
The lives of three married friends are turned upside down when their friend, just divorced, disappears. Are they really living the lives they want?

I

James White
A young New Yorker struggles to take control of his reckless, self-destructive behaviour in the face of momentous family challenges.
Lost And Beautiful
Documentary and fiction blend in a tale of ancient palaces, devoted shepherds and a young calf contemplating his fate.

M

Me And Earl And The Dying Girl
How to be a teenager without losing your life and why helping a friend who is sick need not be an exercise in sentimental wishwash
On Football
An estranged father and son reunite after 20 years in order to watch the 2014 World Cup together.
The People Vs Fritz Bauer
A portrait of Fritz Bauer, a man who defied his own government in working with Mossad to track down Adolf Eichmann.

R

Right Now, Wrong Then
A middle-aged art-film director and a fledgling artist meet - she knows he’s famous but doesn’t know his films, he’d like to see her paintings.
Ricki And The Flash
A rock star tries to make things right with the family she sacrificed for the sake of her career.
The Sky Trembles And The Earth Is Afraid And The Two Eyes Are Not Brothers
The beauty of Morocco transformed into a mysterious landscape.
Southpaw
Boxer Billy Hope turns to trainer Tick Willis to help him get his life back on track after losing his wife.
Summertime
Drama about social change in France in the early 1970s.
Trainwreck
A woman with a fear of commitment finds herself falling for a man who wants to settle down in a monogamous relationship.

V

Vanity
An elderly architect heads to a motel to finish planning his assisted suicide.
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