Alice
Alice, a happy and perfect wife and mother has her life turned upside down when she discovers her husband is living a secret life.
Amazing Grace
Concert film about the recording of Aretha Franklin's Amazing Grace album.
Any One Of Us
Through the story of a recovering athlete, this documentary explores the world of spinal cord injuries.
Boyz In The Wood
An anarchic cocktail of generational politics, hip-hop loving farmers and hallucinogenic rabbit shites, set in the highlands of Scotland.
Carmine Street Guitars
A shop resisting gentrification.
The Chills: The Triumph And Tragedy Of Martin Phillipps
The story of lyrical genius, Martin Phillipps and his band, The Chills, is a cautionary tale, a triumph over tragedy, and a statement about the meaning of music in our lives.
Come As You Are
Three young men with disabilities hit the road with a jaded nurse driver to a brothel in Montreal catering to people with special needs.

D

Daniel Isn’t Real
A troubled college freshman, Luke, suffers a violent family trauma and resurrects his childhood imaginary friend Daniel to help him cope.
Darlin'
A sequel to The Woman in which a feral teenage girl is taken into strict Catholic care and prepared for her First Holy Communion.
The Garden Left Behind
A story about the relationship between a young trans woman and her grandmother as they navigate transition and struggle to build a life for themselves as undocumented immigrants in New York City.

I

Jezebel
In the last days of her mother's life, 19 year old Tiffany crashes with five family members in a Las Vegas studio apartment. In order to make ends meet, she gets her older sister, a phone sex operator, to introduce her to the world of internet fetish cam girls.
Jump Shot
A documentary about Kenny Sailors, the proclaimed developer of the modern day jump shot in basketball.

M

Maiden
The incredible, against-all-odds story of sailor Tracy Edwards, who skippered the first all-female international crew in the 1989 Whitbread Round the World Yacht Race.
Pet Sematary
When a family discover an old Native burial ground near their new home, sinister things begin to happen.
Porno
When five teenage employees at the local cinema in a small Christian town discover a mysterious old film hidden in its basement, they unleash an alluring succubus who gives them a sex education written in blood.

R

Saint Frances
After an accidental pregnancy turned abortion, a deadbeat nanny finds an unlikely friendship with the six-year old she's charged with protecting
Tales From The Lodge
When a group of old friends spend the night telling stories of murders, ghosts, zombies and possessions they soon become aware of another tale unfolding around them. And this one is real.
Us
A mother and father take their kids to their beach house, expecting to enjoy time with friends, but their serenity turns to tension and chaos when some visitors arrive uninvited.

V

Vai
A portmanteau feature film by nine female Pacific filmmakers and filmed on seven Pacific islands. It is about the journey of empowerment through culture over the lifetime of one woman, Vai.
Who Let The Dogs Out
The story behind the song Who Let The Dogs Out, which became a hit for the Bahamian group Baha Men in 1998.
Wild Rose
A Glasgwegian single mum tries to make it in the world of country music.
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