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A young teacher hopes to be appointed to Istanbul after mandatory duty at a small village. After long time waiting he loses all hope of escaping from this gloomy life. His colleague helps him to regain his perspective.
The daughter of a vicar who has recently moved to a remote English village goes missing after its harvest festival.
A woman faces many hardships in her life but ultimately finds strength and hope in the unbreakable bonds of sisterhood.
At the dawn of their teenage years, Raphaël and Rémi are twins who see their fraternal attachment crumble while one of them, suffering from an increasingly marked disability, remains a prisoner of childhood.
Two bank staff rob their own establishment.
A grieving rideshare driver picks up a passenger who helps him confront the past.
With Trump's political godfather, Roger Stone, as the film's central character, this documentary looks at how Trump's presidential period had to find its logical end point in The Storm at the Capitol.
A professional boxer, recently released from prison, is forced to break probation and flee to a faraway island in Thailand. He starts a family there, only to have to deal with blackmail.
Two very different men meet in a funeral home, grieving for their wives, and have an unusual adventure.
An Iranian girl unfolds her school memories on the wrinkles and fabrics of her old uniform.
A family faces difficult choices when a small Danish town is left in charge of hundreds of weak and hungry German refugees at the end of World War Two.
A little film about gender identity, Little League baseball, the people who inspire change by trying to be themselves, and the superheroes who allow that change to happen.
A Holocaust survivor writes, after the war, a thank you letter to a pig that saved his life. After his testimony in a classroom, a young student dreams a tragic version of his story.
Disney characters come together to take a photo for the studio's 100th anniversary celebration.
A struggling single mother makes a desperate journey across state lines to obtain an abortion.
A natural history fantasy film, following the dramatic lifecycle of the wild salmon in human form.
Drama following the turbulent relationship between the composer and his wife.
50 years ago, assemblyman George Michaels cast a single vote on New York's abortion bill that changed the course of American history but destroyed his political career in the process.
English professor and author Thelonious 'Monk' Ellison writes a satirical novel under a pseudonym, with the intention of exposing the hypocrisies of the publishing industry.
A documentary about how Ugandan opposition leader, activist and musical star Bobi Wine took on the regime led by Yoweri Museveni, the person who led the country for 35 years.
The tale of a gambler who develops magical powers.
A couple of birds try to save their eggs from a volcanic eruption.
It's the summer of 1957 and Ferrari is in crisis, both in his business and personal life. He decides to take a gamble on a race, the Mille Miglia.
A personal perspective on the recent history of Kinmen, which lies between Taiwan and China.
When a peaceful settlement on the edge of a distant moon finds itself threatened by the armies of a tyrannical ruling force, a mysterious stranger living among its villagers becomes their best hope for survival.
Like every summer, Louise stays at her grandparents in the countryside for a few days during the holidays. What could happen to her there?
Two creatures from rival communities fall in love and run away together.
When an alien comes back to take him, a mouthless young man's life twists and turns as his memories untangle.
A screenwriter embarks on a relationship with a neighbour at the same time as making a journey into his troubled past.
Teenage mutant turtles set out to try to become heroes so that people will like them, but may have bitten off more than they can chew with villainous fellow mutant Superfly.
A trans woman and a cis man meet one night in the streets of Lisbon. Two people, two realities, who dance their differences away till morning light. In challenge, in surprise, in awe and in recognition.
Driven from her village by a tyrant, a young woman returns years later to seek her revenge.
In Nazi-occupied Bosnia, a Muslim woman risks her life to save her Jewish friend. 50 years later, her friend returns the favour. Based on a true story.
A father and mother are faced with the painful task of washing and shrouding their deceased transgender daughter.
After her husband is devastated by a tragic accident, a devoted wife obsesses over a mysterious portrait that resembles him as he was; but when it starts to terrorise her, she must decide if it's possessed or if she's losing her mind.
A hand-painted animated film about an early 20th Century Polish peasant woman who creates havoc by marrying an older rich man.
The psychosexual journey of a young woman into the dark recesses of the Afrikaner psyche and its compromised past.
The story of music students and members of Afghanistan's only all-female orchestra, and what happened to them after the return of the Taliban.
A portrait of the celebrated filmmaker.
Carlos lives in a youth shelter in Bogota. Its Christmas and Carlos longs to spend the day with his mother and sister, who are lost in the spiral of urban violence. As he leaves the shelter, Carlos is confronted with the rigor of the streets in his neighborhood, where the law of the strongest, the alpha 'macho', rules. As he seeks for a family reunion, Carlos must show he can be one of them.
Survivors from a massive earthquake struggle for a new life in Seoul.
When a Deaf young man asks his estranged older brother to join him in a musical contest, this blue collar worker must dust off his musical chops in order to be his little brother's voice, so that the world can finally hear him.
In a small village in Leon, Spain, María José prepares to end her life after failing to get over the suicide of her bullied son years before. Everything changes when she receives a visit from Lucía, a strange little girl who could be connected to a local legend about stopping an impending apocalypse.
A young Mexican American woman takes her white boyfriend home for Christmas.
Profile of Chelly Wilson, a Christmas-celebrating Jewish grandma, a lesbian who married men, and a proud owner of porn cinemas in 1970s NYC.
A serial killer inveigles his way into the friendly, supportive space of a queer nudist camp.
The son of a funeral director makes money on the side by breaking into the homes of the dead. One day he decides it's time to start taking his younger brother along with him.
A filmmaker discovers that his father was part of a secret network of Jewish vigilante groups, who, in the glaring absence of justice after the Holocaust, took the law into their own hands.
The story of the doll sensation.
A family's journey to reconciliation after facing the trauma of the Holocaust.
A dark time Kim Sung Soo on capturing history and getting a shot at an Oscar with 12.12: The Day
Reflections of a cat Gints Zilbalodis on Hayao Miyazaki, fairy tales and Latvia’s Oscar submission, Flow
Man about town Gay Talese on Watching Frank, Frank Sinatra, and his latest book, A Town Without Time
Magnificent creatures Jayro Bustamante on giving the girls of Hogar Seguro a voice in Rita
A unified vision DOC NYC highlights and cinematographer Michael Crommett on Dan Winters: Life Is Once. Forever.
Poetry and loss Géza Röhrig on Terrence Malick, Josh Safdie, and Richard Kroehling’s After: Poetry Destroys Silence
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