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A young activist struggles to get by and to find her place in a troubled Greece.
A son tries to reconnect with his father in a film that explores the nature of film.
A journey through US towns called Amsterdam in search of the real America.
A documentary about people who turn to animals for companionship.
Collage of fragments culled from an independent Sicilian TV station's output in the mid-90s.
A look at the work, life and legacy of Luke Haines.
When a nightclub owner accidentally kills a labourer, he finds himself with a dangerous debt.
Chronicle of a temporary refugee camp in Tunisia.
The battles of single mums trying to legitimise their children in Morocco.
A documentary following the lives and thinking of four politically active young Norwegians before and after the massacre on Utøya Island.
Two young teenage girls are caught up in a sex scandal that goes to the heart of the Swedish government. Based on a true story.
One fearful night at a remote farmhouse echoes the breakdown of post-Soviet Russia.
A visit to the ruined environment of a military testing site.
The arrival of a handsome exchange student causes a troubled family to come apart at the seams.
Documentary about a recovering alcoholic dad who is trying to be reconciled with his family.
This true-life 'Motorcycle Diary' recounts the epic trek of genial, thirtyish photographer Mihai Barbu as he rumbles to the Mongolian capital Ulan Bator - and back.
An introduction to the various people who visit a methadone clinic over the course of a day.
Documentary about songbird poaching.
Magical perspectives on life in a small Georgian town, as seen through the eyes of a small boy.
Falling in love with the world at first sight.
Young Neli abandons a secure future in with a wealthy, straight-laced fiancé for one last fling with her passionate but boozily self destructive ex-boyfriend.
Musings on the meanings of life, death and the world.
Film essay documenting fishermen's working conditions and sea trade.
Conversations with the actor just before his death.
In a landscape now largely abandoned by humans, wild horses face gradual extinction.
The logic of filmmaking itself begins to unravel as we explore the relationship between a frustrated son and his absent father.
Four stories about life in Guimarães, Portugal.
Seven Brazilian children film the activities of their live-in housekeepers.
Exploring the lives of 11 gay, lesbian and bisexual men and women over the age of 70.
A documentary travelogue and portrait of two cities in contrasting states: Dubai and Detroit.
The inhabitants of six different churches seek Heavenly help to solve their Earthly problems.
A woman takes home a baby from hospital, devotedly caring for it. But she is not its mother - she is a kidnapper.
This stunning amalgam of film noir and Chris Marker cine-essay poetically explores the psychic pull of the titular former Portuguese colony.
Five young people are lost in a forest - and perhaps in time itself.
A lonely housewife embarks on an intense erotic relationship with a ghost.
The film recounts a romantic obsession that spans several decades. In a poor Shanxi Province village, six-year old Tiedan falls in love with May, the beautiful neighbor who practices a traditional form of singing, Er-ren-tai, and this love will never die.
Aided by two of their friends, a former couple steal their dead son's body and set off to drive it to Cornwall, but nothing goes to plan.
After inadvertently committing an act of violence, a group of friends journeys to a legendary tower in the hope of travelling to a better world.
A portrait of a quartet of aspiring Viennese models.
A troubled teenager with violent friends discovers a secret about his absent mother than makes him contemplate a cruel act.
A documentary looking at two women permanently displaced as a result of the Second World War.
Documentary about homelessness in Paris.
Second part of Seidl's trilogy sees a devout Catholic trying to cope with the return of her paraplegic husband.
A teenager from a troubled middle class background spends the summer at fat camp and determines to seduce its director.
A cautionary tale about European female sex tourists on the beaches of Kenya.
Two ageing nightclub owners find events slipping out of control one dangerous night.
A single tracking shot captures life in the People's Park in Chengdu, China.
An interior decorator who cares or his ailing father falls for a karate instructor.
Tomás is trying to make his way in Bogota. Looking for his young brother Jairo, he sets out on a journey that will test his ability to deal with the fear and wounds of the past.
An ex-con's impulsive cross country journey leads to the unravelling of strange mysteries.
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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