10+10
Short film collection themed around the "unique attributes of Taiwan".
Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry
Renowned Chinese artist and activist Ai Weiwei has garnered international attention as much for his ambitious artwork as his political provocations and increasingly public clashes with the Chinese government.
Anton Corbijn Inside Out
Documentary following the work and life of an extraordinary photographer
Avalon
When a nightclub owner accidentally kills a labourer, he finds himself with a dangerous debt.
Barbara
Set in 1978 East Berlin, a doctor desperate to escape to the West finds herself thrown into turmoil by the attentions of another physician.
Bestiaire
Documentary meditation on man's relationship with animals.
The Blue Angel
A middle-aged professor becomes infatuated with a night club dancer.
Bel Ami
An ambitious young man seeks to attain power in 1890s Paris by seducing and manipulating the bored wives of important men.
Call Me Kuchu
The story of the Ugandan campaigners who have spoken out against the country's proposed Anti-Gay Bill.
Captive
Unlikely relationships form between hostages and captors as they trek through the Philippine jungle.
Childish Games
The sudden appearance of a childhood friend and his young daughter leads a schoolteacher on an unwanted psychological journey into his past.
Chocó
The story of a woman struggling on the thin line between hope and despair in a small Columbian village.
Coming Home
Story of a kidnapped woman and what happens to her after release.

D

Death Row
Series of portraits of inmates on Death Row.
El Bulli: Cooking in Progress
A look into the creative and culinary processes behind one of the world's most famous restaurants.
Electrick Children
A sheltered Mormon girl believes her unexplained pregnancy must have been caused by listening to rock music.
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
A boy trying to come to terms with the death of his father on 9/11 finds a mysterious key.
Farewell, My Queen
The early days of the French Revolution as seen through the eyes of the servants at Versailles.
For Ellen
A rock musician in the middle of an acrimonious divorce tries to gain access to his six-year-old daughter.
Gerhard Richter Painting
A look at the creative process and inner life of the celebrated abstract painter.
Haywire
A betrayed agent goes rogue in search of revenge.
Hut In The Woods
A young man befriends an orphaned boy, and they try to escape the world by building a cabin in the woods.
Home For The Weekend
A family reunion becomes difficult as secrets are revealed and frustrations expressed.

I

Iron Sky
Nazis return from a 70-year sabbatical on the Moon back to Earth, where they plan to violently return to power.
The Iron Lady
Biopic of Margaret Thatcher.
I, Anna
A detective falls for a woman who may be mixed up in a murder case.
Jayne Mansfield's Car
Sixties set drama sees a culture clash between two families.
Kauwboy
A boy with a difficult home life befriends an injured jackdaw.
Keyhole
A criminal undertakes a surreal and supernatural journey through his own house.
Keep The Lights On
An autobiographically inspired story of a passionate long-term relationship between two men driven by addiction and secrets but bound by love and hopefulness.
Kid-Thing
A rebellious girl whose existence is devoid of parental guidance, hears a woman calling from a mysterious hole in the ground, asking for help.
Kuma
A young woman enters into a fake marriage in order to move from Turkey to Austria and become the second wife of an older man.
The Last Laugh
A hotel doorman suffers the ignominy of being demoted to lavatory attendant.

M

Marina Abramović The Artist Is Present
Marina Abramović prepares for a major retrospective of her work at The Museum of Modern Art in New York hoping to finally silence four decades of skeptics who proclaim: 'But why is this art?'
The Mirror Never Lies
A young girl grieves for her missing father.
Marley
A documentary charting the life of the famous reggae star.
Michael
A look at the day to day life of an unremarkable man who is keeping a ten year old boy prisoner in his basement.
My Brother The Devil
A pair of British Arab brothers trying to get by in gangland London learn the extraordinary courage it takes to be yourself.
No Man's Zone
A journey through the stark post-tsunami landscape around Fukushima.
Nuclear Nation
Survivors of the 2011 Japanese tsunami discuss their experiences and reveal the nature of their lives as refugees.
The Pianist
True story of how a jewish concert pianist escaped the holocaust by hiding out in the Warsaw ghetto.
Postcards From The Zoo
Magic realist fairytale of a girl who is raised in a zoo.
A Prairie Home Companion
Garrison Keillor's live radio variety show bows out with a final performance.

R

The Reader
A law student re-encounters an old lover as she faces a war-crimes trial.
Rent-A-Cat
A young woman rents out cats to lonely people.
A Royal Affair
Romance and politics become entangled in this historical drama about the Queen of Denmark falling for her husband's physician.
Side By Side
Documentary exploring the science behind the development of digital cinema technology and its effects.
Sister
A snapshot of life for a 12-year-old, who steals from the rich at a local ski resort to support him and his sister.
Shadow Dancer
A woman caught up in the Troubles is forced to become a informant for MI5.
Sleeping Sickness
Absorbing and boldly original drama revolving around a German doctor in present-day Cameroon.
Stopped On Track
A raw, compelling study what happens to a ordinary family when a husband and father becomes terminally ill.
Step Up To The Plate
The story of Michelin starred chef Michel and his son Sébastien, as father prepares to hand over the running of the restaurant to his son after a 15-year apprenticeship.
Sun Alley
East meets West in Seventies Berlin.
Tabu
Past and present consideration of a woman with a privileged colonial past.
Tomorrow
Documentary about Russian artists' group Voina.

V

Vito
A documentary about acclaimed activist and cineaste Vito Russo.
The Wall
A woman chronicles her time after becoming separated from the rest of humanity.
War Witch
A former child soldier recounts her past to her unborn child.
Young Adult
Soon after her divorce, a fiction writer returns to her home in small-town Minnesota, looking to rekindle a romance with her ex-boyfriend, who is now happily married and has a newborn daughter.
Zarafa
A young boy, a prince and a balloonist escort a young giraffe halfway across the world, having adventures on the way.
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