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A sculptor discovers a stone man inside a block of granite.
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A fuzzy yarn about what happens when patience runs out.
A triptych of documentary images play simultaneously, united by the same geographical space but offering both complementary and contradictory narrative clues as to what is really going on.
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Faced with the ageing of his faithful workhorse, a man is forced to confront his own mortality and consider a sacrifice to ensure his family's survival.
The shiny red skin of the jujube brings back vague memories of the director's stepmother, recreated on expired film.
After sundown, a man walks the motorway verges, gathering roadkill. An investigation of the border between life and death, and the edges of the manmade world.
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The filmmaker's mother, a sociologist, used index cards throughout her career to make notes on all that she read. Now that she no longer has an office her house is filled with these cards.
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A political revenge fable which offers an un-writing of Australian national mythology.
In a cramped Mumbai apartment, a family considers eating their hell-raising pet rooster, in order to reclaim their lives.
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Glasgow rapper Lumo committed suicide aged 21, sending shockwaves through the Scottish hip hop community. As family and friends struggle to make sense of his death, they uncover hidden clues in lyrics and videos he left behind.
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