Avanti Popolo
A son tries to reconnect with his father in a film that explores the nature of film.
Amsterdam Stories USA
A journey through US towns called Amsterdam in search of the real America.
Animal Love
A documentary about people who turn to animals for companionship.
Art Will Save The World
A look at the work, life and legacy of Luke Haines.
Before Midnight
Jesse and Celine consider their lives together after nine years of living together.

D

Death Row
Series of portraits of inmates on Death Row.
Frances Ha
Lightning-in-a-bottle, Noah Baumbach’s love poem to his star and co-writer Greta Gerwig recalls Godard’s early celebrations of Anna Karina, but, as a New York movie, it’s beautiful in a brand new way.
Gazzara
Conversations with the actor just before his death.
Greatest Hits
The logic of filmmaking itself begins to unravel as we explore the relationship between a frustrated son and his absent father.
Housemaids
Seven Brazilian children film the activities of their live-in housekeepers.

I

Jesus, You Know
The inhabitants of six different churches seek Heavenly help to solve their Earthly problems.
Leviathan
A documentary shot in the North Atlantic and focused on the commercial fishing industry.
Lions
Five young people are lost in a forest - and perhaps in time itself.

M

Models
A portrait of a quartet of aspiring Viennese models.
Museum Hours
A museum attendant shows a Canadian visitor the sights of Vienna and in the process falls in love with it all over again.
No
Gael Garcia Bernal stars as a Chilean adman trying to organize a campaign to unseat Pinochet in Pablo Larraín’s smart, engrossing political thriller.
Paradise: Faith
Second part of Seidl's trilogy sees a devout Catholic trying to cope with the return of her paraplegic husband.
Paradise: Hope
A teenager from a troubled middle class background spends the summer at fat camp and determines to seduce its director.
Paradise: Love
A cautionary tale about European female sex tourists on the beaches of Kenya.
Pincus
An interior decorator who cares or his ailing father falls for a karate instructor.

R

Simon Killer
A recent college graduate goes to Paris after breaking up with his girlfriend of five years. Once there, he falls in love with a young prostitute and their fateful journey begins.
Sightseers
A young couple on a caravan holiday find themselves going on a killing spree.
Spring Breakers
Four college students form an unlikely allegiance with a drug dealer.
They Will Return
Two children are mysteriously abandoned by their parents.

V

Workers
A loyal factory cleaner is refused a pension whilst a maid finds herself employed by the dog who inherited the house where she works.
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