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A documentary asking whether we are now dominated by the systems we built for our own convenience.
Two space hunters are tracking down a machine trying to free itself. After taking it down, they witness a mystical phenomenon: the ghost of a young woman pulls itself out of the machine, as if the spaceship had a soul.
From the first camera to 45 billion cameras worldwide today, the visual sociologist filmmakers widen their lens to expose both humanity’s unique obsession with the camera’s image and the social consequences that lay ahead.
Two young men from different backgrounds find their destinies linked when they meet up in the world of illegal bare-knuckle fighting.
Documentary about Garry Kasparov’s chess match against IBM’s computer Deep Blue
A cornucopia of imagery, accompaning the sublime songstress.
A group of friends get transported back to 1986.
A cybernetics expert tries to create an android super-soldier.
An observational documentary exploring a fabric factory in Gujarat.
Outrageous revenge B-movie themed around sadistic schoolkids, vicious yakuza and terrifying prosthetics.
Vinnie Jones is sent to the nick where he coaches the prisoners soccer XI
A deaf dog lover explains how her hearing aid works.
The story of Sam Childers, a former drug-dealing biker tough guy who found God and became a crusader for hundreds of Sudanese children who've been forced to become soldiers.
A family find themselves trying to avert the robot apocalypse.
A young thief is persuaded to help a US government agency steal a Japanese encryption device on the eve of war.
A look inside the S21 prison at the heart of the Cambodian genocide.
The story of legendary mixed martial arts and UFC fighter Mark Kerr.
Gory revenge story of a schoolgirl whore who is turned into a cyber-killer.
An inventor travels through time to try to change the past.
Third installment in the Terminator franchise has robot Arnie fighting a metallic woman.
An inventor creates a machine with which to explore the future, and is shocked by humanity's fate.
Home truths Marijana Janković on Balkan representation, and the immigrant question of belonging
The division belle Suzannah Herbert on facing the US' troubled history and making Natchez
Spin-off alchemy Claude Schmitz on bringing back cop pairing for Conrad & Crab – Idiotic Gems
Past crime Christoffer Boe on creating a world for his period mystery Special Unit - The First Murder
It Was Just An Accident screenwriter arrested in Iran Jafar Panahi speaks out
Sundance announces winners Josephine, Nuisance Bear, Shame And Money and To Hold A Mountain take top prizes
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