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Walay Balay (2024)
In the shadow of the Marawi conflict, Norayda andher daughter Yahairah have found solace in aher daughter Yahairah have found solace in anearby town. They count each day to return home.nearby town. They count each day to return home.
Nightbirds (2024)
A mythical bird helps a woman break free.
Cold Cut (2024)
Joy, a 19-year-old student, is about to compete at the local talent show. As she's about to enter the audition, a mysterious butcher takes her to unknown horizons.
Directors' Factory - Philippines (2024)
Showcase of short films by emerging filmmakers set in the Philippines.
Ivan's Land (2021)
Documentary about folk artist Ivan Prykhodko.
Wasp (2003)
The day in the life of a single mum and her kids.
That They May Face The Rising Sun (2023)
Drama about a couple who return to the small rural lakeside hamlet where one of them grew up.
An Exercise in Discipline: Peel (1982)
A battle of wills breaks out on a car journey.
Nezouh (2022)
As a man refuses to flee war-torn Damascus, his wife and daughter face a choice.
Hounds (2023)
A fateful night in the life of a father and son after a kidnapping goes awry.
Chasing Time (2024)
After bringing some of the first and most striking visual evidence of our changing planet to the fore through the groundbreaking study of melting glaciers, photographer James Balog returns to Iceland to close the last chapter of his life’s work.
Woolly (2024)
A year in the life of a sheep farm that a woman is taking over from her father.
Donga (2023)
A man who went to the Libyan frontline to record it on camera looks back at the footage a decade later.
Panellinion (2024)
A snapshot of life in a chess cafe in Athens.
Close Your Eyes (2023)
A TV show looking into the mysterious disappearance of an actor leads a director on a journey into his own past while making discoveries in the present.
In The Rearview (2023)
This fly-on-the-wall film captures Ukrainians as they are forced to leave their homes and drive into the unknown.
Unclaimed (2024)
An accidental find at a Greek hospital sparks a dive into the hidden histories of patients at a TB clinic.
Mother Vera (2024)
An Orthodox nun in a Belarussian convent considers her past and her future.
Omen (2023)
When a man who was cast out as a child after being considered a sorceror returns home, he faces prejudice.
Evil Does Not Exist (2023)
A rural village faces disruption from the construction of a glamping site for Tokyo tourists.
Intercepted (2024)
The destruction caused by the war against Ukraine is shown in lengthy tableaux. Intercepted phone conversations between Russian soldiers and their families set up a parallel world.
Disco Boy (2023)
The destinies of a man who has joined the Foreign Legion and another in the Niger Delta intersect.
Drift (2023)
Refugee Jacqueline, alone and penniless on a Greek island embarks on a friendship with a tour guide.
Where We Used To Sleep (2024)
A woman faces leaving her village as a mine causes a rising lake of mud.
Mantrap (1926)
A flirtatious manicurist marries a backwoods trader... only to find herself falling for a city divorce lawyer.
The Home Game (2023)
A man becomes determined to realise his dad's dream of taking their small-town football club to the Icelandic FA Cup and playing a home game.
Lesvia (2023)
The history of the lesbian community that sprang up on Lesbos in the 1970s.
Gasoline Rainbow (2013)
A group of teenagers go on a road trip.
Green Border (2023)
Multifaceted drama about the plight of refugees on the Belarus/Poland border.
Io Capitano (2023)
Two Senegalese teenagers try to realise their dream of a new life in Europe.
Falling Into Place (2023)
A romance between two people, who met too briefly over a winter weekend while on the run from themselves.
Red Island (2023)
Set in Madagascar in the early 1970s, on one of the last air bases of the French army, where military families live the last throes of colonialism. Influenced by his reading of the intrepid comic book heroine Fantômette, ten-year-old Thomas sweeps with a curious glance what surrounds him, while the world gradually opens up to a different reality.
The Empire (2024)
The forces of good and evil battle it out in a village in France.
Brief History Of A Family (2024)
A middle-class family’s fate becomes intertwined with their only son’s enigmatic new friend in post one-child policy China, putting unspoken secrets, unmet expectations, and untended emotions under the microscope.
Dying (2024)
Ensemble drama about members of an estranged family.
Spaceman (2024)
An astronaut, has been on a space mission for months. He realises that his wife might not be waiting for him once he returns to Earth. In his desperation, he turns for help to a mysterious creature lurking deep in the bowels of his spaceship.
Wicked Little Letters (2023)
When people in Littlehampton start receiving scandalous and obscene letters, suspicion immediately falls on fiery Rose, who might lose the custody of her daughter. A group of women set out to solve the mystery.
A Different Man (2024)
Aspiring actor Edward undergoes a radical medical trial to drastically transform his appearance. But his new dream face quickly turns into a nightmare.
The Outrun (2024)
After living life on the edge in London, Rona attempts to come to terms with her troubled past. She returns to the wild beauty of Scotland’s Orkney Islands - where she grew up - hoping to heal.
Through Rocks And Clouds (2024)
Eight-year-old alpaca farmer Feliciano is ecstatic: Peru has the opportunity to qualify for the World Cup. However, the scheming of a mining company is jeopardising the future of his village.
Reas (2023)
A group of prison inmates re-enact their lives and sentences, balancing memories with fantasy.
Young Hearts (2024)
A 14-year-old boy feels attracted to his new neighbour, Alexander. Soon he realises that he's truly in love for the first time, but interactions with his friends and family bring more questions than answers.
The Editorial Office (2024)
Satire sees a biologist mixed up in a web of fake news as he tries to reveal a story.
Love Lies Bleeding (2024)
Reclusive gym manager Lou falls hard for Jackie, an ambitious bodybuilder headed through town to Las Vegas in pursuit of her dream. But their love ignites violence, pulling them deep into the web of Lou’s criminal family.
Samsara (2023)
Samsara is the Buddhist cycle of death and reincarnation. From the temples of Laos, alongside with teenage monks, we will accompany a soul in its transit from one body to another through the bardo.
Sasquatch Sunset (2024)
A year in the life of a singular family.
Malu (2024)
Malu - a mercurial, unemployed actress living with her conservative mother in a precarious house in a Rio de Janeiro slum - tries to deal with her strained relationship with her own adult daughter while surviving on memories of her glorious artistic past.
Presence (2024)
A family moves into a suburban house and becomes convinced they’re not alone.
Queens (2024)
Lucia, Aurora, and their mother, Elena, plan to leave Lima in 1992 and seek opportunities in the US. Their farewell involves reconnecting with the kids' estranged father, adding to the emotional turbulence of their departure.
In The Land Of Brothers (2024)
Three members of an extended Afghan family start their lives over in Iran as refugees, unaware they face a decades-long struggle ahead to be "at home".
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