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A collection of Halloween-themed videotapes unleashes a series of twisted, blood-soaked tales, turning trick-or-treat into a struggle for survival.
12-year-old Ralph, over one formative week in late 1987, mistakenly records home videos and his favourite late night shows over his parents’ wedding tape, with unexpected consequences.
The story of Dick Cheney's rise to power and manipulation of US policy, presidents and process.
A caustic 1980s film critic for a national horror magazine, finds himself unwittingly trapped in a self-help group for serial killers. He decides it's best to try and blend in.
A Ukranian immigrant faces racism as she seeks justice.
An attempt to make a film about the Honey Island swamp murders goes awry when the killer is accientally resurrected.
A lonely farmer prays for a more interesting life and gets more than he bargained for.
Looking for the next big thing, a cable TV station programmer finds himself losing control in the grip of a phenomenon that is ready to alter reality forever.
Documentary exploring the video store as a vitally important site of film culture.
An obsessive video collector finds a tape that could solve all his money problems, only to find himself in desperate straits when it disappears.
When an old VCR mysteriously shows up at the digitising facility Video Vision, it starts affecting one of the employees in strange ways. Meanwhile, her new romance with a trans man has her head in the clouds - until she's brought to her knees by the supernatural force that's slowly taking control of her body and mind.
A man providing overnight watch to a deceased member of his former Orthodox Jewish community finds himself facing a malevolent entity.
Amani's peaceful life as a wife and mother shatters when her husband brings home a second wife, unleashing mysterious dark forces into their household.
A young couple travel to a remote village to take ownership of its pub with a view to selling it, but begin to suspect that something strange is going on.
A young village girl in northeast India wants to start her own rock band.
Vincent finds himself under attack for no apparent reason overnight. When the phenomenon intensifies, he must run and change his way of life completely.
Henry Violence, an anti-hero in an alternate 1980s world, becomes entangled in a brutal drug war as rival cartels battle for supremacy, forcing him to make difficult choices to navigate the treacherous landscape.
An American boy in Japan finds himself facing a legion of horrors when he, his Japanese friend and his cat decide to explore an old abandoned amusement park.
After a cop agrees to cover up a killing to protect his brother, who swears it was an accident, their fear of capture, remorse and crumbling trust threaten to tear their family apart.
A 72-year-old divorcee plans to rent out rooms in her home and take swimming lessons, but has to deal with family members and financial institutions that think they know what's best for her.
A biopic of the Chilean folk singer, composer, ethnomusicologist and painter Violeta Parra.
A disabled former soldier devotes her life to writing letters on behalf of others and struggles to come to terms with her own feelings about the commanding officer who fell in love with her.
A troubled young woman strives to protect her daughter during a zombie apocalypse with one strange detail: after each attack, the infected pause for 32 seconds before becoming active again.
A Frenchwoman enters a Japanese forest in search of a herb rumoured to be able to cure emotional pain.
A black, gay filmmaker who is losing his sight explores the lives and work of other visually impaired artists in this documentary.
In search of a starter home, a young couple follow a mysterious estate agent and get trapped in a strange housing development.
At Milan's Casa Verdi retirement home, elderly opera stars and musicians mentor young students while sharing their remarkable lives.
A young, pregnant, blind woman hears the voices of souls which want to be reborn in her baby, and gets caught up in a cold case concerning the disappearance of a five-year-old girl.
A dead man reaches out from beyond the grave to beg his daughter to uncover the truth about his fate.
January 29, 2024. Red Crescent volunteers receive an emergency call. A six-year old girl is trapped in a car under fire in Gaza, pleading for rescue. While trying to keep her on the line, they do everything they can to get an ambulance to her.
Two men work for a criminal organisation to clean up the aftermath messes. One day, they receive an unexpected order.
A volcano erupts in the heart of Los Angeles.
A survivor of a school shooting goes on to become a pop star.
A shooting star falls down over the Arctic island of Svalbard and the Global Seed Vault gets an unexpected visitor.
The director investigates her Hungarian mother-in-law's story and, through it, the story of the 20th century.
Two friends embark on a disturbing mission in the Michigan woods. When their plan unravels, one must face the surreal and unsettling consequences back home.
A boy grows up in a broken family as the winds of change blow through Swaziland.
When a stranger arrives in a village, a sickness begins to spread.
A mother unexpectedly meets her son's fiancée at a villa in Sicily and gets to know her as she waits for her son to arrive.
A man decides to disappear and live secretly in an outbuilding, observing his family from a distance.
An Argentinian family setting up a guest house grows suspicious of a friendly German doctor who seems to command unusual respect in the local German community.
Investigating a murder mystery, a sophisticated male escort discovers some unexpected things about himself.
A teenager must summon all his strength so that he and his father can survive after an accident in the wilderness.
Spoof biopic of a rock 'n' roll singer.
A search for the truth about a brilliant young filmmaker and Warhol associate who disappeared and may have drowned himself.
A US teenager is magically transported to ancient China and learns to convert his video game skills into those of a Kung Fu warrior.
Kham finds himself the chief suspect in a murder.
A documentary about the media's relationship to war, with particular focus on the 21st century conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan.
After a girl is attacked at a party the social fabric of her high school begins to crumble, with dangerous consequences all round.
An innocent young man confesses to a crime so his family will be cared for, but things don't go to plan.
Hoffman still working out life’s mysteries Eternal star of The Graduate receives top Karlovy Vary accolade
Pilgrims' progress David Andrew Ward on capturing spiritual journeys in Human Tide
Telling tales Alex Vlack on comedy, cruelty, moral rationalisation and The Revisionist
Invisible crisis Seemab Gul on a scandal in education, and making her first feature, Ghost School
Putting a festival in the frame Georgis Grigorakis on shooting a hybrid documentary about Thessaloniki Film Festival
McGregor, Branagh and Vachon bound for Edinburgh Film festival launches 79th programme of premieres and encounters
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