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The day before a violent criminal is due to be released from prison, he receives a threatening call. Armed only with a mobile phone, he must somehow save his family - and himself.
A documentary about Scotland’s cultural heritage of traditional Gaelic psalm singing.
A comparison of the work of the two great landscape artists on their 250th anniversary, based around an exhibition in London.
With time running out and a desperate need for cash, two Mongolian immigrants turn to crime as their only solution.
After her mother's overdose, teen Red Riding moves from London to her estranged grandmother's Scottish estate, where dark family secrets, missing children, and a monstrous wolf blur reality, forcing her to fight for survival.
Kenneth, fixated on ancestor Douglas Weatherford, descends into madness as a fantasy TV show invades his town, disregarding traditions.
The tale of a young woman who learns firsthand the personal costs of societal shortcomings.
Russia, early 1990s. Amid post-Soviet chaos, a brilliant young man, Vadim Baranov, charts his path. First an artist, then a reality show producer, he becomes the spin doctor to a rising KGB agent: Vladimir Putin.
A grieving mother, fueled by her passion for true crime, seeks answers when a teenage girl is found dead in the desert and the police investigation stalls.
A successful black businessman, haunted by his crumbling marriage and identity crisis, is drawn into a sexualised game of cat and mouse with a mysterious white woman on a subway that leads to a violent conclusion.
Conor Marsh lives a secluded life with his dog, Sandy, until one day he begins playing OBEX, a new, state-of-the-art computer game. When Sandy goes missing, the line between reality and game blurs and Conor must venture into the strange world of OBEX to bring her home.
A family vlogger's teenage daughter discovers that her parents plan to have another child and begins to question the cost of her lifelong celebrity.
When their plan to book a show at the Rivoli goes horribly wrong, Matt and Jay accidentally travel back to the year 2008.
The tragic story behind a teenager driven to take her life by machines that were built to control people for profit.
Christmas Eve, a broken tooth, and just one dentist on call – thus begins the strange odyssey of the newly sober Cliff and the lonely Didi through the streets of Baltimore.
When, a mortuary science graduate takes a night job at River Fields Mortuary, what begins with routine work soon turns sinister as she faces terrifying supernatural forces, in this adaptation of the computer game.
A filmmaker spirals into an out of control bender, during which he comes to believe that he has been abducted by aliens. Fearing they’ll come back, he contacts an old friend to help him gear up for war.
Two women's struggle to survive during the Dark Ages is complicated when a childhood friend returns with bad news.
Splitsville picks up with Ashley asking for a divorce, watching as the good-natured Carey runs to his friends, Julie and Paul, for support. He’s shocked to discover that the secret to their happiness is an open marriage; that is, until Carey crosses the line and throws all of their relationships into chaos.
Porky Pig and Daffy Duck may be Earth's only hope when it is faced with the threat of alien invasion.
As Russia launches its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, primary schools across Russia’s hinterlands are transformed into recruitment stages for the war. Facing the ethical dilemma of working in a system defined by propaganda and violence, a brave teacher goes undercover to film what’s really happening in his own school.
A fairy tale about a maid who concocts a plan to help her mistress.
A mother battling trauma faces a surreal nightmare when toilets mysteriously transform into killer beings, forcing her to confront both her personal demons and these bizarre supernatural threats.
A filmmaker sets out to walk 1,500 miles across the US wearing a Black Lives Matter t-shirt.
In the sea, a man swims. As he does, memories come to the surface. From his early childhood to his life as a man, all his memories are linked to water.
At Milan's Casa Verdi retirement home, elderly opera stars and musicians mentor young students while sharing their remarkable lives.
When a musician and her husband move to a remote house in Wales, the music they make disturbs local ancient folk magic, bringing a nameless child to their door who is intent on infiltrating their lives.
In May 2021, a UK Home Office dawn raid triggers one of the most spontaneous and successful acts of civil resistance in recent memory. In Scotland’s most diverse neighbourhood, hundreds of residents rush to the streets to stop the deportation of their neighbours.
When an overwhelmed single dad pig moves his piglets into a trailer park, he fears he's failed his family. But soon his kids create a wildly imaginative game.
A writer unhappy with his relationship travels to Puglia, Italy, to work on his book, and falls for a local woman.
Three sisters living on an isolated island must rent out one of their houses.
A man in the throes of his overstimulated, energy poor midlife fantasises about everything he'd love to do in retirement, once he finally has the 'time'.
A glimpse of everyday reality for people living in Gaza in 2024.
The forest can be full of scary creatures, Eliot's parents caution, but the mystery might be too tempting for a kid who doesn't want to go to bed.
An examination of the concept of Stockholm syndrome and the realities of women's experiences during and after being held hostage.
A young Russian artist makes an anti-war statement by swapping food labels with pacifist messages in a Moscow supermarket, leading to her arrest and the threat of a 10-year prison sentence.
Fragile clay sculptures come to life in a bare workshop, craving more than just existence. When their sculptor abandons them, they must discover the power of belonging.
A lonely polar bear creates a companion when he can't find friends in his harsh habitat.
Gandalf and Aragorn lead the world of men against Sauron's army to draw his gaze from Frodo and Sam as they approach Mount Doom with the One Ring.
A lonely American actor living in Tokyo starts working for a Japanese 'rental family' company to play stand-in roles in other people's lives. Along the way, he finds surprising connections and unexpected joys within his built-in family.
While Frodo and Sam edge closer to Mordor with the help of the shifty Gollum, the divided fellowship makes a stand against Sauron's new ally, Saruman, and his hordes of Isengard.
After the death of her husband, Tabatha - a young, tattooed, rebellious horse trainer - wrestles with financial insecurity and unresolved grief while providing refuge for a group of wayward teenagers on her broken-down ranch in the Badlands.
A little Hobbit from the Shire sets out with eight companions on a journey to destroy the powerful One Ring and save Middle Earth from the Dark Lord Sauron.
A college professor finds herself at a personal and professional crossroads when a star pupil levels an accusation against one of her colleagues and a dark secret from her own past threatens to come to light.
An epic fable inspired by the life of Ann Lee, the founder of the Shakers, a radical religious movement that began in the late 1700s.
Entrusted by his father to a group of gold-miners, an albino child embodies all of their hopes.
When a 15th-century prince denounces God after the loss of his wife he inherits an eternal curse: he becomes a vampire. Condemned to wander the centuries, he defies fate and death, guided by a single hope - to be reunited with his lost love.
In 2075, a 10-year-old girl, Iris, witnesses a mysterious boy in a rainbow suit fall from the sky. It’s Arco. He comes from an idyllic far future where time travel is possible. Iris shelters him and will do whatever it takes to help him return to his time.
Three women striving for freedom in different ways collide at a party in a contemporary reworking of Henrik Ibsen's classic play.
Two women of different generations share similar trauma. After decades of silence for one and months for another, their paths diverge - one stays quiet post-confrontation, one speaks up.
Love, not reason Pawel Pawlikowski, Sandra Hüller, August Diehl and Hanns Zischler discuss Fatherland
The monstrosity of the form Katie Aselton and Mark Duplass on relatable storytelling and Magic Hour
Going off-plan Ben Wheatley on early inspirations, developing his craft and making Normal
The accidental revolutionary Dimitri Planchon and Jean-Paul Guigue discuss artistic evolution and Blaise
Embracing complexity Nigel Santos on the messiness of real life romance, and Open Endings
Alone together Park Joon-ho on loneliness, North Korean experience, gay life and 3670
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