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A documentary about the underbelly of Barbie's Dreamhouse, intimately exploring the peculiar ways in which people have embraced Barbie throughout history.
A portrait of artist Orla Barry, who returned to Ireland after many years working in Brussels, planning to do a bit of sheep farming on the side, and fell in love with the sheep.
After mysteriously inheriting an abandoned coastal property, Ben and his family accidentally unleash an ancient, long-dormant creature that terrorised the entire region-including his own ancestors-for generations.
In Japan, people still struggle to cope with the legacy of the 2011 tsunami, whilst on the Hawaiian island of Kaho’olawe, volunteers collect Japanese debris from the beaches.
The appetiser is an introduction, the dessert is a farewell in this story of an indelible bond forged between a promising young filmmaker and an iconic actress.
Filmed over eight years, this documentary follows drivers who smuggle Palestinian workers in and out of Israel risking jail in the process.
When a vice detective finds his ex-wife murdered and his daughter kidnapped by a Satanic cult, he quits the police force, gets tattoos and infiltrates the cult to hunt down its charismatic leader, with the help of a recovering drug addict who has an agenda of her own.
Is nuclear energy the solution to the climate crisis? Whether it is the only carbon-neutral technology capable of tackling the crisis or a fatally convenient stopgap, time is running out.
An investigation of the horrific discovery of the bodies of 796 mothers and babies in Tuam, seeking to establish exactly what happened and why.
A young rapper leaves behind his surrogate family and sets out on an expedition across Texas, contemplating new and old friendships.
Two brothers make a pilgrimage to the place where, as children, they dared each other to ride the ghost train, with awful consequences.
Stranded on a crumbling rig in Baja, a family faces off against a vengeful megalodon shark.
After Fang, a mean dinosaur, attacks the brave king of the dinosaurs, the king’s son, a young T-Rex, vows to train hard until he is finally strong enough to challenge Fang and restore peace to Green Valley.
A young alcoholic woman agrees to attend an AA meeting with her partner. When she unexpectedly runs into her estranged mother, she's forced to confront demons from her past.
Two sisters join a coach tour from Denmark to Paris, one of them unable to speak French and the other pushed well outside her comfort zone as she struggles to cope with schizophrenia.
During a pandemic, a pregnant restaurateur tries to rob a priceless truffle from a reclusive veteran.
A Shaolin martial artist travels to an island fortress to spy on an opium lord - who is also a former monk from his temple - under the guise of attending a fighting tournament.
Nurit, a criminal profiler, is recruited by Israel’s secret service to interrogate a young Palestinian woman who assassinated a government minister. Over the course of their meetings, Nurit realises some uncomfortable truths.
Trouble brews for a man on his release from jail and only worsens after he buys his girlfriend a dream dress.
Sonya is a super-busy, sought-after model and dating doesn't really fit her lifestyle. A one-night stand with a clumsy but considerate man might just change her perspective.
When a hiker gets lost in the desert, a gang of feral children propelled by haunting legacies traps him in a sadistic battle for survival with a frightening endgame.
An Afghan journalist embarks on a journey to find out who murdered her family 30 years ago, only to uncover hundreds of civilians killed in a secretive American-backed program.
A new father strives to protect his baby for the 21 days during which it is vulnerable to spiritual attack.
A burnt-out chef struggles to navigate her growing resentment towards her romantic partner, a fledgling painter.
When Jack and Beata Kowalski are wrongfully accused of child abuse after their 10-year-old daughter Maya visits the ER, a nightmare unfolds.
After discovering his wife’s affair, Ray Jepsen plans to kill himself, but fate intervenes. Through a bizarre turn of events, he is mistaken for a low-rent hired killer and decides to become one.
A young professional dominant gets a surprise just when he's trying to impress the boss in a new job.
When embittered Sámi elder Je’vida returns to her childhood home to ready it for sale, she is flooded with the memories of a life shaped by deep systemic racism and the unyielding love of her grandfather, leading to a life-changing epiphany.
Alien mind control leads to famous monsters destroying Earth's major cities - and that's just the start of it.
A young British widow shelters an old medical school colleague, a man who has somehow turned himself invisible, and who is beginning to lose his moral compass.
A documentary looking at how different kinds of knowledge are being brought together to deal with the escalating problem of wildfires in the US.
Invisible immortals watch over their human subjects and intervene in (or interfere with) their lives.
In Taliban controlled Afghanistan, Laili walks into a Chadari store in Kabul to buy her first full body veil and face a new future.
1987: While the other students wonder if new kid Robin is a boy or a girl, Robin forges a complicated bond with the school bully, making increasingly dangerous choices to fit in.
An eight-year-old explores her identity over a summer in the Basque country.
A young teenager falls in love with an older girl while on holiday.
When a lost hiker stumbles upon an erratic old man living in the woods, he could never have imagined the nightmare that awaits.
A world-weary detective is hired to investigate the murder of a West Point cadet. Stymied by the cadets' code of silence, he enlists one of their own to help unravel the case - a young man whom the world would come to know as Edgar Allan Poe.
12-year-old Nino is assaulted for being homosexual. In an effort to protect the boy, his parents move the family to a small rural village.
The story of the young woman caught in the middle when her rapist was released due to police failings in the case which led to the creation of Miranda rights.
A girl begins to question the world around her through her friendship with her gay best friend.
Following an unpleasant run in at the beach, teenagers Oscar and Iben are left behind by their friends. When one of them makes a friendly gesture, they experience an unexpected connection.
An oddball group of cops, criminals, tourists and teens converge on a Georgia forest where a huge black bear goes on a murderous rampage after unintentionally ingesting cocaine.
A forensic examination of the Vermeer paintings collected for the 2023 Rijksmuseum exhibition, also exploring emerging information about the stories behind them.
Liam is a scientific researcher who has been unstuck in time, as his jumps through time get more extreme, he is guided to the future by a mysterious old man where he witnesses the end of the world that he may have caused.
Based on a major exhibition at the Ashmolean in Oxford, Tokyo Stories spans 400 years of incredibly dynamic art - ranging from the delicate woodblock prints of Hokusai and Hiroshige, to Pop Art posters, contemporary photography, manga, film, and brand-new artworks.
A mother, worried that her daughter has developed symptoms of a fatal genetic disease, takes her to the family farm, deep in the woods, so they can spend some time together - but does she have another motive?
A comatose five-year-old girl journeys through a dark industrial dreamscape, following her mother’s voice on a transistor radio to find her way back to consciousness.
A documentary exploring the mystery behind the infamous 1985 heist of Willem de Kooning’s seminal painting, Woman-Ochre.
A meticulous horticulturist who is devoted to tending the grounds of a beautiful estate and pandering to his employer, the wealthy dowager, is persuaded to take on her great niece as an apprentice.
Putting a festival in the frame Georgis Grigorakis on shooting a hybrid documentary about Thessaloniki Film Festival
Encouraging reel growth How Spanish/Greek co-production Yerma took root at the Evia Project
Age and urgency Daniel Talbott and Andrew Klaus-Vineyard on Welcome To Tool Shed
Little games Alicia Scherson on adapting Bolaño and making The Summer War
Without context Matt Eames on declining political discourse, life without social media, and Deepfake
Such a suff'ring Joe Fria on exploring his personal fears in Shadows Of Willow Cabin
Sacred and profane Hannah Peterson on adapting David Hornsby's Via Negativa
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The Evia Project Event returns for a 5th year with focus on the forest
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