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A granddaughter visits her ailing grandma in a hospital during a flood, bringing back fond memories of the past - spilling over into fantastical visions in the present - as an ancient tale comes to life.
In one parallel coming of age story, Kaan is faced with being uprooted from home; in the other, Berke is faced with bullying.
Millions of rescue dogs from the rural US South have been transported to new homes thanks to the tireless efforts of a grassroots network of dog rescuers. This documentary looks at how it works.
Drama about a New York Times investigation into sexual harassment in Hollywood.
A detective investigates a man's death in the mountains.
A man who was was a found in the forest and raised by a foster family begins to question his origins after an encounter with a stranger.
Determined to disrupt the wedding of his ex-girlfriend by bankrupting her family, underachieving, wanna-be rapper Vinny and his neighborhood pals concoct a plan to steal her family’s jewels from a supermarket safe.
It's Christmas Eve and Tori just wants to get drunk and party, but when a robotic Santa Claus at a nearby toy store goes haywire and begins a rampant killing spree through her small town, she's forced into a battle for survival.
An 18-year-old foster home resident becomes the key witness in a sexual abuse scandal which rocks Chilean politics.
1994, Rwanda. As the genocide rages on, a pastor and his young daughter take shelter in the hut of a feared shaman.
The story of artist Nan Goldin and the downfall of the Sackler family, the pharmaceutical dynasty often blamed for the US opioid epidemic.
A sixtysomething housewife reevaluates her life as she rediscovers her passion for cooking and falls for a chef.
After injuring him in a car crash, a man tries to care for his best friend in his remote house but the tension between them grows.
Maren, a young woman, learns how to survive on the margins of society.
Stop-motion musical version of the tale of the puppet who wanted to be a real boy.
A young woman commits to standing by her husband after he is diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumour.
The ghost of a sadistic nobleman attempts to rekindle his romance with his terrorised, masochistic former lover, who is unwillingly engaged to his brother.
Architect Alicia, a Mexican in Panama, can’t quite seem to fit in anywhere. The only constant in her life is the 14-year-old boy Alexis, who looks after the cars parked on her street... but tragedy is about to strike.
At the beginning of the 20th century, the great comic actor Eduardo Scarpetta was the king of the box office but when he decided to stage a tragedy, trouble ensued...
A group of teenage girls living in the sleepy hamlet of Pangnirtung, Nunavut, discover an impending alien invasion and set out to defend their homeland.
A documentary about long term political prisoners who, though they ‘converted’ through coercion, still hope for repatriation to North Korea.
Karen is an entitled middle-aged woman whose demanding nature has alienated her neighbours and family. One Christmas Eve, she receives an 'intervention' from some unconventional spirits.
Drama based on the filmmaker's own experiences as a gay man in Marine Corps basic training following a decade of living on the streets.
A young woman with Down syndrome refuses to be defined by disability and takes control of her own life. Her ambition is to become a qualified motor mechanic.
Two young business partners are invited to a week-long yachting voyage with a potential investor. At night, Jennifer's dreams begin to bleed into reality as the others realise that Jennifer may have unknowingly brought something on-board.
A group of celebrities are scheduled to appear at a concert in a village hall. An elderly man and his choir of schoolchildren, fearing that the celebrities will steal their limelight, take drastic measures to stop their appearance…by murdering them.
Timothée meets an almost unbelievable character while shooting a short film. As time goes on their jovial and eccentric talks become something far more sinister.
The journey to womanhood of rebel and misfit Emily Brontë.
A wealthy game hunter invites a group of people to his remote mansion, suspecting one of them to be a werewolf. What follows is part action thriller, part Gothic whodunnit.
A documentary about the mass migration of elephants to Botswana after it made hunting them illegal, and the family who found their tourist lodge on the front line when the new arrivals sought water.
October 1992. A group of law students head to a remote home upstate where a girl disappeared two years earlier.
A documentary study of the polar bears who draw tourists to Churchill, Manitoba.
Six strangers are invited to a dinner party by a charming and enigmatic host, lured by the promise of substantial financial reward if they last the whole evening.
A father and daughter move to a small town in rural Ohio only to discover that it's run by a Satanist cult.
Two sisters who live in the woods with their mother, going out only by night, begin to doubt that the world is really as dangerous as she claims.
In the Fifties and Sixties, deep in the American countryside at the foot of the Catskills, a small wooden house with a barn behind it was home to the first clandestine network of cross-dressers.
A dramatisation of the historical Battle of Myeongnyang and its star naval admiral Yi Sun-sin, who led a small fleet to improbable victory over a much larger Japanese fleet.
When 13-year-old Tommy loses his father to a drug raid, he embarks on an urban odyssey guided by a phone sex operator and with the help of his two best friends.
Following the death of his wife, Santoshi has sunk into depression and debt, much to the consternation of his daughter, high school student Kaede. To ease their debt, Santoshi tells Kaede he will track down a serial killer and collect the reward, but Santoshi disappears and Kaede must find out what happened to him.
The story of Opportunity, the Mars Exploration Rover affectionately dubbed Oppy by her creators and scientists at NASA. Oppy was originally expected to live for only 90 days but she ultimately explored Mars for nearly 15 years.
A lonely and grumpy Holocaust survivor convinces himself that his new neighbour is none other than Adolf Hitler. Not being taken seriously, he commences an independent investigation in an effort to prove his claim.
An afternoon in the life of Emily, a female white supremacist and elementary school teacher.
Two detectives begin an investigation into a disastrous secret military experiment where five prisoners were kept awake for 30 days in a sealed bunker.
A coming-of-golden-age look at Florida's most dedicated dance team for women over 60, shaking up the outdated image of "the little old lady," and calling for everyone to dance their hearts out, while they still can.
Following the disappearance of a child and a monstrous encounter, a family disintegrates, but the missing girl's brother keeps on hunting for the truth.
A nun prepares to perform an exorcism and comes face to face with a demonic force with mysterious ties to her past.
A young German soldier's terrifying experiences and distress on the western front during World War I.
A young woman returns to her home town and is persuaded to help an old friend engage in witchcraft.
A young woman studies criminal law and advocates for women's rights and at night she performs in front of a live sex cam. One night watching a film awakens her dark impulses for a more dangerous means of sexual gratification.
A young couple leave behind their party lifestyle and find tranquility in an isolated rental cabin only to realise they have checked into a sinister nightmare as the locals reveal the true reason for their solitude.
Conflicted characters Alexis Manenti on Too Many Beasts and Flesh And Fuel
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
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