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Probation officer Cathy Madden is given the task of rehabilitating notorious killer ‘Bloody’ Mary Laidlaw back into society after 20 years in prison. Cathy has always believed that every client deserves a shot at redemption, but her beliefs are firmly tested when two children disappear near Mary’s farm.
In a zombie-infested Australian wasteland, soldier Rhys has dedicated his life to tracking and capturing survivors for the Surgeon General in hopes of finding a cure.
In a North Dublin housing estate Char's mother goes missing. When she returns, Char is determined to uncover the truth of her disappearance and unearth the dark secrets of her family.
A teenage Scottish surfing champ prepares to ride a dangerous Irish big wave.
A surreal coming of age tale set in the barren gangland town of Mauchton, Scotland.
What starts out as girls weekend away in the Mojave desert becomes a tale of horror, death and alien invasion.
An exhausted scientist working on a desperate project to save humanity is required to take leave on a country farm in order to recover her mental faculties.
Events leading up to the 1996 Port Arthur massacre on Tasmania are explored in an attempt to understand why and how the atrocity occurred.
Kate is sleepwalking through life when a chance sexual encounter with a charismatic stranger awakens her.
Makoto Kashiba is an elite bank clerk and works for a big bank at its Tokyo HQ. Due to a minor mistake, he is demoted to a small branch office in a country town. He is devastated by his situation. There, he meets beautiful Yoshino Ikoma, who runs a goldfish scooping store. Makoto falls in love with her at first sight.
An American filmmaking couple retreat to the island for the summer to write screenplays for their upcoming films in an act of pilgrimage to the place that inspired Bergman. As the summer and their screenplays advance, the lines between reality and fiction start to blur against the backdrop of the island's wild landscape.
After 40 years of solitude, a spirited elderly hermit opens up his life to young director as he tackles ill health, a declining memory, and questions as to whether or not he can live out his last years in the wilderness he calls home.
Documentary portrait of the band behind Take On Me.
In her last year of secondary school, a bright Indonesian student is determined to pursue her education and resist getting married, despite the expectations of her community.
An ageing proprietor of a technology company has dedicated his whole life to his work, so it comes as a big blow when he discovers that payments to suppliers have been held up for months. But what can he do when the firm’s accountant is nowhere to be seen?
The story of four Zimbabwean men who form their country’s first Wine Tasting Olympics team and the mission that drives them to compete.
An amnesiac drifter accepts a strange job from his old landlord: to look after his niece, a psychologically troubled woman living in an abandoned house on an isolated island.
A fictionalised take on the massacre of Kalavryta in which a survivor tells his tale decades after the fact.
A bereaved social worker with psychic powers is persuaded to intervene after discovering a spirit haunting a troubled family.
In a world where the government records and taxes dreams, an unassuming dream auditor gets swept up in a cosmic journey through the life and dreams of an ageing eccentric named Bella. Together, they must find a way back home.
A young woman hopes to find peace when she goes to stay with her friend and her friend's boyfriend, but everyone has a secret.
A Native American boxer embarks on the fight of her life when she goes in search of her missing sister.
Out in public, Ivy is a New Orleans lounge singer trying to make a name for herself. When alone, though, she suffers from a terrifying eating disorder. And the more she hides her struggles, the stronger her inner demons become.
A woman with limited hopes toils in a rundown motel in rural Poland, as a maid, and is befriended by a visiting truck driver.
After witnessing the apparent abduction of her mother by aliens as a child, Aurora joins the UFO cult The Cosmic Dawn.
On the eve of New York City's controversial 'No Dancing' law getting repealed, the lives of several strangers are forever changed by a shooting at a historic jazz bar in Harlem.
A blow-up sex doll develops a sense of self and begins to explore the world around her.
Phases of Matter follows living and inanimate residents of a teaching hospital in Istanbul, moving from the operating room to the morgue, between life and other states, the real and the virtual.
Karloff, examining his illustrious 60-year career in the entertainment industry and his enduring legacy as one of the icons of 20th century popular culture.
Eloise, an aspiring fashion designer, is mysteriously able to enter the 1960s where she encounters a dazzling wannabe singer, Sandie. But the glamour is not all it appears to be.
A drama-therapy project working with six men in Kansas City, Missouri, who were abused by Catholic priests as children.
When an outlaw discovers his enemy is being freed from jail he rounds up his gang to seek revenge.
Conned into buying a shady '65 Chrysler, Mike's first date with the girl-next door, Kelsey, implodes as he finds himself targeted by criminals, cops, and a crazy cat lady. A night fuelled by desire, bullets and burning rubber makes any other first date seem like a walk in the park.
A group of teenagers at an elite boarding school become convinced that a ghost is coming for them.
A strange woman as she travels to a secluded, rural town where her violent compulsions are slowly revealed.
Life in a town at war seen through the eyes of three young girls on the path to adolescence.
A New York Times documentary exploring the post-election attack on the US Capitol building by supporters of Donald Trump.
A young man gets taken under the wing of his bar-owning uncle.
A biopic about Aretha Franklin.
On the cusp of his 30th birthday, a promising young theatre composer navigates love, friendship and the pressures of life as an artist in New York City.
When an ex-con's decides to try and rehabilitate himself by returning a lost bag of coins and exploiting the media attention, nothing goes to plan.
An accomplished wit who is fearful of rejection because of his physical appearance writes letters to help another man win the heart of the woman he loves in this musical version of the classic play.
New York in the 1980s. Seventeen-year-old David, who is tentatively beginning to express his homosexuality in the East Village gay scene, gradually starts to question the strict rules of his Jewish community.
A legally blind housesitter turns to a mobile app service for help when the remote mansion she’s looking after is targeted by a gang of thieves.
One Halloween night, a deliveryman accidentally drops the heart he is supposed to deliver. He cannot find the heart in the smoke and gives up. The heart continues to beat where it fell in the town of chimneys.
Two sex workers meet in a Berlin brothel. In a place where the female body is a commodity, they experience moments of happiness.
A young woman sold to a brothel finds true love only to risk losing it again.
A college student's day takes an unexpected turn when her sugar daddy arrives at the shiva she's attending with his accomplished wife and crying baby.
The Guerrasio family and their friends gather to celebrate Claudio and Carmela’s oldest daughter’s 18th birthday. There is a healthy rivalry between the birthday girl and her 16-year-old sister Chiara, as they compete on the dancefloor. It is a happy occasion, and the close-knit family is in top form. However, everything changes the next day when Claudio disappears...
The story of young footballer Martin Bengtsson and his time at Inter Milan.
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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