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Daniel has been suspended from active police work and is under internal investigation for violence. When Sara, his internet love affair, stops answering his texts he decides to drive north in search of her.
A father and son clash over their very different approaches to life in a comedy set in a poor urban district of Vietnam.
A queer college freshman who joins her university’s rowing team and undertakes an obsessive physical and psychological journey to make it to the top varsity boat, no matter the cost.
Zimbabwe is at a crossroads. The leader of the opposition MDC party, Nelson Chamisa, challenges the old guard ZANU-PF led by Emmerson Mnangagwa, known as "The Crocodile." The election tests both the ruling party and the opposition – how do they interpret principles of democracy in discourse and in practice?
New York, 1971. Eugene Smith, once a highly sought-after photographer, now lives as a recluse. But then an unexpected trip to the Japanese city of Minamata, where an unscrupulous corporation has been releasing untreated wastewater into the bay, brings new meaning to his life.
A bereaved teenage girl moves to Cape Cod in 1973, and realises that he father is in a relationship with another man.
A Brazilian punk comic book legend comes into conflict with his creator.
Three young men try to make it in a rapidly changing world.
In the near future, a scientist finds herself agreeing to live with a humanoid "partnership robot" in order to fund her research.
A troubled boy finds himself ostracised by local people but forms an unlikely friendship.
How did a group of rebels create the world’s most famous street? In 1969 New York, this “gang” of mission-driven artists, writers and educators catalysed a moment of civil awakening, transforming it into Sesame Street, one of the most influential and impactful television shows in history.
An A-list celebrity is confronted about his past in a story filmed live on stage.
Mercenaries with nothing to lose are hired to rescue a bioengineer imprisoned in a cold war bunker. Upon entering the ominous facility, they find themselves in a fight for their lives when they come under attack from an unknown and deadly creature.
A man hired to photograph a wedding at an estate seized from indigenous people becomes obsessed with the bride to be after discovering she is underage.
A 15-year-old boy is pursued through parallel worlds by a nameless evil - until he finds a version of his family strong enough to help him fight back.
Nishijima Hidetoshi as a stage actor and director happily married to his playwright wife. Then one day the wife disappears.
A 17th-century nun in Italy suffers from disturbing religious and erotic visions. She is assisted by a companion, and the relationship between the two women develops into a romantic love affair.
Nell, Simon and their son Art are ready to welcome friends and family for what promises to be a perfect Christmas gathering. Perfect except for one thing: everyone is going to die.
The tale of an impoverished, alcoholic man and a young boy on a long walk together.
After a freak accident, a disturbed priest is transformed into a mutated killing machine on a mission to wipe out the godless fans of heavy metal music.
Documentary consideration of how NYC's emergency workers dealt with the first wave of the pandemic.
A reimagining of the famous slasher film.
The story of a young man’s heartbreak, liberation and passion for football in Naples, Italy, in the Eighties.
Iris is 17 and takes each day as it comes. When she meets the cool Renata, her life changes abruptly.
An ex-dancer who now needs a wheelchair is given an old wooden antique advent calendar before Christmas. She realises each window contains a surprise that triggers repercussions in real life: some of them good, but most of them bad - so she will have to choose between getting rid of the calendar or walking again - even if it causes death around her
On the eve of the 2020 election, a posse of progressives ride into red country. They have no idea what's waiting for them.
A medical student suffering from sleep paralysis finds herself plagued by a demonic entity, after moving in with her boyfriend.
An evangelical family offers a traveling knife salesman a ride on their way through upstate New York.
A teenager struggles to fit in, finding herself caught between the Chinese and American aspects of her identity.
In the dead of winter, a musician travels to a remote cottage to work on new material, but soon finds herself under attack from a mysterious dark presence.
A documentary about how women got together to assert their rights after facing exploitation in the burgeoning Korean garment industry and at the sewing factories of Pyeonghwa Market in Seoul.
The story of Mississippi basketball legend Lusia 'Lucy' Harris.
A grieving widower is overcome by malevolent forces.
A man is contacted by a version of himself two minutes in the future.
A group of toy store employees must protect each other from a horde of parasite infected shoppers.
Two boys let their imagination run wild in a barren desert, but the fun and games come to a shocking halt.
Two African-American women who can "pass" as white choose to live on opposite sides of the colour line in 1929 New York in an exploration of racial and gender identity, performance, obsession and repression.
A young woman's ghost investigates the mysterious events that led to her own murder.
A documentary about factory workers who have found ways to express their frustration through creativity after being made redundant.
Reflection on loneliness through the life of a solitary woman.
A man who is still living in his girlfriend's apartment after their break-up finds his life transformed in unexpected ways by her photographer father.
A lift technician finds himself drawn into a web of mystery and peril as he investigates the perplexing deadly accidents occurring in the elevators of a new office building.
A vulnerable young boy finds his mother pushed out of the family home by a strange new woman, and he must confront the terrifying supernatural forces that seem to move in with her.
A climber who has recently miscarried after a car accident is determined not to miss out on the world championships, but she begins to receive text messages from what is apparently another, still pregnant version of herself.
This documentary explores a group of gay women songwriters who have successfully navigated the male dominated country music genre and have written number one hits for some of country music's greatest stars.
The story of Ricky Kasso, an American teenager who murdered his friend, Gary Lauwers, in an alleged Satanic sacrifice during the summer of 1984.
In 16th Century England, a cruel witch-hunting magistrate, who often tortures innocent villagers for his entertainment, runs afoul of a witch who conjures a banshee to kill the magistrate and his family.
After his boyfriend leaves him, a young man moves in with his best friend and they spend the summer hanging out on the rooftop.
A Turkish immigrant gravedigger in New York finds himself unable to tell his daughter a painful truth.
A world-famous pianist loses both hands in an accident. He is given new ones - taken from a man executed for murder.
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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