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After her father's death, Alyson, her partner Richard and their baby return to her childhood home.
A hospital psychiatrist's own sanity is pushed to the edge when a frightened amnesiac patient insists that he has died and brought something terrible back from the other side.
An ageing rock musician is drawn to a young man he thinks has unusual talent, but the young man has a hidden agenda of his own.
A documentary about a group of Brighton women opposed to the secrecy and expense of the traditional funeral industry, they help the bereaved to be involved with the preparation of their loved one’s body and create bespoke funeral arrangements that are meaningful and personal to the deceased.
An ominous, bloody help note finds its way to the desk of a seasoned 'dead letter' investigator at a 1980's Midwestern post office, leading him down a violent, unforeseen path to a kidnapped keyboard engineer and his demented business associate.
An ex-army man strolls into town, seeking revenge on his disabled brother's assailants.
A man explains what it's like to be dead.
When a poker game is robbed, an ambitious young player and his girlfriend find themselves in a situation where the stakes are suddenly much higher.
A family planning a quiet weekend away at a cabin in the woods get more than they bargained for when they find a mysterious woman unconscious in the snow outside.
A woman alone in the middle of a snowy wilderness discovers that a teenager has been kidnapped and that she may be the only person who can save her.
Twin gynaecologists take full advantage of the fact that nobody can tell them apart, until their relationship begins to deteriorate over a woman.
Through the description of the daily lives of the now elderly survivors of the Jiabiangou Forced Labor Camp, this documentary seeks to expose the truth about the political campaigns of the late 1950s that led so many people to suffer or to die.
A young woman lost in a series of meaningless connections falls in love with a charismatic and sensitive man, who hides a dark secret that turns her affair into a dangerous obsession.
A Deaf man trains to become the Santa Claus he longed to meet when he was a child.
The filmmaker documents 15 years of his life, including aspects of his transition and his subsequent pregnancy.
A devout communist witnesses a government shooting during a strike - which changes her life forever.
A couple find themselves in unexpected danger after arriving at a holiday rental property.
A documentarian who has noticed unexpected activity on her webcam embarks on a series of video calls to find out why.
When world-famous photographer Thomas Hoepker was diagnosed with Alzheimer's Disease, he and his wife decided to take a road trip across the US, his home for 40 years.
The story of the United States Postal Service Operation Santa programme that aims to make children's wishes come true.
A Japanese man and Taiwanese-American wife's immigrant life unravels when their son disappears. The kidnapping reveals hidden secrets, testing their emotional limits and moral boundaries.
Brodie resurrects his bandmates to win the battle-of-the-bands and reacquire his girlfriend. His uncontrollable undead bandmate raises an army of costumed corpses. Brodie must stop the zombie horde before it ruins his musical dreams and love life.
Exploring the hidden history of the Nazi genocide of the Roma.
When a ruthless warrior named Deathstalker steals a mysterious amulet from a dying man, he’s unwillingly thrust into a quest to stop the dark sorcerer Necromemnon and save the world from destruction.
In a fictional meta-critique on trans representation, a transgender actor struggles with what it means to be seen after the beloved captain of his lesbian bowling league dies and a mysterious stranger shows up at the funeral.
The rivalry between two ageing actresses only becomes more bitter when they acquire the gift of eternal youth.
A dejected bartender and an aging drag queen try to survive the eccentric and hostile nightlife of a corrupt city, as a masked maniac slaughters young gay men and drains them of blood.
Two agents tour a facility experimenting on serial killers on the same day that its security system breaks down.
Recently released from prison, Billy will do whatever it takes to save the only person who has stuck by him, his mother Grace who desperately needs a liver transplant and she is all out of legal options.
An ageing composer becomes obsessed with a beautiful teenage boy as cholera ravages the City of Bridges.
A young journalist finds herself in possession of leaked information which could expose a scandal linking South Africa's present day politics to its brutal past - and pursuing the story puts her life in danger.
Three African American siblings on the run from the police take refuge at an abandoned Tennessee Ranch, unaware their hideout is on the hunting grounds of a cannibalistic Ku Klux Klan cult
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.
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.
An incident on a submarine leads to a crisis in which a city is threated by bombs which will go off if sound levels nearby get too high.
50 years ago, assemblyman George Michaels cast a single vote on New York's abortion bill that changed the course of American history but destroyed his political career in the process.
A detective investigates a man's death in the mountains.
Driving home drunk one snowy Catskills night, Kurt Miller accidentally kills 14 year-old Echo Allen sledding in the dark. As Kurt desperately tries to cover up the crime and his tracks, Echo's mother is looking for her missing child - and her child is looking for her.
A married woman faces emotional turmoil after she falls for another man.
Miners are forced to take a professor underground with them, to take samples for his measurements. After a landslide prevents them from going back up, they discover a crypt from another time, unknowingly waking up a bloodthirsty creature.
The fate of the planet's last untouched wilderness, the deep ocean, is under threat as a secretive organisation is about to allow massive extraction of seabed metals to address the world's energy crisis.
A girl strays into the dreamy deep sea world. In the deepest part of the sea, all secrets are hidden.
Two escaped convicts chained together, white and black, must learn to get along in order to elude capture.
Two bank staff rob their own establishment.
A woman who has recently fled a cult takes a job as a carer and becomes convinced that her charge is in danger from devils.
Upon the death of her grandfather, a woman and her husband return to her birthplace in the Black Forest, only to find a terrifying secret awaiting them.
Benji meets Jake at an airport check-out gate and is immediately intrigued. Jake is fit, elusive, dominant and, as Benji happily suspects, ‘a bit gay’. Cue monthly getaways to Amsterdam, a lot of sex and the creeping emergence of a doomed power dynamic.
A disillusioned field surgeon suffering from PTSD makes a man out of body parts and brings him to life in a Brooklyn loft.
A photographer on a road trip meets a carefree young couple and finds himself in danger.
When a live-in maid's path crosses that of a travelling salesman, her life will change forever.
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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