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A high school wrestler becomes a driver for a call girl with a violent pimp.
The story of artist Nan Goldin and the downfall of the Sackler family, the pharmaceutical dynasty often blamed for the US opioid epidemic.
A short documentary following correspondent Steve Hartman and photographer Lou Bopp as they embark on a seven-year-long project to document the empty bedrooms of children killed in school shootings.
Conflicted by his mother's new relationship and his best friend's crush on him, Bruno, a pyromaniac teenager, escapes from the city. He sets off on a journey in search of a girl he met online who will push him to confront his father's death and the doubts about his sexuality, but not before leaving all his fires behind.
A documentary about the 'father of modern plastics', Leo Hendrik Baekeland.
A personal exploration of LGBTQ women's communities, cultures, and social justice work through the lens of the physical spaces they create, from bars to bookstores to arts and political hubs.
A young couple records and collects folk songs in rural Ireland, selling them to a mysterious, rich buyer. When rumours of a song never-before-heard reach the couple, they find themselves in an uneasy alliance with a music professor to discover an ancient song.
A girl is enchanted by a mysterious toyshop.
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.
An archaeologist and an architect fight to re-imagine a future after traumatic brain injury leaves them adrift from the people they love.
A woman meets the girl of her dreams in a library. Everything seems perfect - almost.
A documentary portrait of Alok Vaid-Menon, the internationally acclaimed non-binary author, poet, comedian and public speaker.
A recently widowed traveller is kidnapped by a cold blooded killer, only to escape into the wilderness where she is forced to battle against the elements as her pursuer closes in on her.
Reflection on loneliness through the life of a solitary woman.
A young man enters into a mysterious masculinity therapy, whose objective is to re-balance their relationship. He soon discovers that the leader of this therapy has radical, terrifying views on women and his dangerous methods are highly controversial.
Documentary about youngsters with fluid identities.
As far as 24-year-old Amanda can remember, she has never had friends. It’s the thing she desires most. When she finds out that as infants she and Rebecca had spent a lot of time together, Amanda settles on her new mission: convincing her that they are still best friends.
Concert film about the recording of Aretha Franklin's Amazing Grace album.
A teenager struggles to fit in, finding herself caught between the Chinese and American aspects of her identity.
An investigation that raises new questions about the tragic accident of American Airlines flight 965 on the evening of December 20th, 1995.
Oli becomes an outcast in her small Texas town when she gets pregnant at 15. As she seeks out the suddenly absent teenage father-to-be, Oli confronts the growing isolation from her community.
A seemingly cold-blooded hitman is assigned to befriend a call girl, but all hell breaks loose when he is forced to kill her.
A documentary exploring medical and cultural issues around circumcision in America, and the rise of the Intactivist movement.
An entitled Economics professor pursues a tactic to buy an ailing widow’s mansion for nothing – but he quickly realises his seemingly foolproof strategy won’t be as easy as he thought.
After his wife dies, an elderly man decides to ride across America on his American Dresser motorbike.
English professor and author Thelonious 'Monk' Ellison writes a satirical novel under a pseudonym, with the intention of exposing the hypocrisies of the publishing industry.
Charismatic con man Jason Derek Brown earns a place on the FBI's 10 Most Wanted list after hatching his most elaborate scheme yet.
Members of a young rock band are persuaded to make a sinister deal by an enigmatic stranger.
In 2022, musician Jon Batiste finds himself the most celebrated artist of the year and embarks on composing an original symphony. The year grows more complicated when his life partner, best-selling author Suleika Jaouad, learns that her long-dormant cancer has returned.
After the 2016 election, a politically ambivalent marketing manager gets drawn into the orbit of a racist militia in San Bernardino.
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.
In 1840s England, acclaimed but overlooked fossil hunter Mary Anning and a young woman sent to convalesce by the sea develop an intense relationship, altering both of their lives forever.
In a repressive city-state, a tomboy schoolgirl persuades three classmates at an all-girls school to rebel by forming a triad gang.
A motorcycle club led by Bosnian War veterans finds redemption helping their struggling small town heal and defending the threatened herd of wild horses they first met on the front line.
An elderly gentleman goes for what he assumes will be an ordinary day at the amusement park, only to find himself in the middle of a hellish nightmare instead.
The appearance of a double who starts living her life and fulfilling all of her obligations allows a frustrated woman to adopt total anonymity for the very first time and escape the tight regulations that have constrained her life.
A lesbian couple's relationship comes under strain when they contemplate having a baby.
Rural policewoman Andrea wants to end her marriage and become a detective inspector in the city. After a birthday party, her drunken soon-to-be ex-husband runs out in front of her car. In a state of shock, Andrea commits a hit-and-run.
A documentary which follows Maya Angelou on a visit to Ayrshire where she explores similarities between Robert Burns’ life and her own.
Documentary tracking schoolchildren growing up in Kabul over a period of years.
The Catholic Church calls on its old adversary Robert Langdon to save it from an Illuminati threat.
A mysterious young girl wanders a desolate, otherworldly landscape, carrying a large egg.
Vicaria is a brilliant teenager who believes death is a disease that can be cured. After the brutal and sudden murder of her brother, she embarks on a dangerous journey to bring him back to life.
A surreal coming of age tale set in the barren gangland town of Mauchton, Scotland.
When she meets the perfect boy, 14-year-old Georgia becomes determined to transform her life.
A funeral car cruises the streets of Medellin, while a young director tells the story of his past in this violent and conservative city.
Science-fiction drama about a passenger spaceship lost in the void.
Surrounded by men, 22-year-old Nejma trains hard to fulfill her dream of winning the upcoming annual bull race, but news of a rogue and violent bull on the loose terrifies the community. Young men are being murdered everywhere, and the beast is nowhere to be seen.
A young, pregnant woman finds emancipation as aliens land in Morocco.
A strange creature, Animalia, roams an abandoned building. Dressed in rags and gas mask she moves like an alien dancer, crawling and stretching across concrete, plastic waste. She collects and fills empty bottles for a modest bath.
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
Suspicious minds Rebecca Zlotowski on building past lives and working with Jodie Foster on A Private Life
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Karlovy Vary Keitel, Hoffman and Binoche take the waters as second wave of guests announced
The Evia Project Event returns for a 5th year with focus on the forest
DocFest Winners announced
Tribeca Awards announced
Karlovy Vary 60th anniversary edition to feature Jesse Eisenberg and Maggie Gyllenhaal as guests
