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A proud transgender sex worker since the age of 11, Luana Muniz, now 59, shapes a new reality in her 'hostel' by housing a new generation of transgender sex workers in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Against the backdrop of a shared obsession with Bollywood fantasy, Mariam, a Pakistani Muslim woman, and her Canadian-born daughter Azra come of age in two different eras.
A documentary following a child labourer in Goa through the eyes of the Canadian who wants to save her.
Profile of Chelly Wilson, a Christmas-celebrating Jewish grandma, a lesbian who married men, and a proud owner of porn cinemas in 1970s NYC.
A discussion of the sometimes inspiring yet often troubled history of queer female representation on television.
A documentary looking at the persecution of lgbt people in post-war Iraq.
Trailblazing artists, activists, and everyday people from across the spectrum of gender and sexuality defy social norms and dare to live unconventional lives in this kaleidoscopic view of LGBTQ culture in contemporary Japan.
In 1938, Philippine President Manuel L Quezon agrees to welcome Jewish refugees from Germany in the Philippines.
A coffee cup falls in love with his drinker only to realize she may not be as loyal as he assumed.
Drama about two sisters after they are reunited following their father's stroke.
A man wakes up to discover a cosmic 'event' has apparently destroyed the rest of the human race.
Quetzalcoatl moves to New York City and takes up residence atop the Chrysler Building.
Following her father's suicide and breaking up with her boyfriend, Catherine seeks refuge with her friend Virginia, but the young woman's shaky grasp on reality strains their relationship to breaking point.
A veteran correspondent goes native in pre-Vietnam War Saigon.
A bereaved husband decides to spend each day waiting for his daughter outside her school, discovering a new world in the process.
After her friend fails to turn up to meet her, a young woman visiting New York receives help from a stranger and a tentative friendship forms.
Wile E Coyote uses a segway to help him in his pursuit of the Road Runner in this 3D animated short.
Documentary charts the problems of mass extinction.
Blackly comic drama about the strain of coping with ageing parents in a long troubled family.
After a car crash a man is left with no memory... and discovers the horrible truth: anyone who comes within a 50-foot radius of him dies instantly.
An archaeologist takes his kids to explore the remains of a Viking expedition, but what they find is something much more ancient - and still alive.
A railway worker in China in the Forties leads a group of men against the Japanese to obtain food for the poor.
A look inside the quiet revolution being led by ordinary people working the land and sea in the US.
When a groom catches his bride to be cheating on him, his best friend offers to take him on honeymoon instead.
A wayward biopic of one of history's most astonishing and controversial figures.
A passionate anarchist who believes in living in the moment comes into conflict with the strangely reticent woman wth whom he falls in love.
A documentary about the history of Baltimore, told by the rats who make up most of its mammalian population.
Two aging wizards feud over a woman.
70 years after being diagnosed with terminal cancer, Marc becomes the first resuscitated cryogenic body. But readjusting to life as a human lab rat proves difficult.
A documentary about a young man preparing for surgery as his mother comes to terms with the fact that he's transgender.
Plagues, pestilence and another faithless person of the cloth.
A high flying lawyer develops a habit of using escort services, putting his marriage and career in danger.
A wedding goes awry when the guests inexplicably start snacking on each other.
Small but sinister events in a quiet widow's life hint at the ghosts of the Cultural Revolution.
Bittersweet personal stories interconnect in a high school in Rome.
A mysterious stranger with extreme religious views turns a seasonal family gathering upside down.
An investigation into a mysterious cluster of illnesses in Lanarkshire, near the site of the Ravenscraig Steelworks.
A documentary about the films caught up in Hollywood's hunt for Communist infiltrators.
A coma victim with psychic powers hunts down the medical students who tormented him.
The life of a castaway on a desert island.
A man approaching a mid-life crisis has his life changed by an old friend who lost his family in the 9/11 attacks.
A documentary portrait of an unconventional family.
An imprisoned priest struggles to find personal redemption as he falls in love with a guard and faces suspicion from other inmates.
A documentary looking at a charity medical clinic on a three day visit to rural Tennessee.
Afflicted with a dermatological disease that causes her skin to crumble away, Kira discovers that she can replace that skin with the skin of other women.
A young couple moving into a remote cottage find the villagers unwelcoming and learn that travellers on the moors are meeting with mysterious deaths.
Toxic gas brings the dead back to life just as a group of teenagers are partying in the graveyard.
A man is determined to help his best friend who has come back from the dead.
The story of the Leeds punk band who have somehow managed to keep going since the Seventies, winning serious acclaim along the way.
A celebration of VHS and the genres it enabled to flourish.
Rock star spirit Shane Belcourt on Louis Cameron and Ni-Naadamaadiz: Red Power Rising
Heir presumptive Rob Rice on the power of comedy, political disappointments and Ponderosa
Keeping the rhythm Hugo Ruíz on storytelling techniques, kinky cinema and Dante
From personal to universal Karla Murthy on The Gas Station Attendant and her relationship with her dad
Family reunion Tasha Hubbard on exploring the aftermath of the Sixties Scoop in Meadowlarks
Throwback Adam Rehmeier on the spirit of Seventies cinema and Carolina Caroline
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The Evia Project Event returns for a 5th year with focus on the forest
Tribeca Awards announced
Karlovy Vary 60th anniversary edition to feature Jesse Eisenberg and Maggie Gyllenhaal as guests
Fantasia Second wave of titles announced
Tribeca Artistic director Frédéric Boyer discusses the highlights of this year's edition
