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Two sisters trapped in a shark cage and running out of oxygen have to fight to survive.
A documentary about the shower scene in Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho.
A documentary about journalists sent by their employers to the Mediterranean to cover the unfolding humanitarian tragedy.
A linguist is given the task of helping to communicate with extra-terrestrial beings when they touch down around the globe.
Reality starts to shift after a couple take a break to try to rebuild their marriage.
A paramedic and a junior doctor find themselves on the verge of a break-up.
On the last day of World War Two, A group of Polish resistance fighters make a botched attempt to kill a Soviet commissar. As they wait to try again, one of them falls in love.
His name is Baby and he’s a young and exceptionally talented getaway driver for a criminal gang. Pedal to the metal, music cranked up on his headphones, and flashing lights in the rear-view mirror. Just one last job and Baby can make a fresh start.
Civil War drama about an injured Yankee soldier who seeks refuge in girls' boarding school.
A couple struggle to maintain their culture-clash relationship... and then one of them falls ill.
The complexities of love and relationships as experienced by various visually impaired people.
A TV reporter is tasked with painting memorial portrait for a coworker who died in a tragic accident that he survived. His colleague’s daughter becomes his guide.
After the death of his lover, Thomas heads to Israel – the birthplace of the man he adored. He becomes a pastry chef for the widow of the deceased.
A teenager faces choices as he comes of age.
Niko's life is falling apart but all he really wants is a cup of coffee.
Two people meet by chance and forge a connection.
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A grieving mother sets out to contact her dead chiild.
Documentary about the American filmmaker.
Documentary about the practice of exorcism and how it fits in the modern world.
An innocent out to prove his manhood meets a pair of femmes fatales.
A teenager who moves to a small town decides to tackle bullying attitudes by running for homecoming queen.
This is the story of a ghost and the house he haunts.
Young sheep farmer Johnny numbs his daily frustrations with binge drinking and casual sex, until the arrival of a Romanian migrant worker offers the promise of something else.
Crime caper sees a bank robber try to evade capture.
Story of a bourgeois family, set against the backdrop of the Calais refugee crisis.
Drama about lives connected by an organ transplant.
Three teenage punks gatecrash a party on the Queen's jubilee night in London and have an unexpected experience that feels out of this world
An estranged father and son get to know each other on a road trip from hell.
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Revenge thriller set in the aftermath of a bombing.
Musical about the French heroine.
A personal look at French cinema, the films, directors and composers.
The unlikely love story of two people who meet in a support group.
A fragile young woman falls for her psychotherapist... and his twin.
Isabelle, single mum, divorced artist with one child, is looking for love. True love at last.
A woman embarks on an affair with a colonel suspected of human rights abuses.
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A young peasant makes a difficult journey in the hope of creating a better life for his loved ones.
A man faces losing custody of his son after the death of his wife.
A Syrian director dusts off memories of the past, when people were persecuted for their political beliefs.
When, less than two decades since the war ended in Yugoslavia, a diverse group of veterans gathers at a remote mountain hotel to undergo days of therapy, it’s hard to expect absolute harmony.
A radical female ‘army of lovers’ is preparing itself to fight for a world without men.
Gaza lives with his father Ahad on the shores of the Aegean Sea. The intelligent kid would like to continue his studies, but Ahad sees his son’s future differently. He gets Gaza to help with his side business – smuggling refugees from the Mideast.
A peasant girl's unrequited love plays out against a backdrop of pagan ritual and myth.
A middle-aged restaurateur befriends a young refugee.
Five men, five stories.
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Jelena wants to end her life and she’s only got a week to sort things out... a situation that proves difficult.
A screening of James Whale's Frankenstein alters how an impressionable young girl sees her world in 1940s Spain.
An elderly woman is convinced she knows what lies behind a spate of mysterious crimes... but nobody will believe her.
A lone man spends years obsessively searching for his kidnapped niece until it becomes unclear what he might do if he finds her.
Scottish teenager becomes drug dealer to give his mum, who is in jail, a proper home.
A Terminator robot comes back in time to protect a boy from another, more advanced killer robot.
A British film crew in the Second World War makes a propaganda film.
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Story of a blind teenager who yearns for independence.
An FBI agent teams with the town's veteran game tracker to investigate a murder that occurred on a Native American reservation.
A group of German construction workers on a job in Bulgaria begin to compete for the approval of the locals.
A stylised portrait of an authentic Czech neo-Nazi, who hates his life but doesn’t know what to change.
Filming sensations Mathieu Amalric on Pierre Léon, Jeanne Balibar and the sounds and colours of Barbara
Character arc Seth A Smith on filming with a two-year-old and bringing marbling to life in The Crescent
Keeping up appearances Marcello Martinessi on cultural conservatism and filmmaking honesty in The Heiresses
A different space Kelly Macdonald on working with Marc Turtletaub on Puzzle
Out of the past Susanna Nicchiarelli on Trine Dyrholm and the costume design in Nico, 1988
The iconic man Jonathan Baker on Becoming Iconic and Inconceivable
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