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Twelve-year-old Beans is on the edge: torn between innocent childhood and reckless adolescence; forced to grow up fast and become the tough Mohawk warrior she needs to be during the Oka Crisis, the turbulent Indigenous uprising that tore Quebec and Canada apart for 78 tense days in the summer of 1990.
A penniless Soviet refugee who dreams of making a career in Hollywood at the end of the 1920s falls in love with a wealthy young vampire spending the summer at the seaside with her awkward servant – with unforeseen consequences.
When a boy falls ill at an authoritarian boarding school, his friend struggles to get the staff to take notice.
As cryptozookeepers struggle to capture a Baku (a legendary dream-eating hybrid creature) they begin to wonder if they should display these rare beasts in the confines of a cryptozoo, or if these mythical creatures should remain hidden and unknown.
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A narcotic dream reflecting Iranian national psychosis.
A Manhattan socialite whose inheritance is running out moves to a borrowed apartment in Paris with her son and cat.
The director considers the critical relationship between humans and wild animals and the consequences of climate change.
Tensions ebb and flow as a young woman moves apartment.
Romcom about a manicurist aiming to marry for money. Showing as part of the 2006 EIFF's Mitchell Leisen retrospective.
A mysterious house break in exposes the agony of an exemplary middle class family.
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An addict struggles with his mental health in a makeshift religious rehab centre.
The filmmaker accompanies Filipino boy Reyboy in his last days in a fishing village by the sea before he heads off to school in the city.
In powerful images, alternating between documentary observation and staged sequences, and dense soundscapes, Luiz Bolognesi documents the Indigenous community of the Yanomami and depicts their threatened natural environment in the Amazon rainforest.
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A detainee at the US military's Guantanamo Bay detention centre is held without charges for over a decade and seeks help from a defence attorney for his release.
A company of soldiers hunt for partisans in occupied Soviet territory during the Second World War.
A groundbreaking inside look at the long shot election and tumultuous first term of Larry Krasner, Philadelphia's unapologetic District Attorney, and his experiment to upend the criminal justice system from the inside out.
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A Wuhan-set documentary that focuses on the Yangtze River.
Hedonistic philosopher-cum-delinquent, Antonin gets stuck between five women.
A documentary celebration of Tina Turner.
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A couple who fall in love at first sight, wake the next day with different appearances and struggle to find one another.
An unexpected love triangle, a failed honey trap and an encounter that results from a misunderstanding are the three episodes, told in three movements to depict three female characters and trace the trajectories between their choices and regrets.
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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