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Portrait of the ACT UP activist group, a direct action collective aiming to impact the lives of people with AIDS.
A documentary about the shower scene in Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho.
True story of the tennis match between Billie Jean King and Bobby Riggs.
The star's own words are used to tell his life story.
A young girl in Afghanistan disguises herself as a boy in order to provide for her family.
A filmmaker investigates her sister's death from prescribed medication and asks if the pharmaceutical industry is culpable in relation to thousands of other such cases.
After leaving prison, a thief crosses paths with a notorious escapee and an alcoholic former policeman. The trio proceed to plot a heist.
A documentary about travelling cinemas in India.
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When a live-in maid's path crosses that of a travelling salesman, her life will change forever.
A teenager decides to become the first female eagle huntress.
A transgender woman fights for the right to grieve after the death of her partner.
A woman who uses clothes as an emotional crutch discovers her life isn't as ideal as she thought.
Ricardo, a grieving father, and Carolina, a cynical young woman, meet in a notorious Portuguese suicide forest, where a mutual fascination develops.
Story of a singer who finds herself in desperate circumstances after her son has an accident.
The story of a precocious six-year-old and her rag-tag group of close friends whose carefree lives contrast with those of their struggling parents.
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A teenage boy tries to integrate a surgeon into his broken family but his motives become increasingly sinister.
A battle royal in the city of teenage ninjas with special powers and a fine line in witty dialogue in the plastic world of Lego.
A couple go looking for their young son after he disappears during one of their bitter rows.
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A man faces losing custody of his son after the death of his wife.
When a murdered man gasps out her name, is our heroine's remarkable survival story finally at an end?
A young woman goes on an adventure with a demi-god.
After her boyfriend commits suicide, Samantha Morton runs away to Spain with her best pal.
A young woman chooses between two men as China is torn between its traditional values and a capitalist future.
The Islamic revolution of 1979 banned female singers from appearing in public in Iran. Now Ayat Najafi tries to revive tradition, planning an evening of Iranian and French female soloists to rebuild shattered cultural bridges - but can it work?
A woman on the run stops in at the wrong motel.
The story of Salim Shaheen, the most prolific and popular actor-director-producer in Afghanistan.
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Classic short film about a boy and his friendship with a balloon.
The life of a castaway on a desert island.
An insight into the anguish of a young boy in the wake of a tragic accident.
An art exhibit invites passers by to altruism, but things don't go as planned for its curator.
Disney classic about a wicked queen's attempts to slay "the fairest of them all".
Documenting world champion Craig MacLean's preparation for a cycle race.
Seven years after a killer is jailed, a murder occurs in town - is it a copycat or has the wrong man been jailed?
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Ben and Rose are children from two different eras who secretly wish their lives were different. Both set out on quests.
The much-anticipated film based on Lionel Shriver's Orange Prize-winning novel about a mother at odds with her dangerous son.
Sexual repression and coming of age prove a dangerous mix for a small community.
A tormented assassin tries to rescue a girl but trouble lies ahead.
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