20,000 Species Of Bees
An eight-year-old explores her identity over a summer in the Basque country.
All Of Us Strangers
A screenwriter embarks on a relationship with a neighbour at the same time as making a journey into his troubled past.
Chicken For Linda!
When a mum makes a promise to her daughter after unfairly punishing her, she finds herself having to go the extra mile to make it come true.
Creatura
A woman realises the source of her trauma and sexual appetite after returning to her coastal-town home.

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Eileen
Set during a bitter 1964 Massachusetts winter, young secretary Eileen becomes enchanted by the glamorous new counsellor at the prison where she works. Their budding friendship takes a twisted turn when Rebecca reveals a dark secret — throwing Eileen onto a sinister path.
Evil Does Not Exist
A rural village faces disruption from the construction of a glamping site for Tokyo tourists.
Fallen Leaves
The course of potential love does not run smooth for a shelf-stacker and a metal worker.
Girl
Eleven-year-old Ama and her mother, Grace, take solace in the gentle but isolated world they obsessively create. Ama’s growing up threatens the boundaries of their tenderness and forces Grace to reckon with a past she struggles to forget.
Home Ground
A documentary about the development of South Korea's lesbian community in the 1990s.
How To Have Sex
Three friends contend with peer pressure in their decision to “do it”.

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Little Women
Adaptation of the Louisa May Alcott classic.

M

Monster
A mother is shocked when she learns what a teacher has said to her son, but the truth is more complicated.
Mutt
Over the course of a single hectic day in New York City, three people from Feña's past are thrust back into his life. Having lost touch since transitioning from female to male, he navigates the new dynamics of old relationships while tackling the day-to-day challenges of living life in between.
Orlando
Young nobleman Orlando is commanded by Queen Elizabeth I to stay forever young. Miraculously, he does just that...
Poor Things
The story of a young woman who has been brought back to life.

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The Red Shoes
A dancer is torn between the man she loves and her obsessive commitment to her craft.
The Royal Hotel
US backpackers Hanna and Liv take a job in a remote Australian pub for some extra cash and are confronted with a bunch of unruly locals and a situation that grows rapidly out of their control.
Spy Kids
The children of retired spies carry on the work in secret to save the world.
Senna
Documentary about the three-times world champion Formula One driver.
Shrek
The story of Shrek the Ogre, a creature that looks like a cross between Danny de Vito and something that just fell out of your nose...
Spirit: Stallion Of The Cimarron
A brave horse struggles to defend his herd in a changing world.
The Tales Of Hoffmann
A poet recalls three doomed romances.
The Taste Of Things
The story of Eugenie, an esteemed cook, and Dodin, the fine gourmet she has been working for over the last 20 years.
Typist Artist Pirate King
A road movie which draws from the archives of artist Audrey Amiss.

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The Warrior
A repentant murderer is pursued through the mountains.
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