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The Fall Of Sir Douglas Weatherford. (Country: UK; Year: 2026; Director: Sean Robert Dunn; Stars: Jakob Oftebro, Sid Sagar, Saskia Ashdown, Cara Blease)
Kenneth, fixated on ancestor Douglas Weatherford, descends into madness as a fantasy TV show invades his town, disregarding traditions.
Midwinter Break (Country: Netherlands, UK; Year: 2026; Director: Polly Findlay; Writer: Bernard MacLaverty, Nick Payne; Stars: Lesley Manville, Ciarán Hinds, Julie Lamberton, Ed Sayer)
A longtime couple take a life-changing trip to Amsterdam.
Molly Vs The Machines (Country: UK; Year: 2025; Director: Marc Silver; Stars: Michael Shaeffer, Kerri McLean, Angela Peters, Ivy Blackshaw)
The tragic story behind a teenager driven to take her life by machines that were built to control people for profit.
My Father's Island (Sukkwan Island) (Country: France, Norway, UK, Belgium; Year: 2025; Director: Vladimir de Fontenay; Writer: Vladimir de Fontenay, David Vann; Stars: Woody Norman, Swann Arlaud, Ruaridh Mollica, Alma Pöysti)
A haunted young man travels to a remote island to reconnect with his father and confront the traumatic experience they shared ten years prior that transformed their relationship.
Orwell: 2+2=5 (Country: France, US; Year: 2025; Director: Raoul Peck; Stars: Narrated by, Damien Lewis)
Delves deep into Orwell’s final months and visionary works to explore the roots of the vital and troubling concepts he revealed to the world in his dystopian masterpiece… Doublethink, Thoughtcrime, Newspeak, the omnipresent spectre of Big Brother… disturbing socio-political truths which resonate ever-more powerfully today.
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Psalms Of The People (Sailm Nan Daoine) (Country: UK; Director: Jack Archer; Stars: Rob MacNeacail)
A documentary about Scotland’s cultural heritage of traditional Gaelic psalm singing.
The Son And The Sea (Country: UK; Year: 2025; Director: Stroma Cairns; Writer: Stroma Cairns, Imogen West; Stars: Jonah West, Stanley Brock, Connor Tompkins, Grant Lindsay, Lewis Tompkins, Billie Tompkins)
When Jonah and his best mate Lee take a trip to the Northeast coast of Scotland, they meet Charlie and learn that connection goes beyond words, and joy can be found despite loss.
Super Nature (Country: UK; Year: 2025; Director: Ed Sayers)
Super 8 consideration of nature.
Welcome To G-Town (Country: UK; Year: 2025; Director: Ben McQuaid, Nathan McQuaid)
Shape-shifting aliens land in Glasgow.
Without Permission (Country: Iran; Year: 2025; Director: Hassan Nazer; Writer: Hassan Nazer; Stars: Behrouz Sebt Rasoul, Setareh Fakhari, Esmaeel Heydari, Mehdi Mehri)
An exiled Iranian filmmaker, denied permission to make his film, secretly turns to children to capture the voices of a new generation, risking everything to explore love, identity, and freedom.
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