4
An enigmatic story of modern Russia, given the flavour of myth.
Celtic Utopia
Documentary considering Ireland's contemporary music scene, but also that of a postcolonial society wrestling with its heritage.

D

The Dead Of Winter
A woman alone in the middle of a snowy wilderness discovers that a teenager has been kidnapped and that she may be the only person who can save her.
The Descendants
A father is forced to re-examine his past and embrace his future.
Don't Let The Sun
A man who is hired to be a father figure for a young girl begins to forge an unexpected connection.
Dracula
Gonzo exploration of the Vlad the Impaler mythos.
Dry Leaf
A father goes looking for his missing photographer daughter across rural Georgia.
The Fallen Idol
A butler working in a foreign embassy falls under suspicion when his wife falls to her death and the only witness is a child.
God Will Not Help
A Chilean woman acts as a catalyst in a Croatian shepherd family after she arrives claiming to be the wife of their dead brother.
The Happiest Days Of Your Life
A mix-up at the Ministry sees a respectable girls' school evacuated to the all-male Nutbourne College, much to the horror of their respective headteachers.
Hell Drivers
An ex-con trucker tries to expose his boss's rackets.
Hyena
A student faces a choice about whether to run with the pack at an intense art school.

I

It Was Just an Accident
What begins as a minor accident sets in motion a series of escalating consequences.

M

Mandy
A teacher tries to help a deaf and mute child to communicate.
Mare's Nest
A child's adventures in an adult-free world.
Megalopolis
Power play and corruption unfold in a futuristic city.
Mektoub, My Love: Canto Due
Third in the Mektoub, My Love trilogy sees a soap star and her husband thrown into the mix.
Memory Box
Three generations of women in Canada, deal with memories of their homeland of Lebanon.
Mosquitoes
1997 Linda is eight years old, has few teeth, a very rich grandmother and a beautiful, dangerous and disruptive mother. It will be the encounter with two peers, sisters Azzurra and Marta, that will teach her how to become a child.
Night And The City
A small time American hustler in post war London takes on the hoodlum who runs the wrestling rackets.
Nebraska
An alcoholic father and his resentful son travel cross-country together to collect big sweepstake winnings.
Obsession
A man plots revenge against his wife's lover.
Odd Man Out
An injured IRA man goes on the run in the forbidding back streets of Belfast.
The Passionate Friends
A tragic love triangle spanning two decades.
Peeping Tom
A young photographer becomes fascinated by expressions of fear, with deadly consequences.
Police Story
A virtuous Hong Kong police officer must clear his good name when the drug lords he is after frame him for the murder of a dirty cop.
Project A
Swashbuckling martial arts.

R

Randaghi
Two boys go wild at night.
Sentimental Value
In the wake of their mother's death, two sisters grapple with their relationship with their filmmaker father as he tries to involve one of them in his latest project.
The Shining
After moving his family to a remote hotel with a troubled past, a writer gradually loses his mind.
Silent Legacy
A choreographer who has made a new life for himself in Finland struggles with the weight of expectation from people back in his Burkina Faso homeland.
Silent Light
A deeply religious, married man falls in love with another woman and has to question his whole life.
Simon and Laura
A bickering couple get the opportunity to revitalise their careers by starring in a reality TV show.
Solomamma
When a single mother discovers the identity of her sperm donor, her pursuit of truth blurs the boundaries between love, ethics, and self-deception.
Two Seasons, Two Strangers
A scriptwriter is processing what is happening in her life. She meets an innkeeper while traveling.

V

Whisky Galore!
Classic Ealing comedy where a group of Scottish islanders rescue and hide a shipwrecked cargo of whisky.
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