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Afire
Tensions and desire bloom among five people at a holiday home by the Baltic Sea.
Tensions and desire bloom among five people at a holiday home by the Baltic Sea.
Animal
Pressures mount as summer intensifies for a group of entertainers at an all-inclusive resort.
Pressures mount as summer intensifies for a group of entertainers at an all-inclusive resort.
The Animal Kingdom
Sci-fi adventure set in a world where humans are mutating into "creatures".
Sci-fi adventure set in a world where humans are mutating into "creatures".
Atlantics
Love and loss in Dakar are given a supernatural twist.
Love and loss in Dakar are given a supernatural twist.
Blackbird Blackbird Blackberry
The story of a 40something in a dead-end town who discovers love for the first time.
The story of a 40something in a dead-end town who discovers love for the first time.
Blaga's Lessons
A woman's moral compass starts to slip after she is conned out of her savings by a phone scammer.
A woman's moral compass starts to slip after she is conned out of her savings by a phone scammer.
Bread And Salt
A pianist returns to his home town, where he finds a new kebab bar in town, which begins to generate friction between the employees and local youths.
A pianist returns to his home town, where he finds a new kebab bar in town, which begins to generate friction between the employees and local youths.
Cat Person
College student Margot meets 33-year-old Robert at the cinema where she works. After a casual flirtation at the concession stand, they carry on conversations through texts. As their perceptions of each other collide, events spiral out of control. Based on The New Yorker short story by Kristen Roupenian.
College student Margot meets 33-year-old Robert at the cinema where she works. After a casual flirtation at the concession stand, they carry on conversations through texts. As their perceptions of each other collide, events spiral out of control. Based on The New Yorker short story by Kristen Roupenian.
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.
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.
La Chimera
The story of a group of archaeologists and the black market in historical artefacts.
The story of a group of archaeologists and the black market in historical artefacts.
Close Your Eyes
A TV show looking into the mysterious disappearance of an actor leads a director on a journey into his own past while making discoveries in the present.
A TV show looking into the mysterious disappearance of an actor leads a director on a journey into his own past while making discoveries in the present.
Critical Zone
Guided by the voice of his GPS, Amir navigates the underworld districts of Tehran to comfort the troubled souls of the night.
Guided by the voice of his GPS, Amir navigates the underworld districts of Tehran to comfort the troubled souls of the night.
A Cup Of Coffee And New Shoes On
Deaf twin brothers find their world closing in after a devastating diagnosis.
Deaf twin brothers find their world closing in after a devastating diagnosis.
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Dead Man
Road movie about the friendship of a wounded young man in the western frontiers, who hooks up with a Native American.
Road movie about the friendship of a wounded young man in the western frontiers, who hooks up with a Native American.
The Delinquents
Two bank staff rob their own establishment.
Two bank staff rob their own establishment.
Disco Boy
The destinies of a man who has joined the Foreign Legion and another in the Niger Delta intersect.
The destinies of a man who has joined the Foreign Legion and another in the Niger Delta intersect.
Divinity
Two mysterious brothers abduct a mogul during his quest for immortality. Meanwhile, a seductive woman helps them launch a journey of self-discovery.
Two mysterious brothers abduct a mogul during his quest for immortality. Meanwhile, a seductive woman helps them launch a journey of self-discovery.
Do Not Expect Too Much Of The End of the World
Overworked and underpaid, Angela drives around the city of Bucharest to film the casting for a 'safety at work video' commissioned by a multinational company. When one of the interviewees reveals the company’s liability in his accident, a scandal erupts.
Overworked and underpaid, Angela drives around the city of Bucharest to film the casting for a 'safety at work video' commissioned by a multinational company. When one of the interviewees reveals the company’s liability in his accident, a scandal erupts.
Drift
Refugee Jacqueline, alone and penniless on a Greek island embarks on a friendship with a tour guide.
Refugee Jacqueline, alone and penniless on a Greek island embarks on a friendship with a tour guide.
Decasia
Think Mirroball for those who find Mirrorball lightweight.
Think Mirroball for those who find Mirrorball lightweight.
Eeva
It's a sad day in Eva's life. The rain is pouring down at her husband's funeral. A woodpecker delivering a message code on the coffin is killed. There is a lot of crying, too much wine, and a couple of dreams that fill in the gaps.
It's a sad day in Eva's life. The rain is pouring down at her husband's funeral. A woodpecker delivering a message code on the coffin is killed. There is a lot of crying, too much wine, and a couple of dreams that fill in the gaps.
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.
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.
Eureka
Three stories set in wildly different terrain reflect lives haunted by the specter of colonialist violence.
Three stories set in wildly different terrain reflect lives haunted by the specter of colonialist violence.
The Fall Of The House Of Usher
A loose adaptation of the Poe classic, with a lonely aristocrat obsessively painting his wife as she wastes away.
A loose adaptation of the Poe classic, with a lonely aristocrat obsessively painting his wife as she wastes away.
Fallen Leaves
The course of potential love does not run smooth for a shelf-stacker and a metal worker.
The course of potential love does not run smooth for a shelf-stacker and a metal worker.
Fingernails
A woman who is increasingly unsure about her relationship secretly embarks on a new assignment working at a mysterious institute designed to incite and test the presence of romantic love in increasingly desperate couples.
A woman who is increasingly unsure about her relationship secretly embarks on a new assignment working at a mysterious institute designed to incite and test the presence of romantic love in increasingly desperate couples.
Four Daughters
A creative documentary following ten years in the life of a fortysomething Tunisian mother, a cleaning lady from a poor environment, who sees her two teenage daughters become radicalised, run away and join the terrorist organisation Daesh in Libya.
A creative documentary following ten years in the life of a fortysomething Tunisian mother, a cleaning lady from a poor environment, who sees her two teenage daughters become radicalised, run away and join the terrorist organisation Daesh in Libya.
The Headless Woman
A woman's life goes off the rails after a mysterious car accident.
A woman's life goes off the rails after a mysterious car accident.
The Holdovers
An unpopular teacher, a talented but badly behaved student and a cook who recently lost her son in Vietnam spend Christmas together in an otherwise empty boarding school.
An unpopular teacher, a talented but badly behaved student and a cook who recently lost her son in Vietnam spend Christmas together in an otherwise empty boarding school.
The Hourglass Sanatorium
A young man searches through delapidated dreamscapes for his dead/live father.
A young man searches through delapidated dreamscapes for his dead/live father.
Housekeeping For Beginners
A lesbian suddenly finds herself responsible for her partner’s two daughters.
A lesbian suddenly finds herself responsible for her partner’s two daughters.
Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person
Sasha is a young vampire with a serious problem: she’s too sensitive to kill. When her exasperated parents cut off her blood supply, Sasha’s life is in jeopardy. Luckily, she a lonely teenager with suicidal tendencies. But their friendly agreement soon becomes a nocturnal quest.
Sasha is a young vampire with a serious problem: she’s too sensitive to kill. When her exasperated parents cut off her blood supply, Sasha’s life is in jeopardy. Luckily, she a lonely teenager with suicidal tendencies. But their friendly agreement soon becomes a nocturnal quest.
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Infested
Kaleb, passionate about exotic animals, accidentally lets his new eight-legged pet slip away.
Kaleb, passionate about exotic animals, accidentally lets his new eight-legged pet slip away.
Inland Empire
A married actress falls for her leading man whilst making a film about an illicit affair.
A married actress falls for her leading man whilst making a film about an illicit affair.
Inshallah A Boy
A mother fights for her rights in a partriachal system after her husband's death.
A mother fights for her rights in a partriachal system after her husband's death.
Inside The Yellow Cocoon Shell
A man has to return his sister-in-law's body to her hometown after an accident while, along with his nephew, he searches for his long-lost brother.
A man has to return his sister-in-law's body to her hometown after an accident while, along with his nephew, he searches for his long-lost brother.
The Invisible Fight
A kung-fu comedy set in an Orthodox Monastery in 1970s Soviet Union.
A kung-fu comedy set in an Orthodox Monastery in 1970s Soviet Union.
In Camera
An actor struggles with the various roles he is juggling in life.
An actor struggles with the various roles he is juggling in life.
Io Capitano
Two Senegalese teenagers try to realise their dream of a new life in Europe.
Two Senegalese teenagers try to realise their dream of a new life in Europe.
It's Nice In Here
A young girl and a cop recall the same fateful night.
A young girl and a cop recall the same fateful night.
January
Two men and a bird, trapped in a snowstorm in the middle of nowhere, try to solve a mystery while it slowly devours them.
Two men and a bird, trapped in a snowstorm in the middle of nowhere, try to solve a mystery while it slowly devours them.
Kidnapped
In 1858, a six-year-old Jewish boy is forcibly seized from his family by the Catholic church.
In 1858, a six-year-old Jewish boy is forcibly seized from his family by the Catholic church.
Last Year In Marienbad
A man tries to convince a woman that they had an affair the year before.
A man tries to convince a woman that they had an affair the year before.
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Malena
An adolescent boy stalks beautiful woman in small Sicilian town during the war.
An adolescent boy stalks beautiful woman in small Sicilian town during the war.
Melk
A mum who has lost her baby tries to work through her grief as she attempts to donate her milk.
A mum who has lost her baby tries to work through her grief as she attempts to donate her milk.
Meshes Of The Afternoon
A famous surrealist short in which a woman encounters doppelgangers.
A famous surrealist short in which a woman encounters doppelgangers.
Monolith
Recently disgraced and desperate for a story, a young journalist holes herself up in her parents’ luxurious home and gets to work on the only job she can get - hosting a clickbait investigative podcast. Then she discovers a strange artefact and begins to convince herself it is evidence of an alien conspiracy.
Recently disgraced and desperate for a story, a young journalist holes herself up in her parents’ luxurious home and gets to work on the only job she can get - hosting a clickbait investigative podcast. Then she discovers a strange artefact and begins to convince herself it is evidence of an alien conspiracy.
Monster
A mother is shocked when she learns what a teacher has said to her son, but the truth is more complicated.
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.
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.
The New Boy
The story of a nine-year-old Aboriginal orphan boy who arrives in the dead of night at a remote monastery, run by a renegade nun, where his presence disturbs the delicately balanced world.
The story of a nine-year-old Aboriginal orphan boy who arrives in the dead of night at a remote monastery, run by a renegade nun, where his presence disturbs the delicately balanced world.
Oceans Are The Real Continents
A trio of stories unfold against a backdrop of Cuba.
A trio of stories unfold against a backdrop of Cuba.
The Old Oak
A musing on the future of The Old Oak, the last remaining pub in a village in Northeast England, where people are leaving the land as the mines are closed. Houses are cheap and available, thus making it an ideal location for Syrian refugees.
A musing on the future of The Old Oak, the last remaining pub in a village in Northeast England, where people are leaving the land as the mines are closed. Houses are cheap and available, thus making it an ideal location for Syrian refugees.
Passages
A married man cheats on his husband with a woman... then tells him about it.
A married man cheats on his husband with a woman... then tells him about it.
The Peasants
A hand-painted animated film about an early 20th Century Polish peasant woman who creates havoc by marrying an older rich man.
A hand-painted animated film about an early 20th Century Polish peasant woman who creates havoc by marrying an older rich man.
The Practice
A yoga teacher finds himself grappling with life and bad luck after his splits from his wife.
A yoga teacher finds himself grappling with life and bad luck after his splits from his wife.
Pulse
Facing the apocalypse, as a secret website devotes itself to the terrible isolation of ghosts and the parable of techno terror.
Facing the apocalypse, as a secret website devotes itself to the terrible isolation of ghosts and the parable of techno terror.
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Red Rooms
A woman becomes obsessed with the trial of a murderer.
A woman becomes obsessed with the trial of a murderer.
Remembering Every Night
Drama involving the quiet pursuits of several women over a single afternoon.
Drama involving the quiet pursuits of several women over a single afternoon.
Remember To Blink
A young woman engaged to help a pair of children fit into their new French family engages in a battle of wills with their new mum.
A young woman engaged to help a pair of children fit into their new French family engages in a battle of wills with their new mum.
Samsara
Samsara is the Buddhist cycle of death and reincarnation. From the temples of Laos, alongside with teenage monks, we will accompany a soul in its transit from one body to another through the bardo.
Samsara is the Buddhist cycle of death and reincarnation. From the temples of Laos, alongside with teenage monks, we will accompany a soul in its transit from one body to another through the bardo.
Sea Sparkle
After her dad's death at sea, a teenage girl becomes convinced his boat was capsized by a sea monster.
After her dad's death at sea, a teenage girl becomes convinced his boat was capsized by a sea monster.
Sometimes I Think About Dying
Fran likes to think about dying. It brings sensation to her quiet life. When she makes the new guy at work laugh, it leads to more: a date, a slice of pie, a conversation, a spark. The only thing standing in their way is Fran herself.
Fran likes to think about dying. It brings sensation to her quiet life. When she makes the new guy at work laugh, it leads to more: a date, a slice of pie, a conversation, a spark. The only thing standing in their way is Fran herself.
The Spirit Of The Beehive
A screening of James Whale's Frankenstein alters how an impressionable young girl sees her world in 1940s Spain.
A screening of James Whale's Frankenstein alters how an impressionable young girl sees her world in 1940s Spain.
Superposition
A couple and their young son choose to move to a remote cabin in the Danish Forest for an experiment in off-grid living, with no human contact for a year. When they encounter another family in the forest, identical to themselves in almost every way, the fabric of their identities faces a test.
A couple and their young son choose to move to a remote cabin in the Danish Forest for an experiment in off-grid living, with no human contact for a year. When they encounter another family in the forest, identical to themselves in almost every way, the fabric of their identities faces a test.
Sweet Dreams
When Dutch patriarch and plantation owner Jan dies suddenly in Indonesia, his son arrives from Europe with plans for radical change. But when Jan’s will puts his Indonesian concubine Siti at the forefront of the family estate, ideals prove to be futile and blood thicker than water.
When Dutch patriarch and plantation owner Jan dies suddenly in Indonesia, his son arrives from Europe with plans for radical change. But when Jan’s will puts his Indonesian concubine Siti at the forefront of the family estate, ideals prove to be futile and blood thicker than water.
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.
The story of Eugenie, an esteemed cook, and Dodin, the fine gourmet she has been working for over the last 20 years.
Through The Night
The lives of three people are explored after a rape.
The lives of three people are explored after a rape.
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Vampyr
A young occultist stumbles upon a French village shrouded in fog and haunted by a vampire.
A young occultist stumbles upon a French village shrouded in fog and haunted by a vampire.
The Vourdalak
Historic vampire tale, adapted from a Tolstoy novella.
Historic vampire tale, adapted from a Tolstoy novella.
Yella
Metaphysical thriller about a woman trying to escape her past and build a future.
Metaphysical thriller about a woman trying to escape her past and build a future.
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