143 Sahara Street
Portrait of a roadside cafe owner.
3 Days In September
When her fiancé’s mistress crashes Bianca's wedding day, she flees on a tourist train, launching a real-time odyssey of chaotic escape.
As In Heaven, So On Earth
1275 a.C. - A young girl is imprisoned in the dungeons of an abbey where an alchemist uses her for his strange experiments. Only a young amanuensis will try to free her at any cost. 2011 a.C. - A couple of young teenagers, Cris and Jessy, go missing in the woods while a young woman comes out from the middle of nowhere.
Beau Travail
An officer recalls his life in the Foreign Legion.
Be My Cat: A Film For Anne
A filmmaker sets out to impress the actress Anne Hathaway, with disturbing results.
Black Money For White Nights
After years of saving money from the small bribes they collect, 60-year-old Marina and her husband Gosha from Bulgaria are preparing for their dream trip to St Petersburg to witness the White Nights. But when Russia invades Ukraine and the travel agency vanishes with all their savings, the couple’s dream collapses.
La Bola Negra
Drama exploring the inter-connected lives of three gay men.
Colony
A biotechnology professor is among those trapped at a biotech conference after a rapidly mutating virus is released.

D

The Dashed Lines
Bea is a 50-year-old woman going through a divorce, and Denís is a 28-year-old trans man struggling with job insecurity. An unexpected incident brings them together, and this encounter will change their lives forever.
Dua
Prishtina, Kosovo, late 1990s. As war looms and ethnic tensions escalate, 13-year-old Dua struggles to find her place among her peers and within her changing body.
Filipiñana
Tee girl Isabel feels strangely drawn to Dr. Palanca, the president of the country club where she works. However, after piecing together a violent picture of what lies beneath the club’s pristine surface, she realizes that what began as an innocent infatuation is actually rooted in a sinister shared history.
The Fires
Anna Arnardóttir, Iceland's top volcanologist, faces two disasters at once: a volcanic eruption that threatens the safety of the capital city and a love affair that could destroy her marriage.
Flesh And Fuel
Étienne is a lorry driver. Fastened to the road, his love life is reduced to fleeting, nameless encounters in parking lots. When he meets Bartosz, a Polish lorry driver, his loneliness is turned upside down.
The Guest
New parents Karl and Emilie are looking forward to a weekend break where they plan to announce their baby's name. The day before the celebration, Karl's estranged mother shows up.
Gugu's World
Drama revolving around a little boy, with a love of football who is living with his increasingly frail gran.
Home
Migration story seen through the eyes of a young girl.

I

The Incomer
On a remote Scottish isle, siblings Isla and Sandy hunt birds and talk to mythical beings while fighting off outsiders. Their lives change when Daniel, an awkward official, arrives to relocate them.
In A Whisper
Lilia returns to Tunisia for her uncle’s funeral and reunites with a family that knows nothing about her life in Paris, especially not about the woman she loves.
Iván & Hadoum
In a greenhouse in southern Spain, Iván falls in love with his newly hired co-worker, Hadoum. But his long-awaited promotion interferes with their relationship, forcing Iván to decide what kind of person he wants to be.
I Plant My Hand In The Garden
A pregnant Iranian woman and a Serbian man longing for fatherhood, both bisexual and living in Germany, marry. Their families, divided by language yet united by affection, come together to celebrate.
Josephine
After 8-year-old Josephine accidentally witnesses a crime in Golden Gate Park, she acts out in search of a way to regain control of her safety while adults are helpless to console her.
Lawrence Of Arabia
A biopic of TE Lawrence focused on role in the Arab/Turkish conflict during the First World War.
The Lost Son
A detective investigating a domestic abuse case who discovers that the perpetrator is his own brother, forcing him to confront the violence that shaped his childhood.
Low Expectations
A successful young artist's career derails, forcing her back to her hometown. While teaching high school to make ends meet, she navigates depression and rediscovers herself in unexpected ways.

M

Mimosas
Faust meets Arabic myth in the Moroccan desert.
A Man Of His Time
Historical drama set against a backdrop of Vichy France as a man strives to help France's renewal.
Meek's Cutoff
Drama tracks a wagon train on the 1840s Oregon Trail.
Memorizu
A man goes to help his photographer father-in-law, who has fractured his leg, in a rural town, keeping in touch with his wife and young daughter via spontaneous phone snaps and videos.
Minotaur
A high-powered executive's meticulously controlled existence begins to unravel.
The Naked Island
The struggles of a family on an isolated island.
Paper Tiger
Two brothers pursue the American Dream but get entangled in a dangerous Russian mafia scheme.
Patty Is Such A Girly Name
Coming-of-age drama sees a teenage judo athlete try to pursue her dreams.

R

The River Train
Nine-year-old Milo lives in a remote Argentinian village where he studies the Malambo, a folk dance full of bravura. He is an excellent dancer, but Milo’s only desire is to escape the countryside on a train for the Buenos Aires of his dreams.
Rule Breakers
A computer class for girls leads to a robot building competition aimed at showing all Afghanistan what they're capable of.
Sea Of Glass
After experiencing immense family turmoil in the wake of her husband’s death, a woman seeks solace in a quiet seaside town. There, she forms an unexpected bond with a young woman.
Sheep In The Box
A couple take a humanoid robot into their home as a replacement for their dead son.
Sirât
A father arrives at a rave deep in the mountains of southern Morocco with his son, looking for his daughter who has been missing for months.
Species
Margot dreams of becoming a life-saving doctor. But as an intern at the most competitive ER in the country, she has trouble keeping up. Soon, young burnt out patients come to her with unusual symptoms, just as she starts developing a strange metamorphosis…
Stalker
Sci-fi drama in which three men make a journey into the unknown in search of their deepest desire.
Tender Loving Care
In contemporary London, social workers Amy and Rosie navigate the stressors and joys of life together, be that work, family or messy dating lives.

V

Vanishing Point
Cult movie about a car delivery driver pursued across the US by an ever-increasing number of cops.
Wake In Fright
A young teacher gets more than he bargained for in a violent outback town, in a film that reportedly even gives Nick Cave nightmares...
Walkabout
Two white Australian children are stranded in the Outback and survive with the help of an Aboriginal youth.
You Won't Be Alone
In an isolated mountain village in 19th century Macedonia, a young feral witch accidentally kills a peasant. She assumes the peasant's shape to see what life is like in her skin, igniting a deep-seated curiosity to experience life inside the bodies of others.
Zabriskie Point
A young dreamer steals a plane and flies it to the desert, but society isn't ready for his vision when he tries to return.
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