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A teenager, haunted by his mother’s tragic death, is relocated from Tokyo to the serene rural home of his new stepmother Natsuko, who bears a striking resemblance to his mum. His strange new world grows even stranger following the appearance of a persistent gray heron, who dubs him the “long-awaited one.”
A young inventor from Nerd School and an inflatable robot battle the terrible power of a deranged scientist
A small city is threatened by a warlord.
Manager-summoning control freak Kallie Jones attempts to rescue her husband from a 'wellness center' with the help of a washed-up expert cult buster.
Piccolo and his former student Gohan go on a mission to save the world.
Rather difficult to sum up in a one-liner - a barmy Greek zombie flick meets Doctor Who.
Two artistically inclined childhood friends, a comedian and a folk-rocker, set out on a tour together in hopes of regaining their “mojo” and finding love in the process.
Performance by the social commentator.
A documentary about the war in Ukraine.
Marines conspire to turn a man discharged from marines due to hay fever into a hero.
A group of people discover they have special abilities – and fate soon draws them together to save the world.
The race is on to find a formula that will give normal folk super abilitites.
The fragmented Heroes band together to stop the Company unleashing the Shanti virus. And Sylar just won't stay dead.
A documentary about Huntington, West Virginia, where three women are fighting to end epidemic opiod addiction.
Visually ravishing fable of maverick warriors in ancient China.
When an ex-con's decides to try and rehabilitate himself by returning a lost bag of coins and exploiting the media attention, nothing goes to plan.
A family struggles to find its way after the death of its eldest son.
A documentary looking at the stars of the Mexican boxing world.
A boy finds himself transported into the world of his favourite film hero.
An American company attempts to buy up a Scottish village for pennies so it can site an oil refinery there, but the locals have other ideas.
A young woman who dreams of becoming a wizard assembles a team of heroes to come to the aid of a beautiful priestess whose sister has been kidnapped by an ogre.
Native Son author Richard Wright and his playwright collaborator Paul Green lock horns over the ending to the stage adaptation of the book ahead of its premiere.
A dog embarks on a wartime adventure.
Ordinary folk by day, caped crusaders by night; a look into the lives of real life superheroes.
A documentary about superheroes with the potential to make valiant efforts in the ongoing battle to save the world.
A parody of the superhero genre.
An old man looks back on his life and on the life he believes was rightfully his.
A documentary charting the hidden history of the superheroine.
Rites of passage for Spanish boy in Seville in 1976.
The division belle Suzannah Herbert on facing the US' troubled history and making Natchez
Spin-off alchemy Claude Schmitz on bringing back cop pairing for Conrad & Crab – Idiotic Gems
Past crime Christoffer Boe on creating a world for his period mystery Special Unit - The First Murder
The hidden river Helen MacDonald and Philippa Lowthorpe on adapting H Is For Hawk
This wild channel David Shadrack Smith and Jake Fogelnest on the content creation revolution and Public Access
Sundance announces winners Josephine, Nuisance Bear, Shame And Money and To Hold A Mountain take top prizes
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