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Re-imagining of Alice as a teenager.
Sixties live-action version of the Lewis Carroll satire.
When Finnish director Karin Pennanen’s uncle Markku died after decades of isolation, she entered his house for the first time in 34 years and uncovered a world no one had seen: an immense archive of paintings, compositions, writings, audio diaries, videotapes, and even notes on how a film should be constructed.
Three men unpack a mobile discotheque, quietly musing on what is to come.
The ballad sings of "Walking the wire" and the animation has a Fifties look.
A magician tries to salvage his flagging act with a daring stunt when facing off against a rival
Christmas classic about a disheartened businessman who is helped by an angel.
A middle class suburban widow would kill to see her daughter married - literally!
Lewis Carrol's Alice gets a gangster makeover.
Wanda nurses the patriarch of the wealthy Wegmeister-Gloor family. When an unexpected complication arises, family secrets come to light.
Can a magical toy shop survive the loss of its creator?
The filmmaker sets out to finance a documentary about product placement in the movies by making his own product placement deals with major companies.
The true story of the creator of Wonder Woman.
A young couple – one French, one American – try to keep their relationship alive across two continents.
Auggie has a facial deformity which means he looks odd and people stare and kids are cruel. He comes from a loving home. Will that help in the real world?
A local woman falls in love with an architect and unwittingly inspires jealousy in a small Thai town recovering from the 2006 tsunami.
Ensemble drama about the lifes and loves of the working class in London.
Nothing will be the same at the end of this summer for Gelsomina and her three younger sisters.
Ben and Rose are children from two different eras who secretly wish their lives were different. Both set out on quests.
Mid-life crisis for once-famous writer in snowy Pittsburgh.
On Coney Island in the 1950s, a lifeguard tells the story of a middle-aged carousel operator and his beleaguered wife.
A documentary charting the hidden history of the superheroine.
Mary, Billybud and Fumbleton are three miniature actors who perform in a 1980s kids' TV series. When the creator of the series dies, they are left alone in the studio to make increasingly strange episodes for their fans.
An intimate look at the journey of members of the Queer, Christian community of colour and their attempts to answer the question: Can you be both Christian and Queer?
The Irish Midlands, 1862. A young girl stops eating but remains miraculously alive and well. English nurse Lib Wright is brought to a tiny village to observe eleven-year old Anna O'Donnell. Tourists and pilgrims mass to witness the girl who is said to have survived without food for months.
This documentary explores the challenges and aspirations of LGBTQ+ Catholics and, more broadly, the hurdles that religious doctrine presents to full acceptance of LGBTQ+ people everywhere.
The tale of a gambler who develops magical powers.
The true story of the 1981 Wonderland murders, exploring the role of porn star John Holmes.
Nature documentary, narrated by Arnold Schwarzenegger
A girl with a sick mum tries to fix a hidden amusement park.
An Amazon princess ventures into the outside world to try and end a war.
Wonder Woman has to learn some difficult personal lessons as she faces off against Max Lord and the Cheetah with the fate of the world at stake.
The haul story Khoroldorj Choijoovanchig and Kate Kennelly on capturing the life of a female Mongolian trucker
Everything on the line Cara Holmes on the power of community, preserving history and Lesbian Lines
A taste of power Andrew Neel on ordinary life under totalitarianism and How To Feed A Dictator
Rock star spirit Shane Belcourt on Louis Cameron and Ni-Naadamaadiz: Red Power Rising
Heir presumptive Rob Rice on the power of comedy, political disappointments and Ponderosa
Keeping the rhythm Hugo Ruíz on storytelling techniques, kinky cinema and Dante
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