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Waltz With Bashir (2008)
Animated documentary exploring the psychological aftermath of the First Lebanon War.
Walud (2025)
When an ISIS fighter brings home a second wife, his first wife's life is thrown into turmoil.
War Child (2008)
A rising hip-hop star uses his music to raise awareness about his homeland’s ongoing humanitarian crisis.
War, Inc. (2008)
A hit man is sent to a fictional war-torn Middle Eastern country where the United States is waging the first fully outsourced war.
Wasp (2003)
The day in the life of a single mum and her kids.
The Wasteland (2020)
A hard-working brick factory worker faces the closure of his workplace and the fading of his dreams
The Wastetown (2022)
Bemani has spent ten years in jail for killing her husband. Her child was taken away in prison and allegedly given to her husband’s family. Temporarily released, she immediately starts looking for her son.
Watcher (2022)
A young woman moves into a new apartment with her fiancé and is tormented by the feeling that she is being stalked by an unseen watcher in an adjacent building.
The Water (2022)
First love plays out against a backdrop of a hot summer and local myth.
A Way Home (2020)
The filmmaker captures conversations with her mum, who is in a care home with Alzheimer's.
The Way, Way Back (2013)
An introverted teenager finds friends and confidence over the course of a summer holiday.
Weekend (2011)
A one-night stand turns into something altogether more unexpected in Andrew Haigh's heartfelt love story.
Le Week-End (2013)
A couple take a make or break trip to Paris.
Weightless (2025)
A girl finds boundaries tested and broken on a trip to summer camp.
Welcome (2009)
A Kurdish boy from Iraq trying to reach the UK strikes up an unusual friendship with a middle-aged Frenchman.
Welcome Back (2020)
After a mum and daughter are deported back to Venezuela, they immediately try to flee.
Welcome To A Bright White Limbo (2019)
Profile of dancer/choreographer Oona Doherty and her show Hope Hunt And The Ascension Into Lazarus.
Welcome To Chechnya (2020)
This searing investigative work shadows a group of activists risking unimaginable peril to confront the ongoing anti-LGBTQ pogrom raging in the repressive and closed Russian republic.
Welded Together (2025)
A young welder confronts her fractured past to protect her sister.
Werewolf (2018)
Eight children rescued from a concentration camp, find themselves under siege from a freshly pack of former camp guard dogs.
We Are From There (2020)
Two Syrian brothers decide to make a fresh start in different European countries and their cousin, the director, documents their journeys.
We Beg To Differ (2024)
Exploration of the car hobby of 'diffing' and its attraction to those who participate
We Live In Time (2024)
Almut and Tobias are brought together in a surprise encounter that changes their lives.
We Met In Virtual Reality (2022)
Filmed entirely inside the world of VR, this vérité documentary captures the excitement and surprising intimacy of a burgeoning cultural movement, demonstrating the power of online connection in an isolated world.
We The Animals (2018)
Manny, Joel and Jonah tear their way through childhood and push against the volatile love of their parents as Jonah embraces a world of imagination.
The Whale (2022)
A reclusive English teacher living with severe obesity attempts to reconnect with his estranged teenage daughter for one last chance at redemption.
The Whalebone Box (2020)
The pilgrimage of a box.
The Whaler Boy (2020)
A teenager embarks on an unexpected journey after becoming obsessed with an erotic webcam girl.
Wham! (2023)
A consideration of George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley’s friendship and career.
Whatever Works (2009)
An misanthropic New Yorker develops a relationship with a young woman from Mississippi.
What Belongs To Others (2026)
Kasia earns her living by breaking into other people's homes. One day on the job she finds a dead body of a man and decides to move into his apartment and find out who he was. As she starts to piece together his memories, relationships and secrets, it awakens in her a dream of another life and gives her strength to make changes in her own.
What Comes Around (2018)
Immersive documentary about the residents of a poor area of Cairo.
What Do We See When We Look At The Sky? (2021)
A couple who fall in love at first sight, wake the next day with different appearances and struggle to find one another.
What Goes Up Must Come Down (2005)
Bizarre customers for a rap battling taxi driver.
What You Gonna Do When The World's On Fire? (2018)
The story of a community of black people in the American South during the summer 2017, when a string of brutal killings of black men sent shockwaves throughout the country.
When Autumn Falls (2024)
Michelle, a model grandmother, is enjoying peaceful retirement in a Burgundy village, close to her best friend Marie-Claude. On All Saints' Day, her daughter Valérie arrives to drop off her grandson Lucas for the school holiday week. But nothing will go to plan.
When I'm Done Dying (2020)
Set in a rough neighbourhood of Istanbul, the story follows Fehmi, a talented 19-year-old rapper who is addicted to bonzai, a cheap synthetic and deadly drug, jeopardizing any success for his music career.
When Lambs Become Lions (2018)
In the Kenyan bush, a crackdown on ivory poaching forces a silver-tongued second-generation poacher to seek out an unlikely ally in this fly-on-the-wall look at both sides of the conservation divide.
When The Geese Flew (2025)
A teenager finds his life shifting as his sister prepares to leave home.
When The Light Breaks (2024)
From one sunset to another, Una, a young art student encounters love, friendship, sorrow and beauty.
When The Walnut Leaves Turn Yellow (2024)
A Kurdish village chief tries to navigate societal pressures and his relationship with his son while facing ill health.
When You're Strange (2009)
Documentary tracking the rise of The Doors, featuring rare footage of the band and Jim Morrison.
Where Did Ramses Go? (2019)
A personal essay film about the moving of the landmark Ramses II statue in Cairo.
Where Is Kyra? (2017)
A woman struggles to get by after the death of her mum.
Where We Used To Sleep (2024)
A woman faces leaving her village as a mine causes a rising lake of mud.
While At War (2019)
Drama about author Miguel de Unamuno and his stance towards the fascist coup d’état.
While We Watched (2022)
A turbulent newsroom drama which intimately chronicles the working days of broadcast journalist Ravish Kumar as he navigates a spiralling world of truth and disinformation.
Whina (2022)
The life story of Dame Whina Cooper, who in 1975 united her people to lead an epic march across Aotearoa (New Zealand) for Māori land rights.
Whiplash (2014)
Under the direction of a ruthless instructor, a talented young drummer begins to pursue perfection at any cost, even his humanity.
Whip It (2009)
A bored suburban girl discovers a new way to live when she attends a roller derby and meets a tough team of competitive skaters.
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