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In 1997, 39 members of the American cult known as Heaven's Gate committed the largest mass suicide to ever take place on American soil. This is their story.
A reflection on how different perspectives and memories affect one group of queer women.
An investigation into the Flint Water Crisis and what lead up to it.
The story of legendary player and coach Lang Ping and the Chinese women's volleyball team.
The story of young Afghan girls learning to read, write - and skateboard - in Kabul.
It's 1925, and an aging American football pro trying to make the sport a success falls for a journalist out to bring down one of its biggest stars.
A young woman who was abandoned in a graveyard as a baby goes looking for her roots in rural Norway and gets more than she bargained for.
Mountain climber Kelly captures on camera her co-backpacker friend Sophie’s lifeless body being thrown from a ledge by four men they met earlier and now she must run for her life. Grabbing whatever climbing gear she can, Kelly begins scaling the daunting rock face in order to escape the merciless pack.
A devout priest welcomes a struggling homeless couple into his house during the season of goodwill. But what begins as a simple act of kindness and Christmas charity quickly becomes the ultimate test of faith once the sanctity of his home is jeopardised.
A forest boy strives to save his girlfriend and an imprisoned unicorn from an evil demon.
On October 31st, two preteens in a small town accidentally awaken an evil that has lain dormant for decades. They are forced to survive through a terrifying Halloween night of cat-and-mouse.
A travelling scholar is assigned the task of translating a Buddhist scripture for a ceremony honouring dead soldiers. On his journey through the haunting mountain landscapes, he encounters temptress ghosts and Taoist priests, ancient abandoned fortresses and inns.
A cult musical charting the rise and fall of a manufactured pop duo and their struggle to navigate fame, fortune and jealousy.
Antonio is a sorcerer from a powerful bloodline, trapped in an asylum against his will. After an omen informs him that his daughter will be sacrificed by an evil entity, he must use his magical skills to escape and save her.
The story of Joey Mataele and the Tonga Leitis, an intrepid group of transgender women fighting a rising tide of religious fundamentalism and intolerance in their country.
A hidden history through an underground network of telephone helplines. The calls, recorded in handwritten notes, were preserved during a time of profound constitutional change in Ireland, when women were fighting for their rights in a restrictive and conservative society.
An introverted space princess is forced to leave her planet to rescue her ex.
A mockumentary about a Naskapi vampire making her first film.
The victim of a prank by her cousin’s friends, Emma ups the ante by planning to scare the mysterious, reclusive girl who lives across the street. But what starts off as a simple plan becomes a nightmare.
Two very different, married people fall in love in a remote Icelandic community.
A Holocaust survivor writes, after the war, a thank you letter to a pig that saved his life. After his testimony in a classroom, a young student dreams a tragic version of his story.
A young alcoholic woman agrees to attend an AA meeting with her partner. When she unexpectedly runs into her estranged mother, she's forced to confront demons from her past.
An atheist goes through a near-death experience in a car accident and decides to convert to Christianity.
A woman's summer retreat becomes the scene for a showdown after a gang come looking for a hideout, pursued by the police.
When Matt’s estranged older brother Deco turns up at his flat looking terrible one morning, Matt figures he’s just on another typical loser bender. But Deco’s symptoms turn out to be more than a wicked hangover, and his newly grown fangs leave little doubt he’s fallen victim to a group of vampires terrorizing Dublin.
Two girls trapped in a prison-like boarding school embark on a dangerous search to uncover the truth behind their imprisonment.
A Turkish immigrant gravedigger in New York finds himself unable to tell his daughter a painful truth.
A family faces difficult choices when a small Danish town is left in charge of hundreds of weak and hungry German refugees at the end of World War Two.
A young family tries to cope with a dangerous immigration process.
When a novelist has an unexpected encounter in his professional life, he recalls falling in love with the young man's father.
A man with an unusual talent tries to get back to the woman he once lived with, who has no idea what he is.
In a seaside town, a Holocaust survivor with a daycare business takes in a 12-year-old street kid who recently robbed her.
A child learns to cope with being allergic to eggs.
Genre icon Christopher Lee is brought back to life in a documentary using fresh interviews, archive material and multiple forms of traditional and cutting-edge animation.
An elderly hospice patient frustrated by his environment finds himself stuck in a time loop.
Inadvertently mistaken for Jesus at his birth, the innocent Brian is doomed to a lifetime of misunderstandings.
A strange story from Somerset, England about a filmmaking farmer and the inspiring legacy of his long-lost home movies.
A snapshot of life in a Haitian immigrant community in America.
In the grip of trauma, hundreds of refugee children in Sweden withdraw from life's uncertainties into a coma-like illness called Resignation Syndrome.
A closed-room drama about the hardships and resilience of a group of young women working in the escort industry.
A lift technician finds himself drawn into a web of mystery and peril as he investigates the perplexing deadly accidents occurring in the elevators of a new office building.
A insight into the lives of Black LGBTQ+ people in Atlanta.
Nothing is what it seems when an audition between a young woman and an older man turns into an unsettling cat and mouse game.
A woman's hand is chopped off during a dinner date, leading her on an offbeat revenge journey filled with mirrors, ghosts and gore.
Dancer Lil’ Buck grew up jookin and bucking on the streets of Memphis. After a breathtaking video of him dancing to Camille Saint-Saëns’ “The Swan” accompanied by cellist Yo-Yo Ma went viral, everything changed.
An undocumented Filipina trans woman, who works as a caregiver in Brooklyn, develops a connection with the grandson of her employer.
When a satellite falls from orbit and crashes into the suburban home of a dysfunctional family in Ohio, the father seizes the opportunity to fulfil his dream of becoming an astronaut by re-building it into his own rocket ship. While his wife and daughter believe he's experiencing a midlife crisis, surreal events begin to unfold around him.
A supervisor tries to get to the truth after a popular swimming instructor is accused of kissing one of his young pupils.
A young man relapses, missing his one year sobriety anniversary party at his local AA support group.
When troubled assistant bank manager Andy McNeary's baby daughter goes missing, he must follow the instructions of a mysterious voice on the other end of a baby monitor to save her before she disappears forever.
Passion piece Steve Oram on exploring a gentle character in a dangerous world in Crushed
'I wanted to talk about the things that truly matter' Yoon Dan-bi on young love and adolescence in The World Before
It's a steal Mikel Gurrea on mothers, daughters and heists in Saints
'We don't have nearly enough films that talk about Sudanese women' Suzannah Mirghani on culture and politics in Cotton Queen
A moment of change David Arrow and Amber Paul on November 1963 and making the Oscar-qualifying Drive
I Swear leads charge for Scottish BAFTAs Tourette's drama has seven nominations
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San Sebastian Golden night for Tender Loving Care
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PÖFF Sir Christopher Hampton heads jury
San Sebastian Werner Herzog honoured
Dinard Full programme announced
