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The life of a tired academic becomes suddenly moe complicated after his wife asks him to pull strings to help a Serbian woman who is facing deportation.
Documentary about two Haitian migrants who become stranded at the US-Mexico border, with no way forward.
Lotfi, 40, is forced to come back to Tunisia when his ex-wife is unexpectedly hospitalised. He is now in charge of his autistic son Amr, nine, who ignores the dad he has never known.
The life of an alienated high-school student is turned upside down when she switches places with her sinister mirror image.
A couple try to resolve their problems after a marriage becomes abusive.
Porky Pig and Daffy Duck may be Earth's only hope when it is faced with the threat of alien invasion.
The story of the bond between golfer and caddie.
The daughter of a vicar who has recently moved to a remote English village goes missing after its harvest festival.
Frodo Baggins and his friends must destroy a powerful, malevolent ring before it falls into the wrong hands.
A group of elves, dwarfs, humans and hobbits contend with events which could bring mass destruction to Middle Earth.
The rings of power are forged as the dark lord Sauron prepares to try to take control of Middle Earth.
The second installment of J.R.Tolkien classic fantasy epic.
On a weekend trip to Scotland, four scare-loving friends book a ghostly horror-themed camping excursion. That night around the campfire, their guide encourages them to tell the most twisted stories that they know and to burn a totem that will help feed the evil that lives there. Tales of sinister spirits, demons lurking in the shadows and the truest forms of malevolence emerge.
Reformed ex-con Wayland returns to his hometown and reconnects with his high school girlfriend Dolores, now a single mom with dreams of Hollywood in Doyle’s fable-like tale of second chances.
The appetiser is an introduction, the dessert is a farewell in this story of an indelible bond forged between a promising young filmmaker and an iconic actress.
A seedy, ambitious Puglian property developer sets his sights sets on Rome and access to Berlusconi’s inner circle.
Cult brat pack movie about a boy trying to save his big brother from becoming a vampire.
Two bored twenty-somethings decide to investigate the disappearance of a wealthy socialite.
A documentary about the lives lost to the Troubles in Northern Ireland.
A young rapper leaves behind his surrogate family and sets out on an expedition across Texas, contemplating new and old friendships.
Documentary capturing the microcosm that surrounds a couple of street dogs that live in a skatepark.
A silent film director forms a bond with a woman who has a hidden agenda.
The story of Leak, a teenage trans man who plays football in the under-21s women's team of Kampong Chhnang, and Pa Vann, the coach and father-figure to Leak and other LGBTQ+ players on the team.
Variously labeled as a deadbeat by his ex, a failure by his mother, and a shell of himself by his best friend, Lousy Carter is falling apart, debt-ridden and cast adrift. As he interprets The Great Gatsby for an antipathetic graduate class, one of the students offers Lousy Carter one last chance at living the dream.
Moroccan-Dutch Karim returns to his family home and opens up to his parents about being attracted to men.
A new back-country ranger travels alone through the dangerous wilderness, hoping to uncover the origins of a tragedy which has haunted her since she was a child.
Seven years after he survived the monster apocalypse, a young man leaves his underground bunker on a quest to reunite with the woman he loves.
A high school girl engages in compensated dating in order to buy an expensive ring before the day ends.
A portrait of the life and career of actor Anton Yelchin.
A woman who is struggling with intimacy in her relationship finds her love revived by a romantic fantasy.
A young woman disguises herself as a man in order to access a university education.
One of the co-founders of the Lesbian Herstory Archives talks about its importance and contemplates its future.
Makoto Kashiba is an elite bank clerk and works for a big bank at its Tokyo HQ. Due to a minor mistake, he is demoted to a small branch office in a country town. He is devastated by his situation. There, he meets beautiful Yoshino Ikoma, who runs a goldfish scooping store. Makoto falls in love with her at first sight.
A thirtysomething drifter, stumbling from party to party, unsure of his place in the world meets a passionate and carefree woman. A summer of love, drugs and parties whips them into a passionate affair, until reality bites and he begins to question if he’s really ready to get serious.
A dreamlike conversation with the past and the present, this film reimagines a more nuanced narrative of Latasha Harlins by excavating intimate memories shared by her cousin and best friend.
A documentary about the importance of getting back to nature.
A documentary portrait of the enigmatic novelist.
A married couple is forced to reckon with their idealised image of their son, adopted from war-torn Eritrea, after an alarming discovery by a devoted high school teacher threatens his status as an all-star student.
Mia is a rebellious art student who struggles to create the ultimate project for a demanding professor. Desperate to find her artistic voice, she takes Lucid, a candy elixir, to access her creativity, but taps into something much darker.
Natalia is a 19-year-old novice who reluctantly returns home to say goodbye to her dying father. However, when she meets up with her sister and her friends, she decides instead to travel the jungle and explore the spiritual world through ayahuasca.
A suburban woman fights to be believed as she finds herself stalked by a threatening figure who returns to her house night after night.
Between mean girls, her first romance, and budding hormones, Lucy begins to realise that she's not like the other teenagers in her class.
A hardworking and exhausted nurse battles coworkers, clients and one impatient bus driver to learn her self worth as she chases the American Dream in Miami's Little Haiti neighbourhood.
Two desperate criminals navigate a dangerous industrial complex in real time, seeking redemption while facing mounting threats in this intense thriller.
Amaia has just given birth to her first daughter. She would prefer not to give up her career as a translator, but it’s not easy to balance it with her family and looking after a young child. When her partner goes away on business for seven weeks, the young woman capitulates and goes to stay with her parents in the countryside.
Two burnt out high school Lunch Ladies do whatever it bloody takes on their quest to become Johnny Depp's personal chefs.
Widowed preacher and leader to a small mountain community, El Señor has preached to his followers that a new messiah will appear and shepherd them into a new era. His faith is absolute, regardless of how many false prophets he has to go through. But the faith of his three daughters is beginning to waver.
After being told that his heart is failing, a man living in a dystopian future world tries to resolve family issues and deal with an insurance policy that would see him replaced by a clone.
A dramatisation of a failed US assassination mission in Afghanistan.
Stardust sleuth We Are Stardust's Jon Larsen on his micrometeorite quest
Hustle horror Barbara Crampton on comedy, horror, corporate culture and Grind
Changing identities, changing lives Rahemur Rahman and Lily Vetch on evolving hijra culture and Body Of Our Own
Changing hearts and minds Lexi Powner, Friedel Dausab, Rosanna Flamer-Caldera and James Lewis on Out Laws
Somewhere over the rainbow Arco director on how he managed to follow his dream with help from Natalie Portman
Sundance announces Sandbox Fund recipients Four UK nonfiction productions/co-productions among selection
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It's a busy time for festivals and here's the latest from the spring events:
GSFF 19th edition opens in Glasgow with Downriver A Tiger
Cannes Barbra Streisand to receive honorary Palme d'Or
Thessaloniki Golden Alexanders announced
Cannes Lighton and McGoldrick join La Résidence
Cannes Park Chan-Wook named as Jury head