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A small-town journalist is sent to cover the opening of a controversial church. As the ministry digs its roots into the town and its residents, her life takes an unexpected, violent turn.
A queer college freshman who joins her university’s rowing team and undertakes an obsessive physical and psychological journey to make it to the top varsity boat, no matter the cost.
A man who was was a found in the forest and raised by a foster family begins to question his origins after an encounter with a stranger.
A pathologist is riven with guilt after the death of a child.
Following the overdose of an estranged friend, recovering addict Will, still struggling with his own sobriety, returns to his hometown where he begins a troubled affair with his friend’s grieving mother.
When a vigilante border patrol turns fatal, a young man flees to Mexico, discovering a place which defies his expectations.
To better understand the infamous serial killer’s crimes, FBI investigator Bill Hagmaier sits down with Ted Bundy for multiple jailhouse interviews over five years. Their conversations lead to unexpected results.
This film made by a Palestinian-Israeli collective shows the destruction of the West Bank’s Masafer Yatta by Israeli authorities and the unlikely alliance which develops between the Palestinian activist Basel and Israeli journalist Yuval.
A fisherman falls in love with a rugged whaler on the isolated Faroe Islands in this unconventional vampire story.
A young couple on a romantic weekend in the Australian bush are terrorised by a psychopathic family.
A black doctor is assigned to treat two white racist suspects who are brothers, and when one dies it causes tension that could start a race riot.
When a plane crashes into the sea and becomes lodged on a rocky ledge, the survivors must decide whether to attempt a daring escape or try to hold on in an air pocket - with sharks on the plane.
In 2016 Colten Boushie, a young Cree man, was killed in Saskatchewan. This documentary explores the case and shines a light on the vast inequality and systemic racism within the Canadian legal system.
A small town starts to come apart at the seams after the discovery that a 13-year-old is pregnant - and determined not to explain it.
A documentary study of the polar bears who draw tourists to Churchill, Manitoba.
A man who has recently become partially paralysed owes money to the gangster who financed the job on which he was injured, and hatches a still more desperate plan to get it.
The remarkable true story of marathon swimmer Diana Nyad, who, at the age of 60, set out to become the first person to complete the 'Everest of swims', a 53-hour, 110-mile swim from Cuba to Florida through dangerous open ocean without a shark cage.
The true story of an Irish woman who survived a difficult childhood and went on to help street children in Vietnam.
An intimate portrait of two people's lives including open discussion about issues of sexuality and gender.
Two friends explore Los Angeles together as they wrestle with potentially life-changing decisions.
Eliška moves back with her daughter Karolínka to her husband’s native village. But something strange is going on and, as the temperature rises, Eliška becomes increasingly jittery. Fear is all-pervading and spectres move freely between dream and reality.
A documentary portrait of the American literary phenomenon also known for his filmmaking, his boxing and his aggressive attitude to women.
A teenager deals with bereavement, anxiety and exams in Northern Lights
The town of Northfork, Montana, is about to be dammed and flooded, but some of the residents are determined to stay in their surreal American fairytale.
A group of stranded Vikings must make a dangerous journey with hunters on their tail.
Flatmates who never meet communicate entirely through the written word.
Four troubled, lonely people gradually find themselves connected through a series of coincidences in a film which blends dark comedy with touching insight.
A family moves into an isolated town where the locals have a sinister secret.
A biopic of rapper Biggie Smalls.
Era evoking and provoking with the Fifties S&M pin-up
Joining a dance class to get some exercise, a middle aged bailiff meets a beautiful woman who inspires him to change his life.
Documentary charting a key moment in Aussie cinema.
A poignant Nazi era lesson in cultural understanding and tolerance.
When a young man lets a strange young woman into his car, can he guess what he's letting himself in for?
Víctor and Fernando, a devoted, unassuming couple from Mexicali, Mexico, find themselves in the centre of a legal firestorm over their desire to get married.
A girl on a scouting trip kisses one of her comrades and is subsequently subjected to a homophobic attack.
A young man kidnapped as a child by the Lord's Resistance Army and raised to become a military commander tries to adapt to civilian life.
Haunted by strange dream figures since childhood, an isolated man undertakes a dangerous experiment, sleeping less and less, with unexpected results.
A couple who are struggling financially are persuaded to go looking for treasure on a remote, snowy mountain.
A self-diagnosed nymphomaniac recounts her experiences.
A giant octopus terrorises New York.
Odd Thomas sees murdered dead people and feels it’s his duty to make the people responsible pay for their sins. He works with the local police chief but one day he encounters something that may be too big for either of them to handle.
Seven strangers are invited to a house expecting to be offered a large inheritance, but instead they find themselves trapped in a deadly game to the death.
Musical set in the world of finance.
A documentary about a man who loves public transport vehicles so much that he keeps borrowing them.
An engine driver adjusting to retirement has a series of strange adventures.
More than 20 years later, Ezra Edelman revisits not only OJ Simpson's infamous "trial of the century," but the story of his entire life.
A diplomat and his wife begin to suspect that there is something inherently evil about the child they are raising.
A children's television presenter is about to crack.
Jet Li doubles as L.A. cop and intergalactic bad guy in sci-fi martial arts fantasy
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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