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A musical man lives a careful life. Each day is like the next, just how he likes it. One day, however, misfortune and fate collide, breaking his routine and rocking his world forever.
Ancient Taoists and aliens travel through time and space in an effort to obtain a crystal blade which could determine the future of the Earth.
An ode to the body's five senses delivered by a man with little time left to enjoy them.
In 1755, the impoverished Captain Ludvig Kahlen sets out to conquer the harsh, uninhabitable Danish heath with a seemingly impossible goal; to build a colony in the name of the King.
The last 48 hours in the life of Marc-Antoine Bernier, a 14-year-old boy on a desperate quest for freedom. Based on a true story.
Two soldiers on opposite sides of a conflict play a joyful game of chess with the aid of a carrier pigeon.
Alice lives at her parents' place at the age of 27 with no private life or a relationship. It takes a bicycle accident and a short coma to make her realize that it's time to move out.
An exploration of the roots of racism as experienced in the US.
An ex-CIA agent is reactivated when an extortionist targets the agency.
A documentary about four people who repair musical instruments to make them available to young people who couldn't afford them otherwise.
Portrait of larger-than-life visual artist Apolonia Sokol.
Struggling prog-rock musician William Brown finds himself in a living nightmare when he accidentally kills Vlad, the neighbour from hell.
It's a sad day in Eva's life. The rain is pouring down at her husband's funeral. A woodpecker delivering a message code on the coffin is killed. There is a lot of crying, too much wine, and a couple of dreams that fill in the gaps.
A young teacher hopes to be appointed to Istanbul after mandatory duty at a small village. After long time waiting he loses all hope of escaping from this gloomy life. His colleague helps him to regain his perspective.
The daughter of a vicar who has recently moved to a remote English village goes missing after its harvest festival.
A woman faces many hardships in her life but ultimately finds strength and hope in the unbreakable bonds of sisterhood.
At the dawn of their teenage years, Raphaël and Rémi are twins who see their fraternal attachment crumble while one of them, suffering from an increasingly marked disability, remains a prisoner of childhood.
Two bank staff rob their own establishment.
A grieving rideshare driver picks up a passenger who helps him confront the past.
With Trump's political godfather, Roger Stone, as the film's central character, this documentary looks at how Trump's presidential period had to find its logical end point in The Storm at the Capitol.
A professional boxer, recently released from prison, is forced to break probation and flee to a faraway island in Thailand. He starts a family there, only to have to deal with blackmail.
Two very different men meet in a funeral home, grieving for their wives, and have an unusual adventure.
An Iranian girl unfolds her school memories on the wrinkles and fabrics of her old uniform.
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 little film about gender identity, Little League baseball, the people who inspire change by trying to be themselves, and the superheroes who allow that change to happen.
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.
Disney characters come together to take a photo for the studio's 100th anniversary celebration.
A struggling single mother makes a desperate journey across state lines to obtain an abortion.
A natural history fantasy film, following the dramatic lifecycle of the wild salmon in human form.
Drama following the turbulent relationship between the composer and his wife.
50 years ago, assemblyman George Michaels cast a single vote on New York's abortion bill that changed the course of American history but destroyed his political career in the process.
English professor and author Thelonious 'Monk' Ellison writes a satirical novel under a pseudonym, with the intention of exposing the hypocrisies of the publishing industry.
A documentary about how Ugandan opposition leader, activist and musical star Bobi Wine took on the regime led by Yoweri Museveni, the person who led the country for 35 years.
The tale of a gambler who develops magical powers.
A couple of birds try to save their eggs from a volcanic eruption.
It's the summer of 1957 and Ferrari is in crisis, both in his business and personal life. He decides to take a gamble on a race, the Mille Miglia.
A personal perspective on the recent history of Kinmen, which lies between Taiwan and China.
When a peaceful settlement on the edge of a distant moon finds itself threatened by the armies of a tyrannical ruling force, a mysterious stranger living among its villagers becomes their best hope for survival.
Like every summer, Louise stays at her grandparents in the countryside for a few days during the holidays. What could happen to her there?
Two creatures from rival communities fall in love and run away together.
When an alien comes back to take him, a mouthless young man's life twists and turns as his memories untangle.
A screenwriter embarks on a relationship with a neighbour at the same time as making a journey into his troubled past.
Teenage mutant turtles set out to try to become heroes so that people will like them, but may have bitten off more than they can chew with villainous fellow mutant Superfly.
A trans woman and a cis man meet one night in the streets of Lisbon. Two people, two realities, who dance their differences away till morning light. In challenge, in surprise, in awe and in recognition.
Driven from her village by a tyrant, a young woman returns years later to seek her revenge.
In Nazi-occupied Bosnia, a Muslim woman risks her life to save her Jewish friend. 50 years later, her friend returns the favour. Based on a true story.
A father and mother are faced with the painful task of washing and shrouding their deceased transgender daughter.
After her husband is devastated by a tragic accident, a devoted wife obsesses over a mysterious portrait that resembles him as he was; but when it starts to terrorise her, she must decide if it's possessed or if she's losing her mind.
A hand-painted animated film about an early 20th Century Polish peasant woman who creates havoc by marrying an older rich man.
The psychosexual journey of a young woman into the dark recesses of the Afrikaner psyche and its compromised past.
Among spectral snows Kier-La Janisse on the work of Algernon Blackwood and The Haunted Season: The Occupant Of The Room
Bait for the beast Simon Panay on challenging attitudes to albino people in The Boy With White Skin
Ice cool Hélène Cattet and Bruno Forzani talk Reflection In A Dead Diamond
Songs and silence Urška Djukić on music, unspoken communication and Little Trouble Girls
The beauty of doubt Toni Servillo on costumes by Carlo Poggioli and working with Paolo Sorrentino on La Grazia
Sinners on fire as Critics Choice nominations are announced One Battle After Another, Frankenstein and Hamnet also look good
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