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A conservative Christian professor who experiences a profound change when he goes undercover and infiltrates a gay support group to stop their plans to open an LGBTQ youth shelter in their small town.
The true story of a baseball player recruited as a spy and sent to assassinate the physicist Werner Heisenberg before he can build the Nazis an atomic bomb.
An elderly man prepares to ask a co-worker out on a date.
Trapped by daily routine, a man experiences complete freedom by dreaming himself across the country in a psychedelic Volkswagen with the guiding words of philosopher Alan Watts.
A home invasion forces two teenagers to break into a remote country manor little realising it is a retreat for middle-aged men who like to dress in nappies... and who have a sinister plot.
The story of Lukas, a lonely child who lives with his father, and baby eagle Abel.
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.
The life of a suicidal teenager is transformed when he's befriended by the new guy at his school.
A lonely farmer prays for a more interesting life and gets more than he bargained for.
When a screenwriter is sentenced to community service, he finds his work with juvenile offenders offers him an unexpected outlet.
Two Chinese girls take on a film archive transcription job in an English stately home where everybody is obsessed with a mysteriously deceased Chinese opera star.
Sent to the small town of Marville to disarm a bomb left behind by retreating German troops, an English soldier finds it has been taken over by the abandoned inmates of the local asylum.
An ageing news anchor is fired by his network and when an on-air rant boosts ratings, the channel sees an opportunity.
The rise and fall of an ambitious and unethical trader in the Société Générale.
A beautiful young woman exploits her sexuality to enjoy freedom and power in 1880s London.
Parents struggle to do the right thing after realising that their child is gender nonconforming.
A talented, artistically stuck composition student starts seeing escort clients after failing to secure her scholarship. Struck with unexpected sounds during her sexual encounters, she turns them into music and the clients into her muse.
This is the story of Monet as expressed through his personal letters as he painted.
A documentary portrait of the Jeopardy winner and activist.
A homicide detective teams up with a criminal profiler to catch a serial killer whose crimes are inspired by the children's game Hangman.
A pregnant woman battles the evil lurking within as her adulterous husband hides a dark secret that may lead to human extinction.
An inexperienced gangster tries to rob a bank to impress a girl.
Young Afghan women fight for the right to ride bicycles.
A fishing community on a remote Maine island finds itself suddenly cut off from the rest of the world after the ferry stops coming. When people start to vanish, the terrified survivors realise that someone - or something - is hunting them.
When adult Laura offers teenage Eva an escape from her repressive home life, the unbalanced pairing brings into question dynamics of age and maturity, dominance and submission.
A love triangle unfolds between the legendary diva Irina, her lover Boris, and the ingénue Nina.
Documentary about the world's highest peaks.
A successful young Jewish Russian businessman meets a captivating nurse in the Polish army on a train-trip to Warsaw and is faced with a life-changing dilemma when he discovers that she's fiercely anti-Semitic.
Two high school outsiders join forces in an attempt to take power on the local school board.
After a zombie disease has been cured, former sufferers face discrimination in society.
Drama about slavery in the gemstone mines of Brazil before independence from Portugal.
Documentary about drag nights in New York.
Undead and hating it, young flesh-eater Mina haunts the woods surrounding her childhood home. When she befriends a physically abused boy, she must figure out why, for once, she isn’t feeling homicidal.
Leading activists and commentators explore the changes that have taken place since homosexuality was decriminalised in the UK in 1967 and the influence of gay culture on society.
A couple run into trouble after they are stranded by a storm.
This documentary profiles women who were tested in 1961 for spaceflight, but had their dreams dashed when only men were chosen to become astronauts.
A runaway teenager tries to make it as a hustler.
A close encounter with mysterious lights sends two teens on the run after one discovers she has extraordinary but dangerous powers.
A boy whose family is in crisis after his brother's death begins to put his life back together after meeting a friendly monster - but the monster may need his help.
A documentary about a group of octogenarians and their love of paddle tennis.
A trio of spooky tales.
Every year in cities around the United States, it is estimated that hundreds of thousands of rape kits are left untested in police storage facilities. The film sheds light on these disturbing statistics.
A couple try to resolve their problems after a marriage becomes abusive.
Three young women go through the process of arranged marriage.
A woman meets a mysterious stranger at a party and leaves with him... it's the beginning of a long night in which she will have to fight for her rights and her dignity.
A documentary about the artist John McLean and his experience of Parkinson's disease.
The life story of Elis Regina, widely considered to be the greatest Brazilian singer of all time, is told in this biopic.
A group of eccentric assassins are fed up with Gunther, the world's greatest hitman, and decide to kill him, but their plan turns into a series of bungled encounters as Gunther seems to always be one step ahead.
A group of four young South African friends go on a camping trip in the Northern Cape and experience a supernatural body-swap incident.
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.
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
