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The story of Rudy Ray Moore, the comedy and rap pioneer who proved naysayers wrong when his obscene, kung-fu fighting alter ego, Dolemite, became a Blaxploitation phenomenon.
After consulting with his relatives, a 35-year-old father consents to the marriage of his 14-year-old daughter. With individuals having different perspectives, his family grapples with the decision.
A young woman fights for survival after being abducted by a deranged, monster-like figure who wants to raise her as a child.
A boy's life is transformed by his friendship with an injured dolphin.
Seven people living in post-Apocalypse survival bunkers keep in touch through a computer network. Panic ensues when part of the system goes down and then people start to disappear.
Trained assassin Dominique, escaping her troubled past, crash lands her plane in a Colombian town rife with violence. Sheltered by a family, she faces attacks from police and must choose between self-preservation or defending her hosts.
A man trying to recover his reputation and his confidence after a financial scandal decides to take on the Oceans Seven marathon swimming challenge.
Devastated by his daughter's death in a terrible accident, Ben becomes convinced that he can bring her back through a recurring dream. But is it just a dream? Or is Ben losing his mind?
A young woman trying to overcome her traumatic past is walking through the park one day she sees a man brutally assaulted while passers-by stop to film it on their phones. Later, one by one, the witnesses fall prey to someone or something seeking revenge.
After a suspicious accident takes the life of an environmental activist, an ancient spirit is reborn outside a small northern town.
A woman seeks help after a supernatural gift starts to do her harm.
A 1950s housewife living with her husband in a utopian experimental community begins to worry that his glamorous company may be hiding disturbing secrets.
During the Second World War, a band of misfits must come together to save the galaxy.
A woman wakes up one night in her one room apartment to hear somebody trying to force open the door.
Three Doppelgängers meet in outer space to imagine diasporic and queer eco-feminist futures in this innovative documentary.
After years of prescription medications failed her a suicidal woman, Adrianne, turns to underground healers to try and overcome her depression, anxiety, and opioid addiction with illegal psychedelic medicine like magic mushrooms and iboga.
Marcos is an experienced nurse. He works in the night shift of a provincial private clinic. He is applied and professional but has a secret: in some extreme cases he applies euthanasia. Then he meets a handsome young nurse who kills patients on a whim.
When an experimental drug trial goes horribly wrong, the surviving test subjects must fight off sleep, and each other, to stay alive.
A young woman's ghost investigates the mysterious events that led to her own murder.
An infamously tough headteacher, also a nun, becomes convinced that the priest at her school is molesting one of the children.
When a screenwriter is sentenced to community service, he finds his work with juvenile offenders offers him an unexpected outlet.
German dramatisation of the last days of Adolf Hitler and the Third Reich.
A big screen addition to the popular television series about wealthy owners of a large estate in the English countryside in the early 20th Century.
The story of the nuclear testing which took place in Mercury, Nevada, where 928 nuclear weapons were detonated between 1951 - 1992.
A documentary about the development of artificial intelligence and its potential consequences for humanity.
When a 15th-century prince denounces God after the loss of his wife he inherits an eternal curse: he becomes a vampire. Condemned to wander the centuries, he defies fate and death, guided by a single hope - to be reunited with his lost love.
A documentary about four pre-teens who enjoy competing in drag pageants.
Two women's struggle to survive during the Dark Ages is complicated when a childhood friend returns with bad news.
A group of young people keen to look good on social media break into an abandoned apartment and accidentally open a portal to another realm.
On the night of the strangest wedding in cinema history, a grotesque gang boss hires a stone cold killer to bring him the finger of a fading, drug-addicted jazz legend.
The intriguing story of a woman discovered in a London flat three years after her death.
An exploration of the underground dance community in Tokyo.
A woman with limited hopes toils in a rundown motel in rural Poland, as a maid, and is befriended by a visiting truck driver.
After finally giving up on his vinyl record business, a middle aged man tries to make ends meet by working for a ride share company.
Eight-year-old Cody is spending the summer in an unfamiliar setting with his mom Kathy. Though he can’t relate to the neighbourhood kids, things take an unexpected turn when he develops an unusual friendship with grouchy old Del from next door.
Nishijima Hidetoshi as a stage actor and director happily married to his playwright wife. Then one day the wife disappears.
A newlywed couple is terrorized by a consumer drone that has become sentient with the consciousness of a deranged serial killer.
A western thriller asking the question: how far would you go to protect your loved ones?
After stealing a priceless painting, three men arrive at a secluded safe house by the sea to discover their fourth accomplice missing. Was one of them responsible, or is there a more sinister presence lurking at the water's edge?
A young tearaway is sent to learn kung-fu from his strict, mysterious and heavy-drinking uncle.
A directionless, young campus bus driver and a punk rock, Samoan security guard named Pineapple form an unlikely friendship.
The story of a fake exorcist, Dr. Cheon, who is commissioned to look into the case of a girl who is strongly possessed.
A documentary about the testing of psychotropic drugs on US soldiers at the Edgewood Arsenal between 1955 and 1975.
Classic black comedy about frantic politicians trying to avert a nuclear war.
A tough, working class petty criminal morphs into an anti-heroine to be reckoned with in the treacherous world of diamond smuggling.
An Argentinian filmmaker struggling to finish a movie about his unrequited first love receives an unexpected invitation to reconstruct his memories, revisit his past and perhaps even find a new ending to his story.
A plump young woman whose mother is obsessed with beauty pageants decides to challenge her assumptions by entering one herself.
Epic science fiction set around rival clans on a desert planet which is home to giant worms.
When a trainee pilot and her mortally wounded gunner are shot down, they crash land on a nearby planet. An enemy craft offers the chance of spare parts to fix her ship, but then she spots another survivor - an enemy alien soldier with no intention of letting her escape.
A successful black businessman, haunted by his crumbling marriage and identity crisis, is drawn into a sexualised game of cat and mouse with a mysterious white woman on a subway that leads to a violent conclusion.
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
A place to belong Liam O Mochain on anthology filmmaking, hidden stories and making Abode
Sundance announces Sandbox Fund recipients Four UK nonfiction productions/co-productions among selection
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