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A troubled young man from Boston moves to a small town where dancing is banned and falls for the local preacher's daughter.
A spaceship crew investigates the lack of contact from a colonised planet in this reworking of The Tempest.
An Iranian-born teenager is desperate to fit in at her new high school in Canada, but the more she tries to absorb and understand the unfamiliar mindset, the more she becomes consumed by a dark entity.
An orphaned bear cub finds a home with a fatherly evergreen tree, until his hunger for trash leads him to danger.
A getaway for a couple visiting Morocco turns deadly after their car hits and kills a local boy, with consequences which spiral out of control.
May 1945: after the surrender of Nazi Germany, Heinrich Zwygart, Swiss ambassador in Berlin, is ordered back home. Soon he gets caught up in past decisions. He got through the war. Will he survive the peace?
A lonely widow from the countryside moves in with her daughter in a small, conservative town, and falls in love with an independent married woman who sings in a bar.
The most ordinary people and places can be quite extraordinary.
In an alternate 1942, Britain has fallen to Nazi Germany. A group of ordinary British people are captured by a ruthless SS officer who is determined to find a Resistance spy among them. Can they hold out under interrogation or will they crumble?
A portrait of a woman whose love of birds puts her in a legal custody battle.
Ray and Angela have just broken up. They've just got one last thing to do: reunite one divvy up their prized record collection.
An innocent nurse, a tortured maniac and a suspicious hostage face off against a wave of violent intruders as they descend upon their place of refuge on Halloween night.
Secret agent 00 doesn't let his limited height get in the way of beating the baddies in this Filipino action caper.
A murder mystery surfaces in the midst of a heated mayoral election in a quaint New England town.
The Found Footage Phenomenon is an independent documentary charting the origins of the found footage sub-genre, tracking it through to the technique's current form and asks what the future is.
Three parallel stories, running across more than 1000 years explore the notions of life, love, obssession and loss.
A creative documentary following ten years in the life of a fortysomething Tunisian mother, a cleaning lady from a poor environment, who sees her two teenage daughters become radicalised, run away and join the terrorist organisation Daesh in Libya.
Ten years of opioids have left Molly’s life in shambles. A new drug may give her a chance to break free if she is able to stay clean for four days, with the help of her mother Deb, a tough, clear-eyed woman. Their love will be tested to the limits.
When two sisters witness a brutal crime as children, one becomes obsessed with protecting the other.
The story of events leading up to what might be a fateful meeting, if the young man and woman involved haven't left it too late.
Determined to disrupt the wedding of his ex-girlfriend by bankrupting her family, underachieving, wanna-be rapper Vinny and his neighborhood pals concoct a plan to steal her family’s jewels from a supermarket safe.
An animator struggles to complete her work while distracted by the characters in her imagination.
Jun-gang takes care of his little sister while being threatened with eviction, while Gi-su lives alone since his father was killed… by Jun-gang’s father. Will they be able to resist the vicious cycle brought on by such a sordid crime?
Bill Paxton’s kids think he’s gone nutzo in religious thriller about a serial axe murderer.
After discovering case files from a 1950s gender clinic, a cast of transgender actors turn a talk show inside out to confront the legacy of a young trans woman forced to choose between honesty and access.
A woman desperate to save her ailing husband manages to acquire the scientific journal of Victor Frankenstein.
In an attempt to impress his wife and boss, a nerdy man is lured by a 1-900 TV ad to party with a strange little creature called Frankie Freako. All hell breaks loose when Frankie and his two friends wreak interdimensional havoc in his life.
Battling against the legacy of childhood trauma, internalised misogyny, and the image-obsessed fat shaming of the LA music business, aspiring singer-songwriter Frankie Ramirez finally snaps, with bloody results
Profile of the It’s A Wonderful Life director using previously unseen archive material to explore his rise from childhood poverty in Sicily to become one of the world’s most celebrated filmmakers.
Two reanimated corpses, dependent on each other for survival, live a life of solitude until a power-hungry magistrate tricks a group of villagers into attacking their lonely castle, fulfilling an ancient prophecy: The Orgy of Blood.
Seven-year-old Chloe's father tells her to adopt an assumed identity if she’s ever separated from him, or to hide in a well-provisioned panic room if he should not return from one of his forays outside. But Chloe is determined to find out what exactly lies outside the door he's frightened of.
A teenager who moves to a small town decides to tackle bullying attitudes by running for homecoming queen.
Documentary spanning six years in the life of Libya’s nascent women’s football scene.
A documentary about the Kinetic-Optic artist Carlos Cruz-Diez and his mission to free colour from shape.
Two detectives investigate the disappearance of two teenage sisters in a remote town, where it seems like everyone has something to hide - including the bodies.
When universal basic income (UBI) comes to the Kenyan village of Kogutu, lives are forever changed.
Millions of rescue dogs from the rural US South have been transported to new homes thanks to the tireless efforts of a grassroots network of dog rescuers. This documentary looks at how it works.
Following rock climber Alex Honnold as he seeks to be the first climber to ascend free solo – without safety ropes – the 3,000-foot cliff of El Capitan in California’s Yosemite Park.
A feature length documentary film following one man's search for random Americans concerned about an Islamic threat who are prepared to travel and meet Egyptians face to face.
A geeky underachiever finds his life turning around when the prettiest girl in his class declares an interest in him - but both are nervous, and they soon discover that relationships are fragile things.
A variety of unlikely objects are used to make fresh guacamole.
During the dog days of the pandemic, a group of old friends encounter a psychotic troll.
An imagined meeting between Sigmund Freud and CS Lewis, to discuss the existence or non-existence of God.
A woman attempts to regain control of her body in a future where social media and the State operate as one.
The Exhibition on Screen series explores the life and work of the celebrated Mexican artist.
Barry is a drug-addled, abusive bastard who - after yet another bender - is abducted by aliens. Barry takes a backseat as an alien visitor assumes control of his body and takes it for a joyride through Cape Town.
A lonely widow's quiet life is upended when a teenage boy accidentally kicks his football into her garden.
1937: young Emily is trapped in a nightmare. Chronic agoraphobia and a strange, domineering mother have turned their sprawling gothic mansion into a prison. On the brink of madness, she's haunted by lurking malevolent forces, her only hope that her missing father might save her. But as she longs for his return, she's tormented by visions of a sinister, gnarled black hand—a spectre haunting her earliest memories.
A documentary about the FrightFest festival and its contribution to supporting horror, science fiction and fantasy cinema.
A woman goes to desperate lengths to get an illegal abortion.
'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
The serpent's call Composer Stephen Lukach on creating tension and awe in Beware Boiúna
I Swear leads charge for Scottish BAFTAs Tourette's drama has seven nominations
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