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Two very different men become friends in a care home and bond with a young nurse looking for her birth father, hoping it might be one of them.
Rejected from eight colleges, Bartleby decides to start his own.
An angry firefighter decides to get revenge on the radio agony aunt who ruined his relationship, spoiling her wedding plans by faking a document which says she's already married to him.
Musings on the pronunciation of personal names.
A successful actress forms a relationship with a starstruck newbie actress who doesn't know how to leave work at the door.
A documentary about Pussy Riot and Russian traditions of political resistance enacted through art.
Six party-goers find themselves stranded in the ocean, unable to get back aboard their yacht. Out to own on DVD from December 26.
Dangerous liaison between a lapsed Irish Catholic and a first generation Pakistani Muslim.
Five young people wake up on a beach washed up by the tide. Where are they? What brought them there, and what are the strange creatures that surround them?
After losing his job, an ordinary man resorts to desperate measures in order to provide for his family.
After a shocking discovery at an investor's family wedding, the supervisor of an orphanage finds himself facing a complex dilemma.
A look at the work of late term abortion providers in the US.
When a gang of criminals on the hunt for missing money attack a remote family home, they get more than they bargained for from a troubled teenage boy.
The story of Gianni Agnelli, the legendary Italian industrialist and playboy, as told by family, friends, lovers, professional confidantes and rivals.
A young woman with a rare sensory disorder finds herself threatened by a mysterious conspiracy as she strives to guard her wealthy father's secret.
An Albanian teenager struggles to find social acceptance in Glasgow, where she is seeking asylum.
A troubled girl arrives at an expensive boarding school and finds herself distinctly unwelcome.
A teenager left to roam the streets by his heroin-addicted mother dicovers he has a remarkable gift.
A personal exploration of what it means to come to terms with one's identity in a society whose categories and narratives never seem to fit.
A portrait of the famous portrait painter Alice Neel.
Kids take on an alien invasion.
Another monster mash up.
A gang of cheerleaders embark on a supernatural path of vengeance.
Young newlyweds are anxious to consummate their marriage but family keeps getting in the way.
The emergence of secrets complicates a wedding anniversary celebration.
Mandy Lane is the object of everyone's desires at a party in a remote cabin, but is there someone out there who wants her too much?
What is it like to come of age in New York City? First-time director Jenny Gage follows vivacious sisters, Ginger and Dusty, and their high school friends over the course of their crucial teen years.
A documentary asking whether we are now dominated by the systems we built for our own convenience.
On the streets of Ukraine, a pastor kidnaps children to try and save them from a life of drug abuse and destitution.
In the wake of the mortgage-lending crisis, a former banker returns to his hometown.
Google's DeepMind team takes on one of the world's top Go players in a weeklong tournament.
Psychological drama about obsession, fame, and femininity follows two friends, both actresses, on a trip to Big Sur, to reconnect with one another.
The 2007 murder of a British exchange student Meredith Kercher in Perugia, Italy is a case study in the vagaries of crime and punishment.
Two strangers, both folk musicians stranded in California, take a road trip to New York in the days after 9/11.
A former college sportsman is drawn into exploitative real estate scamming in the run-up to the US housing market crash.
A woman grows gradually disillusioned with the new circle of friends she has formed in dramatic circumstances.
The introduction of a stranger to an annual gathering of friends and family throws strained relationships into sharp relief.
An exploration into the spread of the radical Islamic school Red Mosque, which trains children to devote their lives to holy war, from a very young age.
In Victorian London, puritanical doctors prescribe abstinence to a young couple after the life-threatening birth of their daughter. Sexual repression leads to obsession and opens the door to paranormal phenomena
An Inuk filmmaker takes a close look at the central role of seal hunting in the lives of the Inuit.
The animated film was produced by Platige Image for Polish Pavilion at EXPO 2010 in Shanghai - to promote the economy.
A Greenlander out on the ice picks up a distress call from a stranded astronaut.
A forensic psychologist is faced with a young woman who may be a victim or a psychopath.
After participating in a wormhole experiment, a PhD student starts having trouble with her memory and finds herself in increasingly disturbing situations.
A folk song tells of a journey and a terrible decision.
A young New Yorker struggles to understand herself in the aftermath of a break-up.
Two teenage girls discover a mermaid stranded in a pool after a storm.
Stories based on the 1001 Nights but transplanted to the present day. The film is split into three parts.
A maiden from Baghdad tells a series of stories explicating Portugal's financial crisis.
The middle part of a trilogy exploring Portugal's financial crisis in the style of the original Arabian Nights.
New eyes on Old Hollywood How images of Bette Davis, Joan Crawford and Rita Hayworth inspired Pretty Babies
Lost Boys Wayne Wapeemukwa on drawing on reality for Manhunt while avoiding a true crime approach
Serious about comedy Louis Paxton on grounding the humour of The Incomer in darker elements
That shrinking feeling Shivek Gupta and Syed Shadan on the Mumbai housing market and Chaar Diwaari
A woman who didn't belong Anna Cazenave Cambet on working with Vicky Krieps in Love Me Tender
A dialogue of parchment and celluloid Jean-Jacques Annaud on Umberto Eco and The Name Of The Rose
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