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A young activist struggles to get by and to find her place in a troubled Greece.
A son tries to reconnect with his father in a film that explores the nature of film.
A journey through US towns called Amsterdam in search of the real America.
A documentary about people who turn to animals for companionship.
Collage of fragments culled from an independent Sicilian TV station's output in the mid-90s.
A look at the work, life and legacy of Luke Haines.
When a nightclub owner accidentally kills a labourer, he finds himself with a dangerous debt.
Chronicle of a temporary refugee camp in Tunisia.
The battles of single mums trying to legitimise their children in Morocco.
A documentary following the lives and thinking of four politically active young Norwegians before and after the massacre on Utøya Island.
Two young teenage girls are caught up in a sex scandal that goes to the heart of the Swedish government. Based on a true story.
One fearful night at a remote farmhouse echoes the breakdown of post-Soviet Russia.
A visit to the ruined environment of a military testing site.
The arrival of a handsome exchange student causes a troubled family to come apart at the seams.
Documentary about a recovering alcoholic dad who is trying to be reconciled with his family.
This true-life 'Motorcycle Diary' recounts the epic trek of genial, thirtyish photographer Mihai Barbu as he rumbles to the Mongolian capital Ulan Bator - and back.
An introduction to the various people who visit a methadone clinic over the course of a day.
Documentary about songbird poaching.
Magical perspectives on life in a small Georgian town, as seen through the eyes of a small boy.
Falling in love with the world at first sight.
Young Neli abandons a secure future in with a wealthy, straight-laced fiancé for one last fling with her passionate but boozily self destructive ex-boyfriend.
Musings on the meanings of life, death and the world.
Film essay documenting fishermen's working conditions and sea trade.
Conversations with the actor just before his death.
In a landscape now largely abandoned by humans, wild horses face gradual extinction.
The logic of filmmaking itself begins to unravel as we explore the relationship between a frustrated son and his absent father.
Four stories about life in Guimarães, Portugal.
Seven Brazilian children film the activities of their live-in housekeepers.
Exploring the lives of 11 gay, lesbian and bisexual men and women over the age of 70.
A documentary travelogue and portrait of two cities in contrasting states: Dubai and Detroit.
The inhabitants of six different churches seek Heavenly help to solve their Earthly problems.
A woman takes home a baby from hospital, devotedly caring for it. But she is not its mother - she is a kidnapper.
This stunning amalgam of film noir and Chris Marker cine-essay poetically explores the psychic pull of the titular former Portuguese colony.
Five young people are lost in a forest - and perhaps in time itself.
A lonely housewife embarks on an intense erotic relationship with a ghost.
The film recounts a romantic obsession that spans several decades. In a poor Shanxi Province village, six-year old Tiedan falls in love with May, the beautiful neighbor who practices a traditional form of singing, Er-ren-tai, and this love will never die.
Aided by two of their friends, a former couple steal their dead son's body and set off to drive it to Cornwall, but nothing goes to plan.
After inadvertently committing an act of violence, a group of friends journeys to a legendary tower in the hope of travelling to a better world.
A portrait of a quartet of aspiring Viennese models.
A troubled teenager with violent friends discovers a secret about his absent mother than makes him contemplate a cruel act.
A documentary looking at two women permanently displaced as a result of the Second World War.
Documentary about homelessness in Paris.
Second part of Seidl's trilogy sees a devout Catholic trying to cope with the return of her paraplegic husband.
A teenager from a troubled middle class background spends the summer at fat camp and determines to seduce its director.
A cautionary tale about European female sex tourists on the beaches of Kenya.
Two ageing nightclub owners find events slipping out of control one dangerous night.
A single tracking shot captures life in the People's Park in Chengdu, China.
An interior decorator who cares or his ailing father falls for a karate instructor.
Tomás is trying to make his way in Bogota. Looking for his young brother Jairo, he sets out on a journey that will test his ability to deal with the fear and wounds of the past.
An ex-con's impulsive cross country journey leads to the unravelling of strange mysteries.
Divine transformation Eriko Katagiri on the itako tradition and When You Open The Door
Learning to let go Gloria Mercer and Bethany Brown on filming sex, drugs and A Safe Distance
Framing a feature Michele Fiascaris on expanding his short Rain Catcher into a rain-slicked noir thriller
A heroine of the people Avid Liongoren on the Filipino animation industry and Zsazsa Zaturnnah
The girl who didn't want to be happy Julien Birban Levy on the spirit of Seoul and getting inside the head of Niko
Spirit of the art Takeru Shinozuka and Yoshihide Moriyama on animation and Foxing: Kitsuné-Tsuki
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