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Two young girls flee their hometown drawn by the seductive promise of the Hollywood but their American Dream soon fractures.
In the early 1970s writer and student Jay Parini finds himself committed to driving blind poet Jorge Luis Borges across the Scottish countryside. The pair form a bond over the journey.
During the 1994 IRA ceasefire, two best friends try to escape their lives in a small Irish town.
After experiencing immense family turmoil in the wake of her husband’s death, a woman seeks solace in a quiet seaside town. There, she forms an unexpected bond with a young woman.
After years of saving money from the small bribes they collect, 60-year-old Marina and her husband Gosha from Bulgaria are preparing for their dream trip to St Petersburg to witness the White Nights. But when Russia invades Ukraine and the travel agency vanishes with all their savings, the couple’s dream collapses.
New parents Karl and Emilie are looking forward to a weekend break where they plan to announce their baby's name. The day before the celebration, Karl's estranged mother shows up.
A mother finds her life turned upside down after a fire leads to her children being put in foster care and becomes determined to track them down.
A postwoman tries to fulfil the last wish of her ailing mother.
Satire sees the cast of an opera rocked by an accusation of sexual assault.
The story of Charles de Gaulle's rise to power.
Adaptation of Camus' classic.
A staff member at a seaside hotel vanishes without a trace.
A love story about a married mussel farmer who falls in love with a handsome newcomer.
Tom, a tennis coach at a luxury hotel, has his life changed when a new family arrives. Matters take a dark turn when the husband disappears and both Tom and the wife become suspects.
Two estranged brothers with chequered childhoods in the care system suddenly find themselves living under the same roof.
When Colleen volunteers to care for her elderly neighbor Elsie, the two quickly bond. But beneath the pleasantries, motives start to be questioned leading to a devastating series of events.
After many years, Suzanne and her two children unexpectedly show up at the home of her sister Jeanne. It initially looks like Suzanne is tentatively attempting to re-establish a relationship with her sister. But this illusion is shattered with the morning light: Suzanne is gone and Jeanne is forced to become a mother to children she barely knows.
After a wildfire takes the family farm, a rancher seeks a way forward.
A father arrives at a rave deep in the mountains of southern Morocco with his son, looking for his daughter who has been missing for months.
Cécile is about to open her own gourmet restaurant, finally making her dream come true, when suddenly her father has a heart attack and she is called back to the village where she was born... and runs into her teenage crush.
A 16-year-old boy breaks out from his bourgeois family and starts an apprenticeship as a stonemason. He also meets a Ukrainian colleague who turns his world upside down.
Animated consideration of the life of the cinema pioneer.
The story of a family and a family business.
This is the story of Godard making Breathless, told in the style and spirit in which Godard made Breathless.
A woman battles her demons.
1982. French President François Mitterrand decides to launch an international architectural competition for the flagship project of his mandate: the Great Arch of La Défense, aligned with the Louvre and the Arc de Triomphe. Against all odds, Otto von Spreckelsen, a Danish architect, wins the competition...
A vivid reimagining of Bono’s critically acclaimed one-man stage show, Stories of Surrender: An Evening of Words, Music and Some Mischief…
A stand-off between a small-town sheriff and mayor sparks a powder keg as neighbour is pitted against neighbour in Eddington, New Mexico.
Clarissa, a writer lacking inspiration, joins a prestigious artist residency at the cutting edge of technology. There, she finds support - and even a confidante - in Dalloway, her virtual assistant, who helps her write. But Clarissa begins to grow uneasy with the AI’s increasingly intrusive presence.
Stéphanie, a police officer working for Internal Affairs, is assigned to a case involving a young man severely wounded during a tense and chaotic demonstration in Paris. While she finds no evidence of illegitimate police violence, the case takes a personal turn when she discovers the victim is from her hometown.
Our lives are the sum of our choices.
Animation about a woodcutter and his wife whose lives are transformed after they rescue a baby thrown from a train that passes near their home.
Tension mounts for a couple when a woman claiming to be their daughter, who went missing 10 years before, arrives back in their lives.
The story of photographer Elizabeth 'Lee' Miller, a fashion model who became an acclaimed war correspondent for Vogue magazine during the Second World War.
A theatre group escapes the reality of incarceration through the creativity of staging a play, with a cast that includes actors who have been incarcerated.
After a family tragedy, three generations of the Deetz family return home to Winter River. Still haunted by Beetlejuice, Lydia's life is turned upside down when her teenage daughter, Astrid, accidentally opens the portal to the Afterlife.
Consideration of the painter Wilhelmina Barns-Graham.
Six-year-old Cléo loves her nanny Gloria more than anything. When Gloria must return to Cape Verde to care for her own children, the two must make the most of their last summer together.
An epic spanning the Civil War from 1861 to 1865.
Love story between two women who face a struggle against a patriarchal society.
A conductor discovers he was adopted and has a younger sibling.
A woman travels to Scotland in a bid to reinvigorate her life.
World leaders become stranded in the woods during a G7 summit.
A young lawyer tries to save a dog from capital punishment.
A lawyer gets an offer to help a cartel boss start a new life.
A triptych fable, following a man without choice who tries to take control of his own life; a policeman who is alarmed that his wife who was missing-at-sea has returned and seems a different person; and a woman determined to find a specific someone with a special ability, who is destined to become a prodigious spiritual leader.
Power play and corruption unfold in a futuristic city.
12-year-old Bailey lives with her single dad Bug and brother Hunter in a squat in North Kent. Bug doesn’t have much time for his kids and Bailey who is approaching puberty seeks attention and adventure elsewhere.
Prequel about the young Furiosa, who is snatched by a biker gang.
Film within a film sees actors squabble at a roadside pub.
The changing light Yoon Dan-bi on music, sound, Moving On and The World Before
Flipping the script Ghasideh Golmakani on using absurdist comedy to tackle misogyny in Head To Head
Spotlight on forgotten history Miwa Nishikawa on telling the story of post-war street orphans in Children Untold
A compulsion for cinema Thomas Bond on the secret of being a producer, the value of flaws, and Imposters
Streaming spotlight: off with their heads! Hold onto your noggin as we reflect on characters who have lost theirs entirely
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