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About Dry Grasses
A young teacher hopes to be appointed to Istanbul after mandatory duty at a small village. After long time waiting he loses all hope of escaping from this gloomy life. His colleague helps him to regain his perspective.
A young teacher hopes to be appointed to Istanbul after mandatory duty at a small village. After long time waiting he loses all hope of escaping from this gloomy life. His colleague helps him to regain his perspective.
After Work
A consideration of the changing landscape of work and our attitudes towards it.
A consideration of the changing landscape of work and our attitudes towards it.
Anatomy Of A Fall
A woman is accused of her husband's murder.
A woman is accused of her husband's murder.
Animalia
A young, pregnant woman finds emancipation as aliens land in Morocco.
A young, pregnant woman finds emancipation as aliens land in Morocco.
The Animal Kingdom
Sci-fi adventure set in a world where humans are mutating into "creatures".
Sci-fi adventure set in a world where humans are mutating into "creatures".
Blackbird Blackbird Blackberry
The story of a 40something in a dead-end town who discovers love for the first time.
The story of a 40something in a dead-end town who discovers love for the first time.
Blaga's Lessons
A woman's moral compass starts to slip after she is conned out of her savings by a phone scammer.
A woman's moral compass starts to slip after she is conned out of her savings by a phone scammer.
La Chimera
The story of a group of archaeologists and the black market in historical artefacts.
The story of a group of archaeologists and the black market in historical artefacts.
Club Zero
A teacher takes a job at an elite school and forms a strong bond with five students - a relationship which eventually takes a dangerous turn.
A teacher takes a job at an elite school and forms a strong bond with five students - a relationship which eventually takes a dangerous turn.
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The Delinquents
Two bank staff rob their own establishment.
Two bank staff rob their own establishment.
The Edge Of The Blade
Paris, 1887. Duels have been officially outlawed but are still regular practice. This historical drama is set against that backdrop.
Paris, 1887. Duels have been officially outlawed but are still regular practice. This historical drama is set against that backdrop.
Empty Nets
A man and a woman from two different social classes keep their relationship a secret as the man struggles to raise a dowry.
A man and a woman from two different social classes keep their relationship a secret as the man struggles to raise a dowry.
Fallen Leaves
The course of potential love does not run smooth for a shelf-stacker and a metal worker.
The course of potential love does not run smooth for a shelf-stacker and a metal worker.
Fantastic Machine
From the first camera to 45 billion cameras worldwide today, the visual sociologist filmmakers widen their lens to expose both humanity’s unique obsession with the camera’s image and the social consequences that lay ahead.
From the first camera to 45 billion cameras worldwide today, the visual sociologist filmmakers widen their lens to expose both humanity’s unique obsession with the camera’s image and the social consequences that lay ahead.
Fremont
Donya works for a Chinese fortune cookie factory in San Francisco. Formerly a translator for the U.S. military in Afghanistan, she struggles to put her life back in order. In a moment of sudden revelation, she decides to send out a special message in a cookie.
Donya works for a Chinese fortune cookie factory in San Francisco. Formerly a translator for the U.S. military in Afghanistan, she struggles to put her life back in order. In a moment of sudden revelation, she decides to send out a special message in a cookie.
Goodbye Julia
Wracked by guilt after covering up a murder, Mona — a northern Sudanese retired singer in a tense marriage — tries to make amends by taking in the deceased’s southern Sudanese widow, Julia, and her son, Daniel, into her home.
Wracked by guilt after covering up a murder, Mona — a northern Sudanese retired singer in a tense marriage — tries to make amends by taking in the deceased’s southern Sudanese widow, Julia, and her son, Daniel, into her home.
Human Flowers Of Flesh
Ida and her crew travel across the Mediterranean’s land and seascapes, lured by the mystique of the French Foreign Legion.
Ida and her crew travel across the Mediterranean’s land and seascapes, lured by the mystique of the French Foreign Legion.
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Imago
Portrait of a woman living in late-Eighties Poland.
Portrait of a woman living in late-Eighties Poland.
Inshallah A Boy
A mother fights for her rights in a partriachal system after her husband's death.
A mother fights for her rights in a partriachal system after her husband's death.
Inside The Yellow Cocoon Shell
A man has to return his sister-in-law's body to her hometown after an accident while, along with his nephew, he searches for his long-lost brother.
A man has to return his sister-in-law's body to her hometown after an accident while, along with his nephew, he searches for his long-lost brother.
In Camera
An actor struggles with the various roles he is juggling in life.
An actor struggles with the various roles he is juggling in life.
Iron Butterflies
In summer 2014, sunflower fields and coal mines in eastern Ukraine turned into a 12 square kilometer crime scene. A multi-layered investigation into the downing of flight MH17, in which a butterfly-shaped shrapnel was found in the pilot's body, implicated the state responsible for a war crime that remains unpunished.
In summer 2014, sunflower fields and coal mines in eastern Ukraine turned into a 12 square kilometer crime scene. A multi-layered investigation into the downing of flight MH17, in which a butterfly-shaped shrapnel was found in the pilot's body, implicated the state responsible for a war crime that remains unpunished.
Kidnapped
In 1858, a six-year-old Jewish boy is forcibly seized from his family by the Catholic church.
In 1858, a six-year-old Jewish boy is forcibly seized from his family by the Catholic church.
Luxembourg, Luxembourg
Twin brothers find their lives disrupted after a phone call about their long-estranged dad.
Twin brothers find their lives disrupted after a phone call about their long-estranged dad.
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Mami Wata
When the harmony in a village is threatened by outside elements, two sisters must fight to save their people and restore the glory of a mermaid goddess to the land.
When the harmony in a village is threatened by outside elements, two sisters must fight to save their people and restore the glory of a mermaid goddess to the land.
Monster
A mother is shocked when she learns what a teacher has said to her son, but the truth is more complicated.
A mother is shocked when she learns what a teacher has said to her son, but the truth is more complicated.
The Mother Of All Lies
The filmmaker doesn’t have any pictures of herself as a child. This is the starting point of a documentary investigation that unfolds the secrets of a Casablanca family.
The filmmaker doesn’t have any pictures of herself as a child. This is the starting point of a documentary investigation that unfolds the secrets of a Casablanca family.
No Bears
The director appears as himself, relocated to a rural border town to remotely oversee the making of a new film in Turkey, the story of which comes to sharply parallel disturbing events that begin to occur around him.
The director appears as himself, relocated to a rural border town to remotely oversee the making of a new film in Turkey, the story of which comes to sharply parallel disturbing events that begin to occur around him.
The Old Oak
A musing on the future of The Old Oak, the last remaining pub in a village in Northeast England, where people are leaving the land as the mines are closed. Houses are cheap and available, thus making it an ideal location for Syrian refugees.
A musing on the future of The Old Oak, the last remaining pub in a village in Northeast England, where people are leaving the land as the mines are closed. Houses are cheap and available, thus making it an ideal location for Syrian refugees.
Omen
When a man who was cast out as a child after being considered a sorceror returns home, he faces prejudice.
When a man who was cast out as a child after being considered a sorceror returns home, he faces prejudice.
Opponent
Iman, an Iranian, lives with his family in Sweden in an ever-changing succession of refugee hostels. To increase his chances of obtaining residence permits for them all, he resumes his career as a wrestler – and is confronted with the reason he had to flee.
Iman, an Iranian, lives with his family in Sweden in an ever-changing succession of refugee hostels. To increase his chances of obtaining residence permits for them all, he resumes his career as a wrestler – and is confronted with the reason he had to flee.
Orlando, My Political Biography
Docufiction interpretation of Virginia Woolf's novel.
Docufiction interpretation of Virginia Woolf's novel.
Passages
A married man cheats on his husband with a woman... then tells him about it.
A married man cheats on his husband with a woman... then tells him about it.
Past Lives
Nora and Hae Sung, two childhood friends, are separated from each other when Nora’s family emigrates from South Korea. Two decades later, they are reunited in New York where Nora now lives with her American husband.
Nora and Hae Sung, two childhood friends, are separated from each other when Nora’s family emigrates from South Korea. Two decades later, they are reunited in New York where Nora now lives with her American husband.
Perfect Days
The story of an urban renewal project which involves the creation of 17 public toilets in key locations in the Japanese capital.
The story of an urban renewal project which involves the creation of 17 public toilets in key locations in the Japanese capital.
Perpetrator
On her 18th birthday, tough-girl Jonny eats a cake baked by her aunt according to a magical family recipe and undergoes a radical metamorphosis.
On her 18th birthday, tough-girl Jonny eats a cake baked by her aunt according to a magical family recipe and undergoes a radical metamorphosis.
Project Wolf Hunting
The story of dangerous criminals on a cargo ship who are transported from the Philippines to South Korea, as they unleash a sinister force after an escape attempt leads to a riot.
The story of dangerous criminals on a cargo ship who are transported from the Philippines to South Korea, as they unleash a sinister force after an escape attempt leads to a riot.
Pure Unknown
One forensic pathologist's fight for the rights to identity of the nameless victims she works with.
One forensic pathologist's fight for the rights to identity of the nameless victims she works with.
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Red Rooms
A woman becomes obsessed with the trial of a murderer.
A woman becomes obsessed with the trial of a murderer.
Restore Point
It’s the year 2041, and humanity has reached the point where it can cheat death. Anyone who dies an unnatural death has the right to be brought back to life. All you have to do is to create a backup of your personality – a restore point – at least every 48 hours. But a movement of people try to sabotage this concept.
It’s the year 2041, and humanity has reached the point where it can cheat death. Anyone who dies an unnatural death has the right to be brought back to life. All you have to do is to create a backup of your personality – a restore point – at least every 48 hours. But a movement of people try to sabotage this concept.
Samsara
Samsara is the Buddhist cycle of death and reincarnation. From the temples of Laos, alongside with teenage monks, we will accompany a soul in its transit from one body to another through the bardo.
Samsara is the Buddhist cycle of death and reincarnation. From the temples of Laos, alongside with teenage monks, we will accompany a soul in its transit from one body to another through the bardo.
Sisu
After a solitary prospector strikes gold in the wilderness of Lapland, he runs into a retreating detachment of Nazi soldiers who set their sights on claiming the bounty. Unfortunately for the stormtroopers, this is no ordinary miner.
After a solitary prospector strikes gold in the wilderness of Lapland, he runs into a retreating detachment of Nazi soldiers who set their sights on claiming the bounty. Unfortunately for the stormtroopers, this is no ordinary miner.
Sorcery
On the remote island of Chiloé in the late 19th century, an indigenous girl named Rosa lives and works with her father on a farm. When the foreman brutally turns on Rosa’s father, she sets out for justice, seeking help from the king of a powerful organisation of sorcerers.
On the remote island of Chiloé in the late 19th century, an indigenous girl named Rosa lives and works with her father on a farm. When the foreman brutally turns on Rosa’s father, she sets out for justice, seeking help from the king of a powerful organisation of sorcerers.
Suzume
Animated adventure sees a teenager fight to close a series of "Doors of Disaster".
Animated adventure sees a teenager fight to close a series of "Doors of Disaster".
The Taste Of Things
The story of Eugenie, an esteemed cook, and Dodin, the fine gourmet she has been working for over the last 20 years.
The story of Eugenie, an esteemed cook, and Dodin, the fine gourmet she has been working for over the last 20 years.
A Thousand And One
Convinced it's one last, necessary crime on the path to redemption, unapologetic and free-spirited Inez kidnaps six-year-old Terry from the foster care system. Holding on to their secret and each other, mother and son set out to reclaim their sense of home, identity, and stability in New York City.
Convinced it's one last, necessary crime on the path to redemption, unapologetic and free-spirited Inez kidnaps six-year-old Terry from the foster care system. Holding on to their secret and each other, mother and son set out to reclaim their sense of home, identity, and stability in New York City.
To The North
A religious Filipino sailor working on a transatlantic ship, discovers a hidden Romanian stowaway. Convinced by a Bible this emigrant has, the sailor starts playing a dangerous game, involving his crew, his faith in God and an innocent man’s life.
A religious Filipino sailor working on a transatlantic ship, discovers a hidden Romanian stowaway. Convinced by a Bible this emigrant has, the sailor starts playing a dangerous game, involving his crew, his faith in God and an innocent man’s life.
Tótem
In a large house, friends and family meet for a dual ritual: it is the birthday of young father and painter Tona, but also a farewell ceremony.
In a large house, friends and family meet for a dual ritual: it is the birthday of young father and painter Tona, but also a farewell ceremony.
Umberto Eco - A Library Of The World
A visit to the library which the writer spent his life creating.
A visit to the library which the writer spent his life creating.
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When The Waves Are Gone
Lt. Hermes Papauran, one of the best investigators of the Philippines, is in a deep moral crossroad, being a witness to his institution's being a party to a murderous anti-drug campaign, which is spearheaded by no less than the president of the country, Rodrigo Duterte.
Lt. Hermes Papauran, one of the best investigators of the Philippines, is in a deep moral crossroad, being a witness to his institution's being a party to a murderous anti-drug campaign, which is spearheaded by no less than the president of the country, Rodrigo Duterte.
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