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Meet 5000 space aliens in 5000 seconds.
Leading activists and commentators explore the changes that have taken place since homosexuality was decriminalised in the UK in 1967 and the influence of gay culture on society.
A young filmmaker making educational material about Near Earth Objects is made party to a terrible secret.
Alienated filmmaker hopeful Pat Johnson's epic story of growing up in rural Illinois, falling in love and becoming the first fan of the movie that changed everything.
Over the course of a year, a teenage girl adjusts to life as a woman while her mother adjusts to life as a man.
The story of the first designated hospital ward for AIDS patients in the US.
A documentary about the Trump campaign's efforts to overturn the result of the 2020 US election.
A sewage worker is sweet talked by his glamorous girlfriend into robbing her sugar daddy, but nothing goes to plan.
A dramatisation of the Iranian Embassy siege in London in 1980.
A young couple's relationship faces sudden, unanticipated turbulence.
A documentary about the shower scene in Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho.
One afternoon a polite young boy, Elio, meets his tutor's secret lover. When he confides in her, sharing an even bigger secret, she's convinced he's joking and bursts out laughing.
When Lena learns Daniel has the keys to every place he’s ever lived, she wants to use them. But what starts as a romantic tour soon takes a sinister turn.
Under an increasingly totalitarian regime, five activists attempt to safeguard funds by stealing them from their own bank account.
Two couples go on a weekend getaway in the middle of the desert, only to discover that their Airbnb is already occupied. It's a long and bloody night told from four points-of-view.
Eight women, one body and a house full of lies.
Portrait of the LA riots which took place after the police officers who beat Rodney King were acquitted.
A documentary following a group of Hasidic women who are determined to set up the first all-female ambulance corps in New York City.
In this affectionate portrait, the filmmaker finds an unlikely creative collaborator in her 90-year-old grandfather.
A teacher imprisoned for murder uses astral projection to kill off his enemies and stalk his former assistant.
A documentary following five different inmates in Merksplas’ Prison who are held indefinitely because they are mentally ill.
Alpha Male Smith and his Beta, Keith, move to take over a local community. They hook up with restless Female, Denise, igniting a deadly feud in which emotions run high and deep-seated grudges resurface amongst the tribe. Are we not men?
When a young couple with a newborn baby move into a house with a troubled past, strange things begin to happen.
Abang and Adi are undocumented orphans in Malaysia. While the older brother, who is deaf mute, has resigned himself to a life of poverty, his younger sibling burns with indignation. A brutal accident upsets their relationship's fragile balance.
Children discuss their feelings about the increasing pace of book banning by US school districts.
A young man's life undergoes a dramatic change after he finds his picture on a website for missing children.
A girl and her yeti friend face a race against time.
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.
An exploration of ageing and beauty in the company of the original supermodels.
Two men and a mysterious manuscript.
Amir has a secret. He's tormented by visions of his leg rotting and longs to cut it off, convinced it doesn't belong to him. So, he devises a plan - one that will drag everyone around him into his relentless quest for relief.
A man who is down on his luck wakes up one day to find that an explosive device has been implanted in his neck.
An aging gangster attempts to reconnect with his children and rectify the mistakes in his past, but the criminal underworld won't loosen its grip easily.
A boy whose family is in crisis after his brother's death begins to put his life back together after meeting a friendly monster - but the monster may need his help.
Two siblings coping with grief find their lives disrupted by the arrival of three brothers who have a surprising connection to their farm.
A professor teaches a class on muses and seduces several of his students in the process.
A gangster holds a child hostage to force the child's mother to run dangerous errands, killing or stealing from his rivals.
Alone at a remote country house, a young man watches helplessly as a social media frenzy wrongly identifies him as a wanted terrorist. When online threats lead to an IRL home invasion, he must fight for his life in this tense thriller of virtual witch-hunts and false accusations.
The story of Ricky Kasso, an American teenager who murdered his friend, Gary Lauwers, in an alleged Satanic sacrifice during the summer of 1984.
A war hero, struggling with his memories as his body is ravaged by heart disease, makes one last trip to Venice to face his demons and discover an unexpected source of joy.
A documentary which aims to break open the conversation around sexual life in the disabled community.
A documentary arguing that Russia has interfered in international politics through the provision of dark money, manipulation of social media and direct influence over politicians.
Awkward teenager Adam arrives to spend his final high school summer with his older sister, who has thrown herself into New York City's lesbian and trans activist scene. Over the summer, Adam and those around him experience love, friendship, and attendant hard truths in this coming-of-age comedy.
In the garden of Eden, Man meets his best friend.
A dramatisation of the historical Battle of Myeongnyang and its star naval admiral Yi Sun-sin, who led a small fleet to improbable victory over a much larger Japanese fleet.
An adult woman puts herself up for adoption and forms a bond with the misanthropic patriarch of her adoptive family. Based on a true story.
A musical documentary about grief and the creative power of love, told through the astonishing story of Alan and Adrianne St-George and their hand-built castle in rural Illinois.
A woman who aged out of the group home system tries to find her place in the world.
A young woman acquires a cursed advent calendar and plays a game against the devil in the run up to Christmas.
The unbelievable but (allegedly) true story of the exploits of Hieronymus Karl Frederick Baron von Munchausen and a small girl.
About a bear Iain Gardner on immigration, community and A Bear Named Wojtek
Tests of love Dennis Iliadis and his star Konstantina Messini on twisty meet-the-parents thriller Buzzheart
You must remember this Loïc Espuche on childhood revulsion, shyness, shame, kissing and Yuck!
Lights and shadows Dustin Pittman with Ed Bahlman on Alan J Pakula, James Ivory, Brian De Palma and Jerry Schatzberg
Innocence lost Sebastián Parra R on growing up too fast and world building in Seed Of The Desert
UK hopes ride high as Oscar International Film shortlist announced Ireland also makes the grade
That's a wrap on festival coverage for 2024 now. We've recently covered DOC NYC, the French Film Festival UK, Tallinn Black Nights, the Leeds International Film Festival, Abertoir, the London Korean Film Festival, the Belfast Film Festival and Halloween Frightfest.
Looking a little further back, we were at the London Film Festival, Newfest, the New York Film Festival, the Scottish Queer international Film Festival, Beyond Fest, Grimmfest, San Sebastian, Fantastic Fest and the Toronto International Film Festival.
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