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A socially inept 17-year old cinephile gets a job at a video store where he forms a complicated friendship with his older female manager.
A documentary about the life of artist Mary Cassatt and her paintings, pastels and prints.
A documentary about car clamping, an antique shop, an extortion scandal and a mystery man who might be a prince.
When world-famous photographer Thomas Hoepker was diagnosed with Alzheimer's Disease, he and his wife decided to take a road trip across the US, his home for 40 years.
The unlikely story of a Glaswegian visual artist, Stephen Skrynka, and his dangerous life-long obsession with riding the 'Wall of Death', the traditional fairground motorbike attraction.
A time-traveling tale of a woman living in the Peninsular Malaysian east coast who gets entangled with a man in a dangerous dance of duplicity and deception.
A Korean single mother raises her young son in the suburbs of Nineties Canada, determined to provide a better life for him than the one she left behind.
A young woman returns to her native mountain village, searching for answers about her troubled childhood, but as she tries to uncover the truth, ancient superstitions lead the villagers to accuse her of witchcraft and murder.
A Ukranian immigrant faces racism as she seeks justice.
Film based on the true stories of Portuguese migrants who travel to Great Yarmouth, pre-Brexit, to work in turkey factories.
An aeronautical engineer at Ariane Espace, Jim has devoted himself for years to a secret project: building his own rocket and accomplishing the first manned space flight as an amateur. But to realise his dream, he must learn to share it.
In a small Danish town, we meet two generations of women. 61-year-old Solvej and the 17-year-old, Kate. Their meeting kickstarts an unlikely friendship, as the wounds of the past are revealed and the seeds of hope are sown.
A chronicle of the last year of high school as two friends set out to make the ultimate senior video.
At first glance, Leyla and Tristan seem like a happy young couple. But when they travel to a mysterious, remote island, a game of identities begins.
The story of Cian, a footballer who gets attacked on a night out. He will struggle to come to terms with his career-ending injury.
A childless woman forms a deep bond with her boyfriend's young daughter.
The story of the meteoric rise and catastrophic demise of the world's first smartphone.
Modelo Prison. Barcelona, 1977. A young accountant awaiting trial for embezzlement, joins forces with his cellmate and a collective fighting for the rights of ordinary prisoners.
A retired sea captain and his daughter must reassess their strained relationship after he begins a new romance with a widowed housekeeper.
French couple Antoine and Olga moved to a little village in the Galician countryside some time ago. There they live a quiet life, although their relations with the locals are not as idyllic as they would like them to be. A conflict with their neighbours, the Anta brothers, will see tension rise in the village to the point of no return.
The story of a child who befriends a magnificent wild blue grouper while diving. When she realises that the fish is under threat, she takes inspiration from her activist mother, and takes on poachers to save her friend.
In a windswept fishing village, a mother is torn between protecting her beloved son and her own sense of right and wrong. A lie she tells for him rips their family and close-knit community apart.
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.
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.
An imaginary Alfred Hitchcock rewatches his own films and makes observations on how they fit into today's world.
Millicent is taking a semester off from her studies to concentrate on her thesis about children with severe allergies, which makes her the perfect person to take care of Johnny, a sickly, mute child. As his behaviour grows violent, she begins to experience hallucinations.
A fashion designer is suffering from a mysterious illness that puzzles her doctors and frustrates her husband, until help arrives in the form of a Filipina carer, who uses traditional folk healing to reveal a horrifying truth.
An intimate portrait of a chronically ill man who ascribes his symptoms to electromagnetic hypersensitivity syndrome.
Against a rich Hollywood backdrop, this film documents the true story of the fight against HIV/AIDS in Los Angeles - and how an intrepid group of people living with HIV/AIDS, doctors, movie stars, studio moguls and activists changed the course of the epidemic.
An author who made a career by examining her own trauma sits down to interview her nephew for a new book about his history as a model. Each of them reveal much more than expected and confront some of their most deeply hidden secrets.
A documentary about the life and work of Karen Carpenter, her perfectionism and the eating disorder which eventually killed her.
An exploration of male identity via the lives, personalities, and adventures of a diverse band of men, real men across the globe all sharing the same name - James Bond.
A young couple travelling down a desert freeway find themselves being followed.
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.
Summoned to the Mount Saviour convent deep in the Scottish Highlands following the mysterious death of her priest brother, a woman finds herself increasing convinced that he did not commit suicide, and starts her own investigation as the nuns prepare a consecration ceremony to purify the holy site, which may harbour a dark secret.
In 1987, a group of counsellors accidentally unleash a decades' old evil on the last night of summer camp.
Valeria has long dreamed about becoming a mother. After learning that she’s pregnant, she expects to feel happy, yet something’s off. Nightmarish visions and an unshakeable paranoia have her questioning what she wants, and an ancient evil spirit may be the cause.
Maja and Leah’s new relationship is interrupted when mysterious things start happening in their London flat. It seems that Leah’s disapproving mother, who lives downstairs, is using Jewish folklore to come between them
The plastic crisis is met head-on with tackling the solutions to deal with the over production of single-use plastics.
A teenager in a rock band falls for his best friend, who is also one of his bandmates, while acting as his confidante and listening to his plans to impress girls.
When Jessica's stalker surprises her in New Mexico, she must seek help from beyond the grave to get rid of him for good.
A biography of St Clare of Assisi, who left her wealthy family to enter a religious life after hearing St Francis preach.
An intimate portrait of a woman who returns home to care for her dying mother.
The story of the nuclear testing which took place in Mercury, Nevada, where 928 nuclear weapons were detonated between 1951 - 1992.
Cultural and inter-generational trauma erupt in this story about two sisters on the outskirts of Paris.
A novelist who attends the trial of Laurence Coly at the Saint-Omer Criminal Court tries to use her story to write a modern-day adaptation of the ancient myth of Medea, but things don't go as expected.
The forbidden love between Andrea, the reluctant heir of the Malatesta family, and Marilena, the beautiful wife of the Camporeale boss, rekindles an old feud between two rival families.
An interview with an alleged Daesh recruiter, conducted during her time in a detention camp.
Following the murder of his wife and son, John becomes a recluse, trapped inside his home. Surrounded by memories, he believes someone, or something, is watching him. Could it be the ghosts of his wife and son, or something far worse?
A young lesbian and her best friend (and fellow comics nerd) find their friendship under pressure as they face the prospect of being at separate schools and the former develops a crush on a new girl.
Peering into the heart of darkness Jeremy Strong on playing Roy Cohn in The Apprentice
The show must go on Nina Gantz on exploring grief with humour in Wander To Wonder
Going for gold Sebastian Stan on playing Donald Trump in The Apprentice
Finding the magic Jenn Wexler on her approach to filmmaking, The Ranger and The Sacrifice Game
Beautiful and difficult Sandhya Suri on semi-urban outposts, moral ambiguity and Santosh
About a bear Iain Gardner on immigration, community and A Bear Named Wojtek
Questlove film heads to Sundance A bumper year for star author and filmmaker
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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