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A documentary portrait of Alok Vaid-Menon, the internationally acclaimed non-binary author, poet, comedian and public speaker.
Trained assassin Dominique, escaping her troubled past, crash lands her plane in a Colombian town rife with violence. Sheltered by a family, she faces attacks from police and must choose between self-preservation or defending her hosts.
Jake drives his older brother Pete home for a family intervention after his most recent suicide attempt.
An Egyptian gay couple return from the US to Egypt for a family emergency. When they fall prey to witchcraft intended as punishment for their homosexual sins, one of them falls into religious terror and exposes his unhealed past.
A documentary about the Trump campaign's efforts to overturn the result of the 2020 US election.
A 'remix' of the FW Murnau silent classic loosely based on Dracula, in which a vampire becomes obsessed with the wife of a real estate agent.
An Argentinian filmmaker struggling to finish a movie about his unrequited first love receives an unexpected invitation to reconstruct his memories, revisit his past and perhaps even find a new ending to his story.
A teenager who stops off to see his dealer to test a new drug before heading off for a night of partying. On the way home, he picks up an injured woman and the night takes a surreal turn
The story of how indie rock star Tegan's identity was stolen and weaponised in a complex catfishing scheme.
Two young people undertake a doomed summer road trip through Japan, which in turn reflects on the dissipating promise of 1960s counterculture and free love.
Aparna Rajawat, India's 16-time women's national champion in martial arts, attempts to break the Guinness World Record for most women trained in a self-defence lesson, drawing attention to violence against women in India.
A determined detective is in a race against time to stop a dark web game in which captives are forced to compete for their lives.
A burned-out professional sniper finds himself trapped in an all-glass penthouse by a lethal competitor and must find a way to survive and escape with little to no cover between him and the killer.
When a glamorous but talentless young actress is accused of murdering a sleazy producer, her aspiring lawyer friend spies a money-making opportunity.
On the night of first harvest, three brothers in the American West set out to see a dead witch buried by their friend and find themselves in a race to stop a curse.
A boy and his stepmother fear for their safety after the boy becomes convinced that his deceased father has returned for him.
A heavily pregnant real estate agent is trapped in a remote house at night with a dangerous man.
During massive 1996 Rio storm, firefighter Ana and her firefighter team must evacuate a collapsing nursing home, but the mysterious residents have other sinister plans.
A young woman reluctantly returns to her crumbling hometown, only to discover her brother has mysteriously gone missing. Consumed by guilt, she embarks on a harrowing journey to find him, which leads her deep into the dark wilderness surrounding the town.
Two Americans find themselves in Dakar, Senegal with bombs strapped to their chests and ten hours to find out why.
A reimagining of Little Red Riding Hood, set in present day Oregon.
A study of an esoteric community hidden within the French Pyrenees, supposedly the home of the Holy Grail.
The rings of power are forged as the dark lord Sauron prepares to try to take control of Middle Earth.
Two estranged cousins try to make amends for many generations of family dispute.
In order to escape police after a robbery, two estranged siblings lay low in a metaphysical farmhouse that hides them away in a different time. There they reckon with a mysterious force that pushes their familial bonds to unnatural breaking points.
A insight into the lives of Black LGBTQ+ people in Atlanta.
Six bloodcurdling tapes unleash horror in a science-fiction inspired hellscape, pushing the boundaries of fear and suspense.
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.
Ten trafficked women attempt to escape from a ruthless gang after being abducted from a holiday resort.
A mute serial killer decides to end his life, but resolving his guilt is not that easy.
The race is on to solve a mystery and find the six ancient swords which point the way to a legendary treasure - and a famous detective trapped in the body of a child is on the case.
On a weekend trip to Scotland, four scare-loving friends book a ghostly horror-themed camping excursion. That night around the campfire, their guide encourages them to tell the most twisted stories that they know and to burn a totem that will help feed the evil that lives there. Tales of sinister spirits, demons lurking in the shadows and the truest forms of malevolence emerge.
A faux true-crime documentary about two detectives pursuit of an infamous serial killer named Mr. Shiny, who terrorised Southern California for almost two decades.
A couple find their marriage deteriorating after a disturbing episode when the husband declares in his sleep, “Someone’s inside”.
A gamekeeper seeks revenge on the rich man who persuaded him to agree to a compromise on hunting safety rules which had devastating consequences.
Colourblind artist Neil Harbisson is the world's first formally recognised cyborg, with an antenna permanently implanted in his head allowing him to hear colour. He is on a mission to convince the world to adopt his credo: design yourself.
When a poker game is robbed, an ambitious young player and his girlfriend find themselves in a situation where the stakes are suddenly much higher.
After she's she's bitten by her dead friend's cat, Booger, a woman's life starts to get stranger every day: she's hungry for canned fish, she keeps swallowing her hair, and her predator instincts are out of control.
A theatre critic enlists a glamorous young actress in a desperate scheme.
When she's diagnosed with a variation of sex characteristics, a teenage girl is forced to reevaluate her life, relationships and identity.
When it becomes impossible to keep repairing the sea barriers in low-lying Denmark, the country is evacuated and once affluent Danes become refugees, with families torn apart in the process.
The crippled and angry victim of a hit and run, who takes a course on how to be psychic so he can find the car that hit him and take revenge on the driver. But when his teacher draws him into her search for a mysterious crystal known as the paragon, he finds himself trapped in a parallel universe and on the run from her evil brother and his band of enslaved psychics.
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.
Having raising an unusual spider in secret, 12-year-old Charlotte must face the facts about her pet - and fight for her family's survival - when the once-charming creature rapidly transforms into a giant, flesh-eating monster.
Three sisters try to cope in the absence of parents, afraid that social services will split them up if they find out about their situation.
A father and son plumbing duo face a gruesome challenge: rid a building of a toilet-dwelling creature before it unleashes itself to the rest of the world.
In the dead of night, a young teenager appears on Roy's doorstep, fleeing from her abusive father. Despite a few too many drinks, Roy reluctantly offers her shelter for the night. But is either of them what they seem?
1937: young Emily is trapped in a nightmare. Chronic agoraphobia and a strange, domineering mother have turned their sprawling gothic mansion into a prison. On the brink of madness, she's haunted by lurking malevolent forces, her only hope that her missing father might save her. But as she longs for his return, she's tormented by visions of a sinister, gnarled black hand—a spectre haunting her earliest memories.
Lucas returns to his native village lost in the mountains to bury his parents who have tragically died in a mysterious fire. Traumatised by his abusive father as a child, he also witnessed the death of his best friend when he was eight-years-old. But he has never told anyone the truth about what really happened.
Sam is having a bad day. He is battling an unhealthy relationship with alcohol, is late on a deadline for a writing gig and risks having to pay back an advance he can’t afford to. Then a chance encounter whilst drowning his sorrows sends his already bad day spinning in directions he couldn’t possibly have seen coming.
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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