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A young girl stays with her estranged grandparents in the city while she auditions for an art group. When the family gathers after a long time to celebrate the girl's acceptance into the group, an ugly family secret emerges.
An ominous, bloody help note finds its way to the desk of a seasoned 'dead letter' investigator at a 1980's Midwestern post office, leading him down a violent, unforeseen path to a kidnapped keyboard engineer and his demented business associate.
Thierno Souleymane Diallo sets out with his camera in search of the birth of filmmaking in Guinea.
A documentary about the life and work of Pulitzer Prize-Winning photographer Cathal McNaughton.
A young mother struggles to cope alone in a new home.
Ranjit, a farmer in India, takes on the fight of his life when he demands justice for his 13-year-old daughter, the victim of a brutal gang rape. His decision to support his daughter is virtually unheard of, and his journey unprecedented.
A budding art restorer travels to a small Italian village to bring a medieval painting back to its former glory. Little does she know the sinister secret behind it - or what is going on down in the cellar.
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.
Miners are forced to take a professor underground with them, to take samples for his measurements. After a landslide prevents them from going back up, they discover a crypt from another time, unknowingly waking up a bloodthirsty creature.
A team of Redditors lose everything after a cryptocurrency scam leads them to plot to kidnap the 'financial influencer' who screwed them over.
A girl makes a friend while on holiday with her mum but when the boy shows her an abandoned tin mine what they hear there leads to trouble above ground.
A raptor created as part of a top secret military experiment escapes from the lab and threatens the residents of a small town. Oh, and it's also invisible.
When a composer is tasked with finishing her late mentor's concerto, she discovers that playing the music could have deadly consequences.
After a grieving dad and his daughter move from England to Israel, she encounters a little girl that only she can see.
The kick-ass assassins with slacker tendencies are back.
The legendary wrestling princess of Mongolia leads a small band of warriors to retrieve a sacred scroll.
Absurdist comedy that sees a family try to cope after the patriarch dies with an erection that won't go away.
As the old man goes about his day to day toil on the land, his children squabble over its future.
A high school teacher undergoes transition to her new life while working in a conservative small-town school.
The story of Simon, who must deal with the disappointment of two impossible loves: a passionate but destructive crush on Oliver and a distant and cold relationship with his mother Claire, who has just moved back in after a 15-year absence.
A woman desperate to save her ailing husband manages to acquire the scientific journal of Victor Frankenstein.
Two teenagers' lives collide when one is mugged, leading to an unexpected road trip.
Documentary charting an acid attack survivor's personal journey.
The story of an affair unfolds backwards over a series of summers to reveal long-held secrets.
Profile of the It’s A Wonderful Life director using previously unseen archive material to explore his rise from childhood poverty in Sicily to become one of the world’s most celebrated filmmakers.
The story of a group of archaeologists and the black market in historical artefacts.
A gay musician spends his weekend trying to find the money for HIV-preventive treatment after being sexually assaulted by a stranger.
Shayda, an Iranian mother, finds refuge in an Australian women’s shelter with her six-year-old daughter. Over Persian New Year, they take solace in Nowruz rituals and new beginnings, but when her estranged husband re-enters their lives, Shayda’s path to freedom is jeopardised.
Another entry in the popular horror anthology series, this time featuring body horror and a sewer-dwelling monster.
A passionate collector of film props travels the world to meet other people like himself and explore their shared hobby.
About a stop-motion animator struggling to control her demons after the loss of her overbearing mother.
In 2022, musician Jon Batiste finds himself the most celebrated artist of the year and embarks on composing an original symphony. The year grows more complicated when his life partner, best-selling author Suleika Jaouad, learns that her long-dormant cancer has returned.
As part of a fishing community's annual ritual, a young boy must kill his first crab in order to become a man and gain his father's approval.
In the Old Stone Age, a disparate gang of early humans band together in search of a new land. When they suspect a malevolent, mystical, being is hunting them down, the clan are forced to confront a danger they never envisaged.
Three stories set in wildly different terrain reflect lives haunted by the spectre of colonialist violence.
When a plane crashes into the sea and becomes lodged on a rocky ledge, the survivors must decide whether to attempt a daring escape or try to hold on in an air pocket - with sharks on the plane.
One winter in Kibune, Kyoto, people find themselves stuck in a two minute time loop. As others try to work together to find out what's going on, one woman finds herself increasingly isolated.
The remarkable true story of marathon swimmer Diana Nyad, who, at the age of 60, set out to become the first person to complete the 'Everest of swims', a 53-hour, 110-mile swim from Cuba to Florida through dangerous open ocean without a shark cage.
When an experimental drug trial goes horribly wrong, the surviving test subjects must fight off sleep, and each other, to stay alive.
When her family moves from the city to the suburbs, 11-year-old Margaret navigates new friends, feelings, and the beginning of adolescence.
A lonely dog decides to build himself a robot friend.
The story of gay civil rights activist Bayard Rustin, who organised the 1963 March on Washington.
When a knight in a futuristic medieval world is framed for a crime he didn't commit, the only one who can help him prove his innocence is Nimona -- a mischievous, shapeshifting creature he's sworn to destroy.
The true story of the inseparable Von Erich brothers, who made history in the intensely competitive world of professional wrestling in the early 1980s.
An experimental and genre-defying drama shot entirely on sound stages in support of a film-within-a-film narrative.
Children discuss their feelings about the increasing pace of book banning by US school districts.
A mother is shocked when she learns what a teacher has said to her son, but the truth is more complicated.
Brought together serendipitously in a moment of mischief, two nursing home residents form an unlikely relationship when they make an enchanted discovery.
Popular anonymous blogger Aubrey Gordon spent five years writing about the realities of living as a self-described “very fat person.” Now, she is about to face the public for the very first time.
Legendary singer Carol Sloane prepares for one final live recording in New York City while reflecting on her rich but largely unknown career involving some of the greatest names in music, from Ella Fitzgerald to The Rolling Stones.
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
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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