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A rural family who make their living from a charcoal factory accepts a proposal to host a mysterious foreigner, who turns out to be using their home as a hideout.
Three women whose death sentences for the Manson murder case were commuted to life are taught by a graduate student, who witnesses their transformation.
A well intentioned US congressman gets out of his depth trying to help the Afghans repel Russian invaders.
Acclaimed pop star Charli XCX teams up with her legions of queer fans across the globe to create a new album, in this DIY documentary.
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?
An intense psychological drama about a young Iranian man who is desperately trying to meet women who can secure his stay in Denmark.
A documentary about the complex legacy of Kevin Smith's Chasing Amy for LGBTQ+ people and its life-saving impact on director Sav Rodgers.
A look at the still unsolved mysteries associated with Einstein's Theory Of Relativity, the ongoing search for dark matter and those who have abandoned it in favour of working towards a new way of understanding gravity.
On the surface it's believed to be another urban legend - a supernatural being from the afterlife is violently killing anyone who cheats on their significant other in the small college town of Silvercreek, Pennsylvania. But the town's unusually high suicide rate is finally convincing both locals and college students that a deadly curse is closing in.
A documentary following a talented child chef who is determined to make it to the top of his chosen profession.
A driftless young woman discovers she's 11 weeks pregnant and has only 24 hours to make a consequential decision.
The Guerrasio family and their friends gather to celebrate Claudio and Carmela’s oldest daughter’s 18th birthday. There is a healthy rivalry between the birthday girl and her 16-year-old sister Chiara, as they compete on the dancefloor. It is a happy occasion, and the close-knit family is in top form. However, everything changes the next day when Claudio disappears...
A biography of St Clare of Assisi, who left her wealthy family to enter a religious life after hearing St Francis preach.
After learning that the death of his wife was not an accident, a former CIA Station Chief is forced back into the espionage underworld, teaming up with an adversary to unravel a conspiracy that challenges everything he thought he knew.
Two teachers' lives are ruined by accusations of lesbianism.
A girl is drawn into a mystery involving sealife around the world, in which two mysterious boys are somehow involved.
A documentary about The Wicker Man and its legacy.
A pregnant woman battles the evil lurking within as her adulterous husband hides a dark secret that may lead to human extinction.
The story of lyrical genius, Martin Phillipps and his band, The Chills, is a cautionary tale, a triumph over tragedy, and a statement about the meaning of music in our lives.
The story of a group of archaeologists and the black market in historical artefacts.
The arrival of electronic music in France in the late Seventies is explored in the story of 24 hours in the life of a young woman composer in Paris.
A night of chaos ensues when a murderous psychopath targets a loving young couple who might be harbouring a secret of their own.
A former blogger and painter confronting what she believes is her calling: becoming a cloistered contemplative nun in a strict religious orders.
When a man leaves the city to be with his boyfriend, his unstable best friend, with whom he used to perform drag, struggles to cope alone.
It's Christmas Eve and Tori just wants to get drunk and party, but when a robotic Santa Claus at a nearby toy store goes haywire and begins a rampant killing spree through her small town, she's forced into a battle for survival.
A clan gathers for what could be their last Christmas together at their family home.
Karen is an entitled middle-aged woman whose demanding nature has alienated her neighbours and family. One Christmas Eve, she receives an 'intervention' from some unconventional spirits.
In this Christmas-Horror Anthology, a family's movie night on Christmas Eve is interrupted by a stranger, insistent on making the next Christmas 'classic' film himself.
During a professional conference in Prague, two interpreters in the Hungarian booth realise that only one person is listening to them. They vie for her attention.
A young man is forced to face past traumas when he embarks on a new relationship.
Cinderella is pushed too far by her evil stepsisters and stepmother, which causes her to switch out her glass shoes and use the assistance of her Fairy Godmother to seek bloody vengeance.
The daughter of a brilliant builder betrayed by those close to him finds herself in deadly danger as she reaches the brink of adolescence under the watching eyes of her cruel stepmother and the local mafia.
A collection of early shorts from renowned American directors
A woman undertakes a dangerous journey to join her comrade in Dragon City, a military base controlled by the Jin regime, to find a map showing the deployment of the resistance army against the northern invaders.
A look at Boston's city government, covering racial justice, housing, climate action, and more.
A documentary about Muhammad Ali's funeral and what he meant to the people of his home town, Louisville, Kentucky
A gritty look at gang life in Rio De Janeiro.
A chronicle of resilience as female survivors of violence create a revolutionary community in the Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.
Dramatisation of the Rape of Nanjing, seen from a dual perspective.
After a psychic has a disturbing vision, she and her reporter friend race to rescue the inhabitants of a town where a priest's suicide has released a terrible evil.
A misanthropic, struggling photographer just wants to watch TV and eat candy while his wife is out of town, but when a desperate old pal resurfaces, his plans are thwarted, with spooky consequences.
Following five years in the life and career of an independent filmmaker, supported by dozens of interviews, posing one question: how does an indie filmmaker survive in the current film business?
Trying to satisfy a diversity checklist, a group of women of colour and queer women discover the real intention behind their workshop retreat.
A squabble between the gods of Mount Olympus forces the young hero Perseus to go on a desperate quest, taking on the gorgon and the kraken.
A documentary that focuses on a famously dangerous water park and its slew of injuries and crimes along with child safety concerns.
Two high school outsiders join forces in an attempt to take power on the local school board.
Tormented by a past life, garbage man Clean attempts a life of quiet redemption. But when his good intentions mark him a target of a local crime boss, Clean is forced to reconcile with the violence of his past.
As a means to distract herself from an affair, a love-addicted woman befriends a cleaning lady, badly scarred by burns. She soon learns, these scars run much deeper than the surface.
A documentary about the making of the original Ghostbusters.
Millennial entrepreneurs, Drew and Max, run a webcast that streams live exorcisms that are, in fact, elaborately staged hoaxes. They get their comeuppance when today's actress becomes mysteriously possessed by a real demon that holds the crew hostage.
Family ties and trauma Laurynas Bareisa on relationship dynamics in award-winning drama Drowning Dry
Looking back RaMell Ross on basketball, filmmaking, overcoming objectification and Nickel Boys
In dialogue with time Bookworm director Ant Timpson on the changing landscape of cinema
Shaping the cut Valerie Krulfeifer and Mickey Keating on their unreleasable past work and Invader
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
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