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Jeanne, a shy young woman, works in an amusement park. Fascinated by carousels, she still lives at home with her mother. That’s when Jeanne meets Jumbo, the park’s new flagship attraction...
A detainee at the US military's Guantanamo Bay detention centre is held without charges for over a decade and seeks help from a defence attorney for his release.
Journalist Guo lives together with her mother and daughter in the same residence. The relation of three generations looks placid but there is actually a fierce undercurrent of rebellion and resistance.
A teenager facing grief after the death of her mum is caught up in a school shooting and siege.
Creation Stories tells the unforgettable tale of infamous Creation Records label head Alan McGee; and of how one written-off young Glaswegian upstart rose to irrevocably change the face of British culture.
When their hacker son is targeted by the US Government, the DeHarts will do anything to protect him.
A lonely hair stylist becomes obsessed with the lives of her clients and descends into murderous madness.
The struggle of a closeted young genderme.
A documentary about the punk legend.
Reunited after a 17-year separation, Walter, an Angolan immigrant, is joined in the US by his wife and teenage daughter. Now absolute strangers sharing a one-bedroom apartment, they discover a shared love of dance that may help overcome the emotional distance between them.
A documentary about the history and current standing of the Paralympic Games, which has grown to become the world's third largest sporting event.
The story of two health care workers fighting to thwart the spread of starvation against the backdrop of war in Yemen.
A young refugee couple makes a harrowing escape from war-torn South Sudan, but then they struggle to adjust to their new life in a small English town that has an evil lurking beneath the surface.
A dreamlike conversation with the past and the present, this film reimagines a more nuanced narrative of Latasha Harlins by excavating intimate memories shared by her cousin and best friend.
A relationship is put to the test when a black woman is sexually assaulted and her white boyfriend drives her from hospital to hospital in search of a rape kit.
Max Fist claims to be a hero from another dimension who fell through time and space to earth, where he has no powers. No one believes his stories except for a local teen named Hamster.
A social media star finds herself at the centre of a terrifying game.
In a seaside town, a Holocaust survivor with a daycare business takes in a 12-year-old street kid who recently robbed her.
A fresh perspective on Sigmund Freud's case study of a troubled teenage girl.
A filmmaker forges an unusual friendship with an octopus living in a South African kelp forest, learning as the animal shares the mysteries of her world.
On his wedding anniversary, a man, accompanied by his small daughter, goes into town to buy his wife a present - but this is occupied Palestine and nothing is that simple.
Dramatisation of the autobiographical experiences in the unforgiving First World War of teenager soldier Artūrs Vanags.
The story of a ten-year-old girl's experiences in a concentration camp in Croatia during the Second World War.
A malevolent spirit menaces a troubled family.
A young man is sent to La Maca, a prison of Ivory Coast in the middle of the forest ruled by its prisoners. With the red moon rising, he is designated by the Boss to be the new Roman and must tell a story to the other prisoners.
An undocumented Filipina trans woman, who works as a caregiver in Brooklyn, develops a connection with the grandson of her employer.
A family struggle to survive as an asteroid breaks up in Earth's atmosphere and sends deadly fragments crashing down.
Turquoise, a former beauty queen turned hardworking single mother, prepares her rebellious teenage daughter for the “Miss Juneteenth” pageant, hoping to keep her from repeating the same mistakes in life that she did.
A documentary about bullying looking at causes, effects and possible solutions.
When carefree Nyles and reluctant maid of honour Sarah have a chance encounter at a Palm Springs wedding, things get complicated the next morning when they find themselves unable to escape the venue, themselves, or each other.
A decades-long feud between two sheep farming brothers comes to a head when disaster strikes their flocks.
Animation set in the Ireland of the Cromwell period, when a young apprentice hunter comes to Ireland to wipe out the last pack... only to discover the magical world of the wolfwalkers.
Fiction and documentary blur as a Kazakh journalist sets out to win favour with the US government on behalf of his nation.
When a young couple form a relationship with another woman, they are prompted to acknowledge the problems between the two of them.
Sparks fly during the recording of a song by a famous blues singer.
A heavy-metal drummer's life is thrown into freefall when he begins to lose his hearing.
Out by Lake Geneva, Mary Shelley conceives the idea for Frankenstein and gradually develops her novel, amid personal turmoil and increasingly disturbing visions.
An undertaker's dysfunctional family lives amongst coffins, wreaths and mischievous but nonviolent ghosts - but then a malevolent entity arrives.
Portrait of Nasrin Sotoudeh, who is serving a prison sentence of 38 years in Iran for representing women who protested the country’s mandatory hijab law.
After his girlfriend's death, an aimless musician spirals into a genre-bending fever dream.
Nurse Mandy is just trying to make it through her double shift alive, but her nasty drug addiction, annoying coworkers, needy patients, and devious cousin are making it pretty tough, not to mention organ-stealing criminals and an injured convict.
Death threats see suspicion grow between four women in an NGO.
In the aftermath of Cassius Clay’s defeat of Sonny Liston in 1964, the young boxer meets with friends Malcolm X, Sam Cooke and Jim Brown to decide the course of his life, and possibly that of civil rights history.
Sara has just arrived in NYC from Colombia when she witnesses a crime and is forced to flee from the perpetrator.
A late night radio host is trapped inside the station by a violent storm after being bitten by a rabid bat.
Exploring the criminalisation of pregnant women as seen through the eyes of a young mother swept up in new laws.
An urgent phone call pulls a Yale Law student back to his Ohio hometown, where he reflects on three generations of family history and his own future.
A father and son renovate an Italian property together.
A talented young race car driver struggles to cope with his father's behaviour.
A visit to a wealthy and reclusive friend lands a young man in a world of fear and despair.
The star from the streets Adam J Graves on Salaam Balaak, Sajda Pathan and making Anuja
A little lightness Colman Mac Cionnaith and Michael Whelan on Room Taken
A hair's breadth from happiness Nicolas Keppens on low budget, high quality animation and Beautiful Men
Golden boy Krit Komkrichwarakool, Matt Dejanovic and Kenny Brain on Auganic
A collection of moments Mickey Keating on the metaphor and technique behind Invader
Alliance of Women Film Journalists announces EDA Awards The Brutalist named best film
Wicked leads the way in SAG nominations Stars sing their way to success
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