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A documentary exploring the pre-fame years of the celebrated American artist Jean-Michel Basquiat, and how New York City shaped his vision.
Through the description of the daily lives of the now elderly survivors of the Jiabiangou Forced Labor Camp, this documentary seeks to expose the truth about the political campaigns of the late 1950s that led so many people to suffer or to die.
A youngster in Iran begins to rebel.
A Back To The Future-obsessed traveller boy strives to finish building his own DeLorean replica before his family are evicted from their halting site.
Two burnt out high school Lunch Ladies do whatever it bloody takes on their quest to become Johnny Depp's personal chefs.
An exploration of group dynamics in a young people’s writing workshop.
Two ten year-old boys are detained by police under suspicion of abducting and murdering a toddler. A true story based on interview transcripts and records from the investigation into the murder of James Bulger.
A Yazidi genocide and ISIS sexual slavery survivor, 23-year-old Nadia Murad is determined to tell the world her story. As her journey leads down paths of advocacy and fame, she becomes the voice of her people and their best hope to spur the world to action.
Volunteer rescuers who help feral and abandoned cats in Brooklyn.
The apocalypse proves a blessing in disguise for one lucky recluse – until a second survivor arrives with the threat of companionship.
Road trip follows an ambitious young psychologist who has agreed to transport two patients to a seaside psychiatric unit.
The story of a family in Israel and the impact on them of the father's decision to transition.
Meditation on young motherhood and the vagaries of growing up.
When a disease turns all of humanity into the living dead, the last man on earth becomes a reluctant vampire hunter.
An autopsy of what led to the largest bankruptcy filing in US history.
A young man with a background as a youth offender tries to build a career as a mechanic but is framed by one of his clients.
Born to a family of celebrated fashion photographers, and with a terminal disease that gave him a fearless approach to life and art, Davide Sorrenti took 1990s New York City by storm. This is his story.
Story of the final, fatal mission of war correspondent Marie Colvin and photographer Paul Conroy.
An illegal Chinese immigrant in Japan gets a job using a false ID and forms an unexpected bond with his employer.
Tyler spirals out of control when he realises he’s the only black person attending a weekend birthday party in a secluded cabin.
A documentary about ordinary people trying to help the refugees who pass through their countries.
Five orphaned children create a story which is realised in animated form.
Two boys get out of their depth when playing a fun but dangerous game.
A stillborn baby girl is abducted by a morgue attendant and brought back to life by electrokinetic power. On her 16th birthday, she escapes captivity and sets out to find her birth mother, leaving a trail of destruction behind her.
A teenage boy finds his world turned upside down when he learns a secret about his beloved father.
Before entering a prestigious American university, Gabriel Buchmann decides to travel the world for one year... finally reaching Kenya.
Documentary about the US tennis ace.
A young woman and her autistic older brother struggle to understand each other as she tries to cope with caring for him and he tries to solve their problems through fantasy.
An author whose first novel has unexpectedly radicalised a generation is persuaded to use new software to write her second, but her discomfort grows as it becomes more and more intrusive.
When a live-in maid's path crosses that of a travelling salesman, her life will change forever.
A man and a woman from two disparate worlds meet at nights just to have sex. However, when they get caught, the extra-marital relationship between an Israeli woman and a Palestinian man causes tensions in the socio-politically divided Jerusalem.
Director Margarethe von Trotta, extremely appreciated by Ingmar Bergman, follows the filmmaker’s footsteps as well as her own past and questions the new generation about the place left by the Swedish master.
A portrait of four-time Tony-winning playwright Terrence McNally’s ground-breaking, six-decade career in the theatre, fight for LGBTQ rights, and triumph over addiction.
Two agents tour a facility experimenting on serial killers on the same day that its security system breaks down.
A troubled teenager tries to save her adoptive family and unravel the mystery of what's lurking in the local woods.
Elpida is a housewife confronted with the first signs of menopause while trapped in a loveless marriage to a heartless, despotic man. When a young painter arrives to decorate her building, her grip on reality starts to slip.
A desperate young couple go on the run with a stolen baby.
A film about the impact of documentary The Cove on the small whaling town of Taiji.
An American woman visiting family in Latvia is sent to a convent after she has a breakdown and attacks her young daughter - but all is not what it seems.
A frustrated housewife, her uptight husband, and a freewheeling artist form an unlikely triangle with explosive results.
Devastated by his daughter's death in a terrible accident, Ben becomes convinced that he can bring her back through a recurring dream. But is it just a dream? Or is Ben losing his mind?
Historical drama about Robert The Bruce.
A closeted gay man spends Christmas with his strict Christian family.
In order to save her son's life, Ana embarks on a quest to find a stone her grandfather one retrieved from the Zone of Silence.
The sugar baby of a mob boss flirts with a stranger on the Turkish Riviera.
After a champion boxer loses everything and goes to prison, he becomes determined to win back his life and the one he loves.
A bereaved man turns to a medium to channel the spirit of the woman he loves, but nothing goes as planned.
The story of the freed female hostages of Boko Haram, detailing their lives in captivity and since their release.
A group of friends living in Antwerp decide that they want to rise to the top of the city's cocaine business.
A documentary about Janae Marie Kroczaleski, a world champion bodybuilder who went through a difficult transition to express herself as a woman.
The mongoose and the snake Adam J Graves on bringing a hidden side of Delhi to the screen in Anuja
Pushing boundaries Torill Kove on family relationships, different worlds and Maybe Elephants
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
French cinema hits the high notes Rendez-vous opens in Paris with a boost at the box office
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